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Multi-millionaire rocks art world with removal of Mata Mua painting from Madrid gallery as talks with Spanish Government crumble
KNOWN as ‘La Misteriosa’, she has shadily presided over an art collection worth €390 million that counts Matisse, Picasso and Rodin among...
Madrid sees first outbreak of COVID-19 since end of state of alarm, bringing total in Spain to 67
Five employees have tested positive, while another 18 people, made up of 12 family members six other workers, are being monitored
Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival confirms rearranged dates for 2021
MADRID’S Mad Cool Festival has been rearranged for next year, due to the coronavirus crisis.
Gang of youths arrested for ‘stoning’ good samaritans who stopped woman being robbed in Madrid street
A GROUP of nine youths have been arrested for stoning and robbing people in Madrid. The thugs robbed a...
Black Lives Matter protests sweep across Spain and the Costa del Sol
BLACK Lives Matter protests have swept across Spain, including on the Costa del Sol.
Man straps cocaine to testicles in failed smuggling attempt in Spain’s Valencia
The two suspects were taken by surprise by cops at a police checkpoint in Valencia
Man breaks travel restrictions to board flight from Spain’s Madrid to Lanzarote while infected with COVID-19
The man, who will likely face a hefty fine, and 14 other passengers, will now spend two weeks in self-isolation in their homes
Jon Clarke tracks the Nazi Gold Trail to Madrid and Gibraltar, hot on the heels of our expose on...
HOW could a stockpile of looted Nazi gold larger than some country’s bullion reserves disappear without trace? The macabre...
Madrid and Barcelona both rank in the bottom 10 of best cities for jobs following coronavirus crisis
MADRID and Barcelona have both ranked in the bottom 10 of the 100 best cities for jobs following the coronavirus crisis.
How residents in Madrid dealt with the first week of partial de-escalation measures
LIKE Sleeping Beauty, Madrid is emerging from its induced coma after eight long weeks of lockdown during which dogs and their owners ruled the streets.
Police in Madrid break up 400 house parties over the weekend and 97 social gatherings in parks
POLICE in Madrid have broken up 400 house parties over the weekend.
KLM resumes some flights connecting Amsterdam and Spain
KLM has resumed some of its flights connecting Amsterdam to Madrid and Barcelona.
Chinese shops open in Madrid for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown
SHOPS and businesses in the Chinatown area of Madrid have opened their doors for the first time since the COVID-19 state of...
Policeman ends up in hospital after being run over at a coronavirus checkpoint in Madrid
A POLICEMAN has been run over at a checkpoint in Madrid when a car refused to stop.
Woman arrested in Madrid for lying about being kidnapped when instead she broke lockdown rules to go to a...
A WOMAN has been arrested in Madrid for saying she was kidnapped but instead broke lockdown rules and went to a birthday party.
Spain’s ‘patient zero’ ruled out as first COVID-19 cases investigated in Madrid
SCIENTISTS from the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid have revealed findings from studies on the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in...
Teenage hacker arrested in Madrid for hacking medical data and leaking information about a politician who was positive with...
A 16-YEAR-OLD hacker has been arrested for hacking medical data and then leaking information about a politician who was positive with coronavirus.
Air pollution in Madrid and across major European cities drops staggering amounts due to coronavirus
AIR pollution in Madrid and across major European cities has dropped dramatically due to coronavirus.
Spanish police suspend a mass at a church in Madrid, which was in breach of the lockdown rules
POLICIA Nacional have dispersed a mass at a church in Madrid, which was in breach of lockdown rules.
WATCH: Madrid man threatens to f*** Costa Blanca town with Covid-19 before expulsion for ‘hate crime’
TORREVIEJA magistrates have expelled the man that boasted of travelling from Madrid to spread Coronavirus throughout the city. The...
Madrid shuts down makeshift morgue that was set up in ice rink, as it’s no longer needed due to...
A MAKESHIFT morgue in Madrid that was set up in an ice rink has now been closed down, due to a drop in the number of deaths.
Topless man arrested in Spain for threatening the police and the public with two katana swords
A TOPLESS man has threatened the police with two swords in Madrid.
Traffic jams in Spain’s Madrid and Sevilla as police ramp up checkpoints ahead of Semana Santa weekend
THIS weekend would normally see millions of Spaniards heading to the coasts or their family homes in the pueblo. Semana Santa (Holy Week) is arguably...
BREAKING: Spain has another deadly 24 hours but coronavirus death AND infection rates decline
SPAIN recorded 932 coronavirus deaths between Thursday and Friday, new figures have revealed. According to the Health Ministry, that brings the total number of COVID-19...
REVEALED: When lockdown is predicted to end in Spain as experts say country’s coronavirus hospitalisations have already peaked
SPAIN has already passed its peak in terms of coronavirus hospitalisations. That's the consensus made by the research team at the University Institute for Multidisciplinary...
Pensioner murders her husband and then takes her own life in Madrid after he allegedly abused her
A 66-YEAR-OLD woman has stabbed her 68-year-old husband to death and then taken her own life at their home in Madrid.
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Huge public building on Spain’s Costa Blanca disinfected with ‘fogging’ technique ahead of crunch talks over future of area
THE International Auditorium of Torrevieja has carried out the disinfection and cleaning of all its facilities, using a new fogging technique, in...
