PETROL prices across Spain have been rising for a consecutive week, pushing the cost of filling up steadily higher for drivers in Malaga and across the Costa del Sol. While some petrol stations have pushed prices close to €2, others…
NOTRIOUS Liverpool cocaine dealer Dominic McInally was arrested at a Marbella strip club after six years on the run. Merseyside Police launched an investigation into McInally in 2014 after officers discovered six kilograms of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment…
THE property market in La Linea is booming as the long-anticipated Gibraltar treaty edges closer to bringing down the border fence. Buyers are rushing to snap up properties in La Linea, where prices are far lower than on the other…
SPAIN is littered with castles. It has such a glut – 10,257 to be exact – that I’d believe it if there were more castles per capita in Spain than in any other country. You’ll see castellated walls in various…
METEREOLOGICAL spring has begun but the weather in Spain is set to feel more like winter over the week ahead as an icy DANA sweeps in from the north Atlantic. An isolated high-altitude depression is forecast to reach the Iberian…
HOUSE prices in Spain rose by 12.9% last year – the highest figure since early 2007 when costs went up 13.1%. The numbers are far higher than the 7% hike for 2025 projected in a September study produced by Barcelona…
SPAIN is bracing for a severe economic shock as the escalating crisis in the Middle East effectively shuts down the Strait of Hormuz. The critical 34-kilometre-wide maritime chokepoint between Iran and Oman has been paralysed by military conflict and drone…
DONALD Trump has called Spain a ‘loser’ in his latest outburst over Madrid’s refusal to allow US troops to use bases in Andalucia for ongoing operations in the Middle East. The US president’s latest rant came just 48 hours after…
THE mysterious phantom poet terrorising the Malaga town of Ronda has struck again, this time with the local mayor firmly in sights. Calling himself the ‘Son of Cervantes’, the anonymous satirist has escalated his bizarre campaign of hanging 17th-century style…
AT least four people have been killed and two remain unaccounted for after a wooden footbridge running along a rocky cliff face in northern Spain unexpectedly gave way. Seven people were walking on the walkway, located near the coastal area…
