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Storm Laurence kills three people in Spain’s Andalucia: Victims are married couple and cyclist – while a fourth remains missing

SEVERE weather in southern Spain has killed a married couple and a cyclist, while a fourth person remains missing. The wave of flooding caused by

20 Mar, 2025 @ 12:11

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Man and his two sons are arrested over stabbing of his ex-partner at an ice cream parlour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Nine women were murdered by their partners or ex partners in Spain in July

A TOTAL of nine women have been murdered by their partners or ex partners in Spain in July. The last two women, killed by their

1 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Andalucia·Lead

A man on TVE proffers insults to Spain's prime minister

‘Get Txapote to vote for you’: The slogan about ETA that is plaguing the prime minister and victims alike in Spain

“QUE TE vote Txapote.” Roughly translated: Get Txapote to vote for you. This seemingly innocent Spanish phrase, which is nice and catchy thanks to its

1 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

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EXCLUSIVE: Costa del Sol-based expat allegedly scammed many Brits with insurance policies

AN expat who the Olive Press exposed as a holiday rental fraudster also took money for fake insurance policies. Juliette de Courcy Withey allegedly scammed

31 May, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Spain’s government unveils new plan to fight human trafficking

SPAIN’S Justice Minister, Pilar Llop, has unveiled plans for a bill to fight human trafficking and to help victims of it. A draft bill was

29 Nov, 2022 @ 19:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Democratic Memory Law Enacted In Spain To Bring Justice To Victims Of General Franco Regime

Democratic Memory law enacted in Spain to bring justice to victims of brutal General Franco regime

SPAIN’S Democratic Memory law was enacted on Friday allowing relatives of General Francisco Franco’s victims to find out what happened to them. At least 114,000

21 Oct, 2022 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Police in Spain's Valencia arrest blackmailers extorting men who made escort bookings

Police in Spain’s Valencia arrest blackmailers extorting men who booked escorts

THE Guardia Civil in Valencia has brought down a blackmail gang targetting men who cancelled appointments with escorts. Five Spanish nationals- four men and a

17 Jun, 2022 @ 12:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencia

‘Dark Web’ pornographic postings by Valencia man who sexually abused two girls for years in Spain

POLICE have arrested a Valencia man who abused two girls for a decade and uploaded images of them to the ‘Dark Web’. Policia Nacional cybercrime

4 May, 2022 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Cult Group Members Arrested For Sexually Abusing Children And Adults In Spain's Castellon Area

Destructive sect accused of sexually abusing children and adults on farm estate in Spain’s Castellon area

NINE members of a cult group that sexually abused children and adults have been arrested in the Valencian Community. The Policia Nacional detained four men

17 Mar, 2022 @ 17:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Judge rules ‘no case to answer’ for those who secretly filmed women urinating in the street during fiesta in Spain and posted on porn sites

DOZENS of women who were secretly filmed urinating in the street during a fiesta in Galicia are demanding justice after the footage was posted on

7 Oct, 2021 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Digging for Franco’s victims: British team from Cranfield University join search for Spain’s Civil War dead

A TEAM of British archaeologists have started to exhume and identify victims executed by the Franco regime after the Spanish Civil War. Several bodies with

25 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Scores of Franco’s victims to be exhumed and given dignified burials across Spain’s Costa Blanca

VICTIMS of Spain’s notorious dictator, General Franco, are to be exhumed across the region, with a tender process for the contract recently launched. The €88,000

13 Aug, 2020 @ 14:18

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Expats donate and distribute furniture to flood victims in Costa Blanca

A KIND-HEARTED British couple has launched an appeal for unwanted furniture to help flood victims in Costa Blanca hit by catastrophic flooding. Darren and Kelly

14 Sep, 2019 @ 17:06

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Gibraltarian furious at being unable to buy copy of ‘Charlie Ebdon’

He insists the Rock has banned the magazine

16 Jan, 2015 @ 09:00

Gibraltar

Nigel Goldman fraud case moves to Fuengirola court

Victims continue to demand justice as national journalists follow up Olive Press coverage

8 Jan, 2015 @ 11:48

Almeria·Lead·Malaga

VIDEO: Spain’s most wanted ‘candyman’ paedophile finally caught

Police tracked the 'dangerous predator' wanted in Operation Candy

25 Sep, 2014 @ 15:33

Lead·National News

Spain joins Air Algerie plane crash investigation

Aviation experts and military planes are on their way to Mali

28 Jul, 2014 @ 12:33

Lead

Santiago fatal train crash driver begs forgiveness from victims

In an open letter published on the one year anniversary of the disaster

25 Jul, 2014 @ 10:41

National News

One year on from Spain’s fatal Santiago train crash and still no justice for victims

Friends and family of victims are refusing to attend memorial ceremony

23 Jul, 2014 @ 08:00

Lead·National News

Historic court ruling launches fraud investigation into Landsbanki bank

Victory in expat victims group's 'quest for justice'

17 Jul, 2014 @ 17:35

Lead

Battle against domestic violence in the Axarquia

Committee meets to tackle the issue following a spike in reported incidents

14 Jul, 2012 @ 09:01

Malaga

Spanish lawyer bailed over fraud of dozens of British clients

EXCLUSIVE Jose Luis Garcia Maseda (right, with alleged victim Colin Penfold) allegedly took 1.8million euros from at least 45 clients. By Jon Clarke in Torremolinos

5 May, 2011 @ 19:38

Crime & Law

One in five children suffer sexual abuse in Spain

Shocking new figures revealed as ASPASI, called a protest claiming the number of victims could be even higher as most cases go unreported

3 May, 2011 @ 17:29

Lead

MRI victims take to the streets

Members of the MRI victims support group deliver a petition to Downing Street

5 Jan, 2011 @ 11:39

Lead·Malaga

Whitehall to the rescue

UK government brings in an expert property advisor to deal with property scams

17 Dec, 2010 @ 17:27

Lead

Franco’s females

Franco victims are set to receive compensation from the Junta

6 Apr, 2010 @ 18:28