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Tourist warning as going shirtless in these Spanish cities could land you with a €750 fine – starting with Marbella and Mallorca

SPANISH cities are enforcing strict dress codes across tourist destinations to promote public decorum, with the act of going shirtless costing violators up to €750.

29 May, 2026 @ 15:15

Alicante·Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Malaga·Marbella

New fines for people who solicit prostitution in Spanish town hit hardest by Brexit

NEW fines of up to €3,000 for clients of prostitution have been approved in La Linea (Cadiz) after councillors unanimously backed new rules aimed at

12 May, 2026 @ 14:00

Cadiz·Lead·Other News

Murcia town to hit residents who hang laundry from their balcony with €1,500 fines

A COMMON method for drying clothes could lead to hefty fees in several Spanish cities due to ordinance changes. Late dinners, tapas and laundry dangling

11 May, 2026 @ 16:10

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Murcia·Other News

Warning in Spain: Massive fines of up to €600 for those who smash the speed limit as dangerous driving clamp down continues

DRIVERS in Spain have been warned to ease off the accelerator as authorities ramp up efforts to tackle speeding. Offenders now face fines of up

17 Apr, 2025 @ 13:12

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Spanish airline Vueling is fined €28,000 for denying a woman boarding ‘because her cleavage was showing’

THE Spanish budget airline Vueling has been slapped with a €28,000 fine after it refused to let a female passenger board a flight from Mallorca

22 Jun, 2024 @ 12:30

Lead·Travel News

Drivers in Spain beware: Mobile cameras and helicopters deployed in crackdown on speeding during Semana Santa

Warning for drivers in Spain: Make sure you have these documents in your car to avoid fines of up to €500

SPAIN’S traffic authority has warned of fines of up to €500 for drivers who fail to carry vital documents in their car. In a press

4 Mar, 2024 @ 12:40

Business & Finance·Lead

Warning for dog owners: Hundreds of fines of up to €500 have been issued so far this year on Spain’s Costa del Sol – here’s how to avoid them

HUNDREDS of dog owners have been fined for failing to clean up after their pets in just one town on the Costa del Sol. Some

26 Feb, 2024 @ 11:42

Business & Finance·Costa del Sol·Lead

Whopping fines handed for going shirtless in Spain’s Malaga

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es IN the sun-soaked city of Malaga, going shirtless might be tempting to beat the summer heat, but it

5 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Home delivery company Glovo fined €56.7 million for breaking Spain's employment laws

Spain’s government explores legal action against food-delivery service Glovo over employment practices

THE SPANISH government is exploring legal action against delivery service Glovo if it continues to refuse to obey the law and give its ‘riders’ work

4 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain’s Malaga declares war on unattended beach umbrellas

UMBRELLA summer beach war comes to Malaga, with several beaches in the province taking action to those beachgoers who keep hogging the sand. Authorities around

21 Jul, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga

Top speed camara in Malaga dishes out 130 fines per day

A SPEED camera in Malaga generates the highest number of fines in Andalucia, and fourth highest in Spain, according to the latest report from European

25 May, 2023 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Pedestrians can face huge fines for distracted walking in Spain

PEDESTRIANS in Spain who walk distracted may face consequences. According to Spanish lawmakers, pedestrians who fail to pay attention while crossing a roadway and break

13 May, 2023 @ 10:45

Lead·National News·Other News

Judge sides with restaurant in Spain’s Basque Country that fined three diners €510 for failing to turn up

A JUDGE in Spain’s Basque Country has sided with a restaurant after it charged three diners €510 for failing to turn up to their dinner

17 Apr, 2023 @ 19:15

Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Tough new animal welfare law approved for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE Valencian parliament has approved a new regional animal welfare bill which is tougher than recently-passed national legislation. The law imposes penalties of up to

24 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Vodafone Spain to pay out €6,000 to man who received marketing calls at all hours

SINCE January 1 2022, it has been illegal in Spain for telephone operators to make sales calls to customers during ‘siesta time’. But despite this

27 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Energy companies probed in Spain over anti-competitive practices

SPAIN’S anti-trust watchdog, the CNMC, says it has opened an investigation into various energy companies over possible anti-competitive practices. The CNMC did not specify the

14 Dec, 2022 @ 12:26

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

General Franco supporters face penalties for chanting fascist slogans at Madrid rally in Spain

AROUND a hundred people could be fined following a Madrid gathering on Sunday commemorating the anniversary of the 1975 death of dictator General Francisco Franco.

21 Nov, 2022 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Palma residents on Spain’s Mallorca slapped with hefty traffic fines blame delivery company for not handing over letters

HUNDREDS of residents of Palma face having to pay hefty traffic fines from previous years because, they claim, the company in charge of delivering them

2 Nov, 2022 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Stag-do party fined after drunken antics on high speed Madrid-Malaga train service in Spain

Stag-do party pay penalty for drunken mayhem on high-speed Madrid-Malaga train in Spain

A Madrid court has fined 11 people nearly €700 each after a rowdy stag-do forced a delay to a high-speed train service between Madrid and

24 Oct, 2022 @ 13:08

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Malaga

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Electric scooter riders reminded they can face fines of up to €1,000 in Spain

ADMINISTRATIVE traffic body the DGT has reminded those riding electric scooters that traffic violations could result in a fine of up to €1,000. It comes

7 Jul, 2022 @ 17:40

Lead·National News

TCall centres in Spain could be fined if callers are forced to hang on for more than three minutes

Call centres in Spain could be fined if customers have to hang on for more than three minutes

A new consumer bill in Spain promises to fine utility firm call centres who don’t answer client queries fast enough. The measure proposes a three-minute

31 May, 2022 @ 17:20

Lead·National News

Spain booted out of 2023 Rugby World Cup in France for fielding an ineligible player twice

Spain booted out of 2023 Rugby World Cup in France for playing an ineligible player twice

SPAIN has been thrown out of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France after fielding an ineligible player in two qualifying matches. The decision was

28 Apr, 2022 @ 17:52

Lead·Sport

Illegal parties banned in clampdown across Balearic Islands that could see revellers fined up between €300 and €30K

ORGANISERS of illegal parties face massive fines of up to €300,000 in a crackdown by the Balearic Island government. And guests could be left raving

23 Apr, 2022 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca

Barcelona in Spain bans smoking on all beaches from July to boost health and environment

BARCELONA’S beaches will become ‘no-smoking’ areas from this summer. The permanent ban on lighting up follows a successful pilot on four beaches in the Catalan

8 Apr, 2022 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Health·Lead

Climate change activists smear red paint on Spain’s Congress building in Madrid

CLIMATE change protestors daubed red paint on the steps leading to Spain’s Congress building in Madrid on Wednesday. Walls were also smeared as part of

6 Apr, 2022 @ 19:30

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Man Gets Fined After Complaining Over Poor Service From Prostitute In Valencia Area Of Spain

Man gets police fine after complaining over poor service from prostitute in Spain’s Valencia area

A man who paid a prostitute €30 ended up with a big fine after complaining about her to Albal’s Policia Local. The disgruntled customer walked

21 Feb, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community