February 2024

FEMINIST associations in Spain have collected more than 1,500 signatures in a bid to cancel Spain’s controversial Eurovision entry, Zorra.  The song from Alicante duo Nebulossa was chosen as the winning entry at this year’s Benidorm Fest, which is a yearly televised event to pick Spain’s Eurovision song. Zorra, however, has caused controversy due to

STREAMING giant Netflix is teaming up with the legendary Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias to bring his life to the small screen.  “For the first time, this music living legend will participate in the creative process of a project in which he will share everything about his life and his incredible musical trajectory,” Netflix said on

FANS of legendary Australian rock band AC/DC will be in for a treat later this year, when the group will pay a visit to Spain.  As part of their ‘Power Up’ European Tour 2024, the authors of Thunderstruck and Highway to Hell have chosen Sevilla for their only Spanish date, returning once more to the

WELSH Hollywood actor Luke Evans and his Spanish boyfriend Fran Tomas have announced they are launching a new clothing line. The menswear brand is called BDXY, and is a collaboration between the couple and fashion stylist Christopher Brown.  The brand will be a line of pieces inspired by the screen legends of Old Hollywood, featuring

SEVEN spies from Russia’s elite intelligence service wing travelled to Barcelona between 2014 and 2019 during the Catalan independence crisis, it has emerged. At least seven agents from the Main Directorate of the High General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU), Russia’s elite military intelligence unit, made a dozen trips to Catalunya during the

A NORDIC expat has been shot while walking in the middle of a street in Marbella, it emerged today. The unnamed victim received bullets to the leg and arm after being ambushed by two shooters in a car. According to witnesses, the vehicle pulled up alongside the man at around 11pm on Saturday night in

REGIONS across Spain have been put on orange alert for rain, strong winds, and choppy seas. Andalucia, Asturias, Cantabria, Catalunya, the Basque Country and the Valencian Community have all been given orange warnings, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). The Cantabrian coast, as well as the north-east of Spain and the far east of

THREE British nationals and three Spaniards went on trial on Monday over a €17.3 million real estate scam involving UK citizens buying property in La Manga de Mar Menor. The case is being heard at the Murcia Provincial Court in Cartagena. The Prosecutor’s Office wants each defendant jailed for five years and to pay a

A TOWN in northern Spain has gone viral for being ‘identical to the Beauty and the Beast’.  The city’s historic facades overlook the Arlanza river Photo: Ayuntamiento de Covarrubias READ MORE: This town of ‘echanting forests’, chestnut desserts and white-washed streets is a must visit for lovers of Spain’s Andalucia – according to the Sun