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Level 2 emergency is declared over millions of pellets of PLASTIC washing up on beaches in Spain

THE GALICIA region has followed its neighbour Asturias on Tuesday by activating a level 2 emergency alert following the washing up of millions of plastic

9 Jan, 2024 @ 15:18

Asturias·Basque Country·Environment·Lead·National News

War on wild boars declared in Spain's Murcia in special 'hunting emergency'

Woman in Spain’s Basque Country killed in home by stray bullet from boar hunter’s gun

A 75-YEAR-OLD woman died in hospital in Spain’s Basque Country region this weekend after apparently being accidentally shot in the head by a hunter while

18 Dec, 2023 @ 15:34

Basque Country·Lead

ISpain's PM Pedro Sanchez gets rebuffed by Catalan separatist party over support for new budget

Spain set to finally have a government as Pedro Sanchez secures 179 votes ahead of investiture vote next week

SPAIN’S acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appears to have secured another term in office on Friday after getting the support of two more regional parties.

10 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Basque Country·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News·Politics

Israel confirms Spaniard and his wife were killed by Hamas on same day as attack: Couple were found burned in their home

SPANIARD Ivan Illarramendi and his Chilean wife, Loren Garcovich, were killed by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 attack where over 1,400 people died. Their

9 Nov, 2023 @ 10:41

Basque Country·Lead·National News

Spaniard is killed by Hamas: Ivan Illarramendi, 46, was taken hostage alongside his wife during savage attack on Israel last month

A SPANISH man kidnapped by Hamas militia during the October 7 attacks on Israel, has died, according to diplomatic sources speaking to the El Pais

8 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Basque Country·Lead·National News

Extreme weather warnings in the south open up Spain’s north to summer tourism: Visitor numbers jump by half

NORTHERN Spain has seen a massive increase in tourism this year as scorching temperatures in the south put off visitors. In August, the regions of

4 Nov, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Basque Country·Lead·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pictured: Soldier, 19, from Sevilla is among two missing Spaniards in Israel following deadly Hamas attack

THE NAMES of two Spaniards who went missing after Hamas’ weekend air and ground attack in Israel have been revealed. One is a teenage soldier

9 Oct, 2023 @ 17:48

Basque Country·Lead·National News·Sevilla

Young woman is fined €500 for leaving her dog tied up outside a pharmacy in Spain as new animal laws take effect

A YOUNG woman has become the first known person in Spain to be fined for breaking the new Animal Welfare law, but she ended up

9 Oct, 2023 @ 16:04

Animals·Basque Country·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

New offshore wind turbine off Spain’s Basque coast could power about 2,000 homes

A FLOATING wind turbine capable of powering about 2,000 homes has been set up off the Basque coast to make it Spain’s first offshore wind

30 Sep, 2023 @ 09:24

Basque Country·Environment

Bull’s revenge: Bullfighter suffers horrific goring while rescuing fellow fighter in Spain’s Santander

EVERY bullfighter’s nightmare came to pass as one risked his own life and suffered a goring to distract a raging bull that had his fellow

28 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Basque Country·Lead·Sport

First spring sightings of poisonous Portuguese Man O'War in Spain's Costa Blanca waters

Hundreds of sightings of Portuguese Man O’War lead to close several beaches in Spain

HUNDREDS of sightings of Portuguese Man O’War have led to a number of beaches in northern Spain to be closed for swimmers. Basque Country and

24 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Basque Country·Cantabria·Environment·Lead

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Top sommelier gets prison sentence for the misappropriation of high-end wine bottles in the Basque Country

A TOP sommelier has been given a two-year prison sentence for the misappropriation of luxury wine bottles in Spain’s Basque Country. Guillermo Cruz, who was

4 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Basque Country·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

DON’T MISS: The Best of What’s on in Spain

Top events in Spain for the week and month ahead from Madrid to Barcelona via Valencia and A Coruña. THIS WEEK: Tour de France (in

3 Jul, 2023 @ 14:29

Andalucia·Asturias·Barcelona·Basque Country·Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla·Valencia

Extinction Rebellion fills in golf course holes in Spain in excessive water usage protest

CLIMATE activists from Extinction Rebellion(XR) said on Sunday that they had plugged holes on 10 golf courses in Spain to protest at the sport’s excessive

3 Jul, 2023 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Basque Country·Environment·Ibiza·Lead·National News·Navarra·Valencian Community

A man on TVE proffers insults to Spain's prime minister

‘Get Txapote to vote for you’: The slogan about ETA that is plaguing the prime minister and victims alike in Spain

“QUE TE vote Txapote.” Roughly translated: Get Txapote to vote for you. This seemingly innocent Spanish phrase, which is nice and catchy thanks to its

1 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Spain has three of the world’s top four restaurants following Valencia awards ceremony

SPAIN’S restaurants held their heads high in Tuesday’s ‘Best Restaurants in the World Awards 2023’ staged at Valencia’s Les Arts Opera House. The ceremony honoured

21 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Basque Country·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Young man arrested for allegedly murdering his 89-year-old great aunt in the Basque Country

A YOUNG man accused of murdering his 89-year-old great aunt has been arrested in Bilbao (Basque Country). The 28-year-old reportedly walked to a police patrol

18 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Basque Country·Crime & Law

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