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Horror in Malaga: 28-year-old loses kidney in vicious attack after ‘making eye contact with shirtless man’ as he dined with friends

A YOUNG man out for dinner with friends in Malaga was brutally ambushed and left fighting for his life after simply ‘making fleeting eye contact’

9 Oct, 2025 @ 12:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Málaga

What’s going on on the Costa del Sol – Oct 7-9: Estepona bus clamp down, Marbella gearing up for bullfight, Fuengirola for feria and Malaga needs more police

FROM Estepona to Torremolinos, town halls and mayors have been busy pushing through new projects, safety crackdowns and cultural highlights. Here’s your inaugural round-up of

9 Oct, 2025 @ 11:47

Costa del Sol·Lead

Police probe whether Italian mafia executed two men- including gang leader- in same area of Spain

THE Guardia Civil are investigating whether two killings in the same area of the Murcia region on Tuesday were linked to the Italian mafia. The

9 Oct, 2025 @ 11:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Spicy new costa-set sitcom ‘Ketchup’ spills onto Marbella red carpet – with stars and struggles in the sun!

KETCHUP, the new British sitcom that promises to serve up laughs with a side of sun, was launched in style at the Marbella International Film.

9 Oct, 2025 @ 11:26

La Cultura·Lead·Marbella·Other News

Estepona promises to crack down on buses to Marbella after passengers rage at no-shows and drivers who don’t even stop

ESTEPONA town hall has vowed to tighten controls on its local bus service following a barrage of complaints about operator Avanza from furious passengers across

9 Oct, 2025 @ 10:57

Costa del Sol·Estepona·Lead

Spain and Portugal's late April electricity blackout caused by excessive voltage

Spain has just ‘five days’ to rescue wobbling power grid – or face risk of fresh nationwide blackout, regulator warns

SPAIN’S energy regulator has sounded the alarm over the state of the country’s energy grid – almost six months after the country was plunged into

9 Oct, 2025 @ 09:30

Green·Lead·National News

Spain’s property market is booming – but not quite as you think: Office space returns the biggest margins, but where is housing?

SPAIN’S property investment market is delivering bumper returns, but forget everything you thought you knew about buy-to-let homes – the real money is in offices.

9 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

Lead·Property

Ryanair bumps up the number of seats to Spain it is slashing next summer to 1.2m – and kills off Asturias completely

RYANAIR’S boss, Michael O’Leary has announced the budget airline will cut 1.2 million seats at Spain’s regional airports for the 2026 summer season- including the

8 Oct, 2025 @ 18:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Outcry over plans to rip up ancient olive groves near Granada’s Alhambra to build a giant solar panel plant

ANCIENT olive groves are to be ripped up to make way for a solar panel plant near one of Spain’s leading World Heritage sites. Granada

8 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Granada·Green·La Cultura·Lead

‘Tourism is no longer the main driver of the Spanish economy’ as growth figures are halved

SPAIN’S tourist industry growth has slowed down significantly according to sector group Exceltur which claims it is no longer the ‘main driver of the country’s

8 Oct, 2025 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

British lorry driver caught doing too many hours after fiddling with cab tachograph in Spain

A BRITISH lorry driver was caught out using another identity on his tachograph so that he could drive above the legal limit of hours in

8 Oct, 2025 @ 17:15

Castellon·Lead

Concern over new ‘trend’ as parents holidaying in Spain appear to be ‘abandoning’ their children so they can stay and claim asylum

PARENTS on holiday in Spain appear to be abandoning their children in the country so they can stay and claim asylum. A new ‘trend’ seems

8 Oct, 2025 @ 16:42

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Spanish region which banned phones from schools says grades are UP and bullying is DOWN

Spain’s kids fall three times behind their rich country counterparts – and 1990s reforms may be to blame

SPANISH youngsters are falling dramatically behind their peers in other developed countries, despite spending longer in school than earlier generations. A new OECD study shows

8 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

Education·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Last tour company still selling tickets to orca shows named and shamed during Mallorca travel conference

ANIMAL rights activists stormed the stage at a major travel industry convention in Mallorca to denounce Europe’s last big tour operator still selling tickets to

8 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Green·Lead·Mallorca

Revealed: The most popular cultural leisure activities enjoyed by people in Spain

Revealed: The most popular cultural activities enjoyed by people in Spain

WATCHING audio-visual material(81%) and listening to music(79%) are the most popular cultural activities in Spain, according to a Ministry of Culture study. The survey carried

8 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead

Former employer confirms ex-Valencia floods tsar used fake university degree to get job promotion

VALENCIA Provincial Council says the former-Spanish government special commissioner for the October 29 flood reconstruction did supply a copy of a bogus university degree diploma

8 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Brussels bureaucrats set to shoot down Spain’s €179m fine against airlines over charging extra for hand luggage

THE European Commission has launched legal action against Spain over a €179 million penalty imposed on budget airlines for charging passengers extra for hand luggage

8 Oct, 2025 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

3 bedroom Semi-detached Villa for sale in Playa Flamenca with pool garage – € 294,950

Immaculate 3-bedroom semi-detached villa in the heart of Playa Flamenca – prime location, generous outdoor space & walking distance to everything. Welcome to this stunning

8 Oct, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

Lifeline thrown: Illegal farms to be axed in bid to rescue Spain’s vital ecoreserve Doñana’s thirsty wetlands

