Consumer group calls for restaurant inspections across Spain after deadly fire in Madrid
THE BILBAO branch of a franchise of Italian restaurants has removed plastic plants used for decoration from the ceiling, after a blaze broke out in
Drugs in plane sight: Ex-airport worker at Spain’s Barajas thought to have earned €24m from drug trafficking
SPAIN’S High Court is investigating a former employee at Madrid’s Barajas Airport who is alleged to have amassed a €24 million fortune from trafficking drugs
Brussels issues new warning over plans for Spain’s Doñana National Park
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has once again warned the Andalusian regional government that its plans to grant new watering rights to farmers in the area around
Percentage of Spaniards at risk of poverty or social exclusion falls two points to 26%
THE PERCENTAGE of Spain’s population that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion fell by nearly two points in 2022 to 26%. That’s according
Mayoral hopeful on Spain’s Tenerife struggles to shake off sex shop photo controversy
TIME WAS when politicians on the campaign trail would resort to ‘handshaking and baby kissing’ in order to garner public support and get themselves voted
Wanted by Spain’s Interior Ministry: Companies to help incinerate the police’s record drug hauls
SPAIN is one of the main hubs in Europe for the import of cocaine and hashish, meaning that the country’s authorities are constantly making narcotics
Spain’s disgraced ex-king Juan Carlos I extends visit to country to undergo medical tests
DISGRACED former king Juan Carlos I has extended his current visit to Spain so that he can undergo medical checks. The father of current monarch
As Spain’s La Palma Canary Island recovers from volcanic eruption, tourist board puts 8,000 tourism vouchers up for grabs
Stunning waterfalls and springs, natural parks and deserted beaches, well-preserved cultural heritage and local cuisine, and star-dotted night skies. Anyone who has visited the Canary
Campaign calls for an end to Spain’s status as the ‘biggest dolphin prison in the world’
A YOUNG Spanish animal-rights activist has handed over to Congress a petition with 150,000 signatures calling for an end to the high number of dolphins
Founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, Primo de Rivera, to be exhumed from monument on Monday
THE REMAINS of the founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, are to be exhumed by his family from the Valley
Spain’s Socialist Party wins approval for reforms to controversial consent law, deepening split with coalition partners
LAWMAKERS in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, today voted in favour of reforms to the controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent
Spain moves closer to ban on ‘dwarf bullfights’ as law approved by Senate
SPAIN has taken a step closer to banning comedy bullfights where the human protagonists are dwarves, as well as erotic shows at stag or hen
Madrid observatory detects spike in Covid-19 infections in wake of Easter holidays
THE NUMBER of Covid-19 cases in Spain has spiked after Easter week, bringing the 14-day incidence to 2,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants compared to an
US President Joe Biden invites Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to White House
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has invited Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to the White House for a visit that will take place in the run-up
No rain in Spain: April 2023 on its way to being the driest since records began
APRIL 2023 is on its way to being the driest since records began, with just five litres of rain per square metre detected in the
Brazilian football player Dani Alves changes story for fourth time over allegations of rape in Spanish nightclub
FORMER FC Barcelona football player Dani Alves has changed his story once again about an alleged sexual assault in a nightclub on December 30 in
Judge sides with restaurant in Spain’s Basque Country that fined three diners €510 for failing to turn up
A JUDGE in Spain’s Basque Country has sided with a restaurant after it charged three diners €510 for failing to turn up to their dinner
How Spain’s Social Security system is using artificial intelligence to identify fraudulent sick leave
SPAIN’S Social Security system is using an artificial intelligence algorithm to try to predict whether someone who is taking sick leave is ready to get
Ed Sheeran shares new songs for tiny audience of 400 people at Madrid gig
ED SHEERAN shared new songs from his upcoming album with a tiny audience at an intimate gig in Madrid on Saturday night. The English singer-songwriter
Spain’s prime minister says sorry for new consent law that has seen sex offenders released from jail early
SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez has used an interview with Spanish newspapers to apologise for the unexpected effects of a new consent law, which has
Spain’s data protection agency opens probe into the ChatGPT artificial intelligence app
SPAIN’S AEPD data-protection agency has opened an investigation into the ChatGPT artificial intelligence application, on the basis that it may breach the country’s privacy laws.
Members of ‘Suecos’ gang admit to two brutal killings in the Costa del Sol
A GANG known as ‘Los Suecos’ (The Swedes) admitted in court on Friday their involvement in the killings of two people in the Costa del
Spanish climber sets new world record after spending 500 days in Granada cave cut off from the world
WITH A SMILE on her face and wearing dark glasses to protect her from the daylight, Spanish climber and elite sportswoman Beatriz Flamini emerged on
Explainer: What will the government’s planned housing law mean for landlords and tenants?
THE SPANISH government has been negotiating a proposed housing law for months, if not years, and the deal that has been hammered out between parties
Queen of Spain gets compliments and colourful language from wellwisher in Cordoba
THE ELDERLY Spanish woman may have been talking to Queen Letizia, but that didn’t stop her from using some colourful language when she got a
Number of sex offenders released early under Spain’s ‘yes means yes’ consent law now exceeds 100
THE NUMBER of convicted sex offenders who have secured early release from prison thanks to a controversial new consent law has now passed the 100
