Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

What Spain’s ‘Tourism Strategy 2030’ really means — from a new tourist rental watchdog to billions for small businesses

SPAIN’s ‘golden goose’ tourism sector – which fuels one in eight jobs and more than a tenth of the economy – is about to face

18 Oct, 2025 @ 10:00

EXPLAINER·Lead·National News·Travel News

Breakthrough study reveals secret ‘heat-making switch’ inside brown fat – which could help fight obesity

A BREAKTHROUGH study has found that brown fat could increase calorie burning and lead to weight loss. A new way in which brown fat –

18 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

Health·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Jody goes to jail’: Notorious CWM pension scammer loses appeal against fraud conviction in Valencia High Court

By Jon Clarke and Walter Finch EXPAT fashion boss Jody Smart has lost her appeal against a fraud conviction for her role in the Continental

17 Oct, 2025 @ 19:28

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

Sweden’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ who allegedly pioneered smuggling cocaine to Europe via sailboats has his conviction quashed in Spain

SWEDE Jonas Falk has won his last pending case in Spain’s legal system after the Supreme Court annulled a two-and-a-half year prison term for money

17 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Police and neighbours in dramatic ‘race against gravity’ to save life of man dangling by his ankles on the Costa del Sol

TWO Policia Nacional officers have been hailed heroes after they clung to the ankles of a man who had hurled himself backwards off a second-floor

17 Oct, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa del Sol·Lead

Police seize 1.7 tonnes of cocaine shipped into Valencia by infamous Balkan Cartel

Police seize 1.7 tonnes of cocaine smuggled into Valencia by infamous Balkan Cartel

POLICE have seized almost 1.7 tonnes of cocaine imported into Valencia by the so-called Balkan Cartel. The joint operation involved the Policia Nacional, Guardia Civil,

17 Oct, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Narco stepson sues Marbella mayor for his share in late father’s alleged Swedish mafia fortune – including a luxury mansion with Mickey Mouse swimming pool

THE indicted stepson of the Marbella mayor is suing her in a bid to claim his share of his late father’s multimillion-euro estate – money

17 Oct, 2025 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Málaga

Body pulled out of the water at Murcia fishing port could be elderly British expat

Body pulled out of the water at Murcia fishing port believed to be elderly British expat

AUTHORITIES suspect that a body pulled out of the water at the fishing port of Aguilas in Murcia was that of a missing British man.

17 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Lead·Murcia

One in four Spaniards live with chronic pain with women aged 51 the worst affected – but what can be done?

OVER a quarter of people(26%) in Spain suffer from chronic pain- meaning that nine million live with it every day. The figures were released by

17 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Health·Lead

BBVA suffers spectacular failure in massive rejection of hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank in Spain

BBVA heavily defeated in its hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank in Spain

THE BBVA hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank is over after a massive rejection was announced late on Thursday night. Just 25.47% of Sabadell shareholders

17 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Business & Finance·Lead

Fake Picasso and Palencia works are rumbled in Spain: Fraudsters were selling pieces for €13.5 million

Spanish police launch investigation after €600,000 Picasso painting disappears en route to Andalucia

AN investigation has been launched into the disappearance of a tiny painting by legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, which vanished en route to an exhibition

17 Oct, 2025 @ 13:40

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

Desperate carer who ‘pawned 89-year-old grandmother’s jewellery’ tries to jump out of sixth floor window in Malaga after family confront her

A CARER who accused of stealing jewellery from the grandmother she was looking after tried to jump out of Malaga window after being confronted by

17 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Death of Mango fashion empire founder during a hike with his son in Catalunya last year is now a murder investigation

AN investigation into the death of the billionaire founder of the Mango fashion chain could see his son charged with murder- if there is enough

17 Oct, 2025 @ 12:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Body is found in the hunt for Brit who went missing from Torrevieja last month

The body of a missing British expat- originally from Oxfordshire- has been discovered in a wooded area near to the Torrevieja salt lake. Marc Tulloch

17 Oct, 2025 @ 11:02

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

WATCH: Eco-activists spray red paint in Madrid art gallery – leaving 133-year-old art work with ‘irreparable damage’

TWO climate activists linked to the notorious environmental protest group Just Stop Oil were arrested in Madrid on Sunday after causing ‘irreparable damage’ to a

17 Oct, 2025 @ 10:23

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Frenchwoman rescues Malaga carriage horse – but two more face an uncertain fate

A BRAVE animal rights advocate has rescued one of Malaga’s last remaining carriage horses and prevented it from an otherwise uncertain fate. Anne Blitz, from

16 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Malaga

Judge could raise Valencia flood disaster death toll by four victims to 233

A JUDGE investigating whether there was criminality in the handling of the October 29 Valencia flood disaster could raise the death toll by four victims.

16 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Lead·Valencia

New types of coronavirus are found in bats by researchers in Spain

Health alert as new types of coronavirus are found in bats in Spain

RESEARCHERS in Spain have identified eight coronavirus genomes in bats from different parts of the country- three of which could represent new viral species. One

16 Oct, 2025 @ 17:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Brits are flocking to this ‘affordable fairytale full of cobbled streets and golden Spanish sunsets’ this autumn

ITS rich history, stunning architecture, golden sunsets, and budget friendly price tag have made the fairytale city of Salamanca a popular travel destination for Brits

16 Oct, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Wine tourism in Spain boosted industry revenues by almost 10% in 2024

VISITS to vineyards and wine museums rose by 2.2% last year to just over 3 million with revenue up by nearly 10% according to a

16 Oct, 2025 @ 16:15

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel

English songwriter Ed Sheeran to feature on FC Barcelona shirt for El Clasico derby

HIS albums were emblazoned on the shirt of his beloved Ipswich Town for four seasons – but now Ed Sheeran’s latest musical offering will be

16 Oct, 2025 @ 15:53

Celebrity·Lead·Sport

WATCH: Benidorm theme park opens its own solar power plant to supply clean energy

WATCH: Benidorm theme park opens its own solar farm to supply clean energy

BENIDORM’S Terra Natura park has opened a solar power plant capable of generating over 1,000 kW clean energy. The park says it is a major

16 Oct, 2025 @ 15:35

Benidorm·Green·Lead

New traffic signs in Spain: What drivers should know in 2025

SPAIN’S new traffic signs are finally hitting the roads. Approved in July 2025, they are now being introduced step by step – first in urban

16 Oct, 2025 @ 15:18

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Property

Immigrants in Spain could be required to speak Spanish to B2 level in order to claim Spanish nationality

IMMIGRANTS looking to obtain Spanish nationality could have to speak Castilian to a B2 level – equivalent to a strong grade at A-level – under

16 Oct, 2025 @ 14:32

Lead·Politics

Farmers and growers rejoice over heavy rain which has revived drought-hit crops in Alicante

TORRENTIAL rain caused by DANA Alice in Alicante province has been welcomed by local farmers and growers. They say the downpours have been beneficial for

16 Oct, 2025 @ 13:15

Alicante·Lead

Body of elderly Brit, 88, found on Spain's Costa del Sol

A whopping one in five homes on the Costa del Sol are sold within days as market moves at breakneck speeds

THE Costa del Sol’s red-hot property market shows no signs of cooling, with nearly one in five homes snapped up by buyers in less than

16 Oct, 2025 @ 12:30

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property