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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.
Norway’s King Harald, 89, hospitalised with blood disorder as Crown Prince Haakon takes over as regent
The treatment meant to bring King Harald's blood disorder under control has sadly ended up putting him in hospital. Norway's 89-year-old monarch has spent recent...
€80m Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum despite working alarms and guards on duty
Four Renaissance masterpieces worth up to €80 million vanished from a Sicilian museum as a religious procession filled the streets outside, yet the thieves left...
Giant 55-metre Virgin Mary statue taller than Rio’s Christ unveiled in tiny Polish village
Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary now towers over fields in a quiet corner of Poland after its formal unveiling on Saturday, August 15. Locals,...
Don’t wake the polar bears! Tourist fined €4,560 for blowing boat’s horn
A polar bear was sleeping peacefully on the shore of a remote Arctic fjord until someone on a passing boat decided to sound the horn....
Mont Blanc rescue row: Should reckless climbers really get a free helicopter?
A row has erupted over 32 climbers stranded high on Mont Blanc that has reignited a much bigger question for mountain lovers across Europe: should...
‘We’ve found gold’: Belgian builders strike €9m treasure hidden behind cellar wall
An 18-year-old thought he had spotted a scatter of €1 coins while laying a drainage pipe, until a gold nugget rolled out beside them. What...
Electric cars can legally drive 30km/h faster than petrol cars in one European country: Will Spain be next?
A strange motorway rule in Austria means electric car drivers can legally travel 30km/h faster than petrol and diesel cars on certain stretches of road...
One night, thousands gathered in the dark at Portugal’s medieval festival
For 12 days, Santa Maria da Feira travelled back nearly 900 years, again bringing in huge crowds to one of Portugal’s most popular historical events,...
Germany plans pensions for six-year-olds – could Spain do the same?
German parents could soon find themselves talking about retirement savings with children who have barely started primary school, under a plan that would put €10...
Jellyfish strike France’s biggest nuclear plant again and shut down three reactors
A swarm of jellyfish has knocked out three reactors at Europe's largest nuclear plant, and the strangest part is not that it happened but that...
Brits caught pulling off a cheeky motorway trick for months before their luck ran out in France
A family holidaying their way around eastern France thought they'd cracked the ultimate travel hack until French police finally caught up with them. The free ride...
Shell-shocked tourists rub their eyes at bizarre invasion across Pompeii’s ancient streets
Holidaymakers stepping into Italy's most famous archaeological site this summer will rub their eyes in disbelief. Behind the ancient stone columns, travellers are stumbling across...
Polish swimmer conquers Baltic after 55 hours then doctors make strange request
What would happen to your body after almost 55 hours swimming through the Baltic Sea without sleep? One Polish athlete has now given scientists a...
Major fire erupts near Charles de Gaulle as runways close
Travellers using Paris Charles de Gaulle this evening are dealing with changes to access around the airport after a major fire broke out nearby, closing...