Tag Archives: Costa del Sol

The Dutch have risen to the top of the list for foreigners buying property in Spain.  According to the Spanish property platform Idealista in 2025, foreigners will account for 13.5% of all home sales in Spain, underlining their continuing influence on the market. Dutch buyers accounted for 6.77% of all foreign property purchases in Spain, making them the fourth most …

SIX people alleged to have illegally taken over Benalmadena’s Vistamar hotel- defrauding the owner of around €3 million- have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. After subletting their business through different companies without permission, they were charged with fraud. Promociones Los Nadales says they haven’t received rent since 2019. READ MORE HOTEL VISTAMAR SUNNIER DAYS On February 4, arrests were …

STAR: Miss DQ has become a household drag name This story was originally posted on April 1, 2019 – we don’t Think it was an April Fool’s joke THE UK’s only dwarf-sized drag queen recently completed a massive weekend of performances on the Costa del Sol. Jamie John, 30, is one of the stars from the hit Channel 4 series …

POLICE officers on the Costa del Sol recently arrested seven individuals and seized an arsenal of ammunition and weapons after two shootings that occurred between rival families. Over 50 officers from Malaga’s Policia Nacional branch took part in an organized raid this morning on two properties in Marbella. The officers found two real guns, ammunition, fake firearms, large sums of …

ESTEPONA’S mayor under fire could be headed behind bars, after prosecutors asked for a five-and a-half-year jail sentence over allegations that he misappropriated government money. Jose Garcia Urbano has been a major player in the conservative Partido Popular since 2011, but he is now under fire for allegedly slipping thousands of euros in public funds to a former girlfriend. Marbella’s …

HUNDREDS OF Costa del Sol Residents face losing their homes in order to make room for a new luxury golf development, which critics claim is an outdated model of tourism. Greenpeace and Ecologistas en Accion, two environmental groups, have joined with expats and farmers to oppose the proposed project. This would see the construction of up to 680 Villas and …

NEWLY built three-bed penthouses are all the rage on the Costa del Sol, according to figures from Spain’s national property registrar – and British expats are leading the charge. The property portal Idealista has analysed sales for the third quarter 2025 and found that the three-bedroom apartment sold faster than other housing types in Spain. In fact, 37% of these …

This text was first printed on November 28, 2023 MARBELLA has grow to be a prostitution hotspot after a authorized loophole lets pimps function out of unassuming residences.  Within the centre of Marbella, individuals discover the previous city, get pleasure from cocktails and sunbathe on the seashore, however little do they know they might be proper subsequent to a brothel. …

YOU may not count on it, however within the very coronary heart of the Costa del Sol is a spot the place no two visits are ever the identical. Nature is at all times shifting, evolving, and provoking emotion every single day of the 12 months.  That extraordinary place is BIOPARC Fuengirola – you uncover it for the primary time, …

A FAMILY OF FOUR DIERED in their Torrox house from a suspected natural gas leak. The bodies of two teenaged children and a married couple were discovered Tuesday around 3:20pm. They died overnight after a butano stove was left on, which released deadly carbon monoxide fumes. READ MORE TUEDAY CALLE PONTILS CENE Said Rabah (53), and his wife Saadia (38), …