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Ex-Marbella councillor who fled Spain in 2006 over infamous Malaya corruption case is arrested at Madrid airport

A FORMER Marbella councillor who fled Spain 19 years ago to avoid being indicted in an infamous corruption case has been arrested at Madrid airport

29 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spanish overtaken by Hindi as world’s second most-used native language

SPANISH is no longer the world’s second native language after being overtaken by Hindi, with Mandarin Chinese remaining on top. The Cervantes Institute in its

29 Oct, 2025 @ 17:50

Lead·National News

Teenage hacker arrested in Alicante for making death threats to Podemos leader, Ione Belarra, and the mass theft of personal data

Teenage hacker arrested in Alicante for death threats against left-wing Podemos leader and threatening mass theft of personal data

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested in the Vinalopo region after making online death threats to the leader of the left-wing political party Podemos. He

29 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Fears of new ‘wolf pack’ as four men are arrested over attack on girl in Pamplona – nine years after horrific assault during Spain’s Running of the Bulls

FOUR men have been arrested over an alleged gang rape of a young woman at a university party in Pamplona – sparking fears of another

29 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Chaos in Sevilla as ‘tropical storm’ floods hospital, traps schoolchildren and shuts down Spain’s fourth largest city

SEVILLA has been thrown into chaos after a torrential downpour described by locals as a “tropical storm” flooded parts of the city on Wednesday. The

29 Oct, 2025 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Spain’s Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, says he gave the ‘people democracy, it is my legacy’

EXILED Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, has said that democracy is the ‘legacy he left to Spain’ in his memoir to be published in France next

29 Oct, 2025 @ 13:45

Lead·National News

BBVA bank bosses in Spain to reduce compulsory redundacies after one-day strike

Spain’s BBVA becomes fourth Spanish company to break the €100 billion mark – just weeks after the failure of its Sabadell hostile takeover

BBVA has reached a market value of more than €100 billion for the first time, just two weeks after its attempted takeover of Banco Sabadell

29 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead

WATCH: Western Andalucia hit by RED ALERT for torrential rains as towns flood and TORNADOES rip up terraces

WESTERN Andalucia has been plunged into chaos as torrential rain, flooding and a series of violent windstorms batter the region. Spain’s weather agency AEMET declared

29 Oct, 2025 @ 12:39

Andalucia·Huelva·Lead·Weather

Antonio Banderas’ new beachfront Marbella mansion is coming along nicely: Three floors, an infinity pool and even a panic room – after his old one was forcibly demolished

CONSTRUCTION on Antonio Banderas’ new beachfront Marbella mansion is underway – here’s everything you need to know about his spectacular new home. The home sits

29 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Lead·Marbella·Property

Spain’s all-star economy cools slightly as China floods Europe with imports redirected from Trump’s tariffs

SPAIN’S economy has lost a little of its shine as growth eased to 0.6% in the third quarter, with the finger pointed at exports faltering

29 Oct, 2025 @ 11:35

Business & Finance·Lead

Asian ‘murder hornets’ kill three in just two weeks in Galicia as Spain faces defeat in its battle against invasive species

THREE men have lost their lives to ‘murder hornets’ in Galicia in under two weeks – prompting fears that Spain is losing its long-running battle

29 Oct, 2025 @ 11:00

Galicia·Green·Lead

Swipe Fatigue: Why Spain is falling out of love with dating apps

SWIPE left is slowly being replaced by “dating app fatigue” as the new buzzword around online dating in Spain, according to recent media reports. Apps

29 Oct, 2025 @ 07:27

La Cultura·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Fears of more victims in the Costa Blanca’s ‘very own Jimmy Savile case’ after Brit charity worker is jailed for raping teenage girl in UK

THE rape conviction of a Costa Blanca-based British charity worker for a crime dating back 30 years has prompted fears many more victims could come

28 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Torrevieja

Ex-porn star faces four years in prison over toad venom fatally administered to house guest in Valencia

THE Valencia Public Prosecutor wants ex-porn star Nacho Vidal jailed for four years if he’s convicted for killing a photographer in a toad venom drinking

28 Oct, 2025 @ 17:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Dates for your diary as Spain confirms national bank holiday dates for 2026

Dates for your diary as Spain confirms national bank holidays for 2026

SPAIN’S government has officially declared the list of bank holidays in the country for next year. The calendar was published on Tuesday in the Official

28 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Lead·National News

62 people set to be prosecuted after hundreds of animals are poisoned or illegally hunted in rural Spain

THE Guardia Civil’s annual ‘Atrax’ campaign to combat the illegal killing of animals in mainly rural Spain has led to 62 people being either arrested

28 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm to be found in years is raided in Alicante with entry via ‘secret’ door

THE Guardia Civil have dismantled one ‘of the most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farms to be discovered in Alicante province in recent years. Two warehouses in

28 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa del Sol under yellow weather alert: Torrential downpours to spell end of Malaga’s Indian summer?

THE long spell of late-season warmth along the Costa del Sol is about to end as Malaga braces for torrential rain and a sharp drop

28 Oct, 2025 @ 13:41

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Murdered woman's decomposing body hidden inside her Costa Blanca home while boyfriend stole her inheritance windfall

Horror in Alicante: Boyfriend ‘kills partner and stashes her corpse on couch in her Costa Blanca home while he makes off with her inheritance windfall’

A WOMAN was stabbed to death and her decomposing corpse kept on her Alicante home couch as her boyfriend stole part of a recent €250,000

28 Oct, 2025 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

The uneasy colonisation of Spain’s costas: Spanish home buyers are now a minority in Alicante — and Malaga is close behind

A DEEP disquiet is beginning to set in along Spain’s coastal regions after the release of the latest numbers from the Spanish General Council of

27 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Alicante·Lead·Malaga·Property

Almost a quarter of children have trouble sleeping and a third are scared of rain – a year after Valencia flood disaster

A REPORT into the effects on children of the October 29 Valencia floods says that over 30% of them admit- a year later- to still

27 Oct, 2025 @ 17:00

Health·Lead·Valencia

British man suffers punctured lung after passer-by stabs him for not giving him a cigarette in Valencia

British man suffers punctured lung after being stabbed by passer-by for not giving him a cigarette in Valencia

A BRITISH man was rushed with a punctured lung to hospital in Valencia after refusing to give a cigarette to a passer-by. The victim- identified

27 Oct, 2025 @ 16:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Andalucia reclaims nearly 300 public housing flats in Malaga taken over by squatters, drug gangs and jihadists — which will be reassigned to families in need

NEARLY 300 public housing flats across Malaga province have been recovered by the Junta after they were taken over and converted into squats or drug

27 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Malaga·Property

WATCH: Spanish special forces board Vigo-bound cargo ship and seize 6.5 tonnes of cocaine after tip-off from American DEA

SPANISH special forces have made a major drugs seizure near the Canary Islands from a cargo ship bound for Galicia. Authorities discovered 6.5 tonnes of

27 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead

TV detective drama ‘Death in Benidorm’ to bring Costa Blanca intrigue to UK screens

A NEW British detective drama set in Benidorm is now filming on the Costa Blanca, promising seaside sunshine, expat bar culture and murder mystery in

27 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

10,000 key buildings including schools, nursing homes and hospitals are in danger from severe floods in Spain

SPAIN has 10,197 infrastructures that could be affected by severe floods with a recurrence period of 500 years. That’s the conclusion of a report published

27 Oct, 2025 @ 14:00

Environment·Green·Lead