Police break up Marbella luxury villa rental scam
Police have busted a gang that swindled dozens of holidaymakers by advertising luxury villas on the internet that did not actually belong to them.
Day: August 6, 2015
Hottest July ever: Spain sizzled in record month
Last month was Spain's hottest July on record, the country’s meteorological agency said on Thursday, confirming what many long-suffering Spaniards already suspected.
Spanish military to invest in spying megadrones
Spain plans to spend €171 million on four unmanned aircraft and the infrastructure to support them in order to boost its military surveillance capability.
What recovery? Spanish reject economic ‘spin’
The Spanish government may be trumpeting the country's economic recovery but its long-suffering citizens are yet to share the joy, a new poll shows.
Bull shot in the street at fiesta after goring man
The revenge shooting of a bull by a resident with a shotgun after it gored a man to death at a fiesta is being investigated by Spain's Civil Guard.
Family wins 16-year fight against noisy bar
In a case of the wheels of justice barely turning at all, a family in Spain's Valencia region have finally won their battle to have an unlicensed social club in their building shut down.
Spain’s Basque’s act to end decades of hurt
Four years after the separatist group declared an end to its armed independence campaign, the emotional scars left by four decades of bombings and shootings remain.
Mum jailed for throwing newborn out of window
A Spanish woman who threw her newborn baby out of a window has been sentenced to four years in jail after a court found her guilty of attempted murder.