https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/ex-prisoner-dies-in-a-7-crash-after-stolen-car-runs-out-of-fuel/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T13:31:55+02:00Ex-prisoner dies in horror Costa del Sol crash after stolen car runs out of fuel on A-7 motorway and a lorry hits smashes into him https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/spain-migrant-regularization-farming-sector-celebrates/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T13:00:00+02:00Spain’s agriculture sector is one of the biggest winners from Pedro Sanchez’s migrant regularisation scheme https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/spains-hospital-waiting-lists-hit-record-levels-more-than-850000-patients-are-in-the-queue-for-an-operation/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T13:00:00+02:00Spain’s hospital waiting lists hit record levels: More than 850,000 patients are in the queue for an operation https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/pundits-on-catalan-public-tv-wildly-celebrate-real-madrids-champions-league-loss/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T12:36:24+02:00Pundits on Catalan public TV stoke outrage by wildly celebrating Real Madrid’s exit from Champions League https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/netanyahu-effigy-malaga-el-burgo-israel-spain-genocide-mayor-anti-semitism/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T12:13:06+02:00Malaga mayor who burned effigy of Netanyahu defends tradition: ‘We are pacifists, we are not anti-Semites’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/young-british-tourist-punched-policeman-in-the-face-outside-magaluf-nightclub-in-spain/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T11:54:23+02:00Young British tourist punched policeman in the face outside Magaluf nightclub in Spain https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/spains-repsol-regains-control-of-venezuela-oil-operations-after-trump-eases-sanctions/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T11:25:13+02:00Spain’s Repsol regains control of Venezuela oil operations after Trump admin relaxes sanctions https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/benidorms-beaches-could-become-smoke-free-zones-this-summer-under-proposals-by-left-wing-psoe/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T11:03:47+02:00Benidorm’s beaches could become ‘smoke free zones’ this summer under proposals by left-wing PSOE https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/4-bedroom-villa-for-sale-in-sant-pol-de-mar-with-pool-garage-e-695000/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T11:01:01+02:004 bedroom Villa for sale in Sant Pol de Mar with pool garage – € 695,000 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/barcelona-catalunya-landlords-housing-laws-rent-caps-crackdown-salvador-illa/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T10:53:51+02:00Barcelona launches massive crackdown on abusive landlords who flout housing rules and ignore rent caps https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/16/on-this-day-death-francisco-goya/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-16T08:30:00+02:00ON THIS DAY: The death of Goya – The artist who captured Spain’s heart through bloody wars, royal portraits and a ‘poisoned’ Duchess https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/ees-system-how-are-spains-airports-faring/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T18:48:54+02:00The EES deadline has caused chaos across Europe for beleaguered travellers – but how have Spain’s airports fared? https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/bioparc-fuengirola-sumatran-tiger-conservation/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T18:28:47+02:00How a zoo on the Costa del Sol is helping to save highly endangered tiger species at risk of vanishing https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/spanish-drug-gang-dismantled-running-clandestine-botox-clinics-costa-blanca-valencia/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T18:15:00+02:00Illegal Botox clinics with links to the UK performed unlicensed operations across the Costa Blanca and Valencia https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/barcelona-fights-back-petty-street-crime-six-foreign-criminals-50-thefts-muggings-assaults-deported/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T17:45:00+02:00Barcelona fights back against petty street crime: Six foreign criminals responsible for dozens of thefts and muggings are finally deported https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/visit-toledos-hidden-convents-and-hapels-for-free-this-weekend/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T17:00:00+02:00Step inside Toledo’s hidden convents and chapels this weekend as historic city opens its ‘closed’ doors for free https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/armed-robbers-disguised-builders-storm-bank-vaults-time-delay-mechanism-mijas/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T15:30:00+02:00Armed robbers disguised as builders storm bank but are foiled by vault’s time-delay mechanism in Mijas https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/madrid-family-homeless-demolition-canada-real/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T14:34:01+02:00Family living in Madrid left homeless after city council ‘mistakenly knocks down house it believed was lying empty’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/hooded-thugs-shoot-man-in-front-of-family-near-shopping-centre/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T14:14:54+02:00Horror in Barcelona as hooded thugs shoot and try to slit throat of man sitting with partner and child near major shopping centre https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/tragedy-costa-del-sol-father-dies-son-injured-horror-malaga-car-crash/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T14:03:31+02:00Tragedy on the Costa del Sol as father dies and son, 12, is injured in horror Malaga car crash https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/jaen-andalucia-hidden-gem-tapas-olive-oil/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T14:03:30+02:00Tapas and liquid gold: Andalucia’s hidden gem of Jaen https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/inditex-zara-founder-amancio-ortega-worlds-wealthiest-landlord-property/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T13:46:53+02:00Spain’s richest man becomes the world’s number one landlord with €21bn real estate empire https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/albanian-mafia-murdered-one-of-their-own-on-costa-del-sol/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T13:30:00+02:00The inside story on how the Albanian mafia murdered one of their own on the Costa del Sol and tried to dump his body in a reservoir https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/immigration-staff-spain-launch-indefinite-strike-walkout-derail-controversial-plan-500000-migrants/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T13:20:01+02:00Spain’s immigration staff to go on indefinite strike ahead of migrant regularisation plan over working conditions https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/around-350000-people-are-set-to-descend-on-alicante-for-spains-second-largest-pilgrimage-walk/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T13:01:39+02:00Around 350,000 people are set to descend on Alicante for Spain’s second-largest pilgrimage walk https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/15/spains-largest-airline-axes-flights-to-key-latin-america-destination-but-is-a-jet-fuel-shortage-to-blame/Olive Press News Spainen2026-04-15T12:11:02+02:00Spain’s largest airline axes flights to key Latin America destination – but is a jet fuel shortage to blame? 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