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Marbella shooting latest: Victim, 33, is from Albania and received multiple wounds in yet another gangland incident in Guadalmina

GUADALMINA has become the latest site of a Marbella shooting after a 33-year-old Albanian man received multiple wounds this Saturday. The man was allegedly shot up to five times in Guadalmina’s shopping

15 Apr, 2024 @ 14:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Are flying taxis coming to Spain? EU creates official regulations to make it easier for the technology to grow

THE EU has created official regulations to make it easier to develop flying taxi technology. This week the European Commission has adopted a new range of regulations on VTOL aircrafts (vertical take-off

15 Apr, 2024 @ 14:06

Lead·Technology

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

THE BODIES of two men who were neighbours on a Calpe urbanisation have been discovered by the Guardia Civil on Monday. Both had gunshot wounds with one of the victims being a

15 Apr, 2024 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

This is how much cash you should be keeping in your home – according to the Bank of Spain

THE Bank of Spain has revealed how much cash you should be keeping in your home. Although society is becoming more and more cashless, it never hurts to have some cash on

15 Apr, 2024 @ 13:12

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Villaricos with pool garage – € 170,000

Apartment Villaricos, Almería 3 beds 2 baths € 170,000 This is a beautiful property located in the heart and main street of VILLARICOS. The residential consists of first and first

15 Apr, 2024 @ 13:05

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Thieves steal from foreign tourists visiting popular sight-seeing area in Spain's Valencia

Female gang of pickpockets are arrested after targeting tourists in Spain’s Valencia

A GANG of street thieves have been arrested in Valencia City after robbing a group of Chinese tourists. The four women operated in a popular sight-seeing spot by the City of Arts

15 Apr, 2024 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Barcelona removes popular bus route from Google Maps to avoid tourists overcrowding the service

A BUSY bus route in Barcelona has been removed from Google Maps to prevent tourists dominating the service. It comes after years of complaints from locals. The 116 bus covers the Park

15 Apr, 2024 @ 11:54

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Ruff to the rescue: A beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol will introduce specially trained DOG lifeguards this summer

VELEZ-Malaga will soon have dog lifeguards specially trained in water rescue. The project is a collaboration between the local council and the Asociación de Rescate Acuático Canino (Association for Canine Water Rescue).

15 Apr, 2024 @ 11:13

Animals·Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Child victim of a sex assault in Portugal recognises Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner in the courtroom

By Jon Clarke and Rainer Burkard, in Braunschweig IT was something of a seminal moment in the mammoth ongoing trial of seasoned sex offender Christian Brueckner. But it was missed by almost

14 Apr, 2024 @ 21:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Boozed-up British tourist bites police officers at passport control in Mallorca airport in Spain

What is the passport Entry/Exit System and when will it come into force in Spain and the EU?

NOWADAYS, travellers from outside the European Union get their passports stamped upon arrival as a way of keeping track of who’s overstayed their welcome. This system, however, is largely unreliable in terms

14 Apr, 2024 @ 18:23

EXPLAINER·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Far-right group in Spain attracts full house at Madrid meeting thanks to video blaming immigrants for turning the country ‘into a dunghill’

A FAR-RIGHT group called Nucleo Nacional released a video earlier this week, encouraging supporters to attend a meeting that took place earlier today, Sunday, in central Madrid. In the recording, a hooded

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:54

Lead·Madrid

Tourist killed in freak accident in Spain’s Tarragona after being struck on the head by a bell at village fiestas

A THIRTY-year-old Spaniard was killed in Spain’s Catalonia region on Saturday in a freak accident, after he was hit on the head by a church bell at local fiestas. The incident took

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:39

Catalunya·Lead

British tourist aged just 23 dies in Spain’s Tenerife after trying to cross busy motorway

A BRITISH tourist aged just 23 was killed in the early hours of Saturday morning after he tried to cross a busy motorway on the Canary Island of Tenerife. The tragic accident

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·Tenerife

Spain’s Housing Minister Isabel Rodriguez pledges to ‘limit’ impact of tourist accommodation with stricter regulations on room rentals

SPAIN’S Housing Minister Isabel Rodriguez has held her role for more than 100 days now, and to take stock of the Socialist Party-led government’s actions in the area, and to explain her

14 Apr, 2024 @ 13:39

Lead·Politics

Barcelona to ramp up flight arrivals this summer – despite wave of anti-tourist protests last year

