Blackmailers on Spain’s Costa Blanca extort €200,000 from escort website users
A blackmail gang has been arrested in Alicante and Valencia after pocketing over €200,000 by threatening users of an escort website. Six people have been
Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski resort hits 100% capacity for first time this season
THE southernmost ski resort in Europe, Sierra Nevada, has reached full capacity for the first time this season. This past Wednesday, December 28, the ski
Teenage ‘Spiderman’ scaled walls to steal from upmarket holiday homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN elusive teenage thief who robbed 17 holiday apartments in Javea has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 19-year-old man showed loads of agility
Bank in Gibraltar agrees to refund cash to customers hit by Christmas Day fraud attack
A BANK in Gibraltar has agreed to refund worried customers who lost up to £2,000 each during a Christmas Day fraud attack. Local residents were
Malaga wracked by cold and flu invasion as Spain prepares to celebrate the New Year
Colds and the flu are spreading like wildfire through Malaga as the citizens prepare to welcome in the new year. Primary healthcare and emergency care
After 34 years of legal wrangling, a spinster’s multi-million inheritance is finally given to good causes in Spain
A SPINSTER who died in Spain’s Valencia region at the age of 100 on October 1, 1988 left behind no will, but a considerable inheritance.
Giant figures of the Three Wise Men installed in Spain’s Malaga
MALAGA City Council has placed in streets and squares of the city giant figures of the Three Wise Men. Since yesterday, Thursday December 29, giant-sized
Spain’s inflation rate tumbles to one-year low thanks to lower fuel prices
SPAIN’S inflation rate has fallen to a one-year low of 5.8% according to preliminary December figures published on Friday by the National Statistics Institute(INE). Inflation
3 bedroom Villa for sale in Javea / Xabia with pool garage – € 499,000
Villa Javea / Xà bia, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 499,000 Mediterranean style villa with spectacular sea views in the sought after urbanization
New Year’s celebrations in Madrid’s iconic Puerta del Sol to be limited due to building work
MADRID City Hall will be putting a strict limit on the number of people who will be permitted to enter the central Puerta del Sol
Spain to introduce Covid checks on air passengers from China
PEOPLE flying into Spain from China will have to produce a Covid vaccination certificate or show proof of a negative Covid test. Friday’s announcement from
Number of sex offenders whose sentences have been reduced thanks to new law in Spain hits 129
A TOTAL OF 129 convicted sex offenders have now benefitted from the Spanish government’s ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was aimed at putting consent
Countryside town in Spain’s Malaga declares its water unfit for human consumption
WATER from a Malaga province countryside town is not fit for human consumption, its mayor said on Thursday. Humilladero mayor Miguel Asencio said the levels
Spain’s constitutional court backs down on opposition to four new judges put forward by government
SPAIN’S constitutional court has finally allowed the appointment of four new judges proposed by the country’s centre-left government. The PSOE-Podemos coalition in Madrid called the
Spain’s postal service ‘Correos’ raises domestic mail charges in New Year
SPAIN’S postal service Correos is putting up prices for domestic mail on January 1. The cost of sending a letter weighing up to 20 grams
Who is eligible for the government’s new €200 cash giveaway in Spain and how to claim it
A NEW anti-crisis plan has been approved that includes a one-time payment of €200 for cash-strapped families. The Social Shield initiative is aimed at families
Scammers selling imported cars defraud €14 million from tax authorities in Spain’s Valencia
A Valencia-based tax scam involving cars imported from Germany defrauded over €14 million from Spain’s tax coffers. 23 people- Spanish and Romanian nationals- have been
Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain’s Cadiz but local judge bails him
ALICANTE authorities are said to be astonished after a wanted kidnap gang leader turned himself in to police in Cadiz province, only for a judge
Man arrested in Spain’s Benidorm after partner plunges to death from sixth-floor window
THE NATIONAL Police have detained a 22-year-old man in Benidorm after his partner fell to her death on Thursday from the window of a sixth-floor
Pair of alleged low-level Ronda crack houses selling cocaine and heroin to neighbours raided by police in Spain’s Malaga areaÂ
A pair of crack houses have been raided by police in Ronda where cocaine and heroin was sold to the neighbours. Police arrested two men
Irish man jailed after glassing pedestrian outside Valencia bar in Spain
An Irish man has been arrested in Valencia for attempted homicide after allegedly attacking another man with a glass outside a bar on Christmas Day.
Petition calls for ‘broke-neck bear’ to return to Spain’s Cadiz for Kings’ Day parade
IT WAS an image that not only prompted the laughter of the television commentators narrating the 2022 Kings’ Day parade in Cadiz, but also became
Reservoirs in Spain’s Malaga will end year with 17 hectometres more than in 2021 thanks to recent rains
THE seven reservoirs in Malaga end 2022 at 37% of their capacity, with a total of 228 cubic hectometres (Hm3), which is 17 hectometres more
January 2023 will continue with higher than normal temperatures across most of Spain—with Malaga seeing in the New Year with highs of 21ºC
THE year 2023 will commence with temperatures between 1 and 3ºC above average in practically all of Spain, except in specific inland areas. In regards
Series of domestic violence killings set to turn December into one of the worst months on record in SpainÂ
A SERIES of domestic violence murders of women in Spain has turned December into the month with the highest number of such deaths this year,
Spain bumps up tax breaks to entice more international film and TV productions
SPAIN has announced bigger tax breaks to woo more international TV and movie producers to the country. As of January 1, tax rebates on international