May 2024

German tourist, 21, plunged to his death on the second day of his Mallorca holiday after ‘falling asleep while sitting on his hotel balcony’s railing’

A 21-year-old German tourist who was found dead on Monday morning outside his hotel in Mallorca fell asleep after sitting on a balcony railing and plunged to his death. That’s according to the Policia Nacional, who are investigating the tragedy in Playa de Palma.  According to local press reports, the young man had been out […]

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Spanish photographer and guide is killed during attack while filming a tribe in Africa: Tributes pour in for Toni Espadas

A SPANISH photographer and tour guide has been killed whilst filming a TV show with a tribe in Ethiopia.  Tributes have poured in for Toni Espadas, 54, after the Barcelona native died on Monday following a ‘complex incident’ in the African country whilst filming Socios por el mundo, a Chilean TV programme shown on Canal

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Revealed: The thousands of Nazi collaborators in Spain who used businesses as fronts for top secret espionage

NEW research has shed light on the espionage activities of thousands of Nazi collaborators and informers who lived double lives in Spain during World War II.  In the ‘Dictionary of Spies’, Catalan historian Xavier Juncosa has painstakingly examined over 25,000 documents to produce a 400-page insight into the shady lives of over a thousand Nazi

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Revealed: This city in southern Spain has the highest number of tourist flats in the country – and fed-up locals are preparing a huge protest next month

NEW data from the INE (National Statistics Institute) has laid bare the shocking reality of how tourist rentals are continuing to devour the historical centres of towns across Spain. The city most at risk to tourist flat decimation is Malaga, which had 7,038 units in February 2024, which represents a 13% increase from the same

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British expats threaten to leave Estepona over string of ‘luxury’ venues that are ‘destroying’ the Costa del Sol town’s ‘charm’ by ‘turning it into Puerto Banus 2.0’

BRITISH expats have claimed they are considering moving away from Estepona following the arrival of a string of new ‘luxury’ venues. It comes as three new beach clubs are being heavily criticised for ‘appealing to the uber wealthy’ with ‘exorbitant, rip-off prices’. Expats and locals fear being priced out of the area, while some claim

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Ryan Reynolds to visit Spain: Hollywood actor and Wrexham FC owner, 47, will see Taylor Swift in Madrid

MADRID will be ‘bejeweled’ next week as Hollywood actor and Wrexham FC owner, Ryan Reynolds flies in to see Taylor Swift.  No blank space will be left in Spain as the European leg of the Eras Tour lands in Madrid next week.  The ‘Shake It Off’ singer will play two shows at the Estadio Santiago

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WATCH: Jasmine Harman struggles to film A Place In The Sun in Benalmadena as strong winds hit the Costa del Sol

JASMINE Harman has fallen prey to the strong winds that continue to batter the Costa del Sol this week. The A Place In The Sun star, 48, was on set on the shores of Benalmadena in Malaga on Monday. However her film crew were struggling to shoot the hit Channel 4 show due to the

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Lawyer takes Vueling to court in Spain and wins after airline charged him €60 for hand luggage in what judge branded an ‘abusive practice’

AN IBIZA man has won a battle with low-cost air carrier Vueling over an illegal hand luggage charge. The lawyer filed a complaint after he was forced to pay €60 for hand luggage as part of his basic fare. A Palma court described the charge as an ‘abusive practice and contrary to consumer rights’. READ

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