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Three people seriously injured after yacht crashes into islet as Spain’s Ibiza suffers THIRD major boating incident in weeks

Just after 10pm yesterday, Salvamento Maritimo answered a distress call from a 12-metre yacht that hit the islet of Es Farallons with four people onboard

3 Sep, 2021 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Balearic Islands record drop in coronavirus cases

THE regional health ministry on Spain’s Balearic Islands has reported 119 new positive cases of coronavirus on Thursday, down 56 from the 75 recorded the day

2 Sep, 2021 @ 20:11

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Lead·Mallorca

Balearic Islands welcomes more international tourists than any other region in Spain for fourth consecutive month

According to the National Institute of Statistics, the Balearics were also where international tourists spent the most money in the country

2 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Why six residents of Spain’s Ibiza have gone on hunger strike in the name of climate change

The group are part of Extinction Rebellion, an international grassroots organisation that is known for its direct action tactics to raise awareness about the climate

1 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

Environment·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Spain tourism boost expected as airlines gear up for travel rebound in Europe

THE long-suffering airline industry is finally starting to recover with Jet2 investing nearly £5M in new aircraft and Ryanair forecasting an increase in passengers for

1 Sep, 2021 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

ANALYSIS: Spain set to meet 70% vaccination target but does it really matter?

SPAIN is set to meet its target of having 70% of the population vaccinated by the end of August, and although this is certainly an

31 Aug, 2021 @ 19:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Pincess Of Asturias Leonor De Borbon During Her First Day At Uwc Atlantic College In Llantwit Major, Wales 30 August 2021

IN PICS: Spain’s heir to the throne Princess Leonor heads off to ‘hippie Hogwarts’ boarding school in Wales

PRINCESS Leonor of Spain bade an emotional goodbye to her parents and sister at Madrid’s Barajas airport on Monday as she headed off to start

31 Aug, 2021 @ 12:48

Celebrity·Lead·National News

IN PICS: Inside the Spanish hideaway of road rage killer and notorious gangland figure Kenneth Noye

Choice in paintings and books give no hints of the home of legendary killer Kenneth Noye now on the market.

28 Aug, 2021 @ 14:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

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Have you seen this man? Police release photo of dad on the run after killing toddler in Barcelona hotel to spite mother

POLICE in Spain have released an image of the man accused of killing his two-year-old son in a Barcelona hotel room on Tuesday evening. The

27 Aug, 2021 @ 17:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

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Marbella diner leaves whopping €4,000 tip at restaurant on Spain’s Costa del Sol to make up for viral complaint by a stranger

WAITERS at one of Marbella’s most fashionable restaurants have profited from a bizarre one-upmanship between strangers who appear to have too much money to burn.

25 Aug, 2021 @ 19:18

Lead·Malaga

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Let us entertain you: Spain’s dwarf bullfighters prepare battle against ban on ‘degrading spectacle’

DRESSED in gaudy clothes and a face full of make-up, they dart about the ring leaping out of the path of a charging bull as

25 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

The Clash: How UK rock legend Joe Strummer has a plaza in Spain’s Granada named after him

TRAVEL SELFIE: Clash front man has been honoured with a square named after him in Granada... CAN YOU FIND IT?

24 Aug, 2021 @ 11:47

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel Andalucia

Spain’s Met Office places 9 regions in Spain—including Andalucia—under alert for abrupt change in weather

SPAIN’S national weather agency AEMET has activated yellow weather warnings in Andalucia, Aragon, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid and Valencia for

24 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Weather

Couple who offered ‘spirtual healing’ retreats with toad venom and ayahuasca arrested in southern Spain

A COUPLE have been arrested in Callosa de Segura, inland from the Costa Blanca in Spain’s Alicante province after posting videos of their weekend retreats

23 Aug, 2021 @ 11:05

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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Spain’s property sales post-pandemic reach boom peak of 2007

PROPERTY sales across Spain have surged to levels not reached since before the crisis – and we are not talking about the pandemic but since

22 Aug, 2021 @ 13:27

Alicante·Lead·Property

Brexit: British students heading to universities in Spain face visa delays

Brexit is derailing plans made by British students to spend their year abroad at universities in Spain, it has emerged. Just weeks before thousands of

19 Aug, 2021 @ 10:30

Brexit·Education·Lead

How to survive a heatwave in Spain: Top tips from the Andalucian town where you can fry an egg on the pavement

With temperatures hotting up to 46 degrees we made an egg-cellent trip to the ‘frying pan of Spain’

19 Aug, 2021 @ 10:13

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Sevilla Travel·Travel Andalucia

Man found dead after falling into borehole in Granada hills and could have been there for several days

A MAN has died after falling down a 15 metre deep borehole in the hills above Motril on Spain’s southern coast. The man was discovered

18 Aug, 2021 @ 20:30

Granada·Lead

Burger King worker in Andalucia reveals inferno conditions of kitchen during Spain’s heatwave

A WORKER at a Burger King revealed the hotter than hell conditions at the fast food restaurant in Jerez de la Frontera during the recent

18 Aug, 2021 @ 19:45

Cadiz·Lead

French driver arrested after car flipped and killed cyclist in Fuengirola on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE have arrested a young French man over the death of a cyclist who was hit by a car on Fuengirola’s seafront on Monday evening

17 Aug, 2021 @ 19:44

Lead·Malaga

EU COVID-19 recovery money starts to pour into Spain for new green projects

SPAIN has received its first payout from the EU COVID Recovery Fund. The country has been transferred €9 billion of its €69.5 billion allocation. The

17 Aug, 2021 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·European Union·Lead·National News

Dredging up history: Galicia clean-up project could shed light on mysteries of Spanish Armada

The true aftermath of the Spanish Armada has been buried by the sands of time … until now, writes Jack Gaioni

15 Aug, 2021 @ 16:15

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

FOCUS: Meet the expat business owners who have survived and thrived during Spain’s Covid crisis

TIMES have been hard for everyone during the coronavirus pandemic but among the hardest hit are those businesses involved in a hospitality sector that is

15 Aug, 2021 @ 15:30

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read

A sanitary worker preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

The strain in Spain: Emergence of new variants mean rethinking 70% ‘herd immunity’ vaccination target

Spain is on target to vaccinate 70% of the population by the end of August, the ‘herd immunity’ threshold that was established as a goal

13 Aug, 2021 @ 18:55

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Spain on extreme alert for wildfires as heatwave deepens

FIREFIGHTERS battled to contain blazes in northeastern Spain as low humidity combined with a heatwave caused tinderbox conditions across much of the country. Weather alerts

13 Aug, 2021 @ 12:19

Lead·National News·Weather

HEATWAVE: Weather warnings issued across most of Spain as temperatures soar to 44ºC

SPAIN’S meteorological agency AEMET has issued weather warnings in fourteen regions across Spain as a heatwave, dubbed Lucifer, takes its stifling grip on the peninsula.

12 Aug, 2021 @ 09:54

Alicante·Lead·Must Read·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

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