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Police dismantle giant sports betting fraud that fixed results and ‘delayed’ live satellite tv pictures to fool bookmakers in Spain

75 members of a sports betting syndicate that duped bookmakers have been arrested by the Policia Nacional and the Tax Agency in association with Europol

1 Mar, 2024 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Four-year-old dies in Spain’s Mallorca after becoming trapped in tumble dryer

A FOUR-year-old boy has been found dead in his home in Mallorca after apparently climbing into a tumble dryer in the family home and becoming

1 Mar, 2024 @ 12:39

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Covid Infected Teenager Slaps Mother In Face After Being Told To Stay At Home In Valencia Area Of Spain

Two girls, 13 and 15, raped after pimps offered them €20 each for sex at Murcia area flat in Spain

TWO women have been arrested in Murcia City for pimping out two underage girls they’d just met. Two men have also been detained by the

1 Mar, 2024 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spain’s clothing giant Inditex to make gradual return to Ukraine, after two-year closure caused by Russian invasion

SPANISH clothing giant Inditex, which is the parent group of brands such as Zara and Bershka, is to make its return to Ukraine after a

1 Mar, 2024 @ 12:07

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Doctors call for face masks to be made mandatory in hospitals across Spain amid surge in Covid and flu cases

Partido Popular spokesperson denies any involvement in Covid mask scandal engulfing Spanish politics, despite being mentioned by the two main suspects in wiretaps

PHONE taps carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil while investigating an alleged corruption scandal involving the sale of face masks during the worst months

1 Mar, 2024 @ 11:29

Balearic Islands·Lead·Politics

5 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Zurgena – € 125,000

Townhouse Zurgena, Almería 5 beds 2 baths € 125,000 This beautiful property is located in Zurgena, within walking distance of a supermarket, bars

1 Mar, 2024 @ 11:05

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Banco Santander ordered to pay banker €68 million just months after big staff cuts and branch closures in Spain

Santander Bank computer error in Spain causes ‘double-charging’ of customers who are reassured that their balances have not been altered

A COMPUTER glitch has been blamed for causing Banco Santander customers in Spain to be double charged for transactions on Friday morning. The bank confirmed

1 Mar, 2024 @ 10:37

Lead·National News·Other News

Rain returns to Malaga after warm February as storm comes in

MALAGA is set to receive a welcome downpour this weekend, as well as strong winds. The last days of February brought temperatures up in Malaga

1 Mar, 2024 @ 10:30

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s top court opens ‘terrorism probe’ into exiled Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has started a terrorism investigation into former Catalunya President Carles Puigdemont over protests linked to the region’s failed and illegally-organised 2017 independence

1 Mar, 2024 @ 10:04

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

Spanish priest is removed from his Costa Blanca parish for calling Pope Francis a ‘heretic’

THE bishop of the Orihuela-Alicante diocese has suspended San Isidro’s parish priest for branding Pope Francis a ‘heretic’. Bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla took the tough

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Luxury rental villas costing €4k a month are converted into marijuana farms on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested two members of a gang that set up indoor marijuana farms in luxury rental villas across Alicante province. One villa was located

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

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

Pop legends Take That are coming to Andalucia as part of Jerez’s Tio Pepe festival

JEREZ’s Tio Pepe festival will play host to one of Britain’s best loved boy bands this summer, Take That. READ MORE: Tom Jones, Take That,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:15

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: The hunt is on to reunite mystery woman with the camera she lost on a beach in Spain’s Costa del Sol containing photos of epic ‘once-in-a-lifetime luxury trip through Europe’

A MISSION is underway to return a camera containing photos of a mystery woman’s once-in-a-lifetime European trip to its rightful owner. The thousand-plus photo gallery,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Costa del Sol·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Must Read

Plan for major new route moves forward to link motorway with popular expat city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PLANS costing around €30 million for a third exit road between the AP-7 and the Marina Alta are set to move forward. The Ministry of

29 Feb, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

Police raid dealer who illegally exported military gear from Spain’s Malaga to Saudi Arabia

THE Guardia Civil has busted a Malaga-based company that smuggled military equipment out of Spain, with the items ending up in Saudi Arabia. The goods-

29 Feb, 2024 @ 14:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Popular urban park set for summer reopening after three-year closure after contractor walked away from project on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A POPULAR Javea park could reopen in time for the summer, after it was closed for renovation work- way back in September 2021. A contractor

29 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Archbishop in Spain forced to intervene after priests use YouTube to pray for Pope Francis’s early death

THE archbishop of Toledo has been forced to intervene and reject statements made by a group of priests from his diocese, after they joked during

29 Feb, 2024 @ 13:20

Lead

Judge investigating Covid mask corruption scandal points to former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos as an ‘intermediary’, despite his claims he did nothing wrong

THE High Court judge investigating an alleged corruption ring involving the sale of masks during the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic has pointed to

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Junta blames DOLPHINS for hundreds of dead fish washed up in Spain’s Estepona

DOLPHINS are to blame for the hundreds of dead fish washed up in Spain’s Estepona, says the Junta. READ MORE: Thousands of dead fish are

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:18

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Costa de la Calma – € 750,000

Villa Costa de la Calma, Majorca 3 beds 2 baths € 750,000 Lovely villa with private pool and mediterranean garden in a quiet

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property

Measles warning on the Costa del Sol: Outbreak is declared at a school in Mijas

Measles cases contracted aboard by unvaccinated people are rising in Spain

TWO measles outbreaks have been reported in Spain this year- in Alicante and Toledo provinces- with the virus originating from abroad. Aragon and Catalunya have

29 Feb, 2024 @ 10:41

Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Man is killed by a falling palm tree on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TRAGEDY on the Costa del Sol as a man is killed by a falling palm tree. The incident occurred on Wednesday, February 28 in Frigiliana,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 10:41

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Spain's annual inflation rate goes down to 7.3% in October

Inflation falls below 3% mark in Spain due to lower electricity prices

LOWER energy prices played a big part in Spain’s provisional inflation rate for February dropping to 2.8%. That’s a fall of 0.6% from January’s figure

29 Feb, 2024 @ 09:48

Lead·National News·Other News

Two ‘influencers’ who ‘drugged and raped underage girls’ are arrested in Spain

TWO social media ‘influencers’ from Madrid have been arrested for drugging and sexually assaulting underage girls. The men brand themselves as Los Petazetax and produce

28 Feb, 2024 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

New mortgages soar in Spain due to lower interest rates and concerns over further property price rises

Brits account for 40% of non-resident mortgages in Spain: These are the most popular locations according to new figures

DESPITE fears of a post-Brexit slowdown and the negative effects of interest rate rises, UK buyers dominated mortgage application requests for home purchases in Spain

28 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News·Property·Valencian Community

Missing: British tourist, 61, who vanished from Spain’s Mallorca two days ago – as partner back home says she’s ‘worried sick’

THE family of a British tourist are growing concerned about his whereabouts after not hearing from him for two days. John Webster, 61, has not

28 Feb, 2024 @ 16:17

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Must Read

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