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Billionaire who smuggled priceless Picasso out of Spain on yacht has prison sentence doubled to three years and fine increased to €92 million

Prosecutors on the case accused Botin of ordering the captain of his yacht to ‘hide it from authorities’ as it left the port of Valencia

5 Feb, 2020 @ 08:31

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

‘REWARD HIM!’: Homeless man praised after handing in handbag containing €1,500 to police in Spain

"They were lucky someone homeless found the bag," one said, "if it had been a politician they would have lost their money"

4 Feb, 2020 @ 19:10

Lead·National News

British duo Gary Swift and Scott Kilgour jailed after importing £60 million of cocaine from Spain into UK on luxury yacht

The Border Force escorted the yacht to Fishguard port where a search found 751 kilos of cocaine

4 Feb, 2020 @ 08:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Gibraltar’s Europa Point football team cancel match on Spain’s Costa del Sol against Chinese side Wuhan Zall over coronavirus fears

The health service was taking no chances and sent doctors to meet the team

4 Feb, 2020 @ 07:57

Football·Gibraltar·Health·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Bizarre scenes as footballer in Spain red-carded twice in same match

He was promptly shown a second yellow card and had to make the long walk back to the changing rooms all over again

3 Feb, 2020 @ 20:21

Football·Lead

Storks On A Landfill Site Guwahati Assam India 24 Sep 2018

Storks choose to winter in Spain instead of Africa due to warmer weather and more food

STORKS have stopped migrating to Africa for winter but instead have been spending the cold months in Spain.

3 Feb, 2020 @ 13:47

Environment·Lead

Spain experienced most successful year EVER for tourism in 2019 and broke record for seventh consecutive year

SPAIN has experienced its most successful touristic year ever in 2019.

3 Feb, 2020 @ 12:21

Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain to issue €10,000 fines to sellers of menthol cigarettes, which will be BANNED in just 107 days

Around 66% of smokers take up smoking before they turn 18, according to Cancer Research UK

3 Feb, 2020 @ 08:58

Health·Lead

‘TOTAL CONCERN’: Spain to China jamon and wine trade decimated by coronavirus that has killed 360 people

Spanish wine exports to China totalled 61.2 million litres in 2018, worth €144 million, while the country is Spain’s fifth largest wine market

3 Feb, 2020 @ 07:29

Food & Drink·Lead

IT’S JITTERY: Campbell Ferguson gathers evidence to forecast the market trends for 2020 in Spain and further afield

Brexit, the climate crisis, world conflict, but also some good news

2 Feb, 2020 @ 10:02

Business & Finance·Campbell Ferguson: Survey Spain·Lead

WE’RE OUT: British expats on Spain’s Costa del Sol see in Brexit with a dance, a clap and a few pints

A very British way to see in this new era of British history

1 Feb, 2020 @ 02:40

Lead·Malaga

BREXIT: As Britain leaves the EU, here’s how British expats across Spain are preparing for tonight and the next 11 months

"I’ll be sitting indoors crying tonight, I’ll be having a strong cup of coffee"

31 Jan, 2020 @ 17:57

Lead·Malaga

Instant telephone translation launches in Spain offering emergency interpretation for €1.57 a minute – info here

A TELEPHONE translation service has just launched in Spain offering instant Spanish-English interpretation for max. €1.57 per minute. My Friend in Spain puts English-language, non-Spanish speakers

31 Jan, 2020 @ 17:51

Business & Finance·Sponsored

Farmers in Spain’s Andalucia cut off roads with tractors and light fires in huge protest at rock bottom olive oil prices

Since 2017 the price of extra virgin olive oil at source has plunged by 43% from €3.60 to around €1.90 per kilo

30 Jan, 2020 @ 17:27

Food & Drink·Jaen·Lead

Man put into isolation for coronavirus infection on Spain’s Costa del Sol told he ‘has influenza B’

The patient’s test results have now been sent to Madrid’s National Center for Microbiology at the Carlos III Health Institute

30 Jan, 2020 @ 11:04

Health·Lead·Malaga

NEW slide on Spain’s Costa del Sol built in same area as old one, which closed 24 hours after opening due to riders’ horrific injuries

It comes after Spain’s longest urban slide was permanently removed in August after riders were left severely burned and bruised

30 Jan, 2020 @ 10:04

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Moment ‘super abuela’ pensioner fights supermarket thief with her umbrella in Spain

The thief was attempting to open the cash register in the shop with a small knife, which she tried to wrestle off him

29 Jan, 2020 @ 20:35

Lead·Madrid

Suffering farmers in Spain’s Andalucia to block busy highway with tractors in Valentine’s Day protest at Trump’s olive tariffs

During 2019, Spain’s olive export rate to America was slashed by almost 15,000 tonnes after the US imposed a 25% levy on the product

29 Jan, 2020 @ 18:02

Cordoba·Food & Drink·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Missing British man Harry Stagg FOUND ‘safe and well’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol TWO MONTHS after vanishing

His family told the Olive Press that he turned up 'safe and well in Mijas', but with a 'big beard'

29 Jan, 2020 @ 14:59

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: ‘Violent’ Russian fugitive carrying ‘infectious disease’ arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol after holding nurse hostage with knife

The man threatened to kill the woman with the homemade weapon, convincing her to open a door and let him escape

29 Jan, 2020 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Doñana National Park saved from brink of destruction by Spain’s dirty fuel giants

The ruling against the Petroleum Oil and Gas Spain comes after a decade of legal debate

26 Jan, 2020 @ 11:00

Nature

WATCH: Emergency declared in Spain’s Malaga as cars left stacked upon each other and homes and businesses wrecked while freak hail leaves cars trapped in Marbella

https://twitter.com/vanessaBuenoSan/status/1220927418350829568 MALAGA has reactivated its emergency protocol after areas of the province have been left heavily damaged by a fresh onslaught of stormy weather. In

25 Jan, 2020 @ 12:39

Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: ORANGE weather alert activated for Spain’s Costa del Sol as rain, hail and storms intensify overnight (IN VIDEOS)

@Storm_Malaga la que esta cayendo en Benalmádena! pic.twitter.com/EQ5YezEvoi — ?sergiocm urbex (@sergiourbex) January 25, 2020 AEMET has been forced to upgrade the weather alert for

25 Jan, 2020 @ 01:07

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Hail and rain batter Spain’s Costa del Sol as region remains on alert for rainfall and storms

https://www.facebook.com/1537600309642149/videos/583878812394341/?v=583878812394341 THIS is the moment a hail storm is reported to have hit Estepona this afternoon. It comes as the Costa del Sol and Malaga

24 Jan, 2020 @ 18:26

Lead·Malaga

British expat filmmaker, who mixed with the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Johnny Depp, dies almost a year after horror balcony plunge at his home in Spain’s Mallorca

After being rushed to the island's Son Espases Hospital with a horrific head injury, the British expat has since been fighting for his life in

24 Jan, 2020 @ 18:06

Lead·Mallorca

American sisters urged to declare rape accusations before a judge in Spain’s Murcia as suspects prepare to file false accusation claims

A MURCIA judge has pleaded for three American sisters to declare before a judge their claims that they were raped by three Afghan men on

24 Jan, 2020 @ 17:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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