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Watch: ‘Armed’ robber is chased out of shop in Spain’s Andalucia by female worker wielding a roll of sellotape

THIS is the moment a hooded man brandishing a plastic gun failed to rob a shop in southern Spain thanks to its no-nonsense owner. Footage

26 Feb, 2025 @ 11:55

Crime & Law·Lead

Drunken businessman after office christmas party

Sharing videos of drunk people online can have legal consequences in Spain, warn experts

SHARING recordings of drunk people online could have legal consequences in Spain, even if the videos were taken in public. That’s according to the Andalusian

24 Jul, 2024 @ 16:31

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain's leading supermarket Mercadona continues to win more customers leaving its rivals floundering|

Consumers in Spain despair as supermarket Mercadona removes this popular product from its shelves indefinitely: ‘Stop playing with my emotions, I’m devastated’

SPANISH supermarket chain Mercadona has had to respond to concerned customers on social media, after they realised that one of their favourite products had disappeared

9 Jul, 2024 @ 11:07

Food & Drink·Lead

Police in Spain’s Barcelona dismantle child sex abuse ring: 16 arrests made following two-year investigation

POLICE in Barcelona have made 16 arrests as part of a two-year investigation into members of a sickening paedophile sex abuse gang who targeted minors

29 Jun, 2024 @ 09:25

Barcelona·Catalunya

TikToker Gigi, who was denied entry to Sevilla cathedral

TikTok influencer is denied entry into a major tourist attraction in southern Spain ‘because of her tattoos and outfit’

AN ONLINE influencer called Gigi (@gigi_abeleira) has taken to her TikTok account to complain that she was refused entry to the cathedral in the southern

19 Jun, 2024 @ 17:04

Lead·Sevilla

Influencers will be subject to new regulations in Spain

An income of €300,000 a year and at least a million followers: Government in Spain approves regulations for online influencers

THE Spanish government has just approved a royal decree that will define exactly what an online ‘influencer’ is. Among the criteria are income of at

1 May, 2024 @ 09:44

Lead·Technology

Guardia Civil investigating new case of AI pornography involving minors in Spain’s Mallorca

THE Guardia Civil is investigating a fresh case of the use of artificial intelligence to create pornographic images involving minors. That’s according to sources close

10 Apr, 2024 @ 10:49

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca·Other News

Scam warning: Benidorm man loses €35k to new girlfriend who tricked him into paying legal fees for fake €3m inheritance

A BENIDORM man was conned out of €35,000 by a woman who started a relationship with him via social media. She claimed she needed the

10 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

WATCH: Black TikTok creator says she is in ‘no hurry’ to return to Spain as it ‘still hasn’t learned from its terrible history with people of colour’

AN AFRICAN AMERICAN content creator has taken to TikTok to give Spain a rating as a country to visit for a person of colour, and

8 Jan, 2024 @ 15:56

Lead

WATCH: American expat in Spain is shocked by how much he can buy with $20 in Mercadona

REGULAR users of video-sharing social network TikTok in Spain will no doubt have been served videos this year of American residents of Spain running down

26 Dec, 2023 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead

Extremist 'radicalised' Pakistanis are deported from Spain

‘Radicalised’ extremist Pakistanis are thrown out of Spain

SPAIN’S Interior Ministry has deported 14 ‘radicalised’ Pakistani citizens accused of promoting the most extreme interpretation of the Islamic religion. The government expulsions have taken

18 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Benidorm man records secret sex video on Spain's Costa Blanca and posts it on WhatsApp against woman's wishes

Facebook and Instagram to launch an ad-free subscription tier across the EU in 2024

SOCIAL media giants Facebook and Instagram will be launching an ad-free subscription tier across the European Union in 2024, including Spain. That’s according to an

1 Nov, 2023 @ 12:15

Lead

Police in Spain’s Barcelona province arrest minor for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create child pornography

A MINOR has been arrested in Barcelona province on suspicion of using artificial intelligence to create child pornography. The youngster is thought to have been

24 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Technology

Elon Musk's Tesla eyeing up massive Valencia deal in Spain

Elon Musk weighs banning X (Twitter) in the EU as bloc demands answers for ‘fake viral content’ relating to Israeli-Hamas conflict

THE OWNER of X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, is considering removing the social media platform from European countries such as Spain thanks to new regulations

19 Oct, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Technology

Bomb threat forces evacuation of 1,000 students at university in Spain’s Valencia

A BUILDING at Valencia’s Universitat Politecnica was evacuated on Wednesday following a bomb threat. The Telecommunications Faculty was cleared at noon shortly after the warning

18 Oct, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Illegal advertisers of stuffed Eagle Owls investigated in Spain’s Valencia area

TWO SPANIARDS are being investigated in Valencia for illegally advertising stuffed Eagle Owls on animal sales forums on social media. Two birds were offered for

5 Jul, 2023 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Woman in Spain’s Andalucia conned out of €170,000 by man pretending to be Brad Pitt

A GRANADA woman has been scammed out of at least €170,000 by an online con involving somebody posing as the movie star Brad Pitt. Her

29 Jun, 2023 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Man jumps from air bridge in Malaga airport

Watch: Man in Malaga falls off jet bridge onto tarmac in bid to reach missed plane

REGULAR AIR travellers will no doubt at some time have arrived too late for their flight, only to be faced with a closed gate. Few,

18 Jun, 2023 @ 19:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Tourists Walking Half Naked Photo By Llotja Born Instagram

Three tourists walking half-naked around the streets spark outrage in Mallorca

ANGRY Mallorcans have complained about three tourists walking around half-naked in Calvia (Mallorca). A residents’ association fed up with mass tourism in the municipality has

14 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Other News

Twitter user in US receives thousands of responses after posting pictures of ‘Spanish-style homes’

ONCE AGAIN, an unsuspecting Twitter user has waded into a storm of controversy in Spain, merely by tweeting out pictures of what she described as

14 Jun, 2023 @ 10:15

Lead

Rosalía slams fellow singer from Spain after he shared a fake topless photo of her

SPANISH singing superstar Rosalia has slammed a fellow artist’s attempts to attract attention after he shared a faked topless photo of her on Instagram. Far

25 May, 2023 @ 18:00

Celebrity·Lead

Four teens in Malaga videoed attack on youth and uploaded it to social media

FOUR teens have been arrested for allegedly uploading a video of an attack on another youngster in Malaga. They are believed to have shared a

7 May, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Gender violence surges in Spain: Number of young victims increased by 32% last year, figures show

A quarter of children in Spain say bullying went on at schools in previous academic year

A REPORT into bullying at schools in Spain reported 24.4% of students believing it went on at their institution in the 2021-22 academic year. The

1 May, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Onion furore as farmer faces lawsuit from police after accusing officers of stealing vegetables in Spain's Valencia

Onion furore as farmer faces lawsuit for saying police officers stole vegetables in Spain’s Valencia

A Mislata farmer could end up in court after accusing Policia Local officers of stealing onions in the middle of last Saturday night. Police say

18 Apr, 2023 @ 13:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Almost two-thirds of people in Spain don’t trust social media for accurate political news

63.9% of people in Spain believe that political news and information obtained via social media networks is unreliable. 71.6% ‘agree or strongly agree’ that the

5 Apr, 2023 @ 18:20

Lead·National News·Politics

Did this Olive Press reporter just pull off the best April Fool’s prank on Spanish Twitter ever?

AS JAMIE Oliver found out when he put chorizo in paella, or The Times journalist Chris Haslam when he wrote a tongue-in-cheek column about how

2 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid