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Bouncer arrested for stabbing man to death outside nightclub in Spainn

Holiday hell in Estepona: Armed thugs posing as police rob tourists of Rolex and clothes after storming Airbnb-style flat

POLICIA Nacional are investigating the violent robbery of three ‘foreign’ tourists in Estepona. In the early morning of Sunday, March 9, police responded to an

12 Mar, 2025 @ 15:16

Crime & Law·Lead

Father goes to court to stop daughter ending her life in landmark challenge to Spain’s euthanasia law

A PARAPLEGIC woman, 24, has told a Barcelona court during a landmark case that she wants a dignified death under Spain’s euthanasia laws. It’s the

6 Mar, 2025 @ 11:18

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Revealed: The most popular cultural leisure activities enjoyed by people in Spain

Security guard wins back job after watching porn on company mobile phone in Spain

A SECURITY guard who was fired for watching pornography on a works mobile phone was unfairly sacked, according to the Basque Country Supreme Court. The

22 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Basque Country·Lead

Squatter crackdown U-turn in Spain as politicians send ‘game-changing’ amendment back to Congress – in crushing blow to victims

FAST-TRACK trials for squatter cases have been delayed by a vote in Senate on the Judicial Efficiency Bill. Congress approved the measure last month but

11 Dec, 2024 @ 14:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Mercadona worker who was fired for eating a ‘croqueta’ destined for the trash wins legal battle in Spain

A COURT says the Mercadona supermarket chain was wrong to sack a worker who ate an out-of-date ‘croqueta’ which was going to be thrown into

18 Nov, 2024 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Spain's war on tourist apartments continues with new law set to come into effect this week

How locals in Spain can block Airbnb-style flats according to new Supreme Court ruling

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that a community of home owners can prohibit tourist flats so long as at least three-fifths of them back such

8 Oct, 2024 @ 10:55

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Why a Benidorm restaurant owner got arrested after three burglars were caught red-handed by police

Benidorm appeals record €330m fine over land dispute that would leave the resort bankrupt

BENIDORM City Council has gone to Spain’s Supreme Court to challenge a €283 million compensation award plus €47 million in interest payments that could bankrupt

1 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Court rejects appeal to reopen criminal probe into Valencia apartment fire that killed 10 people

Court in Spain demands re-opening of legal probe into deadly Valencia fire that claimed 10 lives

THE Court of Valencia has ordered the reopening of the case to determine the cause of a city apartment block fire in February which killed

25 Jun, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Two Brits stand trial over alleged Benidorm group sex attack

‘Historic’ fine in Benidorm threatens to bankrupt the tourist mecca: City hall is ordered to pay €283million compensation to family who was blocked from building on protected land

BENIDORM City Council is facing potential bankruptcy after a court ordered it to pay €283 million plus interest as compensation to a family for the

30 May, 2024 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Ryanair loses Supreme Court battle in Spain after cutting staff’s wages during the Covid pandemic

BUDGET airline Ryanair has been told by Spain’s Supreme Court that staff pay cuts and working condition changes imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic in July

8 Apr, 2024 @ 16:26

Galicia·Lead·National News·Other News

Telegram latest in Spain: Messaging app gets last minute reprieve as a judge temporarily blocks plans to ban the platform

AROUND eight million users of messaging app Telegram in Spain have been given a reprieve after a judge changed his mind about suspending it over

25 Mar, 2024 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News·Technology

Victims of the deadly tower block fire in Valencia file a criminal negligence case against the building’s construction firm

RESIDENTS of the Valencia tower block where a fire claimed 10 lives on February 22 are alleging negligence over the blaze spreading so quickly. The

20 Mar, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Carles Puigdemont ‘is ready to return to Spain and be arrested’: Exiled former Catalan leader will run for parliament, his lawyer says

THE lawyer of exiled ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont says he will return to Spain once the new Amnesty Law hits the statute books- even at

15 Mar, 2024 @ 13:15

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

German expat Matthias Kuhn wins almost €100m in compensation from the Balearic government in Spain – this is why

