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No place to hide: Net tightens on Globix ponzi fraudsters as liquidators target wife and line up lawyers in Madrid and Moscow

LIQUIDATORS attempting to pin down €40 million missing in a giant crypto fraud are zeroing in on the wife of one of the chief suspects

25 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Florists in Barcelona disgruntled over weed sellers

WEED sellers in Barcelona’s old city have been registering as florists to overcome zoning rules, much to the actual florists annoyance. Around 250 outlets are

25 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Barcelona·Lead

Police swoop on far-right extremists for mass bar assault against rival group in Spain's Navarre area

Police swoop on far-right football hooligans for assault on rival group in Spain’s Navarra area

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested 13 members of the ultra-right Boixos Nois group who attacked a rival faction in a mass assault inside a Pamplona

20 Jul, 2023 @ 15:46

Alicante·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Navarra·Valencia

Sevilla-bound flight from Barcelona aborts take-off after bird strike

A SEVILLA-bound flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport has aborted take-off after the airplane was hit by a large bird, causing numerous delays. The incident took

18 Jul, 2023 @ 08:00

Barcelona·Lead·Sevilla

Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter

Two men enjoy holiday in Spain’s Benidorm using cloned card from unsuspecting victim

TWO SPANIARDS have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm for using credit card details stolen from a victim in the Barcelona area. The

17 Jul, 2023 @ 15:04

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

Two members of Europe-wide hotel safe robbery gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in a joint operation with the Mossos d’Esquadra, have arrested two members of a gang that stole from hotel room safes across

14 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15

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

Criminal gang stole 21,600 condoms packed into van during working holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BARCELONA area robbery gang went on holiday to Alicante province and spent their vacation stealing from businesses including thousands of condoms. Three men aged

11 Jul, 2023 @ 13:31

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia·Valencian Community

Marijuana Gang Had Drugs Worth €3 Million On Spain's Costa Blanca To Send In Boxes To Germany

Marijuana gang had drugs worth €3 million on Spain’s Costa Blanca for cardboard box delivery to Germany

A SPANISH-ALBANIAN gang that exported marijuana from Alicante province and Murcia to Germany has been busted in a joint operation between the Policia Nacional and

11 Jul, 2023 @ 12:13

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Pizza restaurant in Spain’s Barcelona voted as best pizzeria outside Italy

IF YOU think of pizza, then thoughts inevitably turn to Italy, but Spanish pizzerias are having a lot of say over that matter these days.

4 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Food & Drink·Lead

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

Home grocery delivery service Getir to dismiss entire workforce in Spain

HOME grocery delivery company Getir has announced that it plans to get rid of its entire workforce in Spain- barely two years after the Turkish

30 Jun, 2023 @ 13:44

Andalucia·Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·National News·Sevilla·Valencia

Successful Sea Plane Test Carried To Show How Services Could Work In Spain's Balearic Islands

Successful sea plane test carried out with hope of services between Spain’s Balearic Islands

A SUCESSFUL test flight of a seaplane owned by Isla Air Express has given the company hope that it is one step closer to launching

28 Jun, 2023 @ 15:40

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca

Barcelona pickpockets spitting in people's hair

WATCH: The new distraction technique by Barcelona’s thieves: SPITTING IN YOUR HAIR

BARCELONA is earning its infamous reputation as the ‘city of thieves’ after a spate of new pickpocket attacks that employ a particularly disgusting modus operandi.

23 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Air Europa and Iryo to launch first ever combined plane and train ticket in Spain

AIR Europa and Iryo have announced the launch of combined plane and train tickets in Spain from September. The agreement will include flights connecting Spain

22 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Alicante·Andalucia·Barcelona·Catalunya·Cordoba·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Sevilla·Travel News·Valencia

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

Precious time wasted as over 11 million people miss appointments to see doctor in Spain

OVER 11 million primary care appointments have been lost in the last year in Spain because patients do not attend scheduled appointments with their family

20 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

In last-minute twist, Socialists take power in Barcelona City Hall

THANKS TO A last-minute deal, the Socialists took power in Barcelona City Hall on Saturday, despite a pro-independence candidate having won the most seats at

18 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Barcelona·Lead·Politics

15 injured in a crash between a bus, a car and a motorbike in Barcelona city centre

A TOTAL of 15 people have been injured in a crash between a city bus, a car and a motorbike in Barcelona. One of the

16 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Other News

The Best You Can Do This Summer Is to Visit Barcelona

Barcelona, it was the first time that we met – how could I forget! Anyone remember that Freddie Mercury song? Whether or not you do,

15 Jun, 2023 @ 13:13

Barcelona·Olive Press Travel

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

Dani Alves loses last chance to get out of jail ahead of trial for sexually assaulting woman in Barcelona night club

EX-BARCA star Dani Alves is to remain in jail on sexual assault charges after a judge rejected his latest appeal today. Alves stands accused of

12 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Barcelona·Lead

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

A 32-YEAR-OLD scammer conned people out of €82,400 by selling them cut price cars they never received. The Guardia Civil arrested the Columbian man after

9 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Retailer Carrefour in Spain steps up solar panel installations at its stores

RETAILER Carrefour says it its planning to install 330,000 square metres of solar panels at 130 of its stores in Spain. Some 30 hypermarkets and

5 Jun, 2023 @ 12:08

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·National News

Two men who allegedly stole a €70,000 watch by chewing off the strap arrested in Barcelona

TWO thieves who allegedly stole a luxury watch by biting its strap have been arrested in El Born (Barcelona). One of the accused reportedly restrained

5 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Dozens of Coldplay fans scammed with fake tickets in Barcelona

Dozens of Brits attending the Coldplay concerts in Barcelona this week have been scammed with fake tickets. Police are dismantling a complex network that has

28 May, 2023 @ 16:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Police in Spain’s Barcelona arrest Ibiza robbers who snatched €70,000 watch from tourist

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Barcelona have arrested two men who stole two high-end watches from tourists in Ibiza. A holidaymaker filed a complaint last Sunday

27 May, 2023 @ 08:45

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

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