12 h. ago 'I tried to move to Spain but three months in I was begging for help'

Bea Meitiner, 39, grew up in Spain and speaks both fluent Spanish and Basque. She is now in the process of moving back to the country after spending time there as a child

Politics

3 d. ago Brit, 74, who retired in Spain with years of savings now a cleaner after simple mistake

Alan Brozel, 74, took early retirement at 50 and moved to Spain with his wife Paulene but is now working as a holiday villa cleaner after making a heartbreaking mistake

Politics

6 d. ago Woman who moved to Spain shares one big difference she'll 'never get used to'

Marta Budzyska moved to Madrid in 2022 after having lived and studied in Italy for years - but there's one thing she just can't get her head around when it comes to Spanish culture

Politics

6 d. ago 'I moved to Spain and what shocked me most wasn't the weather difference'

Marta Budzyska, who is originally from Poland, moved to the Spanish capital of Madrid in 2022 - but there's one part of her new life that still feels weird to her

Events

9 d. ago UK and Spain strike deal over Gibraltar’s future and borders

People to be able to move across land border with no checks, and airport to have Eurostar-style dual border checksThe UK and Spain have struck a deal over Gibraltar’s future, concluding four years of on-off negotiations.The two sides have agreed measures to ensure people can move freely across the land border between Gibraltar and Spain with no checks, and to introduce Eurostar-style dual border checks at the airport. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Dean Huijsen admits ‘I don’t care’ about being Real Madrid’s most expensive defender

New signing says Spanish giants are ‘club of my life’Huijsen feels he is good fit for Xabi Alonso’s style of play“I don’t care,” Dean Huijsen said and there was a shrug to go with his answer. The former Bournemouth player had just become the most expensive defender in Real Madrid’s history for £50m, but while the 20-year-old talked about “living a dream” on the day he was presented at their Valdebebas training ground, the price didn’t seem to bother him much. Not least because nothing did. “I’m quite calm,” he said. “I am me and I am going to live my life and I do what I like most.”“Madrid is the club of my life, I think,” Huijsen had said when he stepped on to the stage in the basketball arena, tapped the mic and asked: “Can you hear me?” The son of Dutch footballer Donny Huijsen, who was sitting in the front row with Huijsen’s mother Mascha Wijsmuller. The family moved to southern Spain when Dean was five and it was Málaga he was mad about as a boy, although he said here that Serg...

Politics

1 week ago Dean Huijsen shrugs off pressure of being Real Madrid’s most expensive defender

New signing says Spanish giants are ‘club of my life’Huijsen feels he is good fit for Xabi Alonso’s style of play“I don’t care,” Dean Huijsen said and there was a shrug to go with his answer. The former Bournemouth player had just become the most expensive defender in Real Madrid’s history for £50m, but while the 20-year-old talked about “living a dream” on the day he was presented at their Valdebebas training ground, the price didn’t seem to bother him much. Not least because nothing did. “I’m quite calm,” he said. “I am me and I am going to live my life and I do what I like most.”“Madrid is the club of my life, I think,” Huijsen had said when he stepped on to the stage in the basketball arena, tapped the mic and asked: “Can you hear me?” The son of Dutch footballer Donny Huijsen, who was sitting in the front row with Huijsen’s mother Mascha Wijsmuller. The family moved to southern Spain when Dean was five and it was Málaga he was mad about as a boy, although he said here that Serg...

Events

3 w. ago Arsenal close to Martín Zubimendi deal after agreeing £51m release clause payment

Real Sociedad midfielder has been Arteta’s main targetArsenal remain in hunt for Sesko and GyökeresArsenal are closing in on the signing of Martín Zubimendi from Real Sociedad after agreeing to pay the £51m release clause for the Spain midfielder.Zubimendi, who turned down a move to Liverpool last summer and has also been linked with Real Madrid in recent weeks, is understood to be set for a medical having finalised personal terms for his move to the Premier League. His signing would be a major boost for Mikel Arteta, who made the 26-year-old his primary midfield target this summer as Arsenal attempt to bridge the gap after three successive runners-up finishes in the Premier League. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago Arsenal close to Martín Zubimendi deal after meeting £51m release clause

Real Sociedad midfielder has been Arteta’s main targetArsenal remain in hunt for Sesko and GyökeresArsenal are closing in on the ­signing of Martín Zubimendi from Real Sociedad after agreeing to pay the £51m release clause for the Spain midfielder.Zubimendi, who turned down a move to Liverpool last summer and has been linked with Real Madrid in recent weeks, is understood to be set for a medical having finalised personal terms for his move to the Premier League. Mikel Arteta made the 26-year-old his primary midfield target this summer as Arsenal attempt to bridge the gap after three successive runners-up finishes in the Premier League. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago Spain holiday resort horror as huge, bubbling mass turns sea brown

Council officials hoisted a yellow flag as a warning to sunbathers as the large brown blotch moved out across the water in Benalmadena, near Malaga in southern Spain

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