February 2024 - Page 16 of 17 - Olive Press News Spain

Dua Lipa, The Killers, Avril Lavigne and more will head the Mad Cool festival in Spain’s Madrid this summer

DUA LIPA and The Killers are among a long line-up of international artists taking to the Mad Cool Festival stage this summer. Other headliners at

2 Feb, 2024 @ 15:41

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Female motorcyclist, 34, dies in tragic collision with a van near Spain’s Estepona: Tragic death is third in Malaga province in a week

A MOTORCYCLIST was killed after colliding with a van just outside Estepona, the third road death in Malaga province within just six days. A 34-year-old

2 Feb, 2024 @ 15:00

Estepona·Lead

The regions in Spain which take in the highest number of boat migrants

Overwhelmed: Spain’s Canary Islands receive more migrants in January 2024 than the first six months of 2023 combined

A TOTAL of 7,270 would-be migrants arrived on the shores of Spain’s Canary Islands in the month of January, which is 57 more than were

2 Feb, 2024 @ 14:09

Lead

Warning: British residents are STILL having their passports stamped upon returning to Spain despite having the necessary documents – while TIE appointments remain scarce

Have you had airport issues or problems with booking a TIE appointment? Contact tips@theolivepress.es BRITISH residents arriving at Malaga airport are still having their passports

2 Feb, 2024 @ 14:04

Lead·Must Read·Olive Press Travel

Spiteful Foster Son On Spain's Costa Blanca Goes On Online Spending Spree To Clear Out Parental Bank Account

National Police bust international gang using ‘mules’ to steal from online banking users in Spain

IN a joint operation with the Brazilian authorities and Interpol, Spain’s National Police has busted an international criminal gang that was using malware to infect

2 Feb, 2024 @ 13:48

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

‘We will die of heat without swimming pools!’ Residents in Spain fear the consequences of water restrictions as drought takes hold

WITH Andaucia suffering its longest drought in 50 years and Catalunya announcing a state of emergency, residents across Spain are increasingly fearful that draconian water

2 Feb, 2024 @ 12:44

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Other News·Weather

Popular city for UK tourists hits important target not seen for over 10 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA’S population has gone into six figures with 100,421 registered residents- a 8.690 rise last year, according to the City Council. Almost half of the

2 Feb, 2024 @ 12:22

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

‘Salt Bae’ is opening a new restaurant in Spain: Controversial internet star is pictured on a construction site in Ibiza

CONTROVERSIAL internet star, ‘Salt Bae’ is opening a restaurant in Ibiza as he is pictured at a local construction site. READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Meet the

2 Feb, 2024 @ 12:20

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Ibiza·Other News·Property

Outrage as woman, 88, is kicked out of her home of 50 years in Spain ‘over an €88 debt’ – despite offers by British expats and others to pay it off

A 78-YEAR-OLD woman has been evicted from the home in Barcelona where she has been living since 1968 over an unpaid debt, sparking outrage on

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:56

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

2 bedroom Villa for sale in Felanitx – € 995,000

Villa Felanitx, Majorca 2 beds 4 baths € 995,000 In the heart of Felanitx, in a pedestrian zone, you will find this renovated

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain will become the number one tourist destination in the world by this date, according to report by Google and Deloitte

Millions of people- including Brits- visited Spain in 2023 to set a new tourist record

SPAIN set an all-time new record in 2023 for foreign tourists, logging 85.1 million visitors who spent over €108 billion. Arrivals were 1.6 million up

2 Feb, 2024 @ 10:12

Lead·National News·Other News

Hotel workers set to strike over Easter holiday in Spain's Murcia region

Fears for tourism in Spain this year as drought threatens to wreak havoc: Hotel bosses rush to assure visitors

NEWS coverage of the drought situation in Andalucia and possible water restrictions may be putting off foreign tourists from making hotel bookings in the region.

2 Feb, 2024 @ 09:22

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead

Spain’s ‘bleak’ rental market: Malaga and the Costa del Sol eat up over HALF of household income as housing costs soar

MALAGA province holds the unenviable crown of eating up the largest chunk of the average renter’s household income. The Costa del Sol and surrounding areas

2 Feb, 2024 @ 08:30

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property

Man in Spain's Valencia tries to strangle woman before dumping her in sofa bed to stop police finding her

Gibraltar man, 21, is charged with assault, strangulation and burglary

A LOCAL man was charged with various domestic abuse offences this week including assault, strangulation and controlling behaviour. Gerard Asquez, 21, of South Barrack Road

2 Feb, 2024 @ 07:45

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Other News

Fresh hope for Tivoli World: Mayor of Spain’s Benalmadena insists he is ‘working to reopen’ the theme park

TOWN hall bosses have insisted they will reopen the much-loved Tivoli World theme park in Benalmadena. In a press conference Thursday, Benalmadena mayor Juan Antonio

2 Feb, 2024 @ 07:30

Andalucia·Lead

Revealed: How you can save BIG on flying to Spain and beyond with this ‘skiplagging’ travel hack – just don’t do it too often, warn experts

SKIPLAGGING, also known as “hidden-city ticketing”, is a controversial practice for securing lower airfares that involves getting off prematurely during a multi-leg flight. But how

2 Feb, 2024 @ 06:32

Lead·Olive Press Travel

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Revealed: How a police officer ‘created a shield for drug traffickers’ in southern Spain – as disgraced Guardia Civil agent faces 14 years behind bars

