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Revealed: Plans for a new high-speed rail connection between Portugal and Spain – these are the two routes being considered

TWO routes have been suggested for what would be Spain’s first high speed rail link with Portugal. One proposal is set to become a reality- going directly north of Portugal across the

7 Feb, 2024 @ 10:10

Galicia·Lead·Madrid·National News·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Vigo

Former La Liga player faces sexual assault trial in Spain for ‘inappropriately touching a mascot wearing a parakeet costume’

FORMER La Liga player Hugo Mallo will go on trial this summer after being charged with inappropriately touching a female mascot before a match in 2019. Mallo, who denies doing anything wrong,

31 Jan, 2024 @ 17:08

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Football·Lead·National News·Other News·Sport·Vigo

Watch: Moment Malaga Christmas lights are switched on goes viral – as everyone makes the same comment

MALAGA’s famous Christmas lights were switched on this weekend, sparking criticism on social media. Calle Larios in Malaga’s city centre was full of people on Friday night, anxiously waiting for the emblematic

27 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Outrage after 80 passengers are kicked off a flight in Spain to make room for Sevilla football team

AIR NOSTRUM has been slammed for turfing passengers off a Vigo to Madrid flight at the last minute to make way for a bunch of footballers. The scheduled service transformed into a

8 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Football·Lead·Madrid·National News·Sevilla

Revealed: The destination in Spain most visited by Spanish holidaymakers this year

Santiago de Compostela, Cathedral de Santiago

15 Oct, 2023 @ 08:00

Exploring Spain·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Galicia

Indignation in Spain’s Vigo as three children die in apartment block inferno: Building had already suffered ‘three or four minor fires’, squatter under suspicion

RESIDENTS in the Galician city of Vigo are up in arms after a devastating fire claimed the lives of three children and one adult in the middle of the night, with several

11 Oct, 2023 @ 14:56

Lead·Must Read

Young woman is fined €500 for leaving her dog tied up outside a pharmacy in Spain as new animal laws take effect

A YOUNG woman has become the first known person in Spain to be fined for breaking the new Animal Welfare law, but she ended up being let off. The Policia Local in

9 Oct, 2023 @ 16:04

Animals·Basque Country·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Six People Die After Coach Goes Off Bridge Into River In Galicia Area Of Northern Spain

Seven people die after coach careers off bridge into river in Spain’s Galicia region

SEVEN people died and two were injured after a coach travelling between Lugo and Vigo in northern Spain spun off a bridge and tumbled into the river Lerez. One of the victims-

26 Dec, 2022 @ 11:15

Lead·National News

Woman found dead on train to Spain’s Vigo was thought to be sleeping

A WOMAN, whose fellow passengers on a Vigo bound train believed was sleeping, has been found dead. The train, which left Madrid at 11.20am Wednesday, arrived at Vigo just over four hours

18 Nov, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Other News·Travel News

TV football pirates hit by police raids to stop illegal screenings of La Liga matches in Spain

THE Policia Nacional have arrested 166 people in a big push against illegal football match screenings in hospitality establishments across Spain. Those detained were business owners along with distributors of the clandestine

20 May, 2022 @ 12:13

Crime & Law·Football·Lead·National News·Premium

The cost of dying is lower in southern Spain compared to the rest of the country

COFFIN UP: The price of death is lower in southern Spain with funeral and cremation charges far higher in the north

SOUTHERN Spain is the cheapest part of the country to die, according to the OCU consumer association. The highest prices for funerals and cremations were reported in Vigo in the north-west, averaging

27 Oct, 2021 @ 19:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Supreme Court Says Newspaper Was Right To Publish Name And Photo Of Abuser On Spain S Costa Blanca

Spanish man faces 10 years in prison for sexually abusing his granddaughter

A GRANDFATHER accused of sexually abused his young granddaughter in the north of Spain could be sentenced to 10 years in prison. The young girl who was abused after school while in

4 Oct, 2021 @ 18:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spectacular Christmas Lights Are Being Erected Across Alicante City On Spain's Costa Blanca

Spectacular Christmas lights are being erected across Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE is putting up its Christmas lights across the city centre involving over two million LEDs. 870 arches of lights will adorn over a hundred streets and squares in the city. Erection

4 Oct, 2021 @ 14:13

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Electricity office windows smashed by man protesting against high prices in Galicia region of Spain

A man attacked an electricity office in the Galicia area of northern Spain after receiving a high bill. Wholesale electricity prices have reached record levels over the summer with rates treble to

1 Sep, 2021 @ 12:40

Crime & Law·Lead

Tired burglar grabs a nap on a sofa after stealing a TV set from a Vigo area home in Galicia, Spain

A Vigo resident found a burglar fast asleep on her living room sofa after she returned home from a night out. The property owner entered her house with a couple of friends

3 Jun, 2021 @ 17:34

Crime & Law

Band of plucky Zapatistas set sail for Spain to begin peaceful invasion of Europe

ON the anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan and the start of Spain’s rule in Mexico, a group of indigenous Zapatistas have set sail from South America to Spain on a mission

8 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

MADRE MIA: Man asks to be arrested as he is fed up of being stuck at home with mum

He was outraged at having to remain at home and ‘tired of being at home with his mother'

18 Mar, 2020 @ 17:43

Lead·Other News

‘REWARD HIM!’: Homeless man praised after handing in handbag containing €1,500 to police in Spain

"They were lucky someone homeless found the bag," one said, "if it had been a politician they would have lost their money"

4 Feb, 2020 @ 19:10

Lead·National News

WATCH: Hundreds left injured after wooden walkway collapses into sea at festival in Spain

Revellers dropped 30 metres into the sea below

13 Aug, 2018 @ 13:52

Lead·National News

Driver in Spain tests positive for ‘every drug possible’, but is still allowed to drive

A DRIVER has tested positive for ‘every possible kind of drug’ after being pulled over by police. The reckless 42-year-old had cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, methamphetamines and THC from cannabis in his system.

8 Feb, 2018 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

SAVAGED: 82-year-old woman loses BOTH LEGS and SCALP in vicious attack by local’s bulldogs in Spain, chances of survival ‘minimal’

AN 82-year-old woman is fighting for her life after being viciously attacked by two dogs as she walked home from church in Spain. The emergency services say the woman’s legs had to

7 Nov, 2017 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Nature

Harry Potter fan vandalises 2,000-year-old dolmen in Spain

Police hunt Potter-inspired graffitist for defacing historic dolmen

16 Nov, 2016 @ 14:57

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

UPDATE: Death toll up to four in train crash in Spain

Emergency services are currently at the scene

9 Sep, 2016 @ 10:27

Lead·National News

Dead body washed up on Spanish beach

Local police were called to the scene at around 9 am today

3 May, 2016 @ 13:09

Lead

Expired safety gear puts Spain’s police officers at risk

National Union of Police complain of 'expired' safety vests that are more than 20 years old

4 Dec, 2014 @ 17:52

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