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Spain grants citizenship to 170 descendants of International Brigade volunteers who fought Franco

THE Spanish government has announced that up to 170 descendants of volunteers in the International Brigade will receive citizenship in recognition of their ancestors’ fight against the fascism of Francisco

The Costa del Sol’s out-of-control organised crime gangs takes HUGE hit as French ‘super-mafia’ smashed

SPANISH police have put the brakes on the Costa del Sol’s spiralling mafia activity with a huge operation targeting a number of interconnecting mafia gangs that formed a

African leopards- including three cubs- are removed by police after being kept in a caged area on a farm in Spain

African leopards- including three cubs- are removed by police from fenced enclosure on a farm in Spain

FIVE African leopards- including three newborns- have been seized by the Guardia Civil after they were found on a Gran Canaria farm. Three people are being investigated for

Tunnel between Spain and Morocco ‘technically feasible’ – with a start date pencilled in for 2027

A TUNNEL connecting Europe and Africa could be one step closer after a study commissioned by the Spanish government concluded that an underground corridor below the Strait of

What’s going on on the Rock? Tensions between Spain and Gibraltar go to the wire amid bid to derail historic treaty signing

AFTER months of detente, low-simmering tensions between Gibraltar and Spain are threatening to come to the boil once again – just as a treaty is within sight. Despite

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Red alert row: Spain’s met office warned Sevilla town hall about storm that flooded the city ’10 times’

Albanians ran five marijuana farms on the Costa Blanca with drugs exported across Europe

Albanians operated Costa Blanca marijuana farms with drugs exported across Europe

Mystery in Mallorca as naked body of British man, 64, is discovered in remote scrubland

Spanish experts warn of ‘wake up call’ for long-term users of melatonin over heart failure risks

Thunderstorms and tornados to hit Malaga and the Costa del Sol this evening as weather alert upgraded to orange

Blackspot Branded As The 'road Of Death' On The Costa Blanca In Spain Claims Another Victim In A Head On Collision Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim

Wave of mysterious deaths shocks Malaga as three separate corpses appear within 24 hours

Looking to retire in Spain? This is the cheapest town in Malaga province to buy a property

Ground-breaking survey says obesity costs Spain’s economy over €130 billion per annum

Orange alert: Andalucia braces itself for a fresh battering as ex-hurricane Melissa brings more rainstorms to Sevilla and the Costa del Sol

Travel

This medieval town in western Spain is one of the few to still boast a Jewish quarter

A medieval town in western Spain’s Extremadura region is one of few locations to boast a Jewish quarter – and it’s just been nominated

High-speed train link between Spain and Portugal’s capitals confirmed- but it could take up to nine years to launch

Keen on a getaway with a difference? Why not try Spain’s route of lighthouses converted into hotels dotted along its luscious coastline

Body of elderly Brit, 88, found on Spain's Costa del Sol

Outrage on Costa del Sol as Madrid admits coastal train is ‘decades away’ – then backtracks to ‘15 years’

Spain has its own Greek Parthenon featuring 40 Corinthian columns located in a secluded village that nobody visits

Property

The Agency Costa Blanca: How Moraira-based luxury estate agency has the phone ringing “constantly” with valuation requests

Spain’s foreign-fuelled housing boom pushes coastal prices to smash records — Andalucia and Valencia are now rising as fast as Madrid

Widow, 80, facing fines or eviction as Barcelona Airbnb ban cracks down on locals renting out rooms just to survive

Cost of renting in Malaga begins to converge with Spain’s other major cities — and the traditional autumn slowdown fails to materialise

CODE RED WARNING: Careful of the QR scam – dubbed ‘QRishing’ in Spain – to stop fraudsters emptying your bank account

HEALTH

Medical breakthrough as children with incurable deafness hear for first time – thanks to decades of genetic research carried out in Spain

Almost a quarter of children have trouble sleeping and a third are scared of rain – a year after Valencia flood disaster

Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer

The clocks go backwards in Spain this weekend – but will it be for the last time?

FOOD & DRINK

‘Blue burger sprinkled with diamond dust’ takes gold in Spain’s gourmet burger championship – but would YOU try it?

Wine tourism in Spain boosted industry revenues by almost 10% in 2024

Pretentious, moi? World’s most expensive hamburger served at Spanish restaurant with a 3.7-star TripAdvisor rating

Restaurant Review: La Tizona is a great new wine bar in Marbella’s San Pedro where you can also eat well… and all day

ANDALUCIA

3 Nov, 2025 @ 18:37

EXCLUSIVE Confusion reigns for Brits at Malaga airport: Tourists and residents in Spain alike are bamboozled during EES digital passport roll out

Mallorca's former top anti-drug cop arrested in money laundering probe linked to Ibiza cocaine pipeline

3 Nov, 2025 @ 11:45

Shock in Sevilla: Mother is jailed for 26 years after passerby finds newborn baby dumped in a rubbish bin

1 Nov, 2025 @ 10:01

LIFE IN SPAIN: The Frank Sinatra incident in Malaga

31 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

WATCH: Police seize 2.5 million cigarettes and 5,200 litres of laughing gas set for illegal export from Spain via lorries

31 Oct, 2025 @ 13:27

One soldier dead after grenade explodes at Spanish Legion base in Andalucia

30 Oct, 2025 @ 18:00

Fugitive TikTok star’s surprise return to the UK because he ‘glassed man in the throat during Marbella night club brawl’