THE Balearic Islands government will have to pay €96 million in compensation over breaching an urban planning deal with a German-owed developer. The ruling from

7 Mar, 2024 @ 11:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

What is the Beckham Law in Spain? How expats can make BIG savings on income tax

TAXES are complicated enough in your home country, but when you’re working abroad they can get even stickier. Fortunately, foreigners working in Spain can get

25 Feb, 2024 @ 15:32

Business & Finance·EXPLAINER·Must Read·OP Money Tree·Other News

‘Stop complaining about chemtrails!’ Prosecutor in Spain insists the visible vapor from planes is NOT toxic after being inundated with denuncias from conspiracy theorists

A SENIOR prosecutor says increasing numbers of people are filing denuncias about ‘chemtrails’- the white trails left by planes in the sky due to condensation.

13 Feb, 2024 @ 10:49

Lead·National News·Other News·Valencian Community

Spain to ban porn for minors: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez brands children’s access to explicit content online a “real epidemic”

SPAIN will soon pass sweeping legislation to limit minors’ access to internet pornography, as governments throughout Europe look to punish providers for failing to protect

14 Jan, 2024 @ 18:55

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Far-right writer gets prison time for using offensive language to say that gay people caused monkeypox virus in Spain

Far-right activist jailed for ‘offensive’ language while claiming gay people caused monkey pox virus in Spain

A VALENCIA court has sentenced a man to 32 months in prison for a hate crime after he published an article on a far-right website

29 Dec, 2023 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain's efforts to 'rebrand' world's tallest cross and Franco-era monument in Madrid meet howls of protest from the far-right

Judge pauses exhumations of Franco victims from controversial mausoleum in Spain

A MADRID court has ordered a pause to the exhumations of Civil War victims from a Francoist mausoleum after the granddaughter of a victim claimed

19 Dec, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

Why are Spain’s biggest newspapers filing a €550m lawsuit against Meta’s Facebook?

A GROUP representing 83 newspapers in Spain has filed a €550 million lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms, claiming that its breaching advertising competition rules.

4 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Ex-King Juan Carlos pays back €4m to business friends and aristocrats who covered big tax debt in Spain

Former King Juan Carlos of Spain WINS his legal battle against ex-lover in a London High Court

SPAIN’S former monarch, Juan Carlos, has won a bid to throw out a £126 million London lawsuit brought by his ex-lover, who accused him of

6 Oct, 2023 @ 15:20

Lead·National News

Mallorca's biggest real estate scam sees three people jailed for 28 years after pocketing €3.3m for non-existent homes

Drink driver is ACQUITTED of killing British expat, 39, in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca – despite being TWICE over the alcohol limit

A PALMA court has backed a lower court verdict that cleared a motorist of running over a British expat at a pedestrian crossing- despite being

4 Oct, 2023 @ 17:33

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Former Venezuelan spy chief looses extradition battle in Spain to face drug trafficking charges in United States

Former Venezuelan spy chief extradited from Spain to face drug trafficking charges in United States

A FORMER Venezuelan military intelligence chief was extradited on Wednesday from Spain to the United States, where he is wanted on drug trafficking charges. His

19 Jul, 2023 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain’s Emeritus King Juan Carlos asks London court to throw out damages claim from ex-lover

THE BARRISTER acting for Emeritus King Juan Carlos has asked a London High Court judge to throw out a €126 million damages claim by his

18 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Clinton Blakey, 38, was arrested in Marbella on May 17 following a surveillance operation.

British fugitive sent back to UK after arrest in Spain’s Marbella

A FUGITIVE from Leeds wanted by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for trafficking guns and ammunition has been sent back to the UK and

12 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Drinking alcohol is no grounds for work dismissal says top Murcia court in landmark ruling in Spain

MURCIA’S Supreme Court has ruled that drinking three litres of beer in a day is not sufficient grounds on its own for dismissing an employee.

25 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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