Benidorm has begun a day of official mourning following the death of a 33-year-old woman, in a case being investigated as possible gender-based violence. Policía Nacional has arrested her partner on suspicion of homicide, along with two other men accused of helping to move the woman's body to a rural area between Benidorm and Finestrat. The three men are aged between 30 and 45. A five-minute silent gathering will be […]

Spain's economy grew by zero-point-seven percent between April and June, according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute. The increase was one tenth higher than in the first quarter, while the economy grew by two-point-six percent compared with the same period last year. Household spending increased by one-point-two percent during the quarter, while investment rose by one-point-seven percent. Employment, measured in full-time equivalent jobs, was up two-point-two percent […]

Newly released intelligence documents show Spain’s CNI warned authorities in Ceuta the day before July’s mass migrant entry that people were being encouraged on social media to “storm” the city by land and sea. A WhatsApp message sent on July twenty-ninth referred to a planned assault the following evening, coinciding with Morocco’s Throne Day celebrations. The CNI said the groups promoting the action had around 180,000 followers. More than seventy […]

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says the Government is working around the clock to take a new housing decree to the Cabinet on Tuesday. The measure, already being referred to as the “Maricarmen decree”, follows the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen from the Madrid home where she had lived for more than 70 years. Sánchez has called on parliamentary groups to make a final effort to support the decree, saying it is […]

Partido Popular has meanwhile announced its own proposals to tackle the housing crisis, including a target of creating the conditions to build one million homes over the next four years. The PP says its plan would also include measures to speed up planning and construction, tax incentives for young people, and a law targeting illegal occupation of properties. It is part of a wider package covering housing, energy and household […]

Guardia Civil has arrested three people and seized 209 reptiles in an investigation into the illegal trade in protected species. The operation was carried out in Jérica and Sot de Ferrer, in Castellón. One-hundred-and-ten of the animals are protected to varying degrees under CITES, including an endangered iguana native to Fiji. Investigators say the suspects operated a legal animal shipping business while allegedly trading illegally in protected reptiles and breeding […]