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Reservoirs continue drying up despite heavy weekend storms bringing torrential rain across Spain

Record temperatures, ongoing drought and Doñana’s wetlands: Why water is the word on everyone’s lips this week

WITH 27% of Spain currently either in a drought ‘emergency’ or ‘alert’, record temperatures being registered for the month of April, and an ongoing row

29 Apr, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·National News·Weather

Two climate activists swim naked in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid

Two activists of climate group Futuro Vegetal swam naked in a fountain just outside the Royal Palace in Madrid on Thursday evening. The two women,

28 Apr, 2023 @ 18:30

Environment·Lead·Madrid·National News

First heatwave of the summer coming to Spain with temperatures soaring to 42 degrees

Spain swelters: New record temperature for April as crops fail, wildfires spread and long-term fears sets in

FEARS are rising over what the summer has in store for Spain after an unseasonably early heatwave broke the temperature record for April on Thursday.

28 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Weather

Despite exhumation from war monument, Franco and his new resting place are still costing the Spanish state €10,000 a year

IN OCTOBER 2019, the Spanish government finally moved the body of former dictator Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen monument, transferring the remains

28 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain's Emeritus King Juan Carlos fathered 'secret' daughter according to new book

Juan Carlos I is thinking about buying a house in Sanxenxo

FORMER KING of Spain – and Abu Dhabi resident – Juan Carlos I is reportedly thinking of acquiring a property in Sanxenxo (Galicia). The father

28 Apr, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain's Cadiz but gets bail from local judge

Spain’s judges and prosecutors to go on indefinite strike over pay

SPAIN’S judges and public prosecutors on Friday formally convened an indefinite strike from May 16 onwards, a period that coincides with the run up to

28 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Spain’s state train operator Renfe faces EU probe over refusing to supply content to rival online ticket platforms

THE European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Spain’s state rail operator Renfe has abused its dominant position in the country’s rail

28 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Driver accused of killing two people in Madrid city centre hands himself in

A 31 YEAR-OLD MAN accused of running over and killing two people aged 72 and 81 in Madrid city centre last Thursday has handed himself

28 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain records its hottest-ever April day in Andalucia

Spain records its hottest-ever April day as country swelters under the unseasonal heat

SPAIN’S blistering late April heatwave has brought the highest-ever recorded temperature for the month- 38.7 degrees. The figure was logged on Thursday at 5.00pm at

27 Apr, 2023 @ 19:30

Cordoba·Lead·National News·Weather

Approved: Spain’s Congress passes new housing law that will control rents and put limits on evictions

A NEW housing law that will see rents controlled and new limits on evictions today passed Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies.

27 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Richard Lewington Outside Oñati Town Hall

British resident of Spain ‘makes history’ by becoming first UK national to run as a candidate in a Basque Country election

A BRITISH resident of Madrid is ‘making history’ by becoming the first UK national to ever run in an election in the northern Basque Country

27 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Spain’s Emeritus King Juan Carlos fathered ‘secret’ daughter according to new book

A NEW book about Emeritus King Juan Carlos claims that he fathered a daughter during an extra-marital relationship in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.

27 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Celebrity·Lead·National News

UPDATE: Two dead in Madrid after being hit by a car escaping Guardia Civil in high-speed pursuit

Two people aged 72 and 88 have died after being hit by a car that was being chased by Guardia Civil at Madrid city centre

27 Apr, 2023 @ 14:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Politician from Spain’s Popular Party caught driving at 215km/h in official car

A POLITICIAN from the conservative Popular Party is facing prosecution after the Spanish Civil Guard caught him driving an official car at 215km/h on a

27 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·National News·Politics

OCU consumer group awards lowest marks to Palma, Alicante, and Sevilla

Three ‘dirtiest’ cities in Spain revealed in street cleaning consumer survey

SPAIN’S dirtiest cities have been named in an OCU consumer group survey that quizzed 6,863 residents in 69 locations. Mallorca’s Palma, Alicante, and Sevilla got

27 Apr, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Sevilla

Netflix Spain loses 1 million users in only three months after cancelling shared accounts

NETFLIX has lost a whopping one million users in Spain since it decided to put an end to account sharing last February. The figures come

26 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·La Cultura·National News·Other News

Statue of Former King pointing at Madrid’s symbolic bear with a rifle generates controversy

A STATUE of Spanish Former King Juan Carlos I holding a hunting rifle has been erected without permission in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol. The polyurethane

26 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·National News

Consumer group calls for restaurant inspections across Spain after deadly fire in Madrid

THE BILBAO branch of a franchise of Italian restaurants has removed plastic plants used for decoration from the ceiling, after a blaze broke out in

26 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain is largest ‘eurozone’ country with biggest ‘real wage’ fall in 2022

SPANISH workers suffered the most of any large Eurozone country as their real wages got hit by high inflation in 2022. The Organisation for Economic

25 Apr, 2023 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Percentage of Spaniards at risk of poverty or social exclusion falls two points to 26%

THE PERCENTAGE of Spain’s population that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion fell by nearly two points in 2022 to 26%. That’s according

25 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Wanted by Spain’s Interior Ministry: Companies to help incinerate the police’s record drug hauls

SPAIN is one of the main hubs in Europe for the import of cocaine and hashish, meaning that the country’s authorities are constantly making narcotics

25 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Willy Valades Sports Jopurnalist Scammer Photo Facebook.

Spanish sports journalist pretended to have cancer to scam co-workers

SPANISH sports journalist Guillermo Valades, also known as Willy, allegedly asked for donations from his workmates to treat a made up terminal cancer. The 55-year-old

25 Apr, 2023 @ 11:15

Celebrity·Lead·National News

Spain’s Renfe to Expand AVE train services between Malaga and Madrid in October

Free Renfe four-month passes are now available across Spain

FOUR-MONTH season tickets offering free train travel on Renfe services between May 1 and August 31 have gone on sale around Spain– but there are

25 Apr, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·National News·Travel News

El Rey Emerito, Juan Carlos Disfruta De La Primera Jornada De Las Regats De La Copa Del Rey En Sanxenxo

Spain’s disgraced ex-king Juan Carlos I extends visit to country to undergo medical tests

DISGRACED former king Juan Carlos I has extended his current visit to Spain so that he can undergo medical checks. The father of current monarch

24 Apr, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead·National News

Judge pauses exhumations of Franco victims from controversial mausoleum in Spain

Nazi salutes and fascist chants: Clashes and arrests break out during exhumation of Falange founder in Spain’s Madrid

CLASHES broke out between police and far-right supporters over the controversial exhumation of Falange founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera. The remains of the father

24 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

UK and EU ride their luck in the 13th round of Gibraltar post-Brexit deal negotiations in London

THE UK will try to thrash out a deal in the 13th round of talks on Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU this April 24-25 in

24 Apr, 2023 @ 15:10

Gibraltar·Lead·National News

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