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Fumigating is underway in southern Spain to combat mosquitos carrying West Nile Virus

AUTHORITIES in southern Spain have stepped up fumigation campaigns after mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus were detected in Cadiz province. They were found in Benalup-Casas

15 Sep, 2025 @ 14:43

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Health·Lead·Nature·Other News

More than 8,000 tourist flats to be removed from Malaga province

THE Spanish government has announced that over 8,000 tourist flats in Malaga province will be removed from online platforms such as Airbnb and Booking. Prime

15 Sep, 2025 @ 14:21

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property·Travel News

Spain set for ‘second summer’ this week: Here are the regions where the thermometer could top 36C

SPAIN is bracing for a scorching week of temperatures more typical of August as a massive anticyclone brings sweltering heat across much of the country.

15 Sep, 2025 @ 10:18

Lead·Weather

Pedro Sanchez vows to remove 53,000 tourist flats and convert them into ‘permanent rentals’ for young people during Malaga visit

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced plans to remove 53,000 tourist apartments from rental platforms across Spain – with 6,000 of them located in

14 Sep, 2025 @ 13:54

Lead·Malaga·National News·Property

Three Key Dates in Spanish History You Should Know

If you’re a history enthusiast and curious about Spain’s rich and complex past, three significant anniversaries are just around the corner. Here’s a closer look

14 Sep, 2025 @ 13:29

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Nightclub manager shoves customer who suffers fatal fall in Spain's Costa Blanca

Gangsters disguised as cops shoot giant tattooed Danish man in the face and later burn his van in sleepy Malaga town

A DANISH man was shot twice in his van by after gangsters disguised as Guardia Civil officers pulled him over in a quiet town just

13 Sep, 2025 @ 19:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘Russian missiles can reach London or Madrid in a matter of minutes’: NATO warns that Russia is not only a threat to ‘eastern flank’

THE Secretary General of NATO has delivered a stark warning to Spain that Russia poses a threat to all member states. Speaking in Luxembourg on

13 Sep, 2025 @ 18:50

Lead·National News

Shackleton International School joins prestigious IB World Schools

SHACKLETON International School in Burjassot, Valencia has recently reached a major milestone, officially joining the global network of IB World Schools. From September 2026, Sixth

12 Sep, 2025 @ 16:20

Education·Sponsored·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ryanair threatens to cut another million seats to Spain by next summer as airline goes all in against Spanish airports

RYANAIR has warned it could strip another one million seats from flights to Spain next summer if the country’s airport operator does not back down

12 Sep, 2025 @ 15:24

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Travel News

A smashing health service: Marbella’s Quirónsalud is on hand at this weekend’s exciting Davis Cup tennis clash

IT is one of Spain’s leading health companies. So it is no surprise that QuirónSalud will once again take care of the health of the

12 Sep, 2025 @ 13:48

Andalucia·Health·Other News·Sponsored

Pedro Sanchez attends christening of new Spanish frigate – ‘the first of five’ – as Spain boosts its military credibility

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has hailed Spain as an “open, prosperous and industrial nation” while attending the launch of the Spanish Navy’s new frigate *Bonifaz*

12 Sep, 2025 @ 13:37

Galicia·Lead·Other News·Politics

WATCH: Spain’s polyglot economy minister wows investors in Tokyo by speaking Japanese for over two minutes

SPAIN’S Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo has surprised investors in Tokyo by opening his address in Japanese, a gesture that drew admiration and quickly went viral.

12 Sep, 2025 @ 13:37

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Vueling accused of anti-semitism after group of Jewish children are removed from plane in Valencia

Vueling offers Spain’s airports 1.5 million new passenger seats in wake of Ryanair withdrawals

VUELING has announced a major boost to its winter schedule in Spain, adding 1.5 million seats across Santiago de Compostela and Tenerife Norte. The expansion

12 Sep, 2025 @ 11:39

Lead·National News·Other News·Travel News

Spain’s split weather: Highs of 36C in Andalucia while Catalunya is haunted by severe autumnal storms

SPAIN is bracing for a weekend of weather extremes, with sweltering heat returning to Andalucia just as storms lash Catalonia and the northeast. AEMET has

12 Sep, 2025 @ 10:30

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Weather

Where do foreigners buy homes in Spain? Brits dominate south coast but Germans make larger footprint nationwide

BRITISH buyers continue to dominate property searches in southern Spain, but Germans now cast the biggest shadow across the market as a whole. New figures

11 Sep, 2025 @ 14:13

Lead·Property

Spain threatens to boycott next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel participate

A LEADING government minister has warned that Spain could withdraw from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to participate. Speaking to TVE,

11 Sep, 2025 @ 13:07

Entertainment·Lead·Politics

What’s behind the mysterious closure of a luxury German property empire in Mallorca just three years after it opened?

A HIGH-END German real estate firm has abruptly closed its Mallorca office just three years after launching with ambitious plans to dominate the island’s luxury

11 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca·Property

Ryanair makes welcome changes to carry-on luggage size after bruising battle with Spain’s airports

RYANAIR has increased the size of its free carry-on bag for all passengers following a dispute with Spanish authorities. Effective from early September 2025, travellers

11 Sep, 2025 @ 11:18

Lead·Other News·Travel News

Forget tourism: Spain’s property sector is driving growth as one in four new companies are in real estate

SPAIN’S construction and property sectors are driving a business creation surge that signals the strongest market confidence in years, new figures reveal. The latest Business

11 Sep, 2025 @ 08:29

Business & Finance·Lead·Property

Barcelona residents fight controversial Thyssen museum project over ‘property speculation’ fears

PLANS to turn one of Barcelona’s most famous cinemas into a new Thyssen museum have sparked fury among residents, who claim the project is property

10 Sep, 2025 @ 17:45

Barcelona·Lead·Property

Most mental health sufferers show addiction to alcohol, tobacco or cocaine, according to Andalucia health

ONE in four people suffer from mental health struggles. However, despite the widespread nature of the issue, uniting efforts to improve the lives of those

10 Sep, 2025 @ 16:30

Health·Lead

BUSTED!: Two squatters arrested trying to break into Palma flat with crowbar

TWO would-be squatters were caught red-handed trying to break into a Palma flat in the early hours – and one of them was already wanted

10 Sep, 2025 @ 16:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

During this month in Spain: Indians revolt in Argentina, volcano erupts in the Canaries and much more

September 1529 – Destruction of ‘Spiritu Santo’ The native Indians who inhabited what is now Argentina destroyed the Spanish settlement named Spiritu Santo. In other

10 Sep, 2025 @ 13:49

La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s record housing market far from peaking – ‘prices will reach unprecedented levels’

SPAIN’S housing market is showing no signs of cooling down, with a leading property analyst warning that prices will reach ‘levels never seen before in

10 Sep, 2025 @ 13:45

Lead·Property

Decree that only Catalan to be used in schools in Catalunya is quashed in relief for expat parents

BRITISH families living in Catalunya could see changes in how school lessons are taught after the region’s High Court (TSJC) annulled large sections of a

10 Sep, 2025 @ 12:30

Catalunya·Education·Lead

‘They’re still trying to brush it under the carpet’: Family of Brit killed in Benidorm rail at fresh police claim ‘murder unlikely’

THE family of a British father who plunged to his death in Benidorm say Spanish police are still trying to dismiss foul play nearly a

10 Sep, 2025 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead