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Inspectors find high number of bar and clubs breaking COVID health rules in Murcia area of Spain

Nightclubs penalised as police launch extra coronavirus checks across Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALMOST 200 nightclubs and entertainment venues across the Valencian Community had a visit last weekend from the Policia Nacional to check that coronavirus safety rules

3 Aug, 2020 @ 14:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Leading Parks In Benidorm On Spain S Costa Blanca Get Healthy Approval

Top theme parks in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca get healthy approval

TWO of Benidorm’s biggest attractions have received an international seal of approval for their health procedures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The World

3 Aug, 2020 @ 14:18

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Camouflaged traffic van in Spain’s Malaga detects dozens of traffic violations a day – including SHAVING and having one arm out the window

The van doesn’t come equipped with speed cameras, but targets other serious driving offences instead

3 Aug, 2020 @ 13:29

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Sky-high scrap on flight from Netherlands to Spain after drunk passengers refuse to wear masks

A GROUP of drunk passengers began brawling on a flight from Amsterdam to Ibiza after some of the intoxicated men refused to wear their mandatory

3 Aug, 2020 @ 12:37

National News

Costa del Sol hit with record temperatures as Spain suffers intense heatwave

The searing temperatures caused AEMET to issue a red heat warning across large parts of Andalucia over the weekend, including much of the Costa del

3 Aug, 2020 @ 12:06

Lead·Malaga

Club DJ under investigation for spitting Jagermeister on revellers on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Nightclubs have been an important factor in the increase of COVID-19 cases in Andalucia

3 Aug, 2020 @ 11:54

Lead·Malaga

Far-right extremist Tommy Robinson pledges to return to England after meeting up with Burnley fan behind White Lives Matter on Costa Del Sol

THE man sacked after flying a ‘white lives matter’ banner above a football game has been spotted rubbing shoulders with far-right activist Tommy Robinson on the

3 Aug, 2020 @ 08:15

Marbella suffers the aftermath following a decline in Arabic tourism and investments

by Ayah Shurbaji THE drop in the number of regular visiting tourists from Arabian countries has hit Marbella’s economy hard. The luxurious city of located

2 Aug, 2020 @ 18:32

Business & Finance·Other News·Travel News

Back in the saddle in the beautiful Andalucian countryside

TWELVE years ago I was in full preparation for the Andalucian Endurance Raid Riding Championships. Artensana, the Arabian purebred mare I’d been training for almost

2 Aug, 2020 @ 15:20

Lead

FLOATING solar panels connected to grid in a renewable energy first for Spain

A RESERVOIR in the Spanish region of Extremadura is the site of Spain’s first grid-connected FLOATING photovoltaic solar power plant. Guillermo Fernández Vara, President of

2 Aug, 2020 @ 14:53

Environment·Lead·National News·Other News

Top Spanish academic joins British expats in condemning far right ‘hooligan’ Tommy Robinson for proposed move to Spain

CO-FOUNDER of the English Defence League (EDL), Tommy Robinson, has come in for scathing criticism from a top Spanish academic. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Robinson), released a

2 Aug, 2020 @ 14:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

World’s fifth richest man expands his property portfolio to Spain

Worth a cool $73.9 billion, Warren Buffet is considered one of the most successful investors of all time. Fifth in the 2020 rich list, Buffett

2 Aug, 2020 @ 13:00

Malaga·Property

Secret tunnels, mafia bosses and tacky decor: Inside the illegal luxury urbanisations dubbed ‘Narcoville’ near Spain’s Costa del Sol

There are now several urbanisations containing up to 10 homes each, all of them built with cash earned from the smuggling of tobacco or drugs,

2 Aug, 2020 @ 11:40

Gibraltar·Lead·National News

Spain’s capital of Madrid voted best place for Brits to work from remotely

MADRID has been named the best place for Brits to move post-lockdown to save money. The Spanish capital beat the likes of Istanbul, Warsaw and

2 Aug, 2020 @ 11:06

Lead·National News·Travel News

Maddie McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner filmed laughing and joking as he drove through Spain just weeks before little girl vanished

FOOTAGE has emerged of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner driving a battered VW campervan across Spain soon before the little girl disappeared. The convicted sex-offender

1 Aug, 2020 @ 18:47

Lead·National News

Podemos councillor receives backlash for labelling air conditioning ‘sexist’ during meeting on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but studies support her claims

Romero was complaining that the area of the room she was seated in was too cold and called the temperature of the air conditioning 'micromachismo'

1 Aug, 2020 @ 17:42

Alicante·Lead

Migrants saved from Alicante coast to quarantine amid COVID fears

A GROUP of migrants rescued off the coast of Alicante have been forced to isolate following fears that they had contracted coronavirus. Out of the

1 Aug, 2020 @ 16:59

National flood congress to be held in Spain’s Costa Blanca, on anniversary of 2019’s devastating gota fria

