Lead·Malaga Malaga lorry driver arrested after truck overturns and crushes taxi in tunnel crash, leaving cabbie injured The trucker is now being investigated for gross negligence after allegedly driving too fast in heavy rain.
Busy Costa Blanca road will be closed for weeks with local travellers set for long detours to and from Alicante airport The N-332 coastal road between Santa Pola and La Marina village will be closed from Monday for nearly three weeks as a new bridge is erected over the
La Linea welcomes a new shopping centre on Gibraltar’s doorstep as Rock retailers brace for competition Shoppers queued outside Aldi and Pepco on Thursday morning as the first stores at Alcaidesa Marina opened beside the town’s yacht harbour.
Storm Charles grounds dozens of flights across the Canary Islands as jets from Bristol and Dublin are diverted La Palma was the worst-hit airport as strong winds made landing difficult, with passengers told to check flight status with their airlines.
Spain approves national ID system for microchipping all dogs and cats before two-months-old – and also ferrets The measure was approved at Tuesday's Council of Ministers and creates a single national ID system to improve control and traceability.
Inside the colourful world of Estepona’s embattled mayor – from Hitler’s translator and a swinger’s castle on the Costa del Sol to ‘wife-swapping trips to Germany’
EXCLUSIVE: Bomb squad called to Marbella health centre – only to find ‘suitcase stuffed full of papers’
Albanian shot dead at Costa Blanca padel club was target in ‘family feud’ and was jailed in Italy for drug trafficking
Housing shortage now so severe in Valencia that estate agents are paying people to tip them off about homes to sell
WATCH: Taxi driver survives horrifying crash after lorry overturns and flattens his cab inside Malaga tunnel
IN PICS: Burning tyres, baton charges and blocked motorways as millions brave Storm Charles for Spain’s first general strike in 14 years
VOX leader Santiago Abascal pulls out of all further media appearances ahead of Spanish elections unless he has ‘editorial control’
EXPLAINER: Why far-right Vox leader Santiago Abascal’s appearance on Spain’s most popular chat show has caused uproar ahead of election
Political round-up: Puente’s exit clears the tracks for Spain’s election battle as general strike looms
This tiny mountain village north of Madrid has been named Europe’s top destination for trail running – here’s what you need to know Manzanares del Real, north of the Spanish capital, has topped a ranking of 90 destinations across 21 European countries. Read More
The medieval town with one of Spain’s best-preserved Jewish quarters named among National Geographic’s top places to visit in November
Ryanair reminds passengers of new 60-minute luggage drop-off rule to help stop them ‘missing their flights’
Hundreds of 19,000-year-old prehistoric engravings discovered in Catalunya cave hiding in plain sight
Malaga house prices soar 66% in five years as foreign buyers pile into increasingly ‘unsustainable’ property market
Andalucia is suffocating from poverty: Three million people struggle to make their ends meet, new report shows
Woman douses herself in petrol and threatens to burn herself alive at eviction from public housing flat in Malaga
Spain’s rental market loses a fifth of homes in just one month as new Pedro Sanchez housing decrees spook landlords
Spanish judge ‘asks UAE to arrest couple’ suspected of ordering execution of Marbella’s infamous BBL surgeon Dr ‘Buttman’
EXCLUSIVE: Forged signatures, unwanted procedures and trainee surgeons: Unravelling the medical practices of ‘Dr Frankenstein’ – aka ‘the Buttman’ – Marbella’s world renowned plastic surgeon
Spanish families budget around €300 for Christmas dinner – but turn to supermarket own brands to keep it affordable
Spain comes top again as rural Basque restaurant is voted Best in the World by prestigious culinary list
Hard-pressed Spanish farmers call for one-fifth of olive oil to be hauled off the market as bumper harvest sends prices tumbling
Costa del Sol tech firm leads EU online fraud charge to tackle tech giants such as Meta, X and Booking.com
11 Nov, 2026 @ 17:15 Estepona opens town hall on Saturdays for drop-in appointments so thousands of unregistered residents can get on the padron
11 Nov, 2026 @ 16:44 LIVE BLOG: Riot police deployed in major cities and businesses targeted as general strike pickets force businesses to close across Spain
11 Nov, 2026 @ 16:20 Cadiz residents warned to stay away from coast as Storm Charles bears down with 120km/h winds, tornadoes and six-metre waves
11 Nov, 2026 @ 16:15 Sea life nursery blooms at new artificial reefs in Marbella port that have attracted cuttlefish among new 27 marine species
11 Nov, 2026 @ 14:00 WATCH: Huge cocaine stash of 2.6 tonnes hidden in crates of coconuts from Ghana is uncovered in Valencia port
11 Nov, 2026 @ 12:25 IN PICS: Incredible moment ‘tourist couple’ enjoy pint and chicken fingers on a Malaga terrace as strike protestors rage around them
11 Nov, 2026 @ 10:11 Albanian man shot dead at a Costa Blanca padel club ‘had deep ties to Italian ‘Ndrangheta and Chinese Triads’
10 Nov, 2026 @ 16:15 Albanian man, 39, is shot dead at a Costa Blanca padel club before hitman flees on an electric scooter
