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Pedro Sanchez latest: PP leader accuses the PM of ‘playing the victim’ while Pablo Iglesias says he ‘knows what it’s like to see your partner cry’ as a result of the job

ALBERTO Nuñez Feijoo, the leader of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), has accused Pedro Sanchez of a ‘dereliction of duty’ after Spain’s Prime Minister announced

25 Apr, 2024 @ 12:42

Lead·Politics

Gibraltar’s Fabian Picardo and David Cameron to meet with Spain’s foreign minister to thrash out post-Brexit deal

GIBRALTAR will attend a top-level treaty meeting in Brussels this Friday as negotiations to secure the future of the tiny overseas territory continue. An article

11 Apr, 2024 @ 12:02

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Farmer strikes enter third week in Spain: Andalucia, Catalunya and the Balearics are among the targets for tractor road blocks

FARMER protests in Spain have entered their third week with roadblocks continuing to cause chaos on the nation’s roads. Protests show no sign of slowing

19 Feb, 2024 @ 14:23

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Farmer strikes latest: Protests to continue across Spain after meeting between trade unions and government

FARMER strikes across Spain are set to continue despite a meeting between the government and agricultural trade unions. Representatives from Asaja, COAG, and UPA met

16 Feb, 2024 @ 12:34

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Farmer strikes in Spain enter a second week: Tractors block a major road in Malaga while Madrid, Alicante and elsewhere are targeted by anti-EU protests

FARMERS have blocked off a major road in Malaga province this morning as their anti-EU protest enters a second week. Tractors cut off traffic on

12 Feb, 2024 @ 07:57

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Farmer strikes latest: These are the roads being targeted in Spain’s Andalucia today

ANGRY farmers are set to cause chaos for the second consecutive day this Wednesday with roads and ports closed across Spain. Following protests on Tuesday,

7 Feb, 2024 @ 12:07

Andalucia·Lead

Farmer protests in Spain arrive to the Costa del Sol: Roads and ports are blocked by tractors

FARMERS are blocking access to Malaga port as part of a Europe wide protest against agricultural policies established in Brussels. READ MORE: Farmers in Spain

6 Feb, 2024 @ 12:29

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

No sign of two young men who vanished while fishing off Spain’s Marbella – as more details emerge

TWO young men who disappeared off the Andalucian coast last Tuesday, January 16, remain unaccounted for as Spanish authorities continue their desperate search. The European

19 Jan, 2024 @ 11:57

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

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Post-Brexit passport database that will clock how many times Brits have visited Spain and elsewhere in the EU ‘is delayed until 2025’

A PASSPORT tracking system that will keep tabs on how many days Brits have spent in the EU has reportedly been delayed yet again until

22 Sep, 2023 @ 10:12

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Franco-German plan to woo UK back into the EU could spell end to movement restrictions on Brits abroad

AN exciting plan to reform the EU by France and Germany could see the UK rejoin as an ‘EU lite’ member. The move would see

20 Sep, 2023 @ 19:30

Brexit·Lead

UK hits back at the European Union’s Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax with one of its own

THE UK is set to introduce a new requirement for visa-exempt visitors to Britain which will see them fill in an online form and pay

10 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Travel News

Spain S Costa Blanca Tourist Area Unveils Plans To Woo Back Uk Holidaymakers

‘Leave tourism alone!’ Spanish tourism boss demands compensation over EU’s new Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax

Spain’s tourism industry is demanding compensation for the loss of competitiveness once the new European Union’s ETIAS tourist tax comes into effect at the end

22 Feb, 2023 @ 17:45

Lead·Malaga·Must Read·National News·Travel News

Spain falls on corruption ranking for the second year in a row

SPAIN HAS fallen for the second year running on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), put together by an organisation called Transparency International (TI). According to

31 Jan, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·National News

Spain’s Balearic Islands request the EU to grant them exception to ban foreigners from buying second homes in Mallorca and Ibiza

Officials are calling on the European Union to grant a ‘Balearic exception’ that would limit non-resident Brits and Germans from property purchases on the islands.

22 Jan, 2023 @ 16:17

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Property·Travel News

Spain’s microchip plan struggling to attract businesses

THE Spanish government’s plan to invest €12 billion euros is struggling to get off the ground thanks to a lack of chipmakers willing to take

2 Aug, 2022 @ 16:45

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Brussels issues warning to Spain over high debt and unemployment risk

SPAIN has received yet another warning from the European Commission over its high debt and unemployment risk “Spain is experiencing imbalances,” said the European Commission

24 May, 2022 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

UK govt urged to address problems at Gibraltar’s border with Spain ‘as a matter of urgency’

CHAIR of the European Scrutiny Committee in the UK House of Commons, Sir William Cash MP, has called for Gibraltar border problems to be investigated

13 May, 2022 @ 14:15

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Spain Will Use Its Hospitals To Treat Wounded Victims Of Ukraine War

Spain will be using its hospitals to treat wounded victims of Ukraine war

HOSPITALS in Spain will be opening their doors to wounded victims of the war in Ukraine. Full details of the plan have still to be

