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El Corte Ingles launches unlimited delivery scheme to compete with Amazon Prime in Spain

DEPARTMENT store El Corte Ingles have announced a 24-hour unlimited delivery scheme to compete with online retailers Amazon. Costing €19.90 a year customers can now

7 Oct, 2020 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Other News

Spanish language group declares war over scrapping of town name on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PETITION has been launched by a national Spanish-language group to stop Villajoyosa on the Costa Blanca being called by just its Valencian name of

7 Oct, 2020 @ 14:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Spanish navy ship has taken two barrels of sherry on a journey around the world for tradition

AGEING sherry at sea has been done by Spaniards for centuries and dates back to ancient Rome. To revive the tradition, the Juan Sebastián de

7 Oct, 2020 @ 14:15

Spain’s Andalucia records 1,907 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, breaking record in ‘second wave’ – but hospital pressure eases slightly

Sevilla once again leads the daily increase in infections confirmed by PCR with 551, followed by Granada with 465, Cordoba with 238 and Malaga with

7 Oct, 2020 @ 13:41

Coronavirus·Lead

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Transformed campervan on sale for €17,000 is like a hotel on wheels

THE trendiest holiday home isn’t a palm tree lined house the Maldives or a penthouse apartment in Madrid. It’s not even a sprawling villa in

7 Oct, 2020 @ 13:30

Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Property·Travel News

British dad who one-punch killed pensioner after mistaking him for sex pest on Spain’s Costa del Sol avoids jail

Mark Turner, 45, of Dagenham, was handed a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay €183,500 in compensation to the family of victim Mario Sauco

7 Oct, 2020 @ 13:22

Lead·Malaga

SAVE THE DATE: Clocks will change end of October

WINTER is officially coming in October as the clocks are set to be put back an hour. As with every year, the days will seem

7 Oct, 2020 @ 12:55

Lead·National News

Man shot in the back of the head while driving in Spain’s Malaga

The victim, in his 30s, is still in hospital after miraculously surviving. Doctors say he is not in a critical condition and is expected to

7 Oct, 2020 @ 12:25

Crime & Law·Malaga

Woman who fell on pavement due to mulberry tree berries loses payout bid in Spain’s Valencia City

A WOMAN has lost her bid to get €20,000 in compensation after she slipped on a pavement covered with fallen berries. The case was rejected

7 Oct, 2020 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Valencia

Spanish researchers to stage experimental concert to test COVID-19 virus spread

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, live event organisers have had to cancel all large gatherings from technology conferences to major concerts.

7 Oct, 2020 @ 11:30

Lead·Other News

COVID 19 figures rise above 100 cases per 100,000 mark...

COVID-19 figures hold firm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

197 NEW COVID-19 cases have been reported in Alicante Province in the latest update from Valencia’s Health Ministry last night(October 6). That’s the same figure

7 Oct, 2020 @ 11:21

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencia

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels report best week of the summer as Spanish room bookings keep them goin

Benidorm to become all-inclusive resort as tourists offered dozens of restaurants and accommodation for just €200 per week – special voucher for residents on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The week-long offering includes establishments that are part of the ABRECA and COBRECA hospitality associations, the Rosemberg Real Estate Agency and the Nicaragua Apartments

7 Oct, 2020 @ 10:48

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

DOG-GONE!: Rescue podenco from Spain causes chaos after escaping at Canadian airport

A SPANISH dog on its way to a new home in Canada caused chaos when it went on the run and forced one of North

7 Oct, 2020 @ 10:09

Lead·National News

COVID-19 planning ramped up as Gibraltar talks with British ex-colonies

GIBRALTAR’S top-ranking Platinum Command met virtually this morning to discuss the growing COVID-19 infection spread.

6 Oct, 2020 @ 23:46

Gibraltar·Lead

Romanian robbers charged with 39 crimes involving foreign tourists parked at motorway service areas in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A ROMANIAN robbery gang has been arrested after targeting tourists parked up at service areas on the AP-7 motorway in the Valencian Community and Murcia

6 Oct, 2020 @ 21:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Mass community beach clean for Laguna Village after fire destruction

WHEN fire ravaged Laguna Village in late August nothing but a charred shell of the luxury complex remained. Significant debris from the blaze scattered across

6 Oct, 2020 @ 20:30

10 years of Instagram: Who are Spain’s most followed people?

INSTAGRAM is officially a decade old. On the 10th birthday of the app that caused half the globe to start taking pictures of their food

6 Oct, 2020 @ 20:00

Celebrity·National News

Spain adds 11,998 COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 261 deaths

There have been a total of 484 coronavirus deaths in Spain over the past seven days

6 Oct, 2020 @ 19:52

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

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From Spain’s King Felipe VI to Queen Liz – here’s how much Europe’s royalty are worth

WHO wouldn’t like to live like a princess? Or a king for that matter? The jewels, the butlers, the palaces – it might sound like

6 Oct, 2020 @ 17:45

Featured·Lead·Other News

Community of owners force speedy squatters’ eviction setting a ‘legal trend’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Court has ordered the eviction squatters at the request of the local community of owners. The warrant was executed in less than a

6 Oct, 2020 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Earthquake of 3.8 magnitude registered on Spain’s Costa del Sol

It comes after two earthquakes were recorded in one day on the costa on October 1

6 Oct, 2020 @ 16:38

Lead·Malaga

European court raps Spain over police attack on peaceful protestors in 2014

SPAIN has been found guilty of flouting the right to protest during a violent police intervention at an anti-austerity demonstration in Valladolid in February 2014.

6 Oct, 2020 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Police arrest suspected Daesh terrorist in Madrid

SPANISH police say they have stopped a possible terrorist attack after arresting a Daesh (ISIS) suspect. The Algerian man was under investigation for viewing terrorist

6 Oct, 2020 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Alleged murderer of Ben Nesbitt on Spain’s Costa Blanca is caught 40 miles from French border

THE alleged murderer of British man Ben Nesbitt is behind bars. After being arrested in Girona this morning, October 6, the judge immediately decreed that

6 Oct, 2020 @ 15:03

Costa Blanca·Lead