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New rule for drivers in Spain over 65-years-old: All you need to know

SPAIN’S DGT Traffic Authority has introduced more rigorous tests for senior motorists renewing driving licences As before, more frequent renewals including medical and aptitude tests

19 Apr, 2025 @ 07:00

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The Pope shuts down Catholic Church sect accused of decades of sexual abuse across North and South America

POPE Francis has dissolved an extreme conservative Peruvian based group whose leader was accused of being a sexual predator and running the organisation like a

18 Apr, 2025 @ 14:00

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Spain's Economy Minister Cuerpo meets US counterpart and says trade deal can be struck with EU

Spain’s Economy Minister meets US counterpart: Cuerpo ‘convinced’ trade deal can be thrashed out

SPAIN’S Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo says he’s ‘convinced’ the US and EU would thrash out a fair trade deal in the wake of the Trump

16 Apr, 2025 @ 17:39

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Believe it or not: Spain’s pensioners are financially better off than their European neighbours

PENSIONERS in Spain are 6.4% better off than their EU counterparts according to figures compiled by Eurostat. That’s in contrast to the working population which

16 Apr, 2025 @ 16:30

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Dates of Spain’s Easter bank holidays and what it means for supermarket opening hours

EASTER in Spain features several national and regional public holidays, and that means shop closures or reduced opening hours. Some businesses, especially in tourist areas,

16 Apr, 2025 @ 07:00

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Spain's economy minister travels to White House: Trump trade war visit comes after Pedro Sanchez cosied up with China

Spain’s economy minister travels to the White House: Trump trade war visit comes after Pedro Sanchez cosied up with China

SPAIN’S Economy Minister, Carlos Cuerpo, flies to Washington on Monday to meet with his counterpart, US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent. Tuesday’s talks come amidst the

14 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

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WATCH: Police arrest love-hug robbery gang that struck in tourist areas of Spain and parcelled up stolen goods to Romania

A LOVE-HUG robbery gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional and their Romanian counterparts in an operation coordinated by Europol. 21 arrests have been

14 Apr, 2025 @ 14:00

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British man dies after falling off wall when taking photos of popular tourist attraction in Spain

Tragedy in Spain: British man, 63, dies after falling off wall when taking selfie at popular tourist attraction

A BRITISH man died on Saturday after falling from a wall while taking photos at a popular tourist spot in Spain. The accident happened at

14 Apr, 2025 @ 11:59

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Ryanair makes new threat to cut flights in Spain over ‘excessive’ airport fees

RYANAIR has threatened to cut more services to smaller regional airports in Spain in its ongoing row over charges for using them. The warning has

14 Apr, 2025 @ 11:15

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Revealed: The stretch of road that has the most accidents in Spain – and it’s not in Andalucia

THE stretch of road with the most accidents in Spain has been identified as being at kilometre point zero of the A77a motorway in Alicante.

13 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

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Spain's Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and the US

Spain’s Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and Trump

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said it was ‘important to continue making progress in building good economic relations between China, Spain, and the EU’.

11 Apr, 2025 @ 12:45

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Spain’s inflation tumbles to lowest rate in six months as electricity prices fall

LOWER electricity and fuel prices helped Spain’s inflation rate to go down to 2.3% in March. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) said on Friday that

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:01

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Trump admin warns Spain: Aligning with China like ‘cutting your own throat’ as Pedro Sanchez arrives in Beijing

US TREASURY Secretary Scott Bessent issued a warning with a specific emphasis on Spain that aligning with China would be like ‘cutting one’s throat’. The

10 Apr, 2025 @ 18:15

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Wild boars increasingly seen in Spain’s towns – and even shopping centres – carry ‘diarrhoea parasite that can transmit to humans’

WILD boars have appeared more and more in some of Spain’s urban areas in recent years- looking for food due to the drought destroying some

10 Apr, 2025 @ 14:00

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Warning to Brits travelling to Spain with children this summer over one important rule

Brits travelling to Spain with children this summer are warned over one important rule

THE UK Foreign Office has published some important safety advice for tourists visiting Spain with children. It points out that families need to be aware

9 Apr, 2025 @ 14:45

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Drivers in Spain beware: Mobile cameras and helicopters deployed in crackdown on speeding during Semana Santa

SPAIN’S General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) is running an ‘intensive’ campaign to catch speeding motorists until Sunday. The aim is reduce accidents as excessive speed

9 Apr, 2025 @ 12:02

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Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, arrives in Vietnam for historic visit amidst Trump tariff uncertainty

PEDRO Sanchez arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday in the first-ever official visit by a Spanish Prime Minister. The Spanish Air Force plane landed at Hanoi

8 Apr, 2025 @ 18:30

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House prices in Spain rose three times quicker than rest of Eurozone in 2024

HOUSE price increases in Spain soared three times higher than the rest of the Eurozone. Figures produced by the European Statistics Institute(Eurostat) showed Spanish property

8 Apr, 2025 @ 15:45

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

THE far-right Vox party and other radical groups say they will oppose the government’s plans to ‘resignify’ the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum with its

7 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

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Spain’s Golden Visa is officially no more: Housing crisis and money laundering blamed for closing the door

SPAIN’S Golden Visa scheme that granted residency to non-EU citizens in exchange for large investments ended on Thursday. The initiative was launched in 2013 to

4 Apr, 2025 @ 10:43

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Pedro Sanchez announces €14b support package as Spain fights 'unprecedented' Donald Trump US tariffs

Spain to fight Trump’s tariffs with €14bn support package as Pedro Sanchez slams ‘attack on America’s friends’

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has announced €14.1 billion of funding to counteract the impact of Donald Trump’s US tariffs on the country’s economy. The

3 Apr, 2025 @ 16:45

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Europe in shock as Trump announces 20% tariffs on imports from Spain and the EU

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has – as expected- announced 20% tariffs on EU member states including Spain. “Our country has been looted, plundered, raped and

3 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

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Unemployment in Spain falls to lowest March total for 17 years with new jobs created in hotels, bars, and restaurants

SPAIN’S March jobless total fell by 13,311 to over 2.5 million- the lowest figure for the month since 2007. The fall was half of that

2 Apr, 2025 @ 17:00

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Far-right group in Spain is under investigation over calls for the Spanish to 'rise up against the foreign immigrant invasion'

Spanish far-right group is investigated over calls to ‘rise up against the foreign immigrant invasion’

A FAR-RIGHT group calling itself the National Nucleus Association is being investigated by the Guardia Civil for posting a social media video calling on foreign

2 Apr, 2025 @ 16:30

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UK tourists help Spain smash February foreign visitor record

Brits are the backbone of Spain’s tourism sector in latest data as economic boom continues

SPAIN welcomed a record number of 5.4 million foreign tourists in February with a million of those coming from the United Kingdom. The National Institute

2 Apr, 2025 @ 13:45

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Hello April, hello Storm Nuria: Latest Atlantic weather front will bring rain and strong winds to Spain's coasts - these are the affected areas

Hello April, hello Storm Nuria: Latest Atlantic front will bring rain and strong winds to Spain’s coasts – these are the affected areas

RAIN will hit large parts of Spain- especially from Thursday- due to the arrival of Storm Nuria. The State Meteorological Agency(Aemet) says the new front

2 Apr, 2025 @ 11:20

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