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Torrox, the ‘Little Germany’ of Spain’s Costa del Sol kick starts its Oktoberfest today

TORROX, the municipality with the most registered German residents on the Iberian Peninsula, is gearing up for its own Oktoberfest this weekend. The small enclave

21 Sep, 2023 @ 08:45

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·What to do

Revealed: Woman killed by e-scooter was German 80-year-old who was visiting family in Estepona for the first time in 14 years

THE 80-year-old woman hit and killed by an E-scooter in Estepona last week was a German grandmother who had returned to the Costa del Sol

15 Sep, 2023 @ 14:15

Estepona·Lead·Malaga

Dramatic killer whale encounter: German Sailboat suffers damaged rudder and water leak in Orca Attack off Spanish coast

NUMEROUS orca interactions, ranging in severity, are reported monthly along the coast of Spain, with nearly 20 incidents occurring off the northwestern coast since mid-August.

15 Sep, 2023 @ 08:00

Animals·Environment·Lead

Young German tourists arrested over alleged gang rape of woman in Spain's Mallorca

Alleged sexual assault by German tourists in Spain’s Balearic Islands was recorded on cellphone

SPAIN’S National Police released more information on Saturday about the circumstances surrounding an alleged sexual assault carried out by a group of six German tourists

16 Jul, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Madeleine Mccann Suspect Christian Brueckner To Be Charged With Rape

EXCLUSIVE: German Madeleine McCann suspect to be accused of a string of rapes and two child offence charges THIS WEEK

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner will this week be charged with five more serious sex crimes. The German rapist, 45, could be accused as early

11 Oct, 2022 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read·National News

German man arrested in Spain’s Calvia for starting seven fires in 24 hours

POLICE have arrested a 55-year-old German man accused of starting seven fires in different spots in Calvia. An investigation was launched alongside local police and

30 Jul, 2022 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner: ‘I will be convicted of sex crimes over my rabbit teeth’

In letter to American supporter seen by Olive Press German rapist confirms he is being probed over five other sex attacks MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian

3 May, 2022 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Lucky Escape For Teenage Girl As Roof Collapse On Her In Family Mallorca Flat In Spain

German fraudster fugitive who swindled €300K arrested in Spain’s Mallorca

A FUGITIVE German fraudster has been arrested in Mallorca where he had been hiding out for some 18 months. The 60-year-old, whose name has not

24 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

LATEST: Mystery mummified corpse found in holiday home on Spain’s Costa del Sol is a woman

POLICE have confirmed that the body found in a ‘mummified state’ within a homemade coffin in an apartment in Duquesa outside Manilva on Spain’s Costa

23 Feb, 2022 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

German jailed for life for beating wife and son to death in Tenerife cave in Spain’s Canary Islands

A German man has been sentenced to life in prison for beating his wife and ten-year-old son to death with a rock in a cave

18 Feb, 2022 @ 10:30

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

German expat shoots daughter-in-law and grandson before turning gun on himself in Spain’s Balearic Island of Formentera

A GERMAN expat turned the gun on himself after shooting his daughter-in-law and grandson in a row outside their home in Formentera. The 82-year-old man,

24 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead

Woman climber dies after falling almost 100 meters in the Tajo de Ronda

A GERMAN tourist died after suffering a fall while practicing climbing on the Via Ferrata del Tajo de Ronda, in the province of Malaga, on

13 Nov, 2021 @ 11:01

Lead·Malaga

Germans outnumber British property buyers in Spain for the first time

GERMANS are now buying more properties in Spain than Brits for the first time since the College of Registrars (Land Registry) started compiling the statistics.

11 Nov, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·National News·Property

EXCLUSIVE: This is no comedy – Madeleine McCann prime suspect has no right to call a new book on the case ‘a comic’

THE author of a new book on Madeleine McCann has hit back at claims by the current prime suspect that it is ‘no better than

4 Oct, 2021 @ 21:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

‘Sadistic killer’ who stabbed German expat seven times in Spain’s Mallorca FIRST to be trialled with jury during Spain’s state of alarm

The German national was killed instantly, with the autoposy confirming that the knife had pierced her lungs and heart

5 Jun, 2020 @ 13:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Name and picture of German man suspected of kidnapping Madeleine McCann released

THE German man suspected of kidnapping Madeleine McCann has been named and his picture has been released for the first time.

4 Jun, 2020 @ 19:08

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Kate McCann wrote about fears over ‘German paedophiles’ in Maddie book 10 years ago

Article by Helen Barklam THE mother of Madeleine McCann questioned whether investigations into German, Portuguese and Spanish paedophiles had been thorough enough in her book

4 Jun, 2020 @ 17:59

Crime & Law·Lead

Jailed German sex offender who was in Portuguese resort where Madeleine McCann went missing identified as suspect in ‘murder’ probe

A GERMAN man jailed for rape has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The 43-year-old prisoner used a camper van

4 Jun, 2020 @ 00:15

Lead·National News

A secret WW2 German U-boat base, Nazis on the run, macabre facilities for facial reconstruction surgery – the shady past of Spain’s Fuerteventura

Words by Conor Mcglone SCORES of roosting doves erupted from the decrepit courtyard as we entered the ominously-named Villa Winter. I’m not easily spooked but

3 May, 2020 @ 11:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

NO ENTRY: German tourists sailing on catamaran to Gibraltar BLOCKED from making ‘pitstop’ in Spain’s Mallorca

The couple attempted to dock their boat in Port'dAndratx despite the island being on lockdown

28 Mar, 2020 @ 19:19

Lead·Mallorca

Drop in British tourists heading to Spain due to Brexit can be replaced by Germans and French, new figures suggest

According to the National Institute of Statistics, June saw a 5.3% drop in British tourists year-on-year

5 Aug, 2019 @ 12:13

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Spain’s FIRST boutique hotel with craft beer microbrewery opens on Costa del Sol

The factory, which cost €1 million, will employ 25 staff, pump out 300,000 litres of beer a year, and even has a deal with the

19 Jul, 2019 @ 13:25

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Pensioner holidaying on Costa del Sol drowns in front of his wife

A lifeguard jumped in to save the man and performed resuscitation attempts, but he was pronounced dead at the scene

6 Jun, 2019 @ 11:01

Lead·Malaga

Pensioner drowns on Costa del Sol after sunbathing with his wife

Police and paramedics also arrived on the scene, near the Laguna Beach urbanization, but could not save him

13 May, 2019 @ 11:06

Lead·Malaga

Father arrested after the bodies of German mother and child found in a cave on Spanish island

The man was arrested near Adeje in Tenerife after his other son, aged five, escaped the mountain cave and alerted the police

24 Apr, 2019 @ 17:47

Crime & Law·Lead

Tourist rescued after spending TWO days trapped in Costa del Sol cave without food or water

The 23-year-old man was on holiday in Mijas when he got lost hiking in the Rancho de la Paz area

22 Aug, 2018 @ 11:46

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