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‘Spain isn’t as cheap as you think anymore’: Brit goes from Benidorm to Marbella and is shocked at the price difference

A BRITISH expat in Benidorm has expelled the idea that Spain is always a cheap place to live. He originally moved to the coastal town

12 Apr, 2025 @ 09:00

Benidorm·Lead·Marbella

Magaluf nightclub bouncer arrested for assaulting two British tourists- one of whom could lose their sight in one eye

‘We’re not coming back’: British tourists blast drink prices in Mallorca for being ‘much more expensive’ following the Covid pandemic

EVER since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Spaniards have been complaining about a serious cost-of-living hike in their day-to-day lives. But British tourists are also

8 May, 2024 @ 16:20

Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: American expats praise moving to Spain’s Andalucia – but have a warning for retirees

IN a 13-minute YouTube video, globetrotting expat couple JP and Amelia Stonestreet have concluded that Andalucia is, with a few exceptions, an all-around great place

7 Mar, 2024 @ 10:08

Andalucia·Lead

This is currently the best mortgage available in Spain, according to Idealista

THE major rise in the cost of living that residents of Spain have seen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been exacerbated by a rise

16 Feb, 2024 @ 11:32

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Photos of olive oil on the shelves of a Sevilla supermarket

WATCH: Supermarket in southern Spain places PHOTOS of olive oil bottles on its shelves amid surging prices and fears of robberies

A USER of the social network TikTok has shared a startling discovery while visiting a supermarket in the southern Spanish city of Sevilla. Instead of

24 Jan, 2024 @ 09:59

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Squatter occupies flat on Spain's Costa Blanca and gets surprise visit from dead owner

Spain’s stay-at-home generation: Just 16% of 16- to 30-year-olds in the country have managed to move out of their parents’ house

JUST 16% of young Spaniards aged between 16 and 30 years old have managed to move out of their parents’ home, compared to the European

16 Jan, 2024 @ 14:02

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Motorists feel the squeeze as petrol pump prices soar to highest level for a year in Spain

Cheap transport, a ban on evictions and subsidised energy bills: Spain’s government set to extend cost-of-living measures into 2024

SPAIN’S leftist government is poised to extend some cost-of-living measures well into 2024, rather than letting them expire on December 31 as had previously been

26 Dec, 2023 @ 13:14

Lead·Politics

WATCH: American expat in Spain is shocked by how much he can buy with $20 in Mercadona

REGULAR users of video-sharing social network TikTok in Spain will no doubt have been served videos this year of American residents of Spain running down

26 Dec, 2023 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead

Cost of renting in Spain is set to rise yet again in 2024 as housing stock is ‘squeezed’

Renting costs soar in Spain: Tenants in Andalucia are spending 30% of their salaries on rent

ANYONE who has been living in Spain in recent years cannot have failed to notice the spiralling cost of living, in particular since the Russian

26 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead

HANDS UP: Price of olive oil in Spain more than doubles in two years as supermarkets are accused of ‘speculation’

OLIVE oil prices continue on the rise as a bottle of Spain’s signature product is today 114.8% more expensive than it was in March 2021.

12 Sep, 2023 @ 16:22

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead

Malaga and Granada among Spain’s top 10 cities with the highest cost of living

MALAGA and Granada have been named among Spain’s top 10 cities with the highest cost of living. According to a study carried out by savings

16 Aug, 2023 @ 13:35

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Property

Tribute To Joaquin Sabina And Presentation Of His Legacy In Madrid, Spain 05 Oct 2021

Spain’s speaker in Congress forced to back down after claiming ‘most of population has no problem paying rent’

THE SPEAKER in Spain’s Congress of Deputies has been forced to apologise after she controversially stated that ‘most of the population has no problem paying

28 Jun, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·Politics

Spanish Cabinet extends raft of measures put in place to help ease cost-of-living crisis

THE SPANISH Cabinet on Tuesday approved an extension to a raft of measures that were put in place to help combat the cost-of-living crisis caused

27 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Spain’s government to keep VAT reduction on essential foodstuffs in place

SPAIN’S economic affairs minister announced on Monday that the government would keep in place a current VAT reduction on essential foodstuffs, until prices have fallen

12 Jun, 2023 @ 10:15

Business & Finance·Lead

Families in need have to wait three months to get access to a food bank in Alicante

FAMILIES in need face a three-month wait before being granted access to a food bank in Alicante. Local NGO Colonia Requena has sent a letter

21 May, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Spain's government rubber-stamps energy price cap which needs European Commission sign-off

Endesa announces huge first quarter profits even after paying ‘unjustified’ windfall tax

SPANISH energy company Endesa has announced a remarkable 76% surge in net profit for the first quarter of the year, defying the effects of Spain’s

9 May, 2023 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead

Workers in Spain spend on average 43% of their salary on rent

People in Spain spent on average 43% of their gross salary on rent in 2022, according to a Fotocasa real estate portal study. This is

2 May, 2023 @ 14:15

Murcia·National News·Property·Valencian Community

Percentage of Spaniards at risk of poverty or social exclusion falls two points to 26%

THE PERCENTAGE of Spain’s population that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion fell by nearly two points in 2022 to 26%. That’s according

25 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

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Mercadona to lower the price of 500 products until the end of the year

Mercadona has decided to slash the prices of 500 daily products from this April until the end of the year. The Spanish supermarket giant intends

13 Apr, 2023 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead

Valencia police suspend much needed food distribution group

Police in Valencia interrupted a charity distributing freshly cooked meals to people in need after receiving a complaint from a neighbour on Wednesday, March 29.

1 Apr, 2023 @ 11:30

Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ex-employee steals fuel discount card from trucking firm in €60,000 fraud on Spain's Costa Blanca

Motorists in Spain rush to filling stations as government’s fuel discount comes to an end

PEOPLE from all over Spain reported on Saturday long queues at petrol stations as motorists sought to take advantage of the last days of the

1 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Important long distance rail service reopens on Monday- eight weeks after Valencia flood disaster

Abusers of Spain’s free rail pass scheme will lose deposits and tickets from Wednesday onward

SPAIN’S state rail operator Renfe will be tightening up its conditions from Wednesday for anyone found to be abusing the government’s free tickets system. Violators

5 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Travel News

Workers in Spain get paid 20% less than average European Union salary

EMPLOYEES in Spain get paid 20.2% less than the European Union average according to the latest ‘Adecco Monitor on Salaries’ study reviewing 2021 wages. An

9 Aug, 2022 @ 11:43

Lead·National News