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Migrant ‘taxi’ boat drivers dumped passengers overboard by ‘threatening them with machetes’ on Murcia coast

The Guardia Civil detained four smugglers following two violent chases with high-speed vessels used to traffic people to the Spanish mainland.

Spain vs USA clash is really about Madrid ‘refusing to support shadowy Western world order’, analyst argues

What looks like democratic governance is, in significant part, the output of a network designed more than a century ago in Oxford common rooms and London clubs.

Panic grips Bristol-to-Malaga flight as smoke fills cabin – pilots put oxygen masks on

PILOTS declared an emergency as they alerted air traffic controllers, with the plane eventually landing safely at around 9.30am on Monday.

Spain’s right surges past 50% in polls for the first time as PP and Vox capitalise on Ceuta migrant crisis anger

A NEW poll suggests that the PP and Vox would claim 50.2% of the votes at a general election, compared to 36.1% for Spain's left-wing parties.

Morocco’s military is rapidly ‘closing gap’ with Spain as new missiles put Andalucia within striking distance – but Madrid still rules the skies

Deeper inland, Sevilla, Cordoba and Granada sit within the 300km strike range envelope of ATACMS ballistic missiles - but would require US authorisation.

Latest

Could Oasis finally return to Spain? Rumours swirl of long-awaited gigs as teaser hints at Barcelona shows next year

Weather warning for extreme heat in Andalucia with 40C highs – as dozens of September temperature records are smashed across Spain

High alert in Ceuta as Moroccan social media campaign calls for fresh ‘march of anger’ on Spanish enclave

Plans to build new luxury hotel on Marbella’s Golden Mile triggers outcry from environmental groups

Bizarre scene in Mijas as a car accidentally reverses through a wall and falls into a hotel

21 migrants arrested after ‘hurling rocks at police’ in Ceuta – as fears grow of new speedboat smuggling route linking enclave to mainland Spain

Hollywood royalty descends on Spain: Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz lead A-list line-up at this month’s San Sebastian Film Festival

EXPLAINER: Inside the row over the right-wing mayor of Madrid’s €6m penthouse – and why it could offer a lifeline to Pedro Sanchez

British holidaymaker becomes latest drowning victim on Catalunya’s beaches after ‘drunkenly leaping off ferry to swim to beach bar’

Travel

Experts warn of longer airport queues as major change to the EU’s controversial EES system begins next week

FROM September 7, airports will no longer be allowed to switch off the EES system when queues grow too long, with experts warning of

City of Dreams: 48 hours in beautiful Barcelona

Discover this hidden Catalan village on the banks of the Ebro with Neolithic caves and Moorish treasures

Autumn is the perfect time to visit this chestnut forest in central Spain with trees over 500 years old

The three towns you should visit in Spain during the autumn, according to The Times

These are the three towns you must visit in Spain this autumn, according to The Times

Property

Spanish house prices actually drop for the first time in nearly four years – but still up 12.5% on last year

Marbella clears the way for new 428-home development and €22 million infrastructure bill at Rio Real Golf

Your dream home in Spain starts long before you collect the keys

Madrid’s plan to solve Spain’s housing crisis will only make things worse, writes property expert Mark Stucklin

Rodrigo Rico and the Melia Hotel costa del sol

EXCLUSIVE: Furious residents take Torremolinos town hall to court over years of ‘excruciating’ air conditioning racket from luxury hotel

HEALTH

One critically injured and nine others hurt after carbon monoxide leak aboard ship docked in Barcelona port

Malaga records first case of West Nile virus as 69-year-old enters critical care – the 62nd in Andalucia this summer

sergical theatre at Quironsalud hospital

Marbella’s top private hospital expands with four new operating theatres and a state-of-the-art day hospital

Heat-related deaths hit record high in Spain after sweltering summer – with more than 2,100 lives lost in August alone

FOOD & DRINK

Spain’s bars go flat as locals ditch the caña – but tourists are keeping the taps running

Barcelona’s iconic La Boqueria market fights back against overtourism with €12m revamp to win back disgruntled locals

Think moving to Spain fixed your diet? The numbers say otherwise

How Max Beach grew into a Costa del Sol landmark and helped transform the Riviera area of Mijas in just seven years

Business & Finance

Fears grow for iconic Spanish car brand Seat after parent company Volkswagen admits future is ‘increasingly complex’

Spain’s migrant amnesty eases traditional August jobs slump – with 70% of new roles going to foreign workers

Spain’s minimum wage increases to €1,425 a month – a rise of just €43 that puts it in second tier of EU economies

Spain calls on Brussels to tax private jets and fossil fuel profits to fund Europe-wide wildfire response

ANDALUCIA

Demolition work of the Hotel Ibis in Malaga

5 Sep, 2026 @ 11:45

WATCH: Demolition finally begins of doomed two-star Hotel Ibis in Malaga – four months after devastating fire gutted building

5 Sep, 2026 @ 10:00

The mind-boggling science behind next August’s total solar eclipse over southern Spain – including three minutes of darkness in Cadiz

4 Sep, 2026 @ 14:50

Spain activates first-ever September red heat alert – temperatures soar past 45C in unprecedented late-summer scorcher

4 Sep, 2026 @ 12:28

Warning of huge delays at Malaga Airport as severe fog blankets runway

4 Sep, 2026 @ 09:56

Waitress spared jail after spiking hotel buffet with bleach in Benalmadena revenge plot

3 Sep, 2026 @ 17:06

Disgraced Qatari royal wanted in Spain for wrecking Malaga CF gives away his location in London’s swanky Mayfair

