Human Rights Watch denounces Spain for not respecting basic rights of over 2,000 migrants detained on pier

INTERNATIONAL organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Spanish authorities to ‘immediately alleviate the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions’ on Gran Canarias’ Arguineguin pier, where

12 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

Lead

Huge vulture shocks motorists in Spain’s Malaga as it lands on busy road

The vulture's large, strong claws and beaks can cause considerable damage when used to defend themselves and any rescue operation should be done by experts

12 Nov, 2020 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Gibraltar residents can only go as far as La Linea area under new rules

GIBRALTARIANS will only be allowed to go outside La Linea if they are officially registered as residents in another municipal area.

11 Nov, 2020 @ 19:04

Gibraltar·Lead

BREAKING: Travellers arriving in Spain from ‘at risk’ countries MUST show negative PCR COVID-19 test from November 23 – all you need to know

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article indicated that PCR tests would be needed to pass into Spain by land, the health checks have only

11 Nov, 2020 @ 18:34

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

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Struggling bars and restaurants in protest convoy on Alicante streets in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 200-STRONG motorcade drove round Alicante City today(November 11) in protest over the state of the local hospitality industry. The demonstration was organised by hospitality

11 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish scientists say clue to finding life on Mars can be found in Chile’s Atacama Desert

SCIENTISTS from Spain’s Centro de Astrobiología have discovered the key to finding life on Mars may be in the Earth’s driest desert. Shallow layers of

11 Nov, 2020 @ 17:00

Environment

Spain’s Restoration Period: Now Mr Potato Head gives Monkey Christ a run for his money

SPAIN is cornering one specialised sector of the art market. But it’s not a niche that brings universal approval and runs the risk of making

11 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

Lead·National News

BREAKING: First COVID-19 death in Gibraltar confirmed today

A WOMAN between 90 and 95-years-old is the first person to die from the pandemic on the Rock, the government reported.

11 Nov, 2020 @ 15:46

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos sneaks into the top 10 richest royals list

FORMER King of Spain Juan Carlos has snuck into the top richest royals list in tenth place. The disgraced former monarch has netted a huge

11 Nov, 2020 @ 15:45

Celebrity

Spanish Banksy boosts morale of doctors with incredible murals outside Santander hospital

A Spanish artist has been combatting coronavirus with optimism by painting intricate murals on hospital facades for key health workers to enjoy. Known as ‘Perjac’,

11 Nov, 2020 @ 15:04

La Cultura

€150,000 ransom demand for two men kidnapped on Spain’s Costa Blanca and driven south to Malaga area

FOUR MOROCCANS have been arrested over the kidnapping of two men in Alicante Province who were then held in Fuengirola. Families of the captives, both

11 Nov, 2020 @ 14:36

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga

J.K.Rowling uses illustration of 10-year-old girl from Spain’s Andalucia in new children’s book

A 10-YEAR-old girl from Cordoba has illustrated part of J.K. Rowling’s new book. The world of children’s literature has a new work this week: The

11 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead

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

Curfew changes examined and border closure set to continue for Spain’s Valencian Community

A RECORD daily figure for COVID-19 infections in the Valencian Community is forcing the regional government to look at fresh counter-measures, short of introducing home

11 Nov, 2020 @ 12:11

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Homeless man arrested for starting fire at Spain’s Palma de Mallorca airport

Investigators say the detainee is homeless and had been sheltering in the airport's car park in recent weeks

11 Nov, 2020 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Malaga suspends Three Kings’ parade amid concerns over growing COVID-19 cases

MALAGA City has suspended its Three Kings’ parade due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a press release the City Council said the parade is

11 Nov, 2020 @ 11:15

Lead·Malaga

Brits ‘barred’ from entering Spain ‘because of Brexit’ after their easyJet flight was diverted from Gibraltar to Malaga

EasyJet made to reimburse Spanish student after slapping him with €60 fine for carrying laptop onboard

A COURT in Sevilla has condemned the budget airline EasyJet for charging a Spanish passenger €60 to board with his laptop. 19-year-old Yoel was boarding

11 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

Lead·Sevilla

Costa Blanca mayors praised for their ‘leadership locomotive’ promoting €227m direct rail link into Spain’s Orihuela Costa

BOTH Orihuela and Torrevieja mayors have come together to promote a rail link project direct into the coastal part of the region. Emilio Bascuñana and

11 Nov, 2020 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Trio arrested as car linked to murder found buried in walls of house and body found wrapped in plastic 65 miles away in Spain’s Murcia

POLICIA Nacional has had to use industrial machinery to uncover a car linked with the murder of a Murcia man, before the victim was found

10 Nov, 2020 @ 21:02

Costa Blanca

OPINION: Restaurant and bar restrictions in Andalucia are important but the service industry is far from ‘non-essential’

LATE-night eating and a table filled with tapas is almost as synonymous with Spain as sea and sunshine. So the warning that all the pubs,

