Alicante·Lead·Valencia·Weather Storm Charles causes alert for strong winds in Alicante and Valencia with gusts of up to 100 km/h Yellow and orange alerts for heavy rain and strong winds have been issued for parts of the Valencian Community due to Storm Charles.
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 The suspect is believed to be armed with a pistol and a rifle, and police fear he may have more explosives.
LIVE BLOG: Protestors block key Barcelona motorway with burning tyres as traffic backs up 10km Vehicle entries to the city's metropolitan ring plummeted by 51% — a drop of up to 80,000 cars compared to the same day last year.
IN PICS: Incredible moment ‘tourist couple’ enjoy pint and chicken fingers on a Malaga terrace as strike protestors rage around them The man, with a pint glass and a plate of food in front of him and a cigarette in his hand, looked on unmoved as the woman beside
WATCH: Red alert as Storm Charles batters the Canary Islands and Costa del Sol while schools shut up and down Cadiz coast The storm has triggered maximum warnings on La Palma, as well as in parts of Caceres and Avila, bringing torrential rain and hurricane-force winds.
Mayor of tiny Costa del Sol village to enter Spain’s Big Brother house in bid to ‘raise awareness’ of depopulation in her town
Albanian man shot dead at a Costa Blanca padel club ‘had deep ties to Italian ‘Ndrangheta and Chinese Triads’
EXPLAINER: Why far-right Vox leader Santiago Abascal’s appearance on Spain’s most popular chat show has caused uproar ahead of election
Manhunt launched for suspect known as ‘The Russian’ after backpack ‘bomb’ kills police officer and sniffer dog in northern Spain
Out-of-control passenger on ‘psychoactive drugs’ forces Canary Islands flight to make emergency landing in Malaga
Albanian man, 39, is shot dead at a Costa Blanca padel club before hitman flees on an electric scooter
Political round-up: Puente’s exit clears the tracks for Spain’s election battle as general strike looms
Gibraltar treaty faces make-or-break month as EU summit, Spanish election and European Parliament vote loom
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
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
A perfect Autumn escape: The Wine Route of Jumilla is waiting for you with free wine tasting and festivities
Costa del Sol tech firm leads EU online fraud charge to tackle tech giants such as Meta, X and Booking.com
10 Nov, 2026 @ 15:45 Conman who sold a fake Van Gogh for €750,000 via a ‘cash-strapped marquise in Antequera’ has four-year prison sentence upheld
10 Nov, 2026 @ 12:36 Kinahan cartel ‘lured’ ex-Premier League footballer’s brother to his doom over ‘smuggling operation out of Puerto Banus’
10 Nov, 2026 @ 10:39 Warning for travellers heading to airports across Spain as train drivers’ strike causes chaos in Malaga, Madrid and Barcelona
9 Nov, 2026 @ 13:30 Chaos continues on the Malaga airport commuter line as woman faints on packed train after being stranded without explanation for over an hour
9 Nov, 2026 @ 12:00 Belgian expat, 80, runs red light and ploughs into two women on Torrox-Costa pedestrian crossing
9 Nov, 2026 @ 10:02 Storm Bruna hits Andalucia: Sevilla suffers flooding after overnight deluge while traffic chaos strikes the Costa del Sol A-7
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
4 Nov, 2026 @ 11:38 Over three million British tourists expected to visit Costa Blanca during record 2026
3 Nov, 2026 @ 12:57 Benidorm iconic towers raided by police who find seven illegal holiday rental flats
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’
3 Nov, 2026 @ 15:38 Heading to Barcelona or Madrid? Get 10GB of mobile data for under €5 with this Spain eSIM
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’
27 Oct, 2026 @ 12:00 What is Blocus, the mysterious TikTok craze sparking French-style riots in Barcelona – with huge demonstrations planned for Halloween?
26 Oct, 2026 @ 13:12 Barcelona adds just 2,400 homes a year as more than a million Catalans hunt for somewhere to live
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
31 Oct, 2026 @ 18:40 Political round-up: How riots and the horror Toledo train disaster derailed Spain’s snap election campaign
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
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
Horrific ordeal of kidnapped man who was tortured and sexually abused for over a week in Murcia Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia 10 Nov, 2026 @ 09:32 The Policia Nacional detained the suspects, aged 23 and 20, in Lorca, Murcia after receiving a complaint from the kidnap victim. Read More
What happened to the brother of Republic of Ireland footballer kidnapped from a San Pedro cafe by the Kinahan cartel? Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead 9 Nov, 2026 @ 19:32 Once in Spain, Hoolahan was said to be earning well from smuggling operations around the port, believed to be Puerto Banus. Read More
Spanish voters are split down the middle on upcoming nationwide strike that threatens to bring the nation to a halt Lead·Politics 9 Nov, 2026 @ 17:30 A new poll reveals housing is Spain's biggest election concern, with voters divided over the economy, immigration and the fairness of the electoral process Read More
German tourist dragged for a kilometre by thieves’ car after confronting ‘flat tyre’ gang on the AP-7 near Barcelona Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead 9 Nov, 2026 @ 17:19 The man was taken to hospital after the robbers sped off with him clinging to their vehicle 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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