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All you need to know as Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia opens its doors to 20,000 visitors for FREE

A TICKET can normally set you back €30, but this September one of Spain’s most famous landmarks will open its doors for free. To celebrate

8 Sep, 2025 @ 20:16

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Travel News

Spanish citizen among six dead after gunmen storm bus in Jerusalem

A SPANISH citizen was among the six people murdered in Monday’s terrorist attack in east Jerusalem, the Spanish government have confirmed. Gunmen stormed a bus

8 Sep, 2025 @ 19:45

Lead·Politics

Masked assault on Madrid immigrant centre blamed on mysterious new neo-Nazi group with links to the Kremlin – and a British fascist magazine

THREE young immigrants who were beaten up in a vicious assault were targeted by masked attackers thought to be linked to a neo-Nazi group with

8 Sep, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Basketball coach faces jail over Easter tournament scam in Mallorca

A BASKETBALL coach in Palma is facing three years behind bars after allegedly pocketing nearly €8,000 from a bogus Easter tournament that never took place.

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Local town hall in Spain’s Malaga fined for staging opera concerts in hallowed Cueva del Tesoro

A TOWN hall has been slapped with a €15,000 fine for staging concerts inside one of Spain’s most unique caves – without official permission. The

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:30

Andalucia·La Cultura·Malaga·Other News

Horror in Ibiza as Brit is killed and her friend critically injured after Irish driver ‘high on laughing gas’ mounts curb and ploughs into them

A BRITISH woman has died and two others seriously injured in Ibiza after an Irish driver allegedly high on drugs mounted the pavement in his

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:10

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

7 hurt as fire sweeps through block of flats in Spain’s Malaga

A late-night blaze through a block of flats, left seven people needing medical attention. The drama unfolded just after 11pm on Calle Garcia de Haro,

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:01

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Spanish carmaker pins hopes on new €30k EV – modelled after Barcelona’s ‘edgiest’ neighbourhood

SPANISH carmaker Cupra has unveiled the Raval, a new small electric car it says will define the brand’s future. The model is named after El

8 Sep, 2025 @ 15:23

Barcelona·Lead·Other News·Technology

Ten people injured near Barcelona after coach crashes off motorway into woodland

AT least ten people have been injured after a coach carrying over 50 passengers overturned in Catalunya. Eight ambulances, two helicopters and fourteen different fire

8 Sep, 2025 @ 14:57

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

The EU’s largest bank by market cap is now Spanish – while two more make top ten as Spain fast becomes a financial powerhouse

SPAIN is cementing its position as Europe’s new financial powerhouse with the news that Banco Santander has been crowned the continent’s largest bank – and

8 Sep, 2025 @ 14:00

Business & Finance·Lead

WATCH: Beachgoers stunned by dead shark washed up on Mallorca beach – with a depressing cause of death

BEACHGOERS sunning themselves on a popular Mallorca beach were left stunned when the corpse of a huge shark washed up on shore. Video footage posted

8 Sep, 2025 @ 13:35

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in La Manga Club with pool – € 279,000

Price: €279.000 Situated in the heart of La Manga Club, Las Palmeras is a charming and well-established development comprising a select number of apartments thoughtfully

8 Sep, 2025 @ 13:05

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Vital clue to whereabouts of British toddler ‘kidnapped’ from Marbella by Russian mother after Spanish court granted father sole custody

A DESPERATE British father is offering €100,000 for information about his three-year-old son after he vanished from Marbella along with his Russian ex-partner. Oliver Pugh,

8 Sep, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Marbella

Spanish foreign minister in favour of expelling Israeli team from Spain’s famous Vuelta a España cycling race

SPAIN’S foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, has said he would support removing the Israel Premier Tech team from the Vuelta a España, after they became

8 Sep, 2025 @ 12:34

Lead·National News·Other News·Politics·Sport

Spain’s Tenerife to carry out largest-ever volcano eruption drill – days after ‘unusually shallow’ earthquakes recorded near Mount Teide surface

OVER 1,000 residents will be evacuated from their homes later this month when authorities in Tenerife carry out the island’s largest-ever volcano eruption drill. The

8 Sep, 2025 @ 12:32

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Tenerife

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez calls Gaza offensive ‘genocide’ and announces formal embargo on all weapons to Israel

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has described Israel’s military campaign in Gaza as a genocide and announced a formal embargo on all weapons to the

8 Sep, 2025 @ 11:49

Lead·National News·Other News·Politics

Severe weather warning as storms ravage Spain’s eastern coast: Valencia region to be hit and Tarragona under RED ALERT

A RED alert has been issued for the southern coast of Tarragona today as violent storms sweep across the Valencia region and Catalonia. Spain’s national

8 Sep, 2025 @ 10:50

Lead·Valencian Community·Weather

WATCH: Rowdy stag-do Brits try to wrestle with Spanish cops as they’re dragged off plane at Spain’s Alicante airport

DRAMATIC footage has emerged showing Guardia Civil officers dragging two disruptive British stag-do passengers off a Ryanair flight after it landed at Alicante airport on

8 Sep, 2025 @ 10:23

Alicante·Lead

BREAKING: Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz superbly beats arch rival Jannik Sinner in US Open final to claim sixth Grand Slam title – and regains World No.1 crown

CLAD in an eye-catching pink vest and sporting a bold ‘Marine-style’ buzzcut, Spain’s magnificent tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz comprehensively defeated his arch rival Jannik Sinner

7 Sep, 2025 @ 23:57

Lead·Sport

Happy birthday for Monday, Letizia, Queen of Spain

On Monday, September 15, a woman from Oviedo in the north of Spain will celebrate her 53rd birthday. Her name is Letizia Ortiz. Why should

7 Sep, 2025 @ 14:51

Celebrity·Lead·Other News

Marbella goes green: Four new air monitors set up in Low Emission Zone

MARBELLA is taking a big step towards cleaner air. The town hall has installed four state-of-the-art environmental monitors in the historic Old Town to track

7 Sep, 2025 @ 13:15

Andalucia·Environment·Green·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

5 bedroom Villa for sale in La Cala de Mijas with pool garage – € 2,295,000

Unique opportunity to purchase a villa within walking distance to all amenities, beach and golf. Partial sea and golf views. Distributed over 2 levels as

7 Sep, 2025 @ 13:05

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