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LIFE IN SPAIN: Christmas markets are everywhere once again – but what can their subtle differences teach us about Spanish history and culture, asks FIONA GOVAN

At the Christmas markets that pop up across Spain you’ll still find clues to long treasured traditions that are quintessentially Spanish.

9 Dec, 2025 @ 14:00

Exploring Spain·La Cultura·Lead·Must Read·Olive Press Travel·Opinion·Other News·Travel News

Brazen squatters take over Madrid luxury chalet with their children – and even sublet rooms for extra income

THE owners of a luxury chalet in Madrid said they were driven to their wits’ end after a family of squatters moved into their one-million-euro

8 Dec, 2025 @ 11:31

Lead·Madrid·Property

UK expats living in Spain fall by 2.2% as total population heads towards 50m

THE number of registered UK expats living in Spain fell by 2.2% in 2024 according to the National Institute of Statistics(NIE). Their annual population census

3 Dec, 2025 @ 10:36

Benidorm·Lead·National News·Torrevieja

Spain is ghettoising: New data shows how immigrant groups are hiving off into parallel societies

NON-EUROPEAN residents in Spain are gravitating towards some of the country’s poorest districts, new data has shown, amid concerns that the trend could lead to

1 Dec, 2025 @ 17:53

Lead·Property

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez responds to Donald Trump's threat to raise tariffs

Spain’s housing crisis is squeezing renters in Madrid to bursting point – can Pedro Sanchez’s government build their way out of it in time?

FAMILIES in Madrid’s lowest-income district are spending more than half of their annual earnings on rent, new data has shown – as experts renew warnings

1 Dec, 2025 @ 15:15

Lead·Madrid·Property

OP INVESTIGATES: Inside the sinister force calling for a ‘second reconquest’ to banish Muslims from Europe – as Spain’s far right celebrates 50th anniversary of dictator Franco’s death

IT was a weekend in Madrid when it seemed that almost every nationalist and right-wing Vox supporter was out in the streets united by one

28 Nov, 2025 @ 18:55

Lead·Madrid·Politics

OP INVESTIGATES: Inside the sinister force calling for a ‘second reconquest’ to banish Muslims from Europe – as Spain’s far right celebrates 50th anniversary of dictator Franco’s death

IT was a weekend in Madrid when it seemed that almost every nationalist and right-wing Vox supporter was out in the streets united by one

27 Nov, 2025 @ 08:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Pope accepts resignation of Spain’s Bishop of Cadiz after investigation launched into historic child abuse claims

POPE Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Cadiz after an official investigation was launched into an allegation of historic child sexual

23 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales pelted with eggs launched by his own UNCLE

LUIS Rubiales, the disgraced former chief of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), was pelted with eggs at a book launch event in Madrid on Thursday

14 Nov, 2025 @ 08:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Madrid’s regional government hands controversial director Woody Allen €1.5 million for new film – but with strings attached

MADRID’S regional government has agreed to invest €1.5 million of taxpayer money into an upcoming film directed by Woody Allen – but the new flick

7 Nov, 2025 @ 16:16

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Turkish Airlines puts pen-to-paper on deal for €300 million stake in Spain’s Air Europa

TURKISH Airlines has formally signed a deal to buy around a quarter of rival airline Air Europa – although the carrier will remain under Spanish

7 Nov, 2025 @ 11:07

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

What is El Gordo? Spain’s national Christmas lottery takes place this weekend

El Gordo could get even fatter: Ticket sellers for Spain’s Christmas lottery urge government to up prize in line with inflation

SPAIN’S annual Christmas lottery could get even fatter after ticket sellers for El Gordo called on the government to increase the draw’s top prize in

6 Nov, 2025 @ 15:30

La Cultura·Lead

Amazing security breach as bogus police officer regularly visited military barracks to ‘recruit’ soldiers for fake spy jobs in Spain

A BOGUS Policia Nacional officer has been arrested in Madrid after trying to recruit soldiers to work for Spain’s intelligence service. The genuine Policia Nacional

31 Oct, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spanish police find painting believed to be €600,000 Picasso masterpiece that disappeared en route to Andalucia

POLICE investigating the disappearance of a tiny €600,000 painting by master artist Pablo Picasso believe they have finally located the missing work. Naturaleza muerta con

24 Oct, 2025 @ 11:44

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead

Gang stole 1,100 bar and restaurant chairs from 18 terraces to sell them outside Spain

Devious gang stole over a thousand chairs from bar and restaurant terraces in Madrid to sell outside Spain during bizarre summer spree

A SEVEN-STRONG gang stole over 1,100 chairs from bar and restaurant terraces in Spain to sell on the black market. The crew were arrested in

22 Oct, 2025 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

UN investigates Madrid landfill site after massive methane leaks are detected from space

A UN agency is probing a Madrid landfill after satellites detected massive emissions of climate-altering methane gas billowing from the site. The International Methane Emissions

22 Oct, 2025 @ 16:55

Environment·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Eco-activists spray red paint in Madrid art gallery – leaving 133-year-old art work with ‘irreparable damage’

TWO climate activists linked to the notorious environmental protest group Just Stop Oil were arrested in Madrid on Sunday after causing ‘irreparable damage’ to a

17 Oct, 2025 @ 10:23

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Four dead in Madrid after collapse of six-storey building that was being converted into a hotel

‘I genuinely thought it was a bomb’: Residents recall horror of deadly Madrid building collapse as council is accused of ‘ignoring risks’

MADRID residents have recalled their terror as a building under renovation collapsed in the city centre on Tuesday, killing four and injuring three others. The

