Updated: Body found in Tenerife is that of Jay Slater, autopsy confirms
#UPDATED at 14.45 on Tues 16 July: An autopsy has confirmed that the body found on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands on Monday is...
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Search for missing teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife ‘called off’ by police
The search for missing British teenager Jay Slater has been called off nearly two weeks after he disappeared in a remote part of Tenerife in the...
Week-long search for missing teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife continues
A search operation on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands for a missing British teenager has entered its seventh day. Jay Slater, 19, from...
Five migrants found dead on boat off Canary Islands, with 68 others rescued
Five migrants were found dead on a crowded boat that was spotted adrift south of the Canary Islands, Spain’s maritime rescue service said on Thursday. Rescuers...
Spanish government scraps €30,000 national bullfighting prize, sparking debate
Spain’s coalition government said on Friday that it would be scrapping a national prize for bullfighting, prompting anger from supporters of the controversial spectacle –...
Thousands protest in Canary Islands against ‘unsustainable’ mass tourism model
Tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday to demand changes to the model of mass tourism that they say...
Possible hottest first quarter on record for Spain, as drought warnings continue despite recent heavy rain
Predictions show that Spain has experienced its warmest first quarter on record since 1961, with January, February and March showing higher temperatures than usual, according...
Spanish police arrest 3 over deaths of 5 migrants forced out of smugglers’ boat
Spain’s National Police, working with Europol and the Guardia Civil, said they have arrested three people for the deaths last November of five migrants who...
What makes Spanish wine special?
Spain is a big wine-producing country. In terms of pure numbers, it’s got more hectares of vine than any other country in the world –...
Right-wing opposition calls for resignations in ‘Koldo scandal’
The Spanish coalition government is under increasing pressure from the country’s right-wing opposition due to a scandal involving the purchase of face masks during the...