COSTA BLANCA

3 Nov, 2025 @ 12:30

Body of British man found lying between two cars on Costa Blanca street

30 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city

28 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

EXCLUSIVE: Fears of more victims in the Costa Blanca’s ‘very own Jimmy Savile case’ after Brit charity worker is jailed for raping teenage girl in UK

Murdered woman's decomposing body hidden inside her Costa Blanca home while boyfriend stole her inheritance windfall

28 Oct, 2025 @ 12:45

Horror in Alicante: Boyfriend ‘kills partner and stashes her corpse on couch in her Costa Blanca home while he makes off with her inheritance windfall’

28 Oct, 2025 @ 11:35

Flights to and from UK thrown into chaos after drone sighting shuts down busy Costa Blanca airport

Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home for a rest- perching on living room sofa

27 Oct, 2025 @ 17:30

Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home to chill out on living room sofa

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WATCH: Teenagers laugh and whoop as they pilot a stolen pleasure boat on a remarkable 300km voyage from Algeria to Ibiza

WATCH: The Olive Press’s inaugural weekly news roundup – all the biggest stories, on video

Delight for Costa Blanca residents as squatters who threatened to ‘kill their pets’ disappear – but ransack property and leave dog behind

WATCH: Are firefighting helicopters in Spain allowed to take water from private swimming pools?

BARCELONA

3 Nov, 2025 @ 13:45

Sweet shop in Barcelona ‘sold cocaine on its shelves in full reach of school children’

31 Oct, 2025 @ 13:08

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia becomes world’s tallest ever church

30 Oct, 2025 @ 14:48

Barcelona to honour legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury with a statue

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23 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Barcelona council votes to restrict number of tourists visiting popular attraction every year

22 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Heartbreak for owner of dog lost while being loaded onto Iberia flight to Barcelona as EU court rules it is worth the same as a suitcase

21 Oct, 2025 @ 15:08

Anger as Spain’s rail operator knocks down century-old Catalan train stations ‘under cover of night’ – but Adif denies it’s ‘indiscriminate’

MADRID

3 Nov, 2025 @ 17:00

Seprona’s most shocking case: Woman in Madrid discovered living with over 50 dogs – six of which were dead

31 Oct, 2025 @ 14:00

Amazing security breach as bogus police officer regularly visited military barracks to ‘recruit’ soldiers for fake spy jobs in Spain

27 Oct, 2025 @ 10:39

Erasmus student speaks out over terrifying suspected spiking in Madrid night club

Gang stole 1,100 bar and restaurant chairs from 18 terraces to sell them outside Spain

22 Oct, 2025 @ 18:45

Devious gang stole over a thousand chairs from bar and restaurant terraces in Madrid to sell outside Spain during bizarre summer spree

22 Oct, 2025 @ 16:55

UN investigates Madrid landfill site after massive methane leaks are detected from space

17 Oct, 2025 @ 10:23

WATCH: Eco-activists spray red paint in Madrid art gallery – leaving 133-year-old art work with ‘irreparable damage’

OTHER NEWS

Mallorca agent slams Spanish sellers for ‘profiting from foreigners while moaning about them’

Nuisance noise beware: Running the washing machine at night or drilling in the early morning CAN be prosecuted under Spanish housing law

Crime & Law·Lead

3 Nov, 2025 @ 17:30

RUNNING the washing machine late at night or using the dishwasher early in the morning can be prosecuted under Spanish housing law. Neighbours can

Spain’s Puerto Banus is the most expensive port to dock a yacht in Europe, according to new ranking

Chilling scenes in Puerto Banus as suspected narco boat ‘dumps body in broad daylight and speeds away’

Crime & Law·Lead

3 Nov, 2025 @ 17:19

IN one of the most chilling scenes witnessed in Marbella’s millionaire marina, a suspected narco speed boat pulled up to the mouth of Puerto

Sneaky domestic worker steals €100k of jewellery and uses her mother to sell it off around Valencia

Sneaky domestic worker steals €100k of jewellery with her mother pawning it off in Valencia

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

3 Nov, 2025 @ 16:30

A VALENCIA domestic worker broke her employer’s trust by stealing at least €100,000 of jewellery. She then got her mother involved in helping her

Spain backs UN resolution granting Morocco sovereignty over former colony Western Sahara

Lead·Politics

3 Nov, 2025 @ 15:07

THE UN security council has approved a US-backed resolution that would grant Morocco sovereignty over the disputed former Spanish colonial territory of Western Sahara.

EXPLAINER: How Carlos Mazon’s successor as Valencian president will be chosen

Lead·Politics·Valencia

3 Nov, 2025 @ 13:15

CARLOS Mazon’s Monday morning resignation came as no surprise, with the Valencian president looking a ‘spent’ figure following last Wednesday’s state memorial service in

Spain expresses regret over ‘pain and injustice’ caused during conquest of the Americas after diplomatic spat with Mexico

Lead·Politics

3 Nov, 2025 @ 12:56

SPAIN’S frosty relationship with Mexico could be set to thaw after a leading figure in Pedro Sanchez’s government expressed regret over the ‘pain and

Valencia president Carlos Mazon admits there were 'things that should have worked better' a year ago before and after October 29 floods

BREAKING: Valencia president Carlos Mazón resigns over handling of deadly DANA floods that killed 229 people

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

3 Nov, 2025 @ 09:58

CARLOS Mazón, the president of Spain’s eastern Valencia region, has finally announced his resignation over his administration’s handling of last year’s deadly October floods