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Tap water warning in Spain: Supplies are 'not fit for human consumption' in these areas on the Costa Blanca

Drought latest: Region in Spain declares emergency as it brings ban on public showers, filling swimming pools and more

SPAIN’S Catalunya region is to ramp up water restrictions from February 1 due to the ongoing drought with up to 202 municipalities being forced to

16 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Benidorm Prepares For Summer Tourist Influx By Boosting Street Cleaning And Rubbish Collections On Spain's Costa Blanca

Tourists left up to 540 TONNES of rubbish on the beaches of Spain’s Benidorm last year, figures show

THE City of Benidorm collected a whopping 544,500 kilograms of waste from its beaches in 2023, according to a press statement released January 11. The

13 Jan, 2024 @ 12:20

Barcelona·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

Rent control arrives to Spain in February: This region will be the first to implement the measure amid record-high tenant costs

AS rental prices have been soaring prohibitively across Spain, Catalonia is set to be the first to step in and, from February, put controls on

12 Jan, 2024 @ 10:32

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Lead·Property

Renfe launches new high-speed rail route in Spain connecting Madrid with Alicante and Murcia

Renfe sale: High-speed train tickets across Spain and beyond from just €7

SPANISH national rail service Renfe has kicked off the year with a promotion offering reduced fares to destinations throughout Spain and France. Renfe’s high-speed Avlo

11 Jan, 2024 @ 14:42

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Valencia

Revealed: The most popular cities in Spain for British digital nomads

BRITISH digital nomads rate Spain, and especially the Valencian Community, as their favourite country for remote working. A study of 400 UK professionals carried out

9 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police in Spain’s Barcelona suspect man found dead with children killed them with gas before committing suicide

THE REGIONAL police in Catalonia believe that a man who was found dead along with his two children in his Barcelona apartment on Monday may

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:17

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Price of cocaine falls by almost a HALF in Spain: Why the drug is cheaper despite ‘record’ seizures by police

THE tidal wave of cocaine engulfing Europe has seen its price nearly halve in Spain due to overproduction in Latin American countries. An enormous surge

8 Jan, 2024 @ 12:04

Algeciras·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Dani Alves’ mother doxes his alleged rape victim online in an extraordinary attack: Young woman is due to testify against the football star in Spain next month

THE mother of ex-Barcelona football star Dani Alves, awaiting trial next month on rape charges, may have landed him in further hot water after she

4 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Barcelona·Lead

Homebuyer alert: Price of housing in Malaga city rises 7.2% to €3,000/m2, a third higher than Spain’s Andalucia

THE price of housing went up a stunning 7.2% in the city of Malaga in 2023 to more than €3,000 per square metre, one of

3 Jan, 2024 @ 09:27

Andalucia·Barcelona·Catalunya·Malaga·Property

Barcelona landlord who was caught advertising 14 unlicensed holiday flats is fined €420,000

A BARCELONA property owner has been given a record fine for renting out unlicensed tourist apartments ‘for years’ in the Old City area. The man

2 Jan, 2024 @ 16:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Cyber scammers pocket over €5 million by defrauding users of cloned electronic product websites in Spain

Cyber criminals swindle victim out of €237k over property purchase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 16 people for defrauding a woman out of €237,622 by intercepting and altering emails to trick her during a Costa

29 Dec, 2023 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Kidnapped Man Forced To Hide Drugs In His Genital Area From Spain S Murcia Region To Valencian Community

Brazilian kidnap gang snatch elderly man in Portugal and leave him tied to a tree in Barcelona robbed of €100,000: Arrests made in Torremolinos

A WEALTHY Portuguese businessman was kidnapped from his home and driven on a harrowing 1,200km journey across Spain before being left tied to a tree

28 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Dani Alves’s sexual assault trial date is confirmed: Footballer is accused of attacking young woman in Spain’s Barcelona

