https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/tax-the-rich-barcelona-protest/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T18:29:53+02:00Barcelona’s statues, sculptures and even benches are taken over by new protest movement – ‘Tax the Rich’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/sanchez-calls-for-tighter-regulation-on-data-centres/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T17:48:22+02:00Pedro Sanchez embraces new wave of data centre construction but insists on tough regulations https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/funerals-held-for-much-loved-irish-couple-who-died-in-valencia-jacuzzi/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T15:57:22+02:00PICTURED: Irish couple who died in Valencia jacuzzi were ‘much loved parents’ whose sudden passing ‘has left an immeasurable void’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/lithuanian-kingpins-seized-villa-in-marbella-available-to-rent/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T14:17:59+02:00Fancy a bit of mafia chic? Lithuanian kingpin’s seized Marbella villa is available to rent for just under a grand a night https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/sanchez-andalucia-green-hydrogen-plant/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T13:32:55+02:00Pedro Sanchez warns Spain’s energy ‘must not be at the mercy of unjustified wars’ during visit to ‘Europe’s biggest green hydrogen plant’ in Andalucia https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/alicante-train-polish-man-amputation/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T12:48:43+02:00Horror in Alicante as Polish man loses hand after being sucked into passing train’s slipstream while walking beside fenced-off railway tracks https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/digital-farewell-new-funeral-app-allows-people-to-record-a-final-message-for-loved-ones/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T12:18:48+02:00Digital farewell: New funeral app allows people to record a final message for loved ones https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/brookside-actor-tv-star-arrest-fugitive-torrevieja/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T11:35:10+02:00Former British TV star from long-running soap Brookside is arrested in Torrevieja over €16m fake-modelling scam https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/police-charge-in-ceuta-as-migrants-stampede-to-shelter/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T11:18:37+02:00WATCH: Police charge at migrants in Ceuta as hundreds stampede through streets towards new temporary shelter https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/hiker-fall-caminito-del-rey/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T11:07:25+02:00Hiker airlifted to hospital after horror 45-metre fall near Malaga’s Caminito del Rey https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/spains-average-electricity-bill-tops-e100-for-the-first-time-in-four-years-and-the-cheap-night-rate-is-vanishing-fastest/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T10:22:44+02:00Spain’s average electricity bill tops €100 for the first time in four years – and the cheap night rate is vanishing fastest https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/18/costa-del-sol-narco-logistics-network-dismantled/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-18T10:13:18+02:00Police smash Costa del Sol narco logistics network trafficking cocaine to Barcelona in convoys racing at 200km/h https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/spain-traffic-rules-october/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T18:49:53+02:00Spain rolls out strict new traffic rules affecting escooters, motorbikes and cars from October 1 – all you need to know https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/barcelonas-changing-demographics-in-the-21st-century-two-thirds-of-early-30s-were-born-abroad-while-foreign-population-increases-seven-fold/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T17:00:13+02:00Barcelona’s changing demographics in the 21st century: Two-thirds of early-30s were born abroad while foreign population increases seven-fold https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/sweden-pablo-escobar-drug-trafficker-spain/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T14:15:00+02:00Who is Sweden’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ and former Sitges resident as he is once again extradited to Spain? https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/four-in-five-people-in-spain-breathe-polluted-air-greenpeace-says/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T13:30:47+02:00Four in five people in Spain ‘breathe polluted air’ with road traffic blamed as ‘biggest culprit’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/spains-homes-energy-efficiency/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T12:55:20+02:0094% of Spanish homes waste energy despite insulation schemes, new survey shows https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/spain-rental-market-secondary-homes/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T12:41:46+02:00Spain’s rental market sees secondary towns heat up as house-hunters priced out of Malaga set sights on Velez-Malaga https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/estepona-mayor-debts-taxes-corruption-jail/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T12:00:00+02:00Angel or devil? Estepona mayor transforms town and clears debt – but faces corruption charges and possible five years in prison https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/benalmedina-bus-driver-drunk-defecates/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T11:37:26+02:00Drunk school bus driver ‘defecated in vehicle’ after ferrying children around Benalmadena while nine times over the legal limit https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/murcia-weather-storms-red-alert/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T11:21:25+02:00Red alert issued for Murcia – Residents warned of ‘danger to life’ as torrential storms battering eastern Spain move south https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/storms-spain-valencia-barcelona/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T10:53:24+02:00WATCH: Torrential storms batter eastern Spain – Airports divert flights and trains and roads are cut off in Barcelona and Valencia https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/torremolinos-hit-and-run-suspect-malaga-airport/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T10:36:49+02:00Suspect in Torremolinos hit-and-run on boy, 12, is arrested at Malaga airport trying to flee on a flight to Manchester https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/17/man-dies-in-catalunya-as-flash-floods-hit-eastern-spain/Olive Press News Spainen2026-09-17T09:32:49+02:00Man dies in Catalunya as flash floods wreak havoc across eastern Spain