SPAIN’S most important national park is finally getting the cash to tackle its depleted water resources. Doñana National Park – one of Europe’s last great

8 Oct, 2025 @ 12:59

Andalucia·Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

Ready for a change? The power of ‘Elements’ ignites Benidorm Palace

BENIDORM PALACE – the Costa Blanca’s legendary entertainment hotspot – is turning up the heat this season with ELEMENTS, a breathtaking new production that’s redefining

8 Oct, 2025 @ 12:29

Alicante·Benidorm·La Cultura·Lead·Sponsored

DANA Alice warnings of heavy localised rain expected in Eastern Spain and the Balearics

STATE weather forecaster Aemet is predicting very heavy localised and persistent rain in eastern Spain and the Balearic Islands from Wednesday evening until Sunday. The

8 Oct, 2025 @ 12:22

Lead·Weather

Four dead in Madrid after collapse of six-storey building that was being converted into a hotel

THE bodies of four people have been recovered in the rubble of six-storey building that collapsed in central Madrid on Tuesday. The former office building

8 Oct, 2025 @ 11:29

Lead·Madrid

Warning for drivers as Spanish traffic police crack down on phone use and distractions this week – with some help from car crash survivors

DRIVERS across Spain face an intensive week of traffic checks as police launch a major crackdown on mobile phone use behind the wheel. Running until

8 Oct, 2025 @ 10:32

Lead·Other News

Desperate plea from girlfriend of Swede dragged to his death in botched Torrevieja robbery: ‘I need to raise money to repatriate his body and pay his employees’ salaries’

THE devastated girlfriend of a Swedish restaurant owner who was dragged to his death during a brutal robbery is now desperately trying to raise funds

8 Oct, 2025 @ 09:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Urgent warning for parents in Spain: Predators are using popular video game to groom children and offer them ‘power-ups in exchange for naked photos’

CHILD sex predators are using popular online gaming platforms to pose target children in Spain for grooming – befriending them before tricking them into sending

8 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

The big EES digital border system rolls out on Sunday to great fanfare... at just one airport in Spain

‘Wake-up call’ for Brits: Second homeowners in Spain face travel bans when 90/180 ‘blind eye’ regime ends next week

BRITS are facing a clamp down on access to their second homes in Spain when the EU’s new digital border system starts next week. From

7 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Lead·Travel News

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Horror in Malaga: 28-year-old loses kidney in vicious attack after ‘making eye contact with shirtless man’ as he dined with friends

What’s going on on the Costa del Sol – Oct 7-9: Estepona bus clamp down, Marbella gearing up for bullfight, Fuengirola for feria and Malaga needs more police

Police probe whether Italian mafia executed two men- including gang leader- in same area of Spain

Spicy new costa-set sitcom ‘Ketchup’ spills onto Marbella red carpet – with stars and struggles in the sun!

Estepona promises to crack down on buses to Marbella after passengers rage at no-shows and drivers who don’t even stop

Spain has just ‘five days’ to rescue wobbling power grid – or face risk of fresh nationwide blackout, regulator warns

Spain’s property market is booming – but not quite as you think: Office space returns the biggest margins, but where is housing?

Ryanair bumps up the number of seats to Spain it is slashing next summer to 1.2m – and kills off Asturias completely

Outcry over plans to rip up ancient olive groves near Granada’s Alhambra to build a giant solar panel plant

‘Tourism is no longer the main driver of the Spanish economy’ as growth figures are halved

British lorry driver caught doing too many hours after fiddling with cab tachograph in Spain

Concern over new ‘trend’ as parents holidaying in Spain appear to be ‘abandoning’ their children so they can stay and claim asylum

Spain’s kids fall three times behind their rich country counterparts – and 1990s reforms may be to blame

WATCH: Last tour company still selling tickets to orca shows named and shamed during Mallorca travel conference

Revealed: The most popular cultural activities enjoyed by people in Spain

Former employer confirms ex-Valencia floods tsar used fake university degree to get job promotion

Brussels bureaucrats set to shoot down Spain’s €179m fine against airlines over charging extra for hand luggage

3 bedroom Semi-detached Villa for sale in Playa Flamenca with pool garage – € 294,950

Lifeline thrown: Illegal farms to be axed in bid to rescue Spain’s vital ecoreserve Doñana’s thirsty wetlands

Ready for a change? The power of ‘Elements’ ignites Benidorm Palace

DANA Alice warnings of heavy localised rain expected in Eastern Spain and the Balearics

Four dead in Madrid after collapse of six-storey building that was being converted into a hotel

Warning for drivers as Spanish traffic police crack down on phone use and distractions this week – with some help from car crash survivors

Desperate plea from girlfriend of Swede dragged to his death in botched Torrevieja robbery: ‘I need to raise money to repatriate his body and pay his employees’ salaries’

Urgent warning for parents in Spain: Predators are using popular video game to groom children and offer them ‘power-ups in exchange for naked photos’

‘Wake-up call’ for Brits: Second homeowners in Spain face travel bans when 90/180 ‘blind eye’ regime ends next week

‘Greenhouse’ gas dealers arrested after police find €3m of cannisters set for fridges and air conditioners in Spain

Heavy rain prompts yellow alert for Costa del Sol this weekend

Raids on Costa del Sol topple cocaine gang shipping drugs to the UK

Mallorca’s biggest real estate scam sees three people jailed for 28 years after pocketing €3.3m for non-existent homes

OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect is arrested for the second time in three months on Costa Blanca