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King Felipe VI and PP leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo

Spain’s king proposes Popular Party leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo as prime ministerial candidate

SPAIN’S King Felipe VI on Tuesday night proposed the leader of the conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, as the candidate for prime minister

23 Aug, 2023 @ 08:34

Lead·Politics

New website to support upcoming university students has launched today

A new website to provide support and resources to upcoming university students has launched today. Moving abroad for higher education can be a very challenging

22 Aug, 2023 @ 21:00

Education·Gibraltar

Four Gibraltar runners appeared on this years XI Corruco Race podium

Four runners from Gibraltar’s Carpe Diem Running Club appeared on the podium for this years XI Corruco Race in Manilva on Saturday. Stephine Campbell took

22 Aug, 2023 @ 21:00

Gibraltar·Sport

Rescatados 61 Migrantes Subsaharianos A Bordo De Una Patera En Las Costas De Tenerife

Nearly a thousand migrants have arrived on Spanish shores since Friday alone

AROUND a thousand would-be migrants have arrived on Spanish shores since Friday alone, most of them reaching the coasts of the Canary Islands. That’s according

22 Aug, 2023 @ 20:30

Lead

UK Defence Minister visits Gibraltar to reaffirm the military importance of the Rock

UK Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey has met Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia in Gibraltar to speak

22 Aug, 2023 @ 20:00

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Ministry of Transport joins forces with La Linea council to promote sustainable transport

THE Ministry of Transport is coming together with the Ayuntamiento de La Linea to celebrate European Mobility Week this month. For the first time, Gibraltarian

22 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Gibraltar

Weather alerts in place across Spain as heatwave brings temperatures above 45ºC

SPAIN IS currently suffering from the fourth heatwave of the summer season so far, with the extreme weather pushing the mercury up above the 45ºC

22 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

National News

King Felipe VI and Sumar leader Yolanda Diaz

Spain’s caretaker prime minister assures king he has the support needed to be voted back into office

DURING A meeting with Spain’s King Felipe VI today, caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez assured the monarch that he will count on the necessary support

22 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Must Read·Politics

Jealous expat who slashed girlfriend' 15 times in drunk and drug-fuelled rage before dumping body gets his prison time cut on Spain's Costa Blanca

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court has cut four years from the prison term of a Dutch national who stabbed his girlfriend 15 times and dumped her body

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spanish fisherman charged for fishing near the Rock says he’s been ‘harassed’ by the Royal Gibraltar Police

A SPANISH fisherman who claims he is being ‘harassed’ by Gibraltar Police has been charged for fishing in the waters close to the Rock last

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Pedro Sanchez says apologies are ‘insufficient’ over Spanish FA chief kissing World Cup winning player Jenni Hermoso on lips

SPAIN’S acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has branded an apology for an inappropriate kiss by a top football official as ‘insufficient’. The chairman of Spain’s

22 Aug, 2023 @ 16:08

Lead·National News·Politics·Sport

Angry patient throws computer at female doctor who would not sign him off work in latest medical assault in Spain’s Murcia

A MURCIA GP was hit by a computer thrown by a patient that she refused to sign-off work. The attack happened at the Molina de

22 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Murcia

Life-threatening ‘balconing’ foreign tourists fined €36,000 each and thrown out of Magaluf hotels on Spain’s Mallorca

FIVE FOREIGN tourists have been fined €180,000 for the dangerous practice of ‘balconing’ at Magaluf hotels so far this summer. The Calvia Policia Local has

22 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Boat Captain allegedly responsible for recent large oil spill in Gibraltar charged

THE boat Captain who is said to be responsible for the spill of heavy fuel oil in the Bay of Gibraltar earlier this month has

22 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

2 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Punta Prima with pool – € 144,950

Punta Prima, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 144,950 Your Dream Home presents to you this Lovely Townhouse located in Punta Prima which

22 Aug, 2023 @ 13:05

Featured Property

IN PICS: Gracia street festival, Barcelona

The Vila de Gràcia street festival is considered one of Barcelona’s most arty and festive celebrations. Each year, for five days in late August, there’s a

22 Aug, 2023 @ 12:46

Barcelona·Olive Press Travel

Axe-wielding jilted husband, 40, kidnaps wife’s lover, 28, before forcing him to undress while taking ‘degrading’ photos on his phone on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VILLAJOYOSA court is investigating the kidnapping of a man, 28, who was forced to pose for degrading naked photos at the behest of a

22 Aug, 2023 @ 12:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Monkeypox outbreak declared in Spain as six cases registered in Barcelona

A MONKEYPOX outbreak has been declared in Spain’s Barcelona after half a dozen cases have been detected in the city in the last month. A

22 Aug, 2023 @ 11:40

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

¿Quiénes son los equipos extranjeros favoritos de los españoles?

El fútbol es el deporte más popular en todo el mundo. Eso es una realidad y en España no podía ser menos ya que, además,

22 Aug, 2023 @ 11:31

Sport

Local artists host street photography exhibition of UK cities Manchester, London, Bristol and more

LOCAL street photographers have come together to showcase a collection of snaps taken in the heart of British cities. Including places like London, Manchester, Liverpool,

22 Aug, 2023 @ 10:15

Andalucia·La Cultura

Businessmen cleared of fraud after charging €6m commission for Covid-19 PPE deal in Spain

Face masks are made mandatory at two hospitals in Spain’s Valencia amid a surge in COVID cases

WITH a recent rise in new Covid-19 cases, two Valencia hospitals have reintroduced mandatory masks wearing in parts of their buildings. All this comes with

21 Aug, 2023 @ 21:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Irish ‘drug trafficker’ is busted by police dog: German Shepherd named Ahzarus alerts cops to cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana ‘hidden inside suspect’s suitcase’ at Ibiza Airport

AN Irishman has been arrested after being caught carrying various drugs within his luggage at Ibiza Airport. Officers allegedly found 28 g of cocaine, 15

21 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

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

Angela Rayner enjoys ’12-hour vodka-fuelled rave’ sessions during holiday to Spain – and reveals recipe for her ‘lethal’ signature cocktail

The deputy leader of the Labour Party, 43, said she just returned from the country last week

21 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead

EXPLAINER: The role of Spain's King Felipe in forming country's new government as he meets next week with all political parties

Spain’s King Felipe VI begins talks with political parties in bid to find a prime ministerial candidate

SPAIN’S king, Felipe VI, is meeting with the country’s political parties over the coming days in an effort to decide on a possible candidate for

21 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Politics

Spanish footballer, 23, finds out her father died before seeing her score the winning goal against England in Sunday’s World Cup final

SPAIN’S World Cup hero was brought crashing down to earth with the news that her father had passed away before the final and did not

21 Aug, 2023 @ 17:37

Lead·Sport

New extreme heat alerts issued as even higher temperatures are expected this weekend in Spain's Valencia

Temperatures to plummet by up to 10C across Andalucia this weekend as FOURTH heatwave of the summer finally comes to an end

ANDALUCIA’S current heatwave will last until this Saturday, but temperatures could fall by 10 C on Sunday, according to the Spanish Weather Agency (Aemet). This

21 Aug, 2023 @ 17:35

Alicante·Environment·Lead·Must Read·Weather

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