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5 Tips for maintaining the vehicle’s technical condition

A used car needs to be given a lot of attention so that its breakdown does not caught you by surprise in unexpected expenses....

Cruel owner who starved dog in sun for days on Spain’s Costa del Sol ordered to pay €8 a...

A shocking snap from the Guardia Civil’s Seprona division shows a skinny dog tied to a tree on some waste ground

Spain slams ‘silent complicity’ of international leaders ahead of crisis climate change summit in Madrid

Many major countries are not on track to reduce their emissions as agreed during the 2016 Paris summit

Rojales can spend ‘much more’ than a now-promised €600,000 on Quesada if an estimated 19,000 expats get officially registered

IT’S ON - after years of complaints about perceived under-spending, Rojales Town Hall promises Olive Press that €600,000 will be spent in Quesada after...

Shocking photos showing drop in water levels at reservoir on Spain’s Costa del Sol cause call for hosepipe ban

“We should not be washing our cars. People need to be made aware"

Intense rain and 100km/hr winds forecast for Friday as orange and yellow alerts issued for Spain’s Costa del Sol...

MUCH of Malaga is set to have a miserable start to the weekend with rain forecast for the majority of Friday. In fact weather agency...

Denia composting plant on fire AGAIN as uncontrollable combustion releases very carbon procedure is supposed to recycle

EXASPERATION has returned to Denia as its municipal recycling plant is on fire AGAIN in what increasingly appears an annual tradition. Flames erupted on Sunday,...

Just six of Alicante’s 81 municipalities have food waste bins despite January 2020 deadline

SIX of Alicante's 81 municipalities are understood to have food waste bins despite government measures mandating their presence across the Valencian Community by January...

“Finally someone’s paying attention” – Costa Blanca animal protector praises Teulada-Moraira councillor for government-funded cat sterilisation programme

A COSTA Blanca animal protector has praised Teulada-Moraira's council following a government-funded 'catch and release' programme to sterilise stray cats. Grace Boas, who volunteers with...

ROCK N’ ROLL OVER: Valencian classical guitarist beats Metallica to become fastest musician to play in all seven continents

A VALENCIAN classical guitarist has beaten heavy metal band Metallica to become the fastest musician to play in all seven continents. Rafael Serrallet, from Valencia...

Storm Cecilia from the Atlantic to blast southern Spain this week as Costa del Sol, Murcia and Costa Blanca...

LARGE parts of southern Spain have been placed on yellow alert from Wednesday onwards as an Atlantic storm is set to arrive. Dubbed Storm Cecilia,...

Olive Press offers Greta Thunberg lift to key Spain climate summit

“It turns out I’ve travelled halfway around the world, the wrong way,” the teen wrote on her Twitter account, which has three million followers

THESE streets on Spain’s Costa del Sol are having €100,000 worth of new trees planted

The first part of the development will be to conduct a report into trees’ overall health, as well as their structural stability

Locked in a cupboard in an abandoned warehouse, Manolo was one of the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre’s most...

EVERY rescued animal has a story to tell, but I do believe Manolo’s to be one the most horrific cases of psychological animal abuse. In...

Snow falling in Spain’s Mallorca, while Costa del Sol, Balearics, Murcia and Costa Blanca on weather alert for 120...

ON Spain's election day, the first snow of the year has been reported in Mallorca, while much of the country has weather warnings in...

LONG READ: 30 years since Berlin Wall fell, populism is the new divide that endangers our response to the...

Populism is the wall blocking serious action to tackle today's environmental crisis says Olive Press editor Jon Clarke as he remembers the fall of the Berlin wall 30 years ago this month.

SPAIN CLIMATE CRISIS: October was Costa del Sol’s ninth warmest in 100 years

The tenth month of the year was the ninth warmest this century, with temperatures 1.3 degrees Celsius above normal.

Irish budget airline Ryanair is the greenest in Europe

The low-cost travel company transported 13.8 million passengers throughout October, emitting 1,200kt of Co2.

New cycle paths for Costa del Sol town hoping to become most bike-friendly place in Spain

The works are part of the town council’s €7 million master plan to free-up space on the town’s congested roads.

Warnings of SIX METRE waves as Andalucia, Mallorca and northern Spain placed on orange and yellow weather alerts

SEVERAL regions across north and eastern Spain have been placed on alert for strong winds and rough seas.  It comes as Storm Amelie has been...

Mum killed by falling palm tree in front of daughter and husband as 150kmph Storm Amelie winds batter Spain

The woman’s seven-year-old daughter was also hit by some of the tree’s smaller branches, but she is not thought to have been seriously injured

‘Superstar’ Guardia Civil dog Elton given national award at animal protection summit – read here the major crimes he...

GUARDIA CIVIL'S 'superstar' dog Elton has been awarded a national distinction for his service in the force at an animal protection summit last month. The...

WARNING: Rising sea levels will put coasts of Spain’s Andalucia at risk of devastating floods EVERY YEAR from 2050...

Researchers from Climate Central spent three years studying the effects of rising seas due to climate change and human activity

Warm weather returning to Spain’s Costa del Sol this weekend starting TODAY

MALAGA province is set to see warmer temperatures from today and throughout the weekend.  According to weather agency AEMET, there will be no rainfall until...

WATCH: Gota fria wreaks havoc in eastern Spain as one person killed while another four missing

https://twitter.com/marc_vi/status/1186769194169393153 A PENSIONER has been killed after being washed away during intense rainfall and flooding in Catalunya.  The 75-year-old disappeared last night after being taken by...

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