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SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

Two killed by Storm Nelson in Spain as rain and strong winds continue to batter the country

STORM Nelson has taken two lives in northern Spain as it continues to batter the country with rain and strong winds. The two victims died this Thursday in the Asturian municipalities of

28 Mar, 2024 @ 14:46

Asturias·Lead·Other News·Weather

This city in northern Spain is the new ‘foodie capital’ – according to The Guardian

THE Guardian has named this city in northern Spain the country’s new ‘foodie capital’. A complex network of tunnels takes travellers from Madrid under the Cantabrian mountains, finally emerging into a food

4 Mar, 2024 @ 16:02

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel Asturias

7 bedroom Villa for sale in Oviedo with pool garage – € 895,000

Villa Oviedo, Asturias 7 beds 5 baths € 895,000 IMPRESSIVE Detached villa distributed as two homes, in La Manjoya. Located on a 3,100 m2 plot, closed with a vegetable hedge

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:05

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This ‘tourist free’ seaside village dubbed the ‘prettiest in Spain’ must be added to your 2024 travel list – according to the Sun

THE Sun has named this place Spain’s ‘prettiest village’ and says you should add it to your 2024 travel list. The British tabloid has praised the coastal village as a ‘fairytale’ location,

11 Jan, 2024 @ 14:49

Asturias·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel Asturias

Level 2 emergency is declared over millions of pellets of PLASTIC washing up on beaches in Spain

THE GALICIA region has followed its neighbour Asturias on Tuesday by activating a level 2 emergency alert following the washing up of millions of plastic pellets on the coast. The announcement was

9 Jan, 2024 @ 15:18

Asturias·Basque Country·Environment·Lead·National News

Plastic crisis in Spain: Millions of pellets of potentially toxic microplastics are washing up on beaches and ‘accumulating in fish and other seafood’

BEACHES in northern Spain have become inundated with millions of plastic pellets from a container lost by a merchant ship on December 8 in Portuguese waters- some 80 kilometres west of Viana

8 Jan, 2024 @ 18:30

Asturias·Environment·Lead·National News

Five ‘overlooked’ destinations in Spain that are worth a visit in 2024 – according to the Telegraph

THE Telegraph has revealed five ‘overlooked’ destinations in Spain to visit in 2024. Spain has long been a favourite holiday destination for Brits, with spots like Malaga, Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia receiving

3 Jan, 2024 @ 16:18

Lead·Olive Press Travel

These two picturesque towns in Spain will pay you THOUSANDS to live there

Across Europe, many rural areas are facing a depopulation crisis. As younger residents move away or decide not to have children, towns are left with an ageing population. As the population threatens

13 Nov, 2023 @ 14:29

Asturias·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Galicia

Spain’s Indian summer comes to an end: Temperatures to fall this weekend as autumnal weather arrives with showers

AFTER an unusually warm start to October in Spain, autumn is finally set to arrive this weekend with a fall in temperatures more in line with the average for this time of

13 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Weather

Hollywood legend Meryl Streep wins prestigious Princess of Asturias arts award in Spain

Meryl Streep is coming Spain: Hollywood legend, 74, will pick up prestigious acting award

MERYL Streep has confirmed she will be in Oviedo’s Teatro Campoamor to pick up a top award. The Hollywood legend has won the prestigious 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts.

8 Oct, 2023 @ 14:25

Celebrity·Lead

MOUNTAIN VILLAGES: Escape to northern Spain

SPAIN’s northern mountains are never more beautiful than at the end of summer. And these mountain villages make a great base for drives, hikes and cycling.

