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Insider tips: How to save more money as an autonomo in Spain during 2022

SELF-EMPLOYED workers will be grumbling in January about their tax returns. Spain has around 3.2 million registered self-employed workers (autonomos) and they pay the highest

9 Aug, 2022 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Must Read·Other News

Spain's national heat alert website launches English language version aimed at expats and tourists

It’s official: July was the hottest month recorded in Spain since records began

SPAIN suffered its hottest July in more than six decades, confirmed the national meteorological office on Monday. Data published by AEMET showed that the average

9 Aug, 2022 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·National News·Weather

Jamon Iberico for just €5 in World Ham Contest back in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol after a two-year hiatus

ESTEPONA will once again play host to the ‘Popi’ World Ham Contest brings together jamon professionals and products from across Spain. The gastronomic event, which

8 Aug, 2022 @ 16:45

Food & Drink·Lead·Travel News

HEATWAVE: How sea temperatures around Spain are rising and threatening marine life

THE heatwaves of the summer aren’t only taking their toll on land where wildfires have ravaged more than 230,000 hectares already across Spain. Temperatures are

8 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Environment·Lead·National News·Weather

Spain suffers ice shortage

THE soaring cost of electricity is being blamed for an ice shortage across Spain as it suffers in the grip of the third heatwave of

7 Aug, 2022 @ 12:45

Food & Drink·Lead·National News·Weather

Mystery of how the Cold War spy who met the Kennedys ended up dead in a ravine in Spain’s Costa del Sol

IT started as a Cold War tale of intrigue involving a spy, international headlines and appearances from Robert and Edward Kennedy. It ended when a

7 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Lead·Must Read

Have you seen him? Family appeal for missing Canadian man last seen in Madrid

THE family of a Canadian man missing in Spain since July 15 have issued a desperate appeal for help to find him. Scott Graham, 67,

5 Aug, 2022 @ 13:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

Milking it: The varied and contradictory uses of ‘leche’ in Spanish phrases

Despite the fact that Spaniards have a much lower consumption-per-capita than the UK they are, idiomatically at least, obsessed with milk

5 Aug, 2022 @ 10:30

Food & Drink·Lead·National News

EXPLAINED: What is the thick brown sludge clogging up beaches in Spain?

SCIENTISTS have warned over the damaging environmental effects of a thick brown algae which is invading Spanish beaches. Known as rugulopterix okamurae, it arrived on

4 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Must Read

Spain’s Malaga recieves 1.2 million tourists in first quarter of 2022—four times more than last year

Spain sees 7.5 million tourists visit in June, three times more than in 2021

SOME 7.5 million tourists visited Spain in June, three times more than in 2021, recent data reveals. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE) in

3 Aug, 2022 @ 10:30

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Why a village in Spain’s Galicia is about to be invaded by marauding vikings

SPAIN has more than its fair share of bizarre festivals, but the one that takes place on the first Sunday each August, in a town

3 Aug, 2022 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel

Spain’s microchip plan struggling to attract businesses

THE Spanish government’s plan to invest €12 billion euros is struggling to get off the ground thanks to a lack of chipmakers willing to take

2 Aug, 2022 @ 16:45

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Official guide to keeping cool as Spain suffers in third heatwave of the summer

SPAIN is been in the grip of yet another heatwave with temperatures predicted to hit over 40ºC once again. But while the ‘ola de calor’

2 Aug, 2022 @ 15:45

Lead·Must Read·National News·Weather

Spain sizzles in third heatwave of the summer

IT has only been the briefest of respites, but Spain is set to sizzle once again as the third heatwave of the summer reaches its

2 Aug, 2022 @ 12:30

Lead·National News·Weather

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Scorchio! These are officially the hottest towns in Spain

SPAIN is sizzling in what is the first official heatwave of the year, sending the mercury soaring across much of the peninsula, to temperatures considered

2 Aug, 2022 @ 10:00

Must Read·Olive Press Travel·Weather

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‘They edited out my prosthetic leg’: How Spain’s disastrous ‘body positive’ beach campaign went from bad to worse…And then even worse

EACH day has brought a further twist to the disastrous campaign launched by Spain’s Equality Ministry last week to promote body positivity on the beach.

1 Aug, 2022 @ 19:00

Lead·Must Read·National News

Spain confirms second monkeypox-related death

SPAIN’S health authorities have reported the second death related to monkeypox within two days. Both fatalities were young men, confirmed the Health Ministry in Madrid

1 Aug, 2022 @ 12:45

Health·Lead·National News

Common scams: Whistle blower reveals dirty tricks used to fleece customers at low-cost rental car firm in Spain

FEW transactions are as stressful as renting a car while on holiday. You’re braindead, running on aeroplane peanuts, with either the kids screaming or your

31 Jul, 2022 @ 09:15

Business & Finance·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Swimming pools, slides, cemeteries… Are these the weirdest roundabouts in Spain?

