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Costa Blanca airport suffers 40% fall in travellers to Spain compared to September 2019

PASSENGER numbers at Alicante-Elche airport still have a long way to go in order to match pre-pandemic figures. Figures for September from airport operator Aena

13 Oct, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

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Woman arrested for smuggling cocaine into Spain’s Barcelona hidden beneath her wig

A WOMAN has been arrested in Barcelona after police found 760 grams of cocaine, distributed among 58 packages, under her “bulky” wig. Police in Barcelona

13 Oct, 2021 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Investigation suggests rising pig slurry discharges might be causing Mar Menor lagoon pollution in Spain

Pig farm slurry discharges may be causing Mar Menor lagoon pollution in Spain

A big rise in intensive pig farming may have played a significant role in pollution suffered by the Mar Menor lagoon in recent years. Environmentalists

13 Oct, 2021 @ 14:44

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Estate agent predicts ‘record year’ for Brits buying property on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SPAIN’S property market is booming and in contradiction to tabloid reports that Brits are leaving in droves, British buyers are in fact back in full

13 Oct, 2021 @ 13:30

Brexit·Lead·Property

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Los Monteros with pool garage – € 295,000

Apartment Los Monteros, Málaga 2 beds 2 baths € 295,000 Turnkey flats, duplexes and triplexes with large terraces. Elements Marbella offers different types

13 Oct, 2021 @ 13:07

Featured Property

Computer hacking accusations at Torrevieja Hospital in Spain as private company says regional government stole files

Computer hacking accusations at Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca as private company says regional government ‘stole files’

THE private company that manages Torrevieja Hospital has complained to the Guardia Civil about a computer hack allegedly committed by the Valencian Health Ministry. The

13 Oct, 2021 @ 12:47

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Benidorm has a COVID-19 infection rate that's three times higher than Spain's national average

Benidorm COVID-19 infection rate is three times higher than Spain’s national average

BENIDORM’S coronavirus infection rate is three times higher than national average. The figures come as the popular Costa Blanca resort is welcoming an autumn influx

13 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Free book promoting local traditional recipes given to residents in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, incorporating the popular expat urbanisation of La Marina, has produced a free recipe book publicizing the traditional gastronomy of the municipality. The town’s

13 Oct, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Las Nuevas Lenguas De Lava Del Volcan De La Palma Que Arrastran Rocas Enormes Siguen Arrasando Terrenos

Volcano latest: New lava threat forces evacuation of 700 more residents on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands

AUTHORITIES ordered another 700 residents to flee their homes on Tuesday as a new river of molten lava advanced towards the residential area of La

13 Oct, 2021 @ 11:14

Canary Islands·Lead

International festival venue in Spain to host first mass music event demanding compulsory COVID-19 certificates for audience members

International festival venue to host Spain’s first mass music event with entry via COVID-19 certificates

A Valencian Community rock and indie music festival will be the first mass music event in Spain to demand a COVID-19 certificate for attendees. The

12 Oct, 2021 @ 17:30

Entertainment·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Man Fires Shots At Police And Destroys Cars With Molotov Cocktails During Street Attack In Spain's Murcia Region

Man shoots at police and fire-raises cars with Molotov Cocktails during street attack in Spain’s Murcia region

A street in a Murcia region was plunged into chaos this Tuesday morning when a man threw Molotov Cocktails at several cars and fired a

12 Oct, 2021 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Eight-year-old disabled boy found after getting lost in forest near Spain’s Lleida

A DISABLED eight-year-old boy has been found after an enormous search operation involving thermal cameras, helicopters, dogs, police and an army of volunteers. The boy

12 Oct, 2021 @ 16:00

Catalunya·Lead

Pedro Sanchez jeered at Spain’s National Day parade attended by King Felipe and Queen Letizia

BOOS and whistles rang out from part of the crowd watching Tuesday’s National Day celebrations in Madrid, prompted by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s name coming

12 Oct, 2021 @ 15:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain tries to find relatives of over 5,000 Hungarian Jews saved from Nazi persecution by the ‘Spanish’ Oskar Schindler

SPAIN is trying to find the relatives of thousands of Hungarian Jews that were saved from the Nazis by a diplomat branded as the ‘Spanish

12 Oct, 2021 @ 14:30

La Cultura·Lead

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Residents locked down in La Palma amid fears of toxic gases as volcano destroys cement works

AUTHORITIES on the Canary Island of La Palma ordered around 3,000 residents to stay indoors amid fears of toxic gases released when lava from the

12 Oct, 2021 @ 13:45

Canary Islands·Lead

Crown and country: But Boris Johnson’s holiday in Spain’s Marbella doesn’t play well to the crisis-torn subjects back in the UK

A ROW of photographers line the track outside the leafy Torre de Tramores estate in the foothills of Spain’s newest national park the Sierra de

12 Oct, 2021 @ 13:40

Lead·Malaga·Other News

How a neighbourhood English bookshop survived pandemic and Brexit in the Costa del Sol’s glitziest resort

By Rawaa Talass

12 Oct, 2021 @ 13:00

La Cultura·Lead

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Police arrest gang behind kidnap and torture of Belgian man in revenge for drug theft on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SPANISH police have arrested a gang of 12 people involved in a plot to kidnap and torture a Belgian man in revenge for a drug

12 Oct, 2021 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British Benevolent Fund extends help to expats on Costa del Sol amid twin challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit

A MADRID charity set up to help Brits in Spain who find themselves beset by financial difficulties has expanded to the Costa del Sol as

12 Oct, 2021 @ 11:30

Brexit·Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

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Headless body found in Guadalquivir river in Spain’s Cordoba

THE headless body of a man was found floating in the Guadalquivir River as it passes through Cordoba. Police, firefighters, rescue workers and medical staff

12 Oct, 2021 @ 10:00

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Malaga records the lowest number of daily Covid infections in seven months and zero deaths

Spain’s Malaga records lowest number of daily COVID-19 infections in seven months and zero deaths

THE updated health data released on Monday brings the number of new infections down to 42, the lowest figure in the last seven months. March

12 Oct, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Malaga

Airport terminals in Spain will reopen for people to greet or wave goodbye to family and friends

Airport terminals in Spain reopening for people to greet or wave goodbye to family and friends

FAMILIES and friends will again be able to wave farewell or welcome arrivals from inside Spain’s airport terminals from this Friday(October 15). For the last

11 Oct, 2021 @ 18:30

Lead·National News·Travel News

These are officially the 10 best tortillas served in Spain

With onions or without? Runny or well done? These are the questions that continue to divide Spanish society when it comes to Spain’s unofficial national

11 Oct, 2021 @ 18:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel