Bumper mango harvest in Spain’s Andalucía region thanks to abundant rains
Steve Monday, 25 August 2025, 13:48 After almost five years of drought two years that many in the industry prefer not to remember, the mango sector is back in business in…
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New projects aim to stop farm pollutants ending up in Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon
ELEVEN projects to improve farming techniques aimed at cutting pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon have been awarded grants totalling €16.2 million. The money comes from the Ministry for Ecological…
Tarragona is Spain’s alternative to busy Barcelona
The best view of Tarragona’s 2AD amphitheatre is from the rooftop pool of my hotel, the H10 Imperial Tarraco. So when guide David Verdejo arrives to show me around Catalonia’s…
‘All roads lead to Rome’ Spain’s right-wing Vox party calls for a change of direction in Europe
By Katy Dartford with AP, ANSA Published on 17/12/2023 – 21:34 GMT+1 Both Italian and foreign politicians took the stage on the final day of the Arteju festival, where in her concluding speech…
glamour and fun on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The Marbella Club has royal roots. Spain’s party-loving Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe-Langenburg transformed what was an old farm between Marbella and Puerto Banus and opened it as the Marbella Club…
Irish tourist drowns in swimming pool in Spain’s Costa Dorada
Emergency responders raced to the holiday apartment block in La Pineda near the east coast city of Tarragona after the alarm was raised at around 11am this morning. They tried…
Spain’s housing crisis deepens: residents’ anger is rising
Published on 06/08/2025 – 15:00 GMT+2 •Updated 07/08/2025 – 10:41 GMT+2 Since 2010, housing prices in the European Union have surged by over 50% on average, while rents have climbed…
A cooler costa: the summer glories of northern Spain’s Costa Trasmiera | Spain holidays
While we all know that “costa” is simply the Spanish word for “coast”, for most of us it has a much wider meaning, evoking all sorts of images, both positive…
British tourist, 51, dies while snorkelling off Spain’s Costa Dorada
A British tourist has died while snorkelling off Spain’s Costa Dorada. The 51-year-old man was swimming off Pixavaques beach in L’Ametlla de Mar, Tarragona, near Salou, on Monday afternoon, according…
Exclusive: Brits blast campervans for ‘polluting’ Spain’s Costa del Sol and ‘spoiling their views’ – as ‘vanlifers’ blame a ‘few bad apples’
EXCLUSIVE By Yzzy Bostyn WHEN Cor Vandenhoek moved to Torrox Costa nine years ago, he invested in one of the most expensive properties on the market under the promise that…