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• Budget airlines in massive price hike for weekend flights between Spain and Rome ahead of Pope Francis funeral mass April 22, 2025
  FLIGHT prices from Spain to Rome for the next few days have soared since Tuesday’s announcement that the funeral of Pope Francis will take place this Saturday. Roman Catholics looking
• Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces immediate rise in defence spending- four years ahead of schedule April 22, 2025
  SPAIN has brought forward by four years its plan to spend 2% of its GDP on defence. The budget increase will happen this year, according to Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez,
• Spain’s famous Almadraba tuna fishing season kicks off in Cadiz this week April 22, 2025
  THE ALMADRABA tuna fishing campaign officially got underway on Monday, with the first Atlantic bluefin tuna being hoisted onto the decks of the fishing trawlers off the coast of Barbate
• Think you can hack it? Expat warns fellow Brits ‘moving to Spain’ isn’t like going there on holiday April 22, 2025
  SUN, sea and sangria – for many Brits, that’s the dream.  But for Daniel Efford, a British expat who’s spent nearly four decades living in Spain, the fantasy often clashes
• Murder suspect wanted by France is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca before he could flee to Algeria April 22, 2025
  A MAN on the run from French justice over a murder has been arrested in Alicante. The Policia Nacional said the fugitive was planning to escape to his native Algeria.
• Lottery ticket seller scams customer out of big payout on Spain’s Costa Blanca April 22, 2025
  AN Alicante lottery ticket seller scammed a customer out of a €40,000 prize by keeping the winning ticket for herself. The Policia Nacional have arrested the 42-year-old seller as well
• Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez describes Pope Francis as a ‘friend of Spain’ while King and Queen sign book of condolence April 22, 2025
  SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, praised the late Pope Francis on Tuesday, describing him as a ‘moral and spiritual reference for millions of people’ and a ‘friend of Spain’. Meanwhile,
• Kanye West and wife Bianca Censori dining in Indian restaurant in Spain’s Mallorca sparks rumours of reconciliation April 22, 2025
  KANYE West and his wife Bianca Censori have been spotted together in Mallorca, fuelling speculation that the high-profile couple may be attempting to reconcile after months of public rumours surrounding
• Barcelona planning designated ‘selfie spot’ to ease tourist congestion around the Sagrada Familia April 22, 2025
  THE Sagrada Familia is one of Spain’s most famous tourist destinations. Tickets must be booked in advance, with spots to walk through the largest (unfinished) Catholic church in the world
• 2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Los Collados with garage – € 120,000 April 22, 2025
  Apartments for sale in Los Collados, fully furnished and equipped, ready to move in. This is a complex of apartments on several levels, located in a quiet residential area, 5