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Tourist hotspots around Europe are on a crusade to deal with surging visitor numbers. Is it the end of mass tourism in Europe ..read more
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4h ago
Pedro Sánchez will soon announce whether he’ll step down as Spanish PM amid a corruption probe involving his wife. What happens if he resigns? Who would be Spain’s next Prime Minister? And would there be new elections ..read more
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7h ago
Whether it be hotel prices rising or shortages in the aviation sector making flights more expensive, a summer vacation in Spain this year is likely to cost more than last year ..read more
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19h ago
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Wednesday he was weighing the possibility of resigning after a court opened an investigation into his wife Begoña Gómez on suspicion of graft ..read more
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21h ago
The Canary Parliament has voted against introducing an ecotax for holidaymakers or banning the sale of properties to non-residents, following huge protests over the weekend against mass tourism in the Spanish archipelago ..read more
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The government of Tenerife is attempting to agree on either an ecotax or charging tourists an entrance fee to the island’s top nature spots following huge protests over the weekend against mass tourism on Spain’s Canary Islands ..read more
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A Madrid court said Wednesday it had opened a preliminary investigation into Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, on suspicion of influence peddling and corruption ..read more
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A Spanish judge probing the alleged hacking of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's and other MP's phones with Pegasus spyware has reopened the investigation after getting documents from French judicial authorities, a court said Tuesday ..read more
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A top drug trafficker is on the run after accidentally being bailed from jail in Spain, officials said Tuesday, dodging a bid to extradite him to the Netherlands where his Mocro Maffia gang is based ..read more
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Who has to pay the real estate agent commission (usually equivalent to one month's rent) in Spain: the landlord or the new tenant? And are there exceptions to the rules or underhand tricks agents use to get tenants to cough up more money ..read more