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No silver bullet: Despite new housing laws and government intervention, Spain’s rental market remains under severe strain

THE rental housing situation in Spain remains dire. The number of long-term rental units continues to decline, even as demand keeps rising. Everyone agrees something

24 May, 2025 @ 15:00

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

Don’t miss the Sanlucar Wine Festival 2025 if you like Andalucia and love sherry

The annual Manzanilla Fair will be held in Andalucia’s Sanlúcar de Barrameda from Tuesday May 27 to Sunday June 1, 2025. So now the twin

24 May, 2025 @ 13:07

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

3 bedroom Terraced Villa for sale in Marbella – € 625,000

Located in a quaint narrow street, decorated with beautiful flowerpots, in the centre of Marbella, just over two hundred metres to the Plaza de los

24 May, 2025 @ 13:05

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Homeless people in Malaga airport ‘mostly foreign and refuse paid flights home’

LATEST figures show that nearly a quarter of Malaga’s homeless population are sleeping in the city’s airport, with claims emerging that many of them are

24 May, 2025 @ 12:12

Lead·Malaga

LIFE IN SPAIN: The curious affair of the daughter of a British Prime Minister and the son of a Spanish dictator

HIS name was Herbert Henry Asquith. He was British Prime Minister between 1908 and 1916. Indeed, he was the last Liberal leader to reside at

24 May, 2025 @ 10:27

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Skip the crowds at these hidden Balearic Island beauty spots from Ibiza to Formentera

IN the past few years, the Balearic Islands have become overrun with tourists in popular hotspots. This phenomenon has frustrated locals and visitors, who dream

24 May, 2025 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Hotels warn of holiday chaos for millions of Brits and Americans coming to Spain due to new EU travel rules

THE European Union’s new digital entry systems may create unwanted delays and headaches for non-EU travellers when it comes into effect in October. This is

24 May, 2025 @ 08:05

Costa del Sol·Lead·Travel News

Rapper who fled Spain in notorious free-speech case is investigated for punching two men in Mallorca nightclub

A MALLORCAN rapper who became famous due to a notorious free speech court case is being investigated for punching two young men in a Cala

23 May, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Record number of heat-related deaths in Spain during August

2024 was another top scorcher with hot summer predicted yet again for Spain

2024 was the third-hottest year in Spain since current records began in 1961 according to the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet), which is also predicting another hot

23 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Environment·Lead·Weather

Italian tourist stabbed by vagrant and rushed to Valencia hospital with ‘prolific’ bleeding

AN ITALIAN tourist was stabbed in the neck by a man while visiting Valencia City with her boyfriend. The Valencia Policia Local arrested the attacker

23 May, 2025 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Court rejects appeal to reopen criminal probe into Valencia apartment fire that killed 10 people

Reconstruction starts ‘within weeks’ on Valencia building gutted by fire that killed 10 people

THE owners of a Valencia apartment block have received a license to redevelop it after the devastating fire that killed 10 people in February 2024.

23 May, 2025 @ 16:30

Lead·Valencia

My night of bedlam in Bilbao: Richarlison, friendly locals and a slick police operation that kept 80,000 English fans from harm – but couldn’t keep the buses and trains running

By Jon Clarke in Bilbao AT 5am on Thursday morning when the heavens opened at the taxi rank at Plaza Moyua in central Bilbao, I

23 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Basque Country·Bilbao·Lead·Sport·Video

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, meets with Valencia flood victim groups

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez met with three Valencia flood victim groups on Thursday to brief them on the government’s response to the October 29 disaster.

23 May, 2025 @ 15:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Lottery ticket seller scams customer out of big payout on Spain's Costa Blanca

Lucky person in Malaga wins more than €58 million in Spanish lottery

A LUCKY person in Malaga has just won the Spanish Primitiva state lottery, taking home more than €58 million.It’s literally raining money in Malaga for

23 May, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga

YOU SPEAKY ENGLISH?: UK demands fluent English from immigrants as expats abroad still butcher basic Spanish

IN a dazzling display of irony, the UK has announced that all immigrants must now speak English to B2 standard – a level so advanced

23 May, 2025 @ 14:45

La Cultura·Lead

Kids Stay Healthy: Over 1,200 Teenagers in Marbella take part in health and wellness workshops led by Quirónsalud

