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Marbella promenade to receive major upgrades while coastal path set to be extended in 2020

MARBELLA has announced a five-year conservation plan for its coastal promenades with a planned investment of €21.6 million. Much of the money will be spent

6 Jan, 2020 @ 16:51

Lead·Malaga

US beefs up military presence in tiny towns in Spain’s Andalucia after Trump’s drone killing of Iran General Soleimani

Dozens of large cargo aircraft have arrived in the largest deployment since the 2003 Gulf War

6 Jan, 2020 @ 16:23

Cadiz·Lead·National News·Sevilla

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Woman hospitalised after struck in eye by airborne toy during Reyes Magos parade in Alicante

A 74-year-old woman has been hospitalised after a toy thrown during the cavalcade of the Three Kings struck her in the eye in Alicante. The incident occurred

6 Jan, 2020 @ 14:04

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Three-time presidential candidate and author of ‘Make Wealth Anywhere’ arrested for posing as UN president and raising money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SPANISH-NIGERIAN woman has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and misappropriation of funds after she was caught posing as a UN president on Spain’s

6 Jan, 2020 @ 13:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Catalunya's government comes under fire over police contracts signed with Israeli firm

Man ‘kills wife and 3-year-old daughter’ in Spain’s first gender violence crime of 2020

A MAN has been arrested after allegedly killing his wife and young daughter in Spain. The unnamed 27-year-old is accused of murdering his wife, 28,

6 Jan, 2020 @ 12:57

Crime & Law·Lead

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44-year-old plastic yoghurt pot found ‘intact’ on popular Costa Blanca beach

A 44-year-old plastic yoghurt pot has been found washed up on a popular Costa Blanca beachfront. The strawberry-flavoured Yoplait pot still bears its colourful marketing

6 Jan, 2020 @ 12:47

Costa Blanca·Environment

Malaga court rules developers must pay back more than €11 MILLION for unfinished homes on Spain’s Costa del Sol

MALAGA courts have ruled that at least €11.1 million must be returned to buyers of unfinished homes. The almost historic amount corresponds to the countless

6 Jan, 2020 @ 11:12

Lead·Malaga·Property

Spain’s Antonio Banderas loses out to Joker actor Joaquin Phoenix at Golden Globes in Los Angeles

LAST night on a starry night in Los Angeles Antonio Banderas had his fifth opportunity to finally win a Golden Globe, but it was again

6 Jan, 2020 @ 11:03

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

Brussels gives Spain an ultimatum over its toll roads

REVEALED: When the AP-7 toll road between Estepona and Malaga will be free (and it’s not good news)

SEVERAL toll roads have become free from January 1 2020. This includes the AP-4 motorway between Sevilla and Cadiz and the AP-7 motorway between Tarragona,

6 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga

Investigation launched after beach bar burns to the ground on Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN investigation has been launched after a beach bar went up in flames on Saturday. The Moliere Playa chiringuito in Torremolinos caught fire around noon.

6 Jan, 2020 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga

Pedro Sanchez’s first bid to govern Spain fails in highly-charged investiture debate

PABLO Sanchez’s first bid to be installed as Spain’s prime minister has failed in a highly-charged investiture debate. Following Sanchez’s successful election win in November

5 Jan, 2020 @ 14:54

Lead

Pregnant Spanish influencer in holocaust row after posing for Instagram snap captioned #babyintheoven at memorial to murdered jews

The caption is a reference to her second pregnancy – a girl – with husband Javier Ungria, which she announced in November

5 Jan, 2020 @ 14:16

Lead·National News

RICHES TO RAGS: How UK expat lost €400k in pension scam and bolted home, broke, in a caravan and facing nearly six-figure demands from the taxman

A FORMER British expat is battling punitive demands from the taxman after she lost her €400k pension pot in a Spanish scam and had to

5 Jan, 2020 @ 12:24

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

In Spain three animals are abandoned every five minutes

The group also points to the recent surge in the adoption of pets, which it claims can actually help perpetuate the cycle of ‘animal abuse’

5 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead

Spain’s Mediterranean diet crowned healthiest nutritional plan IN THE WORLD

Eating a Mediterranean diet could also help preserve kidney function in thousands of patients who have already had transplants

5 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Health·Lead

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez FINALLY to form left-wing coalition PSOE-Podemos government after agreement with Catalan separatists

The move marks a breakthrough as the November 10 elections were dominated by the future of Catalunya

4 Jan, 2020 @ 16:43

Lead·National News·Politics

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: These are the 12 national holidays in Spain and Andalucia in 2020

In Andalucia eight holidays fall on either a Friday or Monday

4 Jan, 2020 @ 11:53

Lead·National News

Spain employed almost 400,000 more people in 2019, but recorded worst increase for six years

Signs of exhaustion have been reported and a similarly weak decrease has also been registered in unemployment levels

4 Jan, 2020 @ 11:05

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

189-seat passenger plane makes emergency landing on Spain’s Costa del Sol after its engine shuts down mid-flight

AN 189-seat passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing on the Costa del Sol. The Austrian Lauda aircraft was forced to turn

3 Jan, 2020 @ 15:17

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Dog dead and another near death after sick owner leaves them locked inside home for over TWO WEEKS in Spain’s Sevilla

A PET owner will have his day in court after abandoning two dogs in his Seville home, leading to the death of one of them.

3 Jan, 2020 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

REVEALED: The 29 Mercadona perfumes and colognes which smell like your designer favourites for €10 or less

WE all like to smell good but sometimes the designer perfumes and colognes we love just cost too much. Well, we’re not alone, it seems,

3 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Teenage boy saved from suicide attempt after police find him hanging onto bridge railing ‘with two fingers of one hand’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A TEENAGE boy has been saved after attempting to end his life by jumping off a bridge, police said. The young lad was holding onto

3 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: Why Spain’s Costa del Sol is among the best places to retire in the WORLD, according to Forbes

AMERICAN publication Forbes has prepared a list of the best places for its readers to retire in 2020. And it’s no surprise Spain has made

3 Jan, 2020 @ 08:26

Health·Lead

Couple arrested for trying to smuggle Palestinian boy into Spain inside shopping cart

A MOROCCAN couple have been arrested for trying to smuggle a Palestinian boy into Spain inside a shopping cart. The unnamed woman, 38, and man,

2 Jan, 2020 @ 20:08

Lead·National News

Manhunt after THREE young American sisters raped and sexually assaulted in savage New Years Eve attack in Spain’s Murcia

A MANHUNT is underway for three men accused of raping and sexually assaulting three American sisters in southern Spain. The shocking assault is said to

2 Jan, 2020 @ 19:47

Crime & Law·Lead

CANNED: British gang busted smuggling drugs in olives and beer from Spain’s Costa del Sol

SEVERAL British individuals have been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs by using their drink businesses as a cover. Policia Nacional had been tracking a British

2 Jan, 2020 @ 19:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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