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.

Far-right Vox calls for secretary of state for equality to be sacked after she shares video of abortion chants at Women’s Day

FAR-RIGHT Vox has called for Spain’s secretary of state for equality to be sacked, after she shared a video from Wednesday’s International Women’s Day march

9 Mar, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·Politics

Assaults on doctors hit record high in Spain

THE NUMBER of violent acts suffered by medical professionals in Spain hit a new high in 2022, with a total 843 physical or verbal assaults

9 Mar, 2023 @ 17:12

Health·Lead·National News

Algunas De Las Mujeres Con Las Que Se Relaciona A Juan Carlos I

Former lover of Spain’s king Juan Carlos I denies involvement in new documentary about disgraced monarch

REPRESENTATIVES for Corinna Larsen have roundly denied news stories published today in Spanish media that the businesswoman will be taking part in a documentary about

9 Mar, 2023 @ 16:16

Lead·National News

Feminism Takes To The Streets Of Spain With Massive Marches To Advance Towards Equality

Women’s Day marches in Spain marred by splits in feminist movement and political infighting

FOR THE first time, in 2022 there were two separate marches in Spain for International Women’s Day. This year the scene will be repeated, but

8 Mar, 2023 @ 16:23

Lead·National News·Politics

Judge in Spain’s Malaga puts a price on a woman’s work

A JUDGE in Malaga has just answered a question that all parents will have asked themselves at one time or another: how much money are

7 Mar, 2023 @ 17:07

Lead·Malaga·National News

Sales of flu remedies shoot up as Spain hit by major second wave of virus

IF YOU’VE been feeling under the weather these last days, you are not the only one. Spain is currently suffering one of its longest and

7 Mar, 2023 @ 16:19

Health·Lead·National News

Pilot who crashed one of Spain’s traffic helicopters tests positive for cocaine and amphetamine

A PILOT for one of Spain’s traffic helicopters, which are used to detect infractions on the road, has been arrested after crashing his aircraft on

7 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Family of rugby player Levi Davis, who went missing in Spain, breaks ties with private investigator

THE FAMILY of missing British rugby player Levi Davis has broken ties with the private investigation firm that has been on the trail of the

5 Mar, 2023 @ 11:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Lawmakers in Spain sent replica 12-week old foetuses after approving new abortion law

LAWMAKERS from a number of different Spanish political parties have been receiving bags containing fake human foetuses as a form of protest against a new

4 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Girl, 10. falls to death from eighth-floor of Valencia apartment block in Spain

Police in Spain arrest couple who used fake modelling and film agencies to force more than 120 women into prostitution

SPAIN’S National Police force has arrested a couple on suspicion of sexually exploiting more than 120 women in the Alicante municipalities of Elche and Novelda.

4 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: The costliest and cheapest winter holiday rentals on Spain's Costa Blanca

Ibiza, Javea and Marbella: The Spanish municipalities with the most expensive properties

JAVEA is one of the three municipalities in Spain with the most expensive properties. That’s according to a recent study from leading quantity surveyor’s firm

4 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Ibiza·Lead·Property

Irene Montero Presenta Un Proyecto Pa La Igualdad Efectiva Entre Hombres Y Mujeres En El Trabajo

Spain’s controversial consent law sees 721 sex offenders’ sentences reduced and 74 get early release

SPAIN’S legal watchdog has revealed the first official number of sex offenders who have benefitted from the government’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law.

2 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Trans Community Activists Protest Outside The Congress Of Deputies In Madrid, Spain 18 May 2021

As Spain’s new Trans Law comes into effect, 20-year-old Lucia becomes first person to use it to legally change gender

ONE OF SPAIN’S most controversial pieces of legislation, the so-called ‘Trans Law’, came into effect today. And in Madrid, 20-year-old Lucia was the first person

2 Mar, 2023 @ 19:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Five teenagers arrested in Barcelona province after allegedly sexually assaulting classmate with teacher in the room

FOUR fourteen-year-old boys and one seventeen-year old have been arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female classmate while their teacher was present

2 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Former deputy in ‘Mediator’ corruption case ‘went to brothel’ on day his Socialist Party denounced prostitution in Congress

THE FORMER Socialist Party deputy at the centre of a corruption scandal, Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, went to a brothel on the day that his

1 Mar, 2023 @ 21:00

Canary Islands·Lead·National News·Politics

World’s first official Formula 1 experience set to make global debut in Spain’s capital

THE WORLD’S first official Formula 1 exhibition will be making its global debut in the Spanish city of Madrid on March 24, running until the

1 Mar, 2023 @ 20:15

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Prepares For An Interview At A Nato Summit In Madrid

Opposition parties pile on to Spanish government over ‘Mediator’ corruption scandal

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Tuesday accused the governing Socialists of covering up a corruption case that has

28 Feb, 2023 @ 20:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s Catalonia region ramps up water restrictions due to ongoing severe drought

THE CATALAN government on Tuesday introduced the most severe water restrictions possible in 224 of its municipalities due to an ongoing drought. The northeastern Spanish

28 Feb, 2023 @ 19:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Spain’s world-famous Prado Museum to open its doors to public on Saturday nights

FROM SATURDAY, Spain’s world-famous Prado Museum will be opening its doors on a Saturday evening, as part of a new project called ‘The Prado at

28 Feb, 2023 @ 18:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Court in Spain gives man one-year jail term for slapping wife during live TikTok stream

A MAN who assaulted his wife during a live broadcast via the social network TikTok has been sentenced to a year in prison by a

27 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Corruption prosecutors in Spain seeking 15-year jail term for former interior minister in ‘Operation Kitchen’

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION public prosecutor at Spain’s High Court has called for former interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz to be given a 15-year prison sentence as

27 Feb, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s commitment to arming Ukraine drives wedge between Socialist Party and Podemos

SPAIN’S commitment to sending arms to Ukraine to assist the country in its war with Russia is threatening to drive another wedge between the governing

25 Feb, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Shakira stokes war of words with ex-partner Pique with another diss song

SHAKIRA’S first diss song against her ex-partner, former Barcelona football player Gerard Pique, was a worldwide smash. The track has racked up more than 350

25 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

Celebrity·Lead·National News·Sport

Explainer: Why Vox has filed a new motion of no confidence against the Spanish PM, and why it is doomed to fail

FAR-RIGHT Vox will on Monday file its second motion of no confidence against the current prime minister, Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist Party (PSOE). This

23 Feb, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez pledges Spain's continued support in phone call with Ukraine's Zelensky

Spain’s prime minister makes second visit to Ukraine on eve of one-year anniversary of Russian invasion

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made his second visit to Ukraine today since the Russian invasion, meeting with the country’s president, Volodymr Zelensky, and announcing

23 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Minister in Spain laughs off accusations that government is ‘legalising bestiality’

SOCIAL RIGHTS Minister Ione Belarra has laughed off accusations that the Spanish government is ‘decriminalising bestiality’. The leader of the leftist Podemos party said during

22 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

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