Brussels gives Spain an ultimatum over its toll roads

REVEALED: When the AP-7 toll road between Estepona and Malaga will be free (and it’s not good news)

SEVERAL toll roads have become free from January 1 2020. This includes the AP-4 motorway between Sevilla and Cadiz and the AP-7 motorway between Tarragona,

6 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga

Investigation launched after beach bar burns to the ground on Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN investigation has been launched after a beach bar went up in flames on Saturday. The Moliere Playa chiringuito in Torremolinos caught fire around noon.

6 Jan, 2020 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga

Pedro Sanchez’s first bid to govern Spain fails in highly-charged investiture debate

PABLO Sanchez’s first bid to be installed as Spain’s prime minister has failed in a highly-charged investiture debate. Following Sanchez’s successful election win in November

5 Jan, 2020 @ 14:54

Lead

Pregnant Spanish influencer in holocaust row after posing for Instagram snap captioned #babyintheoven at memorial to murdered jews

The caption is a reference to her second pregnancy – a girl – with husband Javier Ungria, which she announced in November

5 Jan, 2020 @ 14:16

Lead·National News

RICHES TO RAGS: How UK expat lost €400k in pension scam and bolted home, broke, in a caravan and facing nearly six-figure demands from the taxman

A FORMER British expat is battling punitive demands from the taxman after she lost her €400k pension pot in a Spanish scam and had to

5 Jan, 2020 @ 12:24

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

In Spain three animals are abandoned every five minutes

The group also points to the recent surge in the adoption of pets, which it claims can actually help perpetuate the cycle of ‘animal abuse’

5 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead

Spain’s Mediterranean diet crowned healthiest nutritional plan IN THE WORLD

Eating a Mediterranean diet could also help preserve kidney function in thousands of patients who have already had transplants

5 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Health·Lead

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez FINALLY to form left-wing coalition PSOE-Podemos government after agreement with Catalan separatists

The move marks a breakthrough as the November 10 elections were dominated by the future of Catalunya

4 Jan, 2020 @ 16:43

Lead·National News·Politics

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: These are the 12 national holidays in Spain and Andalucia in 2020

In Andalucia eight holidays fall on either a Friday or Monday

4 Jan, 2020 @ 11:53

Lead·National News

Spain employed almost 400,000 more people in 2019, but recorded worst increase for six years

Signs of exhaustion have been reported and a similarly weak decrease has also been registered in unemployment levels

4 Jan, 2020 @ 11:05

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

189-seat passenger plane makes emergency landing on Spain’s Costa del Sol after its engine shuts down mid-flight

AN 189-seat passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing on the Costa del Sol. The Austrian Lauda aircraft was forced to turn

3 Jan, 2020 @ 15:17

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Dog dead and another near death after sick owner leaves them locked inside home for over TWO WEEKS in Spain’s Sevilla

A PET owner will have his day in court after abandoning two dogs in his Seville home, leading to the death of one of them.

3 Jan, 2020 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

REVEALED: The 29 Mercadona perfumes and colognes which smell like your designer favourites for €10 or less

WE all like to smell good but sometimes the designer perfumes and colognes we love just cost too much. Well, we’re not alone, it seems,

3 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Teenage boy saved from suicide attempt after police find him hanging onto bridge railing ‘with two fingers of one hand’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A TEENAGE boy has been saved after attempting to end his life by jumping off a bridge, police said. The young lad was holding onto

3 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: Why Spain’s Costa del Sol is among the best places to retire in the WORLD, according to Forbes

AMERICAN publication Forbes has prepared a list of the best places for its readers to retire in 2020. And it’s no surprise Spain has made

3 Jan, 2020 @ 08:26

Health·Lead

Couple arrested for trying to smuggle Palestinian boy into Spain inside shopping cart

A MOROCCAN couple have been arrested for trying to smuggle a Palestinian boy into Spain inside a shopping cart. The unnamed woman, 38, and man,

2 Jan, 2020 @ 20:08

Lead·National News

Manhunt after THREE young American sisters raped and sexually assaulted in savage New Years Eve attack in Spain’s Murcia

A MANHUNT is underway for three men accused of raping and sexually assaulting three American sisters in southern Spain. The shocking assault is said to

2 Jan, 2020 @ 19:47

Crime & Law·Lead

CANNED: British gang busted smuggling drugs in olives and beer from Spain’s Costa del Sol

SEVERAL British individuals have been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs by using their drink businesses as a cover. Policia Nacional had been tracking a British

