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Costa Blanca people smuggling gang charged €5,000 for dangerous boat journey to Spain

ANALYSIS: How 2021 became the deadliest year on record for migrants crossing from west Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands

A RECORD number of people have died whilst trying to cross from West Africa to the Canary Islands during 2021. Data suggests that the route

16 Dec, 2021 @ 16:15

Canary Islands·Lead·National News

Spain extends COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to people in their 40s and 50s

BOOSTER doses of COVID-19 vaccines are to be rolled to people in Spain aged between 40 and 59 years. The injections will follow six months

16 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Royal family in Spain release charming 2021 Christmas card photo

SPAIN’S royal family have released their 2021 Christmas card photograph. The image was taken in their Zarzuela Palace garden in Madrid. King Felipe and Queen

16 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

COVID-19 passports set to end as health situation improves in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Restaurant on Spain’s Costa Blanca suffers police raid for not following COVID-19 passport rules

POLICE in a Costa Blanca city moved on a restaurant after getting reports that it was not requesting to see COVID-19 passports from indoor diners.

16 Dec, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Only 1 in 50 drivers breathalyzed are over the limit in town popular with expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES Local Police performed 473 roadside breathalyzer and drug tests during one week in December. Checkpoints were set up in various locations around the centre,

16 Dec, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police Rescue Abused Unconcious Woman Hanging From A Curtain At Her Costa Blanca Home In Spain

Malaga pensioner beaten and robbed in terrifying late night incident in Spain

A PENSIONER was brutally assaulted in a late night attack by two middle aged men in a terrifying incident in Malaga. The 76-year-old man was

16 Dec, 2021 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

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Mallorca restaurant awarded two-Michelin stars as Spain’s Balearic Islands gain ground as foodie destination

MALLORCA once again has a two-Michelin starred restaurant, putting the island firmly on the haute-cuisine map. Voro, the restaurant run by chef Alvaro Salazar at

16 Dec, 2021 @ 12:30

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Balearic Islands·Travel: Ibiza·Travel: Mallorca·Where to eat

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Denia with pool – € 300,000

Apartment Dénia, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 300,000 This apartment is in an ideal location, within walking distance of the beach and

16 Dec, 2021 @ 12:07

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Holiday hotspots in Spain like Balearic Islands and Costa Blanca feature in new low-cost flights out of London's Gatwick airport

New budget flights will serve holiday hotspots in Spain like the Balearic Islands and Costa Blanca

BRITISH Airways will start operating ‘low-cost’ flights to eight Spanish destinations this spring out of Gatwick airport. BA is relaunching its budget short-haul division which

16 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Sevilla·Travel News·Valencian Community

EXECUTED: Freedom fighters from Spain’s Franco era exhumed in Costa Blanca town revealing bullet wounds to the head

SEVEN bodies out of 14 exhumed from in Alicante are believed to be of freedom fighters that were executed during the height of Franco’s Spanish

16 Dec, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Mental health problems among youth on the rise in Spain’s Valencia region

THE Valencian Community has registered 308 suicides among young people aged under-30 in the past 10 years. According to Save The Children, in 2020 one

16 Dec, 2021 @ 11:00

Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

How Spain’s Valencia region became the leader in organic farming

ORGANIC farming in Valencia has grown 81.2% in the past five years, more than anywhere else in Spain and exceeding Spain’s average which is only

16 Dec, 2021 @ 10:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss flies in to Madrid to boost ties with Spain and “support 400K British expats”

THE UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrived in Madrid for a two day trip designed to build “closer economic, tech and security ties” with Spain.

16 Dec, 2021 @ 10:00

Brexit·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Hazardous Weather Warning: Large Swell, Strong Winds and 4-metre high waves to hit Spain’s Costa del Sol

A YELLOW weather warning has been issued in Malaga due to intense storms, with sea swells up to four metres forecast and damaging winds in

16 Dec, 2021 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Auxiliares: English teaching assistants in Spain’s Valencia region complain they are ‘working for nothing’ after late payment shambles

NATIVE English speakers employed as language assistants by education authorities in the Valencia region will stage a protest on Friday over repeated delays in payments.

15 Dec, 2021 @ 18:57

Alicante·Castellon·Education·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Football war in Spain as Barcelona and Real Madrid go to court over La Liga’s €2 billion investment deal

BARCELONA and Real Madrid have been joined by Athletic Bilbao in launching a legal fight against La Liga’s recently approved deal with a private equity

15 Dec, 2021 @ 18:31

Football·Lead·Sport

Jealous boyfriend ‘smashed glass into man’s face’ at Estepona bar on Costa del Sol

A JEALOUS boyfriend was arrested after he allegedly smashed a glass into a man’s face as he chatted to his girlfriend at an Estepona bar.

15 Dec, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

Elderly man suffers arm amputation after being trapped in overturned ambulance on a Mar Menor roundabout in Spain's Murcia region

Elderly man loses arm after being trapped in overturned ambulance in Mar Menor area of Spain

A Mar Menor man, 79, had to have an arm amputated after getting trapped in an overturned ambulance that was taking him to hospital. The

15 Dec, 2021 @ 17:17

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

Man with gambling debts fakes kidnapping in fear of angry girlfriend on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Costa Blanca man lied to police about a kidnapping and robbery to keep his gambling debts a secret from his girlfriend. The ruse backfired

15 Dec, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Compulsory use of COVID-19 passports may be expanded in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE number of areas where a COVID-19 passport is needed to gain access could be enlarged in the Valencian Community. Entry to indoor hospitality businesses

15 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pablo Alboran adds extra Malaga tour date after tickets for Spanish tour sell out in just 1 hour

PABLO Alboran fans are in luck. The Spanish heart-throb has announced an extra Malaga date for his 2022 tour. Fans can now catch the Saturno

15 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

An end to eruption? Eerie silence as La Palma volcano falls quiet in Spain’s Canary Islands

The volcano that has been spewing lava and emitting toxic gases for close to three months has fallen quiet with scientists expressing cautious hope that

15 Dec, 2021 @ 14:31

Canary Islands·Lead

Tax cuts on electricity bills in Spain extended until April 2022 as wholesale prices reach new record high

TAXES on electricity bills in Spain will continue at lower rates until at least April 2022. The announcement was made in Congress this Wednesday by

15 Dec, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead·National News

Violent mother lashes out at two nurses during attack in ‘understaffed’ pediatric ward in Spain

AN irate mother lashed out at a pair of nurses during a rampage over the breakfast served to her daughter at a Marbella hospital. The

15 Dec, 2021 @ 13:45

Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Valencia restaurants shine with six new Michelin stars out of 31 awarded across Spain

THE Michelin Guide has awarded six new restaurants across the Valencia region with coveted stars confirming its place as one of the culinary hotspots of

15 Dec, 2021 @ 13:00

Castellon·Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Valencia Region·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ancient Historical Site In Spain's Alicante Province Aims To Become Key Tourist Attraction

Major historical settlement in Spain’s Alicante Province aims to become popular tourist attraction

AN Alicante Province archaeological site dating back to the late Bronze Age has become more ‘visitor friendly’ with the erection of over a dozen information

15 Dec, 2021 @ 12:59

Alicante·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

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