4 May, 2022 @ 19:00

Lead·National News·Politics

BEING INCLUSIVE: Andalucia scoops European prize for its treatment of Roma community

ANDALUCIA has won the European Commission’s first annual prize for the inclusion of the Roma community. The region came out on top thanks to its

30 Apr, 2022 @ 18:30

Lead·Politics

airport suffers 40% fall in travellers to Spain compared to September 2019

ESSENTIALS: What you need to know about Covid travel rules between Spain and the UK over Easter

EASTER is expected to see a return of the sort of numbers that flocked to Spain before the pandemic but for British holidaymakers there are

7 Apr, 2022 @ 11:00

Lead·Must Read·National News·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Ukraine’s Zelensky thanks Spain’s parliament for support but attacks companies still trading with Russia

UKRAINIAN president Volodymr Zelensky addressed Spain’s parliamentarians on Tuesday in a special 30-minute session of Congress in Madrid. He appeared via video-link at the unanimous

5 Apr, 2022 @ 19:15

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Protests Against Russia's Attack On Ukraine In Vendrell, Spain 1 Mar 2022

Russians in Spain struggle as sanctions bite over Ukraine invasion

RUSSIANS in Spain are facing a backlash after the invasion of Ukraine, with reports of assaults and blackmail. And as banking sanctions start to bite,

2 Mar, 2022 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

How Spain’s Valencia region became the leader in organic farming

ORGANIC farming in Valencia has grown 81.2% in the past five years, more than anywhere else in Spain and exceeding Spain’s average which is only

16 Dec, 2021 @ 10:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain committing 'harakiri' over UK tourism says national hotel association as mass cancellations force lower prices

Spain committing ‘harakiri’ over UK tourists and new child COVID-19 vaccine rules

A Spanish tourism group says the country is committing ‘harakiri’ by requiring proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for British children aged 12 and above.

14 Dec, 2021 @ 16:33

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Benidorm·Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

ANALYSIS: Does Spain have a drinking problem?

Alcohol consumption has plunged over the past 30 years, but Spain still has the second highest rate of daily alcohol drinkers in the EU.

14 Dec, 2021 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Andalucia-Algarve rail connection still a “dream” says Portugal’s Prime Minister

PORTUGUESE Prime Minister Antonio Costa has said that it is “a dream” of his to be able to unite the regions of the Algarve, in

14 Nov, 2021 @ 18:55

Huelva·Lead·National News

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Pedro Sanchez latest: PP leader accuses the PM of ‘playing the victim’ while Pablo Iglesias says he ‘knows what it’s like to see your partner cry’ as a result of the job

Gibraltar’s Fabian Picardo and David Cameron to meet with Spain’s foreign minister to thrash out post-Brexit deal

Farmer strikes enter third week in Spain: Andalucia, Catalunya and the Balearics are among the targets for tractor road blocks

Farmer strikes latest: Protests to continue across Spain after meeting between trade unions and government

Farmer strikes in Spain enter a second week: Tractors block a major road in Malaga while Madrid, Alicante and elsewhere are targeted by anti-EU protests

Farmer strikes latest: These are the roads being targeted in Spain’s Andalucia today

Farmer protests in Spain arrive to the Costa del Sol: Roads and ports are blocked by tractors

No sign of two young men who vanished while fishing off Spain’s Marbella – as more details emerge

Post-Brexit passport database that will clock how many times Brits have visited Spain and elsewhere in the EU ‘is delayed until 2025’

Franco-German plan to woo UK back into the EU could spell end to movement restrictions on Brits abroad

UK hits back at the European Union’s Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax with one of its own

‘Leave tourism alone!’ Spanish tourism boss demands compensation over EU’s new Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax

Spain falls on corruption ranking for the second year in a row

Spain’s Balearic Islands request the EU to grant them exception to ban foreigners from buying second homes in Mallorca and Ibiza

Spain’s microchip plan struggling to attract businesses

Brussels issues warning to Spain over high debt and unemployment risk

UK govt urged to address problems at Gibraltar’s border with Spain ‘as a matter of urgency’

Spain will be using its hospitals to treat wounded victims of Ukraine war

BEING INCLUSIVE: Andalucia scoops European prize for its treatment of Roma community

ESSENTIALS: What you need to know about Covid travel rules between Spain and the UK over Easter

Ukraine’s Zelensky thanks Spain’s parliament for support but attacks companies still trading with Russia

Russians in Spain struggle as sanctions bite over Ukraine invasion

How Spain’s Valencia region became the leader in organic farming

Spain committing ‘harakiri’ over UK tourists and new child COVID-19 vaccine rules

ANALYSIS: Does Spain have a drinking problem?

Andalucia-Algarve rail connection still a “dream” says Portugal’s Prime Minister

Spain’s rental bargain hotspots revealed: these are the ten cheapest cities to live in

Top tips to avoid poisonous processionary caterpillars as the season starts on the Costa del Sol

Trouble learning the lingo? Linguists identify new hybrid English-Spanish dialect forming in Miami

Amazon announces new €18 billion investment in Spain- creating 30,000 jobs

Europe’s largest green hydrogen plant gets €3 billion green light to be built in Andalucia