Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Hotels in Benidorm and Spain’s Costa Blanca are set for a grim and empty Christmas

LOCKDOWNS across Europe have led to Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel bookings drying up for Christmas and the New Year. European and domestic travel restrictions

4 Nov, 2020 @ 21:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Spanish police seize 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on vessel busted only two weeks earlier

SPANISH police and customs officers have uncovered 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on a ship bound for the Balearic Islands, just a fortnight after their Brazilian

4 Nov, 2020 @ 20:30

WARNING: Under two months left for expats to exchange UK licence and avoid driving test in Spain

EXPATS in Spain have under two months left to exchange their UK driving licences. Those who apply after December 31 may have to take a

4 Nov, 2020 @ 20:00

Lead

Budget airline Jet2 unveils new programme of flights connecting London Gatwick and Spain

BREAKING: Jet2 suspends all flights and holidays between England and Spain’s Canary Islands until end of lockdown

BRITISH holiday giant Jet2 has announced it is suspending all flights and holiday packages from England to the Canary Islands. It comes as England is

4 Nov, 2020 @ 19:03

Lead·National News·Travel News

Devastated family of 5 years missing expat Lisa Brown reveal pain of watching son grow up without mum

THE family of a woman who went missing in Spain have made a heartfelt appeal for information five years on from her disappearance. A major

4 Nov, 2020 @ 18:30

DOWNPOUR: Orange level warning for heavy rain and flood risks on Spain’s Costa del Sol and across Malaga TOMORROW

WEATHER agency AEMET has upgraded its warning for heavy rainfall across Malaga tomorrow from yellow to orange. The downpour could leave up to 30 litres

4 Nov, 2020 @ 18:19

Lead·Malaga

LOCKDOWN LIES: Viral Whatsapp message warning of second mass home confinement in Spain is a ‘hoax’, warns Health Ministry

THE Health Ministry has warned of a fake Whatsapp message being circulated on social media networks warning of a nationwide lockdown. The viral message warns

4 Nov, 2020 @ 18:07

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Revealed: Five richest people in Spain’s Andalucia according to new Forbes list

Among the names, what prevails among the richest people in Spain are not the singers or well-known celebrities, but the country's businessmen, investors and great

4 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Andalucia will NOT bring in total lockdown unless it is applied to whole of Spain but new measures expected to be announced Sunday

AN emergency meeting of the expert coronavirus committee will be held in Andalucia this Sunday, it has been confirmed. Junta president Juanma Moreno told a

4 Nov, 2020 @ 17:44

Coronavirus·Lead

Spain sends 130 Andalucian troops to Romania in joint NATO operation against Russia

THE Ministry of Defence has announced that it will be sending 130 military personnel to Romania as part of a joint effort to protect against

4 Nov, 2020 @ 17:00

Lead·Sevilla

Former Spanish king Juan Carlos faces further corruption charges

SPAIN’S Supreme Court is investigating new charges of corruption against the country’s former monarch. The general attorney’s office has ordered anticorruption and organised crime prosecutors

4 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

Lead

MYSTERY SOLVED: Tower hidden for 300 years unearthed in Gibraltar

A 300-year-old mystery has been solved by Gibraltar historians exploring the Northern Defences over the last year.

4 Nov, 2020 @ 15:36

Gibraltar·Lead

Marbella property market stronger than ever despite threat of COVID-19 and Brexit

IT’S the glamorous, grown-up destination that mixes laid-back living with luxury. The characteristics that put Marbella on the map, haven’t changed in decades: stunning coastal

4 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property

Vox party leader Santiago Abascal continues Trump support online as votes are counted in the US election

VOX party president Santiago Abascal has shown his support for Donald Trump as the result of the US presidential election hangs in the balance. Abascal shared

4 Nov, 2020 @ 14:15

Politics

Catherine Chen President Of The Public Affairs Communications Department At Huawei

Female role models in tech will help in creating an open, diverse, and inclusive ICT industry

“Young girls need role models. So, we must share more stories about great women, and promote this topic. When more women stand out in their

4 Nov, 2020 @ 13:17

Business & Finance·Education

BREAKING: ALL bars and restaurants to be CLOSED in Spain’s Murcia to control COVID-19

BAR and restaurants will be ordered to close in the Murcia region to battle the coronavirus, it has been announced. The businesses across the whole

4 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Secret hash plantation seized hidden under rural tennis court in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE in Sevilla have uncovered a secret marijuana plantation disguised under the foundations of two tennis courts. The police were tipped off after they learned

4 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Sevilla

Plane disappears after taking off from Spain’s Ibiza

A SEARCH by sea is underway for a small plane which disappeared after taking off from Ibiza yesterday. The twin-engine aircraft, piloted by two members

4 Nov, 2020 @ 12:35

Lead·Mallorca

Machines which pay you to recycle arriving to 100 locations across Spain

MACHINES which pay you to recycle are arriving to 100 locations across Spain. Before the end of the year, the dozens of vending-like machines will

4 Nov, 2020 @ 12:22

Environment·Lead·National News

Grim day for COVID in Valencia amid talk of new lockdown

TUESDAY saw a record number of new COVID-19 cases in Valencia since the pandemic began, while talk of another lockdown and a return to home

4 Nov, 2020 @ 11:51

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 new case rate falls slightly on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TUESDAY night’s(November 3) COVID-19 infection update from the Valencian Health Ministry has show a slight drop in Alicante Province compared to the last report on

4 Nov, 2020 @ 11:38

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Electronic dance DJ releases awe-inspiring video filmed in Spain’s Tajo de Ronda

GERMAN DJ Christian Loffler has shot an amazing dance video in the famous Tajo de Ronda. French music company Cercle brought a team of over

4 Nov, 2020 @ 11:15

La Cultura

Woman falls to her death from Axarquia’s Caminito del Rey just metres from newly inaugurated hanging bridge in Spain’s Malaga

A WOMAN has died after falling down a ravine just metres away from the new hanging El Saltillo Bridge in the Axarquia. According to witnesses,

4 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga

Horse rescue centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca goes international as it expands operations into Switzerland

ROJALES’ Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre is going international after gaining official recognition as a charity in Switzerland. It means both fundraising and the re-homing

4 Nov, 2020 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca

No home confinements in Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘at the moment’ but all options remain open

VALENCIAN COMMUNITY president, Ximo Puig, has said that home confinements are not going be adopted in the region ‘at the moment’, but is keeping it

4 Nov, 2020 @ 08:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Full speed ahead for Port of Valencia on the Costa Blanca

VALENCIA port has emerged as Spain’s number one port for connectivity and business, says a UN survey of the world’s commercial ports. And it emerged

3 Nov, 2020 @ 20:30

Lead·Valencia

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