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Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima

CHINWAG OVER THE CHORIZO! EXCLUSIVE: ‘Like any normal couple’ the King and Queen of Holland booked a restaurant and chatted to tourists and staff in Spanish and English

IT was a usually busy Saturday night in one of Ronda’s most popular restaurants. As the noise levels were shifting up a gear in came

10 Feb, 2022 @ 10:34

Celebrity·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Thieves grab victim round neck to steal €30,000 watch on Valencia street in Spain

Disabled teen seriously injured after being viciously battered by thugs in Spain’s Cadiz

COWARDLY thugs viciously beat a disabled teen in a terrifying attack in Cadiz. The 19-year-old, who has not been named, lost consciousness during the brutal

9 Feb, 2022 @ 18:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Police Rescue Abused Unconcious Woman Hanging From A Curtain At Her Costa Blanca Home In Spain

Man who shot two people with high-powered hunting gun in Spain’s Sevilla arrested for attempted murder

A MAN who allegedly used a high-powered hunting gun to shoot and injure two people in random and unprovoked attacks in Sevilla has been arrested

9 Feb, 2022 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Five arrested in Malaga, Cadiz and Ceuta in an operation against money laundering from drug trafficking in Spain

POLICE in Spain have tracked down and arrested five people for their involvement in the laundering of drug trafficking proceeds in the south of Spain.

9 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain refunds fines imposed on thousands of people who broke 2020 lockdown rules

Man charged after ‘driving car wrong way’ down treacherous A7 in southern Spain

A CAR was reportedly spotted ‘driving the wrong way’ down one of Spain’s most treacherous roads before a man was traced and charged by road

9 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

Pregnant woman, 26, saved from blazing block of flats in Spain’s Almeria

A PREGNANT woman was led to safety from a blazing block of flats in Almeria on Wednesday morning (February 9). Firefighters guided her down to

9 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Almeria·Lead·Other News

Andalucia records coldest morning of winter so far as temperatures plunge to -2C

ANDALUCIA has recorded its coldest morning of the winter so far as temperatures plummeted to -2C. Spaniards in the south of Spain woke up to a

9 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Almeria·Granada·Lead·Other News·Weather

deer laid out after the hunt. Photo: Ecologistas en accion

‘Orgy of blood and death’: Outrage over mass slaughter of trapped animals during hunt in southern Spain

THEY each paid €1000 to participate in the shoot which took place on a huge private estate in Andalucia. The 70 hunters dispatched half a

9 Feb, 2022 @ 10:15

Environment·Lead·Nature

EXPLAINER: The areas of Spain that still use COVID-19 passports and where you have to show it

EXPLAINER: The areas of Spain that still use COVID-19 passports and where you have to show them

EIGHT areas of Spain are still running COVID-19 passport schemes while other regions have stopped the measure as ‘sixth wave’ coronavirus infections fall. Passport will

8 Feb, 2022 @ 19:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Drought Fears In Spain After Low Winter Rainfall Takes Reservoirs Down To 44% Capacity

Dry January raises drought fears in not-so rainy Spain as reservoir capacity goes down to 44%

THE second-driest January of the 21st century has sparked fresh fears of a drought in Spain. The government conceded this Tuesday that it was monitoring

8 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

Environment·Lead

Los Reyes De Holanda Continuan Su Visita En La India

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Like normal tourists’ Dutch King and Queen make incognito visit to romantic Ronda in Spain’s Andalucia to celebrate wedding anniversary

RONDA has had a royal visit. The King and Queen of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander and Maxima, visited the iconic Andalucian town to celebrate their 20th

7 Feb, 2022 @ 18:30

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

British fugitive to be extradited after two arrests within days in Spain's Malaga area

British fugitive faces extradition after two arrests within days in Spain’s Malaga area

A British man wanted by UK authorities after skipping jail for weapons offences, has been arrested in Marbella. The 29-year-old fugitive was detained at a

4 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police donate fruit and veg uncovered in drug raid to food bank in Malaga on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Imagine the scene – you’re volunteering for a good cause, or you’re going through a rough time and you and your family are in dire

4 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Cyclist killed and another injured in SE-3306 crash with truck in Spain’s Sevilla

A FEMALE cyclist has died and another has been seriously injured after a horror collision involving a truck in Sevilla. Police said the woman on

2 Feb, 2022 @ 19:30

Lead·Other News·Sevilla

British girl, 15, is in a serious condition after falling from a balcony in Spain’s Mallorca

Construction worker, 57, dies after falling from house in Spain’s Malaga

A MAN has died after an accident while working at a house in Malaga, police say. Emergency services rushed to the corner of Plaza Lagos

30 Jan, 2022 @ 16:15

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Fire declared in Spain’s Granada stabilised

A FIRE which broke out in Granada, seeing more than 60 firefighters battle the blaze through the night, has been stabilised. The inferno, which began

30 Jan, 2022 @ 12:45

Granada·Lead·Other News

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Man faces criminal charges for allegedly attempting to steal historic tile from Spain’s Alhambra

A MAN faces prosecution after he was allegedly caught red-handed trying to steal from the Alhambra in Granada. An investigation was launched on September 25

29 Jan, 2022 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

Horsing around in Spain: Police probe after pony is seen being pulled through Almeria street by car

VIDEO footage of a pony being pulled through an Algeria street alongside a blue car has gone viral. Passersby caught the driving horsing around on

29 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Almeria·Lead·Other News

Sol Eyes Clinic and Medical Centre offers top quality treatment using latest technology on Spain’s Costa del Sol

By Niamh Ryan SOL EYES is an internationally recognised eye clinic and medical centre situated in the heart of Fuengirola. Their combined clinic consists of

29 Jan, 2022 @ 10:00

Health·Malaga

Expat wedding planner who scammed couples out of dream nuptials on Spain’s Costa del Sol pleads guilty

A WEDDING planner who left a trail of debts in Spain before reappearing on a reality TV show in Ireland has pleaded guilty to theft

28 Jan, 2022 @ 18:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Spain's top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

Serial fraudster on the run from Czech authorities is arrested in Spain’s Almeria

POLICE have arrested a notorious fraudster who had fled to Spain while on the run amid a trial in the Czech Republic, in which he

27 Jan, 2022 @ 17:08

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Mum stabbed to death by partner in shocking murder-suicide in Spain’s Granada

THE brutal murder of a mother at the hands of her husband has been confirmed as the first femicide to be reported in Andalucia this

27 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

One person seriously injured and driver cut from vehicle after A-495 head-on smash in Spain’s Huelva

FIREFIGHTERS pulled a person from the wreckage of their vehicle while the air ambulance flew overhead after a two-vehicle smash on the A-495. At about 9am on

27 Jan, 2022 @ 12:15

Huelva·Lead·Other News

COVID-19 passports and early bar closures extended in Spain's Murcia region

Spain’s Andalucia seeks to extend current COVID-19 passport rule for hospitality industry, hospitals and care homes by another 15 days

THE Junta has proposed the extension of COVID-19 passports to access indoor hospitality and healthcare establishments. Following a meeting this Wednesday, January 26, by the

27 Jan, 2022 @ 08:45

Health·Lead