Alex Trelinski, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Arab fund buys La Zagaleta: Gated Costa del Sol community where villas sell for over €30m is among the most exclusive in Europe

AN ABU Dhabi company has bought one of Europe’s biggest luxury housing developments- La Zagaleta on the Costa del Sol. Modon Holding now owns the

20 Dec, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Former British ambassador to Spain joins Iberdrola: Hugh Elliot is named as a director for the Spanish energy giant

HUGH Elliott, the former British Ambassador to Spain, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of Iberdrola Energia Internacional which oversees the Spanish company’s assets in

20 Dec, 2024 @ 11:17

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Bank account charges rise by average of 6% in Spain despite increased digitalisation

The Bank of Spain tells shoppers what to do over preventing costly mistakes when using bank and credit cards

THE Bank of Spain has warned shoppers to keep their bank and credit card receipts in case a mistake is discovered later on. A rising

19 Dec, 2024 @ 18:00

National News

Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen charity passes five million meal landmark for Valencia DANA victims

THE World Central Kitchen(WCK) charity founded and led by chef Jose Andres has distributed over five million meals to victims of the Valencia flood disaster.

19 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Alicante extends moratorium on new tourist accommodation licenses to include more properties

Airbnb crackdown in Alicante: Local government approves two-year ban on new tourist flat licences

ALICANTE City Council will not grant new licences for tourist flats for up to two years. Councillors voted overwhelmingly for the moratorium with just two

19 Dec, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain is Europe’s favourite destination this Christmas as two holiday hotspots top official ranking by Mastercard

TENERIFE and Alicante have taken the top two places in a survey of European tourist favourites for a Christmas getaway. The findings come in the

19 Dec, 2024 @ 12:18

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval

THE final stage of getting approval for Benidorm’s biggest-ever urban development will begin next week. The city council’s governing board will put the plans for

19 Dec, 2024 @ 11:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Wife of Spain's Prime Minister proclaims innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case

Wife of Spain’s Prime Minister proclaims her innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case

BEGOÑA Gomez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has denied allegations of corruption and influence-peddling linked to her teaching business during her first testimony

18 Dec, 2024 @ 18:30

Lead·Madrid·National News

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

SPAIN will welcome 110 million foreign tourists annually by 2040 and become the world’s biggest holiday destination according to a study by Google and Deloitte.

18 Dec, 2024 @ 17:30

Lead·National News

Watch: This Mercadona wine for less than €2 is flying off the shelves across Spain

LOVERS of good quality red wine looking for a bargain might have hit the jackpot for a little gem being sold in the Mercadona supermarket

18 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Food & Drink·Lead

Irish woman arrested for Turkish bath sex assault on young male tourist at Mallorca hotel

Man planning to steal from marijuana farm villa is shot dead in expat area of Costa Blanca

A LITHUANIAN man was gunned down at the front door of a Quesada villa on Tuesday night with the perpetrator fleeing the scene. The property

18 Dec, 2024 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Murderer’ in Spain is caught on Google Street View stuffing body into car boot: Police make two arrests

GOOGLE Street View images proved to be crucial in identifying two murder suspects in Spain’s Castilla y Leon region. A woman and her current partner

18 Dec, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Radioactive clouds regularly form above Spain because of something France did 60 years ago, studies find

Saharan dust cloud blows into Spain: Here’s how to prepare for the ‘calima’ phenomenon

A MASS of air full of dust from the Sahara has enveloped the Canary Islands after the passage of the Atlantic storm Dorothea. It may

18 Dec, 2024 @ 13:00

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

What is El Gordo? Spain’s national Christmas lottery takes place this weekend

SPAIN will be holding its breath this Sunday morning as numbers are drawn for the festive lottery El Gordo(the Fat One). It’s the world’s second-longest

18 Dec, 2024 @ 11:34

Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain prepares to fine Airbnb for ‘allowing illegal tourist flats’ on its platform

SPAIN’S Consumer Affairs ministry could heavily fine a major tourist apartment rental platform after it failed to remove thousands of adverts promoting illegal holiday accommodation.

18 Dec, 2024 @ 11:06

Lead·National News

Spain ups its growth forecasts for 2024 and 2025 despite devastating DANA floods

THE Bank of Spain has raised this year’s economic growth forecast and also upgraded its prediction for 2025. That’s in spite of the Valencia flood

17 Dec, 2024 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

‘Traumatised’ dog walker in Mallorca discovers bludgeoned body of a man in a ditch: Police arrest his boyfriend

A DOG walker was left traumatised after her pet discovered a male body in a remote part of Mallorca. A man named as Sebastian, 31,

17 Dec, 2024 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man arrested for making death threats against Valencia's president Carlos Mazon

Fears that spiralling €3 billion debt could ‘collapse’ health spending in flood-hit Valencia if Sanchez government does not help

HEALTH spending in the Valencian Community ‘could collapse’ if the central government does not help, according to regional president Carlos Mazon. The stark warning comes

17 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Fossil of dog-like sabre-toothed creature dating back 270 million years found in Spain

Bizarre fossil of dog-like sabre-toothed creature dating back 270 million years is found in Spain

THE fossil of a pre-dinosaur carnivore dating back 270 million years has been discovered in Mallorca’s Tramuntana mountains. The appearance of the gorgonopsio named since

17 Dec, 2024 @ 16:14

Animals·Lead·Nature

Brussels gives Spain an ultimatum over its toll roads: EU wants less eco-friendly cars to be charged more

SPAIN has been given an ultimatum by the European Union to introduce new toll road charges based on vehicle emissions or face legal action. Seven

17 Dec, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·National News

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

Dutch fugitive wanted for €230m cocaine empire is found hiding among Alicante’s expat community

A DUTCH fugitive accused of shipping four tons of cocaine with a street value of €230 million has been arrested in Moraira. The 43-year-old man

17 Dec, 2024 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

IN PICS: Graveyard for flood-destroyed vehicles in Valencia catches fire with huge plumes of toxic smoke

IN PICS: Graveyard for flood-destroyed vehicles in Valencia catches fire creating huge plumes of toxic smoke

FIRE crews battled for nearly four hours on Monday evening to extinguish a blaze in an area filled with vehicles destroyed by the Valencia floods.

17 Dec, 2024 @ 11:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain is home to the most beautiful town in the WORLD, according to global tourism body – but have YOU visited it yet?

A CATALAN village has been branded as the ‘most beautiful town in the world’ according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. The two villages

16 Dec, 2024 @ 18:30

Catalunya·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Farmers angry about flood of cheap imports from new Latin America deal stage protest in Madrid

Farmers take to streets of Madrid over fears of cheap imports from new EU-Latin America deal

FARMERS protested in Madrid on Monday about cheap imports flooding into Spain after a recent tariff deal between the European Union and five Latin American

16 Dec, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·National News

Dramatic rescue of horse who fell three metres down into underground storage bunker in Spain

IN PICS: Dramatic rescue of horse who fell over three metres into underground silo in Spain

A VALENCIA fire crew used a crane to rescue a horse that had fallen three-and-a-half metres into an underground silo. It was a happy ending

16 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Pedro Sanchez sends Christmas message to Spain's armed forces based overseas and those involved in Valencia flood clear up

Spanish soldiers are hospitalised in Valencia after being ‘poisoned’ by toxic waste during the DANA cleanup

SOLDIERS involved in flood clear-up operations in Valencia province suffered poisoning and injuries during mud removal work. The admission came from Defence Minister, Margarita Robles,

16 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community