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Know your contracts: Jon Pascual Drake explains why in Spain a down payment is not necessarily a home deposit

The reason many people don’t like lawyers is because we really like to split hairs. Calling a spade a spade is far too easy. Sometimes,

20 Dec, 2024 @ 11:46

Business & Finance·Other News·Property·Sponsored

Former British ambassador to Spain joins Iberdrola: Hugh Elliot is named as a director for the Spanish energy giant

HUGH Elliott, the former British Ambassador to Spain, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of Iberdrola Energia Internacional which oversees the Spanish company’s assets in

20 Dec, 2024 @ 11:17

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain to the rescue: Navantia to buy storied British shipyard that built the Titanic and save 1,000 jobs in the UK

SPAIN’S state shipbuilding company Navantia has swooped in to save the iconic British shipyard that built the Titanic in a last minute deal. The acquisition

20 Dec, 2024 @ 09:05

Business & Finance·Lead

Bank account charges rise by average of 6% in Spain despite increased digitalisation

The Bank of Spain tells shoppers what to do over preventing costly mistakes when using bank and credit cards

THE Bank of Spain has warned shoppers to keep their bank and credit card receipts in case a mistake is discovered later on. A rising

19 Dec, 2024 @ 18:00

National News

Spanish ex-footballer who trafficked €32m worth of cocaine into Spain is arrested

AN ex-footballer has been arrested for smuggling cocaine into Spain through Algeciras and Valencia after ten years on the run. Jesus Emilio Diez de Mier,

19 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Algeciras·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Watch: Bizarre moment a cow washes up on a Marbella beach – just days after a whale suffered the same fate

A VIDEO has surfaced on social media showing a dead cow washed up on a Marbella beach. The cow’s body was found near the Cabaña

19 Dec, 2024 @ 16:47

Lead·Marbella·Video

Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen charity passes five million meal landmark for Valencia DANA victims

THE World Central Kitchen(WCK) charity founded and led by chef Jose Andres has distributed over five million meals to victims of the Valencia flood disaster.

19 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ambulance driver in Benidorm steals cash and jewellery worth €4,500 from an elderly couple en route to hospital

Spain’s emergency services brace for Christmas chaos: Fires typically surge by 25% while one festive day boasts the highest number of births

SPANISH emergency services are bracing for a chaotic Christmas with a surge in fires and births expected. Christmas is a time for celebration, but often

19 Dec, 2024 @ 15:37

Health·Lead

Alicante extends moratorium on new tourist accommodation licenses to include more properties

Airbnb crackdown in Alicante: Local government approves two-year ban on new tourist flat licences

ALICANTE City Council will not grant new licences for tourist flats for up to two years. Councillors voted overwhelmingly for the moratorium with just two

19 Dec, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Gibraltar to run free night buses over Christmas: Ambulance joy ride is the latest drink-driving incident to blight the Rock during festive period

A MAN stole an ambulance in Gibraltar while high on cannabis and crashed it into a building. The 24-year-old took the vehicle from the Accident

19 Dec, 2024 @ 14:00

Gibraltar·Lead

‘We’ve done all we can’: Police in Spain give up trying to identify amnesia-struck Brit who will remain ‘stuck’ in hospital over Christmas

POLICE in Spain have given up trying to identify a British cyclist who remains ‘stuck’ in a hospital after being struck with severe amnesia. Stephen

19 Dec, 2024 @ 13:09

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Fears for missing Brit in Benidorm who failed to return home and ‘hasn’t called anyone in days’

THE family of a missing Brit have launched an appeal online after he failed to return home from a trip to Benidorm. READ UPDATE: UK

19 Dec, 2024 @ 12:56

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain is Europe’s favourite destination this Christmas as two holiday hotspots top official ranking by Mastercard

TENERIFE and Alicante have taken the top two places in a survey of European tourist favourites for a Christmas getaway. The findings come in the

19 Dec, 2024 @ 12:18

Lead·Olive Press Travel

3 bedroom Flat for sale in Barcelona city – € 595,000

Flat Barcelona, Barcelona 3 beds 2 baths € 595,000 Floor 4th, flat total surface area 103 m², usable floor area 95 m², single

19 Dec, 2024 @ 12:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

Watch: Lorry becomes engulfed in flames near Marbella causing huge traffic jam

A HUGE traffic jam was reported on the busy A-7 this morning after a lorry caught on fire. Footage shared online shows how the vehicle

19 Dec, 2024 @ 11:41

Costa del Sol·Lead·Marbella

Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval

THE final stage of getting approval for Benidorm’s biggest-ever urban development will begin next week. The city council’s governing board will put the plans for

19 Dec, 2024 @ 11:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Traveling in Spain? Keep Your Smartphone Secure with These Simple Steps

Spain is one of the most popular destinations for tourists from all over the world. This is thanks to its ancient cultural heritage, picturesque cities,

19 Dec, 2024 @ 11:07

Nuclear panic in Spain after ‘dangerous’ radioactive package disappears at Madrid airport

A RADIOACTIVE package containing ‘very dangerous’ sources of selenium became lost at Madrid airport this week, it has emerged. An alert was issued by the

19 Dec, 2024 @ 10:30

Lead·Madrid

Wife of Spain's Prime Minister proclaims innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case

Wife of Spain’s Prime Minister proclaims her innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case

BEGOÑA Gomez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has denied allegations of corruption and influence-peddling linked to her teaching business during her first testimony

18 Dec, 2024 @ 18:30

Lead·Madrid·National News

The UK’s National Crime Agency ‘is brought in to investigate allegations around Gibraltar police chief’

ANOTHER storm is brewing around the Royal Gibraltar Police and the current occupant of the department’s hotseat. Reports from GBC indicate that Britain’s National Crime

18 Dec, 2024 @ 18:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain will become the number one tourist destination in the world by this date, according to report by Google and Deloitte

SPAIN will welcome 110 million foreign tourists annually by 2040 and become the world’s biggest holiday destination according to a study by Google and Deloitte.

18 Dec, 2024 @ 17:30

Lead·National News

Spain's biggest supermarket chain Mercadona hands out an early Xmas present to all its workers

Watch: This Mercadona wine for less than €2 is flying off the shelves across Spain

LOVERS of good quality red wine looking for a bargain might have hit the jackpot for a little gem being sold in the Mercadona supermarket

18 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Food & Drink·Lead

‘The environment has no borders’: Spanish activist group insists it is not ‘anti-Gibraltar’ in Eastside marina complaints

THE main Spanish group leading the charge against the Eastside development has denied it is ‘just another hostile anti-Gibraltar voice from Spain’. Environmentalists Verdemar Ecologistas

18 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Blackspot Branded As The 'road Of Death' On The Costa Blanca In Spain Claims Another Victim In A Head On Collision Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim

Man planning to steal from marijuana farm villa is shot dead in expat area of Costa Blanca

A LITHUANIAN man was gunned down at the front door of a Quesada villa on Tuesday night with the perpetrator fleeing the scene. The property

18 Dec, 2024 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Murderer’ in Spain is caught on Google Street View stuffing body into car boot: Police make two arrests

GOOGLE Street View images proved to be crucial in identifying two murder suspects in Spain’s Castilla y Leon region. A woman and her current partner

18 Dec, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Confusion in Spain at Fifa awards ceremony: Gibraltar votes for Rodri and Carvajal – who both led ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’ chants

OBSERVERS in Spain have been left confused at how Gibraltar’s footballing officials could vote for Spanish players at The Best FIFA Football Awards in Doha

18 Dec, 2024 @ 14:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

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