Home robbers made weekly 300 kilometre round-trips to Costa Blanca in Spain
A member of a Murcia-based home robbery gang has been arrested in Alicante Province over 11 break-ins. The 25-year-old man was part of a crew
How the brown bear has been brought back from the brink of extinction to thrive in Spain’s Pyrenees
JUST three decades ago brown bears were on the brink of extinction in the Pyrenees, the population all but wiped out by hunters and loss
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Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca spending €2.5 million on LED street lights in Levante Zone
A bumper €2.5 million contract to overhaul street lighting in the Levante Zone of Benidorm has been advertised by the city council. LED technology will
Convoy of Marbella taxi drivers bring 34 refugees and two pets to Spain from Poland border
A CONVOY of Marbella taxi drivers have returned from a trip to the Polish border to donate supplies to Ukraine and take refugees to safety.
Man arrested in Spain’s Almeria for “obsessive” cyber-bullying of 23 kids after mum discovers pornography on daughter’s phone
FOLLOWING the shock discovery of pornographic images on her daughter’s phone, a mum’s report led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man in La Mojonera
What will the weather be like this Easter in Spain?
THIS year Easter falls in mid-April which may give you hope for a Semana Santa marked by mild temperatures and sunshine. However, Semana Santa is
House hunting in rural Spain: ‘We bought a museum’
When Auriel Roe started looking for rural property in the cooler climes of northern Spain, she didn’t imagine ending up with a portal into the
Study reveals most ‘spendthrift’ and ‘stingy’ tourists to visit Spain’s Costa del Sol
A RECENT study, published this Monday, April 4, by the National Statistics Institute (INE) has revealed the most ‘spendthrift’ and ‘tight-fisted’ tourists on holiday in
Spain’s Sierra Nevada prepares to extend the ski season until April 24
SIERRA Nevada is set to be the last ski resort on the Iberian Peninsula to close this season. Ironically it has been spring which has
Struggling petrol stations in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain get interest-free loans to survive fuel price cuts
INDEPENDENT and mainly family-run service station businesses in the Valencian Community have been offered an interest-free loan to help them survive. Pump price cuts of
Pedro Sanchez announces €11 billion investment for Spain’s microchip and semiconductor sector
SPAIN’S government is planning to invest €11 billion in the country’s microchip and semiconductor sectors. Speaking at Monday’s ‘Wake Up Spain’ economic forum in Madrid,
Illegal drone sprays banned chemicals close to homes and river on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN illegal crop-spraying drone using dangerous chemicals has been brought down to earth in Orihuela. The Policia Local were told about the drone operating just
Supermarket sweep as serial robber is caught shopping after police spend months trying to catch him in Spain’s Murcia area
AN eight-month probe to capture a serial robber has culminated in his arrest in a Murcia region supermarket. The Guardia Civil swooped on the shop
British gang grew marijuana and ran drugs mail-order service from Costa Blanca area of Spain
A British trio of marijuana farmers who ran a mail-order service out of the Costa Blanca have been busted by the Guardia Civil. The illegal
Spain’s King Felipe phones Murcia teenage tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz to congratulate him on Miami Open win
MURCIA’S Carlos Alcaraz got a surprise fan phoning him on Sunday to congratulate him on winning his first ATP 1000 Masters title at the age
IN PICS: Six cute-looking flying fox babies are born in Benidorm’s Terra Natura in Spain
SIX flying fox pups have been born and are doing well at Benidorm’s Terra Natura Zoo. At birth they weighed in at around 50 grams
Authorities seize another superyacht belonging to Russian oligarch on Spain’s Mallorca
YET another superyacht belonging to a Russian oligarch has been seized by Spanish authorities under sanctions imposed as a result of the Ukraine invasion. A
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Online Costa Blanca scammer tricked people across Spain into buying expensive video game consoles that he never sent
A Denia scammer tricked at least 17 online customers to pay for a video game console that he never sent. The Spaniard, 44, has been
Knife-wielding father kills son, 11, just two days after youngster’s birthday in Spain’s Valencia area
AN 11-year-boy died after his father stabbed him with a kitchen knife at his Sueca home on Sunday. The young victim, named as Jordi, had
Over 130,000 uninsured vehicles take up 10% of traffic on the road in Spain’s Alicante province
ONE IN TEN of the vehicles on Alicante province’s roads don’t have the required insurance. The high percentage exceeds the national average of 9%, according
DGT launches seat belt campaign in Spain’s Andalucia
THE director general of the DGT (Spanish Traffic Authority) has launched a campaign to monitor the correct use of seat belts, in the front and
PROFILE: Who is Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, the new leader of Spain’s conservative Popular Party?
ON Saturday Spain’s conservative opposition anointed its new leader with the hope he would pick up the pieces of a party fractured by bitter rivalry
Spain’s Axarquia to receive water from the western Costa del Sol to battle ‘exceptional drought’ despite recent rains
DESPITE recent rains, the water reservoir at La Viñuela, which supplies the Axarquia region, continues in a state of ‘exceptional drought.’ The transfer of resources
Marta Ortega takes over helm at Spain’s fashion giant Inditex with €1million salary
MARTA Ortega has taken over as chairwoman of global fashion giant Inditex and will be earning an annual salary of €1million. The 38-year-old started out