Spain donates millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Latin America
SPAIN has announced it will send 15 million vaccines to Latin America to help support them in the fight against COVID-19. President Pedro Sanchez confirmed
Girlfriend on trial accused of killing son of mafia boss in cold blood in Spain’s Murcia
A WOMAN is on trial for the murder of a mafia boss’s son who was gunned down in Murcia. Cristina Elena T faces more than
Torremolinos Pride returns to Spain’s Costa del Sol for 2021
THIS year’s Torremolinos Pride Festival is to take place from 3 to 6 June, with Covid-19 restrictions in place. The seaside town of Torremolinos is
COVID-19 cases hold steady with zero deaths and falling hospital numbers in Costa Blanca area of Spain
NEW COVID-19 cases have fallen on a week-to week basis according to figures published today(June 2) by the Valencian health authority. 183 new infections were
ON THE GREEN LIST: Who is flying to Gibraltar and why?
Earlier in May, Gibraltar became one of the first countries to go onto the UK’s green list, giving Brits a holiday location they can travel
San Juan beach celebrations cancelled again by COVID-19 in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
TRADITIONAL San Juan festival beach parties will be strictly prohibited in the Valencian Community later this month. Regional Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, said: “If we
Male teachers in Spain wear skirts to support children against homophobic slurs
MALE teachers in Spain have taken a stand against bullies by wearing skirts to class. Manuel Ortega, 37, and Borja Velaquez, 36, who teach Virgen
Majority of Spain’s self-employed workers live in Andalucia
MORE than 500,000 people in Andalucia are self employed – the highest level in the country. Andalucía has now overtaken Catalonia as the region with
Plague of ‘hugging’ robberies continues as couple strike across the Costa Blanca and Spain
A couple who committed at least ten ‘hugging’ robberies on the Costa Blanca, as well as in the Madrid and Murcia areas, have been arrested
Green list special status for low risk parts of mainland Spain unlikely says UK ambassador during Benidorm visit
THE UK ambassador to Madrid has said that it is unlikely that parts of mainland Spain will be allowed on the UK’s travel green list
EASY, TIGER: This summer’s tiger mosquito plague could be less severe than previous years in Spain’s Valencia
Homeowners are advised to empty out any containers that have filled with stagnant water, turning pots upside down when it rains and keeping a check
EXCLUSIVE: British expats caught up in faked residency probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca face two-year legal limbo and travel ban
EXPATS caught up in the alleged fraudulent residency scam on the Costa Blanca have been told by police that they can’t leave the country while
Parents outrage as 17 children catch COVID-19 after ‘mandatory’ school trip on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE parents of children at a school in Benalmadena have lashed out after 17 of the children contracted COVID-19 while on a school trip. The
Belgian expat on the Costa Blanca in Spain claimed his dead mother’s state pension for over six years
A 48-year-old Belgian man has been arrested on the Costa Blanca for claiming over €90,000 from his mother’s state pension after she died in 2014.
GIBRALTAR flies the flag for LGBTQ+ Pride Awareness Month
GIBRALTAR was made a whole lot more colourful yesterday as across the territory it hoisted rainbow flags to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Throughout the month
A new ‘contemporary’ corporate logo costing €33,000 is unveiled by a Costa Blanca council in Spain
TORREVIEJA mayor, Eduardo Dolon, has unveiled a new corporate logo for the Costa Blanca city. €33.000 of public money has been spent on producing the
Billionaire Mining Moguls Fight Fraud Cops in $99 Million Trial
Billionaire mining tycoons said the U.K.’s fraud prosecutor colluded with their own “bullying” lawyer to leak confidential information and manufacture grounds for a criminal probe
CHILD MURDER TRIAL: Couple in Spain’s Valencia face accusations of brutally killing their two young children in a ritual
THE most gruesome and emotional trial of the year is taking place this week in Valencia. Maria and Gabriel, a couple from Godella (Valencia Province),
New cruise port for Barcelona despite protests over too many tourists
BARCELONA has granted permission for a new €33 million cruise port despite past protests that the city was inundated with tourists from cruise liners who
BATHING: How clean is the sea water off Andalucia’s beaches?
THOSE heading to the beach in Andalucia this summer will be relieved to know that bathing water quality is at adequate levels, according to experts.
King Felipe VI honours victims of terrorism in Spain at memorial in Basque city of Vitoria
KING Felipe and Queen Letizia on Tuesday visited a reproduction of a safe house used by the Basque separatist organisation to hold a kidnapped prison
Spain’s Andalucia to remain in phase 1 of de-escalation phase for two more weeks due to high COVID-19 incidence rate
ANDALUCIA will remain in phase 1 of the three-phase plan for the progressive de-escalation of COVID-19 measures for two more weeks due to the high
‘Stop soliciting on our streets’: Why residents in Spain are right to speak out
ONE survey in 2008 found that 78% of Spanish people consider prostitution an inevitability in modern society. Nearly 15 years later, the debate for and
Sex work and the city: Residents on Spain’s Costa del Sol rally to tackle concerns over prostitution
SEX WORKERS are continuing to ply their trade from the Abbeygate roundabout on the A7 despite the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, an Olive
Squatters evicted under new four-week ‘quickie’ process in Costa Blanca town in Spain
VILLAJOYOSA council has successfully triggered a new fast-track eviction process to clear an apartment block of squatters. The block in the northern Costa Blanca town
COVID-19 case latest from the Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain
NEW coronavirus cases are maintaining a very marginal rise on a week-to week basis in the Valencian Community. The Tuesday(June 1) report from the regional