UK Home Office set to deport migrants to Spain this week while lawyers fight to stop planes from flying

The UK’s Home Office has plans in place to deport migrants to Spain this week. It comes after French authorities refused to intercept boats making

8 Dec, 2020 @ 15:45

Lions catch COVID-19 at Barcelona Zoo in Spain but respond well to treatment

FOUR lions at Barcelona Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19 and are recovering well. It’s only the second-recorded case of coronavirus amongst large felines following

8 Dec, 2020 @ 15:02

Barcelona·Coronavirus·Lead·National News

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Green boost for Spain’s Andalucia thanks to new ‘eco glamping’ project

WITH news of luxury hotels and golf courses springing up across Andalucia, Axarquia’s new development project, Tabia, is sure to be a breath of fresh

8 Dec, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga

Spain launches new campaign to encourage British tourists to the country in spring

THE national tourism agency, Turespaña, has presented a new strategy that aims to get Brits and other Europeans back on planes to Spain. Presented on

8 Dec, 2020 @ 14:15

Lead

Spain number one destination for prospective expats in Europe and third most popular in the world

WITH Brexit and the pandemic, this year has seen more people than ever consider a move abroad. Online searches related to living and working abroad

8 Dec, 2020 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

Boris Johnson reveals Brexit trade deal is looking ‘very very difficult’ at the moment

BORIS Johnson has told reporters that achieving a trade deal with the EU is looking ‘very very difficult’. It comes after weeks of EU ambassadors

8 Dec, 2020 @ 13:15

Politics

Police bust drug gang selling cocaine behind bar in Spain’s Mallorca

As part of a crackdown on narcotics on the island, three men were arrested and charged with drug trafficking

8 Dec, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca plead for local tax cuts to help them through crisis

A LEADING Costa Blanca hotel association says local councils are not doing enough to help its members through the current crisis caused by the pandemic.

8 Dec, 2020 @ 11:47

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

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Spain’s Malaga to offer 65 free cultural activities over Christmas

THE Diputacion de Malaga has announced it will offer 65 free cultural activities for all ages and all audiences over the Christmas period. The Culture

8 Dec, 2020 @ 10:30

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Hospital admissions dip below '300' mark as COVID-19 cases continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Latest COVID-19 new case figures for Spain’s Valencian Community show a mixed picture

THE Valencian Community has reported 2,120 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend. The latest report issued last night(December 7) is the first set of statistics

8 Dec, 2020 @ 10:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Regional president announces Wednesday return of freedom of movement to most of Spain’s Murcia region

TRAVEL between nearly all of Murcia’s municipalities can resume tomorrow(December 9) along with indoor bar and restaurant service. The exceptions on both counts are the

8 Dec, 2020 @ 09:15

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor

Regional Capital City Dominates Fresh Covid Cases In Spain S Valencian Community

Valencia is open says tourism chief

By Eugene Costello VALENCIA remains open for visitors, with COVID restrictions more relaxed than most other regions, insists tourist chiefs. The city has been praised

8 Dec, 2020 @ 08:45

Lead·Valencia

BREXIT: Johnson and von der Leyen to meet in Brussels as they admit agreement not reached on three critical issues

BORIS Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet in Brussels in the coming days in a last ditch effort to keep

7 Dec, 2020 @ 22:39

Lead·National News

Spain celebrates 42 years of democracy since end of Franco’s dictatorship

SPAIN has celebrated 42 years of democracy since the end of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. According to Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanches, the occasion marked the

7 Dec, 2020 @ 21:30

Anger as two brown bears shot dead in Spain less than day after new hunting rules enforced

TWO brown bears were callously gunned down in northern Spain in what has been described as a ‘dark day’ for efforts to protect the species.

7 Dec, 2020 @ 21:00

Fraud Probe Launched Over Contracts For Three Covid 19 Emergency Hospitals In Spain S Valencian Community

Fraud quiz starts into contract for COVID-19 emergency hospitals in Spain’s Valencian Community

INVESTIGATORS are probing the way a contract was handed out this year to run three emergency field hospitals in the Valencian Community. The Valencian Antifraud

7 Dec, 2020 @ 20:30

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Dua Lipa wins big at Los40 music awards to become most celebrated British artist in Spain

POP artist Dua Lipa scooped two accolades at this weekend’s Los40 music awards to become Spain’s most celebrated British artist. The Londoner won both Best

7 Dec, 2020 @ 20:00

Spain’s economy worst exposed to Brexit disaster financial experts warn

SPAIN’S economy is the most vulnerable to Brexit-born financial disaster, research from the Bank of Spain has found. While experts have said that impact of

7 Dec, 2020 @ 19:15

Business & Finance

Gibraltar to become world’s first fully electrical postal delivery service

POSTING a letter or receiving a parcel will no longer hurt the planet under new plans unveiled by the government.

7 Dec, 2020 @ 18:46

Gibraltar·Lead

Nearly one in five Spaniards struggles to pay the bills because of COVID-19

SPAIN has been struck so hard by the coronavirus pandemic that for 19% of Spaniards it is difficult just to pay the rent or mortgage.

7 Dec, 2020 @ 18:30

Business & Finance·Lead

110-million-year-old mammal hair found in Spain is oldest ever, scientists believe

MAMMAL hair discovered preserved in amber 110 million years ago may be the oldest ever found, scientists say. The animal hair was unearthed by a

7 Dec, 2020 @ 17:45

Thief Follows Cash Rich Targets Ahead Of Supermarket Car Park Snatch On Spain S Costa Blanca

Thief tracks cash-laden targets ahead of supermarket car park snatch on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COUPLE were robbed of €22,000 in a Mutxamel supermarket car park with the thief trying to run over one of them during his escape.

7 Dec, 2020 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Brit arrested before trying to smuggle two men into the UK from Gibraltar

A UK national who tried to smuggle two people with false identities onto a plane to the UK via Gibraltar has been arrested at the

7 Dec, 2020 @ 16:20

Gibraltar·Lead

Buses burnt to a crisp in big fire at depot in Spain’s Valencia City

16 BUSES in the Valencia City EMT fleet were destroyed in a blaze at the company’s San Isidro depot. EMT said that ten other damaged

7 Dec, 2020 @ 16:15

Valencia

Spain’s health minister warns that Xmas relaxations could be partially-reversed if new COVID-19 cases rise too quickly

SPAIN’S health minister, Salvador Illa, has issued a blunt warning that relaxations of curfew and travel rules for Christmas could be changed if coronavirus cases

7 Dec, 2020 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Arms Importing Racket Stopped As Ringleader Is Arrested On Spain S Costa Blanca

East European-led gun-running racket busted as ringleader is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ARMS trafficking gang that shipped in weapons from Eastern Europe to sell to Spanish criminals has been busted by the Guardia Civil. Nine people

7 Dec, 2020 @ 15:00