News from Spain
The latest news on Spain in English, including politics, travel and sport, from the most popular English language newspaper in Spain.
Americans now spend more than Brits in Spain, and could soon be the Costas’ preferred guest
Ask a Spanish hotelier which nationality they would rather welcome through the door, and the answer increasingly is not British. Brits still arrive in far...
Passengers face terrifying ordeal as easyJet flight to Malaga suffers smoke emergency
Pilots were reportedly forced to wear oxygen masks as their EasyJet aircraft approached Costa del Sol airport in Malaga late last night. Passengers aboard the...
Should the motorhome stay or go? Spanish Ministry clarifies rules
Spain’s Interior Ministry has recirculated a short explainer on X pointing owners to Revista DGT issue 278: sleeping inside a parked motorhome is not camping...
Fake bank slips steal used cars in Spain: Book a gestor before you hand over the keys
Private sales still move most of Spain’s second-hand motors, and confidence tricksters know it. Roughly 2.2 million used cars change hands each year in Spain,...
Spain air pollution warning: More than 80% of population breathing contaminated air
Many of us expect pollution to be concentrated just to major cities such as Madrid or Barcelona, but shockingly millions of people across Spain are...
Andalucia local police to carry tasers and rifles as Junta plans 2027 rule change
Andalucia’s local police officers are heading for a kit upgrade that goes well beyond a new badge. First vice-president and emergencies minister Antonio Sanz told...
Hollywood icons Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds race across Spain’s waters
Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman swapped the red carpet for high-speed catamarans as their famous on-screen rivalry arrived in Spain during the SailGP...
Spain’s supermarket crisis is leaving shoppers at their wits’ end
We've all been there, when you finally think you've found a parking space outside the supermarket, only to discover that you cannot use it because...
Air price war? UK-Spain flights from £14.99 this autumn as airlines fight for empty seats
Summer already cost a packet for everyone. Long-haul passengers in Spain paid an average of €647.81 between June and August, 1.8 per cent more than...
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...
Crane needed to flip world’s biggest Spanish omelette as Sanxenxo feeds 10,000 for charity
Crowds packed Sanxenxo in Galicia on Saturday to watch a family-run egg company cook what organisers called the world’s biggest Spanish omelette. Family company El...
Yellow band hornet or yellow socks? How to tell Andalucia’s two hornet invaders apart
Garden tables on the Costa del Sol keep filling up with the same question: is that big buzzing thing the “Asian killer wasp”, or something...
Spain’s 2026 plan to end clock changes has failed, and the next change is already locked in
Pedro Sánchez said the twice-yearly ritual barely saved energy and was doing more harm than good. Well, nearly a year on, Spain turns its clocks...
Guardia Civil busts black market census scam: Big business of migrant economy
Police in El Ejido have rounded up 14 people after a paper trail of invented home addresses in Roquetas de Mar in the Almeria province....