IT’S no surprise the rule-loving Brits were the first to invent the roundabout but Spain’s has transformed them into some examples of the truly bizarre.

30 Jul, 2022 @ 17:00

La Cultura·Lead

From booming basslines to valleys of sound: How the Alpujarras in Spain became known for its dub reggae scene

AT a time when many popular forms of music are bland and formulaic, those who want to be lost in music will be spoilt for

30 Jul, 2022 @ 12:00

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

Fires Scorch Spain And France During European Heat Wave

FOCUS: How Spain is on track for the most devastating summer of fires on record

BLACKENED earth, smouldering trees, the charred corpses of wild animals barbecued to a crisp. The pungent tang of smoked pine and eucalyptus lingers in the

29 Jul, 2022 @ 11:30

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Drivers in Spain beware: Mobile cameras and helicopters deployed in crackdown on speeding during Semana Santa

LISTED: The most common reasons drivers are fined in Spain over the summer including driving in flip-flops, barefoot or without a t-shirt

Driving with flip-flops, barefoot or without a t-shirt behind the steering wheel could land drivers with fines, warns Spain’s Department of Traffic (DGT). According to

28 Jul, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·National News·Other News

‘Purple Points’ reach public transport in Spain

SPANISH train stations, airports and ports will soon have purple points to ensure that they are safe spaces for women. The ‘Puntos Violeta’ will seek

27 Jul, 2022 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·Other News

EXPLAINER: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public money corruption case

OVER €25,000 per month on cocaine, €400,000 for a fake chicken farm and thousands on bottomless gin and tonics

27 Jul, 2022 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead

EXPLAINED: When and how to make a ‘denuncia’ in Spain

Victoria Wright of ALBA Consultas explains what you need to know about filing a denuncia in Spain

27 Jul, 2022 @ 09:30

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Legal Eagle

EXPLAINED: A guide to the different police forces in Spain

YOU may have noticed just how many police officers there are patrolling the streets in Spain but who is in charge of what and who

26 Jul, 2022 @ 16:45

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Insider tips: How to save more money as an autonomo in Spain during 2022

It’s official: July was the hottest month recorded in Spain since records began

Jamon Iberico for just €5 in World Ham Contest back in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol after a two-year hiatus

HEATWAVE: How sea temperatures around Spain are rising and threatening marine life

Spain suffers ice shortage

Mystery of how the Cold War spy who met the Kennedys ended up dead in a ravine in Spain’s Costa del Sol

Have you seen him? Family appeal for missing Canadian man last seen in Madrid

Milking it: The varied and contradictory uses of ‘leche’ in Spanish phrases

EXPLAINED: What is the thick brown sludge clogging up beaches in Spain?

Spain sees 7.5 million tourists visit in June, three times more than in 2021

Why a village in Spain’s Galicia is about to be invaded by marauding vikings

Spain’s microchip plan struggling to attract businesses

Official guide to keeping cool as Spain suffers in third heatwave of the summer

Spain sizzles in third heatwave of the summer

Scorchio! These are officially the hottest towns in Spain

‘They edited out my prosthetic leg’: How Spain’s disastrous ‘body positive’ beach campaign went from bad to worse…And then even worse

Spain confirms second monkeypox-related death

Common scams: Whistle blower reveals dirty tricks used to fleece customers at low-cost rental car firm in Spain

Swimming pools, slides, cemeteries… Are these the weirdest roundabouts in Spain?

From booming basslines to valleys of sound: How the Alpujarras in Spain became known for its dub reggae scene

FOCUS: How Spain is on track for the most devastating summer of fires on record

LISTED: The most common reasons drivers are fined in Spain over the summer including driving in flip-flops, barefoot or without a t-shirt

‘Purple Points’ reach public transport in Spain

EXPLAINER: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public money corruption case

EXPLAINED: When and how to make a ‘denuncia’ in Spain

EXPLAINED: A guide to the different police forces in Spain

Sevilla’s Feria de Abril 2026: Your ultimate guide to Spain’s wildest spring party

Award-winning museum displaying the very best of Spanish architecture opens door for new art season

From smart fridges to sensory art: Spanish art fair shows how innovation is transforming homes around the country

Spanish public broadcaster will refuse to air Eurovision Song Contest on TV over Israel participation

Travel warning issued with major Spanish airport set to close for over a month