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Luxury rental villas costing €4k a month are converted into marijuana farms on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested two members of a gang that set up indoor marijuana farms in luxury rental villas across Alicante province. One villa was located

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Pop legends Take That are coming to Andalucia as part of Jerez’s Tio Pepe festival

JEREZ’s Tio Pepe festival will play host to one of Britain’s best loved boy bands this summer, Take That. READ MORE: Tom Jones, Take That,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:15

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: The hunt is on to reunite mystery woman with the camera she lost on a beach in Spain’s Costa del Sol containing photos of epic ‘once-in-a-lifetime luxury trip through Europe’

A MISSION is underway to return a camera containing photos of a mystery woman’s once-in-a-lifetime European trip to its rightful owner. The thousand-plus photo gallery,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Costa del Sol·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Must Read

Plan for major new route moves forward to link motorway with popular expat city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PLANS costing around €30 million for a third exit road between the AP-7 and the Marina Alta are set to move forward. The Ministry of

29 Feb, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

Police raid dealer who illegally exported military gear from Spain’s Malaga to Saudi Arabia

THE Guardia Civil has busted a Malaga-based company that smuggled military equipment out of Spain, with the items ending up in Saudi Arabia. The goods-

29 Feb, 2024 @ 14:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Popular urban park set for summer reopening after three-year closure after contractor walked away from project on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A POPULAR Javea park could reopen in time for the summer, after it was closed for renovation work- way back in September 2021. A contractor

29 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Archbishop in Spain forced to intervene after priests use YouTube to pray for Pope Francis’s early death

THE archbishop of Toledo has been forced to intervene and reject statements made by a group of priests from his diocese, after they joked during

29 Feb, 2024 @ 13:20

Lead

Judge investigating Covid mask corruption scandal points to former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos as an ‘intermediary’, despite his claims he did nothing wrong

THE High Court judge investigating an alleged corruption ring involving the sale of masks during the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic has pointed to

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Junta blames DOLPHINS for hundreds of dead fish washed up in Spain’s Estepona

DOLPHINS are to blame for the hundreds of dead fish washed up in Spain’s Estepona, says the Junta. READ MORE: Thousands of dead fish are

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:18

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Costa de la Calma – € 750,000

Villa Costa de la Calma, Majorca 3 beds 2 baths € 750,000 Lovely villa with private pool and mediterranean garden in a quiet

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property

Measles cases contracted aboard by unvaccinated people are rising in Spain

TWO measles outbreaks have been reported in Spain this year- in Alicante and Toledo provinces- with the virus originating from abroad. Aragon and Catalunya have

29 Feb, 2024 @ 10:41

Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Man is killed by a falling palm tree on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TRAGEDY on the Costa del Sol as a man is killed by a falling palm tree. The incident occurred on Wednesday, February 28 in Frigiliana,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 10:41

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Spain's annual inflation rate goes down to 7.3% in October

Inflation falls below 3% mark in Spain due to lower electricity prices

LOWER energy prices played a big part in Spain’s provisional inflation rate for February dropping to 2.8%. That’s a fall of 0.6% from January’s figure

29 Feb, 2024 @ 09:48

Economy·Lead·National News·Other News

Two ‘influencers’ who ‘drugged and raped underage girls’ are arrested in Spain

TWO social media ‘influencers’ from Madrid have been arrested for drugging and sexually assaulting underage girls. The men brand themselves as Los Petazetax and produce

28 Feb, 2024 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Brits account for 40% of non-resident mortgages in Spain: These are the most popular locations according to new figures

DESPITE fears of a post-Brexit slowdown and the negative effects of interest rate rises, UK buyers dominated mortgage application requests for home purchases in Spain

28 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News·Property·Valencian Community

Missing: British tourist, 61, who vanished from Spain’s Mallorca two days ago – as partner back home says she’s ‘worried sick’

THE family of a British tourist are growing concerned about his whereabouts after not hearing from him for two days. John Webster, 61, has not

28 Feb, 2024 @ 16:17

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Must Read

Spain returns to the cinema: Numbers are up at screenings across the country

BLOCKBUSTER movies Barbie and Oppenheimer helped to lift Spain’s cinema attendance to 77.8 million last year- 26% more than in 2022. The figures are still

28 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·National News·Other News

RIP: Body is discovered 8km off Spain’s Costa del Sol during search for missing 53-year-old paddle boarder

THE body of a paddle boarder has been found off the Costa del Sol. Maritime rescue services found the corpse in Caleta de Velez, some

28 Feb, 2024 @ 15:44

Costa del Sol·Lead

Husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich ‘very concerned’ about her whereabouts, denies reports they were going through an acrimonious divorce

Can you help us find Ana? Email: [email protected] THE husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich is reported to be ‘very concerned’ about her whereabouts

28 Feb, 2024 @ 14:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Opposition leader accuses Spain’s prime minister of covering up alleged Covid mask corruption scandal, as former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos refuses to stand down

THE leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, used his platform in Congress on Wednesday to accuse Socialist Party (PSOE) Prime

28 Feb, 2024 @ 14:11

Lead·Politics

Monty Don visits Estepona: BBC’s famous gardener admires the town’s ‘ambitious’ floral project

MUCH loved British gardener Monty Don has visited Spain’s Estepona, where he admired the town’s ‘ambitious’ plant project He visited Estepona as part of his

28 Feb, 2024 @ 13:48

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Scammers con bank into getting €950,000 personal loan on Spain's Costa Blanca

Hacker in Murcia accesses details of millions of drivers in Spain

A CYBERHACKER has been arrested in Murcia City after stealing details of over 40 million cars and their owners. The Policia Nacional said the man

28 Feb, 2024 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Other News

Drought latest in Spain: Malaga reservoir levels remain critical with NO rain forecast for the next week

RESERVOIR levels across Andalucia remain precariously low despite recent rainfall, new figures have revealed. It comes as the southernmost region of Spain suffers its worst

28 Feb, 2024 @ 12:31

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Must Read·Other News·Weather

Aldi to open a new store in this British expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol next month

A NEW Aldi store is arriving to a British expat hotspot on the Costa del Sol. It will be the budget supermarket’s 100th store in

28 Feb, 2024 @ 12:15

Business & Finance·Costa del Sol·Lead·Other News

New underground car park is being built in Spain’s Estepona: Spaces will cost just €1 per day

WORKS for a much-needed car park have gotten underway in Estepona. The sixth public parking area in the resort town is being built next to

28 Feb, 2024 @ 12:01

Estepona·Lead

Real Mallorca defy the odds to reach the Copa del Rey final in Spain for just the fourth time ever

REAL Mallorca have reached the final of the prestigious Copa del Rey for just the fourth time in their history after a dramatic penalty shootout

28 Feb, 2024 @ 11:52

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

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