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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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Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

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

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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REGIONAL Trans and gay rights protection laws in the Community of Madrid were in effect repealed on Friday by the Partido Popular(PP) administration led by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

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

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

Cyber scammers pocket over €5 million by defrauding users of cloned electronic product websites 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

Protestors in Madrid tie themselves to trees to stop workers chopping them down as controversial Metro extension works resume

AROUND 100 protestors gathered in central Madrid on Monday morning as controversial work to extend the Metro system restarted. Workers with chainsaws started felling trees

11 Dec, 2023 @ 14:28

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Supermarket strike is announced in Spain over the crucial Christmas period

SUPERMARKET and grocery shop workers in the Madrid area are set to strike over Christmas over wage rise demands. The UGT trade union has announced

7 Dec, 2023 @ 17:52

Lead·Madrid·National News

Two spies are kicked out of Spain’s intelligence service for ‘passing information to the US’: Revelations risk further strain on Madrid-Washington relations

MADRID-Washington relations are at risk of worsening after two spies were exposed for ‘passing information to the US’. The Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles,

7 Dec, 2023 @ 12:59

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Imam and Arabic teacher who ‘tried to turn children into jihadists’ is arrested in Spain

AN IMAM who worked as an Arabic language teacher at a Madrid mosque has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for trying to radicalise minors.

7 Dec, 2023 @ 12:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Opera fans shocked by classic work transferred to brothel and featuring nude dancers in Spain's Madrid

Opera fans shocked by classic work using brothel setting with nude dancers in Spain’s Madrid

OPERA and theatre goers around the world are used to modern-day interpretations of classic works but a Madrid audience was stunned by a new ‘brothel-set’

5 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

La Cultura·Madrid

Mother warns girls in Spain are being targeted by pimps on TikTok and Instagram after her daughter was roped into prostitution and killed by a sadomasochist

THE MOTHER of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered just over a year ago in Madrid has warned that girls in Spain are being targeted

4 Dec, 2023 @ 12:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Helicopter crash in Spain: Multiple injuries after aircraft smashes into a motorway in Madrid

MULTIPLE people have been injured after a helicopter crashed onto a Madrid motorway. The aircraft was taking part in the European Rotors fair on Friday

1 Dec, 2023 @ 12:16

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REVIEW: The bet pays off for Paco Roncero at Madrid’s Terraza del Casino

MADRID has gone through a food revolution since I lived there in the early 1990s when it was literally all about roast suckling pig, pinchos

1 Dec, 2023 @ 10:30

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MISSING: Fears for 22-year-old man who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol almost a week ago

FEARS are growing for a missing 22-year-old who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol almost one week ago. Adrian Fernandez was last seen in Fuengirola

30 Nov, 2023 @ 16:03

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King Felipe of Spain defends his country’s constitution as he opens Congress after months of political deadlock

THREE of Spain’s regional parties boycotted Wednesday’s opening of a new Congress session by King Felipe- nearly two weeks after Pedro Sanchez won the prime

29 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Man arrested in Madrid after allegedly murdering 25-year-old ex-wife and their five-year-old daughter

POLICE in Madrid have arrested a 26-year-old man after he allegedly stabbed to death both his 25-year-old ex-wife and their five-year-old daughter. The shocking crime

27 Nov, 2023 @ 15:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Live music boost as concert ticket sales rise by 48% in Spain with UK fans amongst the mix

Live music boost as concert ticket sales rise by 48% in Spain with UK fans in the mix

TICKET SALES for live music events in Spain this year soared by 48% compared to 2022, despite the state of the economy. The ‘IV Live

25 Nov, 2023 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Catalunya·Entertainment·Lead·Madrid

Robbers travel on 'days out' to rob shop safes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down

A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before closing

25 Nov, 2023 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Eighteen nights of protests in Madrid against government’s Catalan amnesty plan see more than 70 arrests

LAST NIGHT marked the 18th improvised protest to be held outside the headquarters of the Socialist Party in Madrid’s Ferraz street. The demonstrations were originally

22 Nov, 2023 @ 12:17

Lead·Madrid·Politics

BREAKING: British woman is arrested in connection with the assassination attempt of far-right politician in Spain

A BRITISH woman is one of three people detained by the Policia Nacional over the attempted killing of the former head of the Partido Popular

21 Nov, 2023 @ 11:42

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·National News

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