Simon Hunter

Simon Hunter has been living in Madrid since the year 2000 and has worked as a journalist and translator practically since he arrived. For 16 years he was at the English Edition of Spanish daily EL PAÍS, editing the site from 2014 to 2022, and is currently one of the Spain reporters at The Times. He is also a voice actor, and can be heard telling passengers to "mind the gap" on Spain's AVLO high-speed trains.

Spain has ‘great potential’ to become major destination for sustainable tourism, says consultancy McKinsey

SPAIN has ‘great potential’ to become a major destination for travellers seeking sustainable tourism. That’s according to a report put together by global management consultancy

20 Jul, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Travel News

Spain S Air Europa Gets Official Government Approval For Bailout Loan

No more summer strikes at Spanish airline Air Europa, as pilots union reaches deal

THE SEPLA pilots union has reached a deal with Spanish airline Air Europa that will avoid any fresh strikes in the short term, after three

19 Jul, 2023 @ 19:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Santiago Abascal, Vox leader. Photo by Cordon Press

Tensions rise on Spain’s campaign trail, as likely election winners PP and Vox become mired in controversies

AS THE JULY 23 general election approaches, tensions are rising on the campaign trail, with the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox, who are expected

18 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Politics

Spain’s Balearic and Catalunya regions on weather warnings for temperatures as high as 43ºC

AS SPAIN swelters in an ongoing heatwave, there were weather warnings issued on Tuesday for temperatures as high as 42 and even 43ºC in areas

18 Jul, 2023 @ 14:43

Lead·Weather

Emergency caesarian performed on pregnant woman after hit-and-run in Spain’s Murcia

A WOMAN in Murcia who was nine months’ pregnant was left in a critical condition after she was involved in a hit-and-run late on Sunday

17 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Murcia

Police catch international drugs gang boss who used helicopters to carry narcotics in Spain's Andalucia

Police in Madrid arrest five men after they attacked a stand for far-right Vox

FIVE people were arrested in the Madrid neighbourhood of Puente de Vallecas on Sunday, after they attacked a stand belonging to the far-right Vox party

17 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Latest polling puts conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox just a few seats short of an absolute majority

WITH LESS than a week to go until Spain’s July 23 general election, the latest polling for Spanish newspaper El Pais is predicting that the

17 Jul, 2023 @ 14:11

Lead·Politics

Woman, 74, left hospitalised in Valencia region after bull escapes and rampages through streets

A 74-YEAR-OLD woman was left in a critical condition on Saturday, after a bull escaped from a local taurine event in the Valencia region and

16 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This November was one of the hottest and driest on record in Spain, stark figures show

Fresh heatwave expected to hit Spain on Monday, with highs of 44ºC possible

ANOTHER heatwave is due to arrive in Spain tomorrow, Monday, just a week after the last one saw temperatures spike across the country. According to

16 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Weather

Young German tourists arrested over alleged gang rape of woman in Spain's Mallorca

Alleged sexual assault by German tourists in Spain’s Balearic Islands was recorded on cellphone

SPAIN’S National Police released more information on Saturday about the circumstances surrounding an alleged sexual assault carried out by a group of six German tourists

16 Jul, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Motor racing fans flock to Spanish capital to see Formula 1 star Sergio Perez

THOUSANDS of people flocked to the centre of Madrid on Saturday night to enjoy an exhibition by Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez in two Red

16 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Sport

More than 4,200 residents of Canary Island La Palma evacuated as fire crews tackle blaze

FIRE CREWS were battling on Sunday morning to extinguish a blaze that broke out the day before on the Canary Island of La Palma. Around

16 Jul, 2023 @ 12:12

Canary Islands·Lead

Spain’s disgraced king Juan Carlos I set to return to Spain if PP win elections

SPAIN’S disgraced former monarch, Juan Carlos I, is set to return to live in Spain, nearly three years after going into self-imposed exile in the

13 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead

New Popular Party administration in the Balearic Islands scraps Equality, Environment departments after doing deal with Vox

THE NEW Popular Party-run administration in the Balearic Islands regional government has already scrapped the Environment and Equality departments, folding them into other areas of

13 Jul, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Politics

UFC fighter Conor McGregor wades into climate row involving Spanish minister

AN UNLIKELY figure has waded into a row playing out in Spain involving the environmental transition minister, Teresa Ribera. Irish mixed martial artist and UFC

12 Jul, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead

Spain's Postal Service Correos Raises Domestic Mail Charges In New Year

Spain’s Correos mail service seeks to quell concerns about postal votes for July 23 general election

SPAIN’S state Correos postal service has sought to assure citizens that their postal votes will arrive in time for them to participate in the July

12 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Politics

Man left dead in Spain’s Galicia after train crashes into vehicle

ONE MAN was left dead and two other people injured on Wednesday after a train crashed into a vehicle at a crossing. The accident took

12 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead

Isabel Diaz Ayuso Closes Her Campaigns In Madrid, Spain 02 May 2021

Madrid regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso undergoes surgery after suffering miscarriage

THE REGIONAL premier of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, was taken to hospital and underwent surgery on Tuesday after suffering a miscarriage. A brief statement about

12 Jul, 2023 @ 14:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

‘Newsweek’ magazine includes six Spanish hospitals on its list of the world’s 100 best

PRESTIGIOUS US magazine Newsweek has just published its fifth annual list of the world’s best hospitals, and six Spanish healthcare centres are featured among the

11 Jul, 2023 @ 18:45

Health·Lead

Vending Machine Thief Armed With Drill Caught In Special Police Operation In Spain's Valencia

Off-duty civil guard saves woman who was being attacked by a man with a drill

A TRAINEE member of Spain’s Civil Guard on Sunday saved a woman from a man who was allegedly trying to kill her with a drill.

11 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

June 2023 was fourth-wettest on record, Spain’s state weather service reports

“UNTIL the 40th of May, don’t put your raincoat away.” So says the famous Spanish saying (Hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el

11 Jul, 2023 @ 17:17

Lead·Weather

Popular Party leader comes out on top during bad-tempered election debate with prime minister

IT WAS billed as the ‘decisive face to face’ debate between Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Popular Party (PP) leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, the

11 Jul, 2023 @ 16:51

Lead·Politics

Spain’s Murcia region takes step closer to repeat elections as Popular Party and Vox fail to reach deal

THE SOUTHEASTERN region of Murcia took a step closer to a repeat election on Monday, after hard-right Vox failed to support the conservative Popular Party

10 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Politics

Sparks set to fly at only head-to-head debate between Spain’s main prime ministerial candidates

IN THE ONLY head-to-head debate that they will hold before the July 23 general election, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Popular Party (PP) leader

10 Jul, 2023 @ 14:30

Lead·Politics