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Bull-running fiestas in Spain’s Valencia region claim an eighth victim for the year so far

THE bous al carrer bull-running festivals in the Valencia region have claimed their eighth victim this year so far, after an 80-year-old man was gored

15 Sep, 2022 @ 16:08

Lead·Valencian Community

RED HUGH O’DONNELL: The flame haired Irish Chieftain who found a final resting place in Spain

IT may seem curious, but a tribute to legendary Irish Chieftain Red Hugh O’Donnell has just been paid in the Spanish city of Valladolid to

12 Sep, 2022 @ 13:48

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Controversial Housing Project Gets Go Ahead On 'empty' Stretch Of The Costa Blanca In Spain

Last-ditch bid for talks to stop controversial housing development on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA mayor Carolina Gracia wants talks with all ‘interested parties’ to stop the controversial Cala Mosca construction project. The development envisages 2,274 homes being built

6 Sep, 2022 @ 15:13

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: New stop order over landscaping at Messi’s beleaguered Ibiza Villa

LIONEL Messi may have to knock down part of his new seaside villa in Ibiza. The Argentinian football legend is also likely to be hit

6 Sep, 2022 @ 12:38

Celebrity·Ibiza·Lead·Must Read·Property

Tax on gas to be slashed in Spain to reduce the impact of inflation

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has confirmed that IVA (VAT) on gas will be slashed from 21% to 5% from October to help families with the

1 Sep, 2022 @ 17:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Scammers tricked elderly people with ‘winning’ lottery ticket offer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO Spaniards have been arrested on a Benidorm campsite over a lottery ticket con that scammed over €42,000 out of elderly people in Alicante, Calpe,

30 Aug, 2022 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

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Does Spain really have a bed bug problem?

HEADLINES warning holidaymakers about a plague of bloodsucking bed bugs at hotels across Spain appeared this weekend in British tabloids. The reports claimed that popular

29 Aug, 2022 @ 15:30

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·National News·Travel News

Police Investigate Why Over 100 Boats Took Part In Illegal Party In Environmentally Protected Area Of Mar Menor Lagoon In Spain

Police probe major boat gathering in protected waters of Mar Menor lagoon in Spain

THE Guardia Civil is probing an unauthorised party involving over 100 boats in a specially protected area of the Mar Menor lagoon. The gathering happened

29 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Boiling over: What makes August so unbearable in Spain

WELL you’ve made it this far… and only a few days to go. Be content that the majority of heatwaves are behind us and the

29 Aug, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·Must Read·Opinion

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EXPLAINED: What you need to know about Spanish explorer Elcano as Sanlucar de Barrameda in Cadiz prepares for a very special anniversary

While Magellan and 232 others didn’t make it, it is 500 years since intrepid Spanish explorer Elcano made the first circumnavigation of the world

27 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Cadiz·La Cultura·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

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EXPLAINER: What Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law means for rape victims in Spain

SPAIN’S Congress approved a ‘yes means yes’ law on Thursday, qualifying all non-consensual sex as rape. The legislation passed with 205 votes in favour, 141

26 Aug, 2022 @ 18:10

Lead·Must Read·National News·Politics

130,000 kilos of tomatoes ready for return of Spain’s world-famous La Tomatina festival in Valencia

THE world-famous La Tomatina festival returns to fill the streets of Buñol in a big tomato fight on Wednesday after a two-year enforced break due

26 Aug, 2022 @ 15:45

Castellon·La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Health Centre On Spain's Costa Blanca Gets Daubed With Covid Grafitti After Patient Refuses To Wear Mask

Costa Blanca health centre in Spain gets daubed with graffiti after patient refuses to wear protective mask

AN Alicante Province health centre wall was daubed in graffiti hours after a patient angrily refused to wear a mask. It was far from an

26 Aug, 2022 @ 12:56

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

Corrupt former mayor gets convicted and jailed for taking public cash on Spain's Costa Blanca

Far-right British extremist based on Spain’s Costa Blanca in extradition setback over inciting racist attacks in UK

THE National Court has approved the extradition of a Costa Blanca-based far-right British extremist on two counts of inciting racist attacks in the United Kingdom.

25 Aug, 2022 @ 18:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Magaluf taxi driver beaten up by Brits in Spain’s Mallorca reveals horror injuries that will plague him for life

A TAXI driver who was viciously assaulted by a British holidaymaker in Mallorca has revealed how his soldier attacker has left him maimed for life.

25 Aug, 2022 @ 11:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Giant penis carving dating from Roman times discovered in Cordoba excites archaeologists in Spain

A GIANT phallic carving uncovered by archaeologists at a site in Cordoba, southern Spain is believed to be one of the largest such finds dating

24 Aug, 2022 @ 19:15

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead·Must Read

Tourism injected €187 BILLION into Spain’s economy last year, new figures show

Spain’s tourism rejoices with hotels filling up to 2019 levels

TOURISM in July returned to almost the same levels seen before the Covid pandemic in 2019. Figures from the National Statistics Institute show overnight hotel

24 Aug, 2022 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News·Valencian Community

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EXCLUSIVE: Irish holidaymaker found dead in neighbour’s pool after big night out in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE are investigating the mysterious death of an Irish holidaymaker found floating in a neighbour’s pool. The man, believed to be in his late 20s,

24 Aug, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Health boss warns that idiotic viral challenge attackers could spread HIV and hepatitis amid surge in needle-spiking reports across Spain

AN alarming summer craze for pricking unsuspecting partygoers with needles could spread Hepatitis and HIV, an expert has warned the Olive Press. There is no

23 Aug, 2022 @ 19:55

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Must Read

British expat fights for life after catching Legionnaires’ disease in mystery outbreak in Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH expat is fighting for his life after contracting Legionnaires’ Disease on Mijas in Spain’s Costa del Sol. Richard Dickman, 80, was rushed to

23 Aug, 2022 @ 16:15

Health·Lead

Airport strikes in Spain are called off in huge relief for travellers ahead of December holiday

FACT CHECK: No, airport workers in Spain have NOT just called a strike for 25 days

AIRPORT workers in Spain are NOT going on strike for 25 days despite widespread reporting of it in UK media organisations. Tuesday headlines announcing more

23 Aug, 2022 @ 12:57

Lead·Must Read·National News·Travel News

Drunk British tourist, 21, arrested after brutal attack on Magaluf taxi driver in Spain’s Mallorca

A 21-year-old British tourist has been arrested over a brutal beating of a Magaluf taxi driver at around 2.00 am on Tuesday. Witnesses saw three

23 Aug, 2022 @ 12:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Extortionists demanded €14,000 from holiday home landlords to quit squatted properties on Spain's Costa Blanca

Extortionists demanded €14,000 from holiday home landlords to leave squatted properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A gang who charged a €14,000 ‘leaving fee’ to Villajoyosa holiday home landlords has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Four members of the crew

23 Aug, 2022 @ 11:13

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spanish police bust notorious drug trafficker known as the Queen of Ronda

A NOTORIOUS drug trafficker dubbed the Queen of Ronda who ran a network of mules bringing in cocaine from the Caribbean has been busted by

22 Aug, 2022 @ 14:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Why you should never buy pre cut fruit and veg at supermarkets in Spain

IT is certainly more convenient and saves you having to pick up a knife and slice it yourself but Spain’s food safety agency is warning

21 Aug, 2022 @ 13:00

Food & Drink·Health·Lead·National News

British bar owner on Spain’s Mar Menor stabbed after trying to stop assault on woman

A British bar owner from Los Alcazares received multiple stab wounds on Friday after trying to stop a woman being assaulted in the street. The

19 Aug, 2022 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

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