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Algeciras Mayor asks the Spanish Government to ‘take a stand’ on Gibraltar’s ‘harassment’ against La Linea fishing boats

ALGECIRAS Mayor has once again spoken about the latest fishing controversy between Spain and Gibraltar and has asked the Spanish Government to ‘take a stand.’

25 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Lost and found: How the Andalucian village abandoned on fascist orders 75 years ago this month was resurrected

THE Civil War might have been over, but in August 1948, 75 years ago this week, the 200 residents of a tiny white village became

25 Aug, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Looking to the Persians: Spanish city that has revived ancient technology to combat sky high temperatures

AN ancient technology dating back to Persia 3,000 years ago has been resurrected in an experiment to cool the streets of Sevilla. With temperatures regularly

25 Aug, 2023 @ 18:48

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Motorcycle parking company based in Spain’s Costa Blanca goes down crowdfunding route for nationwide expansion

AN ALICANTE company that runs secure parking areas for motorbikes and mopeds has gone down the crowdfunding route to help it expand across Spain. Mimoto

25 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Valencia·Valencian Community

OPINION: Sunbed wars make beast of man

THIS summer, when you reserve a sunbed and then walk away, it seems that you scrape away the thin veneer of civilisation which separates us

25 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Opinion

THE MAD BALEARICS: Disruptive Brit latest to be arrested after ‘pawing’ flight attendant’s behind and spitting on her boss on flight from Manchester to Ibiza

THE summer of sin refuses to end as yet another Brit is arrested in the Balearics, this time for sexually assaulting a flight attendant during

25 Aug, 2023 @ 15:38

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie release is great news for official toy manufacturer based on Spain's Costa Blanca

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie release is great news for official toy maker based on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return for their latest big screen adventure Mutant Mayhem, which hits Spain’s cinemas on Friday- and the new film is

25 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

RUBIALES UPDATE: Government set bring the axe down on Spanish FA chief after his shocking refusal to quit

GOVERNMENT sources have indicated that they will move to fire Luis Rubiales, the President of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), after his dramatic refusal to

25 Aug, 2023 @ 14:56

Lead·Sport

Man and his two sons are arrested over stabbing of his ex-partner at an ice cream parlour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Andalucia has registered this year more domestic violence deaths than in all of 2022

A TOTAL of 12 women have died at the hands of their partners or ex partners in Andalucia this year. The worrying figures have surpassed

25 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Lead

Gibraltar government rages that GSD reports of ‘cockroach and rat’ infestation will harm tourism

THE Government of Gibraltar launched a broadside against the opposition GSD for ‘spewing rubbish’ and harming tourism on the Rock over complaints of a pest

25 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Gibraltar·Lead

I’M NOT LEAVING! Chief Spanish football sleaze Rubiales makes dramatic U-turn and REFUSES to quit

SPANISH Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales has channelled his inner Leo Dicaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street by dramatically refusing to resign. Speaking at

25 Aug, 2023 @ 13:54

Lead·Sport

Queen Letizia earns yet more applause for her carefree celebrations after Spain’s women won the World Cup

THE Queen of Spain enhanced her reputation by abandoning royal decorum when she joined in the moment of ecstasy with the victorious women’s football team

25 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Celebrity·Lead

4 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Campanet with garage – € 550,000

Campanet, Majorca 4 beds 2 baths € 550,000 Excellent hidden jewel in the heart of Campanet village, from the outside lovely stone facade

25 Aug, 2023 @ 13:06

Featured Property

Body of woman 'aged between 50 and 60' found floating in waters of upmarket port in Spain's Mallorca.

Police reveal the identity of the body found floating near a harbour in Spain’s Mallorca

POLICE has confirmed the identity of the body that was discovered floating near Port Adriano harbour in Mallorca’s municipality of Calvia two days ago. Spain’s

25 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Mallorca

Spanish cops make biggest EVER coke haul in Algeciras – NINE TONNES worth an unbelievable €3 BILLION

AUTHORITIES are still rubbing their eyes over the seizure of an incredible nine tonnes of cocaine en route to Algeciras, the largest bust ever made

25 Aug, 2023 @ 12:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Woman's hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain's Costa Blanca

Women’s hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMEN’S hairdresser has been exposed as the lynchpin of a drug trafficking gang operating across the Marina Alta area of the Costa Blanca. The

25 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spanish customs official accused of illegally boarding UK vessel in British waters off Gibraltar

Andalucia’s Junta asks Gibraltar to stop ‘harassing’ La Linea fishermen

ANDALUCIA’S Junta has asked Gibraltar’s Government to stop ‘harassing’ fishermen from La Linea when they are fishing near the Rock. Carmen Crespo, Junta’s Councillor for

25 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

More transparency and less bureaucracy: the keys to attract foreign companies to public administration tenders

Companies should overcome their fear of participating in these processes,” says Lara Campanario, lawyer and founding partner of DAUSS Abogados, insisting that “dismissing the public

25 Aug, 2023 @ 10:20

Business & Finance

Pilot of helicopter from Spain’s DGT traffic authority crashed while trying to make lunch stop at Almeria restaurant

THE PILOT of a DGT traffic helicopter who crashed earlier this month in Almeria was making an unscheduled stop for lunch in a restaurant when

25 Aug, 2023 @ 09:40

Lead

Demostration against gender violence malaga

Spain’s 2023 domestic violence deaths reach 37, as faked traffic accident confirmed as murder

THE NUMBER of women who have died at the hands of their partners or ex-partners this year in Spain now stands at 37, after a

25 Aug, 2023 @ 09:24

Lead

Spain expected to record temperature highs for April to break 12-year record

After sweltering week in Spain, temperatures to fall at weekend thanks to arrival of cold air

AFTER A SWELTERING week in Spain, temperatures are due to drastically fall in some parts this weekend thanks to the arrival of a mass of

25 Aug, 2023 @ 08:31

Lead·Weather

Spain’s football chief Luis Rubiales to quit after causing international sexism storm

BELEAGUERED Spain football chief Luis Rubiales is due today to quit from his role as the head of the country’s Football Federation in the wake

25 Aug, 2023 @ 08:08

Lead·Sport

Expat is fined for cutting down trees without permission: Fuming Marbella mayor orders man to pay thousands to replant 16 specimens in Nueva Andalucia

MARBELLA’S mayor Angeles Muñoz, has fined a resident €1,501 for illegally felling four trees. A mayoral decree against the foreign home owner was issued in

24 Aug, 2023 @ 19:15

Andalucia·Lead·Marbella

First-ever case of deadly West Nile virus caused by mosquito bite reported in Spain's Valencia region

First-ever case of deadly West Nile virus spread by mosquito bites reported in Spain’s Valencia region

THE FIRST-EVER case of the deadly West Nile disease has been reported by the Ministry of Health in the Valencian Community. It involved a 72-year-old

24 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Soccer's world governing body FIFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales in Spanish 'kissing' controversy

Soccer’s world governing body FIFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales in Spanish sexist kissing scandal

FOOTBALL’S world governing body FIFA is launching disciplinary proceedings against Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales over Sunday’s controversial kiss and other behaviour after the

24 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Sport

REVEALED: Popular hiking route where decapitated body of man was found by walker as Guardia Civil launch probe in Spain’s Alicante

THE exact location where a headless human body was found by a hiker in the province of Alicante has been revealed. A Spain’s Guardia Civil

24 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Lead·Must Read·Valencian Community

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