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Spain formally removes Gibraltar from tax haven blacklist after 35 years in €30m boost for border economy

SPAIN has officially removed Gibraltar from its list of tax havens, bringing an end to 35 years of diplomatic and economic friction. Hacienda, the Spanish

29 Jun, 2026 @ 18:30

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·International Affairs·Lead·Politics

Benidorm 'English Zone' pubs and clubs raided for selling drugs- at least 50 people arrested

Benidorm’s British pubs are pumping through 190,000 litres of beer a day as England’s World Cup crowds keep drinking

BRITISH football fans visiting Benidorm are guzzling an astonishing 190,000 litres of beer every day as World Cup fever sends sales through the roof. Pub

28 Jun, 2026 @ 16:12

Benidorm·Business & Finance·Lead

Bank of Spain rules out another 2008-style property crash – but points to a different problem ‘of great magnitude’

SPAIN’s housing market has become harder to afford, but the Bank of Spain has addressed the issue as a lack of housing rather than signs

26 Jun, 2026 @ 12:04

Business & Finance·Lead·Madrid·Property

Spaniards spend one third of their working day surfing the web, chatting, doom scrolling and daydreaming – and remote workers are the worst

FROM doomscrolling to daydreaming, Spaniards spend a third of the workday distracted by non-work activities, according to a new study that found remote workers are

25 Jun, 2026 @ 12:15

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain's economic growth slows down in first quarter of 2026 due to fall in exports and people spending less

Spain’s economic growth slows down in first quarter of 2026 due to lower exports and people spending less

SPAIN’S economy grew by 0.6% in the first quarter of the year, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on Thursday. That was 0.2%

25 Jun, 2026 @ 10:23

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Why expats are leaving Spanish telecom giants for Spain’s only fully English-speaking network

SETTLING into life in Spain is exciting, but sorting out a mobile phone or home internet contract in a foreign language can quickly become a

24 Jun, 2026 @ 12:35

Business & Finance·Sponsored·Sponsored Article

British World Cup winner recovers investment after failed Marbella property development

THOUSANDS of foreign buyers who lost money in failed Spanish developments may still have legal options available. Sir Geoff Hurst, the former England footballer and

24 Jun, 2026 @ 12:00

Business & Finance

A decade after Brexit: Could Andy Burnham be the man to steer Britain back towards the EU?

ON 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, triggering Brexit and one of the most dramatic political upheavals in modern

23 Jun, 2026 @ 20:02

Business & Finance·International Affairs·Lead·Politics

Estepona mayor secures license to build 20 tourist flats in Malaga days after halt is announced on new holiday lets in the city

THE mayor of Estepona, Jose Maria Garcia Urbano, has secured a licence to build 20 tourist apartments in Malaga, just days after the city announced

23 Jun, 2026 @ 17:00

Business & Finance·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Property

Gibraltar proposes tip-off hotline as solution to unexpected treaty problem – how to stop cross-border food deliveries

GIBRALTAR might just have to contend with a brand new form of smuggling once the frontier opens up – cross-border food deliveries. One of the

23 Jun, 2026 @ 16:45

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead

Two thirds of Europe wants Britain back in the EU, new poll finds – with the Dutch and Danes the most enthusiastic

TWO THIRDS of Europeans would welcome Britain back into the EU, a major new poll has found, ten years after the fateful Brexit vote that

23 Jun, 2026 @ 16:00

Brexit·Business & Finance·International Affairs·Lead

Beware of the hidden financial trap costing American expats in Spain thousands of dollars a year

By Peter Dougherty BRIAN and Emily moved from the United States to Spain in 2022. They enjoy the slower pace and the sunnier weather. They

23 Jun, 2026 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Sponsored·Sponsored Article

The ‘Barca-loner’ effect: Spain’s new digital nomad visa is seeing strong uptake as thousands of Brits and Americans take advantage to flock to the country

BRITISH and American digital nomads are flocking to Spain, new data has shown, in what industry experts have dubbed the ‘Barca-loner effect.’ Spain issued more

22 Jun, 2026 @ 15:30

Business & Finance·Lead

Summer holiday blow as persistent 3.2% inflation squeeze forces one in five families to cancel vacation plans in Spain

A NEW study has revealed that one in five families in Spain have been forced to abandon their holiday plans this year as rising inflation

17 Jun, 2026 @ 17:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Spain opens competition probe into six biggest banks over concerns of price coordination driven by cutthroat ‘mortgage war’

SPAIN’s competition watchdog has launched a probe into the country’s six biggest banks over suspicions they acted unfairly in the mortgage market, potentially depriving borrowers

17 Jun, 2026 @ 16:04

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Fast-track approval granted for massive €60 million sports and music stadium complex in Alicante

PLANS for a massive €60 million sports and leisure complex in Alicante have received a massive boost with the regional Valencian government classifying it as

17 Jun, 2026 @ 15:15

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport

British tourists now pour €24 billion into Spanish economy as next-placed Germans spend less than half

BRITISH tourists poured a record-breaking €24 billion into Spain’s economy last year, new data has shown, cementing their status as the country’s biggest foreign spenders.

17 Jun, 2026 @ 12:14

Business & Finance·Canary Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News

MD of monolithic US asset manager BlackRock in Spain says ‘we are the star of Europe’ as world eyes up Spanish housing market

INVESTORS worldwide are racing to snap up a stake in Spain’s housing market, experts have revealed, as the country’s property sector continues to boom. Adolfo

16 Jun, 2026 @ 16:40

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Property

Tax Debt Concept. Woman With Heavy Box Full Of Tax Debt Carrying

Spain is planning to halt payments to anyone owing money to the state under new tax agency system – but does it include pensions?

SPAIN is planning to block public benefit payments to anyone who owes money to the state, under a sweeping new system being built by the

15 Jun, 2026 @ 12:23

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Silicon Valley giant OpenAI targets Madrid for its first office in Spain as ChatGPT demand explodes by 40%

SILICON Valley giant OpenAI has set its sights on Madrid for its first Spanish office after a surge in ChatGPT users turned Spain into one

12 Jun, 2026 @ 16:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Madrid·Technology

Apple to delay roll out of new ‘Siri AI’ across Europe over EU regulation concerns – which Brussels claims are designed to ‘rein in Big Tech’

BRUSSELS bureaucrats have come under fire after Apple announced it will delay rollout of its powerful new Siri AI to customers in Europe. The tech

12 Jun, 2026 @ 10:31

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

Ryanair under investigation in the UK for charging parents to sit next to their children

A UK watchdog has launched an investigation into Ryanair for charging up to £12 for parents to sit next to their children. The Competition and

11 Jun, 2026 @ 16:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Alicante hits two million residents and GDP doubles in 25 years – but still ranks 45th out of 52 Spanish provinces for wealth per capita

A STUDY says that Alicante province’s population is now over two million people and its economy is growing at a record rate- but the area

10 Jun, 2026 @ 14:00

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

Brussels rules Spain’s tourist data grab is too intrusive – including handing payment data to police

THE way Spain collects personal data about foreign tourists has come under scrutiny after officials in Brussels suggested that legislation introduced less than two years

10 Jun, 2026 @ 08:15

Business & Finance·Lead

Bars and restaurants in Spain will soon charge customers €0.10 extra for every plastic bottle and can – here’s how to get it back

PUNTERS will soon have to pay more for bottles and cans across Spain’s bars and restaurants thanks to the incoming implementation of an EU-backed recycling

9 Jun, 2026 @ 13:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Spain’s confidence crisis: Nine in 10 people suffer from ‘imposter syndrome’, new study reveals

SPAIN is in the midst of a confidence crisis with nine in 10 suffering from ‘imposter syndrome’ according to a new study. A study by

5 Jun, 2026 @ 13:15

Business & Finance·Health·Lead

Business & Finance

Spain formally removes Gibraltar from tax haven blacklist after 35 years in €30m boost for border economy

Benidorm’s British pubs are pumping through 190,000 litres of beer a day as England’s World Cup crowds keep drinking

Bank of Spain rules out another 2008-style property crash – but points to a different problem ‘of great magnitude’

Spaniards spend one third of their working day surfing the web, chatting, doom scrolling and daydreaming – and remote workers are the worst

Spain’s economic growth slows down in first quarter of 2026 due to lower exports and people spending less

Why expats are leaving Spanish telecom giants for Spain’s only fully English-speaking network

British World Cup winner recovers investment after failed Marbella property development

A decade after Brexit: Could Andy Burnham be the man to steer Britain back towards the EU?

Estepona mayor secures license to build 20 tourist flats in Malaga days after halt is announced on new holiday lets in the city

Gibraltar proposes tip-off hotline as solution to unexpected treaty problem – how to stop cross-border food deliveries

Two thirds of Europe wants Britain back in the EU, new poll finds – with the Dutch and Danes the most enthusiastic

Beware of the hidden financial trap costing American expats in Spain thousands of dollars a year

The ‘Barca-loner’ effect: Spain’s new digital nomad visa is seeing strong uptake as thousands of Brits and Americans take advantage to flock to the country

Summer holiday blow as persistent 3.2% inflation squeeze forces one in five families to cancel vacation plans in Spain

Spain opens competition probe into six biggest banks over concerns of price coordination driven by cutthroat ‘mortgage war’

Fast-track approval granted for massive €60 million sports and music stadium complex in Alicante

British tourists now pour €24 billion into Spanish economy as next-placed Germans spend less than half

MD of monolithic US asset manager BlackRock in Spain says ‘we are the star of Europe’ as world eyes up Spanish housing market

Spain is planning to halt payments to anyone owing money to the state under new tax agency system – but does it include pensions?

Silicon Valley giant OpenAI targets Madrid for its first office in Spain as ChatGPT demand explodes by 40%

Apple to delay roll out of new ‘Siri AI’ across Europe over EU regulation concerns – which Brussels claims are designed to ‘rein in Big Tech’

Ryanair under investigation in the UK for charging parents to sit next to their children

Alicante hits two million residents and GDP doubles in 25 years – but still ranks 45th out of 52 Spanish provinces for wealth per capita

Brussels rules Spain’s tourist data grab is too intrusive – including handing payment data to police

Bars and restaurants in Spain will soon charge customers €0.10 extra for every plastic bottle and can – here’s how to get it back

Spain’s confidence crisis: Nine in 10 people suffer from ‘imposter syndrome’, new study reveals

PICTURED: Irish tourists involved in a tragic car crash in Malaga that killed three – families left devastated

Spain formally removes Gibraltar from tax haven blacklist after 35 years in €30m boost for border economy

WATCH: British girl, 13, ‘has nose broken’ after being punched poolside at Costa Brava resort for sitting on ‘wrong sun lounger’

REVIEW: This Greek restaurant in Marbella’s glitzy Puerto Banus has been throwing the Costa del Sol’s biggest party for over 40 years

Horror crash in Barcelona kills two as French-plated vehicle flees police and smashes into car at red light

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