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Mystery as Chinese trio – including pensioner – caught smuggling €1 MILLION in CASH into Spain’s Valencia

A TRIO of travellers have been arrested at a Valencia airport after trying to smuggle almost €1 million into the country. The three passengers, from

20 Nov, 2019 @ 08:06

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

José Antonio Griñán Top corrupt politicians

GUILTY: Ex-president of Junta de Andalucia gets six years in prison for role in historic ERE corruption case in Spain

EX-Junta de Andalucia president Jose Antonio Grinan has been sentenced to six years in prison for his role in the ERE scandal. He has also

19 Nov, 2019 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Northern Irish man denies raping teenage girl on Spain’s Costa del Sol in ‘first case of its kind’

A NORTHERN Irish man has gone on trial for the alleged rape of a teenage girl on Spain’s Costa del Sol. Micheal Joseph Cregan pleaded

19 Nov, 2019 @ 13:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Cruel couple who dumped dog before it ran after their car as they drove away charged with animal abuse in Spain’s Andalucia thanks to local who got everything on film

A HEARTLESS couple in Andalucia have been charged with animal abuse after abandoning their dog. The 50-year-old man and 43-year-old woman were rumbled when a

18 Nov, 2019 @ 12:56

Crime & Law·Granada

Family man brutally murdered in industrial unit in Spain’s Sevilla

A MAN has been shot and killed in an industrial unit in Sevilla. According to Efe, the man was shot several times while at the

18 Nov, 2019 @ 12:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

WATCH: Terrifying shootout ‘on the streets of Marbella’ goes viral… but is all what it seems?

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2558519184216918&id=1537600309642149 A VIDEO purporting to show a shootout on the streets of the Costa del Sol has gone viral on social media today. The clip

17 Nov, 2019 @ 15:30

Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: Man who SURVIVED suspected drug-related shooting in Marbella tonight fighting for life in Hospital Costa del Sol as more info revealed

Investigators are working with the theory that the killing was a 'settlement of accounts' between drug traffickers

16 Nov, 2019 @ 00:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

'Spain WILL NOT be on UK 'Green' travel list before the end of July' says UK ambassador on a visit to Benidorm and the Costa Blanca

British Ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott to meet expats at key Brexit meeting on Costa del Sol

Elliott will be introduced as the event’s keynote speaker by local British councillor Dean Tyler Shelton

14 Nov, 2019 @ 19:19

Lead·Malaga·Politics

US expat warns of fake money circulating in British expat hotspot in southern Spain after accidentally giving his cleaner cash used for films

The fake note appears to be the real deal from a distance

14 Nov, 2019 @ 17:10

Granada·Lead

Changing clocks can help TUMOURS grow and causes serious heart problems, says shocking study in Spain

A SHOCKING study has warned that changing the clocks in autumn and spring can carry serious health risks to the population. The study was carried

14 Nov, 2019 @ 16:09

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Iconic 1960s building on Spain’s Costa del Sol to be torn down for new shopping area

A total of €12.5 million has been set aside for the works under the European Funds for the Sustainable Urban Development Strategy (EDUSI)

14 Nov, 2019 @ 13:16

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

REVEALED: Spain’s Top 10 vegetarian and vegan cities

Just 1.3% of those polled said they were vegetarian, while just 0.2% identified as vegan

14 Nov, 2019 @ 11:15

Food & Drink·Lead

Far right party Vox enters petty row with Spain’s biggest pop star Rosalia after she said ‘f*** Vox’ during elections

Vox has campaigned on a platform of anti-immigration and pledged to repeal gender-based violence laws

13 Nov, 2019 @ 19:17

Lead·Politics

David Villa, Spain’s all-time leading goalscorer, has announced he will retire from football after this season

The 37-year-old has scored 12 goals so far this season, his career total being 376 goals in 752 games.

13 Nov, 2019 @ 16:14

Football·Lead·Sport

‘TIL DRUGS DO US PART: Married couple in Spain caged for cocaine home delivery service using electric scooters in Campo de Gibraltar

A MARRIED couple have been arrested after allegedly using electric scooters to deliver cocaine around the Campo de Gibraltar. Policia Nacional arrested the pair after

13 Nov, 2019 @ 14:53

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

IN PICS: Hunting dog miraculously survives after being shot in the head by ‘hunters who no longer needed her’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Yaiza is recovering well and will soon be looking for a new home

13 Nov, 2019 @ 14:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

SIERRA NEVADA: Spain’s premier ski resort gets 33 new snow cannons, Domino’s Pizza and lift upgrades in €9 million cash boost

A new Domino's Pizza restaurant at Ts Monachil and an extension and new San Miguel ‘tasting station’ at La Bodega in Pradollano make this one

13 Nov, 2019 @ 08:03

Granada·Lead·Travel News

Irish expats in Spain this Christmas will need these ‘care packages’, full of essentials like Barry’s Tea and Tayto crisps

“Not being home for Christmas is incredibly difficult and we aim to help Irish expats who are feeling homesick"

12 Nov, 2019 @ 18:29

Food & Drink·Lead

Storm Cecilia from the Atlantic to blast southern Spain this week as Costa del Sol, Murcia and Costa Blanca on alert for strong winds ahead of FIVE DAYS OF RAIN

LARGE parts of southern Spain have been placed on yellow alert from Wednesday onwards as an Atlantic storm is set to arrive. Dubbed Storm Cecilia,

12 Nov, 2019 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

WANTED international drug trafficker arrested outside bar while with pals in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

A WANTED international drug trafficker has been cuffed outside a bar in Marbella. Known only as R.M, the 42-year-old was arrested while with two friends

12 Nov, 2019 @ 13:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police launch awareness campaign to tackle ‘affectionate thieves’ epidemic in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICIA Nacional have launched a campaign to tackle a growing epidemic of ‘affectionate’ pickpockets in Andalucia. The police force will be holding talks across public

12 Nov, 2019 @ 12:53

Crime & Law·Lead

Obesity on the rise in Spain as almost HALF of children have ‘unhealthy weight’ while 1 in 4 adults in Andalucia are obese

OBESITY is on the march in developed countries and Spain is no exception. That’s the warning from the president of the Spanish Society for the

12 Nov, 2019 @ 12:26

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca·National News

‘Fake bus driver’ who made €3.2 million from tourists and kids on Costa del Sol and across Spain arrested and has his 19 buses seized

Police located the illegal buses in areas of Spain as far-flung as Madrid, Toledo, Valencia, Malaga, Almeria and Zaragoza

12 Nov, 2019 @ 12:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Popular gay bar owner ‘fearful’ of growing far right and Vox after ‘noticeable spike’ in homophobic attacks in LGBT hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol sees British expat and well-known drag queen assaulted

As a gay man and owner of a gay bar in the LGBT-friendly resort on Spain’s Costa del Sol, he has never felt unsafe, until

11 Nov, 2019 @ 22:41

Lead·Malaga·Politics

Spain’s far right Vox party wins most votes in Murcia at Spanish General Election

Turnout at the general election, which was narrowly won by the PSOE, was only 73.53%, three percentage points down from the April elections

11 Nov, 2019 @ 14:18

Lead·Politics

Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera resigns after shocking performance in Spain’s general election

CIUDADANOS leader Albert Rivera has resigned today after his centre-right party was almost wiped off the map in yesterday’s general election. The C’s, as its

11 Nov, 2019 @ 13:35

Lead·National News·Politics

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