THE TRIAL of former Barcelona footballer Dani Alves on sex assault charges will begin on February 5. Alves is accused of assaulting a 23-year-old woman

20 Dec, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

This centuries’ old Christmas market in Spain is among the best in EUROPE this year – according to Elle magazine

ELLE magazine has named this Christmas market in Spain among the best in Europe. The ‘mercado’ is the oldest in the country, with over 200

20 Dec, 2023 @ 12:23

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Three young jihadists planning to detonate a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb in Spain are arrested

THREE ‘highly radicalised’ teenagers have been arrested in Madrid and Barcelona over plans to make a massive bomb. The suspects, aged between 14 and 18

20 Dec, 2023 @ 12:15

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid

Police in Spain’s Barcelona seek thieves who stole watch worth €500,000 from tourist

POLICE in Barcelona are seeking a pair of thieves who made off with a watch worth €500,000 on Friday. One of the duo ripped the

14 Dec, 2023 @ 13:09

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Young squatter in Spain faces losing her ARM after sticking it in a barrel of cement to avoid being kicked out during huge police raid on ‘okupa’ building

A FEMALE squatter could lose her arm after putting it into a barrel of cement during a police raid in Catalunya. Mossos d’Esquadra officers entered

1 Dec, 2023 @ 19:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

World’s first museum of ‘forbidden’ art opens in Spain – and it’s not for the faint-hearted

A PAINTING of the Virgin Mary masturbating and a model of Spanish dictator General Franco in a fridge are just a couple of the bizarre

24 Nov, 2023 @ 13:33

Barcelona·Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead

James Rhodes and Blanca evicted from Barcelona apartment

Outrage as woman, 78, faces being kicked out of her home in Spain ‘over an €88 debt’: Landlord refuses offer from Brit pianist James Rhodes to pay her rent for two years

BRITISH pianist James Rhodes has offered to pay an elderly woman’s rent for two years after an €88 debt left her at risk of homelessness.

23 Nov, 2023 @ 12:09

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

These 3 cities in Spain are among the best in the WORLD to live in, according to Forbes

SPAIN is the country to be in for a high standard of city living and quality of lifestyle, according to InterNations—the largest global community for

20 Nov, 2023 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Valencia

WATCH: Moment young tourist is placed in a chokehold and robbed while streaming live in Spain’s Barcelona

THIS is the moment a young tourist was attacked while streaming live in Barcelona at the weekend. Video footage shared online shows a Japanese man

20 Nov, 2023 @ 15:28

Barcelona·Lead

Shakira reaches a deal with prosecutors in Spain on the first day of her €14.5million tax fraud trial

POP STAR Shakira has cut a deal with prosecutors at the start of day one of her tax fraud trial in Barcelona on Monday. The

20 Nov, 2023 @ 11:19

Barcelona·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Australian couple call in police after paying a popular dog breeder in Spain €24,000 for American Bully puppies which never arrived

AN Australian couple have called in police after splashing €24,000 on a trio of Spanish pedigree dogs that were never delivered. Melissa and Jamie Tucker,

20 Nov, 2023 @ 11:10

Barcelona·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

Pret A Manger lands in Spain! Coffee shop chain loved in Britain to open 70 stores across the Iberian Peninsula

THE BRITISH sandwich and organic coffee retailer Pret A Manger is to open its first Spanish outlet at Barcelona Airport. Pret- founded more than 30

17 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Stunning photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona defies science – just how did the photographer do it?

AN INCREDIBLE photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona a full 200km distant has wowed viewers and delivered a rare lesson in atmospheric refraction. Catalan photographer

15 Nov, 2023 @ 15:15

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Mallorca

New ‘luxurious’ high-speed train between Spain and Paris is expected to launch in 2024 – just in time for the Olympics

A LUXURY high-speed train has been announced between a popular Spanish tourist spot and Paris just in time for the 2024 Olympics. An Italian company

15 Nov, 2023 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Olive Press Travel

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