Airbnb shock in Alicante with 73% of tourist flats being advertised without a licence
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Spain’s €50bn pension timebomb: Payments surge ahead of mass retirement of the baby boomer generation
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Mystery fall: Man released from jail after his partner plunges from third-floor window in Spain’s Malaga
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Revealed: Why mafias on the Costa del Sol are shooting at men’s genitals
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John George: Interpol joins search for missing Belfast man as family vows to stay in Spain and K9 team goes home
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The Spanish economy caps off a remarkable 2024 by being responsible for 40% of all GDP growth in the eurozone
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Elon Musk shares report claiming 91% of jailed rapists in Spain’s Cataluña are foreign – but is it true?
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How would a hard border work? Gibraltar begins preparing its people for the possible failure of treaty negotiations with Spain
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Spain’s Golden Visa scheme will end in April 2025 after delay to law change – but can you still apply?
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‘Perfect storm’ in Spain’s housing market causes prices to jump by a staggering 21.5% in Malaga in just twelve months
ANDALUCIA’S record breaking housing market has seen prices in Malaga rise by over a fifth during 2024 – nearly double the rate of second-place Granada.
Pictured: German man shot in the genitals outside a Marbella gym after giving away his location is an ex-Hell’s Angel and MMA fighter
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Reflections: A groundbreaking exhibition at the Alhambra in Spain’s Granada where Picasso meets Jeff Koons
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AMY FITZPATRICK: Emotional plea for help from father of missing teen who vanished in Spain 17 years ago
THE father of missing Irish teen Amy Fitzpatrick has put out a heart-breaking plea for information 17 years after the Dubliner disappeared while she was
4 bedroom Villa for sale in San Javier – € 510,000
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Richard Gere enjoying life in Spain: Hollywood legend takes day trip to medieval town with his wife and children
HOLLYWOOD icon Richard Gere has been throwing himself into his new life in Spain during the festive season with a trip to Cuenca. The 75-year-old
Leaders of Gibraltar and Andalucia hold surprise ski slope summit after chance encounter while holidaying in the Sierra Nevada
GIBRALTAR’S Chief Minister and the President of the Junta de Andalucía enjoyed an unexpected meeting on the ski slopes of Granada’s Sierra Nevada over the
John Hardy: Only Fans ‘star’ denies involvement in Belfast father’s ‘murder’ as search in Alicante enters its fourth week
ONE of the last people to see a missing Belfast man alive in Spain has denied any involvement in his disappearance. Father-of-two John Hardy, aka
Flu virus sweeps through Spain’s Costa Blanca: Beds fill up hospital corridor after cases TRIPLE
MORE than 600 people have been hospitalised across Alicante province over the past week due to a rise in various respiratory illnesses. The number of
Watch: Marbella beach club is torched in morning ‘arson attack’: Police arrest dog walker suspect
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2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Malaga city – € 349,000
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Brit travel chaos as snow forces closure of major airports: Flights to Spain among the delayed
BRITS hoping to jet away to Spain today have had their plans put on ice thanks to heavy snowfall. Manchester Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Benidorm legend ‘Dutch Danny’ dies: Brits raise funds for funeral ‘as his family is not interested’
TRIBUTES have poured in for a staple of the Benidorm community following his sudden death this week. Much-loved ‘Dutch Danny’ passed away after reportedly being
Missing Brit is found ‘battered and bruised’ in Benidorm after savage beating left him hospitalised – as others report similar attacks
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MIETEN WIRD ZUM LUXUS IN ANDALUSIEN, DA DIE MITPREISE UM 10,5 PROZENT STEIGEN: DAS SIND DIE TEUERSTEN GEGENDEN
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