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Huelva

Specsaver’s hunt is on for sexiest spectacle wearer of the year with €1,000 cash up for grabs

The lucky winner will become Specsavers Opticas model of the year

REVEALED: Which Andalucian province saw a 56% boom in property sales while Costa del Sol, Alicante and Balearics suffered...

It comes after the Andalucian region saw a 26% year-on-year increase in property purchases in January and a 15% boost in sales for the whole of 2018 - almost double the Costa del Sol’s 8% increase last year

British expat urges Spanish police to speak more English

His appeal comes after he was randomly asked to act as an interpreter in crime cases TWICE in two days

Three hundred illegal wells shut down in Donana in bid to stop landowners draining wetlands

Junta officials swooped on the sites which unscrupulous parties had been using to tap an aquifer on which the Sevilla and Huelva-based national park is dependent

Alleged arson leads to raging fire in Southern Spain and 1,500 to evacuate

The forest fire, which began last night, has been placed on level one (maximum threat level) by the authorities

The home of jamon

Aracena is the true spiritual home of the world’s best ham, discovers James Bryce

Beaches across Spain’s Andalucia and Costa del Sol forced to turn people away after reaching maximum capacity over weekend

AROUND 30 beaches on the Costa del Sol were forced to close over the weekend after reaching maximum capacity.

Eight Iberian lynx cubs born in the last week in Spain’s Doñana Nature Reserve

The Iberian Lynx Captive Breeding Programme Ex situ has recorded the birth of eight cubs in the last week.

Fires being brought under control in Huelva

Seprona officials and forest fire experts have been working together with Infoca technicians to determine the causes of the fire

European Commission initiates ‘preliminary investigation’ into living conditions of migrant workers in Almeria and Huelva

THE European Parliament and the European Commission are going to investigate the living conditions of seasonal workers in Almeria and Huelva after fires destroyed...

Buzzfeed made a ‘how to make Spanish tortilla’ video and Spaniards are furious

The clip soon went viral as Spaniards were just not having it

Dangerous exotic turtle found in Spain’s Huelva

THE Andalucian Environmental Agency (AMA) is investigating the discovery in Huelva of an unusual and potentially dangerous exotic reptile–snapping turtle. These turtles (Chelydra serpentina), an...

WATCH: Hollywood style car chase ends in dramatic crash before police circle car with guns pointing at driver in...

THIS is the dramatic moment a high-speed car chase between police and a suspect was captured in Andalucia.  The dashboard cam of another driver records...

Portugal demands overdue toll payment from 300,000 drivers, most from Huelva and Galicia

The estimated overdue electronic toll fees stand at €80 million for toll roads which have been contested ever since they were set up

Cold called about your pensions and investments in Spain?

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Within the last 24 hours both myself and my colleague working from our Costa Blanca office...

Iberdrola triples its commitment to renewable energy in Andalucia with €1.5bn investment

By Laurence Crumbie IBERDROLA´S chairman, Ignacio Sanchez Galan, has announced that the energy company will increase its renewable facilities in Andalucia to 3,000 megawatts over...

A walk through Hardy’s Wessex

One of his favourite areas for walking, author Guy Hunter-Watts praises Aracena and, continuing his series of walks for The Olive Press, describes a delightfully leafy circuit easy for all the family starting at Galaroza

BREAKING: Coal company to blame for devastating Huelva fires, investigation finds

The climatic conditions caused the flames to spread with speed

Ham-carving competition in Huelva declared best in Spain—followed by Ronda

THE National Association of Ham Cutters (ANCJ) has awarded the prize for the best ham cutting competition in Spain to the ham-carving contest held...

Theresa May to end EU citizens’ rights to live in UK with ‘cut-off’ date expected within two weeks

It is not clear if the Government’s plan would be a breach of EU treaties

Nine more Iberian lynx cubs born in Spain’s Andalucia

All the cubs are now being weaned, training for release into the wild will begin in July.

Club doorman tells Spanish police he knows who snatched Madeleine McCann

OLIVE PRESS EXCLUSIVE: Huelva-based man reveals to Olive Press that he fears for his safety after fleeing Portuguese trafficking gang. By Jon Clarke

Two mothers murdered by their own teenage sons in separate incidents in Spain’s Andalucia

TWO teenage boys have been arrested in separate incidents for the murders of their own mothers.  One 16 year-old boy, from Cordoba, was arrested on...

VIDEO: Meteorite seen crashing into earth from Costa del Sol

British tourists reported ‘noise like thunder’

Huelva leads as Spanish province with most protected natural areas

HUELVA boasts to being the province in Spain with the largest area of protected natural areas, an immense 319,110 hectares—six times more than 42...

WATCH: Flash floods and landslides as Storm Elsa batters Spain’s Andalucia

STORM Elsa officially arrived to Spain's Andalucia late last night.  Strong winds and rains have been battering Huelva province since midnight with more than 30...

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