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Pilot who crashed one of Spain’s traffic helicopters tests positive for cocaine and amphetamine

A PILOT for one of Spain’s traffic helicopters, which are used to detect infractions on the road, has been arrested after crashing his aircraft on

7 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Malagueta Beach In Malaga. Andalusia, Costa Del Sol, Spain

Costa del Sol can accommodate more than half a million tourists each day

The Costa del Sol can accommodate more than half a million tourists each day, according to new figures. The Malaga province alone has a staggering

6 Mar, 2023 @ 17:45

Lead·Malaga·National News

Feminism Takes To The Streets Of Spain With Massive Marches To Advance Towards Equality

Spain set to make it mandatory for corporate boards to be made up of 40% women

Spain’s government is seeking to make it mandatory for corporate boards to be composed of at least 40% women. Parliament is hoping to pass the

6 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Lawmakers in Spain sent replica 12-week old foetuses after approving new abortion law

LAWMAKERS from a number of different Spanish political parties have been receiving bags containing fake human foetuses as a form of protest against a new

4 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Strikes of airport ground handling staff set to affect Easter holiday plans

Strikes are planned by unionized Swissport ground staff across Spanish airports. Ground staff operating with the airport handling company have announced walkouts on Mondays, Tuesdays,

4 Mar, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead·National News·Travel News

Barcelona named top destination in Europe for gluten-free food

Barcelona has been named one of the top European cities accommodating those who need to follow a strict gluten-free diet. It came in eighth place

4 Mar, 2023 @ 18:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·National News

Disturbing trend in number of bodies being found by Spanish authorities

The number of bodies being found in Spain is on the increase, disturbing figures show. According to the Ministry of the Interior, state security services

4 Mar, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Question and answer with Mallorca The Agency managing partner Alby Euesden

Real estate agent Alby Euesden is originally from the UK but has called Mallorca home for the past 24 years, and now he’s taken on

4 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Property

Where is Amy Fitzpatrick: Irish officials contact Spain’s Guardia Civil about 15-year mystery

Irish officials are pressing Spanish police to step up investigations into the ongoing case of missing Amy Fitzpatrick. The Olive Press has sparked renewed calls

3 Mar, 2023 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read·National News

Revealed: The areas in Spain which welcome the most immigrants, according to latest official data

Ukraine refugees in many parts of Spain have not got special payments promised last June

MANY Ukrainian families that arrived in Spain after Russia’s invasion last year still have not received a penny of their promised €400 per month payments.

3 Mar, 2023 @ 18:01

Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·National News·Ukraine·Valencian Community

Spain's airports report record six-month passenger totals, surpassing 2019 figures

Spain had more foreign tourists in January than three years earlier- just before Covid pandemic

SPAIN welcomed 4.1 million foreign tourists in January to slightly beat the total three years earlier- weeks before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The

3 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News

El 4 De Octubre La Infanta Cristina E Iñaki Urdangarín Cumplen 24 Años De Casados

The price of silence: Inaki Urdangarin ‘wants €25,000 a month’ in divorce from King Felipe’s sister, the Infanta Cristina

THE former Duke of Palma – and jailbird – Inaki Urdangarin is reportedly asking for €25,000 a month from his soon to be ex-wife, the

3 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Irene Montero Presenta Un Proyecto Pa La Igualdad Efectiva Entre Hombres Y Mujeres En El Trabajo

Spain’s controversial consent law sees 721 sex offenders’ sentences reduced and 74 get early release

SPAIN’S legal watchdog has revealed the first official number of sex offenders who have benefitted from the government’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law.

2 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Trans Community Activists Protest Outside The Congress Of Deputies In Madrid, Spain 18 May 2021

As Spain’s new Trans Law comes into effect, 20-year-old Lucia becomes first person to use it to legally change gender

ONE OF SPAIN’S most controversial pieces of legislation, the so-called ‘Trans Law’, came into effect today. And in Madrid, 20-year-old Lucia was the first person

2 Mar, 2023 @ 19:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Spanish farmer’s grape collection could be client resistant, could tackle global warming

A farmer’s vast array of grape varieties he has been collecting since the 1980s could play a pivotal role in tackling the country’s current climate

2 Mar, 2023 @ 18:45

Environment·Lead·National News

Electricity wholesale prices to reach another new record high in Spain

Light at the end of the cable: Spain and France finally set to agree funding for undersea electricity link

SPAIN and France are set to resolve their long-running dispute over the cost of their first undersea electricity link. The 400 km-long cable link from

2 Mar, 2023 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain's jobless total is lowest for May since 2008

February’s unemployment figures in Spain stay virtually unchanged

THE number of people registering as unemployed in Spain rose by just 0.1% in February compared to a month earlier, according to Labour Ministry figures

2 Mar, 2023 @ 14:24

Lead·National News

ECB boss brings little cheer for people in Spain on variable-rate mortgages

THE president of the European Central Bank(ECB) has offered little respite for over four-million households in Spain that are struggling to pay their variable-rate mortgages.

2 Mar, 2023 @ 13:45

Lead·National News·Property

Former deputy in ‘Mediator’ corruption case ‘went to brothel’ on day his Socialist Party denounced prostitution in Congress

THE FORMER Socialist Party deputy at the centre of a corruption scandal, Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, went to a brothel on the day that his

1 Mar, 2023 @ 21:00

Canary Islands·Lead·National News·Politics

Alleged right-wing extremist Kristofer Kearney, who was extradited to the UK from Spain, enters guilty pleas

AN ALLEGED right-wing British extremist who used to live in Spain’s Alicante has admitted to a UK court that he shared a stash of terrorist

1 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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New study: Frightening statistics show high obesity levels among Spanish children

Spanish children spend 294 minutes per day on screens during weekends, according to an alarming new study. The 2022 PASOS Study on Physical Activity, Sedentarism,

1 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Health·Lead·National News

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Prepares For An Interview At A Nato Summit In Madrid

Opposition parties pile on to Spanish government over ‘Mediator’ corruption scandal

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Tuesday accused the governing Socialists of covering up a corruption case that has

28 Feb, 2023 @ 20:00

Lead·National News·Politics