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Beach bars returning for more money after 16-month closure spell on popular stretch of Spain's Costa Blanca

Beach bars returning for more money after being closed for 16 months on popular stretch of Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA council will more than double its income from beach bar operations after splitting up the old single contract into five bundles. The authority will

12 Apr, 2024 @ 11:17

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

MCGRAIL INQUIRY: Who is Gibraltar’s ‘grey man in the shadows’? Testimony from lead detective sheds further light on events leading up to police chief’s sudden retirement

THE ‘grey man’ of Gibraltar, so long in the shadows, might finally be moving into the light. This was the inescapable conclusion of day four

12 Apr, 2024 @ 11:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Mafia crackdown in Marbella: Police call in more men, dogs and drones to tackle the scourge of organised crime on the Costa del Sol this summer – following a wave of daylight shootings

POLICE in Marbella are ramping up reinforcements to tackle the scourge of organised crime this summer, it has been announced. The Policia Nacional force this

12 Apr, 2024 @ 09:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

PICTURED: US expat, 43, who was found dead in a tourist flat in Spain and her two children – who now have an ‘unimaginable void in their hearts’ after losing their ‘inspiring’ art teacher mother

THE family of an American expat who was killed in Spain have said her passing has left an ‘unimaginable void in the hearts of all

12 Apr, 2024 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Father of Christian Brueckner’s ex-girlfriend fears Madeleine McCann could be buried at his daughter’s former home in Portugal – as he pleads with police to dig up the garden

THE father of the ex-girlfriend of Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner has pleaded with police to search her former home in Portugal. Dieter F, a

11 Apr, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

Airbnb crackdown in Spain: Government wants to limit holiday flats in ‘saturated’ areas because they are ‘harming access to housing’ – following a wave of anti-tourism protests

RESTRICTIONS will be imposed by the government on the number of tourist apartments in ‘stressed’ areas of Spain. Housing Minister, Isabel Rodriguez, said on Thursday

11 Apr, 2024 @ 17:42

Lead·Property

Spain finally deports Bolivians who arrived in Barcelona earlier this month on a cruise ship carrying fake visas

SIXTY-FIVE Bolivians were finally deported from Spain today, after their arrival in Barcelona on a cruise ship earlier this month caused chaos for passengers, given

11 Apr, 2024 @ 17:32

Central European Bank leaves interest rates at 4.5% after inflation slows down - ahead of expected cuts in June

European Central Bank leaves interest rates at 4.5% after inflation slows down – ahead of expected cuts in June

THE European Central Bank(ECB) has left interest rates unchanged at 4.5%, as had been widely expected. Economists believe that with lower inflation, the ECB will

11 Apr, 2024 @ 17:20

Lead

Why you should switch meat for the sardines and ‘boquerones’ loved in Spain – according to a new study

SWAPPING red meat for fish such as sardines or boquerones(anchovies) could save up to 750,000 lives a year worldwide by 2050 and significantly reduce the

11 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, Pedro Almodovar and Dua Lipa in Madrid

Dua Lipa gets to be an ‘Almodovar girl’ for a day, as she dines with the Oscar-winning Spanish director in an exclusive Madrid eatery

“I WOULD love it if Almodovar called me to do a movie. Pedro loves women.” Those were the quotes that Spanish newspaper El Español chose

11 Apr, 2024 @ 16:14

Celebrity·Lead·Madrid

Two dead and 40 evacuated in Spain’s Tenerife amid rough seas and coastal flooding

ROUGH seas and coastal flooding have caused two deaths and 40 evacuations in Tenerife. Wednesday, April 10 saw two people fall victim to strong winds

11 Apr, 2024 @ 14:31

Canary Islands·Lead

Heat warning in Spain: Temperatures to reach 34C as ‘four-day summer’ begins TODAY

THE first heat warning of the year has been issued in Spain- specifically for the Canary Islands, where temperatures are expected to reach 34 degrees.

11 Apr, 2024 @ 14:30

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

EXCLUSIVE: Tributes pour in for ‘beloved’ US tourist, 44, who died in a holiday apartment in Malaga – as ex-partner remains locked up in Spain

TRIBUTES have poured in for an American tourist who was found dead inside a holiday apartment in Malaga at the weekend. Bianca Pitman, 44, was

11 Apr, 2024 @ 13:30

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga

Hurricanes and tropical storms could soon reach Spain due to climate change, weather experts warn

SPAIN could soon see hurricanes and tropical storms due to climate change, warn weather experts. READ MORE: Blast of hot African air will bring ‘exceptionally

11 Apr, 2024 @ 13:12

Lead

3 bedroom Villa for sale in La Nucia with pool garage – € 365,000

Villa La Nucia, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 365,000 Sunscape presents an independent villa of 150 m2 built on a plot of

11 Apr, 2024 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Tourist, 53, plunges to his death in Spain while trying to take a photo of strong waves

A TOURIST has plunged to his death while trying to take photos of strong waves in Tenerife. The 53-year-old Czech man died this Wednesday, April

11 Apr, 2024 @ 12:30

National News

Gibraltar’s Fabian Picardo and David Cameron to meet with Spain’s foreign minister to thrash out post-Brexit deal

GIBRALTAR will attend a top-level treaty meeting in Brussels this Friday as negotiations to secure the future of the tiny overseas territory continue. An article

11 Apr, 2024 @ 12:02

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Malaga named the BEST city to learn Spanish and the fifth in the world to learn a new language

MALAGA has been named the top city to learn Spanish and the fifth in the world for language learning. READ MORE: Black Eyed Peas to

11 Apr, 2024 @ 11:48

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Witnesses report hearing GUNSHOTS as Guardia Civil vessel strikes Gibraltar airport

REPORTS of possible shots heard near Gibraltar airport as Guardia Civil vessel strikes runway approach lights. The Royal Gibraltar Police are currently investigating an incident

11 Apr, 2024 @ 11:03

Gibraltar·Lead

Man ‘attempts to kill partner just after she gave birth’ in Elche because ‘she said she wanted to leave him’

A MAN slit his partner’s throat, minutes after she gave birth in an Elche hospital and then told him that their relationship was over. The

11 Apr, 2024 @ 10:47

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

MCGRAIL INQUIRY: The ‘triple conflicted’ Chief Minister Fabian Picardo forced police boss out of his job ‘to protect the most powerful lawyer in Gibraltar’

GIBRALTAR’S Chief Minister plotted with the lawyer of a suspected criminal to have the Rock’s police commissioner fired, it was heard today. It is alleged

10 Apr, 2024 @ 17:53

Gibraltar·Lead

June-style temperatures will make it a glorious weekend in Spain

SPAIN will be hit by a mini-heatwave from Thursday with temperatures akin to late June. The temperature jump will be caused by the arrival of

10 Apr, 2024 @ 16:45

Lead·National News·Other News·Weather

Where are Brits and other foreigners buying property in Spain? New data reveals the hottest locations

Real estate agents say scrapping of Golden Visa will cause ‘irreparable’ economic damage to Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘IRREPARABLE’ damage will be done to the real estate sector and tourism on the Costa Blanca if the government abolishes the so-called Golden Visa. That’s

10 Apr, 2024 @ 16:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Valencian Community