10 Nov, 2020 @ 20:32

Lead

Negative interest rates in Spain to be ‘new normal’ until 2031

MORTGAGE repayments in Spain won’t go up for a decade, according to one of Spain’s leading bankers. CEO of Caixabank Gonzalo Cortazar said the Euribor

10 Nov, 2020 @ 20:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Property

Hundreds of mistreated animals rescued from illegal zoo in Spain’s Murcia region

AN ILLEGAL zoo that housed 572 animals in appalling conditions has been raided by Murcia’s Guardia Civil. A 62-year-old Spaniard was arrested and charged with

10 Nov, 2020 @ 19:35

Lead

Worst day yet for COVID-19 cases in record single-day total in Spain’s Valencian Community

A NEW daily record for coronavirus infections in the Valencian Community was announced today(November 10) with news of 2,341 positive tests over the last 24

10 Nov, 2020 @ 19:11

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Vulnerable families given shelter in unique collaboration on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, in the Vega Baja region of Costa Blanca, has just started a collaboration that will provide housing for vulnerable families in the municipality.

10 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Coronavirus patients in hardest hit provinces in Spain’s Andalucia to be sent to better-performing Malaga if hospital pressure continues to grow

MALAGA could soon begin receiving coronavirus patients from other provinces if they become too overwhelmed. Regional health minister Jesus Aguirre admitted today that if hospitalisations

10 Nov, 2020 @ 17:07

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

Sean Connery’s widow and the ‘nonsense’ claims of Costa del Sol property fraud

SEAN Connery’s widow has long rubbished reports that she is facing a £21 million fine over alleged tax fraud in Spain. The late screen legend’s wife

10 Nov, 2020 @ 17:00

Celebrity·Lead·Other News

Fury as homophobic bully hospitalises boy, 11, in brutal attack at school in Spain’s Murcia – but is only suspended for 15 days

A SCHOOL is under fire for refusing to expel a homophobic bully whose latest attack sent his 11-year-old victim to hospital. The 15-year-old attacker has

10 Nov, 2020 @ 16:42

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Human Rights Watch denounces Spain for not respecting basic rights of over 2,000 migrants detained on pier

Huge vulture shocks motorists in Spain’s Malaga as it lands on busy road

Gibraltar residents can only go as far as La Linea area under new rules

BREAKING: Travellers arriving in Spain from ‘at risk’ countries MUST show negative PCR COVID-19 test from November 23 – all you need to know

Struggling bars and restaurants in protest convoy on Alicante streets in Spain’s Costa Blanca

Spanish scientists say clue to finding life on Mars can be found in Chile’s Atacama Desert

Spain’s Restoration Period: Now Mr Potato Head gives Monkey Christ a run for his money

BREAKING: First COVID-19 death in Gibraltar confirmed today

Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos sneaks into the top 10 richest royals list

Spanish Banksy boosts morale of doctors with incredible murals outside Santander hospital

€150,000 ransom demand for two men kidnapped on Spain’s Costa Blanca and driven south to Malaga area

J.K.Rowling uses illustration of 10-year-old girl from Spain’s Andalucia in new children’s book

Curfew changes examined and border closure set to continue for Spain’s Valencian Community

Homeless man arrested for starting fire at Spain’s Palma de Mallorca airport

Spain’s Malaga suspends Three Kings’ parade amid concerns over growing COVID-19 cases

EasyJet made to reimburse Spanish student after slapping him with €60 fine for carrying laptop onboard

Costa Blanca mayors praised for their ‘leadership locomotive’ promoting €227m direct rail link into Spain’s Orihuela Costa

WATCH: Trio arrested as car linked to murder found buried in walls of house and body found wrapped in plastic 65 miles away in Spain’s Murcia

OPINION: Restaurant and bar restrictions in Andalucia are important but the service industry is far from ‘non-essential’

Negative interest rates in Spain to be ‘new normal’ until 2031

Hundreds of mistreated animals rescued from illegal zoo in Spain’s Murcia region

Worst day yet for COVID-19 cases in record single-day total in Spain’s Valencian Community

Vulnerable families given shelter in unique collaboration on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Coronavirus patients in hardest hit provinces in Spain’s Andalucia to be sent to better-performing Malaga if hospital pressure continues to grow

Sean Connery’s widow and the ‘nonsense’ claims of Costa del Sol property fraud

Fury as homophobic bully hospitalises boy, 11, in brutal attack at school in Spain’s Murcia – but is only suspended for 15 days

More than 450 Barcelona restaurants and bars slash their prices for Foodie Black Week – but diners will have to be quick

Spain’s inflation rate confirmed at highest level in more than three-and-a-half years as diesel prices soar by more than a third

The Alcasser Girls – the 1992 murders of three Valencia schoolgirls that still haunt Spain more than 30 years on

Political round-up: General strike shifts momentum as parties fight for votes before Spain election

‘You saved our daughters’ lives’: Scottish couple’s miracle twins born at just six months in Costa Blanca health centre turn ten years old

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