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Graffiti Day For The Freedom Of Rapper Pablo Hasel In Barcelona Spain 07 Feb 2021

Rapper in controversial free-speech jailing is forcibly removed from university campus in Spain’s Catalunya

SPANISH rapper Pablo Hasel was detained in Catalunya this morning(February 16) after a day-long stand off with police involving himself and dozens of his supporters

16 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

EXCL: British expat couple were forced to sleep three days at airport in Spain after airline refused green residency cards

A PAIR of British pensioners are demanding compensation after being refused a flight to Spain despite having their green residency cards. Roger and Linda Wilson,

16 Feb, 2021 @ 11:57

Lead·National News·Travel News

Earthquake rattles Sevilla in southern Spain as locals report feeling tremors

Earthquakes rattle Spain’s Granada again after 10 days of calm

TWO shallow quakes have shaken Granada and its metropolitan area. The quakes were felt this Wednesday morning after a brief respite following weeks of strong

16 Feb, 2021 @ 11:15

Granada·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia predicts travel to be permitted as of May

THE Junta expects a ‘reasonably normal’ summer for the tourism sector in the region. According to Juan Marin, Junta Vice-President, this summer is expected to

16 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Travel News

Las Terrazas Y Los Bares De Madrid Clausurados Por El Coronavirus

RAISE A GLASS as bars and restaurants reopen this Wednesday in key centres across Spain’s Murcia region

19 Murcia region municipalities will be able to reopen their bar and restaurant terraces at 75% capacity from this Wednesday(February 17). As COVID-19 infection rates

15 Feb, 2021 @ 21:30

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Cavadas at an award ceremony in Madrid in 2019

Valencian ‘star surgeon’ included on Forbes list of 100 best doctors in Spain

THE new edition of the Forbes list of the 100 best doctors in Spain now has a Valencian name on it. Star surgeon Pedro Cavadas

15 Feb, 2021 @ 21:00

Valencia

COVID-19 deaths pass 6,000 mark but infection rate hits another big weekend fall in Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 infections are continuing to tumble in the Valencian Community as pandemic deaths broke the 6,000 barrier today(February 15). An additional 44 fatalities were announced

15 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Columbian Terrorist And Mass Killer Is Arrested In Spain S Alicante Province

Columbian terrorist and mass murderer is arrested in Spain’s Alicante Province

A terrorist wanted by Columbia for the killing of at least 24 people has been arrested in Alicante Province. The Policia Nacional detained Luis Jhon

15 Feb, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Network of illegal immigrants arrested after faking domestic abuse to aid residency status in Spain’s Almeria

A FRAUDULENT network of illegal immigrants that made up reports of domestic abuse has been dismantled in Almeria. Guardia Civil arrested 22 people in all,

15 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Almeria·Crime & Law

ABOUT TURN as bars and restaurants back down from Tuesday reopening threat in Spain’s Valencian Community

PLANS to illegally reopen hospitality businesses tomorrow(February 16) in parts of the Valencian Community have been scrapped. The call was made last week by the

15 Feb, 2021 @ 18:30

Coronavirus·Lead·Valencian Community

Gibraltar denies oil spill hurts Campo beaches as cleaning continues

THERE is ‘no evidence’ of last week’s oil spill having affected beaches in the Gibraltar Campo, according to the Gibraltar Government.

15 Feb, 2021 @ 18:07

Gibraltar·Lead

Business owners slam government’s decision to keep bars and restaurants in Spain’s Balearic Islands closed until March

Last week, President Francina Armengol announced that she would keep bars and restaurants closed in Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca until March 2

15 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca

No ‘conclusive’ evidence found of gun match with Veronica Guerin murder in Irish mobster’s garden on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BALLISTIC analysis of a gun found at the Torrevieja home of Irish drug racketeer, John Gilligan, has proved inconclusive as to whether it was used

15 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

LIQUID GOLD: Valencian nurses discover method to squeeze extra jab out of COVID vaccination vial

TWO Valencian nurses have found a way to increase the number of doses available in each Pfizer anti-COVID vial. The pharmaceutical company states that each

15 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Coronavirus·Lead·Valencia

Ferry bosses call for ‘sea lanes’ to allow Brits to travel to Spain for summer holidays

A BRITISH ferry service is calling for the government to allow ‘sea lanes’ to allow travel between the UK and Spain this summer. Brittany Ferries,

15 Feb, 2021 @ 15:47

Almeria·Lead

200 homeless and 500 displaced as fire sweeps through migrant worker shanty town in Spain’s Almeria

FIRE has ravaged a migrant camp in Almeria’s ‘Sea of Plastic’ leaving over 200 workers homeless and 500 unable to return to the site. The

15 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Almeria·Lead

Police bust gang behind dozens of robberies at luxury villas across Spain’s Mallorca

A total of seven people, all originally from South America, were arrested in the operation

15 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spanish study finds Vitamin D ‘reduces COVID-19 deaths by 60%’

VITAMIN D reduces coronavirus deaths by 60%, a study in Spain has suggested. As parts of the country continues following lockdown measures – which includes

15 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead

Pedal Power: Thousands of cyclists gather to protest new Mobility Law in Spain’s Malaga

THE streets of Malaga were taken over by pedal powered protestors yesterday in response to a new mobility law introduced to the provincial capital. Almost

15 Feb, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga

Bogus Interpol officer threatened women if they did not meet him in woodland tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante man pretended to be an Interpol officer in an elaborate ruse to threaten women if they refused to meet him. Meetings were arranged

15 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Six new walk routes in Spain’s Malaga to inspire daily exercise

THE Sports Department of Malaga City Council has designed six new routes for the ‘Walk around the city’ programme. With these additional routes, Malaga city

15 Feb, 2021 @ 11:15

Malaga·Other News

Brits CAN holiday in Spain this summer without need to quarantine, says country’s own tourism minister

BRITS can holiday in Spain this summer AND “vaccine passports” mean they won’t have to quarantine on arrival – according to Fernando Valdes, Spain’s own

15 Feb, 2021 @ 10:30

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Impressive fireball streak across sky in Spain’s Andalucia

WATCH: Dazzling fireball streak across Spain’s Andalucia at 72,000km per hour

A ROCK from an asteroid hit the Earth’s atmosphere early Saturday evening at about 72,000km per hour, creating a large fireball over Granada that could

15 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Granada·Lead·Other News