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Major airport in Spain will expand: PM Pedro Sanchez announces a €2.4 BILLION investment

A €2.4 billion investment to expand Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez airport has been announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday. Sanchez revealed the massive plan

26 Jan, 2024 @ 10:37

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‘Dangerous hitman’, 20, who escaped from a Madrid jail is FINALLY caught: ‘El Pastilla’ managed to travel 2,200km across Europe after his Christmas jail break in Spain

A ‘HIGHLY dangerous hitman’ who escaped from prison in Madrid has finally been caught after spending weeks on the run. Yousef Mohamed Lehrech, 20, slipped

26 Jan, 2024 @ 07:00

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WATCH: American expat demands a ‘manual’ for using recycling bins in Spain and says the country ‘must be on drugs’ because ‘who has time to do all that sorting?’

SOMEWHERE in Madrid, a young American TikToker named Danielle Grobman is hoarding trash in her bedroom because she’s afraid of throwing it in the wrong

25 Jan, 2024 @ 08:49

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Revealed: This will be the track for F1’s Grand Prix in Madrid – measuring more than 5,000m and bringing over 110,000 spectators

FORMULA One has revealed the layout of the track that will be built to host the new Madrid Grand Prix from 2026. The new circuit

23 Jan, 2024 @ 16:20

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Spain to host debut of world's first official Formula 1 travelling exhibition highlighting history and future of the sport

F1 is coming to Spain’s capital! President of Madrid reveals her plans for hosting the Spanish Grand Prix

IN an exclusive interview with El Mundo, Madrid Community President Isabel Ayuso confirmed that the capital will hold a Formula One race in 2026, with

23 Jan, 2024 @ 07:58

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Meet Spain’s first LGBT+ matador: Mario Alcalde, 31, comes out as pansexual

MARIO Alcalde has come out as pansexual, making him Spain’s first ever LGBT+ matador. The Madrid-born bullfighter, 31, opened up about his sexuality during an

22 Jan, 2024 @ 13:47

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Spain’s National Police arrests five in Madrid and Valencia on suspicion of exporting an anti-drone system to Libya

THE National Police have made five arrests in Madrid and Valencia after they detected a group that was trying to illegally export an anti-drone system

22 Jan, 2024 @ 13:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Valencia

Huge new Chinatown is coming to Spain’s Madrid: These are the €9 million plans featuring hundreds of trees, an exercise park and more

THE capital of Spain will soon have its very own official Chinatown, it has been announced. The Madrid City Council released details of its project

20 Jan, 2024 @ 05:00

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Huge new Chinatown is coming to Spain’s Madrid: These are the €9 million plans featuring hundreds of trees, an exercise park and more

THE capital of Spain will soon have its very own official Chinatown, it has been announced. The Madrid City Council released details of its project

20 Jan, 2024 @ 05:00

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Couple who ‘tricked auction houses around Spain to sell their fake designer bags for up to €10,000 a pop’ are finally arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TORREVIEJA couple have been arrested for selling fake luxury high-end branded leather goods to auction houses across Spain. The Policia Nacional said the quality

17 Jan, 2024 @ 11:15

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Revealed: The areas in Spain which welcome the most immigrants, according to latest official data

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY, Catalunya, and the Madrid region received the largest number of foreign immigrants in 2022 according to figures released by the National Institute

15 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

Alicante·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·National News·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

CCTV clears young expat of rape in Spain – almost two YEARS after the allegation was made

A YOUNG man has been cleared of rape some two years after the original allegations were made, thanks to new CCTV evidence. On June 4,

11 Jan, 2024 @ 10:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Big freeze is coming to Spain: Madrid is warned of temperatures as low as -3C

THE Madrid regional government has enacted an extreme cold alert as the capital braces for subzero temperatures through next week. Low temperatures of -2C are

6 Jan, 2024 @ 18:32

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English-speaking couple who 'insulted' a waiter in Spain are stunned when he kicks them out of the bar after 'understanding everything they said'

English-speaking couple who ‘insulted’ a waiter in Spain are stunned after he ‘understood everything they said’ and suggested they have better ‘manners’

A WAITER at a Madrid burger restaurant says he suffered an unpleasant experience with two English-speaking clients who disrespected him. Unay Ferrer shared his story

5 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

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Spain’s Socialist Party files lawsuit after far-right protestors hanged and beat effigy of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on New Year’s Eve

SPAIN’S governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has filed a lawsuit with the public prosecutor after a group of far-right protesters hanged and beat with sticks an

5 Jan, 2024 @ 12:58

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The white actor wearing 'blackface' in a video from the Madrid council

Blackface row in Spain: Outrage after white actor ‘paints himself black’ to portray Balthasar in a Three Kings video for children

ANOTHER Three Kings Day in Spain, another ‘blackface’ row. In what is becoming a tradition as closely observed as Christmas and Three Kings Day themselves,

5 Jan, 2024 @ 11:05

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Spain’s prime minister as a piñata: Who was behind the New Year’s Eve protest in Madrid that saw an effigy of Pedro Sanchez strung up and beaten?

