Julian Peribañez in a Netflix documentary

EXCLUSIVE: The Spanish detective Madeleine McCann’s parents hired to find their missing girl reflects on the disturbing case nearly 20 years on

Julian Peribañez tells The Olive Press about two decades of searching, his theories and his new child protection foundation.

25 Oct, 2026 @ 11:51

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·National News

A mossos d' esquadra van in front of a fire

WATCH: France’s student unrest spills into Barcelona as hooded youths loot shops and clash with riot police in Plaça de Catalunya

Housing protesters camped in the square stopped the rioters from getting in, as shoppers and tourists were caught up in a night of violence in

25 Oct, 2026 @ 09:40

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

A for rent sign in a Madrid neighbourhood

Spain orders two platforms to pull 8,300 ‘misleading’ seasonal rentals in crackdown on disguised holiday lets

Two platforms involved could face investigation if they don’t comply with Spain's new housing decree.

25 Oct, 2026 @ 08:46

Lead·Madrid·Property

Andalucia homeowners can now claim back up to 65% of the cost of energy-saving home improvements

Applications for the €20.77 million scheme open today, and work started since May 2025 can qualify

23 Oct, 2026 @ 12:28

Andalucia·Lead·Property

Tech employees working in a modern office

Spain’s tech firms pay almost €50,000 on average, but still can’t find the staff they need

Spain’s tech firms are crying out for staff, but the biggest pay packets go to the people selling the software, not the ones building it

23 Oct, 2026 @ 10:42

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

Spain emerges as surprise frontrunner to host 2035 and 2037 Rugby World Cup

Spain’s ‘Bridge the World’ bid is pitched at fans from Britain, France and Italy, and LaLiga has promised to reshuffle its fixtures to make room.

22 Oct, 2026 @ 18:25

Lead·National News·Sport

Storm Austen to batter northern Spain with 100km/h winds and twelve-metre waves

The season’s first named storm is undergoing a ‘weather bomb’ as it races towards Britain and France.

22 Oct, 2026 @ 17:16

Lead·Northern Spain·Weather

A surgical team use a medical robot during an operation in Spain

Brilliant medical breakthrough as Barcelona hospital carries out Europe’s first single-incision robotic kidney transplant

Patients suffered less pain and recovered faster, the hospital says, after four successful operations.

22 Oct, 2026 @ 15:50

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

Diego Poncelet breaking the downhill skateboard world record

WATCH: Spanish man becomes fastest skateboarder in history after hitting almost 152km/h down Canadian mountain road

The two-time downhill world champion smashed a record that had stood since 2017.

22 Oct, 2026 @ 10:25

Lead·National News·Sport

The new St. Regis & Resorts Las Dunas in Marbella

Inside the luxury €500m Marriott hotel planned for Marbella’s Las Dunas seafront going ahead despite activist outcry

The Marriott-run hotel in Las Chapas is due to open in 2031 and is expected to create 450 permanent jobs.

21 Oct, 2026 @ 17:09

Andalucia·Lead·Marbella·Travel News

Rotten meat behind a Spanish police cordon

Hygiene horror as unlicensed Malaga meat factory bleached 30 tonnes of pork and bones and stored it on the floor

The owner and manager of a meat company in Benaojan are under investigation after officers found an 'unlicensed warehouse.'

21 Oct, 2026 @ 16:08

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Malaga

Murder probe launched after woman’s body is found half-buried in a dune on popular Cadiz tourist beach

The body was discovered by a walker at Sancti Petri, in Chiclana de la Frontera.

21 Oct, 2026 @ 13:40

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Luxury watch thieves targeted wealthy expats in Marbella, Estepona, and Ibiza – even choking them out at the entrance to their own homes

Six watches worth up to more than €450,000 each have been recovered after a summer-long operation with Italian police.

20 Oct, 2026 @ 12:57

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Malaga province is home to 508 ‘mega landlords’ who each own 50 or more properties as prices surge 64% in six years

Price rises are slowing, but Malaga is still by far the most expensive province in Andalucia to buy or rent.

19 Oct, 2026 @ 13:26

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Property

A man in a black and white shirt is taken into custody

Drunk driver plows into four German runners waiting for bus to Palma marathon in Mallorca — leaving one seriously injured

One woman was seriously injured when the car mounted the pavement in Son Fusteret in the early hours of Sunday

19 Oct, 2026 @ 09:33

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Yellow tower blocks in LA Palomera district of La Linea

‘Bystander’ shot dead in La Linea while cycling past altercation

Relatives insist he had nothing to do with the early-morning fight in which he was killed

19 Oct, 2026 @ 08:58

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Fireman searching for a missing woman in Cabrera del Mar

Body of woman swept away by flooded stream near Barcelona found at sea

The 35-year-old was carried off as she tried to cross a riera in Cabrera de Mar during Storm Adam

18 Oct, 2026 @ 16:53

Catalunya·Lead·Weather

Spain’s pest of the year? Cockroaches lead, but bedbugs are the one to watch

With tourist numbers breaking records again, bedbugs thrive - and Zaragoza and Madrid are the hotspots

18 Oct, 2026 @ 15:30

Lead·Travel News

Javier Bardem in a beige suit at a festival

Spain’s Javier Bardem praises Puerto del Sol protestors as he accepts lifetime award in Italy

The Spanish Oscar winner was presented with the honour by The Great Beauty director Paolo Sorrentino

18 Oct, 2026 @ 13:15

Celebrity·Election 2026·Lead·Politics

Granada shaken again as two earthquakes strike in three minutes

The tremors were felt in a dozen towns, two months after a magnitude 5 quake damaged homes and churches across the area.

18 Oct, 2026 @ 12:09

Andalucia·Granada·Lead

A black and white photo of a donkey in Torremolinos in the 1960s

Torremolinos before the boom: Dutch pioneer who arrived in 1963 puts his 1960s aerial photos of the town on show

Wim Kuipers, Andalucia’s longest-standing Dutch resident, plans to hand his entire collection to the town

18 Oct, 2026 @ 11:00

Lead·Malaga

Malaga residents can sign up for Spain’s newest Costco this week – but no store until 2027

The US bulk-buying giant won’t open its store until spring 2027, but shoppers can join its members’ club now

18 Oct, 2026 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Dana storm Adam flooding on a road in Spain

Storm Adam latest: Javea drenched by more than 100 litres in 12 hours as Costa Blanca red alert kicks in, and a funnel cloud forms over Alicante

Towns devastated in the 2024 floods are among those already soaked, with extreme rain forecast for south Valencia and north Alicante

18 Oct, 2026 @ 08:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

Pedro Sanchez and Georgia Meloni sit face to face.

Spain and Italy agree to scrap border checks as Sanchez and Meloni end Ceuta row

ID checks at airports and ports will stay for one more week, so both countries’ controls expire together

18 Oct, 2026 @ 07:54

Lead·National News

EXCLUSIVE: Murdered Marbella butt-lift doctor made British woman sign NDA and waiver after botched op left her ‘bum sewn together’

The doctor used aggressive legal tactics to silence women left on death's door after failed plastic surgery procedures.

14 Oct, 2026 @ 18:38

Costa del Sol·Health·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Brit arrested as police boat fatally crashes into speedboat carrying 3.7 tonnes of cocaine near Portugal’s Algarve

The speedboat’s pilot, a man from Algeciras, died after the boat collided with a pursuing vessel about 80 nautical miles off Faro

14 Oct, 2026 @ 11:55

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead