News Archive for August 2024

Here you can find articles published in August 2024. Return to full archive here

01 August
- The rules for travelling by car with your pet in Spain
- Spain's 'Nadalcaraz' knocked out of Olympic doubles
- 'It's a matrix': How rich foreign students are impervious to Spain's rental crisis
- RANKED: The favourite towns of foreign retirees in Spain
02 August
- Jailed Spanish reporter in Poland freed as part of prisoner swap
- British Airways parent IAG drops bid for Spain's Air Europa
- '63C in Plaza Mayor': Greenpeace calls for return of Madrid's trees
- The rules for buying and selling event tickets in Spain
- How to fill in Spain's digital nomad visa application form
- Climate crisis: Heat claims '175,000 lives a year' in Europe
- VIDEO: Spain dismantles people-smuggling network
- Begoña Gómez joins Spain's PM in suing judge investigating her
03 August
- Separatist party backs Spain's ruling Socialists to form govt in Catalonia
- Inside Spain: Meds to avoid during heatwaves and Ibiza’s quiet summer
05 August
- Crunch time in Spain as Catalonia attempts to form new government
- Black Sunday for Spain at Olympics as main gold medal hopes dashed
- The process you have to do when you finish off paying a car in Spain
- 'It's just to win votes' - Why Spain might not scrap golden visa scheme
- Spanish police probe youths over fake AI nudes of underage girls
- Does Spain check if you're working on the non-lucrative visa?
06 August
- GUIDE: How to apply for a non-resident NIE in Spain
- Climate activists target Messi's mansion in Spain's Ibiza
- Five key changes to Spain's retirement age and pensions
- Key vote to elect new Catalan leader set for Thursday
- What to know if you're going to the 37th America's Cup in Spain
07 August
- Thunderstorms and 40C: Spain set for extreme weather
- Mallorca calls new beach protest against mass tourism
- Madrid museum where blind get to feel the world's wonders
- Exiled Catalan separatist leader confirms return to Spain
- What are the rules for renting out a boat in Spain?
08 August
- Spain's Catalonia set to elect new leader today
- Fugitive separatist Puigdemont returns to Spain but vanishes again
- Activists disrupt pope's audience to call for end of bullfighting in Spain
- Which foreigners are most likely to have mortgages approved in Spain?
- Americans in Europe invited to share views with White House in new survey
- MAPS: How much does it cost to buy a home in Spain in 2024?
- Everything you need to know about the Feria de Málaga
09 August
- How serious is the West Nile virus spread in Spain?
- Repeat offenders, drug dens and squatters: How Barcelona is getting tough on crime
- Spanish judge demands answers over Puigdemont's escape
- VIDEO: Spain arrests 77 in crackdown of global migrant smuggling ring
- Ibiza's favourite sunset spot drowning in selfies, DJs and rubbish
- Why landlords in Spain leave their flats empty rather than rent long-term
- OPINION: Unfair tax policies for Americans abroad must change
- New finds in treasure-laden Spanish shipwreck off Colombia
- Spain's Jordan Díaz wins men's triple jump gold
- Spain beat France in classic final to win Olympic men's football gold
10 August
- Fugitive Catalan separatist leader says would not surrender
- Inside Spain: 50 million people by 2028 and soundproof cows
12 August
- Elon Musk's X faces privacy complaints in Europe over data use concerns
- Why 3 million people in Spain are still waiting to be paid back by taxman
- How to sell your property in Spain quickly
- Spain's Catalonia swears in new government ending separatist rule
- Taste your way around Oviedo: Spain's Capital of Gastronomy 2024
13 August
- 'Up to 10 metres a year': How towns across Spain are losing their beaches
- Showers and falling temperatures: Spain set for respite from summer heat
- What return of liquid limits at airports means for travel in Spain
- Spain's Valencia region to offer rental subsidies of up to €900 a month
14 August
- Galerna: When temperatures plummet by 18C in an hour in northern Spain
- Great-grandchildren of Spanish dictator Franco sell luxury flats for €60M
- A quarter of Spain's immigrants have gained Spanish citizenship
- What's open on August 15th in Spain?
- IN IMAGES: Extreme storms batter eastern Spain
- Pedro Almodóvar to be honoured at Spain's San Sebastián festival
- Spain's Seville to cut water supply to illegal tourist flats
15 August
- Four arrested after father of Spain football star Yamal stabbed
16 August
- WHO warns more mpox expected in Europe over the coming days or weeks
- How to watch the 2024 Paris Paralympics on TV in Spain
- Why is Spain's railway network having so many problems?
