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Tourists heading to Spain’s Balearic Islands this summer could be met with more than just sunshine and sangria — an escalating anti-tourism movement is sweeping through Mallorca, Ibiza, and Menorca, and it’s about to peak just as holiday season begins.Activist groups and angry locals are planning a wave of protests and disruptive actions to push back against what they call …

The truth is revealed when the grid goes black. Credit: Canva On April 28, 2025, the lights went out across Spain and Portugal; at the time, it was called the historic blackout—the most significant failure of its kind in a developed country in decades. According to “The Telegraph”, the blackout could have been an experiment. It was not a freak …

BRITISH residents of Malaga and Alicante provinces are being warned to swap their paper Green Certificates with the biometric TIE cards before October, or they risk being denied entry into Spain after holiday. The British Embassy in Spain has launched a targeted campaign after official data from the Spanish Ministry for Inclusion revealed that these two provinces – home to …

Last Wednesday, a DUTCHman was assaulted in Algeciras and robbed in the parking lot behind San Bernardo Bus Station. The victim was cleaning the car when two women began to search his pockets. He was then assaulted by a man, who restrained and restrained his hands.  They stole his mobile phone and €180 in cash, and fled on foot in …

According to a Ministry of the Interior announcement, six intentional murders have occurred in the Province of Malaga during the first quarter of the year 2025.  Statistically, these numbers are the same as last year’s, but there has been a 17% increase in attempted murders.  The crime wave on the Costa del Sol in recent weeks is reflected by this …

Former reality TV actor James Argent received a six-month sentence with a suspended jail term after he admitted to domestic violence committed against his model girl friend. After a violent argument, Argent, the ex-TOWIE star, pushed Nicoline Artursson (32), his former Miss Sweden, down the stairs of her apartment on Costa del Sol. The Sun reported. Artursson was hospitalized after …

Squatters in Spain find ways to get around a new, tougher law that aims to evict the squatters despite promises of a speedy trial. A change to the Criminal Procedure Act technically allows the crimes of ‘usurpation of a home’ and ‘breaking and entering’ to be heard in short hearings within a maximum period of 15 days. The squatters evictions …

A BRITISH driver fled from a Guardia Civil Checkpoint in Benidorm, and drove 150 km/h the wrong way on the N-332. Around 1am on Sunday, the 45-year old drugged and drunk driver led Benidorm Policia Local in a chase of four kilometers. The officers travelled parallel to the Brit on the wrong carriageway, flashing warning lights to alert other drivers. …

The major new high-speed railway project, which would connect Sevilla and the Algarve through Huelva, has made a significant step forward after a meeting took place between Andalucia’s regional president and Portugal’s Minister for Environment and Energy. Juanma Moreno of the Junta de Andalucia met Maria da Graca Carvalho Thursday. The two pledged their cooperation in cross-border areas, such as …

Costa Spain NewsCosta del Sol – The Consumer Association has issued an urgent warning to residents across the Costa del Sol and beyond, following a wave of scam phone calls falsely offering financial compensation for recent power blackouts.These calls, which seem to come from the official electricity companies, claim that customers are entitled for refunds or discounts because of service …