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Jailbirds Arrested After Using Prison In Spain's Murcia Region To Get Terrorist Recruits

JIHADIST RECRUITERS in Spain’s Murcia cajoled fellow prisoners to join extremist terror groups

THREE prisoners who tried to get fellow inmates in a Murcia jail to join the Daesh/Islamic State terror group have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The men got to know each

11 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Disturbing new details in Malaga’s ‘El Melillero’ case revealed

POLICE have revealed fresh evidence in the ‘El Melillero’ acid attack case that point to deep psychological issues towards women. José Arcadio D. N, known as El Mellilero due to his birthplace

11 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

HOME SALES in Spain collapsed by over 14% in 2020 according to official government figures

HOME property sales fell by 14.5% last year in the largest drop since 2013, which was at the height of Spain’s previous recession. The figures from the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and

11 Mar, 2021 @ 19:15

Lead·Property

IN PICS: Illegal TV app showing Premier League football with 100 million users taken down after raids in Spain and France

AN ILLEGAL TV app that was streaming European football, other TV channels and videos has been taken down in Spain. Policia Nacional and Europol dismantled the group after investigations involving law enforcement

11 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

Valencia man gets nine years for raping teenage daughters in family home

The convicted rapist admitted to sexually assaulting his two daughters when they were 12 and 13 years old

11 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Valencia

Spain & Brexit – A Mixed Bag Of Outcomes

Brexit, the long and arduous path to the UK’s exit from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Union has certainly resulted in what at this point can only be described

11 Mar, 2021 @ 13:04

Business & Finance·Gibraltar

Does Your Financial Adviser Manage Your Pension or Investment In The Best Way Possible?

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial Chorus Financial strive to offer the best Investment Management in Spain, basing our client portfolios on UK best practises. When we

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:55

Uber to offer free rides to vaccination centres in Spain’s Malaga

UBER has announced it will offer two free rides worth up to €15 euros to all people over the age of 80 called for vaccinations. The ridesharing giant has said it will

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News

WELCOME TO TREE CITY: Valencia’s Gandia earns international award for its trees and gardens

GANDIA has been officially named ‘Tree City of the World’ by the United Nations (UN). The capital of La Safor district (Valencia Province) currently has 27 square metres of gardens per inhabitant

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Man rushed to hospital with snake bite found to have 45 fatal and illegal reptiles hidden at home

COPS in Toldeo uncovered a hoard of illegal snakes inside the home of a 31-year-old man after he was rushed to hospital with a snake bite. The man, who spent a day

11 Mar, 2021 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Other News

Nurse killed in ‘horrible and incomprehensible’ stabbing while working at Prince of Asturias Hospital in Madrid

TRIBUTES have been paid to a nurse who was slashed in the throat and killed while working on at a hospital on Madrid in on Saturday afternoon. Dad of two Sergio Luis G

11 Mar, 2021 @ 08:47

Crime & Law·Other News

Ceramic tiles are Castellon's leading industry

TRICKS OF THE TRADE: Castellon tile sector requests €6m of EU funding to build refuse treatment plant

THE ceramic tile trade is by far the largest and most important industry in Castellon Province. Widely known and respected throughout the world as a stamp of quality, the material made in

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance

International Women’s Day: Celebrating the inspirational work of expat women in Spain

TO CELEBRATE International Women’s Day this week, The Olive Press sought out some of the most inspiring women from across Spain to shine a light on the work they do serving their

10 Mar, 2021 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Women's Day

German YouTuber banned from entering Spain after secretly recording up skirt of schoolgirl in Mallorca

The German man, aged 52, admitted in court via videoconference to filming up the skirt of a 14-year-old girl in Palma

10 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

One woman and two men arrested in connection with spate of armed robberies at casinos across Spain’s Costa del Sol

THREE members of one of the country’s most prolific burglary gangs have been arrested during a major police operation in the Costa del Sol. The thieves, who are from France and Spain,

10 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Crime & Law

Locals invited to ‘grow their own’ as new urban gardens project blossoms in expat urb’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POPULAR with British expats, San Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation, is to have a €79,000 urban garden development creating 68 jobs. The project, developed with Hidraqua, will see a recreation area with pergola

10 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Far-right vandals target feminist murals across Spain in backlash against International Women’s Day

Far-right vandals have targeted feminist murals and monuments in several places across Spain in acts timed to coincide with International Women’s Day. In Madrid a mural depicting pioneering women including civil rights

9 Mar, 2021 @ 21:58

Lead·Other News·Women's Day

More than 2,000 girls – including more than 300 from Spain – tricked by Huelva paedophile into sending sexual images through social media

MORE than 2000 children – including hundreds from across Spain – are believed to have been tricked sending sexual images to a paedophile in Huelva. Police said girls as young as seven

9 Mar, 2021 @ 18:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Real Women: Meet six Costa del Sol expats who refused to let Covid keep them down

THERE are many unsung heroines on the Costa del Sol who have experienced an extraordinary year. Everything changed when Spain implemented a draconian lockdown for its residents. Today we step inside the

9 Mar, 2021 @ 17:41

Lead·Women's Day

Seven arrested in Spain’s Mallorca for kidnapping and torturing disabled person over two days

Not only were his toes sewn together, but he was forced to swallow glue, burnt and had shapes of penises tattooed on his face

9 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British tourist arrested for attempted murder after deliberately driving into two people on Spain's Mallorca

Former Valencia soldier stabs ex-partner six times in the street in broad daylight on the morning of International Women’s Day

A 51-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to stab his ex-partner to death in the street in broad daylight in Massamagrell (Valencia). The attack took place yesterday (Monday March 8,

9 Mar, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Women's Day

Man arrested in Spain’s Mijas for hanging his dog from a pergola as punishment after it ‘destroyed plants’

A MAN has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Costa del Sol’s Mijas for an alleged crime of animal abuse. An investigation was launched by the Guardia Civil’s Seprona animal welfare

9 Mar, 2021 @ 15:55

Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

United Nations to investigate whether Spain is at fault for major pollution incidents in Mar Menor lagoon

A four-year campaign to get the United Nations to investigate whether Spain has breached environmental rules in the Mar Menor lagoon has succeeded. The Ecologistas en Accion group sent a report to

9 Mar, 2021 @ 13:40

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

International Women’s Day: For one female runner, a prize jamon came to symbolise inequality in sport

OLIVE Press reporter and former international runner Cristina Hodgson launched her own challenge for equality after a race at a local village in Spain. They say that a challenged world is an

9 Mar, 2021 @ 12:15

Lead·Women's Day

Eco-tourist routes resume with virtual walks to cope with demand on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA is to see its eco-tourism routes resume through its natural parks, after a hiatus caused by the Covid-19 restriction. The popular walks through Torrevieja and La Mata Natural Park attracted over

9 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

PURPLE WAVE: International Women’s Day events go ahead in Valencia city despite COVID

NEITHER the coronavirus nor the rain that fell on most of the Valencian Community yesterday (March 8) could put a damper on this year’s International Women’s Day. Mass demonstrations in capital cities

9 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

Valencia·Valencian Community·Women's Day

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