27 Aug, 2023 @ 15:30

Exploring Spain·Olive Press Travel·The Best

Anti-acid medicine maker removes adverts from Valencia area that associated heartburn with famous regional paella in Spain

A MAKER of anti-acid tablets says advertising posters will be taken down in the Valencia region which suggested the pills would clear heartburn caused by eating Valencian paella. The adverts for Almax

26 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Asturias·Food & Drink·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tourist coach carrying 49 people, most of them children, crashes in Spain’s Picos de Europa National Park

A TOURIST coach that was carrying 49 people, many of them children, was involved in a dramatic accident on Monday as it was ascending a mountain road in the Picos de Europa

31 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Asturias·Lead

The world’s smallest beach is in Spain

ASTURIAS in Spain can boast of being home to the world’s smallest beach; Playa de Gulpiyuri. This tucked-away gem, fed by underground tunnels, is located over 100m from the Cantabrian Sea, and

22 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Asturias·Beaches·Lead

4 bedroom Flat for sale in Oviedo – € 159,000

Oviedo, Asturias 4 beds 2 baths € 159,000 This flat is at Calle Fray Ceferino, 33001, Oviedo, Asturias, on floor 1. It is a flat, built in 1975, that has

22 Jul, 2023 @ 13:05

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Cops in Spain arrest man who was grooming underage girls online

THE NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a 41-year-old man accused of grooming young girls aged between nine and 17. The suspect, who was detained in Asturias, was posing as a teenager on social

3 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Scottish food charity helping needy children worldwide wins Spain’s Princess of Asturias award

A SCOTTISH charity has won a Princess of Asturias award for ‘its exemplary dedication to helping resolve some of the world’s most pressing problems’. The Asturias jury has given its Concord Prize

15 Jun, 2023 @ 14:30

Asturias·Lead·National News

4 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Morcin with garage – € 245,000

Morcín, Asturias 4 beds 3 baths € 245,000 In the Monsacro urbanization in Santa Eulalia de Morcín, located 10 minutes from Oviedo and 25 minutes from GijónFOR SALE this magnificent

2 Jun, 2023 @ 13:05

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Member of voting table in Asturias went for a cigarette and never came back

A MEMBER of a voting table in Llaranes (Asturias) polling station never came back from his cigarette break. The 40-year-old man said he was going for a smoke after receiving the €70

29 May, 2023 @ 12:45

Asturias·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Politics

Top Japanese author Haruki Murakami wins Princess of Asturias literature award in Spain

BESTSELLING Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature. The Princess of Asturias Award jury praised the ‘uniqueness’ of the 72-year-old Kyoto-born writer’s essays, short stories

26 May, 2023 @ 11:15

Asturias·La Cultura·Lead

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Two 12-year-old twins die after falling out of a window in Asturias

TWO twin sisters aged 12 have died after falling out of a window at their flat in Oviedo (Asturias). The minors fell from a fourth floor into the inner courtyard of the

19 May, 2023 @ 11:15

Asturias·Lead

Marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge wins Princess of Asturias sports award in Spain

THE MAN considered as the world’s greatest-ever marathon runner- Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge- has been named as the winner of the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for sport. The €50,000 award is one

18 May, 2023 @ 18:00

Asturias·Lead·Sport

Five people charged with starting devastating forest fires in Spain’s Asturias region

FIVE people have been charged with starting forest fires in the Asturias region over the last three weeks with police investigating a further ten suspects. At one point at the end of

10 Apr, 2023 @ 16:30

Asturias·Crime & Law·Lead

Mother And Young Daughter Survive Fifth Floor Apartment Block Leap In Spain's Asturias Region

Mother and young daughter survive fifth-floor apartment death leap in Spain’s Asturias region

AN Asturias mother and daughter are receiving hospital treatment after surviving a fifth-floor apartment window leap in Aviles on Wednesday. Hours earlier, the woman’s father and her ex-partner had been arrested after

5 Apr, 2023 @ 16:00

Asturias·Lead

Rail bosses sacked after new train fleet was too tall for tunnels in northern Spain

TWO people who ordered 31 new trains for the Asturias to Cantabria commuter rail line have been sacked after the rolling stock were too high to get through the tunnels. National rail

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Lone female on Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list detained in Ecuador for running Costa Blanca prostitution ring

POLICE have caught one of Spain’s top ten ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives hiding out in a town on the Columbia-Ecuador border. Viviana Andrea Vallejo Gutierrez, 36, was the only woman on the list

1 Nov, 2022 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead