Climate change causing fish biting attacks on swimmers in Spain’s Mallorca
CLIMATE CHANGE causing seas to hot up may be behind increasing cases of fish biting swimmers in Mallorca. Several bathers have suffered bite marks caused
Benidorm shops openly selling cannabis next to popular tourist beach are closed down by police in Spain
SIX BENIDORM stores openly selling cannabis and other drugs in the Levante beach and Marina areas have been closed down by the Policia Nacional. 22
Angry passenger thumps bus driver in face and hurls him out of vehicle- just missing passing cars- in Spain’s Valencia
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a Valencia man, 27, who attacked a city bus driver who would not let him use somebody else’s travel pass.
Olive oil prices rocket to sky-high levels as olive harvests get ravaged by drought across Spain
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es OLIVE OIL price rises are showing no sign of slowing down in Spain with the cost of a
Swimmer in Spain’s Valencia arrested at beach for seizing exotic turtle to use as dog food
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A MAN has been arrested at Valencia’s Malvarosa beach after finding an exotic turtle while bathing which he
Airlines face punishment for lack of toll-free customer phone numbers in Spain
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE MINISTRY of Consumer Affairs has started to initiate disciplinary action against several unspecified airlines for not having
Mechanic steals dozens of catalytic converters with precious metal content from parked cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A CAR mechanic stole at least 84 catalytic converters from parked cars in Alicante province with precious metals
Noisy beach bar blaring out illegal music concerts ordered to stop for disturbing residents in Spain’s Valencia
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es ONE OF Gandia’s beach bars is being investigated by prosecutors to see if it has committed a crime
Court investigates death of Benidorm man who suffered severe blood loss after getting ten dental implants in Spain
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A VALENCIA court is investigating the death of a Benidorm man who died after getting ten dental implants
British tourist arrested over alleged sex assault on UK holidaymaker at hotel in Spain’s Mallorca
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A BRITISH man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman – also British – at a
Home alone little girl shouts from balcony that mother is out partying all night on Spain’s Costa Blanca
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl shopped her mother for going out all night with her boyfriend by shouting for help
Man performs Lazarus act to wake up on coroner’s autopsy table in Spain’s Valencia
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A VALENCIA man literally rose from the dead on Friday as he lay on a coroner’s table just
Neo-Nazi skinheads in Spain burst into mosque to interrupt prayers and threaten to blow it up
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested three men who burst into a Villareal mosque and threatened the congregation. The
Lucky escape for historic Roman site on Spain’s Costa Blanca after stray firework causes blaze
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A STRAY firework from Calpe’s ‘Castell de la mar’ display on Sunday morning caused a fire at part
Hot summer weather in Spain causes 30% rise in urinary tract stone cases
URINARY tract stones are one of the most frequent issues treated by urologists in Spain with hot temperatures forcing reported cases up by 30% over
Trafficking gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for sexually exploiting women flown in from Columbia
POLICE have freed 11 sexually exploited women and arrested ten people for their part in the racket in Benidorm, Denia, and Gata de Gorgos. The
Far-right Vox offers Partido Popular’s Feijoo ‘no-strings’ backing to form new minority government in Spain
SPAIN’S far-right Vox party has offered the conservative Partido Popular a ‘no-strings’ deal where it would back a PP minority government without demanding a formal
British man seriously injured during fatal house brawl with knives and hammer on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH man suffered serious injuries in a brawl at a Torrevieja house early on Saturday morning which saw a Dutch national die from stab
Bogus shipment company sold off customer items in Spain’s Valencia
A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Valencia province for pretending to have a logistics firm that despatched items internationally but kept the goods to
Baby gazelle gets bottle fed after rejecting mother’s breast-feeding in Spain’s Valencia
A Thomson’s gazelle born at BIOPARC Valencia in late July is doing well after rejecting her mother’s attempts to breastfeed her. In the first hours
Former US military base will become migrant reception centre at highest point of Spain’s Alicante area
AN OLD American base at the highest point of Alicante province will be converted into a migrant reception centre. The facility at Aitana is over
Thieves steal carry-on case containing over €8 million of cash and jewellery from Spain’s Barcelona airport
TWO THIEVES have been arrested by the Mossos d’Esquadra after stealing a carry-on bag containing €8.5 million of cash and jewellery from a Russian family
126 years on since discovery of jewel of Iberian art on farmland in Spain’s Costa Blanca
ON August 4, 1897, a teenager accidentally discovered what has been regarded as the jewel of Iberian art ever found in Spain- The Lady of
British tourist in Spain’s Ibiza drowns after going for swim in the sea
A BRITISH tourist drowned on Friday afternoon at Cala Jondal in the Sant Josep area of Ibiza. The 33-year-old man was spotted floating in the
Thief caught boarding ferry on Spain’s Costa Blanca with big stash of stolen loot
AN ALGERIAN national was intercepted in Alicante as he was about to board a ferry for his home country with a big stash of stolen
Stunning ancient mosaic of Medusa uncovered by archaeologists in western Spain
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a Roman mosaic in Extremadura depicting Medusa with tiny wings and locks of hair which is believed to have been used as