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Lifeboat in port in Gran Canaria after migrant rescue Cordon press

At least nine killed and 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands

AT least nine would-be migrants were left dead in the early hours of Saturday morning after their boat capsized during an attempted rescue off the

29 Sep, 2024 @ 11:58

Canary Islands·Lead

Michael Schumacher’s daughter marries her long-term boyfriend at luxury family estate in Spain’s Mallorca

THE eldest daughter of motor-racing legend Michael Schumacher has married her partner, Iain Bethke, in the Spanish Balearic Islands. According to German daily Bunte, Gina

29 Sep, 2024 @ 10:30

Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

This is the most popular ‘staycation’ destination for the Spanish in 2024

THE southern Spanish region of Andalucia is still hanging on in the top spot for Spaniards as their preferred destination when enjoying a ‘staycation’. According

29 Sep, 2024 @ 09:01

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Man accused of kidnapping his missing wife Ana Knezevich in Spain is kept behind bars in the US after a Florida judge declared him a ‘serious flight risk’

A JUDGE in the American state of Florida has denied bail to David Knezevich for a second time, as the court proceedings against the Serbian

11 Sep, 2024 @ 12:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

An earth tremor that hit the Canary Islands on September 10, 2024

Earthquake in Spain’s Gran Canaria: Tremor with 20km-deep epicentre rumbles multiple towns

THE earth moved for residents of Gran Canaria on Tuesday evening, as a tremor measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale shook several different parts of

11 Sep, 2024 @ 11:25

Canary Islands·Lead

Spain’s foreign minister on Venezuelan elections: ‘We do not recognise Nicolas Maduro’s victory’

SPANISH Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has made his government’s position clear on the recent elections in Venezuela: “We do not recognise the victory of

9 Sep, 2024 @ 13:26

Lead·Politics

Casting call in Malaga: Directors need double of ‘Game of Thrones’ star and elderly women for international series being shot in Ronda

ARE you an older man, with ginger, brown or blonde hair, British looking, and around six foot one inch in height? If so there may

9 Sep, 2024 @ 12:32

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

Spain is running worryingly low on extra virgin olive oil after drought and poor harvests, warn farmers

SPAIN’S main associations of olive oil producers are warning that cooperatives and major retailers are running worryingly low on stock of the country’s so-called ‘liquid

9 Sep, 2024 @ 12:02

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead

Spaniards turn their backs on domestic sun-and-sea destinations in response to rising temperatures and overcrowding by foreign tourists

DOMESTIC tourism in Spain saw a massive boom after the coronavirus pandemic, as Spaniards sought to catch up on lost time due to lockdowns and

8 Sep, 2024 @ 13:40

Lead·Travel News

Spain grants political asylum to Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo González

THE Spanish government has accepted a political asylum request from Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez, who is allegedly being persecuted by the administration of President

8 Sep, 2024 @ 13:17

Lead·Politics

Spanish movie director Pedro Almodovar makes history with win for ‘The Room Next Door’ at Venice film festival

OSCAR-WINNING director Pedro Almodovar made history for Spanish cinema yesterday, when his first English-language feature, The Room Next Door, took the prestigious Golden Lion award

8 Sep, 2024 @ 12:37

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

Emergency services at the scene of the fatal accident

Bodies of deadly car crash victims are mixed up by authorities in Spain’s Madrid: Fuming family only discover the error at the funeral

THE family of a car crash victim in Madrid has been left furious and in shock after they discovered they did not have the body

6 Sep, 2024 @ 15:48

Lead·Madrid

Spain and the UK share more flights between them than any two countries in the WORLD: Incredible statistic is confirmed after expert ‘fact-checked’ claim made by outgoing British ambassador Hugh Elliott

THIS week saw Hugh Elliott’s time as British ambassador to Spain come to a close, and as he has done so many times over the

6 Sep, 2024 @ 14:38

Lead·Travel News

Spain's men's football boss says sorry but will not resign over applauding speech by controversial World Cup kisser Luis Rubiales

Spain football manager and Madrid mayor reject claims by Real star Vinicius that country is racist

SPAIN’S national football manager and the mayor of Madrid have both spoken out in response to comments made this week by Real star Vinicius that

5 Sep, 2024 @ 10:22

Lead·Sport

Man is arrested following execution-style shooting on Spain's Costa Blanca

Spanish police launch investigation after man shot in the head in Valencian city

THE Policia Nacional have launched an investigation after a 45-year-old man was fatally shot in the head in Denia. The victim was discovered in a

4 Sep, 2024 @ 09:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

A cruel summer in Spain’s job market: August sees unemployment rise by 22,000 people with 200,000 fewer workers signed up to Social Security

THE so-called ‘summer effect’ was clear to see in the Spanish job market in August, as unemployment rose by 22,000 people to a total of

3 Sep, 2024 @ 16:40

Lead

Spain’s foreign minister to fly to London this month in last-ditch attempt to save post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar

SPANISH Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares will make a visit to London in the coming weeks as part of a last-ditch effort to save a

2 Sep, 2024 @ 12:52

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Carles Puigdemont ‘is already back in Belgium’ after brief return to Spain from exile

FUGITIVE Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont is ‘already back in Belgium’ after he briefly returned to Spain this week for the first time in seven years.

9 Aug, 2024 @ 11:16

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Carles Puigdemont latest: Mossos police chiefs to be quizzed over exiled leader’s ‘humiliating’ escape from Barcelona

A SUPREME Court judge has requested reports from the Catalan regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, as well as the central Interior Ministry, after politician

9 Aug, 2024 @ 10:35

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Chaos in Spain’s Catalunya: Police hunt exiled former leader Carles Puigdemont after speech near parliament declaring independence referendum legal

FORMER Catalan premier and fugitive from justice Carles Puigdemont returned to Spain on Thursday, seven years after he fled the country to escape arrest for

8 Aug, 2024 @ 10:56

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Guardia Civil divers place a sign on the unexploded device

Explosive device is discovered just 400m from popular tourist beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPECIALISED divers from Spain’s Guardia Civil police force discovered an explosive device last month just 400 metres from a popular tourist beach on the country’s

7 Aug, 2024 @ 11:22

Alicante·Lead

This historic town has the worst case of tourism ‘massification’ in Spain, figures reveal

AT a time in Spain when locals are increasingly uneasy about the effect of mass tourism on their country, one historic town has emerged with

7 Aug, 2024 @ 10:40

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

How locals in Spain can block Airbnb-style flats according to new Supreme Court ruling

Airbnb shares drop 12% amid growing backlash in Spain: Company cites weakening US demand

SHARES in the online vacation rental company Airbnb dropped by 12% on Tuesday, in the midst of an ongoing backlash in Spain against a tourism

7 Aug, 2024 @ 10:08

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Brits and other foreigners should be barred from buying property in Spain’s Mallorca unless they are residents, local groups propose

A CIVIC organisation in Spain’s Balearics has come up with a list of proposals aimed at combating the problems being caused on the islands by

6 Aug, 2024 @ 10:55

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

Electric hail storms and crippling heat to grip Spain this week – these are the affected areas

MORE extreme weather is on its way to the Iberian peninsula this week, with forecasts of electric hail storms and crippling heat from weather service

6 Aug, 2024 @ 10:05

Lead·Weather

Avocado obsession threatens local water supplies in southern Spain: Environmentalists warn 40,000 people are at risk in Andalucia – as demand for green ‘superfood’ continues to surge in Europe and the US

AN environmental organisation in Spain has warned that growing avocados in the surroundings of the Guadiaro River in the Andalucia region is ‘stealing the water

5 Aug, 2024 @ 11:56

Food & Drink·Lead