MORE than 1,200 secondary school students in Marbella have taken part in a series of educational workshops aimed at encouraging healthier lifestyles, thanks to an

23 May, 2025 @ 14:28

Andalucia·Health·Other News·Sponsored

Non-resident foreign property owners face car restrictions in Mallorca Non-resident foreign property owners face car restrictions in Mallorca A ONE car per household limit could be introduced for non-resident foreign property owners in Mallorca. The aim is to reduce traffic jams during the 27 May, 2025 @ 12:00 Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca ERA Costa & Sol: The premier property agency on Spain’s sunshine coast. ERA Costa & Sol is making waves as a standout real estate agency along Spain’s beautiful southern coast. Part of the renowned, international, ERA Real 27 May, 2025 @ 11:42 Sponsored Empty Spain: rural exodus leaves property market in flux as foreigners move in SPAIN’S rural heartlands are hollowing out. As young people migrate to cities and northern European ‘snowbirds’ snap up second homes, villages are left teetering on 26 May, 2025 @ 13:20 Lead·Other News·Property Spain moves forward with hiking tourist flat taxes and new 100% levy on non-EU property buyers Spain moves forward with higher Airbnb taxes and new 100% levy on non-EU property buyers A BILL to increase tourist flat rental taxes in Spain which also features a new 100% levy on non-EU property buyers has been registered in 23 May, 2025 @ 13:30 Lead·Politics·Property Hidden gems: The up-and-coming Spanish hotspots that smart property buyers are watching While the masses flock to Spain’s familiar hotspots, savvy property hunters are turning their attention to under-the-radar locations where authenticity and value still reign supreme. 23 May, 2025 @ 09:23 Lead·Other News·Property Polish property buyers head west to Spain to escape war in the east Polish property buyers head west to Spain to escape war in the east POLES looking for a safe haven are boosting foreign property sales in Spain amidst fears that Russia could attack their homeland. They had the biggest 19 May, 2025 @ 17:30 Lead·Property House sales set March record as highest-ever on Spain's Costa Blanca Property sales set March record for highest-ever on Spain’s Costa Blanca

MORTGAGE THINK TANK: Riding the Eurozone’s easing tide but will Trump’s tariffs upset the markets and affect interest rates?

MARBELLA’S property market is feeling the ripple effects of the ECB’s 2025 rate cuts. A steady series of 25-basis-point reductions has lowered key rates, directly

23 May, 2025 @ 14:12

Columnists·Lead·Other News·Property

SPANISH STYLES: The ornate Plateresque style flourished during Spain’s Golden Age, leaving a legacy of intricate facades

SILVERWORK is delicate and it’s all about detail, so when an exclusively Spanish style of architecture flourished in the time of Cervantes and Philip II,

23 May, 2025 @ 14:06

La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Property

Search is underway after 25-year-old Brit mysteriously disappeared near Girona

A SEARCH is underway for a 25-year-old British man who has seemingly disappeared after no one heard from him again for over a month. On

23 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Marbella mayor’s stepson and late husband ‘laundered €7m as bosses of the Swedish mafia’ trial hears

A POLICIA Nacional inspector has accused the stepson and late husband of Marbella’s mayor of laundering more than €7 million of suspected drug money, as

23 May, 2025 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

MULLINS IT OVER: From delayed footpaths to Brexit border queues, life in the sun runs on its own clock, writes Charlie Mullins

SPAIN as a nation, is famously inefficient – where getting anything done feels like a miracle, and when it does happen, it takes 10 times

23 May, 2025 @ 13:42

Andalucia·Columnists·Lead

Spain moves forward with hiking tourist flat taxes and new 100% levy on non-EU property buyers

Spain moves forward with higher Airbnb taxes and new 100% levy on non-EU property buyers

A BILL to increase tourist flat rental taxes in Spain which also features a new 100% levy on non-EU property buyers has been registered in

23 May, 2025 @ 13:30

Lead·Politics·Property

2 bedroom Penthouse for sale in Condado de Alhama with pool garage – € 97,000

Beautiful partly furnished first-floor apartment with stunning golf & mountain views A fantastic opportunity to own a partly furnished 2-bedroom first-floor apartment in a prime

23 May, 2025 @ 13:05

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