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Taxi drivers in Barcelona set to strike over ‘low tariffs and unfair competition’: Cabbies hope to ‘blockade’ Spain’s second largest city

TAXI drivers in Barcelona are set to go on strike next Tuesday as simmering tensions in the sector come to the boil. The protest, which

13 Jun, 2024 @ 11:55

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Politics

'Love Hug' robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain's Costa Blanca Warning over ‘love hugging’ scam in Murcia after string of elderly people are targeted by gang TWO members of a ‘love-hug’ gang that travelled around Spain robbing elderly people have been jailed. Four Romanians- aged between 28 and 31- rented a 9 APR, 2024 @ 11:30 ALICANTE·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·MURCIA·OTHER NEWS Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing 27 NOV, 2023 @ 16:30 BENIDORM·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY ‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain 15 AUG, 2023 @ 17:15 ALICANTE·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY One of Spain's most-notorious 'Love Hug' robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca One of Spain’s most-notorious ‘Love Hug’ robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca

Plain-clothed police arrest couple using ‘love hug’ method to steal luxury watches from pedestrians in Spain

A MARRIED Romanian couple have been arrested for a series of ‘love hug’ robberies after plain-clothed Guardia Civil officers helped a potential victim on a

13 Jun, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

EXPLAINER: Here’s what you should do if you find your car has been flooded in the June monsoon

THE unexpected June monsoons that completely flooded parts of Mallorca and the Costa Blanca gave many a nasty shock when they went looking for their

13 Jun, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Bottlers, led by a donkey, and Maguire: Spanish football fans weigh in on the ‘inhuman’ England football team’s chances at upcoming Euro 2024 in Germany – but some are optimistic

ONE would think a team featuring the European Golden Shoe winner, the La Liga Player of the Year and the Premier League Player of the

13 Jun, 2024 @ 08:00

Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Explosive allegations against gaming firm Mansion shake Gibraltar and raise questions about business links with former finance minister

A GIBRALTAR gaming firm whose name was emblazoned on various Premier League shirts has been accused of operating illegal online gambling in over a dozen

12 Jun, 2024 @ 19:47

Business & Finance·EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez wants to continue VAT cuts on food into the summer

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said that he wants to extend VAT reductions on basic foodstuffs beyond the end of June. The measure introduced

12 Jun, 2024 @ 18:15

Lead·National News

Adorable moment tiny kitten is rescued by police in Spain after travelling 200km trapped inside a car engine

A FEMALE kitten used up one of its nine lives after surviving a 200 kilometre journey trapped in a car engine. The vehicle was travelling

12 Jun, 2024 @ 17:45

Animals·Castellon·Lead

WATCH: ‘Idiot tourists’ hang out the back of convertibles while zooming down busy motorway on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment three groups of men were filmed zooming down the A-7 motorway while hanging out the back of convertibles. In video footage

12 Jun, 2024 @ 17:40

Lead·Marbella

Carlos Alcaraz lets loose: French Open champion, 21, celebrates latest victory with a karaoke session in Ibiza

FRENCH Open champion, Carlos Alcaraz, 21, has let loose in Ibiza, celebrating his victory with a karaoke session. Alcaraz won the prestigious title last Sunday,

12 Jun, 2024 @ 17:10

Ibiza·Lead·Sport

Revealed: New Aldi supermarket will open in Marbella’s San Pedro THIS month

A LONG-awaited Aldi supermarket will open in San Pedro de Alcantara this month, it emerged today. The 1,000sqm site is situated near the industrial estate

12 Jun, 2024 @ 16:31

Lead·Marbella

Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz WILL play doubles at the Olympics in dream pairing for Spain

The current and former kings of clay will unite this summer to represent Spain in the men’s doubles at the Paris Olympics. 21-year old Carlos

12 Jun, 2024 @ 16:19

Lead·Sport

Biggest-ever monthly passenger total boosted by British travellers using Costa Blanca airport

Record monthly passenger total is boosted by British travellers using Costa Blanca airport

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has recorded its busiest-ever month for passengers with over 1.76 million people using it in May. That has surpassed the previously monthly record