A GUARDIA Civil officer in southern Spain is facing 14 years in jail for allegedly colluding with multiple drug cartels. Lieutenant Raul PM, is accused

1 Feb, 2024 @ 17:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Hospital in Spain’s Benidorm area will get extra beds in change to €47m project that started construction last year

CHANGES will be made in the current expansion project at Villajoyosa’s Marina Baixa Hospital to create more spaces for beds. Work started last year to

1 Feb, 2024 @ 16:42

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Health·Other News·Valencian Community

Rail users get great news with €85m of improvements coming to busy commuter route in Spain’s Valencia

A BUSY commuter rail line in Valencia province is to get an major upgrade, costing €85 million. Valencian politicians and business groups have long called

1 Feb, 2024 @ 16:14

Valencia·Valencian Community

Council spends over €4m of public money to solve problem with illegal car park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE area council is having to spend €4.3 million after a green area was not created above a new underground car park two decades

1 Feb, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Major upgrades are announced for Gibraltar’s Europa Sports Complex to make it in line with FIFA standards

A NEW FIFA quality pro turf that also sets the standards set by World Rugby will be laid from April through May at Gibraltar’s Europa

1 Feb, 2024 @ 14:17

Gibraltar·Sport

Spain’s Malaga Port witnesses busy September with increased cruise ship activity

Will a cruise holiday in Europe count towards my 90-day Schengen limit? How some Brits are avoiding the post-Brexit travel rule amid utter confusion among EU and UK authorities

EVER since Brexit, UK nationals who make regular visits to European Union countries have had to carefully monitor the number of days they are spending

1 Feb, 2024 @ 13:34

Lead·Olive Press Travel

General Franco is STILL an honorary son of this town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S former fascist dictator, General Francisco Franco, still has his name attached to Javea as the municipality’s ‘adopted son’- an honour dished out by the

1 Feb, 2024 @ 13:20

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘drew sketches of child rape’: Details of paedophile’s seized notebooks are revealed ahead of his sex crimes trial

GERMAN prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters has revealed more details of how German police “know” that Christian Brueckner killed Madeleine McCann.Wolters today said the evidence came

1 Feb, 2024 @ 12:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Puerto del Carmen with pool – € 265,000

Apartment Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote 2 beds 1 baths € 265,000 This immaculate ground floor two-bedroom apartment is located on a well-regarded complex

1 Feb, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

February 2024 - Page 16

Dua Lipa, The Killers, Avril Lavigne and more will head the Mad Cool festival in Spain’s Madrid this summer

Female motorcyclist, 34, dies in tragic collision with a van near Spain’s Estepona: Tragic death is third in Malaga province in a week

Overwhelmed: Spain’s Canary Islands receive more migrants in January 2024 than the first six months of 2023 combined

Warning: British residents are STILL having their passports stamped upon returning to Spain despite having the necessary documents – while TIE appointments remain scarce

National Police bust international gang using ‘mules’ to steal from online banking users in Spain

‘We will die of heat without swimming pools!’ Residents in Spain fear the consequences of water restrictions as drought takes hold

Popular city for UK tourists hits important target not seen for over 10 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘Salt Bae’ is opening a new restaurant in Spain: Controversial internet star is pictured on a construction site in Ibiza

Outrage as woman, 88, is kicked out of her home of 50 years in Spain ‘over an €88 debt’ – despite offers by British expats and others to pay it off

2 bedroom Villa for sale in Felanitx – € 995,000

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Millions of people- including Brits- visited Spain in 2023 to set a new tourist record

Fears for tourism in Spain this year as drought threatens to wreak havoc: Hotel bosses rush to assure visitors

Spain’s ‘bleak’ rental market: Malaga and the Costa del Sol eat up over HALF of household income as housing costs soar

Gibraltar man, 21, is charged with assault, strangulation and burglary

Fresh hope for Tivoli World: Mayor of Spain’s Benalmadena insists he is ‘working to reopen’ the theme park

Revealed: How you can save BIG on flying to Spain and beyond with this ‘skiplagging’ travel hack – just don’t do it too often, warn experts

Revealed: How a police officer ‘created a shield for drug traffickers’ in southern Spain – as disgraced Guardia Civil agent faces 14 years behind bars

Hospital in Spain’s Benidorm area will get extra beds in change to €47m project that started construction last year

Rail users get great news with €85m of improvements coming to busy commuter route in Spain’s Valencia

Council spends over €4m of public money to solve problem with illegal car park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Major upgrades are announced for Gibraltar’s Europa Sports Complex to make it in line with FIFA standards

Will a cruise holiday in Europe count towards my 90-day Schengen limit? How some Brits are avoiding the post-Brexit travel rule amid utter confusion among EU and UK authorities

General Franco is STILL an honorary son of this town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘drew sketches of child rape’: Details of paedophile’s seized notebooks are revealed ahead of his sex crimes trial

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Puerto del Carmen with pool – € 265,000

MICHAEL COY explains how the lives of two Spanish princesses 500 years apart didn’t go to plan – thanks to their choice of husbands

Ozempic users who go cold turkey record average weight gain of half a kilo each month, according to new study

The Andalucia President’s blackface stunt at Three Kings was wrong and insensitive – JOY E GLENN, a black mother in Spain, explains why

WATCH: Macabre ‘Black Axe’ cult is smashed in Spain: Police swoop on feared mafia group in Sevilla and Malaga

Spain’s wintry weather drags on as alerts are issued for snow and wind: These are the affected areas