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“Disappointed” – UN secretary general laments COP25 climate summit result as key decisions POSTPONED until next year

U.N. CLIMATE talks ended Sunday with a compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after key decisions on the rules for an international carbon markets were postponed

15 Dec, 2019 @ 20:02

Environment·Lead

HATE CRIME: ‘Gay man’ hospitalised after group of young men use fake dating profile to lure him to secluded road before violently robbing him in Spain’s Andalucia

A MAN has been hospitalised after being lured to a secluded road and violently robbed by a group of young men on the outskirts of

15 Dec, 2019 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

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40-year-old dies in brutal car crash on the N-332 between Pedreguer and Gata de Gorgos on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 40-YEAR-OLD man has died in a brutal accident between two vehicles on the N-332, near the Alicante Gata de Gorgos. The accident happened around 23.45

15 Dec, 2019 @ 12:24

Costa Blanca

Lionel Richie to perform on Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2020

The US singer-songwriter is one of the first big names to be announced for Marbella's annual summer Starlite festival

15 Dec, 2019 @ 12:16

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

‘King of Algeciras port’ brought down in HUGE win for Spain’s drug war after cops seize half a tonne of cocaine and €700,000 cash hidden inside a pool table

While he was arrested several times throughout his career, nothing quite stuck and his run ins with the law only made him more determined

14 Dec, 2019 @ 17:43

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

URGENT: Expats with houses on Javea mountainside urged to check properties for signs of man missing for FOUR DAYS on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RESIDENTS with houses on the Montgo mountain region of Javea have been urged to check their properties for any sign of missing man Miguel Ángel

14 Dec, 2019 @ 17:02

Costa Blanca·Lead

Family ties forging the way for Costa Blanca business built on traditional values

KEEPING it in the family has been the key to the success of local estate agency, Casas Manuel. “You’d think that working with your mum,

14 Dec, 2019 @ 15:24

Celebrity·Costa Blanca

Guns N’ Roses are coming to Spain’s Andalucia in 2020

Tickets will go on sale on Friday December 20 at 10am at livenation.es, Ticketmaster and El Corte Ingles

14 Dec, 2019 @ 11:58

Entertainment·Lead·Sevilla

How you can help someone diagnosed with bipolar

Karen Rhodes and Bipolar

14 Dec, 2019 @ 11:11

Psychotherapist

From the RAF to a ‘flying’ carpet business – Brit couple still enjoying life after a decade of business on the Costa Blanca

WITH successful military backgrounds behind them it’s perhaps no surprise that Gary and Kate Russell would launch a business in Spain with flying colours. After

14 Dec, 2019 @ 10:17

Costa Blanca

Spanish bishop wins court case against Catalan bishop who ‘nicked his art’

The ruling comes after a decade spanning legal battle between the two dioceses, which began in 1998

14 Dec, 2019 @ 09:34

La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s richest man, Zara-owner, Amancio Ortega, adds another couple of billion to his fortune ahead of Christmas

Clothing firm Zara brought in 70% of sales for Inditex, which also owns Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear and Stradivarius

14 Dec, 2019 @ 09:05

Business & Finance·Lead

ILLEGAL HOMES: Spain’s Socialist government tries to block amnesty through legal routes

"What is not acceptable is that people continue to bathe in water contaminated with faecal matter"

14 Dec, 2019 @ 08:35

Lead·Property

Cabify driver who sped off with four girls ends up ploughing into roundabout on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR girls have escaped a potential kidnapping when their Cabify driver sped past their requested destination before ploughing into a roundabout on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

13 Dec, 2019 @ 20:57

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: ‘Mass suicide’ – expat campaign groups react to UK general election on Olive Press TV roundup Dec 6-13

13 Dec, 2019 @ 19:11

Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

Police pull over van ‘leaking blood’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol to discover two illegal tuna

POLICE in Estepona were not sure what they would find when they pulled over a van which was leaving a trail of blood as it

13 Dec, 2019 @ 16:40

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Film reveals Spain’s secret chemical POISONING of natural water sources along Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, in Balearic and Canary Islands

Police have carried 1028 inspections after 101 environmental incidents were reported, including 25 ‘illegal spills’ of chemicals

13 Dec, 2019 @ 16:30

Environment·Lead

Gibraltar government pledges to ‘deliver a Brexit that is safe for Gibraltar’ while congratulating Boris Johnson on his election victory

Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has accepted the Brexit debate to be 'over' after Boris Johnson's landslide victory last night.

13 Dec, 2019 @ 16:08

Gibraltar·Lead

Brussels gives Spain an ultimatum over its toll roads

REVEALED: The toll roads which will be FREE in 2020 across Spain’s Andalucia and Alicante

TWO toll roads in southern and eastern Spain will be free in 2020. It comes after private toll company Abertis signed a severance package (ERE)

13 Dec, 2019 @ 15:29

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

PET-XIT: British expats’ pets facing travel ‘nightmare’ as vet on Spain’s Costa del Sol warns of no-deal Brexit fallout

It comes after Boris Johnson's Conservative party won a healthy majority in the UK general election last night, paving the way for a quick and

13 Dec, 2019 @ 14:40

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Politics

‘BAD NEWS’: Andalucia minister reacts to Boris Johnson victory after experts warn Spain’s southernmost region could lose €1.1 BILLION thanks to hard Brexit

The region is particularly vulnerable to the economic shock of a disorderly UK exit as Britain accounts for €4.5 billion worth of investments annually

13 Dec, 2019 @ 13:14

Business & Finance·Lead

Spike in street brawls and violence sees three shootings in less than a week in British expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A COSTA del Sol neighbourhood has reported three shootings in less than a week. Police were called to Las Flores, in Fuengirola, for the third

13 Dec, 2019 @ 12:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Shocking midnight evacuation as six houses begin crumbling on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIREFIGHTERS have rescued the residents of six bungalows on the Costa Blanca after they began collapsing in the early hours of this morning. At one

13 Dec, 2019 @ 11:27

Costa Blanca·Property

WATCH: ‘Unaware’ lorry driver rams terrified woman sideways down motorway ‘for miles’ without stopping on Spain’s Costa del Sol

“I didn’t see her, where was she? I thought I had a puncture”

13 Dec, 2019 @ 11:13

Lead·Malaga

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Police informant gunned down while seen talking to an officer in eastern Spain

AN INFORMANT has been gunned down while he was spotted conversing with a police officer on a roadside in Barcelona. The man was killed instantly

13 Dec, 2019 @ 11:03

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

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“Give me €50,000 or I’ll share your videos online”: the new breed of cybercriminals tricking Spanish teens into sextortion

CYBERCRIMINALS in Spain are tricking gullible teens into sharing intimate videos and then blackmailing them up to €50,000 for keeping them from friends and family.

13 Dec, 2019 @ 10:43

Crime & Law

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