10 Oct, 2025 @ 10:57

Lead·Madrid

Four dead in Madrid after collapse of six-storey building that was being converted into a hotel

THE bodies of four people have been recovered in the rubble of six-storey building that collapsed in central Madrid on Tuesday. The former office building

8 Oct, 2025 @ 11:29

Lead·Madrid

Former Sanchez right-hand man in fresh corruption probe over missing €95k

SPAIN’s left-wing PSOE, the ruling party in government, faces fresh scrutiny after investigators found that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s former right-hand man racked up €95,000

6 Oct, 2025 @ 09:30

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Madrid offers first-time property buyers 100% mortgage deals – but there is a rather harsh catch

A NEW Madrid city council scheme will make it easier for ‘young’ property buyers to purchase their first home in Spain’s capital.Community of Madrid President

2 Oct, 2025 @ 10:24

Lead·Madrid·Property

REVEALED: The richest and poorest areas of Spain based on income tax returns

POZUELO de Alarcon in the Madrid region has kept its decade-long ranking as the wealthiest municipality in Spain- based on Tax Agency figures. The latest

1 Oct, 2025 @ 17:15

Lead·National News

Man who drove at 261km/h in Spain is caught by police who saw his social media videos

The five most dangerous cities in Spain: The criminals follow the tourists

DO you feel safe in Spain? The answer you give will probably depend on where you live – and fresh crime data from the National

30 Sep, 2025 @ 20:47

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Is Spain in a housing bubble? Property prices continue to surge nationwide with 7% spike predicted for 2025

SPAIN’S housing boom shows no sign of slowing down after research from a leading real-estate agency revealed that property prices nationwide are on course to

23 Sep, 2025 @ 10:08

Lead·Property

Chaos in Madrid as rampaging pro-Palestine protesters injure 22 police and force cancellation of final day of Vuelta a España race

THE greatest fears of the organisers of the Vuelta a España came true on Sunday as the grand finale of the gruelling, three-week-long cycle race

15 Sep, 2025 @ 11:50

Lead·Madrid·Politics·Sport

Pro-Palestine protesters threaten grand finale of Vuelta a España cycle race in Madrid after causing havoc in previous stages

THE director of the Vuelta a España, Spain’s equivalent of the Tour de France, has reiterated his determination to finish the race in Madrid on

10 Sep, 2025 @ 12:04

Lead·Politics·Sport

LIFE IN SPAIN: Christmas markets are everywhere once again – but what can their subtle differences teach us about Spanish history and culture, asks FIONA GOVAN

Brazen squatters take over Madrid luxury chalet with their children – and even sublet rooms for extra income

UK expats living in Spain fall by 2.2% as total population heads towards 50m

Spain is ghettoising: New data shows how immigrant groups are hiving off into parallel societies

Spain’s housing crisis is squeezing renters in Madrid to bursting point – can Pedro Sanchez’s government build their way out of it in time?

OP INVESTIGATES: Inside the sinister force calling for a ‘second reconquest’ to banish Muslims from Europe – as Spain’s far right celebrates 50th anniversary of dictator Franco’s death

OP INVESTIGATES: Inside the sinister force calling for a ‘second reconquest’ to banish Muslims from Europe – as Spain’s far right celebrates 50th anniversary of dictator Franco’s death

Pope accepts resignation of Spain’s Bishop of Cadiz after investigation launched into historic child abuse claims

WATCH: Disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales pelted with eggs launched by his own UNCLE

Madrid’s regional government hands controversial director Woody Allen €1.5 million for new film – but with strings attached

Turkish Airlines puts pen-to-paper on deal for €300 million stake in Spain’s Air Europa

El Gordo could get even fatter: Ticket sellers for Spain’s Christmas lottery urge government to up prize in line with inflation

Amazing security breach as bogus police officer regularly visited military barracks to ‘recruit’ soldiers for fake spy jobs in Spain

Spanish police find painting believed to be €600,000 Picasso masterpiece that disappeared en route to Andalucia

Devious gang stole over a thousand chairs from bar and restaurant terraces in Madrid to sell outside Spain during bizarre summer spree

UN investigates Madrid landfill site after massive methane leaks are detected from space

WATCH: Eco-activists spray red paint in Madrid art gallery – leaving 133-year-old art work with ‘irreparable damage’

‘I genuinely thought it was a bomb’: Residents recall horror of deadly Madrid building collapse as council is accused of ‘ignoring risks’

Four dead in Madrid after collapse of six-storey building that was being converted into a hotel

Former Sanchez right-hand man in fresh corruption probe over missing €95k

Madrid offers first-time property buyers 100% mortgage deals – but there is a rather harsh catch

REVEALED: The richest and poorest areas of Spain based on income tax returns

The five most dangerous cities in Spain: The criminals follow the tourists

Is Spain in a housing bubble? Property prices continue to surge nationwide with 7% spike predicted for 2025

Chaos in Madrid as rampaging pro-Palestine protesters injure 22 police and force cancellation of final day of Vuelta a España race

Pro-Palestine protesters threaten grand finale of Vuelta a España cycle race in Madrid after causing havoc in previous stages

LIFE IN SPAIN: Christmas markets are everywhere once again – but what can their subtle differences teach us about Spanish history and culture, asks FIONA GOVAN

Manhunt in Malaga for child abuser sentenced to 18 years who failed to show for jail

WATCH: Moment deadly wave washes away tourists as they pose for selfies in Tenerife rock pool

Inside the dark Malaga prostitution ring that enslaved over 40 women – until one managed to escape and free her fellow victims

Five horror stories to make your blood boil as Spain’s squatter problem reaches stratospheric new heights