- Discover Spain: Horse races on the beach in Sanlúcar de Barrameda
- Why getting Spanish citizenship now takes months rather than years
- Do I have to tell my landlord in Spain that I'm getting a pet?
- 28.9C: Mediterranean Sea breaks daily temperature record
- EU health agency urges member states to prepare for more mpox cases
17 August
- Spanish teen star Yamal's father leaves hospital after stabbing
- Europe warned to prepare for mpox as Pakistan reports first case
- Inside Spain: broken bureaucracy promises and avoiding your countrymen on holiday
- 'During Spain's heatwaves, temperatures are not the only threat'
18 August
- Europe's new EES biometric passport system to launch in November
19 August
- Who should get vaccinated against mpox in Spain?
- Are people from Navarre more Basque than Spanish?
- How to work and get a pension at the same time in Spain
- Canary Islands migrant arrivals soar as Spain's PM eyes west Africa trip
- Spain in shock after boy playing football stabbed to death
- How you can prepare for travel under Europe's new EES and ETIAS rules
20 August
- REVEALED: The changes to daily life in Spain caused by tourism
- Suspect confesses in Toledo child murder case that shocked Spain
- World's oldest person dies in Spain at 117
- Spain to roll out another law banning cold calls by energy companies
- ANALYSIS: Boy's murder in Spain exposes risk of fake news frenzy about migrants
21 August
- Lista Robinson: What to know about Spain's opt-out option for spam calls
- Driving in Spain: The documents to show if you get stopped by police
- Barcelona to crack down on tacky shops that 'degrade' city's image
- Is Wizz Air's €499 'all you can fly' pass worth it for travellers in Spain?
- Spain's 'guiri' tribes: Where do you fit in?
- 'I fear for Europe': How Americans in Spain feel about the US election
22 August
- Spain heatwave plans: Ski in a shopping centre when it's 34C outside
- Spain's Extremadura to offer up to 15k to digital nomads who move there
- Americans in Spain: How to vote in the US presidential election from abroad
- Spanish Word of the Day: Buenismo
23 August
- KEY POINTS: What changes in Spain in September 2024
- Legal gaffe in Spain allows bosses to sack staff on family care leave
- Why don't Spaniards use kettles?
- Inspections, fines and demolitions: Spain's Andalusia targets its 300,000 illegal homes
- Spain insists Venezuela publish 'full' polling station records
- Catalan police admit mistakes in plan to detain fugitive Puigdemont
24 August
- Inside Spain: The rubbish police and Costa Blanca's worst drought in 33 years
26 August
- Spain PM heads to West Africa as migrant arrivals surge
- Thai court to sentence Spanish actor's son accused of murder
- What ferry routes are available between Spain and the UK and Ireland?
- IN IMAGES: Huge hailstones pummel Spain as weather extremes continue
- EXPLAINED: How to hire a carer in Spain to help at home
- Police officers suspended over Puigdemont's escape from Spain
- Spain's Dénia to stop issuing licences for tourist apartments
27 August
- Under the table: How many workers in Spain don't pay taxes?
- Why do people from Madrid have a reputation for being arrogant?
- Spain blocks Hungarian takeover bid for train maker Talgo
- Spain to donate half a million mpox vaccines to Africa
28 August
- When does the 2024/2025 school year start in each region of Spain?
- Spain's Canary Islands mark 30 years of clandestine migrant arrivals
- REVEALED: The coastal towns in Spain where property prices have spiked
- Nine otherworldly landscapes found in Spain
- What's the statute of limitations in Spain?
- Income tax: Is Madrid's 'Mbappé Law' really worth it?
- Mauritania and Spain pledge cooperation on migration
29 August
- 'Disgusting': Can estate agencies in Spain charge you to see a rental property?
- Spanish inflation cools again as fuel prices ease
- How likely is it you'll be robbed in Barcelona?
- Spain's Vigo to fine beachgoers who 'set up camp' and dominate space
- What are the laws in Spain around being naked at home?
30 August
- Spanish actor's son jailed for life for grisly Thai island murder
- IN STATS: What jobs do foreigners in Spain do?
- Bid for Spain's train maker Talgo dropped amid fears of Russian ties
- Spain's PM to visit China amid EU trade standoff
- OPINION: My surreal experience with a civil servant is normal in Spain
31 August
- Inside Spain: Flirting in Mercadona and the weirdest tourism protest yet
- Migrant influx fuels debate in Spain over illegal migration