EXCLUSIVE: British expat on Spain’s Costa del Sol is launching new flip flop brand this summer
A BRITISH expat on the Costa del Sol has announced he’s launching his own flip flop brand this summer.
Spain’s Andalucia scorches just in time for loosening of COVID-19 restrictions as warm weather set to continue into next week
PEOPLE got their first taste of summer this weekend as temperatures soared to over 30C in Andalucia. The nation’s lockdown eased yesterday for the nearly
Real estate agent Amanda Butler looks ahead to brighter days as Spain’s Balearic Islands emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 crisis
WELL that’s what we’d all like to say, and will celebrate when it truly happens with gusto! I am not normally one wishing to spread
Four Spaniards killed after repatriation flight crashes
FOUR Spaniards have died in a plane crash while being repatriated from Bolivia amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Two soldiers were also killed when the flight
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 Alarm came into
BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death toll plummets to new low while new infections drop to below 1,000
SPAIN’S daily coronavirus death toll has plummeted to 164 this Sunday. That’s 112 less than yesterday, while bringing the total number of deaths to 25,264.
COVID-19: Bored ‘middle class families’ on UK lockdown are driving demand for Spain’s fresh herbs, reveals one happy expat supplier
MIDDLE class British shoppers are helping keep Andalucian herb suppliers going through the critical coronavirus lockdown. Millions of Home Counties home chefs have been dusting
EU funding and Spanish teamwork ensures 700 tonnes of healthy food gets to vulnerable groups in region
MORE THAN 700 tonnes of fruit and vegetables has been distributed to vulnerable groups in the region, thanks to the EU and Spain’s Agriculture Ministry.
A secret WW2 German U-boat base, Nazis on the run, macabre facilities for facial reconstruction surgery – the shady past of Spain’s Fuerteventura
Words by Conor Mcglone SCORES of roosting doves erupted from the decrepit courtyard as we entered the ominously-named Villa Winter. I’m not easily spooked but
Bomb bound for Balearics – Explosives Unit intercept live mortar bought as decoration
THE EXPLOSIVES Deactivation Unit (TEDAX) of Alicante Police were called to a nearby post office when a live two-inch mortar was found in a shipment.
From Monaco to Yorkshire, nothing compares to Mallorca, writes Terenia Taras, as she remains stranded in the UK
WE’VE been back in the UK now since lockdown kicked in four weeks ago, but are desperate to get back to Mallorca. We had only
Outrage as beach disinfected with BLEACH near Spain’s Costa del Sol
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have been left outraged after local authorities in the coastal town of Zahara de los Atunes, near Cadiz, used bleach to disinfect their local
“A long time before life returns to normal” – Maura Hillen on COVID-19 and stepping down as President of illegal homes campaign group AUAN in Spain’s Andalucia
FOR more than a decade she has been at the helm of Andalucia’s leading non-profit illegal homes campaign group, helping thousands of expats avoid a
Front-line services get COVID-19 all-clear in Gibraltar as shops open
Most front-line workers are clear of Coronavirus as people swamped Main Street after being allowed to go shopping for the first time in six weeks.
Terraces can open by 50% in Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus deescalation plan while people can meet in groups of 10 as PM Pedro Sanchez reveals more details
TERRACES will be able to open to a 50% capacity during Phase 1 of the coronavirus deescalation plan. In his weekly press conference today, prime
COVID-19: The wheels of industry must start turning – goodbye China!
AND so it was that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the catastrophic de-industrialisation of the West. A combination of greed, neglect, complacency and laziness allowed this
Chartered Financial Planner Jonathan Holdaway recognises the benefit of professional connections, as he looks ahead to emerging from Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown
A WHILE ago I wrote about the huge benefits I received from attending a regular weekly business networking event – here I was able to
EXCLUSIVE: This is NOT Armageddon, insists mother of young cancer hero Ashya King as she seeks sanctuary in Spain from clutches of Jehovah’s Witnesses
‘‘THEY are holed up at home and terrified this is Armageddon,” says Naghmeh King
COVID-19: Marbella Town Hall initiates path to recovery by allowing thousands of Licenses of First Occupation to be approved by architects
MARBELLA municipal officials have approved a revolutionary measure that will greatly prop up property sales and short-term rentals, COVID-19 permitting. Last Monday, the spokesman for
BREAKING: Both the number of new patients and the number of coronavirus deaths in Spain decrease, staying below 300 for the third consecutive day
BOTH the number of new patients and the number of coronavirus related deaths in Spain have gone down.
Full works of Spain’s expat poet Gamel Woolsey set to be released by Gerald Brenan House
SHE is one of Spain’s most distinguished expats. Buried in Malaga’s celebrated English Cemetery, she wrote widely about the country and was known around the
COVID-19: As human trials for vaccine begin in UK, Bill Gates says world could need 14 billion doses to stop coronavirus
AS the Oxford Vaccine Group begins human trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, Bill Gates has said the world could need 14 billion doses to stop
IN PICS: Hundreds descend on Palma de Mallorca for exercise as fresh air set to boost mental health during Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown
The capital was full of life as hundreds of people took full advantage of some much needed fresh air
Spain’s Mediterranean diet can help protect brain function, study finds
SPAIN’S Mediterranen diet can help keep your brain in gear, as well as your waistline in the clear, scientists have found. Frequently lauded by health
Spain’s high coronavirus death toll owes to its huge obesity problem, warns doctor
A SPANISH scientist has warned that obesity could be behind Spain and Italy’s high coronavirus mortality rates. Francisco Tinahones, president of the Spanish Society for
How Spanish coronavirus memes are helping me learn the language during lockdown
Despite my heavy workload – writing a never-ending stream of coronavirus articles while blitzing through The Office UK and Tiger King – lockdown seems to