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Three ‘dirtiest’ cities in Spain revealed in street cleaning consumer survey

SPAIN'S dirtiest cities have been named in an OCU consumer group survey that quizzed 6,863 residents in 69 locations. Mallorca's Palma, Alicante, and Sevilla got...

Netflix Spain loses 1 million users in only three months after cancelling shared accounts

NETFLIX has lost a whopping one million users in Spain since it decided to put an end to account sharing last February.  The figures come...

Statue of Former King pointing at Madrid’s symbolic bear with a rifle generates controversy

A STATUE of Spanish Former King Juan Carlos I holding a hunting rifle has been erected without permission in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol.  The polyurethane...

Consumer group calls for restaurant inspections across Spain after deadly fire in Madrid 

THE BILBAO branch of a franchise of Italian restaurants has removed plastic plants used for decoration from the ceiling, after a blaze broke out...

Spain is largest ‘eurozone’ country with biggest ‘real wage’ fall in 2022

SPANISH workers suffered the most of any large Eurozone country as their real wages got hit by high inflation in 2022. The Organisation for Economic...

Percentage of Spaniards at risk of poverty or social exclusion falls two points to 26%

THE PERCENTAGE of Spain’s population that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion fell by nearly two points in 2022 to 26%. That’s...

Wanted by Spain’s Interior Ministry: Companies to help incinerate the police’s record drug hauls

SPAIN is one of the main hubs in Europe for the import of cocaine and hashish, meaning that the country’s authorities are constantly making...

Spanish sports journalist pretended to have cancer to scam co-workers

SPANISH sports journalist Guillermo Valades, also known as Willy, allegedly asked for donations from his workmates to treat a made up terminal cancer. The 55-year-old...

Free Renfe four-month passes are now available across Spain

FOUR-MONTH season tickets offering free train travel on Renfe services between May 1 and August 31 have gone on sale around Spain- but there...

Spain’s disgraced ex-king Juan Carlos I extends visit to country to undergo medical tests

DISGRACED former king Juan Carlos I has extended his current visit to Spain so that he can undergo medical checks. The father of current...

Nazi salutes and fascist chants: Clashes and arrests break out during exhumation of Falange founder in Spain’s Madrid

CLASHES broke out between police and far-right supporters over the controversial exhumation of Falange founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera. The remains of the father...

UK and EU ride their luck in the 13th round of Gibraltar post-Brexit deal negotiations in London

THE UK will try to thrash out a deal in the 13th round of talks on Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU this April 24-25...

British ambassador suggested Spanish police operate Gibraltar border entry points, UK newspaper claims

THE UK’s ambassador to Spain said Spanish officers could be allowed to police airport arrivals in Gibraltar, a British national daily newspaper claimed. The Telegraph...

Flambee pizza causes fatal blaze at Madrid restaurant in Spain

TWO PEOPLE have died in a Madrid restaurant after a waiter flambeed a pizza dish, accidentally setting alight plastic plants that were hanging on...

Olive Press Opinion: Here we go again!

THE Costa del Sol has worked hard to shake off its image as a hotspot for criminals and scammers. But the fact is there are...

Muslims in Spain able to request a day’s holiday for Eid-al-Fitr

THE ISLAMIC Community of Spain has made documents available on request for Muslims who would like to take a day’s holiday to celebrate Eid,...

Young woman falls to her death climbing notorious cliff face in Malaga

A 22-YEAR-OLD woman has died after falling 30 meters and hitting her head while climbing in El Chorro, Malaga.  The woman was scaling the ‘Arab...

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect sex crimes trial will STILL go ahead

A SEX offences trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner in Germany has not been cancelled. Despite global headlines to the contrary yesterday, a date...

Young man arrested for drunk driving and crashing against a traffic sign with stolen car in Castellon 

A 21-year-old Spaniard has been arrested for allegedly crashing a stolen car into a traffic sign in Castellon de la Plana.  He is believed to...

Campaign calls for an end to Spain’s status as the ‘biggest dolphin prison in the world’

A YOUNG Spanish animal-rights activist has handed over to Congress a petition with 150,000 signatures calling for an end to the high number of...

Founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, Primo de Rivera, to be exhumed from monument on Monday

THE REMAINS of the founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, are to be exhumed by his family from the...

‘They get what they deserve’: Expats scathing over post-Brexit Brit couple facing deportation from Spain after failing to get...

A BRITISH couple living on the Costa del Sol did not receive the response they had been expecting after posting in a Facebook group...

Spain’s Socialist Party wins approval for reforms to controversial consent law, deepening split with coalition partners

LAWMAKERS in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, today voted in favour of reforms to the controversial ‘only yes means yes’...

Spain moves closer to ban on ‘dwarf bullfights’ as law approved by Senate

SPAIN has taken a step closer to banning comedy bullfights where the human protagonists are dwarves, as well as erotic shows at stag or...

Madrid observatory detects spike in Covid-19 infections in wake of Easter holidays 

THE NUMBER of Covid-19 cases in Spain has spiked after Easter week, bringing the 14-day incidence to 2,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants compared to...

US President Joe Biden invites Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to White House

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has invited Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to the White House for a visit that will take place in the...

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