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Fake Picasso and Palencia works are rumbled in Spain: Fraudsters were selling pieces for €13.5 million

THE Policia Nacional have seized three fake paintings by Pablo Picasso and one by Benjamin Palencia that were going to be sold for €13.5 million.

12 Aug, 2024 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

87-year-old nun thwarts convent robbery in Spain’s Palencia

A WOMAN has attempted to steal from a convent in the Palencia area, by breaking in through the turnstile when the nuns were going to

19 Oct, 2022 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Axe-wielding man arrested for threatening tourists at hotel in Spain

A MAN wielding an axe at a hotel in Palencia was arrested recently after reportedly threatening to maim people with the weapon. Police responded to

1 Mar, 2022 @ 12:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

These are officially the 10 best tortillas served in Spain

With onions or without? Runny or well done? These are the questions that continue to divide Spanish society when it comes to Spain’s unofficial national

11 Oct, 2021 @ 18:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Frantic search for two-metre-long boa constrictor after it escaped from house in Spain’s Palencia ends with hefty bill

Frantic search for two-metre-long boa constrictor after is escapes from house in Spain’s Palencia

11 Sep, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Other News

The rural gems with Spain’s fewest coronavirus cases that you NEED to visit once lockdown ends

We decided to take a look at these last rural bastions of hope, which are managing to largely stave off the threat

20 Mar, 2020 @ 11:58

Huelva·Lead·Travel News

Two Britons arrested in Marbella’s San Pedro and Mijas accused of using fruit export company to traffick drugs to the UK

The investigation began at the end of October last year when Guardia Civil became aware of British gangs sending large amounts of the drug back

30 Apr, 2019 @ 11:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Palencia gin bar is going for Guinness World Record

With over 475 brands of gin the Lemon Society is well on its way to become the most versatile gin bar in the world

4 Oct, 2014 @ 10:00

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