Alex Trelinski, Author at Olive Press News Spain

BBVA offers to buy Sabadell Bank shares from Monday as hostile bid moves into decisive stage in Spain

BBVA can offer to buy Sabadell Bank shares from Monday as hostile bid moves into decisive stage in Spain

SPAIN’S stock market regulator, the CNMV, gave the green light on Friday to BBVA to attempt to get the majority of voting shares in Banco

5 Sep, 2025 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Retired police chief-turned-security boss for top Spanish company ‘attacks three cops in Madrid restaurant while heavily intoxicated’

A RETIRED police chief inspector in charge of security for a top Spanish Ibex 35-listed company has been arrested for assault at a Madrid restaurant.

5 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

REVEALED: The hottest crime spots on Spain's Costa Blanca during the first half of 2025

REVEALED: The top crime hot spots on Spain’s Costa Blanca in first half of 2025

ALICANTE province’s crime rate has risen by 4.7% during the first six months of 2025- compared to the same period last year. The figures from

5 Sep, 2025 @ 12:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm police catch French fugitive jailed for 10 years for drug and sex offences

A FRENCH fugitive who skipped a 10-year prison sentence was caught driving around Benidorm with bogus ID documents on him. He had been jailed for

5 Sep, 2025 @ 11:44

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Bars and restaurants say turnover is 15% down despite record tourist numbers in Valencia

TOURISTS tightening up spending and heatwaves are two of the reasons why bars and restaurants in the Valencia area say turnover is down by as

4 Sep, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Valencia

Man fatally shot three times at 'point blank range' amidst town centre shoppers in Valencia area

Man is shot dead at ‘point blank range’ in front of shocked town centre shoppers in Valencia

A MAN was shot dead in the centre of Xirivella- outside Valencia City- amidst multiple eye-witnesses at around 9.45am on Thursday. The brazen assassin escaped

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Spanish PM Sanchez forced to turn around mid-flight to Ukraine summit in Paris due to fault in rickety official plane

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez cancelled his visit to Paris on Thursday after his official plane was forced to return to Madrid due to a ‘technical’

4 Sep, 2025 @ 13:02

Lead·National News

American servicemen in Spain warned about trying to drive huge 4x4s or pickups on Spanish roads

AMERICAN sailors at the Rota naval base in Cadiz province have been warned about using 4x4s and pìckup trucks on Spanish roads. The advice has

4 Sep, 2025 @ 11:56

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead

Stunning blood moon and total eclipse to darken Spanish skies this month – all you need to know

A LAST chance to witness a total lunar eclipse in Spain for over three years takes place this Saturday. The eclipse is known as a

4 Sep, 2025 @ 11:22

Lead·National News

Bank scammers operating from Costa Blanca conned victims across Spain out of €100k

Costa Blanca bank phone scam conned victims across Spain out of €100k

SEVEN people have been arrested on the Costa Blanca for being part of a phone scam where 42 victims across Spain were conned out of

3 Sep, 2025 @ 17:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

'Miracle' diet warning about rapid post-summer weight loss issued by nutritionists in Spain

‘Miracle’ diet warning about rapid post-summer weight loss made by nutritionists in Spain

NUTRIONISTS in Spain have warned about people embarking on ‘miracle diets’ after the summer holiday to lose some much needed kilos. The Valencian College of

3 Sep, 2025 @ 16:29

Health·Lead

WATCH: Police bust gang who pocketed €560k by supplying high-speed boats to migrant smugglers in Spain

A GANG made €560,000 by supplying high-speed boats to traffickers transporting illegal migrants from Algeria to Spain. Six members of the crew have been arrested

3 Sep, 2025 @ 13:30

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Gangster who ‘broke out of jail in Italy and fled to Spain’ arrested in sleepy Barcelona barrio

AN ITALIAN gangster on the run for nearly two months who faced 28 years in prison has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Barcelona.

3 Sep, 2025 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Ryanair pulls out of two airports and scraps a million seats in row over taxes in Spain

Ryanair pulls out of two airports and withdraws one million seats due to tax dispute in Spain

RYANAIR has announced on Wednesday where its axe will fall at Spanish regional airports in its ongoing dispute with airport operator Aena over tax charges,

3 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Travel News

40,000 households devastated by Valencia floods to get extra aid of €3k each by mid-October

A NEW €350 million aid package for households and workers affected by last October’s Valencia flood disaster has been announced by regional president, Carlos Mazon.

2 Sep, 2025 @ 18:45

Lead·Valencia

Tourist assaults British partner at Costa Blanca airport, injures four police officers, and damages two patrol cars

A MAN caused chaos at Alicante-Elche airport after an eye-witness saw him violently assault his British partner. The attacker was described by Elche City Council

2 Sep, 2025 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Valencia's spectacular €400m Juan Roig Arena hosts its first concert this Saturday

Valencia’s spectacular new €400m Juan Roig Arena hosts its first concert this weekend

VALENCIA’S Roig Arena- named after the Mercadona supermarket boss Juan Roig- opens its doors this Saturday. The first event will see 20 artists taking part

2 Sep, 2025 @ 16:45

Entertainment·Lead·Valencia

EXPLAINER: Why house prices in Spain are rising twice as much as EU average

HOUSE prices in Spain rose by twice as fast as the European Union average in the first three months of 2025. Figures from Eurostat showed

2 Sep, 2025 @ 15:45

Lead·National News·Property

Irish crime boss John Gilligan is bailed over drug lab charges after spending eight months behind bars in Spain

IRISH mobster John Gilligan has been released from prison after being arrested in December for running a pink cocaine drug laboratory at his Orihuela Costa

2 Sep, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez slams judges for being ‘political’ over corruption probes ‘driven by far-right groups’

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has accused some judges of ‘practising politics’ as corruption probes affecting close colleagues as well as his wife and brother mount

2 Sep, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Two in five new jobs in Spain go to foreigners as unemployment falls to lowest level in 16 years

Spain’s August jobless total is lowest for the month since 2007

SPAIN’S jobless total rose by 22,000 in August to stand at 2.4 million- the lowest August figure since 2007. The end of the high summer

2 Sep, 2025 @ 11:05

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Record number of heat-related deaths in Spain during August

A RECORD number of 2,177 people in Spain died from heat-related causes in August. That’s a 71.3% increase on the same month in 2024 according

1 Sep, 2025 @ 18:45

Health·Lead·National News

Petrol station besieged after pumps prices are displayed at just 13 cents per litre in Spain

Petrol station besieged after pump prices are displayed at just 13 cents per litre in Spain

POLICE had to be called in to restore order at a Valencia region petrol station after a computer glitch showed pump prices at a meagre

1 Sep, 2025 @ 17:50

Lead·Valencia

Man chained ex-girlfriend to bed until she signed over her Mallorca home and car to him

A SPANIARD has been accused of tying his ex-girlfriend to a bed in his Mallorca home to force her to sign away her flat and

1 Sep, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Heartless gang impersonates charity workers to steal clothes for needy worth €1m in Spain

THIEVES pretended to be charity workers to steal second-hand clothing worth around €1 million from containers in the Valencian Community. The Policia Nacional have arrested

1 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

‘Dangerous’ Italian mafia boss who fled to Costa Blanca with his family is arrested in Spain

A MAFIA boss described as a ‘dangerous fugitive’ by Italian authorities has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after fleeing to Spain with his family.

1 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead