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Pedro Sanchez visits the Costa del Sol: Spain’s PM enjoys The Strokes at the Cala Mijas music festival

SPAIN'S prime minister Pedro Sanchez enjoyed a night of music at an international festival on the Costa del Sol on Friday. The socialist leader,...

Petrol costs in Spain this August were the highest on record as motorists suffer eight consecutive weeks of price...

PETROL prices are at their highest since over a year ago after the ongoing increases over the month of August.  The new hikes came as...

REVEALED: The most expensive house in Spain that will set you back €35 million

SPAIN'S most expensive home for sale is a €35 million villa in an up-market area of the Costa del Sol. The property, which was built...

EXC: Paralysed British expat, 30, celebrates ‘miracle’ baby with the local Spanish beautician who helped him recover from horror...

A BRITISH paraplegic has had a ‘miracle’ baby with the local Spanish beauty who helped nurse him back to health. Expat Aaron Salter, 30, was paralysed...

Spain’s men’s football boss says sorry but won’t quit for applauding speech by controversial World Cup kisser Luis Rubiales

SPAIN'S men's football team coach Luis de la Fuente has apologised for applauding RFEF president Luis Rubiales last week but has refused to resign. De...

Two Albanians who ‘robbed more than FIFTY homes’ are arrested: Prolific duo accused of targeting expat neighbourhoods across Spain’s...

TWO MEN have been arrested for robbing 51 homes in Alicante province, with authorities believing they may have committed more offences. The Albanian nationals aged...

New dog beach to open on Spain’s Costa del Sol

MANILVA is set to get a dog beach with several possible sites identified by council staff. The city's mayor, Jose Manuel Fernandez, held a meeting...

REVIEW: Brit Pop at its finest at the Cala Mijas Festival as Baxter Dury, Idles and others send the...

WITH his unusual Tai chi/ yoga stances, he stalked the stage with the grace of a ballet dancer. But, make no mistake, Baxter Dury had...

Will it rain in Malaga this weekend? All you need to know as Gota Fria threatens storms, strong winds...

A STORM is brewing above Spain this weekend after a summer of multiple heatwaves and record temperatures. An area of isolated depression, known as DANA,...

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Villamartin with pool – € 355,000

Villamartin, Alicante   3 beds   2 baths € 355,000 This brand new 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom detached villa with private pool is located...

Emergency alert texts to be sent to EVERY phone in areas most at risk from ‘historic’ Gota Fria across...

EMERGENCY alert messages will be sent this weekend to mobile phones in the Valencian Community to warn about problems caused by predicted 'Gota Fria'...

Man falls off boat and drowns following night out at a cocktail bar in Marbella’s upmarket Puerto Banus

A MAN has died after falling off his boat following a night out at a cocktail bar in Marbella, it has emerged. The unnamed...

Roads across Spain will be extremely busy this weekend – here’s why

THE END of the summer holiday season this weekend will lead to busy roads and a projected 6.8 million long-distance journeys according to Spain's...

Video shows ‘moment two missing paddle surfers headed out to sea’ before vanishing: Desperate search enters its FIFTH day...

THIS is believed to be the moment two missing paddle surfers headed out to sea in Malaga before seemingly vanishing into thin air. In...

Marbella bar sparks backlash for charging non-customers €2 to use its bathroom: But is it illegal?

A BAR in Marbella has sparked debate for charging non-paying customers to use its toilets. The unnamed establishment in the coastal city's old town...

Football boss Luis Rubiales ‘poses for photo with doctors who treated his mother’ in Granada hospital after she fell...

As calls intensify for Spanish Football Federation chairman Luis Rubiales to resign over the forced kiss he gave captain Jenni Hermoso after Spain's Women's...

Warnings of ‘historic and extraordinary’ DANA weather front: Spain to be rocked by torrential rain, lightning and HAIL from...

AUTUMN weather will hit Spain this weekend with storms hitting nearly all of the country caused by an Atlantic front that is approaching the...

Lucky cat uses one of its nine lives after miraculously surviving 20 metre cliff plunge on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CAT used up one of its nine lives after falling 20 metres to the rocky ground at Benissa's Pinets cove. The lucky feline is...

Controversy over comedy bullfighting show featuring dwarf matadors as president of Spain’s Murcia region gets asked to block it

AN ANIMAL protection organisation has written to Murcia's acting president, Fernando Lopez Miras, asking him to stop a comedic bullfighting show featuring dwarf matadors. The...

Company in Spain’s Lleida province offers €700 courses for combatants in Ukraine

A COMPANY in the Catalan province of Lleida is offering courses for people who want to go and fight in Ukraine against Russian forces....

Spanish man charged with ten counts of raping British child in Gibraltar

A SPANISH man is due to appear in court tomorrow over allegations he raped a little British girl ten times. Gibraltar Royal Police stated that...

Forest fire on Spain’s Tenerife caused ‘€80 million’ of damage, authorities report

THE AUTHORITIES in Tenerife are estimating that the forest fire that broke out on the Canary Island on August 15, and that razed 15,000...

Police uncover network of illegal water wells being used to irrigate farmland in Spain’s Murcia region

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a network of illegal water extractors in the Mazarron area after discovering 51 clandestine wells used to irrigate farmland. Operation...

WATCH: New wave of illegal immigration on repurposed narco-speedboats overwhelming authorities in Almeria

NARCO speedboats are being repurposed to bring hundreds of illegal immigrants to Spanish shores, with Almeria becoming ground zero. On Tuesday alone, 186 migrants were...

Autumn-style storms known as ‘Gota Frias’ predicted to bring torrential rain to large areas of Spain this weekend

GOTA FRIA storms more typical of October and November will hit mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands this weekend. The early arrival of bad weather...

Retired policeman going through separation kills wife and then turns gun on himself in Spain’s Valencia

A RETIRED Policia Nacional officer held his wife hostage in Alzira on Wednesday before shooting her dead and turning the gun on himself. The deceased...

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