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British government warns of delays and travel disruption for holidaymakers heading to Spain’s Canary Islands

THE UK Foreign Office has issued a travel warning to Brit holidaymakers planning to visit Spain’s Canary Islands this week due to the arrival of

6 Jun, 2023 @ 19:00

Canary Islands·Lead·Travel News·Weather

Feel like waiting six months for your fast food? McDonald’s new ad campaign thinks you do

FAST food kings McDonald’s have launched an advertising campaign to illustrate just how long it takes to get your order so quickly. For – to

6 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Food & Drink·Lead

Changes to Spain’s trans, euthanasia and education laws: Popular Party candidate hints at policies should he become prime minister

SCRAPPING the Equality Ministry altogether, overturning Spain’s ‘trans law’ and its Democratic Memory Law, and making changes to the euthanasia and education laws. Those are

6 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Politics

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‘If they had wanted to sink us, I would have been swimming home’: Captain of orca attack yacht dismisses revenge theory

A SPATE of orca attacks on yachts entering the Strait of Gibraltar has sparked fierce debate and wild theories about what is behind it. Researchers

6 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

La Alcaldesa De Gibraltar, Carmen Gómez, El Ministro Principal, Fabián Picardo Y El Alcalde Saliente, Christian Santos

Gibraltar Chief Minister Picardo marks ‘charisma’ of Carmen Gomez as she becomes mayor

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo welcomed the ‘remarkable’ Carmen Gomez as mayor of Gibraltar as he thanked the ‘extraordinary’ Christian Santos for his two years of

6 Jun, 2023 @ 16:45

Gibraltar·Lead

Ham luggage: Ryanair settles row over extra charges for Mallorcan pork-fat pastry

AN UNLIKELY row involving budget airline Ryanair, the Balearic Islands government and a traditional pastry called an ensaimada has been settled, and passengers flying out

6 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

Spain's Costa Blanca Looks To Woo Foreign Pet Owners To Come Over For A Holiday

Spain’s Costa Blanca looks to woo foreign pet owners to come on holiday

THE Costa Blanca Tourist Board laid on a special programme for social media influencers o show what the area can offer for people bringing their

6 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Free money to clean up building facades in old city centre area on Spain's Costa Blanca

Free money to clean up building facades in popular tourist city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RESIDENTS and business owners in the old centres of Altea and Altea la Vella can apply for cash grants to clean up building facades. Altea

6 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Easterly winds delay lifting of OS 35 from Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay with wreck removers on standby

WRECK removers are getting ready to lift the two broken sections of the OS 35 from the Gibraltar seabed after easterly winds again delayed the

6 Jun, 2023 @ 14:44

Gibraltar·Lead

Key Health Services '100%' Guaranteed In Torrevieja During Busy Costa Blanca Summer In Spain

Key health services ‘100%’ guaranteed in Torrevieja area during busy Costa Blanca summer in Spain

TORREVIEJA Health Department has guaranteed ‘100%’ coverage in key patient services during the summer season with €2.8 million funding from its 2023 ‘Holiday Plan’. There

6 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Storm Eowyn brings warnings of strong winds and widespread rain for most of Spain

Spain’s stormy summer continues as Oscar makes landfall and heads to Andalucia

THE scorcher of April is giving way to an unsettled summer as the latest storm heads south to dampen Spain. Storm Oscar is expected to

6 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Weather

3 bedroom Penthouse for sale in Denia with pool – € 385,000

Dénia, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 385,000 Awesome opportunity to have your dream home facing the sea. Duplex penthouse of construction of

6 Jun, 2023 @ 13:05

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Kingsway tunnel to close certain lanes for maintenance on June 12-15 just over two months after opening

GIBRALTAR’S government will be closing select lanes Kingsway tunnel under the runway for maintenance at night on June 12-15. The routine maintenance programme marks the

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Gibraltar·Lead

Torrevieja wants tough police action against illegal street sellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA council had made a new appeal for tough police action to clear pavements of illegal street sellers ahead of the summer season. The unlicensed

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Spain’s energy network ‘rules out a cyber attack as the cause of the blackout’

Spain’s soaring industrial output hit by unexpected slump in April, new data shows

SPAIN’S economic good times hit another bump in the road after preliminary data revealed an unexpected decline in the country’s industrial production for the month

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Restaurant Customer Turns Stalker To Sexually Assault Waitress On Spain's Costa Blanca

Obsessed restaurant customer sexually assaults waitress on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ELCHE POLICIA LOCAL have arrested a 47-year-old man after he spent ten days harassing a waitress at an Arenales del Sol restaurant, which included sexual

6 Jun, 2023 @ 11:29

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s Malaga to recover water supply to beach showers on June 15

THE CAPITAL of the Costa del Sol will recover its beach shower water supply next week—but with possible restrictions. The drought crisis in Malaga worsens

6 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Two rescued owls returned to the wild on World Environment Day in Spain’s Malaga

THE JUNTA has released two rescued owls in the natural park Los Montes de Malaga to coincide with World Environment Day, yesterday, June 5. Both

6 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Earthquake of magnitude 3 recorded with epicentre in Casares (Málaga) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE

Did you feel it? A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Spain’s Casares

A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Casares early yesterday morning, shaking parts of the Costa del Sol. According to Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) the quake—with its

6 Jun, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

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Snap elections prompt German lawmakers to cancel trip to Spain’s Doñana National Park

THE SNAP general election that has been called for July 23 continues to have unexpected consequences. On Monday, a group of German lawmakers opted to

5 Jun, 2023 @ 19:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Politics

Opinion poll reveals revitalised Partido Popular under new leader Feijoo could form new Spanish government after December's general election

Explainer: What do the polls say ahead of July’s snap election in Spain?

THE LATEST survey carried out for Spanish newspaper El Pais by pollster 40dB predicts that the outcome of the upcoming general election will depend on

5 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead·Politics

Lemon harvest falls by 40% in Spain’s Costa Blanca with high production costs blamed

HIGH PRODUCTION costs have slashed Alicante province’s lemon harvest by 40% compared to last year. Alicante’s Asaja young farmers association said that 800,000 tons of

5 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s PM challenges conservative opponent to six face-to-face debates before snap elections

AHEAD OF THE July 23 snap general election, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday challenged his main opponent to six face-to-face debates. But the Popular

5 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Politics

Alarming loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests caused by global warming warns Costa Blanca study in Spain

Alarming loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests caused by global warming says study in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante University study says that global warming has caused an ‘alarming’ loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests. The report from the university’s Ibero-American

5 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Nature

Russian hackers target Spanish government websites to disrupt Granada immigration summit

Benidorm cybercrooks steal €50,0000 in bank ‘phishing’ con on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN have been arrested in Benidorm for illegally obtaining bank account and credit card details via phone text messages, which netted them around €50,000.

5 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

DON’T MISS The best of what’s on in Spain

Top events in Spain for the week and month ahead from Madrid to Torrevieja via Ibiza, Granada and Sevilla. Madrid Legends: the home of football

5 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

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