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Planned Airbnb crackdown backfires in Sevilla: HUNDREDS of tourist apartments are registered ahead of new regulation

A PLAN by the local council in Sevilla to limit the number of tourist apartments in the southern Andalusian city has backfired, with landlords and

14 May, 2024 @ 12:26

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Outrage in Sevilla as iconic area is left with ZERO local residents after being taken over by tourist flats and hotel – as ‘anti-tourism’ backlash grows across Spain

FEARS are growing of Sevilla becoming a ghost town due to a surge of tourist apartments ‘kicking out locals’. It comes as it was revealed

9 May, 2024 @ 13:16

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Seville Atmosphere Eintracht Frankfurt V Rangers Uefa Europa League Final

Sevilla locals blast ‘toxic tourist invasion’ that is ‘destroying’ the city due to ‘impossible prices’ and ‘jammed streets’ – as they demand the number of Airbnb homes to be reduced

LOCALS in Sevilla have launched a petition calling for stricter controls on ‘excessive’ tourism in the city. In a missive, the group claim the ‘masses

6 May, 2024 @ 14:22

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WATCH: Neighbour at war with popular tapas bar in Sevilla ‘blasts porn and animal noises from her flat and goes on naked walks’ in a bid to put off punters

DINERS enjoying the views at a swanky Sevilla eatery have to chew their food to loud porn noises after a disgruntled neighbour declared war. The

5 May, 2024 @ 14:30

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Female patient, 70, hurls xenophobic abuse at ‘foreign’ doctor trying to treat her in southern Spain

A FEMALE doctor was verbally abused by an elderly patient at a Sevilla province health centre on the grounds that she wasn’t Spanish. The incident

3 May, 2024 @ 16:10

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Revealed: The highest and lowest-rated regions for public health services in Spain

‘I’m a prisoner in my own body’: Man, 52, who will be euthanised in Spain today explains his reasons in final social media post

A SEVILLA province man has taken to social media to explain why is he is being euthanised this Friday. The Castilblanco de los Arroyos resident,

3 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Sevilla

Cabify launches hundreds of electric mopeds in Sevilla: Users can rent the vehicles by the minute

SEVILLANOS can now hop on hundreds of electric mopeds dotted throughout the city as Cabify launches their new service. The 200 electric mopeds will be

24 Apr, 2024 @ 13:50

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

AC/DC in Spain: Last few tickets available for legendary rock band’s two-night showing in Andalucia

LEGENDARY rock band AC/DC has almost sold out their two-night stint in Spain’s Andalucia. The band have not visited Spain since 2016, when they also

23 Apr, 2024 @ 15:58

La Cultura·Lead·Sevilla

Sevilla to hold a referendum on moving the Feria de Abril: Three MILLION people attended this year and brought in €6bn – but some locals say it’s ‘overrun with tourists’

A REFERENDUM is to be held into Sevilla’s Feria de Abril after three MILLION people attended this year’s festivities, bringing in €6bn This year’s feria

22 Apr, 2024 @ 11:06

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

WATCH: Scandalous behaviour at Sevilla’s Feria de Abril is put on full display thanks to social media hashtag – including sex in broad daylight, staggering drunks and stripping festival goers

THE outrageous behaviour of some festival goers at the Feria de Abril in Sevilla is being laid bare on social media. Attendees to one of

18 Apr, 2024 @ 13:18

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘I went to the first weekend of the Feria de Abril in Sevilla – THESE are my top tips on surviving the chaos’

GOING to the Feria de Abril in Sevilla can be a daunting task. The week-long festival in the capital of Andalucia is part of a

17 Apr, 2024 @ 14:45

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla

Travel chaos at the Feria de Abril in Sevilla: €150 for 11-minute Ubers, mammoth queues for buses and metro services overwhelmed as daily visitor numbers soar by 20,000

VISITORS to the Feria de Abril in Sevilla have vented their frustrations at this year’s travel chaos. Video footage shared online shows snaking queues for

16 Apr, 2024 @ 15:12

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WATCH: Moment a dead horse is removed from the Feria de Abril in Sevilla: Animal suffered a heart attack during 28C heat – sparking outrage among activists

ANIMAL activists are outraged after a horse suffered a heart attack and died due to 28C heat at the Feria de Abril in Sevilla. The

15 Apr, 2024 @ 17:22

Animals·Lead·Sevilla

Sevilla to expand its metro: Junta praises start of €330million plan after ’14 years of delays’

SEVILLE is finally set to expand its metro after 14 years of delays and planning, it has been announced. The capital city of Andalucia will

5 Apr, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla

WATCH: US expat reveals why Americans love living in Spain – where there’s ‘no fear of being shot’ or ‘losing their home to pay for health care’

A US expat has revealed why she and other Americans love living in Spain – and the reasons are aplenty. Emily Woerfel has been living

3 Apr, 2024 @ 12:03

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla

Revealed: How Ukrainian fighter pilots were paid €150,000 per flight to carry millions of euros worth of drugs into Spain in low-flying helicopters in the dead of night

UKRAINIAN pilots who imported drugs from Morocco to Spain on helicopters have been busted by the Guardia Civil and the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie. READ MORE:

2 Apr, 2024 @ 12:46

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Major crackdown on Airbnbs in southern Spain: Sevilla bans new tourist flat licences in 11 ‘saturated’ neighbourhoods

SEVILLA has become the first municipality in Andalucia to apply a new regional law to strictly control the amount of properties that can be used

29 Mar, 2024 @ 13:15

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

How olive leaves could be key to treating diabetes and Alzheimer’s: Scientists in Spain launch exciting new research using oil that costs €1.5MILLION per kilo

SCIENTISTS in Spain believe olives may hold the key to treating diabetes and Alzheimer’s. Specifically, it is the leaves of olive trees which could prove

27 Mar, 2024 @ 06:00

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

IN PICTURES: The English painter who captured the cities of pre-industrial Spain frozen in time in 1908 on a remarkable voyage through the country

A REMARKABLE tome by a British writer and painter on Spain’s wealth of incredible cathedrals was released 115 years ago this month. Cathedral Cities of

23 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

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Criminals operated helicopter ‘narco flights’ importing hashish into Spain

A CRIMINAL gang importing drugs from Morocco to Spain on two helicopters has been busted by the Guardia Civil and the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie. Nine

22 Mar, 2024 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Horror crash: Six dead including two Guardia Civil officers after lorry loses control in Spain’s Andalucia

SIX people died in the early hours of Tuesday after a lorry ploughed into a group of stationary vehicles on the AP-4 motorway in Sevilla

19 Mar, 2024 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Tourist tax in Spain: Leaders of Malaga, Sevilla and Cordoba call for new levy on visitors

MALAGA’S mayor Francisco de la Torre has joined his counterparts in Cordoba and Sevilla in calling for a tourist tax to be levied in Andalucia.

15 Mar, 2024 @ 14:00

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Multiple flights to Sevilla are diverted to Malaga due to severe fog

THREE flights were forced to divert from Sevilla to Malaga this morning after a bank of severe fog enveloped the airport. Dangerously low visibility led

15 Mar, 2024 @ 13:21

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