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Spain has received more than 14,000 irregular migrants so far this year, an increase of 354% on the same period in 2023

A TOTAL of 14,035 irregular migrants have arrived on Spanish shores so far this year, which is a 354% increase on the same period in 2023. That’s according to the latest figures

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:50

Canary Islands·Lead

Spanish citizen gang raped while on motorcycle tour through India with her husband

A SPANISH citizen has been attacked and gang raped in the north of India while on a motorcycle tour through the Asian country with her husband. According to news agency Efe, which

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Four-year-old dies in Spain’s Mallorca after becoming trapped in tumble dryer

A FOUR-year-old boy has been found dead in his home in Mallorca after apparently climbing into a tumble dryer in the family home and becoming trapped. The child is thought to have

1 Mar, 2024 @ 12:39

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s clothing giant Inditex to make gradual return to Ukraine, after two-year closure caused by Russian invasion

SPANISH clothing giant Inditex, which is the parent group of brands such as Zara and Bershka, is to make its return to Ukraine after a two-year closure prompted by the Russian invasion.

1 Mar, 2024 @ 12:07

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Doctors call for face masks to be made mandatory in hospitals across Spain amid surge in Covid and flu cases

Partido Popular spokesperson denies any involvement in Covid mask scandal engulfing Spanish politics, despite being mentioned by the two main suspects in wiretaps

PHONE taps carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil while investigating an alleged corruption scandal involving the sale of face masks during the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic contain mentions of

1 Mar, 2024 @ 11:29

Balearic Islands·Lead·Politics

Archbishop in Spain forced to intervene after priests use YouTube to pray for Pope Francis’s early death

THE archbishop of Toledo has been forced to intervene and reject statements made by a group of priests from his diocese, after they joked during a YouTube broadcast that they were praying

29 Feb, 2024 @ 13:20

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Judge investigating Covid mask corruption scandal points to former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos as an ‘intermediary’, despite his claims he did nothing wrong

THE High Court judge investigating an alleged corruption ring involving the sale of masks during the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic has pointed to former Socialist Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich ‘very concerned’ about her whereabouts, denies reports they were going through an acrimonious divorce

Can you help us find Ana? Email: [email protected] THE husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich is reported to be ‘very concerned’ about her whereabouts after she disappeared in Madrid on February

28 Feb, 2024 @ 14:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Opposition leader accuses Spain’s prime minister of covering up alleged Covid mask corruption scandal, as former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos refuses to stand down

THE leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, used his platform in Congress on Wednesday to accuse Socialist Party (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of having full knowledge

28 Feb, 2024 @ 14:11

Lead·Politics

Senior home in Spain’s Madrid where three women died in fire had emergency exits blocked, no water pressure in fire hydrant and a faulty alarm system

THE part-public senior home in Spain’s Madrid region where three women died after a fire broke out there on Sunday suffered a litany of deficiencies and irregularities that could have contributed to

20 Feb, 2024 @ 13:29

Lead·Madrid

BREAKING: Major airport in Spain cordons off terminal after ‘radioactive package’ is found on a passenger plane

EMERGENCY protocols were put into action on Tuesday at Barcelona’s El Prat airport after a possible leak of radioactive material was detected on a Swiss Airlines flight. Part of the Terminal 1

20 Feb, 2024 @ 12:26

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Kremlin brands Maxim Kuzminov, the Russian pilot shot dead in Spain, a ‘criminal traitor’

THE Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov who was found shot dead last week in Villajoyosa in Spain’s Alicante province has been branded a ‘criminal traitor’ by the Kremlin. Sergey Naryshkin, the director of

20 Feb, 2024 @ 12:01

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Three left dead at old people’s home in Spain’s Madrid after phone charger causes fire

THREE women have died in Madrid after a fire broke out at an old people’s home in the Moncloa-Aravaca district in the early hours of Sunday morning. Two of the victims, aged

19 Feb, 2024 @ 15:30

Lead·Madrid

Spain has the worst child poverty record in the EU - but fares better than the UK

