Tag: galicia
Dead body washed up on Spanish beach
Local police were called to the scene at around 9 am today
End of the line for Spain’s most notorious illegal fishing family
A brave pursuit by ecologists could finally spell the end of one of Spain’s top fishing gangs, writes Joe Duggan
Secret Spanish getaways
There is more to Spain than visiting cathedrals in Barcelona, going to Plaza Mayor in Madrid, enjoying Las Fallas in Valencia, or lying on Empuriabrava beach at the Costa Brava
Santiago de Compostela: To the end of the earth or Word in your shell-like
It's home to Spain's most stunning cathedral, best seafood, Albarino wine and thousands of pilgrims
Two years’ jail for captain of Prestige tanker which created huge oil spill
Supreme Court sentences Prestige tanker captain to two years in jail for negligence
Accused British lynchpin behind 3,000kg cocaine shipment in Spain claims he was in the ‘wrong place at the wrong...
The seizure was the biggest onshore seizure of drugs for nearly two decades
Eight Brits arrested in Malaga as €681 million cocaine shipment is seized
Worth €681 million, the Class A drug load was seized in Galicia
Richard Gere offers helping hand to homeless during Spain trip
Gere and his Spanish girlfriend Alejandra Silva have been in Madrid to help highlight the plight of homeless people
Spanish couple found guilty of murdering their adopted child
Jury declares Galician couple killed their Chinese adopted daughter
71% of Spaniards believe they are healthy but who is the fittest?
71% of Spanish adults believe they are in good health
Barack Obama invites Spanish winemaker to White House dinner
A DINNER invitation from Barack Obama is hard to turn do, but a Spanish winemaker nearly did just that.
Cesar Enriquez’s Galician red, Peza do...
Court case over Europe’s ‘worst environmental disaster’ goes to Spain’s Supreme Court
The decision to acquit three Greek sailors over the 2002 Prestige tanker spill has been met with widespread criticism
Hunter killed by wild boar in Galicia
Man was stooping to kill animal with a knife when it attacked
Gaelic football gets going in Gib
Teams from the Costa del Sol and Sevilla competed against the hosts
British expat breast op horror after translation error leads to ‘unnecessary’ double mastectomy in Spain
Teresa Tarry is suing for 600,000 euros after ‘eight years of hell’
VIDEO: Six spectators dead after rally car crash in northern Spain
The car slammed into a group of twenty spectators at the La Coruna Rally killing four women, one of whom was pregnant, and two men
Army battles Galician wildfires as 3,000 hectares destroyed
Army and emergency services fight fire ripping through Galician countryside
Spain: Where you can buy an entire village for €200,000
Houses and hamlets in north-west Spain are selling for a pittance
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy staying in Spain for his summer holiday
The PP leader and his cabinet normally all go on holiday during the month of August
VIDEO: Seagull steals tourist’s camera for selfie
The cheeky bird launched itself off a wall and treated the tourists to some mind-blowing footage
Venezuelan vet who stuffed puppies with heroin is arrested in Galicia
The man was being sought by the United States of America
eBay bans Spaniard for selling plots on the Sun
Using a loophole in the ‘Outer Space Treaty’ the Spanish entrepreneur is taking the trading website to court
Tastebud tour around Spain: Who eats what, where?
Take your tastebuds on a virtual gastro tour as Iona Napier whets your appetite with a regional rundown of famous foodie favourites
Angry Camino de Santiago towns crack down on defecating walkers
Walkers taking on the world-renowned Camino de Santiago are being urged to stop defecating outdoors
Google honours 178th birthday of Spanish writer and poet
Rosalia de Castro is featured on the search engine's homepage
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Police swoop on ‘very violent’ Benidorm area drugs gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Policia Nacional have brought down what they called a 'very violent' Benidorm area drugs gang.
The criminals grew marijuana and sold it across the...
