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MISSING: British tourist, 51, vanishes before flight home from Barcelona after passport and wallet are ‘stolen’

A BRITISH man has gone missing in Barcelona after failing to board his flight home, sparking a search with friends and police on both sides of the Channel. Daniel Thomas,

The real cookery school: Over 150 children team up with three dozen Michelin-star chefs for heart-warming Costa del Sol event

OVER 150 children spend the day cooking with renowned chefs during the eight edition of ChefsForChildren in Benahavis, Marbella. A total of 36 elite chefs – boasting over

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez urges the EU to end association agreement with Israel over ‘violations of international law’

SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called on the EU to end its trade agreement with Israel amid growing global tensions over the conflict in the Middle East.

Mediterranean holiday hotspot drops EES for British travellers to ‘ease airport congestion’ this summer – can Spain follow suit?

BRITISH travellers have been exempted from the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) biometric checks in Greece this summer. The decision means British passport holders arriving in Greece will

Rowdy Basque fans reopen separatist wounds in Sevilla during Copa del Rey final as they clashed with police, chanted for ETA and jeered the Spanish anthem in front of King Felipe

REAL Sociedad supporters from the Basque country caused chaos when they descended upon Sevilla this weekend for the Copa del Rey final. More than 26,000 fans made the

Latest

UK tourists going via plane to Spain rose by 11% in first three months of 2026

Surge in UK tourists flying to Spain with big 11% annual rise during March

British expat, 75, banned from returning to his Costa Blanca home after being found guilty of child abuse in the UK

Spain’s 30C April sizzler to be rained out as storms to bring return of Saharan blood-rain to Andalucia

WATCH: Spanish police ragdoll football fan during clashes with ultras ahead of heated Malaga and Almeria derby

Sabine Marbella: The Ibiza-style restaurant everyone will be booking this summer

Costa Blanca mobile phone dealer in Spain cons insurance company out of €500,000

Brussels will require all phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 – and use USB-C chargers

Latest in series of Costa Blanca street shootings sees man gunned down in Torrevieja beach area

Latest Costa Blanca street shooting sees man gunned down in Torrevieja beach area

Air traffic controllers in Spain begin indefinite strike action – here’s how travellers can avoid the chaos

EXPLAINER: What is a ‘super El Niño’ phenomenon – and will it make this summer Spain’s hottest yet?

Travel

This beautiful and undiscovered beach in western Andalucia that ‘inspired Goya’ is getting noticed in the UK

A BEAUTIFUL beach in western Andalucia has caught the international spotlight after being named an ‘undiscovered gem’ by the British press. The Sun newspaper

Costa del Sol jewel Estepona welcomes massive food festival this weekend

The EES deadline has caused chaos across Europe for beleaguered travellers – but how have Spain’s airports fared?

Step inside Toledo’s hidden convents and chapels this weekend as historic city opens its ‘closed’ doors for free

Tapas and liquid gold: Andalucia’s hidden gem of Jaen

Property

Award-winning museum displaying the very best of Spanish architecture opens door for new art season

From smart fridges to sensory art: Spanish art fair shows how innovation is transforming homes around the country

Spain is trying to regulate its property market — but on the Costa del Sol the market isn’t listening

Costa Blanca North: Where your Mediterranean life begins

Barcelona launches massive crackdown on abusive landlords who flout housing rules and ignore rent caps

HEALTH

Marbella hospital rolls out a new home-care service across the Costa del Sol

Spain’s hospital waiting lists hit record levels: More than 850,000 patients are in the queue for an operation

Benidorm’s beaches could become ‘smoke free zones’ this summer under proposals by left-wing PSOE

Danish firm backs Olive Press ‘Smash the Spiking’ campaign with innovative new glass lids to put on drinks during nights out

FOOD & DRINK

Paddington Bear’s favourite Sevilla orange marmalade forced into name change after Brussels reclaims the title

OLIVE PRESS OFFER: Bag a pair of poolside sunbeds free at totally refurbished Costa del Sol beach club

What is ‘la torrija’? The delicious sweet treat that’s traditionally eaten during Semana Santa in Spain

Cooking dinner at home once a week could help stave off dementia risk, new study reveals

Business & Finance

Retiree, 68, is denied a pension after running up a seven-figure tax bill while freelancing in Spain

How Spanish banks overcharged expat mortgage payers in one of the biggest scandals in Spain’s financial history

The new Hormuz? Mega €30bn African gas pipeline set to transform the Strait of Gibraltar into global energy hub

Spain breaks new record with 3.15m foreigners registered as employed – out of 10 million total

ANDALUCIA

18 Apr, 2026 @ 15:00

Sevilla’s Feria de Abril 2026: Your ultimate guide to Spain’s wildest spring party

17 Apr, 2026 @ 16:58

Tragedy as Marbella local, 25, is killed in motorcycle crash just days after returning from abroad

Weather warning in Spain: Excessive heat to continue with highs of 44C - but heavy thunderstorms could hit Andalucia

17 Apr, 2026 @ 14:09

Inland Andalucia is set to bake in record-breaking April heat with highs of 35C — but what about the coast?

