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The Euro Weekly News proudly connects the English-speaking community of Spain with all the latest news from home and abroad. Known by residents as the ‘people’s paper’, we have been providing this invaluable news service since 1999, ensuring that expats and international travellers can remain up-to-date with all the latest developments in Spain and the rest of Europe.
Thieves strike Renoir’s former home in stunning €9 million art heist
If you have ever visited the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera you will remember seeing some of his most beautiful and intricate pieces of...
Passenger trouble sparks police alert on Warsaw-Alicante flight
A passenger on a Warsaw-Alicante flight caused enough concern for the crew to request police before the aircraft reached Spain, with Alicante Airport preparing for...
‘A shocking moment’: Far-right AfD makes history in Germany as political tide shifts in Spain and Britain
While the AfD celebrated a result few once thought possible in post-war Germany, the silence from Chancellor Friedrich Merz told a story of voters losing...
An Italian mountain restaurant is charging €650 per head and banning phones at the door. Would you leave yours?
A high‑altitude dining room in the Italian Alps is insisting guests leave mobiles in lockers before sitting down. As noise, privacy and “content fatigue” grow,...
Colosseum becomes ‘red zone’ in major new Rome security crackdown
Tourists heading to Rome's Colosseum are being urged to brace for increased security around this iconic site, with the first eight individuals already kicked out...
10-year-old jumps from burning French farmhouse, saves two dogs and teddy
Ten-year-old Milo rang the emergency services, leapt from an upstairs window and then let the family dogs out after a fire tore through a 19th-century...
A tiny Paris shop has turned an everyday kitchen staple into a full-blown obsession and people love it
Forget having just a slather of plain butter on a slice of white, move over wine cellars and cheese counters, the queue outside this shopfront...
Michelin-starred Iris in Norway’s Salmon Eye goes invite-only after 2026 reset
Diners who once booked a six-hour “expedition” to a steel orb in Hardangerfjord now need an invitation if they want to visit. Iris, the Michelin-starred...
Sweden deports 458 Britons since Brexit in shocking residency crackdown
A home, a family and decades of memories have not been enough to protect hundreds of Britons in Sweden from being forced to leave. Sweden...
Retired couple ordered to pay €77,000 for road they say they never asked for
Imagine if you'd spent decades saving money for a secure retirement, healthcare, or just to have a comfortable life, and then suddenly found out you...
Couple who had never sailed before plan world circumnavigation in all-electric sailboat
After a decade of preparation, Dan and Kika Deckert are preparing to take their 36-foot sailing boat Uma on a round-the-world trip, with departure planned...
Lidl leaves Mercadona trailing as Portuguese supermarket battle heats up
In Portugal, supermarket shelves are turning into quite the battleground. For Mercadona, the challenge isn’t about getting people through the door, after all, the Spanish...
Households told to stock up on food as UK faces ‘supersized’ El Niño threat
It may sound slightly dramatic, but Britain's Environment Secretary says now is the time to think about how you'd cope without deliveries or open shops...
CCTV captures Intercity train smash into lorry trapped on Gdansk level crossing
CCTV from a level crossing in northern Poland has gone around the world after an Intercity service slammed into a trapped lorry with a dithering...