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Colombian president claims cocaine ‘no worse than whiskey’ and calls for legalisation as record amounts flood into Spain

COLOMBIA’S president has sparked controversy by claiming cocaine is ‘no worse than whiskey’ and should be ‘sold like wine’. Gustavo Petro added that cocaine is

7 Feb, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Other News

‘I’ve been completely shafted’: British woman issues warning for tourists visiting Benidorm

A BRITISH woman has sounded the alarm after being ‘completely shafted’ while carrying out an everyday transaction in Benidorm. Rosiee Stockdale took to social media

7 Feb, 2025 @ 14:35

Benidorm·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Outrage in Alicante as poo is repeatedly smeared on public buildings and making streets ‘stink’

MYSTERY surrounds why excrement has been smeared over Alicante City Council buildings including the City Hall entrance. The main access to the council HQ was

7 Feb, 2025 @ 14:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

British driver and female passenger are killed in horror 3am car crash on Marbella’s Golden Mile

A BRITISH man was one of two people killed in a horror car crash in Marbella this morning. The 37-year-old and a 36-year-old Moroccan woman

7 Feb, 2025 @ 14:03

Lead·Marbella

Ex-con Brit plots ‘epic’ Turkey-to-Gibraltar paddleboard challenge across Mediterranean

GIBRALTAR is set to be the final destination for a record-breaking paddleboarder’s ambitious 4,000km Mediterranean crossing as he continues his remarkable journey from prison to

7 Feb, 2025 @ 13:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem – the Spanish Oscars are here!

TOMORROW, February 8, Spain holds its ‘Goyas 2025’ – the Spanish version of the Oscars Awards. The show will go out live on Spanish TV

7 Feb, 2025 @ 13:20

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

High-speed trains between Madrid and Andalucia partially resume with trains as far as Cordoba and Sevilla - Malaga will have to wait

High-speed trains to link three major cities in Spain within two years as part of ‘Mediterranean Corridor’

HIGH-SPEED rail services will link all three Valencian Community provinces in 2027, Transport Minister, Oscar Puente announced on Friday. New tracks will be completed as

7 Feb, 2025 @ 12:31

Alicante·Lead·Valencia

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Calahonda with pool – € 340,000

Beachfront ground floor appartement located in Urbanization ALHAMAR , Calahonda ideal for rentals. The property is distributed as follows: Spacious entrance hall, bright double bedroom,

7 Feb, 2025 @ 12:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

King Felipe slams Donald Trump for removing Spanish language from White House website and social media postings

KING Felipe VI has criticised US President Donald Trump’s administration for scrubbing out Spanish from the White House’s official communications, website and social networks. Speaking

7 Feb, 2025 @ 11:35

Lead·Madrid·National News

‘British’ man, 67, vanishes from expat haven in Alicante: Fears grow on day six of disappearance

AN urgent appeal has been launched to find a missing 67-year-old in Alicante. Mark Russel Ward, was last seen on Saturday, February 1, in the

7 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00

Alicante·Lead

Mystery as body of ‘half-naked man’ is found in a Jaen olive grove: Corpse is not of missing US cyclist

THE half-naked body of a man has been discovered in an olive grove in Andalucia. The grisly find was made shortly before 10am on Thursday

7 Feb, 2025 @ 06:00

Jaen·Lead

Fears for missing US cyclist who vanished from Spain’s Andalucia two weeks ago

A DESPERATE search is underway for a missing American cyclist who vanished from Andalucia almost two weeks ago. Matt Opperman (pictured above), 50, was last

6 Feb, 2025 @ 22:41

Andalucia·Lead·National News

Refugee who was shot in the eye while trying to reach Spain files complaint to the UN

A SURVIVOR of a deadly 2014 Ceuta beach tragedy has filed a complaint to the UN Committee Against Torture today after he lost an eye

6 Feb, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Other News

‘Very dangerous’ British fugitive caught in Alicante area five months after Portugal prison escape

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a ‘very dangerous’ British prisoner who escaped in a mass jailbreak in Portugal last September. Mark Cameron Roscaleer, 35, was

6 Feb, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Computer-Wunderkind in Spanien verhaftet: Hacker griff NATO, US-Armee und Polizeidatenbanken an

von Alex Trelinski Ein als „gefährlich“ eingestufter Teenager-Hacker wurde in Calpe (Alicante) verhaftet, nachdem er sich Zugang zu 40 Computerdatenbanken verschafft hatte – darunter jene der NATO, der US-Armee und der Guardia Civil. Der achtzehnjährige Spanier wurde

6 Feb, 2025 @ 17:45

Auf Deutsch

Postkartenidylle: Valencianische Stadt umgeben von Olivenhainen und Weinbergen sucht neue Bewohner – und Häuser kosten ab elftausend Euro

von Alex Trelinski Eine Stadt in der Region Valencia, rund 60 Kilometer von der Küste entfernt, lockt mit finanziellen Anreizen, um die Abwanderung zu stoppen. Enguera hat knapp 5.000 Einwohner und

6 Feb, 2025 @ 17:37

Auf Deutsch

Gründer von Nikki Beach Marbella verstorben: Wie ein US-Unternehmer bei McDonald’s begann und ein globales Imperium aufbaute

von Tom Ewart Smith Jack Penrod, der visionäre Gründer und Inhaber der Nikki Beach Hospitality Group, ist im Alter von 85 Jahren nach einem langen Kampf gegen den Krebs verstorben. Sein