2 Jan, 2020 @ 19:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EasyJet passenger dies on board flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to UK on New Year’s Day

Cabin crew had also requested that emergency crews stand by upon landing, but the passenger was already dead when the plane touched down

2 Jan, 2020 @ 16:28

Costa Blanca·Lead

Three men arrested after police caught them red-handed loading 2,000 kilos of hash into van on THIS beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

In total 56 bundles of hash were also seized

2 Jan, 2020 @ 16:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

The 8 best Spanish restaurants to visit in Marbella’s San Pedro de Alcantara in 2020

SAN Pedro de Alcantara has been making a name for itself in the food stakes for years now. Just west of Puerto Banus, the town

2 Jan, 2020 @ 15:47

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

British man dies in house fire at upmarket urbanization on Spain’s Costa del Sol

This death is the third from fires in Andalucia in a three-day period

2 Jan, 2020 @ 15:33

Cadiz·Lead

Bullring in Spain’s Andalucia offers bullfighting workshops to children THIS WEEKEND

Only 29% of the population support bullfighting, and three quarters of the population have not attended a fight in the past five years

2 Jan, 2020 @ 14:52

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead

British man is ‘important’ witness in investigation into how dad and two kids died in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa del Sol

“By the time assistance came, the three of them were under the water”

2 Jan, 2020 @ 14:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain to Falklands squid trade could be devastated by Brexit, warn fishermen

“Politicians in Spain and Britain are doing nothing and we are walking off a cliff”

2 Jan, 2020 @ 10:56

Food & Drink·Lead·Politics

British man arrested after ‘ripping’ €23.5 million Picasso painting depicting Spanish artist’s lover Dora Maar

Malaga-born Pablo Picasso created the piece, which portrays his lover Dora Maar in Nazi-occupied Paris

1 Jan, 2020 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

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REVEALED: When the AP-7 toll road between Estepona and Malaga will be free (and it’s not good news)

Investigation launched after beach bar burns to the ground on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Pedro Sanchez’s first bid to govern Spain fails in highly-charged investiture debate

Pregnant Spanish influencer in holocaust row after posing for Instagram snap captioned #babyintheoven at memorial to murdered jews

RICHES TO RAGS: How UK expat lost €400k in pension scam and bolted home, broke, in a caravan and facing nearly six-figure demands from the taxman

In Spain three animals are abandoned every five minutes

Spain’s Mediterranean diet crowned healthiest nutritional plan IN THE WORLD

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez FINALLY to form left-wing coalition PSOE-Podemos government after agreement with Catalan separatists

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: These are the 12 national holidays in Spain and Andalucia in 2020

Spain employed almost 400,000 more people in 2019, but recorded worst increase for six years

189-seat passenger plane makes emergency landing on Spain’s Costa del Sol after its engine shuts down mid-flight

Dog dead and another near death after sick owner leaves them locked inside home for over TWO WEEKS in Spain’s Sevilla

REVEALED: The 29 Mercadona perfumes and colognes which smell like your designer favourites for €10 or less

Teenage boy saved from suicide attempt after police find him hanging onto bridge railing ‘with two fingers of one hand’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

REVEALED: Why Spain’s Costa del Sol is among the best places to retire in the WORLD, according to Forbes

Couple arrested for trying to smuggle Palestinian boy into Spain inside shopping cart

Manhunt after THREE young American sisters raped and sexually assaulted in savage New Years Eve attack in Spain’s Murcia

CANNED: British gang busted smuggling drugs in olives and beer from Spain’s Costa del Sol

EasyJet passenger dies on board flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to UK on New Year’s Day

Three men arrested after police caught them red-handed loading 2,000 kilos of hash into van on THIS beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The 8 best Spanish restaurants to visit in Marbella’s San Pedro de Alcantara in 2020

British man dies in house fire at upmarket urbanization on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Bullring in Spain’s Andalucia offers bullfighting workshops to children THIS WEEKEND

British man is ‘important’ witness in investigation into how dad and two kids died in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Spain to Falklands squid trade could be devastated by Brexit, warn fishermen

British man arrested after ‘ripping’ €23.5 million Picasso painting depicting Spanish artist’s lover Dora Maar

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

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem return to Barcelona to purchase luxury home in exclusive Pedralbes barrio

Blow to Mango murder case as police admit they cannot prove ‘other people’ were involved in billionaire Isak Andic’s fatal mountain fall

Spain passes housing decree extending leases and ban on evicting vulnerable families but rules out indefinite contracts

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