January 2024 - Page 3 of 21 - Olive Press News Spain

British climber, 80, is seriously injured after falling from a cliff on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN 80-year-old British climber suffered serious injuries on Sunday after falling 10 metres in Murla. He was airlifted by helicopter to the Denia Park fire

29 Jan, 2024 @ 11:02

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Search for two young men who vanished whilst fishing off Spain’s Marbella is called off

THE desperate search for two young men who disappeared whilst fishing off the coast of the Costa del Sol has been called off after rescue

29 Jan, 2024 @ 10:53

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Body of elderly man is found floating in Alicante port: Police are struggling to identify him

AUTHORITIES are trying to identify a man’s body which was found floating on Sunday morning in Alicante port waters. The Guardia Civil were notified of

29 Jan, 2024 @ 10:13

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

First dog beach with a dedicated car park is coming to this town on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE sunny Malaga town of Manilva will get its first purpose-built dog beach, complete with a car park and 400-square metres of space for pets

28 Jan, 2024 @ 11:45

Andalucia·Cadiz·Malaga

REVIEW: ‘Sweet and sour masterpiece’…It’s the perfect time to visit the expat-run Malaga restaurant, Blossom

ORGANIC and piecemeal, Blossom only started to flourish three years into its genesis. Starting as a cafe and breakfast joint next to Malaga cathedral, its

28 Jan, 2024 @ 11:45

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Pedro Almodovar is making his first feature-length movie in English: Flick will star Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with filming to begin in Spain

LEGENDARY Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar will direct his first full-length English-language film starring British actress Tilda Swinton and American actress Julianne Moore. The Room

28 Jan, 2024 @ 11:43

Lead·Madrid

1 bedroom Flat for sale in Barcelona city – € 470,000

Flat Barcelona, Barcelona 1 beds 1 baths € 470,000 Coldwell Banker Eminent presents this charming 61m² studio in the distinguished Sant Gervasi Galvany

28 Jan, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

Guardia Civil is looking for adoptive homes in Spain for its adorable police dog puppies to help them become ‘socialised’ – but there is a catch

FEEL like raising an adorable and super smart puppy in your home on behalf of the Guardia Civil? The police force is looking for households

28 Jan, 2024 @ 11:00

Lead·Madrid·Other News

H&M to close a QUARTER of its stores in Spain

FASHION retailer H&M has announced plans on Friday to close more than a quarter of its shops in Spain. The Swedish-owned business says up to

28 Jan, 2024 @ 10:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Other News

NHS expert to investigate the growing number of special needs children in Gibraltar

A UK expert is launching a study into why there has been an increase in the number of children with special educational needs in Gibraltar.

28 Jan, 2024 @ 08:13

Education·Gibraltar·Other News

Love cats? This sanctuary in Gibraltar is looking for volunteers to help rescue more felines on the Rock

A CAT sanctuary in Gibraltar’s Upper Town is on the lookout for more volunteers and donations as they try to rescue more abandoned felines. Susan

28 Jan, 2024 @ 07:52

Animals·Gibraltar

Increase of breast cancer in young women could be caused by synthetic chemicals, study reveals.

SCIENTISTS have found some 921 cancer promoting chemicals in products we use daily. READ MORE: Why are breast cancer rates soaring in Spain? Worrying stats

28 Jan, 2024 @ 07:45

Health·Lead·Other News

Crackdown on Airbnbs in Spain: Andalucia introduces more red tape for homeowners wishing to rent to tourists

THE Andalucia government will approve a new law on tourist housing this Monday which gives added powers to municipalities to ‘establish limitations regarding the maximum

28 Jan, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·Lead

AND BREATHE: Relax, you’ve passed Blue Monday! In the second of his insightful columns, Fijaz Mughal gives some excellent tips on how to create a positive outlook for the year ahead

WE are now powering into the New Year and 2024. Last year may have brought trials and tribulations, a sense of economic worries and concern

27 Jan, 2024 @ 15:44

Columnists·Health·Other News

Gibraltar’s new housing minister to tackle lack of CCTV and antisocial behaviour on the Rock’s estates

MINISTER for Housing in Gibraltar Pat Orfila discussed shed roof repairs, CCTV installations and antisocial behaviour with a public housing residents recently. Orfila, elected for

27 Jan, 2024 @ 13:40

Gibraltar

hotel complex Los Alamos in Torremolinos set to be transformed into co working space

Abandoned Los Alamos hotel in Torremolinos will FINALLY be renovated: Developer to build 180 apartments for ‘digital nomads’ who want to move to Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN eyesore hotel which has been left to crumble on the Costa del Sol is finally due to undergo regeneration. The long-abandoned Los Alamos Hotel

27 Jan, 2024 @ 13:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property

3 bedroom Penthouse for sale in Puerto de Mazarron – € 169,900

Penthouse Puerto de Mazarron, Murcia 3 beds 1 baths € 169,900 Amazing penthouse for sale! This beautiful property offers you comfort and elegance

27 Jan, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Squatter removers are accused of strong-arm tactics after ‘assaulting tenants’ and ‘robbing homes’ in southern Spain

POLICE are investigating eight employees of an unnamed company that evicts squatters for assaulting tenants of a dozen homes in the Murcia district of La

27 Jan, 2024 @ 10:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

ChefsForChildren returns: Staggering 55 Michelin-starred chefs across Spain will team up with children with autism to teach them the joys of cooking and healthy eating

IF there’s one thing Spain can be proud of, it is the astonishing number of restaurants with Michelin stars scattered around the country – 226

27 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Gibraltar tax crackdown: British territory to make insurance and blockchain businesses ‘contribute fairly to the nation’s wellbeing’

AN update in tax law will make sure insurance and DLT blockchain businesses based in Gibraltar ‘contribute fairly to the nation’s well-being’, the government said.

27 Jan, 2024 @ 08:14

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Other News

The curious history of Spain’s free and ‘illegal’ raves: How thousands turn up to hippy-style festivals around the country each year in a movement echoing England’s 1990s subculture

HOW did free and ‘illegal’ raves begin? The Olive Press traces back the history of the curious parties to 1990s England. They swooped down on

27 Jan, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

New survey finds one in four people in Spain don't take any care of their sexual health

STIs are soaring in Spain: Cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis are on the rise, experts warn

A NEW study has revealed skyrocketing STI infections across Spain, with rates of gonorrhoea more than quadrupling between 1995 and 2022. The report looked at

27 Jan, 2024 @ 06:26

Asturias·Basque Country·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Health·Lead·Madrid·Other News

‘Kill the Drug’: Together we can prevent more British lives from being lost as the Olive Press relaunches its Nolotil campaign

THE Olive Press is today relaunching our ‘Kill the Drug’ campaign in a bid to bring in tougher regulations on Nolotil. Our original campaign in

26 Jan, 2024 @ 17:55

Health·Lead·Must Read·Other News

Traffic on the A-4 after a series of accidents

Boy, 15, dies following horror car crash caused by fog in central Spain: Family is almost wiped out after brother and father were also killed while driving to watch Sevilla FC play in Madrid

A 15-YEAR old boy has been confirmed as the latest casualty of a horror car crash that took place in Ciudad Real last Wednesday, January

26 Jan, 2024 @ 16:32

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

‘Our Nolotil hell’: British expats recall their terrifying ordeals after taking the ‘lethal’ painkiller in Spain – including one who ‘momentarily died’ before having to learn to walk again

Exclusive by Laurence Dollimore and Yzabelle Bostyn A BRITISH expat has revealed how she almost died after being administered Nolotil in Spain – as a

26 Jan, 2024 @ 15:13