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What is La Garganta? The Duke of Westminster’s hunting estate in southern Spain that’s been visited by the British Royal Family for decades

SINCE news emerged that Queen Camilla was taking a vacation last week — which may or may not have been related to her husband’s recent

16 Mar, 2024 @ 10:23

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GIVEAWAY: Win a VIP day at Max Beach Mijas featuring luxury pool beds and a bottle of Moet – here’s how to enter

MAX Beach has launched a special competition to celebrate the start of its summer season. The popular beach club, bar and restaurant is offering a

15 Mar, 2024 @ 17:38

Food & Drink·Other News

Tiny town in Spain launches a dating app in a bid to save itself from depopulation

A SMALL Alicante province town has launched a phone app that it hopes will fight depopulation by bringing together single people. Salinas in the Alto

15 Mar, 2024 @ 17:28

Alicante·Valencian Community

Madeleine McCann suspect attempts to discredit evidence at multiple sex crimes trial: Lawyer for Christian Brueckner suggests child porn stash and documents ‘were planted’

AN attempt to discredit evidence in the trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner appears to have failed. His lawyer’s claims that evidence against him

15 Mar, 2024 @ 16:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Famous St. Patrick's Day parade returns to Spain's Costa Blanca after four years

Huge annual St. Patrick’s Day parade coming to Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend – all you need to know

SPAIN’S biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade takes place this Sunday on the southern Costa Blanca. Cabo Roig on the Orihuela Costa will be a sea

15 Mar, 2024 @ 16:17

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Fentanyl is discovered in Spain: Madrid officials call for calm over possible vial of the ‘zombie drug’ that has decimated neighbourhoods in the US

AFTER Madrid police discovered a possible vial of fentanyl — the deadly opioid wreaking havoc on the streets of US cities — during a drug

15 Mar, 2024 @ 15:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Pilgrims in Spain are forced to hide up an oak tree after being charged at by a herd of cows

TWO men doing Spain’s famous Camino de Santiago pilgrims walk had to take refuge up an oak tree after being charged by several cows. The

15 Mar, 2024 @ 15:27

Lead·National News·Other News

Tourist tax in Spain: Leaders of Malaga, Sevilla and Cordoba call for new levy on visitors

MALAGA’S mayor Francisco de la Torre has joined his counterparts in Cordoba and Sevilla in calling for a tourist tax to be levied in Andalucia.

15 Mar, 2024 @ 14:00

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

One killed while others remain trapped in 40-car pile-up on the AP-7 motorway in Spain

A PILE-UP involving 40 cars in foggy conditions on the AP-7 motorway has left one dead, two people trapped, and five seriously injured. The incident

15 Mar, 2024 @ 13:50

Lead·Valencia

Multiple flights to Sevilla are diverted to Malaga due to severe fog

THREE flights were forced to divert from Sevilla to Malaga this morning after a bank of severe fog enveloped the airport. Dangerously low visibility led

15 Mar, 2024 @ 13:21

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla·Travel News

Carles Puigdemont ‘is ready to return to Spain and be arrested’: Exiled former Catalan leader will run for parliament, his lawyer says

THE lawyer of exiled ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont says he will return to Spain once the new Amnesty Law hits the statute books- even at

15 Mar, 2024 @ 13:15

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Sinkholes pose a growing risk to life in Spain: First global map of phenomenon shows Andalucia and Valencia are among the most threatened areas

THE world’s first map to show countries most prone to soil subsidence has Spain as one of those most affected in Europe. Sinkholes are becoming

15 Mar, 2024 @ 12:15

Alicante·Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencia

On a knife edge: Doubts over Spain’s Cala de Mijas Festival in August as town hall argues over who is footing the bill

THE fate of this year’s Cala Mijas Festival is hanging by a thread. With the festival’s third edition looming at the end of August, the

15 Mar, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa del Sol·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds to perform two concerts in Spain as part of ‘Wild God’ tour

LEGENDARY rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will visit Spain this year as part of their new ‘Wild God’ tour. The Australian group,

15 Mar, 2024 @ 11:11

Barcelona·Catalunya·Entertainment·Lead·Madrid·Other News

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Los Montesinos with pool garage – € 359,000

Villa Los Montesinos, Alicante 3 beds 3 baths € 359,000 New project of modern of villas in La Herrada, a residential area of

15 Mar, 2024 @ 11:05

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Drought latest in Spain: The Costa del Sol will have water until September after extending Marbella’s desalination plant

REGIONAL authorities have confirmed that the Costa del Sol will have enough water to last until September, even if there is no rain this spring.

15 Mar, 2024 @ 10:34

Costa del Sol·Lead

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Kidnapper from Kazaksthan wanted by Germany arrested on Costa Blanca

A MAN wanted by German authorities to serve a jail term for kidnapping and robbery has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Quesada. The

15 Mar, 2024 @ 10:12

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Spain’s highest court rules that employees are entitled to 15 minutes of ‘coffee break and settling in time’ at the start of the working day

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that the time taken for a morning coffee break and period employees take to settle into the working day should

15 Mar, 2024 @ 08:51

Lead·Other News

Knife-wielding British schizophrenic jailed for attempted murder of young schoolboy in Spain’s Madrid

A mentally-ill British dual-national has been jailed for 10 years after stabbing a six-year-old boy outside the British International Hastings School in Madrid. The assault

14 Mar, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

WATCH: Bikini Beach Club in Estepona caught alight ‘while workmen sealed the roof with blowtorches’ – as witnesses describe hearing ‘loud bang’

A BEACH restaurant on the Costa del Sol caught fire and burned down in front of the eyes of it stunned owners on Thursday afternoon.

14 Mar, 2024 @ 16:35

Costa del Sol·Estepona·Lead

Top men’s tennis players coming to Valencia and Malaga for 2024 Davis Cup finals in Spain

VALENCIA will once again be a host city for the world’s premier men’s tennis team competition, the Davis Cup. The Fuente de San Luis arena

14 Mar, 2024 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla·Sport·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pressure grows on Madrid regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso to quit, after revelation that her partner admitted tax fraud over sale of Covid-19 masks

OPPOSITION parties in the Madrid regional government ramped up the pressure on Partido Popular (PP) premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso to quit on Thursday, after it

14 Mar, 2024 @ 15:55

Lead·Madrid·Politics

BREAKING VIDEO: Bikini Beach chiringuito in Estepona destroyed by fire

THE Bikini Beach chiringuito in Estepona has gone up in flames. As this exclusive video taken by the Olive Press shows, firemen are on the

14 Mar, 2024 @ 15:10

Andalucia·Lead

New man in Madrid named as UK appoints new Ambassador to Spain

THE UK has appointed a new Ambassador to Spain- Alex Ellis- who will take up his post this summer. Ellis, 56, will replace Hugh Elliott

14 Mar, 2024 @ 14:54

Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News

Leading pollster in Spain who misjudged regional elections in Galicia blames nuns for skewing the vote

SPAIN’S leading pollster who was widely ridiculed after misjudging the recent Galician regional elections has blamed nuns for boosting the right-wing vote. Jose Felix Tezanos,

14 Mar, 2024 @ 14:41

Galicia·Lead·Politics

Temperatures in Spain this past winter were ‘warmest on record’, says state meteorological agency Aemet

THIS winter just past in Spain was the joint warmest since records began, and is likely to be followed by a spring that is also

14 Mar, 2024 @ 14:27

Lead·Other News·Weather

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