FROM THE ARCHIVES: Why you need to visit Spain’s Bilbao this year

BILBAO: Nervion River AS I sat at a computer on my first day of work experience on a local newspaper, my phone buzzed. An email appeared reading “British Council Language Teaching Assistant Placement”. It was an email I had waited on for months to find out …

Brits heading to Spain ‘will be able to use e-gates and skip queues’ as part of new UK-EU deal

THE UK is pushing for British passport holders to be able to use EU e-gates when entering Spain and other EU member states at the first post-Brexit UK-EU summit. EU relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds confirmed the British government is discussing this …

Spain orders Airbnb to block more than 65,000 illegal short-term lets advertised on its app

Date Published: 19/05/2025   According to the Ministry of Social Rights, led by Minister Bustinduy, some 65,935 holiday apartments and houses spread across Spain were found to be “violating the various regulations on tourist accommodations.”   “The …

Tourists 'cowering in rooms' after thousands join anti-tourism protests in Spain

Tourists are reportedly too frightened to venture out of their rooms as thousands have taken to the streets in a series of intense anti-tourism demonstrations across the Canary Islands. As the peak holiday season approaches, disgruntled residents have made …

Spain orders Airbnb to block nearly 66,000 holiday rental listings over rule violations

In recent months, tens of thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets protesting rising housing and rental costs, which many say have been driven up by holiday rentals on platforms like Airbnb that have proliferated in cities like Madrid and Barcelona …

Spain Boosts Costlier Gas Power to Secure Grid After Blackout

The collapse of Spain’s power grid left millions without electricity, telephone communication, trains and traffic lights for hours on April 28, including in neighboring Portugal and parts of southern France. The government is still investigating the causes …

Mixed Q1 for Mobico as Spain offset by weaker UK, Germany

Revenue from the ALSA division in Spain surged by 13%, while the UK and Germany were down 2% and 3% respectively. North America, where the group is offloading its school bus operations, rose 13%. The update comes three weeks after chief executive Ignacio …

Spain orders Airbnb to block 65,000 holiday rentals over rule violations

Nabil Baraka: ‘Our task is to continue to strengthen relations between Spain and Morocco’

The International Mata Festival is a centuries-old tradition in the Larache region. It is a great Moroccan cultural heritage and Atalayar was able to talk to Nabil Baraka, president of this equestrian festival, at the prestigious Hotel Le Mirage in Tangier …

Spain’s 90-day rule: The cheeky loopholes Brits and Americans are using to dodge the 90-day rule and stay longer

Loophole to stay longer than 90 days in Spain. Credit: sweet_tomato, Shutterstock. Spain’s 90-day rule: How to stay longer They came for the sun, they stayed for the sangría – but they weren’t ready to leave when the clock hit 90 days. Now, crafty Brits …