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Lights, camera, Korea! Asian TV show films on location along the Costa del Sol – including taking over the heart of Marbella

MARBELLA’S bustling La Alameda park has been transformed into a film set this week as South Korean television production Surely Tomorrow takes over the Costa

19 Sep, 2025 @ 12:51

Entertainment·Lead·Marbella

Malaga Airport’s massive €1.5bn expansion plans: No need to remove liquids or laptops from bags

PASSENGERS travelling through Malaga Airport will no longer need to remove liquids or laptops from their bags once its new €1.5 billion expansion plan is

19 Sep, 2025 @ 11:26

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Danish tourist, 34, dies in Marbella: Friend found him floating face down in swimming pool after head injury

A 34-year-old Danish man has drowned in a swimming pool in Marbella after suffering a head injury in what authorities believe was a tragic accident.

18 Sep, 2025 @ 17:15

Lead·Marbella

Body of Spanish artist from Malaga, 34, is found floating in the River Thames in London

THE body of a Spanish artist from Malaga was pulled from the River Thames in London on Monday evening. Gonzalo Fuentes, 34, was spotted floating

18 Sep, 2025 @ 17:05

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Valencia in Spain gets international UNESCO recognition for its work with design

The neighbourhoods in Spain’s five major cities where rental homes are snapped up within 24 hours

DEMAND for rental homes in some neighbourhoods across Spain’s main five cities is truly approaching physics-defying speeds. At least one in five homes get snapped

18 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Property

British woman, 64, is arrested in Benidorm for ‘strangling her friend to death with a vacuum cleaner cable’

A 64-year-old British holidaymaker has been arrested in Benidorm on suspicion of murdering her friend with a vacuum cleaner cable. The woman allegedly strangled a

18 Sep, 2025 @ 16:50

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Claims octopuses are leaving Spanish waters for UK shores are a ‘snowball of misinformation’

RECENT reports have suggested that octopuses are leaving the Spanish coast of Galicia because they cannot cope with rain and changes in water salinity. However,

18 Sep, 2025 @ 16:08

Environment·Galicia·Green·Lead·Nature·Other News

Heartbroken sister’s touching farewell to local illustrator, 26, killed in a car crash in Estepona

A HEARTBROKEN sister has paid an emotional tribute to her sibling who died in a car crash on the Costa del Sol. Silvia, a 26-year-old

18 Sep, 2025 @ 15:17

Estepona·Lead

Fears bird flu outbreak is spreading into central Spain after dead birds turned up in popular tourist towns in Andalucia

NEW cases of bird flu have been spreading through central Spain after first being detected in popular city parks in Malaga and Sevilla. Fears of

18 Sep, 2025 @ 14:33

Andalucia·Environment·Green·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Sevilla

Ex-Premier League star Thomas Partey ‘raped woman during unhinged romp in five-star hotel on Marbella’s Golden Mile’, UK court hears

FORMER Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to a string of rapes and a sexual assault against three women – including one alleged

18 Sep, 2025 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

3 bedroom Flat for sale in Figueres – € 195,000

Impeccable bright apartment for sale, ready to move in. It consists of 3 bedrooms, two of them doubles, one en suite with a shower bathroom,

18 Sep, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property

New British warship to be built in Spain as part of €1.8 billion contract

CENTURIES after the Spanish Armada was defeated by galleons under the command of Sir Francis Drake and co., Spain will finally get its hands on

18 Sep, 2025 @ 13:04

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Cadiz·Lead

The future of lymphoma lies in personalised therapies and chemotherapy-free treatments

WORLD Lymphoma Day was observed this week, a day dedicated to raising awareness about this type of cancer, improving understanding, and emphasizing the importance of

18 Sep, 2025 @ 12:36

Andalucia·Health·Other News

Robert Redford’s life in Spain’s Barcelona, Mallorca and Mijas revealed after Hollywood legend dies at 89

HE was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars – but Robert Redford once swapped the glitz of Los Angeles for a rustic farmhouse in Mijas with

18 Sep, 2025 @ 11:56

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

WATCH: Has UNESCO crowned this street in southern Spain the most beautiful in Europe?

AN eighteenth century street lined with grand mansions, carved stone doorways and wrought-iron balconies is causing controversy over claims that it is officially the most

18 Sep, 2025 @ 11:28

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla

Police arrest 19 for murder after ‘50 migrants accused of witchcraft are thrown overboard’ on way to Spain’s Canary Islands

POLICE in Spain have arrested 19 alleged people smugglers accused of torturing and murdering up to 50 would-be migrants on board a small boat heading

17 Sep, 2025 @ 18:18

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Sick of low-cost let-downs? Here are Europe’s top ten airlines; featuring two British and one Spanish carrier – but which is top?

THEY may carry millions of passengers to Spain’s beaches each year, but Ryanair, Jet2, Vueling and easyJet are nowhere to be seen in the latest

17 Sep, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Travel News

Spain’s ‘second summer’ to meet brutal end as temperatures to plummet almost overnight

SPAIN’S September heatwave is about to come to an abrupt and brutal end, with temperatures forecast to collapse by as much as 20C in some

17 Sep, 2025 @ 16:45

Lead·Weather

Nearly 12,000 holiday rental properties purged from official registry in Valencia

Tragedy on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘sleep-walking’ girl, 4, dies in horror fifth-floor balcony fall

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl has died after plunging from the fifth-floor balcony of her family’s home on the Costa Blanca while her parents were away. The

17 Sep, 2025 @ 16:27

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Customer service workers across Spain will be required to know Catalan to ‘respect linguistic rights of Catalunya’

LARGE companies in Spain will soon have to offer customer service in Catalan and other co-official languages when requested. The change comes after political party

17 Sep, 2025 @ 16:17

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Other News·Politics

Is it dangerous to do vigorous work outs as we age? Health expert dispels some of the myths

A HEALTH expert has warned that the way we exercise has to change as we age. There are various myths surrounding health and ageing, but

17 Sep, 2025 @ 16:00

Health·Lead·Other News

Spanish police catch narcos dumping drugs into the Strait of Gibraltar and seize almost seven tonnes

THE Guardia Civil has seized almost seven tonnes of hashish after stopping two drug shipments in the Strait of Gibraltar. The operation took place over

17 Sep, 2025 @ 15:13

Andalucia·Cadiz·Costa del Sol·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Mijas with garage – € 411,000

Savia is the perfect blend of nature and modern living — spacious 3 & 4-bedroom homes with resort-style amenities surrounded by pine trees… See full

17 Sep, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list

A SPANISH academic once welcomed as an expert on terrorism and extremism has now been branded a cyberterrorist and placed on Europe’s “most wanted” list.

17 Sep, 2025 @ 12:19

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Maddie McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner released from jail in Germany

THE main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, and convicted sex criminal, Christian Brueckner could be set for a return to Spain or Portugal now

17 Sep, 2025 @ 11:21

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

A handy property guide to Spain’s charming towns and villages where you can still find a bargain – from €20k ruined townhouses to €75k beachfront apartments

AS Spain’s property prices soar with no end in sight, here is a guide of eight beautiful towns and locations where you can still pick

17 Sep, 2025 @ 09:52

Lead·Property

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