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Town with mostly overseas residents has myths dispelled regarding Padrón and residency on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, incorporating the popular British expat urbanisation of La Marina, has launched an information campaign about the municipal Padrón and residency applications. The initiative

8 Oct, 2021 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish Flamenco Dancer Rocio Molina Performs In Malaga, Spain 30 Jul 2021

Dance academy in Spain’s Valencia shortlisted for International Awards

A VALENCIA Dance academy celebrated its second birthday last week after being shortlisted for the internationally prestigious Worldwide Dance School of the Year Awards. Cameron

8 Oct, 2021 @ 17:00

Education·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca money launderers linked to British-involved pyramid con are arrested in Spain

A San Miguel de Salinas-based money laundering gang that handled €2 million in stolen cash has been broken up by the Guardia Civil. Four ring-leaders

8 Oct, 2021 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Property prices rose by 8.4% last year in Spain in biggest increase since 2007

Spain property sales rocket above pre-pandemic levels

HOUSE sales in Spain in August rose by a whopping 41% from the same month in 2019 after a surge in interest following the pandemic

8 Oct, 2021 @ 16:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Property

Massive demonstration over Mar Menor pollution sends message to Murcia government in Spain

PROTESTORS hit Murcia City’s streets on Thursday evening(October 7) to call for action to stop pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon. No official attendance figures

8 Oct, 2021 @ 15:45

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

COVID-19 incidence rate on the rise in five of the six health districts in Spain’s Malaga

Spain officially declared ‘low risk’ as COVID-19 infection rate drops

SPAIN’S coronavirus incidence has dropped below an average of 50 cases per 100,000 people for the first time in 15 months, reaching the threshold considered

8 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

GETTING BIGGER: More legal help at hand in Spain as Del Canto Chambers expands with new office in Mallorca

DEL Canto Chambers is opening a new office in Palma, Mallorca, as the London-based barrister chambers expands its work across the UK and Spain in

8 Oct, 2021 @ 14:30

Business & Finance·Mallorca·National News·Sponsored

What you need to know about Spain’s animal welfare bill that bans sale of pets in shops and insists dog owners pass training course

SPAIN has unveiled plans to change an animal’s status from a ‘thing’ to a ‘living being with feelings’ and grants them rights along with it.

8 Oct, 2021 @ 13:45

Lead·National News

2 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Turre with pool – € 135,000

Townhouse Turre, Almería 2 beds 2 baths € 135,000 Overlooking the lovely Alcazaba swimming pool with its ample terraces and majestic trees and

8 Oct, 2021 @ 13:07

Featured Property

Russian invasion of the Ukraine described as 'terrible blow' to economic recovery of Spain's Valencia region

EXPLAINER: The relaxed COVID-19 rules for the ‘new normal’ in the Costa Blanca area of Spain

COVID-19 restrictions will largely be abolished from this Saturday(October 9) in the Valencian Community. As expected, Valencian president, Ximo Puig, has announced the scrapping of

8 Oct, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Outrage in Javea as council forces closure of popular beachside restaurants on Spain’s Costa Blanca

JAVEA council has ordered the closure of four businesses, including a successful British-owned restaurant, in the Punta de Arenal area. The authority won’t say why

8 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Property·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Expat mum and son lose Costa del Sol home after courts send legal notices to wrong address and ignore earlier family court ruling

WHEN Victoria Jenkins’ partner Lee did a runner leaving her and their son on the Costa del Sol, she didn’t think life could get any

8 Oct, 2021 @ 11:15

Malaga·Property

Spain’s Jaen hosts XXXI Championships of the Purebred Spanish Horse

The XXXI Andalucian Championships of the Purebred Spanish Horse showcases in Jaen. As of yesterday, Thursday, October 7, Jaen is home to the XXXI Andalucian

8 Oct, 2021 @ 11:00

Jaen·Lead

Eight forests in Spain’s Andalucia to lose yourself in this autumn

AUTUMN is the perfect time to lose yourself in the forests of Andalucia. In a world where everything goes too fast, reconnecting with nature can

8 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Olive Press Travel

TROLLED OVER: Evil social media campaign to destroy new Maddie book comes unstuck

by Dilip Kuner THE Olive Press has won a victory against ‘evil’ online trolls who have attacked the family of missing Madeleine McCann for the

8 Oct, 2021 @ 10:04

Airport authority admits the return of British tourism is ‘key’ to a return to pre-pandemic flight numbers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport has instantly bounced back from the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, according to AENA. More than 180,000 tourists will be using Costa Blanca’s biggest

8 Oct, 2021 @ 09:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Protest After 'la Manada' Granted Bail In Spain

Ringleader in Spain’s notorious ‘wolfpack’ gang rape case admits crime and asks forgiveness from victim

THE ringleader of a gang of five men that raped a girl during the San Fermin bull running fiesta in Pamplona in July 2016 has

8 Oct, 2021 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead

His Dark Materials shoots scenes for Season 3 in Spain’s Andalucia

THE Guadalhorce Valley in Coin has been transformed into the fantastical world of His Dark Materials as filming continues for the hit BBC show. Filming

7 Oct, 2021 @ 17:01

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Bungling Burglar Rescued By Guardia Civil After Leg Injury On Spain S Costa Blanca

Inked police officers in Spain could soon be forced to get tattoos removed

?? POLICE could soon be rushing to get rid of tattoos after Spain’s Interior Ministry proposed measures to regulate the appearance of inked officers in

7 Oct, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Mallorca gets the royal seal of approval as filming begins on location for The Crown

THE latest series of the hit Netflix production, The Crown, has already begun filming in Spain and will soon start shooting in Mallorca. The fifth

7 Oct, 2021 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Entertainment·Lead·Mallorca

Hospital doctor brands teenager as being ill with ‘homosexuality’ in Murcia area of Spain

A gynecologist at a Murcia hospital is in trouble after claims that he wrote down that a teenage patient’s current illness was ‘homosexuality’. The 19-year-old

7 Oct, 2021 @ 15:17

Health·Lead·Murcia

International artists head to Spain’s Mallorca for prestigious music awards

MALLORCA will be hosting the prestigious LOS40 Music Awards 2021 where a whole host of international artists including Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber Ariana Grande, Coldplay

7 Oct, 2021 @ 15:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca