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Afghan Refugees Arrive At TorrejÛn De Ardoz Military Base In Madrid, Spain 19 Aug 2021

Two military bases in southern Spain will receive Afghan refugees who worked for US government

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has struck an agreement with President Joe Biden to allow two military bases in southern Spain to receive Afghan refugees

23 Aug, 2021 @ 19:15

Cadiz·Lead·National News·Sevilla

Hotels on Spain's Costa Blanca look forward to bumper New Year's Eve

Cut-price local holidays return for Costa Blanca and Valencia residents in Spain

HOLIDAY discounts of up to 70% in the Valencian Community are available again this autumn for regional residents. The Viatgem voucher scheme came in last

23 Aug, 2021 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencia

Britain’s most notorious conman Mark Acklom heading back to prison in Spain after early release from UK jail

SERIAL fraudster Mark Acklom has agreed to be extradited to Spain when he is released early from a UK prison later this month. Acklom who

23 Aug, 2021 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Frontex would be ‘honoured’ to step in at Gibraltar frontier in proposed solution to post-Brexit strife

THE chief of European border agency Frontex has said ‘it would be an honour’ to handle control at Gibraltar’s frontiers under the post-Brexit agreement currently

23 Aug, 2021 @ 17:30

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

Third prison fire in two weeks leaves one inmate dead in Spain’s Castellon

AN inmate at Castellon’s Albocasser prison died in the early hours of this morning (Monday) after setting fire to the mattress in his cell in

23 Aug, 2021 @ 17:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

British tourists in Spain are increasingly booking all-inclusive stays in areas like Benidorm due to inflation - in bad news for local restaurants and bars British tourists in Spain are increasingly booking all-inclusive stays in areas like Benidorm due to inflation - in bad news for local restaurants and bars

Benidorm thief goes on restaurant cash register spree in Costa Blanca area of Spain

BENIDORM’S Policia Local have arrested a thief who went on a restaurant robbery spree in the city. The serial stealer mainly operated around the Levante

23 Aug, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Teen dies after an electric scooter accident in Mijas

A teenager has died at a hospital in Marbella nearly one week after falling off an electric scooter in Mijas. The crash occurred at around

23 Aug, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead

Paralympics Spain: Which Andalucian athletes are competing in Tokyo?

THE Paralympics are just around the corner meaning the Paralympics Spain team are in the final stages of preparation. 139 Spaniards have been selected to

23 Aug, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead·Sport

FALLAS ARE GO! Monuments begin arriving at their usual locations ready to be set up for the strangest festivities ever in Spain’s Valencia

FINALLY, more than two years later, the Fallas have returned to Valencia city. By far the region’s most characteristic and world-famous festivity, last year’s cancellation

23 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British tourist dies while on holiday in Marbella after getting run over on motorway

A BRITISH holidaymaker has died after he was hit by a car on a motorway on the Costa del Sol. The 20-year-old was killed on

23 Aug, 2021 @ 13:23

Costa Blanca Teenager Goes Public Over Homophobic Assault In Spain That 'could Have Killed Him'

Costa Blanca teenager speaks about homophobic assault in Spain that ‘could have killed him’

A Petrer teenager says he was the victim of a homophobic assault outside the town’s sports centre last Friday night(August 20). Adrian Palazon, 17, said

23 Aug, 2021 @ 13:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Alicante Martial Arts Tobacco Store Thief

Violent teenage robber floors tobacco shop owner with martial arts kicks on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante tobacco shop owner was subjected to martial arts-style kicks on her body after confronting a teenage thief. The 19-year-old youth was caught by

23 Aug, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Couple who offered ‘spirtual healing’ retreats with toad venom and ayahuasca arrested in southern Spain

A COUPLE have been arrested in Callosa de Segura, inland from the Costa Blanca in Spain’s Alicante province after posting videos of their weekend retreats

23 Aug, 2021 @ 11:05

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Four arrested in Spain’s Malaga for distributing 10,000 antigen tests without complying with health regulations

POLICIA NACIONAL, in coordination with the Provincial Inspection of Health Services of the Junta have dismantled a criminal organisation dedicated to the distribution of unregulated

23 Aug, 2021 @ 10:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Andalucia’s health districts are set to be given the green light to transition into Alert Level 0.

LISTED: 416 municipalities in Spain’s Andalucia at extreme risk of COVID-19—including the eight provincial capitals

416 MUNICIPALITIES in Spain’s Andalucia, out of a total of 778, are at extreme risk of COVID-19 for exceeding a 14-day cumulative incidence rate of

23 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead

MALLORCA: The Island of reinvention

MALLORCA forces you to re-evaluate who you are and what you want in life. After moving here at the start of the COVID crisis I

22 Aug, 2021 @ 18:32

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Terenia Taras: Telling it like it is

10 things you should know about Federico Garcia Lorca, killed 85 years ago during Spanish Civil War

THE playwright and poet Federico García Lorca was arrested and killed on the orders of rightwing military authorities led by General Francisco Franco in the early weeks

22 Aug, 2021 @ 18:30

Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Spain unveils plans for €20million revamp of A-7 highway on Costa del Sol

SPAIN’S Ministry of Transport has announced one of the biggest, boldest and most far-reaching roads programme for decades along the Costa del Sol. The government

22 Aug, 2021 @ 16:00

Malaga

IN PICS: Keepers hand-rear orphaned newborn gazelle from critically-endangered species at zoo in Spain’s Valencia

A CALF of an incredibly rare gazelle species is being hand reared by keepers at Valencia’s BioParc in eastern Spain after its mother died while

22 Aug, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

Property in real estate window. Cordon Press

Spain’s property sales post-pandemic reach boom peak of 2007

PROPERTY sales across Spain have surged to levels not reached since before the crisis – and we are not talking about the pandemic but since

22 Aug, 2021 @ 13:27

Alicante·Lead·Property

Spain Begins Airlifting Embassy Officials And Afghan Staff Out Of Kabul On Flight To Dubai

Afghan refugees in Spain: How many will arrive and what aid is offered to them

A THIRD flight carrying evacuees fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan arrived in Spain on Saturday night at a military airbase close to Madrid where a

22 Aug, 2021 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News

International and National Dog Show Exhibition to be held in Spain’s Sevilla this September

THE Alamillo Park in Sevilla will welcome the 26th International Dog Show and 44th National Dog Show this September. The event is organised by the

22 Aug, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Walls of ancient farmhouse are discovered at archaeological dig site on Spain's Costa Blanca

Walls of ancient farmhouse are discovered at archaeological dig on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN archaeological dig in the Puca area of Petrer has uncovered two walls of a farm house dating back to the Middle Ages. The farmhouse,

22 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Motorcyclist, 51, dies in road traffic crash on AP-7 on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE in Spain are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic crash on AP-7 on the Costa del Sol. The incident happened around 9.10pm

21 Aug, 2021 @ 20:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Family demand answers over sudden death of woman, 20, at Costa del Sol Hospital in Spain

THE devastated family of a young woman are determined to find out why she died suddenly at a hospital in Spain. The 20-year-old repeatedly visited

21 Aug, 2021 @ 19:45

Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Spanish artist Mariangeles Lazaro Guil unveils incredible tree scultpure in Granada natural park

IF you are a tree-hugger, then hurry along. You will probably like this show. The Spanish sculptor Mariángeles Lazaro Guil is obsessed with the natural

21 Aug, 2021 @ 16:38

Entertainment·Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Other News