6 Feb, 2025 @ 17:32

Auf Deutsch

Record number of heat-related deaths in Spain during August

Extreme cold and heat killed record number of people in Valencia last year

A RECORD number of people died last year in the Valencian Community from extreme temperatures. Madrid’s Carlos III Health Institute says 516 people passed away

6 Feb, 2025 @ 17:30

Health·Lead·Valencia

Desperate search for 12-year-old girl who vanished from Mallorca almost a YEAR ago

AN appeal has been made to find a Mallorcan girl who disappeared last May. The SOS Desaparecidos Association and The National Centre for the Disappeared

6 Feb, 2025 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Warning that tourists will pay more for hotel stays due to reduced working week in Spain

Warning that tourists will pay more for hotels due to reduced working week in Spain

THE government’s plans to cut the working week to 37.5 hours will put up hotel prices, according to a Benidorm-based hotel association. The Valencian Community

6 Feb, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·National News

Pictured: US man jailed for killing his wife on Christmas Day in Spain before burying her body hundreds of miles away

A WEALTHY American businessman has been jailed for eight years in Spain for the murder of his Russian wife near Gibraltar in 2021. Michael Martin

6 Feb, 2025 @ 15:45

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

French tourist is carried to safety by police in Tenerife following harrowing mugging attack

LAST night, criminal gang members attacked a French tourist in the south-west of Tenerife. The tourist, who was on holiday in Las Galletas near Arona,

6 Feb, 2025 @ 15:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

US tourists are spending more in Spain and their numbers will rise, according to Forbes magazine

SPAIN welcomed a record number of foreign tourists last year- 94 million- with figures suggesting that US visitors spent more than ever- according to Forbes

6 Feb, 2025 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Squatters in Spain: Three things they DON’T want you to know, according to legal expert

A SPANISH legal expert has warned of three crucial tips that ‘squatters don’t want you to know’ amid growing concerns over Spain’s chronic property problem.

6 Feb, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Other News·Property

Little known region in Spain broke all-time tourism record in 2024 – and it wants MORE visitors

EVEN one of Spain’s lesser known regions has been benefiting from the country’s remarkable tourism boom. Aragon, situated inland between Catalunya, Navarra and Valencia, has

6 Feb, 2025 @ 13:30

Lead·Travel News

Spain has the highest number of school drop outs in the EU after Romania, figures reveal

Gibraltar to boost ‘low’ Spanish skills among primary school starters in bid to embrace bilingualism

PLANS are afoot to raise the level of Spanish among primary school starters in Gibraltar now that the language is no longer ‘taboo’. It is

6 Feb, 2025 @ 12:20

Gibraltar·Lead

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Colombian president claims cocaine ‘no worse than whiskey’ and calls for legalisation as record amounts flood into Spain

‘I’ve been completely shafted’: British woman issues warning for tourists visiting Benidorm

Outrage in Alicante as poo is repeatedly smeared on public buildings and making streets ‘stink’

British driver and female passenger are killed in horror 3am car crash on Marbella’s Golden Mile

Ex-con Brit plots ‘epic’ Turkey-to-Gibraltar paddleboard challenge across Mediterranean

Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem – the Spanish Oscars are here!

High-speed trains to link three major cities in Spain within two years as part of ‘Mediterranean Corridor’

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Calahonda with pool – € 340,000

King Felipe slams Donald Trump for removing Spanish language from White House website and social media postings

‘British’ man, 67, vanishes from expat haven in Alicante: Fears grow on day six of disappearance

Mystery as body of ‘half-naked man’ is found in a Jaen olive grove: Corpse is not of missing US cyclist

Fears for missing US cyclist who vanished from Spain’s Andalucia two weeks ago

Refugee who was shot in the eye while trying to reach Spain files complaint to the UN

‘Very dangerous’ British fugitive caught in Alicante area five months after Portugal prison escape

Computer-Wunderkind in Spanien verhaftet: Hacker griff NATO, US-Armee und Polizeidatenbanken an

Postkartenidylle: Valencianische Stadt umgeben von Olivenhainen und Weinbergen sucht neue Bewohner – und Häuser kosten ab elftausend Euro

Gründer von Nikki Beach Marbella verstorben: Wie ein US-Unternehmer bei McDonald’s begann und ein globales Imperium aufbaute

Extreme cold and heat killed record number of people in Valencia last year

Desperate search for 12-year-old girl who vanished from Mallorca almost a YEAR ago

Warning that tourists will pay more for hotels due to reduced working week in Spain

Pictured: US man jailed for killing his wife on Christmas Day in Spain before burying her body hundreds of miles away

French tourist is carried to safety by police in Tenerife following harrowing mugging attack

US tourists are spending more in Spain and their numbers will rise, according to Forbes magazine

Squatters in Spain: Three things they DON’T want you to know, according to legal expert

Little known region in Spain broke all-time tourism record in 2024 – and it wants MORE visitors

Gibraltar to boost ‘low’ Spanish skills among primary school starters in bid to embrace bilingualism

Warning for drivers as Spain launches massive May Day bank holiday crackdown on Costa del Sol roads and across Andalucia

Two police officers commended for successfully resuscitating nine-month-old baby in Marbella

Ryanair urges Spain to scrap EES rollout to avoid summer of border queue chaos

Relief for travellers as direct Malaga-Madrid high-speed trains finally return after three months

Spain’s immigration amnesty descends into chaos as people queue for days and fights break out across the country