ORIHUELA is to host Spain’s National Flood Congress with dozens of experts looking for preventative measures against flash storms and the subsequent devastation. The two

1 Aug, 2020 @ 16:23

Costa Blanca·Lead

Grant to dig up Francoist mass graves throughout Spain approved by the government

NEW government grants totalling €750,000 were announced this week to complete the retrieval of bodies from mass graves dug during the Spanish Civil War. This

1 Aug, 2020 @ 15:00

National News·Politics

Lamb slaughtered in public area with blood running through the street of Costa Blanca town as religious festival starts

ALMORADI police had to rush to the scene of a lamb slaughtering, as disgusted neighbours reported blood running from drains into their street. As the

1 Aug, 2020 @ 11:19

Costa Blanca·Lead

Brexit is already making life harder for Brits trying to stay legal in Spain

THERE are certain things in life that simply don’t make sense: Donald Trump’s speeches, tomatoes being a fruit and the fact that Beyonce still hasn’t

1 Aug, 2020 @ 10:00

Lead·National News·Other News

Nerja mayor being probed over illegal landfill which dumped toxic waste on protected land for 18 years

For 18 years, the site dumped around 800,000 cubic metres of waste in the area, without any oversight or authorisation

1 Aug, 2020 @ 09:47

Lead·Malaga

Protesters take action against bull fighting in Spain

PROTESTS are expected to erupt at the Plaza de toros de Estepona today before a controversial bull fight begins at 7pm. Activist group Estepona Antitaurina

1 Aug, 2020 @ 09:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Six police officers isolated after arresting COVID-19 positive man on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SIX Policia Local officers have been instructed to self isolate after arresting a violent man who tested positive for coronavirus. The officers were called to

1 Aug, 2020 @ 08:35

Malaga

Spain records more than 1,500 COVID-19 cases in a day in new post-lockdown record

There are now officially more than 500 fresh COVID-19 outbreaks in Spain but the real number is likely higher

31 Jul, 2020 @ 22:12

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Gibraltar Government to hold police chief retirement inquiry to reveal truth

THE Chief Minister has agreed to the call for an inquiry by the former Commissioner for Police Ian McGrail who claimed it was in the

31 Jul, 2020 @ 17:39

Gibraltar·Lead

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Nightclubs penalised as police launch extra coronavirus checks across Spain’s Costa Blanca

Top theme parks in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca get healthy approval

Camouflaged traffic van in Spain’s Malaga detects dozens of traffic violations a day – including SHAVING and having one arm out the window

WATCH: Sky-high scrap on flight from Netherlands to Spain after drunk passengers refuse to wear masks

Costa del Sol hit with record temperatures as Spain suffers intense heatwave

Club DJ under investigation for spitting Jagermeister on revellers on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Far-right extremist Tommy Robinson pledges to return to England after meeting up with Burnley fan behind White Lives Matter on Costa Del Sol

Marbella suffers the aftermath following a decline in Arabic tourism and investments

Back in the saddle in the beautiful Andalucian countryside

FLOATING solar panels connected to grid in a renewable energy first for Spain

Top Spanish academic joins British expats in condemning far right ‘hooligan’ Tommy Robinson for proposed move to Spain

World’s fifth richest man expands his property portfolio to Spain

Secret tunnels, mafia bosses and tacky decor: Inside the illegal luxury urbanisations dubbed ‘Narcoville’ near Spain’s Costa del Sol

Spain’s capital of Madrid voted best place for Brits to work from remotely

Maddie McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner filmed laughing and joking as he drove through Spain just weeks before little girl vanished

Podemos councillor receives backlash for labelling air conditioning ‘sexist’ during meeting on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but studies support her claims

Migrants saved from Alicante coast to quarantine amid COVID fears

National flood congress to be held in Spain’s Costa Blanca, on anniversary of 2019’s devastating gota fria

Grant to dig up Francoist mass graves throughout Spain approved by the government

Lamb slaughtered in public area with blood running through the street of Costa Blanca town as religious festival starts

Brexit is already making life harder for Brits trying to stay legal in Spain

Nerja mayor being probed over illegal landfill which dumped toxic waste on protected land for 18 years

Protesters take action against bull fighting in Spain

Six police officers isolated after arresting COVID-19 positive man on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Spain records more than 1,500 COVID-19 cases in a day in new post-lockdown record

Gibraltar Government to hold police chief retirement inquiry to reveal truth

Shock as leading Costa del Sol lawyer is hospitalised in ‘vicious’ police beating outside notorious tourist bar on the Algarve

The Ronda dining scene has developed into one of Spain’s finest in the two decades I have lived there, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

WATCH: Traffickers ambush police confiscating speed boat in Andalucia drug hotspot – as police chief says the Atlantic is ‘infested with narcos’

LIFE IN SPAIN: The Deceiver of Seville, Mozart and the modern bullring

THIS WEEK IN SPAIN: The Prestige oil tanker disaster