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HOURLY RATE: Spain fines 1,274 companies a total €1.5 billion over working hours violations

THE Spanish government has raked in more than €1.5 billion in fines on companies who failed to properly record their employees’ working hours. Since a new law was enacted in 2019, employment

5 Dec, 2021 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Doctor in Spain reunited with the baby he helped save 24 years ago — now she’s a nurse at the same Barcelona hospital

FATE came knocking when Dr Felix Castillo was reunited with a very special patient after over two decades. On December 4, 1997, a little girl was born three months early at Vall

5 Dec, 2021 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead·Other News

The perfect winter retreat: Discover Arriate, a hidden gem in Spain’s Serrania de Ronda

A winter’s trip to Arriate guarantees great walks, landscape and food, writes Jon Clarke

5 Dec, 2021 @ 16:30

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel Andalucia

Prado Museum In The Streets Pic Iberdrola

Prado in the streets: Madrid’s famous museum takes to the road in Spain

IF you can’t take people to the museum, take the museum to the people. Madrid’s world famous Prado museum has set up an exhibition featuring life-size photos of some of its most

5 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

1 bedroom Beach Apartment for sale in Magalluf – € 179,000

Beach Apartment Magalluf, Majorca 1 beds 1 baths € 179,000 The bright apartment with sea view is located in a good location in Magaluf / Calvià. Due to the perfect

5 Dec, 2021 @ 12:07

Featured Property

Spain’s Seat uses railway to link Barcelona factory with Volkswagen plant in Portugal in effort to cut CO2 emissions

CAR manufacturers are not noted for their green credentials, despite their move towards an electric future. But now Spanish company Seat is taking a step forward in its ‘Move to Zerø’ strategy

5 Dec, 2021 @ 12:01

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·Other News

It’s a dog’s life in Spain!

I HAVE always been a cat person. With a lifestyle that is best described as erratic, cats, with their independent outlook on life have always been my pet of choice. If I

5 Dec, 2021 @ 11:33

Columnists·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Lead

Champagne Charlie: Disgraced lawyer in Mallorca jailed after stealing 64 bottles of bubbly

A FORMER Palma lawyer has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for burglary after he stole 64 bottles of Champagne. In one burglary he broke a fridge lock

5 Dec, 2021 @ 11:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Woman, 30, found stabbed to death in Spain’s Valencia hours after family reported her missing

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 30-year-old woman stabbed to death in Valencia. The woman was found dead at a property on Calle del Conde Altea on Saturday at 12pm, just hours

5 Dec, 2021 @ 10:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia

Amazing Tips And Tricks For Everyone Gambling Online

Gambling is considered a competitive sport for some and a recreational hobby for others. Either way, it’s always good to calculate risks and improve your game strategy. Whether you’re an avid online

4 Dec, 2021 @ 22:04

Entertainment

SPANISH AUTHOR CARLOS ZAFON: The pen is mightier than the camera…

CARLOS Ruiz Zafon needs no introduction. Arguably the most recognised contemporary writer in Spain, he has an equally successful international reputation. Translated into over 50 languages, literary critics have often compared Zafon

4 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·La Cultura·Lead

A safe haven: As inflation rises and interest rates in Spain stay low, investors turn to new build property

HIGH inflation and low interest rates are pushing investors towards the real estate sector, which is once again becoming a safe haven asset. This is the main conclusion of a new study

4 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Columnists·Lead·Other News·Tancrede de Pola: Mortgage Think Tank

Spain’s top road race, the Valencia Marathon, celebrates 40 years this Sunday

THE Valencia Marathon celebrates its 40th birthday this Sunday(December 5) after the pandemic forced the 2020 event to be restricted to elite runners only. First staged in 1981, Spain’s leading road race

4 Dec, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Sport·Valencia·Valencian Community

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in La Herradura – € 149,000

Apartment La Herradura, Granada 2 beds 1 baths € 149,000 This charming, cosy and sunny penthouse with a large west facing terrace is located in the back and quietest part

