Tag: France
Scandal-hit Princess Cristina of Spain splits from husband Iñaki Urdangarin days after female co-worker photos appear
KING Felipe's sister, Cristina, has split from husband Iñaki Urdangarin by 'mutual agreement' just days after photos were published of him with another woman. A...
Biggest-ever drug pill seizure in Spain with arrests in Alicante and Catalunya
A Spanish drug trafficking gang has been arrested for exporting benzenoid pills to Morocco to make a narcotic called Karkubi. The Police Nacional detained the...
Stolen items from Costa Blanca beach goers despatched on people smuggling route between Spain and Algeria
AN Alicante-based people-trafficking gang has been arrested in a joint Policia Nacional-Europol operation. The criminal crew ran a route between Spain and Algeria and also...
Illegal helicopter flights, car chases and police raids – armed gang of 11 drug smugglers arrested on Spain’s Costa...
CRIMINAL GANGS have taken to the skies in order to get their drugs into Spain. A multi-operational team combining Guardia Civil, OFAST and Europol have...
Foreign tourist numbers in Spain recover by 70% before arrival of Omicron COVID variant
FOREIGN tourist levels in Spain last November recovered to 70% of what they were in the same month 2019 ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. Figures...
Fugitive human trafficking boss arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca and will be extradited to France
A fugitive wanted by French authorities for being a key member of a human trafficking gang has been arrested in Alicante. The 36-year-old Paraguayan man...
Spain named the top retirement destination for UK residents
Spain has been named the top retirement destination for UK residents, according to Google search data. Although Spain is number one for Brits, Spain has been...
IN PICS: Criminal gang busted smuggling Algerians into France via coastal provinces of Spain
A COMPLEX operation involving trafficking people from Algeria to France has been busted by Spain’s Guardia Civil. Vulnerable people were taken from Algeria and promised...
Dominic Raab won’t rule out fully-vaccinated travellers from Spain going into UK quarantine despite EU travel rule change
PEOPLE returning to the UK from Spain may be forced to go into quarantine despite relaxations announced yesterday for fully-vaccinated travellers. Speaking to Sky News...
Make a splash: Hundreds of private swimming pools across Spain now available to rent by the hour
IF your property in Spain has a private swimming pool you could earn up to €1,200 a month by renting it out to those...
Spain says its safe for tourists but France and Germany think differently as COVID-19 numbers rise
SPAIN'S Tourism Minister, Reyes Maroto, has said that the country is a 'safe destination' for holiday-makers. Her comments today(July 9) in a radio interview with...
Terrorist rabble-rousers arrested in Spain’s Granada for using social media to encourage outrages against France
THREE men have been arrested in southern Spain for using social media to encourage terrorist attacks against France. The men were detained by the Policia...
Absent UK visitors contribute to Spain’s foreign tourist figures taking a big February hammering
FOREIGN visitor numbers to Spain collapsed by 93.6% in February compared to a year earlier, according to figures from the National Statistics Institute(INE) published...
BREAKING: France advises against travel to Catalunya while Norway imposes 10 day quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain...
French Prime Minister Jean Castex made the recommendation on Friday afternoon
France considers closing borders with Spain as COVID-19 outbreaks soar across peninsula
France to examine possible coronavirus border closure on Friday.
French mob savagely assault and rob man of more than €50,000 in elaborate luxury car scam on Spain’s Costa...
The 40-year-old victim had travelled from France to Marbella with €45,000 cash to buy a luxury motor
Terrorist ring across Spain, Italy and France dismantled by the police
A TERRORIST ring across Spain, Italy and France has been dismantled.
Spanish Government goes back on decision to open land borders with France and Portugal on June 22
SPAIN’S Government has gone back on its statement that land borders with France and Portugal will open on June 22, but has instead clarified that they will open on July 1.
BREAKING: Spain will open its land borders with France and Portugal on June 22
SPAIN will begin to open up its land borders with its two closest neighbours from June 22, it has been announced. Tourism minister Reyes Maroto...
Drug ring that used courier company to transport narcotics to France from Spain’s Costa del Sol is dismantled
THE Policia Nacional have successfully dismantled a drug ring on the Costa del Sol that used a courier service to transport its drugs to France.
Government extends controls at land borders with both France and Portugal until April 25, due to coronavirus
THE Government has extended the controls at the land borders with both France and Portugal for another two weeks.
France forced to return face masks it confiscated from Spain a few weeks ago after pressure from the Swedish...
FRANCE has been forced to return the face masks they confiscated from Spain a few weeks ago.
Cannes Film Festival postponed due to coronavirus, Spain’s Antonio Banderas keeps Best Actor award a little while longer
CANNES Film Festival has been postponed due to coronavirus.
Rabies warning issued in Spain and France after ‘illegal’ puppy in Andalucia ‘suspected’ of carrying disease
A spokesperson called on ‘any person or animal that has been bitten, scratched or licked by this dog’ to contact the health authorities
Gay couple from France savagely attacked in LGBTQ hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The men, one of them a doctor, had come to Torremolinos for a few days break
Tourist dies in Catalan airport chaos as riots paralyse Barcelona after Spain jails independence leaders
The airport had seen 45 flights cancelled yesterday and 100 on Monday due to violent clashes involving thousands of people
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Drink-driver whizzes car to almost twice the Costa Blanca motorway speed limit in Spain
A speeding motorist shocked Guardia Civil officers who clocked him smashing a motorway speed limit while being double over the drink-drive limit. A Guardia Civil...
