Olive oil production soars by almost 50% in Spain in welcome news for the industry
SPAIN’S olive oil production is expected to rise by a hefty 48% this month compared to the previous October, according to estimates from the Ministry
Who’s a clever boy! Expert police dog Scottex wins medal of honour after working some of Spain’s biggest cases – this is his specialty
A DOG that can sniff a human body from over 100 metres away has been awarded a medal of honour by the Policia Nacional after
Spain raises taxes on major food items including olive oil and bread – these are all the affected products
VAT reductions on food prices introduced at the start of 2023 to counter inflation fuelled by the conflicts in Ukraine and Middle East were rolled
Spain to evacuate hundreds of its citizens from Lebanon following Israeli attacks
DEFENCE Minister, Margarita Robles, has said Spain will send two army planes to Lebanon on Thursday to evacuate Spanish citizens. As tensions ramp up following
Hurricane Isaac WILL impact in Spain after undergoing transformation over the Atlantic – this is how
HURRICANE Isaac will be felt in Spain after all, meteorologists have said. The weather phenomenon has been forming over the Atlantic over the past week
Turismofobia grows in Spain: Three in 10 locals hold a negative view of foreign tourists who ‘annoy you in your own home’
PUBLIC opinion is starting to turn against mass tourism in Spain, the latest opinion poll shows. Despite being the lifeblood of the economy at 13%
Spain launches crackdown on fake news: Newspapers must register their owners and investors
The data will be held in a specially created 'media registry', managed by the National Securities Market and Competition Commission (CNMC)
Number of teen and child migrants arriving to Spain doubled last year, new figures show – with the majority coming from Senegal and Morocco
SPAIN took in 4,865 unaccompanied foreign child migrants in 2023, more than twice as many as in the previous year, when 2,375 arrived. The Attorney
Ryanair reveals its new Spain routes but blasts the country’s airport taxes for ‘limiting’ growth
RYANAIR unveiled a growth plan on Thursday to invest €3 billion to expand its operations in Spain through to 2030 but threatened it will only
Property sales in Spain soared by 20% in July, new figures show – while prices jumped by almost 3%
HOME sales in Spain leapt up by 20.2% in July 2024 compared to a year earlier according to figures published on Wednesday by the General
UPDATED: This August was the hottest in Spain since records began, figures reveal
SPAIN sweltered its way to its hottest August since records began, with average temperatures of 25C. It was 2C above the 1991-2020 average and even
Why has Spain seen far fewer forest fires this year?
SPAIN has seen a big fall in land destroyed by forest fires in the first eight months of 2023- around half the average for the
Spain wants to attract more Chinese, American and Swedish tourists because they spend far more than the ‘low cost’ British and French, report suggests
RECORD foreign tourist numbers are good news for the Spanish economy but visitors from some countries spend a lot more than others. The biggest number
Spain records its lowest inflation rate in 14 months
SPAIN’S annual inflation rate fell to 2.2% in August- the lowest figure since June 2023 when it stood at 1.9%. The National Institute of Statistics
Autumn arrives early in Spain: Temperatures to plummet by up to 10C today amid storms, rain and hail
TEMPERATURES will fall by up to 10C in parts of Spain on Thursday as a trough of cold air sweeps in from the Atlantic Ocean.
Number of US tourists visiting Spain is higher than ever, figures show – and they’re spending a lot more than before the pandemic
AMERICAN tourist numbers in Spain are rising and visitors are also spending big. Spain’s Institute of Tourism- Turespaña- says spending by trans-Atlantic tourists is up
EasyJet to launch five new routes between the UK and Spain
BUDGET airline EasyJet has announced it will run five new routes between the United Kingdom and Spain. The services will be launched next winter and
Brits will have to pay extra to visit Spain and other EU countries next summer – here’s why
BRITISH tourists travelling to Spain and other European Union countries next summer will have to pay €7 to get a ‘visa waiver’. It’s part of
Huge fish capable of eating DOGS is discovered in a swimming lake in Spain
A GIANT catfish capable of eating a small dog has been caught in a reservoir in north-west Spain. A 31-year-old fisherman, Aitor Garcia, netted the
New cockroach species arrives in Europe – and this is where it has been detected in Spain
A NEW cockroach species has been identified by scientists at the University of Oviedo which is giving pest control experts a cause for concern since
Who is Mike Lynch? The ‘British Bill Gates’ killed in yacht sinking mystery off the coast of Italy
TRIBUTES have been paid to Mike Lynch, a tech tycoon known as the ‘British Bill Gates’, after the 59-year-old enterepreneur’s body was finally found after
Spain’s birth rate has plummeted by 25% over the last decade, figures reveal – so why are fewer people having babies?
SPAIN’S birth rate has fallen by 25% over a decade with 156,202 births in the first half of this year- 52,000 down on the same
Man in Spain loses his pension after working for 46 years because of this error
A 69-YEAR-OLD Spaniard has lost his entitlement to a state pension because he did not make social security payments for three years. The man named
Two Spanish mountain climbers, aged 26 and 27, are killed while descending from peak of Mont Blanc
TWO Spanish mountaineers, aged 26 and 27, died on Wednesday on Mont Blanc in the French Alps. The deceased climbers came from Lezo and Oiartzun
Spain sees olive oil price war as supermarkets FINALLY lower the cost of ‘liquid gold’
AN olive oil price war has ignited in Spanish supermarkets with the Mercadona chain on Wednesday lowering the cost of a litre of the so-called
Supermarkets in Spain are on track for a record year after seeing profit margins soar
SUPERMARKET profit margins are rising in Spain as food inflation continues to fall according to a government survey. Figures have been produced by the Business