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Spain's state train operator Renfe faces EU probe over refusing to supply content to rival online ticket platforms

Commuter misery: Rail strikes cause travel chaos across Spain as hundreds of trains cancelled

RAILWAY strikes have caused chaos and misery for travellers across Spain for the second consecutive day as hundreds of trains are cancelled, leaving thousands in

1 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·Travel News

40-year-old Irishman drowns off Costa Blanca beach in Spain’s Alicante

A MAN, confirmed as Irish by local police, drowned whilst swimming off the coast of Alicante at around 5.30pm on Thursday. The man got into

1 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man ‘kills’ father for abusing his nine-year-old son in Spain’s Valencia – but is acquitted of murder

A MAN who beat his 75-year-old father to death after discovering he had been abusing his nine-year-old son has been cleared of murder in Torrent,

1 Oct, 2021 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Madrid Recupera La Actividad De Sus Bares

Madrid to lift all COVID-19 restrictions at bars, clubs, restaurants and entertainment venues but masks still required indoors

RESTRICTIONS at hospitality and entertainment venues will be lifted in the Madrid region from Monday October 4. For the first time since the pandemic began

1 Oct, 2021 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Lead·Madrid

1 bedroom Apartment for sale in Benissa with pool – € 175,000

Apartment Benissa, Alicante 1 beds 1 baths € 175,000 Repossessed apartment opportunity! Only five remaining. This is an awarding winning apartment complex. Winner

1 Oct, 2021 @ 13:07

Featured Property

Protestors battle against massive solar farms that threaten to destroy most beautiful countryside in Spain’s Andalucia

HUNDREDS of people gathered outside the regional parliament in Sevilla on Thursday to protest against plans for massive solar farms that threaten to ruin some

1 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Must Read

Spain’s Andalucia to continue without COVID-19 restrictions on capacity and opening hours until May 19

LISTED: 17 health districts in Spain’s Andalucia given green light to transition to Alert Level 0—and will see all restrictions lifted

SEVENTEEN health districts in Andalucia have dropped down into Alert Level 0 and will see a return to ‘normality’. Following a meeting by the territorial

1 Oct, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Brexit refugees who fled Britain for a new life in Spain

BRITISH expats living in Spain watching events unfold in the UK in recent days may be forgiven for feeling a certain Schadenfreude as critics of

1 Oct, 2021 @ 08:00

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·National News

Spain keeps its amber status on UK COVID-19 travel lists

BREXIT: New rules means Spanish travellers to UK must show passport not ID card to enter from Oct 1

EUROPEAN travellers visiting the UK will no longer be allowed entry by showing an ID card and from October 1 must present a valid passport.

30 Sep, 2021 @ 19:39

Lead·Travel News

Super Bowl Liv: Jennifer Lopez And Shakira Perform During The Pepsi Halftime Show

Popstar Shakira attacked by wild boars in Barcelona park

Singer Shakira was attacked by a pair of marauding wild boars who snatched her bag while she was walking with her son in a park

30 Sep, 2021 @ 18:42

Barcelona·Celebrity·Lead·Nature

Illegal exotic animals seized at fair in Madrid

POLICE have had to turn zookeepers after they seized 30 fruit bats, a boa constrictor and a python from an animal fair in Madrid. Officers

30 Sep, 2021 @ 17:45

Lead·Madrid

Busy bees! Spain tops list as Europe’s biggest honey producer

SPANISH beekeepers care for an astonishing 3 million hives, making it the leading EU nation for honey production. A survey by EU Agriculture designed to show

30 Sep, 2021 @ 17:30

Lead·National News

Celebrating a Christmas tradition in Spain in Alicante Province's Jijona

Alicante nougat maker sets new record for biggest ever turron in Spain

LOVERS of Spanish nougat ‘turron’ had a treat at Alicante’s Gastronomy Fair 2021 – they had the chance to tuck into the biggest turron bar

30 Sep, 2021 @ 16:50

Alicante·Lead

Outrage: Phone company threatens fine over missing router lost in house collapse that killed two in Spain’s Castellon

A MAN whose partner and son were killed when his house collapsed has been threatened with a fine by telecommunications company MasMovil for not returning

30 Sep, 2021 @ 16:15

Castellon·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain to ban plastic packaging for fruit and veg

THE sale of fruit and veg in plastic packaging is to be banned in Spain from 2023. A royal decree is in the process of

30 Sep, 2021 @ 14:45

Environment·Lead·National News

Beautiful View Of Valencia From The Tower Torre Del Miguelete

Debate rages in Spain’s Valencia region over introduction of tourist tax

THE controversy over the introduction of a tourist tax in the region of Valencia rumbles on in the region’s parliament after a debate which lasted

30 Sep, 2021 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

3 bedroom Finca/Country House for sale in Orgiva – € 345,000

Finca/Country House Orgiva, Granada 3 beds 2 baths € 345,000 A beautiful modern three bedroom country house with a pool, and land, located

30 Sep, 2021 @ 13:07

Featured Property

LA PALMA VOLCANO: Animals suffer and change behaviour as eruptions continue

WILDLIFE on the island of La Palma is facing a crisis as its volcano continues to erupt. Manuel Nogales from the The Spanish National Research

30 Sep, 2021 @ 13:00

Canary Islands·Lead·Nature

Rare classics celebrated with Open Day at Premier Bodyshop on Costa del Sol

VEHICLE repair specialist, Premier Bodyshops, celebrated a classic car open day on Saturday, September 25. Aiden Hammond, the company director said that the ‘whole street

30 Sep, 2021 @ 11:00

Lead

EXPLAINER: These are the new COVID-19 measures—including face mask rules—in Spain’s Andalucia from Friday

HALF of Andalucia’s health districts are set to be given the green light to transition into Alert Level 0. Following a meeting by the territorial

30 Sep, 2021 @ 09:38

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

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Unsettling statue of ‘drowning girl’ disturbs onlookers in the north of Spain

ALMOST imperceptible against the glassy waters of Bilbao’s River Nervion, an eerie human face stares out from the tide. But the unsettling lifelike body –

29 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Thank you for the music: Clock in Spain pays moving musical tribute to Paco de Lucia

IT is seven years since flamenco guitarist and songwriter Paco de Lucia died suddenly from a heart attack while on a family holiday in Mexico.

29 Sep, 2021 @ 17:45

Cadiz·Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

Cheers to that! HEINEKEN opens the way to green distribution in Spain with fleet of eco trucks

HEINEKEN’S pints are becoming greener than ever thanks to a new fleet of eco delivery trucks launched in Sevilla. Specially designed for the most sustainable

29 Sep, 2021 @ 17:04

Food & Drink·Lead·Sevilla

Deepika Padukone set to jet into Spain’s Mallorca to shoot new Bollywood film

As well as a 20 day stop on the Balearic island, the crew is also set to make pit-stops in Cadiz and Vejer De La

29 Sep, 2021 @ 16:08

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

Spain: Informative Study: Madrid Extremadura High Speed Line

Spain braced for travel chaos over October puente as eight days of rail strike called

SPAIN’S train drivers and railway workers have called an eight days of strike beginning Thursday September 30 and lasting into the bank holiday weekend. The

29 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·Travel News

Vaccination centre closes its doors with 90% of local teenagers jabbed against Covid-19 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA’S El Escorratel social centre has now packed away vaccination equipment and returned to its traditional function, after immunising 90% of local people aged 12

29 Sep, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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