Pilgrims in Spain are forced to hide up an oak tree after being charged at by a herd of cows
TWO men doing Spain’s famous Camino de Santiago pilgrims walk had to take refuge up an oak tree after being charged by several cows. The
New man in Madrid named as UK appoints new Ambassador to Spain
THE UK has appointed a new Ambassador to Spain- Alex Ellis- who will take up his post this summer. Ellis, 56, will replace Hugh Elliott
Crucial victory for Pedro Sanchez as controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists gets parliamentary backing in Spain
CONGRESS in Madrid on Thursday backed an amnesty bill for Catalan separatists by 178 votes to 172. The lower house of parliament result is good
Spain’s fashion giant Inditex- owners of Zara- reports record profits in 2023
FASHION chain Inditex- owners of branded stores like Zara- reported record profits last year. The Spanish company achieved a net profit of €5.3 billion- up
Mercadona breaks all-time record as profits soar past €1 BILLION following expansions in Spain, Portugal and online
SPAIN’S biggest supermarket chain, Mercadona, recorded a record net profit of just over €1 billion last year- up 40% on the 2022 total. Sales grew
Madrid train bombings: How the 2004 terror attack changed Spain – as country marks 20th anniversary of its deadliest ever terrorist incident
SPAIN has been marking the 20th anniversary this Monday of the Madrid train bombings that killed 192 people and injured 2,000 others. The Al Qaeda
Spain’s top court rejects bid to stop removal of medals awarded by dictator General Franco
SPAIN’S Supreme Court has backed the stripping of medals awarded to dictator General Francisco Franco by himself as well as his collaborators. It rejected an
Home viewers of pirated La Liga soccer matches can now be fined individually in Spain
A LANDMARK ruling by a Barcelona judge means that home viewers of pirated feeds of La Liga football matches could be fined. The order of
Heavy localised rain predicted for parts of Spain this weekend
AFTER mainly calm weather this week, forecasters a predicting a storm stretching over a large part of Spain over the weekend leaving ‘widespread and abundant’
Inside Amazon’s new pre-fabricated house that’s available in Spain for just €27,556 – but how safe is it?
A NEW high quality prefabricated home is being marketed for €27,556 by Amazon in Spain. Covering 70 m2, the Nyab is larger than other prefabs
Police swoop on people uploading child pornography to the ‘cloud’ from Spain
SEVEN people have been arrested across Spain by the Policia Nacional for accessing and storing child pornography. Four other suspects are still being investigated. Details
Bars and restaurants in Spain see drink sales plummet after rising prices
BAR and restaurant customers are buying fewer drinks because of high prices according to a study by market analysts NielsenIQ. The firm says that beverage
IPTV crackdown in Spain: First-ever sentence for pirate TV sees company fined €670,000 and its employees up to €7,000 each
A PONTEVEDRA court has become the first in Spain to convict a company for proving pirate television services by selling decoders. Engel Systems S.L and
Spain posts lowest February unemployment rate since 2008
SPAIN’S jobless total for February was the lowest for the second month of the year since 2008. The Ministry of Labour said on Monday that
Reduced VAT on electricity bills to end this month in Spain
VAT on electricity bills will leap up from 10% to 21% in March due to big falls in the wholesale price of energy. Anti-inflation measures saw
Police dismantle giant sports betting fraud that fixed results and ‘delayed’ live satellite tv pictures to fool bookmakers in Spain
75 members of a sports betting syndicate that duped bookmakers have been arrested by the Policia Nacional and the Tax Agency in association with Europol
Santander Bank computer error in Spain causes ‘double-charging’ of customers who are reassured that their balances have not been altered
A COMPUTER glitch has been blamed for causing Banco Santander customers in Spain to be double charged for transactions on Friday morning. The bank confirmed
Spain’s top court opens ‘terrorism probe’ into exiled Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont
SPAIN’S Supreme Court has started a terrorism investigation into former Catalunya President Carles Puigdemont over protests linked to the region’s failed and illegally-organised 2017 independence
Measles cases contracted aboard by unvaccinated people are rising in Spain
TWO measles outbreaks have been reported in Spain this year- in Alicante and Toledo provinces- with the virus originating from abroad. Aragon and Catalunya have
Inflation falls below 3% mark in Spain due to lower electricity prices
LOWER energy prices played a big part in Spain’s provisional inflation rate for February dropping to 2.8%. That’s a fall of 0.6% from January’s figure
Brits account for 40% of non-resident mortgages in Spain: These are the most popular locations according to new figures
DESPITE fears of a post-Brexit slowdown and the negative effects of interest rate rises, UK buyers dominated mortgage application requests for home purchases in Spain
Spain returns to the cinema: Numbers are up at screenings across the country
BLOCKBUSTER movies Barbie and Oppenheimer helped to lift Spain’s cinema attendance to 77.8 million last year- 26% more than in 2022. The figures are still
These are the most valuable brands from Spain: Zara tops the list with a whopping €14.7billion
ZARA, the flagship fashion brand of the Inditex group, closed 2023 with a value of €14.7 billion and for the fourth successive time heads the
Farmer strikes return to Spain: Tractors plan to shut down Madrid today as the EU searches for a ‘quick response’ to the crisis
PROTESTING farmers are taking to the streets of the Madrid on Monday to demand a better deal from the government and the European Union. Tractors
Supermarkets in Spain to be probed for ‘not lowering prices for customers despite receiving tax cuts’
SPAIN’S supermarkets are to be investigated over whether they have been ripping off customers over VAT cuts on essential foods and basic goods. The reduction
Man breaks into winery of a huge brand in Spain and pours away €2million worth of vino
AN INTRUDER entered a Valladolid winery on Sunday and emptied three tanks containing maturing premium wine with a retail value of around €2 million. The
