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Italy

Italian and Spanish police arrest 58 suspected drug traffickers

The year-long operation leading to the arrests focused on the movement of money through clandestine banking services run by ethnic Chinese individuals.

17/10/2023

World News

Rise in anti-Semitic incidents worries Jewish community in Europe

As the Hamas-Israel conflict has spilled over into Europe, protection for the Jewish community has been stepped up following a rise in anti-Semitic incidents.

14/10/2023

Travel News

Barcelona cracks down on cruise ships in its city centre

New rules will come into force this month, including cruise ship caps and dock closures.

13/10/2023

France

Over 600 kilos of cannabis seized at French-Spanish border

Police stopped a vehicle crossing the French-Spanish border which was carrying 603 kilos of cannabis as well as €38,000 in cash. They arrested the driver and another man they believed to be one of the organisers of a wider drug trafficking network.

11/10/2023

Spain

Sexual crimes by minors in Spain and Italy are soaring, but why?

Spain has the highest number of minors convicted of sexual offences since records began and in Italy the number rose by 15.7%, but why?

09/10/2023

Spain

Rally in Barcelona against plan to grant Catalan separatists an amnesty

Right-wing officials joined a mass rally in Barcelona on Sunday to protest plans to grant jailed Catalan separatists an amnesty.

08/10/2023

Spain

Spain’s Juan Carlos escapes trial as judge throws out ex-lover’s €145 million legal case

59-year-old Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn had accused the former King of Spain of a campaign of harrassment following their split.

07/10/2023

Italy

Over 250 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya

A rescue ship operating off the coast of Libya saved 258 migrants in two separate operations in the early hours of Friday morning.

06/10/2023

World News

Rifts in Europe over migration remain after 'success' of new EU deal

The world’s largest club of wealthy countries remains split between those that support Brussels’ initiatives focused on distributing migrants between members in an act of solidarity and those countries, like Hungary or Poland, whose far-right governments consider the influx of outsiders a threat.

06/10/2023

Travel News

Seville proposes ban on ‘obscene’ behaviour of stag and hen parties

The mayor confirmed that those who do not abide by the rules would face a fine.

06/10/2023

Spain

Canary Islands appeal for help as 1,200 migrants arrive in 48 hours

Until June only nine migrants had arrived on the island, but in recent weeks the number has risen to 3,300.

06/10/2023

Culture news

Why changing València to Valéncia is a political problem in Spain

The subtle but controversial change in the direction of the accent perfectly reflects the division in the Spanish political landscape.

05/10/2023

Europe News

Difficult decisions on EU enlargement loom as leaders meet in Spain

The idea of making the European Union bigger will be under the spotlight at two consecutive summits of European countries this week in Granada, Spain.

04/10/2023

Sport

2030 Football World Cup will be held in Morocco, Spain and Portugal

A unique 2030 World Cup is set to be played in Europe and Africa with the surprising addition of South America in a deal to allow the men’s soccer tournament to start with a 100th birthday party in Uruguay.

04/10/2023

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WATCH: Crowds gather in Spain for historic dance on stilts

People gathered in the Spanish town of Anguiano to see the Dance of the Stilts, an event held since the 17th century.

03/10/2023

Spain

Spain: King Felipe VI asks Pedro Sánchez to form a new government

The proposal of the task comes just a week after right-wing opposition Alberto Núñez Feijóo failed in his bid to do so.

03/10/2023

Spain

Spanish nightclub where 13 people died in fire had no licence

According to local authorities, the nightclub had been under a closure order. The families say the tragedy could have been avoided.

03/10/2023

My Europe Series

Spain rolled out a new animal welfare law. It has many contradictions

Police in Spain now have powers to arrest people for leaving their pets alone following the adoption of a new animal welfare law that came into force last week.

03/10/2023

Business

Spain hit hard by rising price of olive oil

Drought and extreme heatwaves have halved Spanish olive oil production. The price at origin has increased by 112 per cent since last year.

03/10/2023

Spain

Spanish nightclub fire: two premises had invalid papers

Two of the nightclubs involved in Sunday's fire in Murcia did not have a municipal licence and had been under a cease and desist order. Thirteen people were killed.

01/10/2023