Spain has the highest child poverty rate in the European Union, says latest Unicef report

SPAIN has the highest child poverty rate in the European Union, with more than two million children – 28% of the total number of youngsters in the country – living in households

19 Feb, 2024 @ 14:44

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Body of man, 80, is found floating in Alicante port in Spain

THE body of an 80-year-old man was discovered on Monday floating in the waters off the Port of Alicante. Sources from the Civil Guard told Spanish news agency Europa Press that the

19 Feb, 2024 @ 14:10

Alicante·Lead

US expat, 40, vanishes from Spain: Friends launch private investigation fund after a man was seen ‘breaking into her building’ in Madrid 13 days ago

THERE are rising concerns about the whereabouts of a US expat who disappeared earlier this month from Madrid. Relatives of Ana Maria Henao, who had moved to the Spanish capital amid a

18 Feb, 2024 @ 11:48

Lead·Madrid

Monkey is freed after being held captive for 35 YEARS in Spain: Little Linito lived in ‘terrible conditions’ in a woman’s flat in Barcelona

AN animal rights association in Spain has managed to rescue a capuchin monkey that had been kept in an apartment by its owner for more than 30 years. Linito was first shut

16 Feb, 2024 @ 12:50

Animals·Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Revealed: How Britain’s MI6 tried to steal the ‘Holy Grail of Valencia’ during Spain’s Civil War – according to new study

AS anyone who has seen the third (and arguably best) instalment of the Indian Jones trilogy will remember, the Holy Chalice, or Holy Grail, is the vessel that Jesus used at the

16 Feb, 2024 @ 12:16

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This is currently the best mortgage available in Spain, according to Idealista

THE major rise in the cost of living that residents of Spain have seen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been exacerbated by a rise in interest rates in recent months, with

16 Feb, 2024 @ 11:32

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

These 150-year-old baths in Spain have been branded the best in Europe by wellness experts

THE province of Pontevedra, in the northwestern Galicia region, is home to a 150-year-old hotel and spa that has just been named as the best in the whole of Europe by wellness

15 Feb, 2024 @ 10:51

Galicia·Lead·Travel News

‘This is what guiris think Spain is’: Hilarious video of a BULL eating paella goes viral

ASK any foreigner outside Spain what they most associate with the country, and they will no doubt cite sun, sea, sand, flamenco, sangria, paella and bulls. So no wonder then that a

15 Feb, 2024 @ 10:26

Entertainment·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Drinking alcohol is the leading cause of liver cancer even if you only do it on the weekends, warn scientists in Spain

AN IMPORTANT part of the Mediterranean diet has traditionally been the belief that one or two glasses of red wine a day are a healthy habit. But this week scientists in Spain

15 Feb, 2024 @ 10:05

Health·Lead·Other News

Suspect in triple murder of siblings in Spain’s Madrid kills his cellmate while in pre-trial custody

THE self-confessed killer of three elderly siblings in a village in the Madrid region has taken another life. Police and prison sources have confirmed to Spanish media that Dilawar Hussain Choudhary killed

15 Feb, 2024 @ 09:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Spain’s opposition Partido Popular in chaos after leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo makes ‘off the record’ U-turn on Catalan amnesty

AHEAD of this weekend’s regional elections in Galicia, Spain’s conservative Partido Popular (PP) has been plunged into chaos after off-the-record comments reportedly made by its leader, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, sparked controversy both

13 Feb, 2024 @ 13:15

Galicia·Lead·Politics

Lucky Brit wins a £3 million villa in Spain after entering a lottery by chance

A 52-year-old man from Edinburgh has won a villa in Spain worth £3 million as well as £250,000 in cash after entering a lottery while trying to buy a battered second-hand armchair.

13 Feb, 2024 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Julio Iglesias series to be filmed for Netflix

STREAMING giant Netflix is teaming up with the legendary Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias to bring his life to the small screen. “For the first time, this music living legend will participate in

12 Feb, 2024 @ 15:37

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

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