THE Catalan government has sparked controversy after proposing a restructure of Barcelona’s main airport that would ramp up the number of flight arrivals each day during peak summer months. Pere Aragones, the

14 Apr, 2024 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

5 bedroom Villa for sale in Ciudad Quesada with pool – € 379,995

Villa Ciudad Quesada, Alicante 5 beds 3 baths € 379,995 This stunning 5 Bedroom Villa is for sale close to Ciudad Quesada, it is a perfect example of modern Mediterranean

14 Apr, 2024 @ 13:05

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ES BEGINNT DIE FERIAS! Die Saison der Ferias ist beginnt heute offiziell. Ein wahres Spektakel der Schönheit, Freude & Farbe

von Laurence Dollimore Foto Jesus Moron Angefangen als Viehmärkte (oder gelegentlich als religiöse Zeremonien) haben sich die Ferias zu den kulturellen Höhepunkten des Jahres entwickelt. In den größeren Städten dauern sie in

14 Apr, 2024 @ 10:30

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EXCLUSIVE: Meet one of the stars of Netflix’s new reality property show Making It In Marbella

NETFLIX has announced a new reality show following the lives of Marbella property brokers and we met one of the stars. Just four years after Homerun Brokers launched on the Costa del

14 Apr, 2024 @ 10:00

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Marbella

Football TV pundit is sacked in Spain over ‘racist joke’ aimed at Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal

A LEADING football pundit has been sacked from his role at a Spanish TV station after making a ‘racist joke’ about Barcelona star Lamine Yamal live on air. German Burgos, 54, has

14 Apr, 2024 @ 09:45

Barcelona·Lead·Sport

REVIEW: Pushing the boat out at Los Marinos Jose, Fuengirola

You can avoid the 3,000 euros wines and eat incredibly well and cheaply at Malaga’s best fish restaurant, writes Jon Clarke IT has just been voted the third best ‘casual restaurant’ in

14 Apr, 2024 @ 09:39

Andalucia·Hotel Reviews·Restaurants

It’s officially ‘feria’ season in Spain: All you need to know about the traditional celebrations in Andalucia – and the best ones to attend

STARTING as cattle markets (or occasionally, religious ceremonies), ferias have evolved into the cultural highlights of the year. They tend to be week-long events in the larger cities, and run from midweek

14 Apr, 2024 @ 09:26

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead

5 bedroom Villa for sale in Ontinyent with pool – € 375,000

Villa Ontinyent, Valencia 5 beds 3 baths € 375,000 Watch our walkthrough video! Dream’n Blue Properties is happy to introduce, “La Villa Blanca”. This villa has a flat plot of

13 Apr, 2024 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Is YOUR town at risk of going underwater in Spain? NASA reveals interactive map of predicted sea level rises due to climate change – with multiple expat havens on alert

AN interactive map from NASA has revealed the regions in Spain and around the world most at risk from rising sea levels. Taking into the account melting glaciers and rising sea levels,

13 Apr, 2024 @ 12:15

Environment·Lead

AUF DER „FERIA” IMMER REBUJITO TRINKEN!

ABER WAS IST ‘REBUJITO’? DAS TRADITIONELLE GETRÄNK AUS ANDALUSIEN WURDE VON DER “NEW YORK TIMES” ZUM BESTEN SOMMERGETRÄNK ALLER ZEITEN ERKLÄRT Ostern mag für die Bewohner Andalusiens ein Reinfall gewesen sein, denn

13 Apr, 2024 @ 11:58

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AUF AUSLÄNDISCHE KÄUFER ENTFIELEN IM LETZTEN JAHR 15 % DER IN SPANIEN GEKAUFTEN WOHNUNGEN – DER HÖCHSTE WERT ALLER ZEITEN!

Ausländische Immobilienkäufer sind weiterhin auf dem spanischen Immobilienmarkt gefragt, während die Käufe der Spanier weiter zurückgehen. Die Zahlen des spanischen Notariats für das Jahr 2023 zeigen, dass 14,98 % der Immobilienkäufer aus

13 Apr, 2024 @ 11:30

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These are the five best ‘pueblos’ to visit in Spain’s Andalucia – according to popular ‘travelling twins’ on Tiktok… but do YOU agree?

SPANISH twins Gonzalo and Alfonso have one of the most followed travel accounts on Tiktok. The identical brothers keep their two million followers informed about the best destinations to visit in Spain

13 Apr, 2024 @ 11:15

Lead·Olive Press Travel

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