17 Apr, 2026 @ 09:49

Teen gang disguised as delivery men stab Swedish father of their schoolmate and torture him with bleach in brutal Mijas home invasion

16 Apr, 2026 @ 18:55

Taxi to the dark side: Mafia used Costa del Sol cabbies to deliver drugs between Benalmadena and Torremolinos

16 Apr, 2026 @ 17:30

WATCH: Costa del Sol schoolboy, 12, wows judges on Britain’s Got Talent with ‘sassy’ dance moves to hits from Shakira and Daddy Yankee

COSTA BLANCA

15 Apr, 2026 @ 18:15

Illegal Botox clinics with links to the UK performed unlicensed operations across the Costa Blanca and Valencia

15 Apr, 2026 @ 13:01

Around 350,000 people are set to descend on Alicante for Spain’s second-largest pilgrimage walk

14 Apr, 2026 @ 11:04

Andalucia and Costa Blanca set for 30C as ‘abnormally warm’ air mass hits Spain – but it may not spell the end of the mud rain

13 Apr, 2026 @ 16:28

Long-awaited plans for Alicante’s new Central Park unveiled at a cost of €420m

13 Apr, 2026 @ 15:18

Record number of people used Costa Blanca airport in March led by UK passengers

13 Apr, 2026 @ 11:30

WATCH: ‘Ghost’ gang of Italian women arrested after decade-long jewellery heist spree across the Costa Blanca

OLIVE PRESS TV

VIDEO: ‘It’s like the Middle Ages’: Horrifying scenes in Jerez as young horse collapses three times from pulling carriages

WATCH: Terrifying moment Spanish cyclist slips and nearly falls off cliff while out with her dog – amazingly captured on both 360 AND pet cameras

WATCH: Father and daughter rescued in dramatic operation after being swept to sea from same Tenerife rock pool where four tourists died late last year

WATCH: The Olive Press reports live from Ronda as weeks of unprecedented rainfall finally give way to sunshine

BARCELONA

17 Apr, 2026 @ 11:22

Second climber dies after rockfall while scaling scenic mountain range near Barcelona

17 Apr, 2026 @ 11:20

Lionel Messi buys 100% stake in fifth-tier Spanish football club located just five miles from old Barcelona stomping ground

16 Apr, 2026 @ 16:45

Mystery British expat hiding in plain sight in Barcelona old town revealed as feared Scottish mafia boss

16 Apr, 2026 @ 14:00

A bloody war between Balkan mafias is erupting on the streets of Barcelona – and it’s already claimed two lives amid a string of shootings

15 Apr, 2026 @ 17:45

Barcelona fights back against petty street crime: Six foreign criminals responsible for dozens of thefts and muggings are finally deported

15 Apr, 2026 @ 14:14

Horror in Barcelona as hooded thugs shoot and try to slit throat of man sitting with partner and child near major shopping centre

MADRID

16 Apr, 2026 @ 15:15

WATCH: Marseille drug lord caught hiding out in Madrid after fleeing double murder conviction

16 Apr, 2026 @ 12:36

Pundits on Catalan public TV stoke outrage by wildly celebrating Real Madrid’s exit from Champions League

16 Apr, 2026 @ 08:30

ON THIS DAY: The death of Goya – The artist who captured Spain’s heart through bloody wars, royal portraits and a ‘poisoned’ Duchess

15 Apr, 2026 @ 14:34

Family living in Madrid left homeless after city council ‘mistakenly knocks down house it believed was lying empty’

15 Apr, 2026 @ 12:11

Spain’s largest airline axes flights to key Latin America destination – but is a jet fuel shortage to blame?

14 Apr, 2026 @ 19:09

Spain becomes first European country to roll out ‘game-changing’ HIV drug: Injection has 88% effectiveness rate

OTHER NEWS

Spain could sizzle like an oven this summer thanks to rare ‘super El Niño’ phenomenon – with warnings of extreme heat and record-breaking temperatures

Environment·Lead·Weather

19 Apr, 2026 @ 15:40

SPAIN is preparing for the possibility of a scorching summer ahead, with warnings of extreme heat and record-breaking temperatures across the country thanks to

Spanish public broadcaster will refuse to air Eurovision Song Contest on TV over Israel participation

International Affairs·La Cultura·Lead

18 Apr, 2026 @ 11:27

SPAIN’S public broadcaster has confirmed it will refuse to broadcast this year’s Eurovision Song Contest as part of an ongoing boycott of the competition

Spain’s immigration officers cancel scheduled strike as migrant legalisation plan gets under way

Lead·National News·Politics

18 Apr, 2026 @ 10:43

SPAIN’S controversial plan to grant residency to nearly a million undocumented migrants has been saved from turmoil after a planned walkout by immigration officers

BREAKING: Irish ‘drug lord’ Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai over ‘links to international organised crime’

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

17 Apr, 2026 @ 20:15

THE suspected leader of the feared Kinahan cartel has been snagged by police in Dubai over alleged serious organised crime offences. Irish national Daniel

Chaos on day one of Pedro Sanchez’s migrant amnesty with long queues at consulates across Spain – as it’s revealed prior arrests aren’t an automatic rule out

Lead·National News·Politics

17 Apr, 2026 @ 15:53

SPAIN’S flagship migrant regularisation drive saw chaotic scenes on day one with snaking queues, a crashed government website and widespread confusion over the rules.