Spain reveals its word of the year for 2024
THE 2024 word of the year has been revealed in Spain. Each year, the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) chooses a word that has defined the
Revealed: The biggest cash-earning speed cameras in Spain – with one issuing over 118,000 fines alone
A MADRID area speed trap is the most lucrative in Spain catching out 118,149 motorists in 2023. Figures have been published by Spain’s Directorate General
Spain takes major step towards four-day work week as trade unions give seal of approval – but will it become law?
SPAIN’S government and the country’s two biggest unions have struck a deal on a shorter working week with the same pay. The agreement still has
Radioactive clouds regularly form above Spain because of something France did 60 years ago, studies find
EPISODES of calima or the so-called ‘blood rain’ consisting of Saharan dust that happens over Spain contain radioactive particles according to French researchers. It is
Spain’s former Economy Minister and ex-IMF chief gets five years in prison and €2m fine for tax dodging and corruption
THE former head of the International Monetary Fund and ex-Economy Minister, Rodrigo Rato, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for corruption offences.
Don’t miss: This ‘Magical Lunch with Santa’ in Marbella is the perfect family outing this weekend
SEARCHING for a festive event for the kids in Marbella this weekend? Look no further than the family-friendly Jacks Smokehouse in Puerto Banus. The popular
Spanish engineer from Malaga is chosen to lead ambitious NASA project to return humans to the moon
AMERICAN space agency NASA has chosen a Spanish engineer from Malaga to help lead its flagship program to return humans to the moon. Carlos García-Galán,
Arab fund buys La Zagaleta: Gated Costa del Sol community where villas sell for over €30m is among the most exclusive in Europe
AN ABU Dhabi company has bought one of Europe’s biggest luxury housing developments- La Zagaleta on the Costa del Sol. Modon Holding now owns the
Caravanning Alicante: Spain’s unmissable fair for all things caravanning is all set for Alicante
IT’S finally here! The great caravanning family is coming together once again for the most important event in the Levante region. Caravanning Alicante is back!
Know your contracts: Jon Pascual Drake explains why in Spain a down payment is not necessarily a home deposit
The reason many people don’t like lawyers is because we really like to split hairs. Calling a spade a spade is far too easy. Sometimes,
Former British ambassador to Spain joins Iberdrola: Hugh Elliot is named as a director for the Spanish energy giant
HUGH Elliott, the former British Ambassador to Spain, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of Iberdrola Energia Internacional which oversees the Spanish company’s assets in
Spain to the rescue: Navantia to buy storied British shipyard that built the Titanic and save 1,000 jobs in the UK
SPAIN’S state shipbuilding company Navantia has swooped in to save the iconic British shipyard that built the Titanic in a last minute deal. The acquisition
The Bank of Spain tells shoppers what to do over preventing costly mistakes when using bank and credit cards
THE Bank of Spain has warned shoppers to keep their bank and credit card receipts in case a mistake is discovered later on. A rising
Spanish ex-footballer who trafficked €32m worth of cocaine into Spain is arrested
AN ex-footballer has been arrested for smuggling cocaine into Spain through Algeciras and Valencia after ten years on the run. Jesus Emilio Diez de Mier,
Spain’s emergency services brace for Christmas chaos: Fires typically surge by 25% while one festive day boasts the highest number of births
SPANISH emergency services are bracing for a chaotic Christmas with a surge in fires and births expected. Christmas is a time for celebration, but often
Wife of Spain’s Prime Minister proclaims her innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case
BEGOÑA Gomez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has denied allegations of corruption and influence-peddling linked to her teaching business during her first testimony
Spain will become the number one tourist destination in the world by this date, according to report by Google and Deloitte
SPAIN will welcome 110 million foreign tourists annually by 2040 and become the world’s biggest holiday destination according to a study by Google and Deloitte.
Watch: This Mercadona wine for less than €2 is flying off the shelves across Spain
LOVERS of good quality red wine looking for a bargain might have hit the jackpot for a little gem being sold in the Mercadona supermarket
‘The environment has no borders’: Spanish activist group insists it is not ‘anti-Gibraltar’ in Eastside marina complaints
THE main Spanish group leading the charge against the Eastside development has denied it is ‘just another hostile anti-Gibraltar voice from Spain’. Environmentalists Verdemar Ecologistas
Man planning to steal from marijuana farm villa is shot dead in expat area of Costa Blanca
A LITHUANIAN man was gunned down at the front door of a Quesada villa on Tuesday night with the perpetrator fleeing the scene. The property
‘Murderer’ in Spain is caught on Google Street View stuffing body into car boot: Police make two arrests
GOOGLE Street View images proved to be crucial in identifying two murder suspects in Spain’s Castilla y Leon region. A woman and her current partner
Saharan dust cloud blows into Spain: Here’s how to prepare for the ‘calima’ phenomenon
A MASS of air full of dust from the Sahara has enveloped the Canary Islands after the passage of the Atlantic storm Dorothea. It may
What is El Gordo? Spain’s national Christmas lottery takes place this weekend
SPAIN will be holding its breath this Sunday morning as numbers are drawn for the festive lottery El Gordo(the Fat One). It’s the world’s second-longest
Spain prepares to fine Airbnb for ‘allowing illegal tourist flats’ on its platform
SPAIN’S Consumer Affairs ministry could heavily fine a major tourist apartment rental platform after it failed to remove thousands of adverts promoting illegal holiday accommodation.
Spain ups its growth forecasts for 2024 and 2025 despite devastating DANA floods
THE Bank of Spain has raised this year’s economic growth forecast and also upgraded its prediction for 2025. That’s in spite of the Valencia flood
‘Traumatised’ dog walker in Mallorca discovers bludgeoned body of a man in a ditch: Police arrest his boyfriend
A DOG walker was left traumatised after her pet discovered a male body in a remote part of Mallorca. A man named as Sebastian, 31,
