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Begoña Gomez in court: Judge calls Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife to testify as official suspect in influence peddling case
A MADRID judge has given the Spanish prime minister’s wife, Begoña Gomez, a court date at which she will have to testify as ...
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Spain’s jobless total falls to lowest May figure since 2008 as tourist sector gears up for record-breaking summer
SPAIN has recorded its lowest registered unemployed total for May since 2008, with 2.6 million people out of work. The total ...
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Revealed: The provinces with the fastest growing economies in Spain’s Andalucia – partly thanks to tourism
Spain’s Costa del Sol expects to close August with hotels at 86%occupancy rate—surpassing previous forecasts Photo by Cordon ...
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Huge US military ship is spotted docking in port on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A BIG United States warship is spending a few days docked in Malaga and has a freighter-style look about it- different from ...
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Tragic weekend sees four people drown in 72 hours on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE start of the peak seaside bathing season has sadly brought four drownings in less than 72 hours on the Costa Blanca. The ...
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True crime story of an Alicante mother who ‘burned daughter’s rapist to death’ is subject of new TV documentary series in Spain
A REVENGE killing by an Alicante province mother on the man who raped her daughter is the subject of a new TV documentary ...
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Earthquake rattles southern Spain: Residents in Malaga report feeling tremors
AN EARTHQUAKE rattled much of the Malaga province in the early hours of Monday morning, thanks to a tremor underneath the ...
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Cost of toll road on Spain’s Costa del Sol surges by more than 50% – after pleads to abolish the charge are rejected by Madrid
THE cost of the AP-7 toll road has increased by more than 50% along the Costa del Sol. Every year, the price of accessing the more direct and quieter route officially goes up on June 1. For example, ...
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Spike in deaths on Spanish roads: 440 people were killed in the first five months of 2024
The figure for the first five months of 2024 represents a year-on-year increase of 6.79%, according to the country’s traffic authority (DGT). In May alone, some 83 fatal traffic accidents were ...
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Crisis for 300,000 holidaymakers planning to visit Spain after major tour operator collapses
FTI- has filed for insolvency putting at risk thousands of holidays including a major raft of bookings to Spain- ...
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British expats and locals demand Marbella bullfight be cancelled: Petition by animal activists gathers 25,000 signatures in just four days
Marbella councillors pose in front of poster for upcoming bullfighting event (Twitter/Aytomarbella) MORE than 25,000 expats and locals have signed a petition demanding the cancellation of this weekend ...
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Outrage over waitress job offer in Ibiza: Woman is told she will work 77 hours per week but ‘will have access to the beach’
A WAITRESS job offer has sparked outrage in Ibiza after a woman is told she will need to work 77 hours a week in exchange for ‘beach days.’ As spring ...