Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Skyscrapers costing €156m with over 3,200 homes will be Valencia’s biggest-ever development

PLANS for 3,204 new homes linking Valencia’s Turia Gardens with the port were announced on Monday. Valencia mayor, Maria Jose Catala, said the Grao Park

14 Jul, 2025 @ 18:24

Lead·Valencia

Have a picture paw-fect day with your pooch at Andalucia’s best beach for dogs

COOL OFF with your furry friend after a ruff day at Motril’s dog beach on Granada’s Costa Tropical. The beach, located in a specially designated

14 Jul, 2025 @ 18:09

Andalucia·Lead

Sea turtle almost died after swallowing balloon on Costa Blanca beach

Sea turtle almost dies after swallowing balloon on Costa Blanca beach

A TURTLE is recovering at Oceanografic Valencia after swallowing a balloon which nearly killed it. Bathers at Torrevieja’s Los Locos beach spotted the in-distress loggerhead

14 Jul, 2025 @ 17:03

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish mayors voice support for tourist tax in their cities

THE mayors of Malaga, Sevilla and Granada have voiced their support for a tourist tax in Andalucía. During a meeting in Granada, mayors Marifrán Carazo,

14 Jul, 2025 @ 16:28

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Week-long blitz underway to stop drunk and drugged up motorists on Spain's Costa Blanca

Week-long blitz against drunk and drugged-up motorists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Guardia Civil has started a week-long campaign to catch drink-drivers on Valencian Community roads. The push- focusing on Alicante province- will also target drugged-up

14 Jul, 2025 @ 15:16

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

UK sunseekers boost Costa Blanca airport to all-time June record

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport set a new passenger record for June with 1.9 million travellers- up 8.4% on a year earlier. Over a third of the passengers

14 Jul, 2025 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Two missing after red alert storms cause flooding in Catalunya and shut down Barcelona

SEVERAL Spanish tourist hotspots battled severe floods and thunderstorms over the weekend, with roads turning into rivers. The military deployed a disaster relief unit to

14 Jul, 2025 @ 13:12

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Spain rocked by third night of violence as agitators ‘hunt immigrants’ after ‘Moroccan youths beat up old man for fun’

ANOTHER night of violence has rocked the Moroccan community in Torre Pacheco, in Murcia, with men dressed in black hunting North African immigrants in attacks

14 Jul, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Murcia

Lamine Yamal shocks at his ‘gangster-themed’ 18th birthday in Barcelona by hiring ‘dwarf entertainers’

FC BARCELONA winger Lamine Yamal has been slammed for hiring people with dwarfism for his 18th birthday ‘gangster’ theme party over the weekend. The Association

14 Jul, 2025 @ 12:38

Barcelona·Celebrity·Lead

UPDATE: Brits advised to get travel insurance when visiting Spain amid claims they could be fined nearly €7k without it

MEDIA in the UK and Spain are widely reporting that British citizens travelling to Spain are now required to have private travel insurance covering all

14 Jul, 2025 @ 11:57

Health·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Earthquake shakes homes from Malaga to Alicante and briefly triggers tsunami alert in the Mediterranean

AN EARTHQUAKE of magnitude 5.4 centred off Cabo de Gata in Almeria was felt in large parts of eastern Spain on Monday. A tsunami alert

14 Jul, 2025 @ 11:02

Lead·National News

Vital Marbella to Ronda road reopens TODAY in relief for tourists and commuters

THE vital A-397 mountain road linking Ronda to Marbella via San Pedro has officially reopened today – after unofficially being open for business yesterday –

14 Jul, 2025 @ 09:54

Costa del Sol·Lead·Marbella

ON THIS DAY: Two murders in Spain that changed the country

IN recent Spanish history, there have been a lot of assassinations. The date July 13 is associated with two of the most egregious of them.The

13 Jul, 2025 @ 16:33

Lead

Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez apologises for latest corruption scandal but won't call early elections

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez ‘lived off father-in-law’s gay brothels and saunas’, conservative opposition claim

PRIME minister Pedro Sanchez has been accused of profiting from a network of gay brothels allegedly run by his late father-in-law as a debate in

13 Jul, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·Politics

Liverpool retire Diogo Jota’s No.20 shirt after tragic car crash death in Spain

LIVERPOOL FC have permanently retired their No.20 shirt in honour of Diogo Jota after the Portuguese forward was killed in a car crash in northern

13 Jul, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead·Sport

‘It’s not worth it’: Spain’s Malaga pulls out as host city of 2030 FIFA World Cup

THE 2030 FIFA World Cup will no longer be coming to the Costa del Sol after Malaga withdrew its candidacy to be a host city

12 Jul, 2025 @ 18:48

Lead·Malaga·Sport

President Trump to increase tariff on EU imports to 30% from August

PRESIDENT Trump has announced that the European Union will be hit with a 30% tariff on imports to the US from 1 August in a

12 Jul, 2025 @ 17:55

Lead·Politics

Red weather warning in Spain’s Catalunya: Emergency phone alert issued with DANA set to bring torrential rain

RESIDENTS in Catalunya have been sent an emergency alert on their mobile phones as the region braces for a torrential DANA to make landfall. The

12 Jul, 2025 @ 15:59

Catalunya·Lead·Weather

UK and France sign ‘one-in, one-out’ migrant deal – despite opposition from Spain and other EU countries

THE UK and France have put pen-to-paper on a controversial ‘one-in, one-out’ migrant deal, despite widespread opposition from EU countries including Spain. French president Emmanuel

12 Jul, 2025 @ 15:32

Lead·Politics

Shocking survey reveals one in five young people in Spain are victims of nude AI deepfakes

AN ALARMING new survey carried out by charity Save the Children has shed light on the challenges posed by modern technology, with one in five

12 Jul, 2025 @ 11:30

Lead·Technology

Yamal, Rashford and Haaland: Which footy stars have flocked to Marbella this summer?

RENOWNED for its scorching sunshine, crystal-blue sea and golden sands, Marbella has long been a fan favourite for those seeking some R&R. But with world-class

12 Jul, 2025 @ 10:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Marbella·Sport

Spain’s growing army of only children ‘not lonelier’ despite birth rate crisis, study shows

SPANISH families are increasingly having just one child thanks to the country’s position as the second lowest birth rate in the EU. Spain’s birth rate

12 Jul, 2025 @ 09:15

Health·Lead

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz to face arch-rival Jannik Sinner in third successive Wimbledon final

REIGNING Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz booked his place in a third successive final at SW19 after a comfortable four-set win over No.5 seed Taylor Fritz

11 Jul, 2025 @ 20:11

Lead·Sport

Pedro Sanchez tells NATO that Spain’s armed forces will be boosted by 14,000 personnel

PEDRO Sanchez’s government has told NATO that the number of personnel in Spain’s armed forces will rise by 11% over the next decade, In raw

11 Jul, 2025 @ 16:49

Lead·National News

Retired tennis ace Rafa Nadal serves up golfing first on Mallorca course

WHILE tennis headlines are being made at Wimbledon this week, retired star Rafa Nadal celebrated getting a ‘hole-in-one’ on a Mallorca golf course. Nadal, who

11 Jul, 2025 @ 14:34

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Five bodies in life jackets- likely from migrant boat- are discovered in Valencia waters

FIVE bodies in a state of decomposition have been found so far this July in Valencian Community waters. The Guardia Civil and Maritime Rescue believe

11 Jul, 2025 @ 13:43

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community