4 Dec, 2021 @ 12:07

Featured Property

Costa Blanca mayor cleared of Covid-19 vaccine queue-jumping in Spain following two earlier dismissals

Costa Blanca mayor faces COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping trial after judge in Spain throws out appeal

A Villajoyosa judge has rejected an appeal from a Costa Blanca mayor that there’s not enough evidence for him to be prosecuted for illegally getting a COVID-19 vaccination. La Nucia’s Bernabe Cano

4 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

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

Nervous Criminal Alerts Police On Spain's Costa Blanca To His Secret Drugs Farm

Marihuana menagerie: Police in Mallorca find animals chained up in filthy conditions during drugs bust

POLICE have arrested seven people after they found horses, dogs, roosters and even exotic fish living in filthy conditions when they raided two marihuana farms on Mallorca. Three people have been charged

4 Dec, 2021 @ 11:08

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Christmas markets bring some cheer to Mallorca

COVID may have taken a toll on traditional events on Mallorca last year, but this time round, it is not all gloom. As the festive period begins, you can celebrate the season

4 Dec, 2021 @ 10:39

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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

Four children rescued from filth-strewn house with cockroaches, fleas and animal faeces in Spain

FOUR children who were forced to live among garbage and animal excrement have been rescued from their cockroach-infested home in Sevilla. The neglected kids, aged 11, seven, four and two were found surrounded

4 Dec, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Sevilla

Man found guilty of brutally beating his partner to death within hours of arriving on the Costa Blanca in Spain

Man brutally beat his partner to death within hours of arriving on the Costa Blanca in Spain

A Hungarian man, 51, has been convicted by an Alicante jury for killing his partner in a brutal assault at their Costa Blanca home in April 2019. The 38-year-old victim, named as

3 Dec, 2021 @ 20:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Young boy, 14, left with burst eardrum after vicious classmate attack in Spain’s Valencia

A TEEN has been left seriously injured after being attacked by a gang of thugs from his school in Valencia. The 14-year-old man was pounced upon by five classmates as he walked

3 Dec, 2021 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man arrested after trying to sell items donated to victims of La Palma volcano

A TENERIFE thief snagged €15,000 worth of donations that had been collected for victims of the La Palma volcano – then tried to sell the items to secondhand shops to score a

3 Dec, 2021 @ 19:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Gigi Hadid And Bella Hadid Take Baby Khai For A Walk In Nyc

Gigi Hadid on break in Spain’s Mallorca

AMERICAN supermodel Jelena Hadid, better known as Gigi Hadid, has arrived in Mallorca. The daughter of property developer Mohammed Hadid and former Dutch model Yolanda Hadid, arrived on the island by private

3 Dec, 2021 @ 18:45

Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

Kraftwerk and Arctic Monkeys set for La Cala de Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THEY are one of the most influential bands in the electronic music genre, and now Spanish fans will be able to see Kraftwerk life. The German group has been around for decades,

3 Dec, 2021 @ 18:30

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Four Men Get Massive Fines And Prison Terms After Yacht Carrying Drugs Worth €4 Million Sank Off The Costa Blanca In Spain

Smuggler gets €8 million fine after yacht carrying drugs sank off the Costa Blanca in Spain

FOUR people have been jailed and given massive fines after a plan to sail into Torrevieja with 2.4 tons of hashish went badly wrong. The financial penalties totalled over €13 million at

3 Dec, 2021 @ 17:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

A big thanks to all our customers and readers in Spain and around the world!

CAN you believe that we are nearly at the end of 2021?! Whether it’s been a good, or not so good year for you, there’s no denying that it has absolutely flown

3 Dec, 2021 @ 17:15

Business & Finance·Other News·Sponsored

CLAN WAR: More arrests made following shooting of man in Gypsy families’ feud on Spain’s Mallorca

MORE arrests have been made over a bloody feud between two gypsy families that led to an infamous shooting in Mallorca. Police have detained two members of the Los Manzano clan that

3 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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