IN MADRID it is a New Year’s Eve tradition to flock to central Sol square, where crowds of revellers welcome in the new year at

4 Jan, 2024 @ 12:56

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Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Young man, 26, ‘is raped by a group of eight men’ in a park in Spain’s Madrid in the early hours of New Year’s Day

A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Honduras has filed a police report in Madrid after he was allegedly gang-raped by eight men in a Madrid park in

3 Jan, 2024 @ 11:42

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2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Madrid city – € 590,000

Apartment Madrid, Madrid 2 beds 2 baths € 590,000 Fully renovated apartment, located on Goya street, in the Salamanca district, the most exclusive

28 Dec, 2023 @ 12:03

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Spain’s capital rolls back LGBT+ rights: These are the laws and protections no longer in place across Madrid from TODAY

REGIONAL Trans and gay rights protection laws in the Community of Madrid were in effect repealed on Friday by the Partido Popular(PP) administration led by

22 Dec, 2023 @ 16:30

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THIS will be the winning number in Spain’s famous El Gordo lottery this year – according to AI

SPAIN’S massive Christmas Lottery(El Gordo) will keep everybody on the edge of their seats this Friday morning to see who has scooped a big life-changing

21 Dec, 2023 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Technology

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Police in Spain’s Toledo launch investigation after brothers found gunned down in remote country road

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has launched an investigation after two brothers were found shot dead in a remote country road in Toledo province. The victims, aged

20 Dec, 2023 @ 12:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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

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How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

A VIOLENT robbery gang that rented homes in Spain posing as famous footballers has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Operation ‘Neckars’ led to the

17 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Castellon·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police force way into apartment to break up party during covid restrictions

Spanish cops who smashed down a British expat’s door to break up an ‘illegal’ party during the Covid pandemic were RIGHT to do so, court in Spain rules

A JURY in Spain has absolved two National Police officers in Madrid of any wrongdoing after they smashed down a door in March 2021 to

15 Dec, 2023 @ 13:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Crypto-fraudsters stole €19m from over 200 victims lured by AI-generated celebrity endorsements in Spain

Hacker from infamous cyber-attack group Kelvin Security is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘targeting town halls and businesses’

A CYBER-HACKER has been arrested in Alicante for being involved with the notorious Kelvin Security hacking group. The Venezuelan national was jailed after appearing in

11 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sevilla·Valencian Community

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Major airport in Spain will expand: PM Pedro Sanchez announces a €2.4 BILLION investment

‘Dangerous hitman’, 20, who escaped from a Madrid jail is FINALLY caught: ‘El Pastilla’ managed to travel 2,200km across Europe after his Christmas jail break in Spain

WATCH: American expat demands a ‘manual’ for using recycling bins in Spain and says the country ‘must be on drugs’ because ‘who has time to do all that sorting?’

Revealed: This will be the track for F1’s Grand Prix in Madrid – measuring more than 5,000m and bringing over 110,000 spectators

F1 is coming to Spain’s capital! President of Madrid reveals her plans for hosting the Spanish Grand Prix

Meet Spain’s first LGBT+ matador: Mario Alcalde, 31, comes out as pansexual

Spain’s National Police arrests five in Madrid and Valencia on suspicion of exporting an anti-drone system to Libya

Huge new Chinatown is coming to Spain’s Madrid: These are the €9 million plans featuring hundreds of trees, an exercise park and more

Huge new Chinatown is coming to Spain’s Madrid: These are the €9 million plans featuring hundreds of trees, an exercise park and more

Couple who ‘tricked auction houses around Spain to sell their fake designer bags for up to €10,000 a pop’ are finally arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Revealed: The areas in Spain which welcome the most immigrants, according to latest official data

CCTV clears young expat of rape in Spain – almost two YEARS after the allegation was made

Big freeze is coming to Spain: Madrid is warned of temperatures as low as -3C

English-speaking couple who ‘insulted’ a waiter in Spain are stunned after he ‘understood everything they said’ and suggested they have better ‘manners’

Spain’s Socialist Party files lawsuit after far-right protestors hanged and beat effigy of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on New Year’s Eve

Blackface row in Spain: Outrage after white actor ‘paints himself black’ to portray Balthasar in a Three Kings video for children

Spain’s prime minister as a piñata: Who was behind the New Year’s Eve protest in Madrid that saw an effigy of Pedro Sanchez strung up and beaten?

Young man, 26, ‘is raped by a group of eight men’ in a park in Spain’s Madrid in the early hours of New Year’s Day

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Madrid city – € 590,000

Spain’s capital rolls back LGBT+ rights: These are the laws and protections no longer in place across Madrid from TODAY

THIS will be the winning number in Spain’s famous El Gordo lottery this year – according to AI

Police in Spain’s Toledo launch investigation after brothers found gunned down in remote country road

Judge pauses exhumations of Franco victims from controversial mausoleum in Spain

How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

Spanish cops who smashed down a British expat’s door to break up an ‘illegal’ party during the Covid pandemic were RIGHT to do so, court in Spain rules

Hacker from infamous cyber-attack group Kelvin Security is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘targeting town halls and businesses’

What’s behind Spain’s bizarre new craze of young people dressing up as animals – and does it spell the end of western civilisation?

The Dutch have now moved into the top five for property purchases in Spain – here is where they are snapping up homes

Malaga will be cut off from high-speed trains to Madrid and beyond for at least another month

Spain’s controversial V16 traffic beacon has now fully arrived and fines are already being dished out – but is the EU about to kibosh it?

Is Spain’s caña dying? Changing beer habits could spell last orders for the iconic glass size