, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Granada-based reporter for the Olive Press and journalism student at NCTJ-accredited News Associates. My work has appeared in the Sunday Times, and I’ve collaborated with BBC TV and Radio. I’m particularly interested in science, environmental reporting, crime, and culture. Contact me with any leads at alessio@theolivepress.es

Welcome to Madrid’s only English-language comedy club – where a deadpan Turk and a rabble-rousing Chilean crack one-liners about the absurdity of life abroad

WHEN they met at an open mic night in 2023, Xavi Jallois and Abdullah Ozturk bonded over their shared disappointment with how their comedy acts

15 Oct, 2025 @ 10:30

Entertainment·Lead·Madrid

Spain's jobless total in biggest annual fall for three years but rate is still the EU's highest

Mental health overtakes cancer as Spain’s biggest health worry, study finds

MENTAL wellbeing has surpassed cancer as Spain’s top health concern, a study has found. Ipsos’ 2025 Health Service Report, an annual survey of more than

10 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Health·Lead·National News

Four dead in Madrid after collapse of six-storey building that was being converted into a hotel

‘I genuinely thought it was a bomb’: Residents recall horror of deadly Madrid building collapse as council is accused of ‘ignoring risks’

MADRID residents have recalled their terror as a building under renovation collapsed in the city centre on Tuesday, killing four and injuring three others. The

10 Oct, 2025 @ 10:57

Lead·Madrid

Mystery in Formentera as tourism boss wakes up to find his Italian girlfriend, 45, dead in his apartment

AN Italian entrepreneur who awoke to find his girlfriend dead in his Formentera apartment has been cleared of suspicion – but the woman’s death remains

7 Oct, 2025 @ 17:46

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Former Sanchez right-hand man in fresh corruption probe over missing €95k

SPAIN’s left-wing PSOE, the ruling party in government, faces fresh scrutiny after investigators found that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s former right-hand man racked up €95,000

6 Oct, 2025 @ 09:30

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Revealed: The disturbing history of the Swedish rapper shot dead in Marbella in revenge killing

THE victim of a grisly shooting that shook Marbella this weekend has been identified as a Swedish rapper with a violent past and suspected links

5 Oct, 2025 @ 18:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spanish scientists hail breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment as debate grows over safety, costs, and benefits

A NEW treatment for Alzheimer’s slowed the disease’s progression “for the first time in history,” Spanish scientists said – but the breakthrough remains mired in

3 Oct, 2025 @ 12:30

Health·Lead

Madrid offers first-time property buyers 100% mortgage deals – but there is a rather harsh catch

A NEW Madrid city council scheme will make it easier for ‘young’ property buyers to purchase their first home in Spain’s capital.Community of Madrid President

2 Oct, 2025 @ 10:24

Lead·Madrid·Property

This town is home to a free wine fountain during one of Andalucia’s most popular festivals – here’s what you need to know

ENSCONCED in a sleepy valley among Granada’s Alpujarra mountains, the town of Cadiar is a cluster of quaint, whitewashed buildings where the air is crisp

1 Oct, 2025 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

War zone in Madrid: 14 arrests after clashes with violent squatters terrorising neighbourhood

TENSIONS have exploded in a north Madrid neighbourhood after fed-up residents confronted a violent gang of squatters over the weekend – culminating in 14 arrests

23 Sep, 2025 @ 15:19

Lead·Madrid·Other News·Property

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Welcome to Madrid’s only English-language comedy club – where a deadpan Turk and a rabble-rousing Chilean crack one-liners about the absurdity of life abroad

Mental health overtakes cancer as Spain’s biggest health worry, study finds

‘I genuinely thought it was a bomb’: Residents recall horror of deadly Madrid building collapse as council is accused of ‘ignoring risks’

Mystery in Formentera as tourism boss wakes up to find his Italian girlfriend, 45, dead in his apartment

Former Sanchez right-hand man in fresh corruption probe over missing €95k

Revealed: The disturbing history of the Swedish rapper shot dead in Marbella in revenge killing

Spanish scientists hail breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment as debate grows over safety, costs, and benefits

Madrid offers first-time property buyers 100% mortgage deals – but there is a rather harsh catch

This town is home to a free wine fountain during one of Andalucia’s most popular festivals – here’s what you need to know

War zone in Madrid: 14 arrests after clashes with violent squatters terrorising neighbourhood

From shrunken heads to fleas in clothes: The Miniature Museum on the Costa del Sol is a treasure trove of tiny curiosities

Four dead and several missing after large group attempts to swim from Moroccan coast into Spanish enclave of Ceuta

‘Listen to local authorities’: UK minister offers advice to Brits in Spain and France amid wildfire chaos

Three Spanish nationals arrested in brawl at Gibraltar outdoor swimming pool

Pedro Sanchez issues stark warning as wildfires continue to ravage Spain amid 30km/h winds and incoming 44C heatwave – ‘difficult hours lie ahead’

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