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OPINION: The case of British pet transport scammer Jeremy Griffiths shows just how easy it is to set up a company in Spain

Companies such as Pet Taxi Transport highlight the ease with which anybody in the digital world can set up a ‘company’ and charge for services

9 Feb, 2020 @ 08:00

Opinion

String of estate agents say Brexit clarity is bringing new hope to Costa Blanca market for 2020

CONFIDENCE if finally returning to the Costa Blanca property market The UK’s confirmed departure from the EU has led to a sharp upturn in enquiries,

9 Feb, 2020 @ 07:19

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

British expat family in Spain’s Mallorca being tested for lethal coronavirus

A BRITISH expat family of four is awaiting test results for coronavirus after being rushed to hospital in Mallorca yesterday. Only one of the isolated

8 Feb, 2020 @ 16:30

Lead·Mallorca

Costa Blanca cycle race seen as a ‘tribute’ to those that suffered in September floods

THIS week saw the third stage of the 71st Cycling Tour of the Valencian Community pass through the Costa Blanca South. The General Director of the

8 Feb, 2020 @ 15:37

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Sport

Children’s foundation JoyRon puts on amazing talent show for good cause in Spain’s Mallorca

The charity works with the hundreds of minors that live in children's homes and foster care in the Balearics

8 Feb, 2020 @ 14:47

Mallorca

You can now take your dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters and other pets on buses in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca

Dogs must be on a leash and wear a muzzle while on the bus, but puppies, cats, rabbits, hamsters and other small pets can be

8 Feb, 2020 @ 13:35

Lead·Mallorca

Dicks, balls, c*nts… Spain’s Andalucia has some great everyday swearwords, but its other vocabularly is even more curious

In a new monthly column, Charlie Smith explores the trials and tribulations of learning Spanish

8 Feb, 2020 @ 12:38

La Cultura

Facebook recommendation loses British woman €550 after claims pet transport operator operating ‘without licences’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SOCIAL media recommendations can be life-saving – but for one over-trusting expat a post led her into the hands of an alleged serial conman. The

8 Feb, 2020 @ 12:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Influenza epidemic continues to sweep through Cordoba and Spain’s Andalucia, putting strain on local hospitals

Cases began in mid January, with sufferers experiencing severe fevers, muscle aches, stomach cramps and migraines

8 Feb, 2020 @ 12:01

Cordoba·Health·Lead

FORGET NOTTING HILL: Spain’s Carnaval de Casares returns for another year with parade registrations NOW OPEN

There will then be various games, prizes at the adult’s party, which gets underway at 10.30pm

8 Feb, 2020 @ 11:00

Cadiz·Entertainment

THE ANDALUCIAN ACROPOLIS: Tucked away in the rugged mountains is Castellón Alto, an ancient abandoned settlement that you need to see this year

YOU need to go back to about 2000 years before the birth of Christ. To be exact, some time between 2200 BC and 1550 BC,

8 Feb, 2020 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

By cultivating nuts using trusted natural methods, farms are changing the industry in Spain, writes Karethe Linaae

For most people nuts come shelled, bleached, salted, and packaged until they are but a pale relation of the original fruit. Here in the Spanish

8 Feb, 2020 @ 09:01

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

OPINION: Now that Brexit is finally done, we can all look forward to our blue passports

Brexit… well it’s finally happened.

8 Feb, 2020 @ 08:00

Opinion

Spain’s Murcia Region has lowest cancer death rates, figures reveal

MURCIA is the region with the lowest death rate associated with cancer, new figures have revealed. Although 2,765 people died as a result of the

8 Feb, 2020 @ 07:55

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

BREAKING: Killer coronavirus feared to have arrived in Spain’s Mallorca as man who had contact with UK patient rushed to hospital with symptoms

MALLORCA has activated its coronavirus protocol after a man from Marratxi was rushed to hospital with symptoms of the deadly infection. The individual had recently

7 Feb, 2020 @ 20:28

Lead·Mallorca

WARNING: Lidl Spain recalls contaminated oregano that can cause liver disease

"Internal controls have detected a high value of pyrrolizidine alkaloids"

7 Feb, 2020 @ 17:47

Food & Drink·Lead

Man and his dogs rescued after being trapped in the mountains because of snow in Spain’s Andalucia

A MAN and his dogs have been rescued after being trapped in the mountains of Almeria.

7 Feb, 2020 @ 16:18

Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Gibraltar business chief optimistic despite Brexit

Brexit has already had a negative impact on Gibraltar and it could get worse if a satisfactory deal is not made with the EU, a

7 Feb, 2020 @ 15:34

Business & Finance·Gibraltar

British in Spain must carry passport at all times or risk being detained by police, UK Foreign Office warns

BRITS travelling to Spain have been warned to keep their passports on them at all times or risk being detained. The warning has been made

7 Feb, 2020 @ 14:03

Lead·Travel News

IBEROLUX: Spain and Portugal should merge, says mayor of Porto

PORTUGAL and Spain need to join forces, a leading Portuguese mayor has proclaimed. Dubbing the proposed union Iberolux, mayor of Porto Rui Moreira made his

7 Feb, 2020 @ 13:41

Lead·National News

Search suspended for two people trapped under landslide in Spain’s Basque Country

TWO people have been trapped in the Basque Country because of a landslide.

7 Feb, 2020 @ 13:37

Lead

WATCH: Police arrest 42 for stealing €16 million worth of rubbish in Madrid

POLICE have made 42 arrests for trafficking stolen waste in Madrid. The criminal group is suspected of stealing waste and trafficking it from Spain to

7 Feb, 2020 @ 13:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Man almost chokes hotel worker to death with his TIE in Spain’s Ronda

A HOTEL worker has been choked unconscious by his own tie during an unprovoked attack in Ronda. According to Policia Nacional, the victim was set

7 Feb, 2020 @ 13:06

Crime & Law·Lead

British bodybuilder tried to sue a company for leaving him ‘scared of heights’ before filming himself enjoying Europe’s highest water slide on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH bodybuilder has been caught riding Europe’s highest water slide in Spain after suing a company for ‘leaving him scared of heights.’ Ben Bardsley,

7 Feb, 2020 @ 12:52

Costa Blanca·Lead