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Airport expansions in Spain: Both Alicante and Valencia will increase their capacity following record-breaking passenger numbers this year

Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia airports report record-breaking January for passenger numbers

ALICANTE-ELCHE and Valencia airports reported their busiest-ever January with new records set for passenger numbers. Alicante-Elche airport welcomed 795,148 passengers- up by 68.1% on 2021

13 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gibraltar customs warn of nitrous oxide ‘legal high’ after seizing 120 canisters at land border

AUTHORITIES in Gibraltar warned about the dangers of nitrous oxide after customs stopped a car crossing the frontier with 120 canisters of the legal drug

13 Feb, 2023 @ 15:49

Gibraltar·Lead

Nearly half of Spain’s families pay for children to get private lessons

ALMOST half of families in Spain paid for private lessons for their children between 2019 and 2020 according to a study from the Esade Centre

13 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Education·Lead·National News

Gibraltar slams Spanish press for ‘ludicrous’ claims it was going soft on tobacco smuggling

GIBRALTAR hit back at Spanish press reports it was going soft on tobacco smuggling and said it was keeping to a 2018 agreement to keep

13 Feb, 2023 @ 15:16

Gibraltar·Lead

The sun finally won: How a innovative bid for sustainability got round the draconian rules in the historic quarter of Ronda… and made a great saving

WHEN the owner of Ronda Romantica, an Aparthotel in the historic town of Ronda, decided to become more sustainable and save money with solar panels

13 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·Other News

Gibraltar flags fly at half mast for its surgeon and other Turkey and Syria quake victims

GIBRALTAR flew its flags at half mast on Monday to mourn the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, including a locally-based surgeon who

13 Feb, 2023 @ 14:34

Gibraltar·Lead

Most wanted: UK’s most dangerous fugitives hiding out in Spain revealed

Authorities have launched a renewed appeal to find seven of the UK’s most wanted criminals thought to be hiding out in Spain. Among those on

13 Feb, 2023 @ 13:46

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Firemen from Spain rescue woman, 50, who had spent 144 hours buried under rubble after Turkey earthquake

A TEAM of firemen from the Madrid region has taken part in the successful rescue of a 50-year-old woman who spent 144 hours buried under

13 Feb, 2023 @ 13:35

Lead·National News

Mercadona supermarkets in Spain spending €60 million on solar panels for stores

THE Mercadona supermarket chain is to spend €60 million on installing solar roof panels at its stores in Spain this year. Renewable energy currently powers

13 Feb, 2023 @ 13:19

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·National News

Work on biggest urban housing project in Spain’s Costa Blanca set to start soon

WORK could start as soon as April on constructing a big urbanisation of 7,490 properties on the largest piece of urban developable land in Alicante

13 Feb, 2023 @ 12:17

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Vera with pool garage – € 131,900

Vera, Almería 2 beds 2 baths € 131,900 APARTMENTS NEW BUILDING 400M FROM VERA BEACH & AMENITIES Get to know this new residence,

13 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

Featured Property

Costa Blanca woman in Spain conned out of €57,000 by bogus policeman in online love scam

A Teulada woman was conned out of €57,000 in an online love scam run by a Guardamar man posing as a Policia Nacional officer. They

13 Feb, 2023 @ 11:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

National Geographic lists village in Malaga as one of most ‘curious’ in Spain

THE prestigious travel magazine National Geographic has included a town in Malaga as one of the most ‘curious’ in Spain. Southern Spain is home to

13 Feb, 2023 @ 10:15

Day Trips·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel Malaga·Travel News

Spain’s Malaga reopens Alcazaba and Gibralfaro after severe storm forced 24 hour closure

STRONG gusts of wind of up to 70km/h have caused several risk situations in Malaga province over the weekend and lead to the closure of

13 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Weather

LISTED: Places face masks are still compulsory in Spain

AS of last Wednesday, February 8, wearing a face mask on public transport in Spain is no longer compulsory. The Council of Ministers approved the

13 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Protestors come out in force on streets of Madrid to denounce regional government’s ‘dismantling’ of healthcare system

HUNDREDS of thousands of people came out to protest on the streets of Madrid today, to denounce what they called the ‘dismantling’ of the region’s

12 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Health·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Brit flies to Spain in search of English breakfast meal under five pounds

A Brit flew to Spain just to search for an English Breakfast meal that cost under five pounds. TikToker Ben Matthew Saunders documented his trip

12 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Shell shocked!: Oil companies making mega profits out of Putin’s Ukraine war

WHEN it comes to environmental news there are always surprises. Sadly some are not pleasant. Shell, the oil and gas giant, has reported outrageous annual

12 Feb, 2023 @ 14:22

Columnists·Environment·Green Matters by Martin Tye·Opinion

Spain passes animal rights bill, but excludes hunting dogs from new protections

A CONTROVERSIAL new animal rights law has passed the Spanish parliament, but with an important exception: it will not cover hunting dogs or other animals

12 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo

Spain offers citizenship to more than 200 political prisoners freed from jail in Nicaragua

SPAIN’S Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced on Friday that the country is offering citizenship to the more than 200 political prisoners who were freed

12 Feb, 2023 @ 13:02

Lead·National News·Politics

Movie ‘As Bestas’ cleans up at Spain’s 37th Goya Awards

THE MOVIE As Bestas (The Beasts) was the big winner at the 37th Goya Awards, which took place on Saturday night in the Andalusian city

12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:38

Lead·National News

Rising rates: Euribor hits highest level since 2008

THE ongoing rise of the 12-month Euribor (base rate) could cost the average mortgage holder €286 a month. The Euribor is the most commonly used

12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:20

Business & Finance·Columnists·Lead·Tancrede de Pola: Mortgage Think Tank

Doing just Fine!: Family-owned firm takes on prestigious Fine & Country ‘master licence’ in Spain

EXPAT Chris Hara is shooting for the stars alongside his wife Jacqueline and Spain-born son Cristian. Chris and Jacqueline, who moved to the Costa Blanca

12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:08

Alicante·Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Property

2 bedroom Penthouse for sale in Denia with pool garage – € 144,000

Dénia, Alicante 2 beds 1 baths € 144,000 Penthouse for sale in Denia. This property features 66 m2. The house is located on

12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

Featured Property

Doom or boom?: A look at prospects for the Real Estate market in Spain

MOST buyers and sellers I speak to these days keep mentioning the possibility of a downturn ahead. How could they not? Just look at the

12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:00

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Columnists·Lead·Other News·Property

The oldest dog in the world, Bobi, lives in the Iberian Peninsula

A NEW Guinness World Record has been broken in the animal world. Bobi, a mastiff from Alentejo—an area that spans from the Tagus River down

12 Feb, 2023 @ 11:15

Health·Lead·Other News

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