two years of crisis and bank debt in Europe, the roaring euro party is over.

   Greeks are emptying their bank accounts, Italians are proposing that the Roman Catholic Church begin to pay nearly $1 billion in property...

Brits who invested their savings in their adopted countries may not be able to withdraw cash and could even lose their homes if banks call in loans

Marbella, Andalusia, Spain (pic: Getty) EMERGENCY evacuation plans for Brits living in Spain and Portugal are being drawn up amid fears of t...

Spanish king forced son-in-law to quit job in 2006

    King Juan Carlos told his son-in-law in 2006 to cut ties with a company now mired in corruption allegations, an official at Spain's ...

Spain's longest-serving inmate received a government pardon yesterday that saw him and his family convinced that he would walk free immediately

After 35 years in jail and eight successful breakout attempts, Spain's longest-serving inmate received a government pardon yesterday tha...

Spanish, Italian police smash drug smuggling ring

  Spanish and Italian police made five arrests while busting a drug-trafficking ring that for years smuggled cocaine from South America to E...

The top ranks of the Government are now coming to the conclusion that the break-up of the euro is inevitable.

   I understand that Hague, like the Chancellor, now believes this will happen soon. Osborne told Cabinet colleagues on Monday that the Mer...

In line with other Costa del Sol towns, Marbella has decided to stop paying for lighting along the A-7

  In line with other Costa del Sol towns, Marbella has decided to stop paying for lighting along the A-7, claiming that national highways sh...

MALAGA professor has been sentenced to a year in prison after telling a student she would only pass if she had sex with him.

   The pupil, who had failed the last exam of her teaching degree, had gone to see her teacher because she was worried about her situation. ...

The alleged members of the Dominican-based Trinitarios gang all face charges of racketeering, narcotics conspiracy and gun trafficking

Suspects accused of selling guns and drugs. Authorities collared 38 Bronx and upper Manhattan gangbangers Wednesday after a two-year probe i...

Glenn Mulcaire, the private eye at the centre of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, has been arrested

  Glenn Mulcaire, the private eye at the centre of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, has been arrested by Scotland Yard detective...

Wife found Gary Speed's body, inquest hears

  Wales football manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home by his wife, an inquest was told today. The 42-year-old father-of-two was ...

TWO families are rejoicing after two men held in a Spanish prison were set free after four-and-a-half months

  Kyle Thain, 24, and James Harris, 29, have been released on bail from Font Calent jail in Alicante. This has left family members and frien...

Spanish savings bank directors suspected of fraud

  Spanish savings bank has fired two directors and is investigating two former executives for allegedly syphoning off €20 million ($26.5 mil...

A woman claiming to be the ex-wife of Colonel Gaddafi's captured son Saif al-Islam has emerged in Ukraine with extraordinary stories alleging domestic violence and womanising.

Nadia, a blue-eyed brunette claims to have met him when she worked as a stripper in a top Moscow nightclub, and says she is currently in hid...

Thomas Cook is running low on cash and has begun talks with its banks

Thomas Cook planes parked at Munich airport last year. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Thomas Cook  is running low on cash an...

Hollywood star Natalie Wood was screaming for help as she drowned

Hollywood star Natalie Wood  was screaming for help as she drowned, according to a witness whose account has never been disclosed. Retired s...

Bee Gee Robin Gibb Fighting Liver Cancer

  Bee Gee Robin Gibb, who has been increasingly frail in recent months, has been diagnosed as suffering from liver cancer. The 61-year-old ...

Former Royal Marine Carl Davies was raped before being stabbed and his body hurled into a roadside ravine

Brutal: Ex-Marine Carl Davies was raped before being killed and dumped in a ravine, a new post mortem has revealed Former Royal Marine Carl ...

shiny Audis and BMWs that still line the narrow streets of Benalup are a reminder that this Andalucían country town once boasted the greatest number of luxury cars per head in the south-western province of Cádiz.

 Photograph: Tracey Fahy /Alamy The shiny Audis and BMWs that still line the narrow streets of Benalup are a reminder that this Andalucían c...