Spain takes top TWO places in the list of world’s best places for a frugal first foray into love
ST VALENTINE’S DAY is looming and many singletons will be left wondering, “where in the world is the best place to find love?” If those
Barcelona hackers hoodwink phone shops into issuing SIM cards used to clear out bank accounts in Spain
A Barcelona-based gang emptied out people’s bank accounts by tricking phone shops to give them replacement phone SIM cards. Eight people have been arrested in
Spain’s La Sagrada Família is the most reviewed tourist attraction in the world
WHAT comes to mind if you were to guess what the most popular tourist attraction in the world is? If you guessed the Eiffel Tower,
Iconic Catalan fashion designer Toni Miro dies age 74
Catalan fashion designer Antonio Miro passed away on Thursday, February 3 after suffering a heart attack. Born in Sabadell in 1947, the son of a
Barcelona named in top three of world’s most romantic cities
The MOST romantic places on earth have been named, with London, Paris and Barcelona taking the top three spots. A poll found that the buzzy
Barcelona boy masterminds €150,000 online fraud to con approximately 100 people in Spain
A Barcelona area boy and his parents have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for committing online fraud that netted around €150,000 in two years.
Violent far-right hate group arrests after using social media as recruiting tool in Spain
SEVEN members of a violent ultra-right group that co-ordinated hate crimes via social media have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. One of those detained
Fraudsters charge anti-vaxxers in Spain up to €1,000 for bogus COVID-19 passports and PCR test results
SEVEN members of a gang who sold fake COVID-19 passports to anti-vaxxers have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Spain. The Spanish branch of
From shelf stacker to Our Man in the Balearics: Meet the British consul awarded an MBE for his work with Brits in Spain
WHEN Lloyd Milen was informed, just before Christmas, that he had been awarded an MBE for services to British nationals in Spain he couldn’t quite
Salvador Dali paintings stolen from Barcelona apartment in Spain
POLICE are investigating the theft of two Salvador paintings from a Barcelona apartment. The Mossos d’Esquadra were contacted on Sunday afternoon by the home owners.
WATCH: Youths clash with police as they hold street parties to celebrate end of COVID curfew in Spain’s Catalunya
POLICE clashed with dozens of young people who gathered in the streets to celebrate the end of a restrictive curfew in Spain’s northeastern region of
Police in Spain arrest drugs mule at Barcelona hospital bedside after cocaine burst in his stomach
A drugs mule was placed into a coma at a Barcelona hospital after part of his smuggled cocaine stash burst in his stomach. Police say
Big freeze hits north and central Spain yet temperatures will soar to 20°C in east and south of Spain on Sunday
COLD weather hit the Spanish mainland over the Three Kings’ festive period as we entered the coldest two months of the year – but it’s
Barcelona fraudster in Spain went shopping with counterfeit €20 notes hidden in her underwear
A Barcelona woman has been arrested for using fake €20 notes that she hid in her panties. The Mossos d’Esquadra detained the 46-year-old who went
Stolen historical document could see Costa Blanca city take Catalan government to Spanish court
A row over a stolen historical document could end up with Orihuela council taking the Catalunya regional government to court. Repeated requests from Orihuela officials
COVID-19 test kits worth over €500,000 are stolen from Barcelona area warehouse in Spain
THIEVES have stolen 208,000 antigen tests from a Barcelona area warehouse. Police say the robbery happened on Friday(December 31). The test kits have a total
Police in Spain break up New Year’s Eve orgy involving 70 American guests at a villa outside Barcelona
POLICE broke up a New Year’s Eve sex party that involved around 70 guests, most of them from the USA, in a town outside Barcelona
IN PICS: Anti-vaxxers stage demonstration in Spain’s Barcelona against holiday season restrictions and need for vaccine passports
HUNDREDS of protestors took to the streets on Christmas Day in Barcelona in anger at new restrictions imposed by the regional government in a
IN PICS: Santa swimmers race in bracing Christmas Day tradition in Spain’s Barcelona
THE Copa Nadal swimming race takes place on Christmas Day morning in the in the Old Port of Barcelona in what has become the oldest
Barcelona’s Gerard Pique gets big tax break from Spain’s Supreme Court
BARCELONA footballer Gerard Pique has landed a €2.1 million pre-Christmas windfall courtesy of Spain’s Supreme Court. Pique, 34, has been given a refund of a
WATCH: Police in Spain swoop in on drug trafficker who lived life of luxury in Barcelona
SPANISH police have arrested a ‘most-wanted’ international drug trafficker who used proceeds of illicit trade to live a luxury lifestyle of fast cars, private yachts
Fraudsters pocketed €4 million by selling fake citizenship exam diplomas across Spain
POLICE say a Barcelona-based gang netted €4 million by selling fake diplomas to Spanish citizenship applicants. The criminal organisation was broken up in simultaneous arrests
TRAGEDY: Elderly couple die in Barcelona fire
AN elderly couple has died when a fire swept through their apartment in Vilassar de Mar (Barcelona). Investigators are searching for the cause of the
Doctor in Spain reunited with the baby he helped save 24 years ago — now she’s a nurse at the same Barcelona hospital
FATE came knocking when Dr Felix Castillo was reunited with a very special patient after over two decades. On December 4, 1997, a little girl
WATCH: A new star is born as final piece placed atop tower in Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia changing the skyline of Barcelona in northeastern Spain
THE architectural masterpiece by Antoni Gaudi took another step towards completion as a giant multifaceted star was lifted into place atop one of Sagrada Familia’s
Spain orders fully-vaccinated people to quarantine if they have contact with confirmed or even suspected Omicron COVID-19 cases
FEARS about the spread of the newly-discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant has led Spanish health chiefs to toughen-up self-isolation rules for fully-vaccinated people. The Ministry of
