All news on the topic: Spain

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England are 2025 European champions: Lionesses beat Spain in penalty shootout
England were crowned back-to-back European champions after beating Spain on penalties in the thrilling final of Euro 2025 on Sunday.
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‘We’ll never forget this’: British teen dies on first lads’ holiday after suspected ecstasy reaction in Ibiza
An Essex teenager on his first-ever lads’ holiday to Spain died after ’taking drugs’ in a club shortly after arriving.
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5.4 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Spain — café roof collapses at airport
A strong 5.4 magnitude earthquake has struck the south of Spain and caused part of an airport roof to collapse.
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Carlo Ancelotti handed one-year prison sentence over tax fraud in Spain
Former Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has been given a one-year prison sentence in Spain for failing to pay tax on his image rights revenues in 2014.
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‘Ndrangheta and Albanian gangs: mafia trafficked cocaine from South America to the heart of Europe
Authorities in Italy, Spain, and Albania have arrested 28 suspected members of a drug trafficking network linked to the ’Ndrangheta, Europol announced on Tuesday.
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Tyre marks, debris and flames: new details emerge in fatal crash involving Liverpool star
Diogo Jota is thought to have been behind the wheel of his £185,000 Lamborghini when he and his brother Andre Silva died in a car crash last week, Spanish police have said.
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Liverpool mourns Diogo Jota: footballer dies with brother in Spanish car crash
Liverpool players arrived in Diego Jota’s hometown to attend the funeral of their Liverpool teammate and his brother Andre Silva on Saturday morning.
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Diogo Jota dies after flight ban: tragedy strikes on ferry route to Britain
Diogo Jota was advised not to fly following lung surgery before the car crash that killed him and his brother in Spain.
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Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his brother killed in car crash in Spain
Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died in car crash in Spain two weeks after his wedding day.
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Towering ‘tsunami roll cloud’ rapidly advances over the beach in a terrifying manner
Europe is in the grips of a deadly heatwave as temperatures continue to soar. Parts of Spain and Portugal recorded temperatures of 46°C.
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British tourist dies after falling from 5-meter wall at Mallorca resort
A British tourist has died after falling from a wall 16 feet in Majorca.
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British woman dies near market in Spain: bar explosion may have been deliberate
A 56-year-old British woman was reportedly one of two people killed in a gas explosion at a bar in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, southern Spain, as she was walking past a local market.
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Former Georgian deputy economy minister arrested for illicit enrichment of over $900,000 — assets found in Spain
Tbilisi court orders detention of Georgia’s former deputy economy minister, who stands accused of abusing his power to secure illicit wealth—including property in Spain uncovered by OCCRP’s Georgian member center.
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€250 million and Monero crypto: police expose one of the largest darknet drug markets
The Archetyp Market, with an estimated €250 million in sales, was dismantled by international law enforcement revealing widespread darknet operations.
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Killer from Costa del Sol fled across three countries in 15 hours — arrested in the UK
Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were killed by a hooded gunman outside an Irish pub in Fuengirola on May 31.
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A suspect in the shooting of gangsters Monaghan and Lyons on the Costa del Sol has been arrested in Liverpool
A suspect was taken into custody in Liverpool by Merseyside Police under an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities. Police have yet to make a formal statement
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Britons in Gibraltar to be met by Spanish border guards: London cedes EU border control
British citizens will be required to present their passports to Spanish or EU officials upon arrival at the Rock.
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British tourist dies of cardiac arrest while go‑karting in Menorca — children witnessed the tragedy
A 62-year-old British man unfortunately passed away while go-karting with his children in the popular holiday destination of Menorca, Spain. Emergency services hurried to the location but, unfortunately, were unable to revive him.
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Bananas, bitcoins and the Albanian mafia: Ecuadorian court exposes global drug scheme based in Dubai
Ecuadorian court documents acquired by OCCRP detail the internal operations of a drug and money laundering scheme that authorities claim is operated by Dritan Gjika.
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Police Scotland: no evidence linking double murder in Spain to Glasgow gang wars
Eddie Lyons Jr. and Ross Monaghan were fatally shot by a hooded gunman outside an Irish pub in Fuengirola on Saturday evening.
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Bloody shooting at Costa del Sol bar: two Scottish gangsters gunned down in front of tourists
The two individuals who were shot and killed at a seafront Irish bar in a holiday destination on Spain’s Costa del Sol were reportedly gangsters from Scotland.
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“Like cattle”: hundreds of British tourists stuck in queues at Tenerife airport
Hundreds of British holidaymakers were trapped in ’inhuman’ queues at a Spanish airport at the beginning of the school vacation.
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200 kg of meth and ties to Mexico: transnational drug network uncovered in Europe
European authorities dismantle a meth network linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and gangs in Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
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Jay Slater brags about stealing £12,000 Rolex ‘off some c***’ in video shot briefly before his disappearance
British tourist Jay Slater, a teenager, disappeared while on a vacation on Tenerife, Spain
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Andriy Portnov, former advisor to ex-Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, shot dead near Madrid
Former Yanukovych adviser Andriy Portnov was shot near Madrid.