12 Jun, 2024 @ 15:52

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

British community president on the Costa del Sol ‘gives himself €16,500 pay rise’ – and is now earning more than the PM of Spain

THE British president of a Costa del Sol community is now earning more than the prime minister of Spain after bumping up his own salary,

12 Jun, 2024 @ 15:21

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Weather alert for Spain: Hail, rain and storms to hit the Costa Blanca

THE unseasonal rain storms that have lashed the Balearics and sunk Palma Airport are set to continue battering Alicante and the Costa Blanca. Alicante province

12 Jun, 2024 @ 15:13

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

‘We won’t stop!’: Anti-tourism protesters plan fresh demonstrations across the Balearic Islands

PROTESTORS have called another demonstration against mass tourism and it’s set to bet previous records. It is due to take place on July 21 and

12 Jun, 2024 @ 14:32

Lead·Mallorca

Toddler is injured during jet ski ride with his father on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A TODDLER has been injured on the Costa del Sol after a jet ski ride with his father. The three-year-old boy suffered hypothermia after the

12 Jun, 2024 @ 13:50

Costa del Sol·Lead

Woman is shocked after ‘finding hidden cameras’ inside a tourist flat she was sharing with her daughter on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A HOLIDAYMAKER on Spain’s Costa del Sol has been shocked after ‘finding hidden cameras’ inside a tourist flat she was sharing with her daughter. The

12 Jun, 2024 @ 13:15

Costa del Sol·Lead

Benidorm shop owners arrested for selling fake items using well-known brand names to tourists

THREE Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for allegedly selling counterfeit goods, with 3,529 items seized by the Policia Nacional. Police were tipped off by

12 Jun, 2024 @ 11:55

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Pedro Sanchez’s brother is investigated for influence peddling and embezzlement – just weeks after similar probe against his wife

THE brother of Pedro Sanchez is being investigated over the alleged embezzlement of public funds and influence peddling just weeks after a similar case was

12 Jun, 2024 @ 10:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Security guard at Spain’s Olympic Committee arrested after CCTV exposes his nightly water bottle masturbation sessions: Female co-workers complained their drinks tasted funny

A SECURITY guard at the Spanish Olympic Committee in Madrid allegedly carried out a revenge campaign against two female colleagues by masturbating into their water

12 Jun, 2024 @ 08:00

Lead·Madrid·Other News

WATCH: Inside the new La Sala Clubhouse in Marbella featuring self-serving beer taps, interactive dart boards, 50 TV screens and even a karaoke booth

THE La Sala group is today opening a brand new venue that hopes to become the number one spot for watching sport on the Costa

12 Jun, 2024 @ 07:00

Marbella·Olive Press Travel

WATCH: Airport chaos in Spain as ALL flights are cancelled, delayed or diverted at major travel hub after runway is submerged under water amid freak storms

A MAJOR airport in Spain has been forced to stop all flights from landing or taking off amid severe weather conditions. The Sont Sant Joan

11 Jun, 2024 @ 18:27

Lead·Mallorca

Exposed: Taxi drivers are arrested for using ‘mafia tactics’ to gouge prices at Sevilla airport

Agitated Brit threatens to stab taxi driver and then gets locked in on a Mallorca bus before police arrest him

A BRITISH man threatened a Palma taxi driver before trying to escape on a bus, but got locked in as police arrived to arrest him.

11 Jun, 2024 @ 18:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Who is Alvise Perez? The UK-educated, former LibDem supporter turned alt-right influencer whose party won 800,000 votes and 3 seats at the EU elections in Spain

HE went to university in Leeds, was once a member of the Liberal Democrats, and has been likened to both Javier Milei, the firebrand populist

11 Jun, 2024 @ 17:28

Andalucia·Lead·Politics·Sevilla

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Drunk German tourist destroys €350k digger after breaking into a quarry to take it for a drive on Spain’s Mallorca

A DRUNK German tourist stole a €350,000 digger from a Playa de Palma quarry and overturned it- with the unit written off as unrepairable. The

11 Jun, 2024 @ 17:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Revealed: The most popular locations for British property hunters on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE province and especially the Costa Blanca continues to be one of the most popular areas of Spain for foreign house buyers. The Registrars report

11 Jun, 2024 @ 14:01

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

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