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The government has cut its forecast for economic growth this year and said it would increase spending in a bid to inject more momentum into the country’s strong-but-slowing expansion. It expects the economy to expand by 1.6% this year, less than a forecast given in October of 1.8%. That compares with the 1.7% growth rate projected for this year by Spain’s central bank. Economists have been warning successive Spanish governments […]

National Police have broken up an organisation who specialised in vehicle theft. They are alleged to have stolen 80 vehicles which were then modified for shipment to North Africa. 20 people have been arrested, eleven in Alicante and nine in France. Its members were of Arab descent and of French and Algerian nationality, their gang leaders lived in Alicante and Figueres.

British tourists have been given a fresh warning to make sure they have their passports on them at all times when travelling to Spain. The Foreign Office has urged tourists to remember that Spanish police have the legal right to demand to see ID. Anyone who fails to do this can be detained. A driver's licence is not suitable, only the original passport or a clear photocopy will suffice. However, […]

According to Valencia's Chamber of Commerce the Valencian community alone, saw a record number of holidaymakers, 29.5 million in 2019. Collectively, they spent just over €13.5 billion, of this, 15.8%, or slightly more than €2.1bn, was spent in supermarkets. This rises to nearly the total spend in the case of tourists who have holiday homes and do not need to spend on accommodation during their stay. The Valencian community has […]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a much-anticipated meeting with the Catalan regional premier Quim Torra yesterday, as part of promised talks on the future of the region. The two politicians met in Barcelona and, during their encounter Sánchez proposed that political dialogue starts this month. Catalonia has been immersed in an independence drive for years, which peaked in 2017 when an illegal referendum on secession from Spain was held, […]

Students and tourists are advised to "drink responsibly" and avoid travelling alone in a set of guidelines published by the US embassy in Spain. The embassy also advised citizens to familiarise themselves with the law. Spain's interior ministry has reported a steady increase in sexual assaults nationally in recent years.

National Police, in collaboration with the Secretary of State for Social Security, have uncovered fraud valued at almost 6 and a half million Euros made by the illegal collection of pensions of people who have died during the past year.  Police have arrested eleven of the 36 people involved in the scam in 21 provinces. They have been charged with 55 crimes against Social Security, fraud, document falsification and misappropriation.

Gabriel Diya's widow has got the go-ahead for the 'parallel investigation' she called for after the Christmas Eve tragedy.  Mr Diya, 52, his son Praise-Emmanuel, 16, and daughter Comfort, nine, drowned in the pool at the holiday resort in Fuengirola, Police say it was an accident but an engineer and a professional diver hired by Mrs Diya's lawyer will now be allowed access to the Club La Costa World pool.

The players from Chinese Super League football team Wuhan Zall have been left kicking their heels during a pre-season trip to Spain after clubs from Russia and Gibraltar cancelled planned friendly matches due to fears of being exposed to the coronavirus. The squad arrived at their training camp in Sotogrande on the Costa del Sol last week to be met with the news that Russian club FK Krasnodar was pulling […]