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Alicante joins the ranks of Spanish cities that have decided to tackle the pressing issue of temporary holiday rentals. Councillors in this city have decided to ban the issuing of new licences for short-term rentals, which will be in force for the next two years.more

The number of people detained in connection with suspected jihadist activities in Spain has increased in the last two years. The greatest threat is now posed by organisations from Central Asia, wrote the Catalan daily ‘La Vanguardia’ on Saturday.more

A record number of illegal immigrants have arrived in the Canary Islands in 2024, the Spanish Interior Ministry said yesterday, with more boats arriving on the archipelago in the first days of the new year.more

The Spanish Interior Ministry has recorded a record number of illegal immigrants arriving in the Canary Islands this year, according to data released by the ministry yesterday.more

Spain’s leftwing government has approved “paid climate leave” of up to four days to allow workers to avoid travelling during weather emergencies, a month after floods killed at least 224 people.more

The Spanish government has imposed a fine of €179 million on five low-cost airlines, including Ryanair, for unfair practices, the Spanish Consumer Affairs Ministry announced.more

The Spanish government has introduced new regulations that will shorten and simplify procedures to regularize the status of some 900,000 illegal immigrants in the country over the next three years.more

A lack of warning systems and problems with the flow of information, as well as the long dinner of regional chief executive Carlos Mazon, had a bearing on the extent of the tragedy during the floods in Valencia in eastern Spain, the UK's ‘Financial Times’ reported yesterday.more

The title of "Best Destination in the World to Travel by Car" in the Travelbook Awards 2024 competition, organized by the portal Travelbook.de, went to northern Spain. The judges were impressed not only by the attractions of this part of Spain, but also by the fact that it pays attention to a sustainable approach to tourism.more

There have already been 202 deaths in the Spanish province of Valencia, which was swept by flash floods on Wednesday, local authorities said, as quoted by EFE news agency. The number could rise as the search for the missing continues.more

At least 51 people died as a result of flash floods that swept through the province of Valencia in eastern Spain yesterday, authorities in the region confirmed today. The death toll could rise, as services have not yet managed to reach everywhere.more

Police have detained a 27-year-old Pole in Torrevieja in southeastern Spain, wanted by the Polish justice system for belonging to a criminal group involved in the production and trafficking of drugs, the EFE agency reported.more

Ukrainian tourists are visiting the popular Costa Brava coastline in large numbers, above all the resort of Lloret de Mar, even despite the ongoing Russian invasion, notes the Catalan daily ‘La Vanguardia’.more

Several hundred thousand residents of Madrid and Barcelona marched through the streets yesterday demanding that local authorities and the Spanish government take steps to reduce rental prices.more

As long as I am at the head of the ministry there will be no public money for bullfighting, Spain's Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun announced on Thursday.more

Barcelona authorities are helping to finance the legal costs of victims of repeat pickpockets who have become a plague in the Catalan capital, the daily La Vanguardia reported on Monday. The pilot program, whose results are awaiting final evaluation, was launched in mid-August. The police have a list of criminals who have committed petty thefts or robberies involving violence.more

A German tourist who lost her leg in a shark attack some 500 km from the Canary Islands died hours later aboard a rescue helicopter, EFE news agency reported on Tuesday.more

We are withdrawing the licence of three companies operating electric scooters that will disappear from the streets of Madrid from October, the Spanish capital's authorities said on Thursday, justifying the decision on the grounds of the safety of residents. more

Vandals are increasingly using graffiti to devastate historic walls in Barcelona, ​​including the Gothic church of Santa Maria del Pi, reports the Catalan daily La Vanguardia.more

Almost 6,300 illegal immigrants arrived in the Canary Islands in July and August, a record number since detailed statistics began on the issue, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.more

Almost 60 percent of the Spanish population supports the monarchy, according to a survey by the GAD3 center. Next year will mark 50 years since the restoration of the monarchy in Spain.more

Spain's tourism sector is expecting a record 95 million visitors this year, even despite protests over mass tourism, Spanish daily "El Pais" wrote in yesterday's edition.more

At the age of 117, the world's oldest person, Spaniard Maria Branyas Morera, died today in her sleep, her family announced on Platform X.more

Every fourth child in Spain under the age of 17 has at least one foreign parent - notes the Spanish daily "El Pais". In a country where for years more people have been dying than being born, population growth is mostly based on immigrants - adds the newspaper.more

Several thousand residents of Majorca protested yesterday in Palma de Mallorca, the main city of this Balearic island, against the mass influx of tourists.more