COSTA BLANCA

4 Sep, 2026 @ 11:44

Costa Blanca airport gets rated as the ‘best’ in Spain according to new study

3 Sep, 2026 @ 09:40

Costa Blanca woman lost €74k as fraudsters used her phone number to access online banking and get debit cards

Ex-British TV soap turned criminal on 'Most Wanted List' flees Costa Blanca home

2 Sep, 2026 @ 10:34

Ex-British TV soap star turned criminal on ‘Most Wanted List’ flees after hiding out on Costa Blanca

26 Aug, 2026 @ 16:15

Orihuela Costa ‘colony’ of 30,000 mostly Brits and expats launches independence bid to break away from Costa Blanca town

26 Aug, 2026 @ 13:44

WATCH: Chaos as mini-tsunamis batter Valencia, Costa Blanca and Balearics – with waves pushing up to 200m inland

25 Aug, 2026 @ 12:55

Costa Blanca beaches closed to swimmers after water pollution is double the permitted level

OLIVE PRESS TV

WATCH: The secret gem just one hour from Madrid in the Spanish heartlands that you should visit because it’s ‘untouched by tourism’

WATCH: War zone in Sevilla as knife fight breaks out in broad daylight

WATCH: Firefighters cut woman out of car after dramatic crossroads smash up involving police car and taxi in Madrid

WATCH: Inside the crime spree of a team of highly-skilled Ocean’s Eleven-style bank robbers who hit small town lenders across Spain

BARCELONA

4 Sep, 2026 @ 12:09

Barcelona drug traffickers tried to recruit Sergio Aguero into money laundering scheme

3 Sep, 2026 @ 13:40

Spain records hottest summer since records began as Barcelona smashes both air and sea temperatures

2 Sep, 2026 @ 16:45

Backlash grows in Catalunya after teenagers stab ‘much loved’ father-of-two to death

26 Aug, 2026 @ 14:02

Barcelona wildfire contained after dozens of people were forced to evacuate homes in city outskirts

20 Aug, 2026 @ 10:39

EasyJet axes Leeds-Bradford flights to Malaga, Mallorca and Barcelona as it exits airport entirely

Spain's World Cup star Rodri signs for Barcelona from Man City in €70m deal

19 Aug, 2026 @ 09:47

Spain’s World Cup star Rodri joins Barcelona from Man City in €70m deal

MADRID

3 Sep, 2026 @ 11:27

Spains shows its support for Ceuta as hundreds of thousands rally across Spain – and fury for PM Sanchez

1 Sep, 2026 @ 09:11

Chaos before Madrid’s much-anticipated F1 return as thieves steal cables from new circuit less than fortnight before Grand Prix

The Batman-themed rollercoaster in Madrid's Parque Warner theme park

30 Aug, 2026 @ 13:12

Man seriously injured after being left ‘swinging’ from 100km/h Batman-themed rollercoaster at popular Madrid theme park

29 Aug, 2026 @ 14:15

OPINION: Madrid mayor’s plush €5m penthouse (paid for with public cash) is yet another stain on Spanish democracy, writes Charlie Mullins

26 Aug, 2026 @ 18:00

EXCLUSIVE: The hunt for a lion roaming the wilds of the Spanish heartlands was very real – but local residents weren’t concerned

25 Aug, 2026 @ 15:55

Robotaxis are coming to Spain: Google’s Waymo sets up Madrid base ahead of self-driving car trials

OTHER NEWS

WATCH: Horror as female tourist, 64, is gored to death in street during running of the bulls festival in southern Spain

Catalunya·Lead·Other News

6 Sep, 2026 @ 12:40

A 64-YEAR-OLD woman was gored to death by a bull in southern Spain on Saturday morning after becoming trapped on the street.

Queen Letizia, Gibraltar, Spantax air disaster

THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: The Spantax air disaster, Queen Letizia is born and the siege of Gibraltar fails

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

6 Sep, 2026 @ 11:12

MICHAEL Coy delves into the key events that took place in Spanish history this week, including a tragic air disaster and a failed attempt

Migrant boat and Guardia Civil vessel in Gibraltar waters

WATCH: Gibraltar teen arrested ‘smuggling migrants from Ceuta’ as police chase sparks diplomatic row with Spain

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

5 Sep, 2026 @ 19:31

A GIBRALTAR teenager has been arrested on suspicion of ferrying migrants from Ceuta in a speedboat in an incident that has triggered a diplomatic

Political round-up: PM Pedro Sanchez battles growing Ceuta backlash as opposition turns up the heat

Lead·National News·Politics

5 Sep, 2026 @ 19:01

PROTESTS over the Ceuta migration crisis turned against Pedro Sanchez as opposition parties intensified calls for his resignation following a controversial police report.

Anti-Semitic incidents in Spain soar by almost 15% in a year – as Jewish groups warn of ‘alarming’ rise in hate

Crime & Law·Lead

5 Sep, 2026 @ 15:00

ISRAELI ministers blame Madrid, although Spain's own figures show a smaller but sharply rising count.

The day that Spain exploded in anger for Ceuta and its people after one month of crisis

International Affairs·Lead·National News·Politics

4 Sep, 2026 @ 17:02

“We were being invaded by 60,000 people, that is almost the whole population of Ceuta,” one protestor told The Olive Press.

Police seize more than three tonnes of cocaine after daring high-speed chase with narcolancha off Canary Islands

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

4 Sep, 2026 @ 13:31

THE Guardia Civil has seized a narco-boat to the south of Gran Canaria which was carrying over three tonnes of cocaine.

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