10 Nov, 2026 @ 13:39 Supermarkets and Bauhaus move in as Costa Blanca’s biggest new urbanisation takes shape in Torrevieja
10 Nov, 2026 @ 10:10 Luxury catamaran goes up in flames and sinks in Costa Blanca marina after witnesses hear ‘explosion’
9 Nov, 2026 @ 14:00 Swedish expat launches bizarre ‘modern art’ anti-dog poop crusade in Torrevieja by placing frames around discarded excrement
6 Nov, 2026 @ 15:33 Mob boss executed in hospital bed is latest episode of Turkish mafia violence exploding on Spain’s coast, from Barcelona to the Costa del Sol
Red alert issued during peak Barcelona rush hour as another powerful storm traps commuters in their cars and floods coastal and inland areas
IN VIDS: Barcelona hit by sudden flash flood chaos as homes are breached and firefighters rescue woman and baby
WATCH: The secret gem just one hour from Madrid in the Spanish heartlands that you should visit because it’s ‘untouched by tourism’
11 Nov, 2026 @ 15:35 WATCH: Keffiyeh-clad protestor gets in kiosk worker’s face on Barcelona’s famous Rambla to force him to close in ‘solidarity with national strike’
10 Nov, 2026 @ 10:39 Warning for travellers heading to airports across Spain as train drivers’ strike causes chaos in Malaga, Madrid and Barcelona
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1 Nov, 2026 @ 08:01 No-show for Blocus: Barcelona avoids repeat of riots as 700 police identify more than 1,400 young people
30 Oct, 2026 @ 15:15 Barcelona’s Joan Miro museum is loaned 37 works from master Catalan artist from private Japanese collector
30 Oct, 2026 @ 13:00 Catalan police officers face eight years behind bars after ‘pair tortured young man and hurled racist and homophobic abuse’
10 Nov, 2026 @ 16:52 Simply the Best (outing this Christmas) as Tina Turner stage show rocks up in Spain
7 Nov, 2026 @ 07:54 EU investigates Spanish rail safety bodies for ‘safety fund fraud’ after Toledo train crash
4 Nov, 2026 @ 12:15 Andalucia to Madrid high-speed line set to reopen with fewer trains after Toledo disaster
2 Nov, 2026 @ 07:30 Airlines join forces to lay on extra flights between Madrid and Andalucia after Toledo train disaster shuts high-speed line
1 Nov, 2026 @ 12:00 Must-visit: These 5 ‘low-cost’ escapes all within an hour from Madrid – according to a leading Spanish newspaper
1 Nov, 2026 @ 08:38 Tiger of hashish’ caught in Tangier: alleged drug kingpin who lived in luxury in Madrid arrested after fleeing to Morocco
Who is ‘The Russian’? Hundreds of police hunt elite ex-legionnaire who shot girl, 17, and killed officer and his dog with backpack bomb in northern Spain Crime & Law·Lead·Northern Spain 11 Nov, 2026 @ 12:43 The suspect is believed to be armed with a pistol and a rifle, and police fear he may have more explosives. Read More
Mayor of tiny Costa del Sol village to enter Spain’s Big Brother house in bid to ‘raise awareness’ of depopulation in her town Costa del Sol·Lead·Politics 11 Nov, 2026 @ 10:42 Katrin Ortega Marquez, who has led Parauta since 2019, has confirmed she will become a contestant on the ninth series of Gran Hermano VIP. Read More
Manhunt launched for suspect known as ‘The Russian’ after backpack ‘bomb’ kills police officer and sniffer dog in northern Spain Animals·Crime & Law·Lead 10 Nov, 2026 @ 19:12 Manuel Ferrero Alvarez, known as ‘The Russian’, remains at large after an explosive device left inside a backpack detonated in Oviedo, Asturias on Tuesday Read More
Police officer and his sniffer dog killed by bomb in Oviedo after responding to the shooting of a 17-year-old girl Crime & Law·Lead·Northern Spain 10 Nov, 2026 @ 16:08 Another bomb disposal officer lost a leg in the blast, and the suspected gunman is still on the run. Read More
Spain general strike: Everything you need to know about Wednesday’s walkout as workers nationwide prepare to join the protest Lead·National News·Politics 10 Nov, 2026 @ 14:00 The Olive Press has put together a guide to what readers can expect from the walkout on November 11, and how it could affect Read More
Kinahan cartel ‘lured’ ex-Premier League footballer’s brother to his doom over ‘smuggling operation out of Puerto Banus’ Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead 10 Nov, 2026 @ 12:36 Darren ‘Roy’ Hoolahan, 40, the brother of former Republic of Ireland international Wes Hoolahan, has been missing since June. Read More
Spain threatens TikTok shutdown after 1,000 child abuse videos rack up 48million views International Affairs·Lead·Politics 10 Nov, 2026 @ 10:00 The ministry of youth has called on Spain's public prosecutor to launch a probe into the matter, describing the allegations as 'very serious.' Read More
Police open probe into death of Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel as distraught goalkeeper shuts down social media after abuse
IN VIDS: Tenerife football player dies aged 30 after on-pitch collision in Segunda Division match against Andorra
Mourinho does it again: Mbappe’s late winner stuns Barcelona as Real Madrid blow La Liga title race wide open
Moroccans overtake Brits as biggest foreign home buyers in Spain – snapping up homes in Murcia and north east Moroccan citizens have overtaken British nationals as Spain's biggest foreign property buyers Read More
The Sierra Nevada village offering a writing retreat and ‘nervous-system reset’ for those who have already dropped their New Year resolutions
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