A FORMER mayor of Lliber, Jose Mas, has been convicted of fraud over licences granted to the building of 290 illegal villas. The properties were marketed at between €300,000 to €500,000 to United Kingdom and European buyers. Construction took place…
BENIDORM is clamping down on shop window and street displays featuring items with obscene messages in English and Spanish. T-shirts are among the main offenders and the council now wants businesses to clean up their act. Slogans of mainly a…
DO you feel safe in Spain? The answer you give will probably depend on where you live – and fresh crime data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) has shone a light on a startling disparity between the country’s cities.…
ONE of Spain’s most picturesque medieval towns is pleading with tourists to return after catastrophic wildfires decimated the surrounding countryside and sent visitor numbers plummeting. Puebla de Sanabria, a charming walled village in Castilla y Leon dominated by a spectacular…
VALENCIA’s Civil Protection service has issued a red weather alert for the region as the remains of ex-Hurricane Gabrielle sweep across the Mediterranean coast, bringing torrential rains, flash flood risks and widespread closures. The official AEMET bulletin said very heavy…
WHEN leading Asia hotel chain Six Senses decided it needed an outpost in Europe, to show off its incredible eye for detail and how to look after guests in the most sustainable way, it didn’t opt for the obvious places…
SPAIN’S economy continues to buck the worldwide trend after posting a GDP growth figure of 0.8% for the quarter of 2025 – a percentage point higher than initially expected. Despite a gloomy international outlook – fuelled in part by Donald…
SPAIN’S property market continues to go from strength-to-strength with a record 64,730 home sales in the month of July, the highest figure registered since records began. The record-breaking tally comes fresh off the heels of news that property prices nationwide…
EXPATS in Spain and Portugal fear the sudden arrival of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner after he was released from prison. The paedophile and rapist has been living in temporary housing in the German town of Neumunster, after serving a…
SPANISH hotels are gearing up for what could be one of the country’s biggest legal battles against a multinational corporation – and it’s all about controversial pricing rules that may have cost them billions. Here’s everything you need to know…
