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Alicante announces €100 million plan to stop water discharges into Mediterranean Sea in Spain

Alicante announces €100 million plan to stop all water discharges into Mediterranean Sea in Spain

ALICANTE council plans to spend over €100 million to fully recycle water in the city to end all discharges into the Mediterranean Sea. One by-product

6 Oct, 2021 @ 14:13

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain’s Balearic Islands poised for radical overhaul in management of floods after exponential increase in rainfall

The Balearic government has been warned that flood episodes would remain a constant threat in the foreseeable future

6 Oct, 2021 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Environment·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in La Veleta with pool – € 185,000

Apartment La Veleta, Alicante 2 beds 1 baths € 185,000 Apartment with amazing sea view in La Veleta This beautiful and bright two

6 Oct, 2021 @ 13:07

Featured Property

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Trial of accused Benidorm gang rapists suspended in Spain as British victim cannot give video evidence

AN Alicante rape trial has been suspended because the British victim cannot travel to London to give evidence via a video link. The woman claims

6 Oct, 2021 @ 13:07

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Mallorca restaurant strives for ‘most sustainable business’ title with aeroponic towers and organic waste compost

A RESTAURANT in Mallorca which prides itself on using local, seasonal and organic produce has set its sights on the title of ‘most sustainable business’

6 Oct, 2021 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Mum Charged With Abandoning Her Two Sons Who She Threw Out Of Her Mar Menor Home In Spain

Mother arrested for forcing her two sons to live homeless on the streets of the Mar Menor in Spain

A Los Alcazares woman has been arrested for child abandonment after throwing out her two sons from her home to ‘teach them a lesson’. Their

6 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

How Spain’s Balearic Islands are clamping down on boozed up holidaymakers to focus on quality tourism

Excessive drinking by holidaymakers has long been a problem in the Balearic Islands, so much so that in January 2020, a new law was introduced

6 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

Summer-like weather—with highs of 30ºC expected—in Spain’s Malaga

THE first week of October sees sizzling, summer-like temperatures in inland areas of Malaga province. The heat is back in Malaga this Wednesday, three weeks

6 Oct, 2021 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Spain’s Malaga registers lowest number of COVID-19 hospitalisations in 13 months

THE COVID-19 pressure on the healthcare system in Malaga province continues to drop. The number of patients in hospitals with the disease has dropped to

6 Oct, 2021 @ 08:45

Health·Lead·Malaga

Cost of renting property during summer on Spain’s Costa del Sol has risen 128% since 2014

Property landlords in Spain face government rent controls in radical new plan

SPAIN‘S cabinet has agreed on a new law to control rents charged by landlords who own ten or more residential properties. The measure will now

5 Oct, 2021 @ 17:16

Lead·National News·Property

The Pandora Papers: Secret files put big names in Spain in the spotlight for offshore funds

A host of Costa gangsters, oligarchs and celebrities have been caught up in a giant offshore tax scandal.

5 Oct, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead·National News

All of Costa Blanca beaches in Spain could see life-saving beach drones used next summer

All Costa Blanca beaches in Spain may get life-saving drone patrols next summer

BEACH drones could be used at all Valencian Community beaches next year after a pilot scheme saved six lives during August and September. Valencian Interior

5 Oct, 2021 @ 13:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Torrevieja with garage – € 174,000

Apartment Torrevieja, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 174,000 Apartment for sale on the seafront in Los Locos beach with panoramic sea views

5 Oct, 2021 @ 13:07

Featured Property

Teenage Spanish flag burner faces fine of up to €30,000 for incident in Murcia City centre

A teenager has been arrested for setting fire to a Spanish flag in the centre of Murcia City. The man, 19, was detained by the

5 Oct, 2021 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Street robbers grab man from behind and strip him to his underwear on Spain's Costa Blanca

Dead giveaway as bakery robber with flour-stained clothes is arrested on a Costa Blanca street in Spain

AN Elche bakery robber has been arrested after police spotted him in the street with flour stains on his clothes. The man, 42, forced his

5 Oct, 2021 @ 11:21

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Gibraltar treaty talks could begin within days to determine post-Brexit relations after threat of no-deal scenario

AFTER a rocky start, negotiations over future relations between Gibraltar and the EU-bloc are set to begin within weeks. The negotiating mandate was approved by

5 Oct, 2021 @ 10:45

Brexit·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Act Of The Catalan National Assembly Against The Persecution Of Former President Carles Puigdemont In Barcelona 24 Sept 2021

Italian Judge delays decision on Spain’s extradition request for Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont

FORMER Catalan Separatist leader Carles Puigdemont walked free from an Italian court on Monday after a judge delayed a ruling on Spain’s extradition request. The

5 Oct, 2021 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Seismic swarm south of La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands reactivates with more than 40 earthquakes causing panic amongst residents

RESIDENTS in the south of La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Islands, remain on tenterhooks as more than 40 earthquakes have rumbled the area since 8pm

5 Oct, 2021 @ 10:00

Canary Islands·Lead

Spain’s Malaga City on target to drop to Alert Level 0 and see lifting of COVID-19 restrictions

MALAGA City and Guadalhorce health districts are set to see restrictions on capacity and opening hours eliminated. According to the latest data from the Andalucian

5 Oct, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: This is no comedy – Madeleine McCann prime suspect has no right to call a new book on the case ‘a comic’

THE author of a new book on Madeleine McCann has hit back at claims by the current prime suspect that it is ‘no better than

4 Oct, 2021 @ 21:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain extends COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to people in their 40s and 50s

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots approved for Spain and the European Union

SPAIN is set to start dishing out booster COVID-19 vaccinations from October after official approval was given for a third vaccine shot. The European Medicines

4 Oct, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Must Read·National News

Actress Joan Collins looking every inch the glamorous movie star in Mallorca

THE ever-glam Dame Joan Collins graced Palmanova with her presence whilst taking a break on the island. Despite her recent candid comments about weight where

4 Oct, 2021 @ 19:22

Lead·Mallorca

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp crash globally

FACEBOOK, WhatsApp and Instagram are offline after their servers crashed globally. Users have had to take to rival platform twitter to complain that they can’t

4 Oct, 2021 @ 18:57

Lead·National News