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Illegal homes process for 300000 people gets sped up LEAD(3)

Fast track solution brings fresh hope to 300,000 illegal home owners in southern Spain

AROUND 300,000 owners of illegal homes in Andalucia need no longer fear the Junta’s bulldozers thanks to plans to speed up the legalisation process. While

10 Jun, 2019 @ 09:32

Lead·Property

British tourists to help create more than 600,000 jobs in Spain this summer – 140,000 of them permanent

Andalucia will benefit the most, with the influx of tourists creating 28,420 permanent posts

9 Jun, 2019 @ 16:53

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

‘The closure of the border shaped us as a people,’ says Deputy Chief Minister, comparing historic event to Brexit

Mood on the Rock harks back to the days of the border closure, says deputy chief minister

9 Jun, 2019 @ 15:28

Gibraltar·Lead

REVEALED: Retiring to Spain will see your money go further than almost ALL other British expat hotspots in Europe

Spain is the fourth most economical place to retire out of 14 countries studied in a poll

9 Jun, 2019 @ 13:54

Business & Finance·Lead

TOP OF THE TIPPLES: Check out our connoisseur’s guide to 10 of the best-scoring Spanish wines

Would you pay €1,000 for a bottle of Manzanilla from Jerez?

9 Jun, 2019 @ 09:25

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s former IMF head to face fresh corruption charges as new crimes come to light

Deals were allegedly offered by senior Bankia figures to public relations firms in return for €2 million in suspected bribes

8 Jun, 2019 @ 14:57

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead

Newly-elected Brit councillor hopeful of attempts to move past long standing rivalries of Spain’s politics

It comes after Ciudadanos continues to rule out any form of pacts with the PSOE on a national level, while the PSOE refuses to work

8 Jun, 2019 @ 12:06

Lead·Politics

TROLL TROUBLE: Giles Brown is used to insults flying his way, but troll his family and that’s a different matter

‘If you can’t take it, don’t dish it out’ tends to be my mantra

8 Jun, 2019 @ 11:36

Columnists·Lead

Huge tribute rock concert returning to Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE hottest rock festival on the Costa del Sol returns as an amazing line-up has just been announced. Pink Purple Productions is presenting The Pink

8 Jun, 2019 @ 09:15

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Challenges ahead as Brexit turmoil looms for Gibraltar, says Deputy chief minister

Liberal Democrats Caroline Voaden and Martin Horwood win seats for South West England and Gibraltar seat

8 Jun, 2019 @ 08:57

Gibraltar·Lead

Robbie Williams ‘to join’ Take That performance at Gibraltar Calling festival

Half of the tickets to the festival have already been sold

7 Jun, 2019 @ 16:30

Celebrity·Gibraltar·Lead

Tickets for opera star Andrea Bocelli concert in Gibraltar sell out in just two days

Italian megastar is one of the top acts to play on the Rock

7 Jun, 2019 @ 16:22

Gibraltar·Lead

PARKING-GATE: Gibraltar’s Chief Minister looks to put brakes on luxury car parking claims

Picardo has slammed claims he took advantage of his position to obtain double deluxe parking spaces in Midtown Car Park for a reduced rate

7 Jun, 2019 @ 16:22

Gibraltar·Lead

Three incredible secret beaches in Spain’s Andalucia to visit this weekend

They’re public beaches just begging to be enjoyed in June when you can almost have them to yourself

7 Jun, 2019 @ 16:16

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle·Environment·Lead

OPINION: Amid Champions League final ecstasy and agony, Brit fans in Madrid did us proud

Thousands of rival fans full of booze showed that English hooliganism is hopefully a thing of the past

7 Jun, 2019 @ 14:48

Opinion

British man talked down from balcony suicide attempt on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The man was threatening to jump from the second-floor property he was renting from a British expat

7 Jun, 2019 @ 14:47

Lead·Malaga

Most Wanted British ‘killer’ allegedly spotted in Spain during Champions League final in Madrid

The sighting comes after former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley launched a fresh campaign to catch the alleged killer after 14 years on the run

7 Jun, 2019 @ 13:43

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Law is not functioning’ as more families flee urbanisation in Denia suffering ‘VIOLENT’ take over by ‘gypsies’ and squatters

ANOTHER two families have fled an urbanisation that descended into ‘hell’ after squatters began a ‘violent coup d’etat’ five years ago. A retired German couple

7 Jun, 2019 @ 13:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead