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.

British embassy: driving licence agreement will be put before Spanish Cabinet ‘very soon’

THE BRITISH embassy in Spain has posted an update on driving licence negotiations, claiming that the agreement that will let UK licence holders legally get

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:12

Lead·National News

Three youngsters in Spain found guilty of the biggest ever fraud against Amazon in Europe

THREE 22-year-olds from Mallorca have been convicted for what has been described as the biggest fraud against online retailer Amazon ever seen in Europe. The

7 Feb, 2023 @ 19:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Pedro Sanchez announces windfall and temporary taxes on banks and energy companies in Spain

Spain’s Socialist Party bows to pressure and will propose changes to controversial ‘only yes means yes’ law

AFTER months of political pressure, the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has announced that it will present changes to the new ‘only yes means yes’ law.

7 Feb, 2023 @ 17:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Concierto De Manuel Carrasco En El Starlite De Marbella

Police officers find nephew of Spain’s King Felipe VI in illegal after hours club in Madrid

WHEN officers from Madrid’s municipal police force busted an illegal after hours club in the Spanish capital on Sunday morning, they discovered minors, drugs including

7 Feb, 2023 @ 16:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

New self-employed workers in Spain get nasty surprise as Social Security system overcharges them

NEW freelancers in Spain got a nasty surprise this week, when they were charged an extra €220 by the Social Security system. Thousands of new

1 Feb, 2023 @ 18:45

Business & Finance·Lead

New landmark of 20 million people working in Spain, according to government statistics

Freeze mortgage rates, says Spain’s labour minister after BBVA posts record profits

SPAIN’S deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Diaz, on Wednesday called on the banking sector to freeze mortgage interest rates and curb its profits

1 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Spain’s Defence Ministry evacuated after two suspicious packages detected

THE SPANISH Defence Ministry in Madrid was evacuated on Wednesday after two suspicious packages were detected. Official sources told online daily El Confidencial that on

1 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Spain raises minimum wage, in move that could benefit 2.5 million people

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday that his government would once again raise the national minimum wage, the fifth time his Socialist Party-led

1 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·Lead

Borrowers in Spain face rising mortgage repayments as Euribor shoots up

RESIDENTS of Spain could see their mortgage payments increase soon thanks to the ongoing rise of the 12-month Euribor. The rate is the most commonly

31 Jan, 2023 @ 19:30

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain falls on corruption ranking for the second year in a row

SPAIN HAS fallen for the second year running on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), put together by an organisation called Transparency International (TI). According to

31 Jan, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·National News

Waitress in Spain denounces sexism of potential employer who demanded photos of her cleavage

A WAITRESS in Spain has denounced a potential employer for demanding that she send him photos of her, including her cleavage, before considering her for

31 Jan, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

EU court ruling may see extradition of former Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont a step closer

A COURT ruling published on Tuesday may mean that former Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont is a step closer to being extradited to Spain from Belgium,

31 Jan, 2023 @ 17:45

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Three killed after fire breaks out in student flat in Spain’s Huelva

THREE youngsters aged between 20 and 21 were killed on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in a student flat in Huelva. The victims,

31 Jan, 2023 @ 16:45

Huelva·Lead

Madrid restaurant famed for its Spanish omelettes forced to close doors after salmonella outbreak

A MADRID restaurant that is famed for its Spanish omelettes has been forced to temporary close after around 30 patrons got sick with salmonella. Casa

30 Jan, 2023 @ 21:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid

Single robber behind wave of e-scooter thefts in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Why Spain’s Catalunya region is banning electric scooters from public transport

A TOTAL ban on taking electric scooters onto any kind of public transport in Catalunya will come into force on February 1. The prohibition comes

30 Jan, 2023 @ 20:00

Catalunya·Lead·Travel News

Man in Spain’s Valencia facing jail term, fine for text blaming LGBTQ+ community as origin of monkeypox

A PUBLIC prosecutor in Valencia is seeking a two-and-a-half-year jail term for a man who blamed the LGBTQ+ community for being the origin of the

30 Jan, 2023 @ 19:30

Health·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Socialist Party commits to changing controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law

THE SPANISH government confirmed at the weekend that it will seek to make changes to its controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law. The legislation,

30 Jan, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Activists glue themselves to Spain’s Congress of Deputies in protest over climate emergency

CLIMATE activists from a Spanish organisation called Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) glued themselves to the microphones at the lectern in the Congress of Deputies on

30 Jan, 2023 @ 16:44

Environment·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Man conceals gun from police in his boxer shorts and fires bullet into his penis resulting in emergency surgery in Spain's Alicante area

Woman on trial in Spain’s Malaga for squatting tries to dodge court date citing boob job appointment

A WOMAN accused of squatting in a property in Malaga province has tried to get out of a court date by claiming that she had

29 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Social network Twitter is to sack more than 80% of workforce in Spain

TWITTER is planning on sacking more than 80% of its workforce in Spain, as the company continues with the shake-up that began after it was

29 Jan, 2023 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead

Waitress in Spain’s A Coruña finds €4,000 pearl in plate of clams

NATALIA Freire had a ‘huge craving’ for a plate of clams when she went out to eat with her boyfriend. That hankering proved to be

28 Jan, 2023 @ 18:45

Food & Drink·Lead

Discovery in cave in Spain suggests for first time that neanderthals had the capacity to collect trophies

A DISCOVERY in a cave located in the Madrid region suggests that neanderthals had the capacity to collect trophies. That’s according to a study published

28 Jan, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Madrid

Explosive Detonated In Envelope Sent To Ukraine Embassy In Spain's Madrid

Man arrested in Spain on suspicion of sending letter bombs also had drone that could deliver an explosive device

THE FORMER civil servant arrested this week on suspicion of sending six letter bombs to targets including the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the

28 Jan, 2023 @ 09:15

Lead·National News

Spain’s far-right Vox uses church attacks in Algeciras to promote anti-immigration messages

LEADERS of Spain’s far-right Vox party have used the murder of a church assistant on Wednesday night in the southern city of Algeciras to promote

26 Jan, 2023 @ 19:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Unemployment in Spain fell by nearly 80,000 people in 2022 with 278,900 jobs created

THE RANKS of the unemployed fell by 79,900 people in Spain in 2022 compared to the year before. That was a decrease of 2.6%, according

26 Jan, 2023 @ 19:16

Business & Finance·Lead

Queen Letizia Arrives At 'forum Against Cancer' In Madrid

Spain’s Cabinet to do away with coronavirus masks on public transport on February 7

THE SPANISH government announced today that face masks will no longer be obligatory on public transport some time from February 7 onward. The Cabinet will

26 Jan, 2023 @ 18:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

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