Dilip Kuner, Author at Olive Press News Spain

HELP AT LAST: 20 cent reduction in fuel prices as €16 billion aid package launched in Spain

SPAIN’s government plans to splurge €16 billion to help businesses and households suffering through high fuel and power costs. The most eye-catching proposal is to reduce the price of petrol and diesel

28 Mar, 2022 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain’s culture voucher scheme will hand over €400 to youths turning 18

SPAIN’S government has approved a birthday gift to all 18-year-olds in the form of a culture voucher worth €400. The Youth Cultural Bonus, which can be spent on books, concerts, cinema tickets,

28 Mar, 2022 @ 17:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

SCRUM DOWN!: Spain get through to 2023 Rugby World Cup in France

SPAIN will take its place on Rugby Union’s biggest stage after qualifying for next year’s World Cup. Los Leones completed a remarkable turnaround when they defeated Portugal in Madrid on Sunday. The

14 Mar, 2022 @ 13:45

Lead·National News·Sport

Holiday Rentals – Handled Professionally

NOW is a better time than ever to be renting properties on the Costa Del Sol. Owners can make a small fortune and still keep their property to enjoy for their own

1 Mar, 2022 @ 14:41

Property

Wales and Liverpool football legend and former Real Madrid manager John Toshack ‘seriously ill’ in Spain’s Barcelona

WELSH playing legend and former manager Real Madrid John Toshack is in intensive care at a Barcelona hospital. He is being treated for pneumonia that is thought to have set in after

28 Feb, 2022 @ 17:47

Lead·National News·Sport

Luxury in the clouds: A look around Europe’s tallest residential building in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IT took 15 years to build at a cost of €86 million but Benidorm’s latest – and by far its largest – landmark has finally opened its doors. The record-breaking Intempo skyscraper

27 Feb, 2022 @ 10:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Warning about the scourge of cyberbullying as it’s revealed 92% of 14-year-olds own mobile phones

SPANISH police have warned parents and teachers to be on the lookout for signs of children being bullied online. While many children have had to endure bullying since time immemorial, they at

12 Feb, 2022 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

SPAIN’S EDUCATION SYSTEM: Not making the best of it

NOW that schools have returned to some sort of normality following the pandemic, the debate on school hours in Spain is set to reignite. Figures gathered before the start of the pandemic

12 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Columnists·Education·Lead·National News

COMFORT IN STYLE: Stylish and quality furnishings and interiors from Decoration Insolite in Spain’s Valencia

BESPOKE interiors store, Decoration Insolite, housing a unique and stylish range of furnishings and accessories, is something akin to Aladdin’s Cave. It might well be the ticket to creating your dream home.

11 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Property·Sponsored·Valencia·Valencian Community

OFF THE ROLL: Jobless figure in Spain plunges but is still 3.1 million

SPAIN’s labour market has recovered to pre-pandemic levels as unemployment fell faster than ever before. But the jobless figure still stands at more than 3.1 million people or 13.5% of the country’s

11 Feb, 2022 @ 11:06

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

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‘AND IT WAS ALL DONE IN THE WORST POSSIBLE TASTE’: Controversial comic Jimmy Carr sets Gibraltar dates after Holocaust joke storm

COMEDIAN Jimmy Carr, who has recently caused a storm over a routine about the Holocaust on a Netflix special, is bringing his controversial brand of humour to Gibraltar. His gag about the

6 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Entertainment·Gibraltar·Lead

Eyes on Spain as ‘Champions League of Cricket’ set for Malaga

CRICKET lovers in Spain don’t have long to wait to see some of the best club cricketers in Europe in action. Some 30 teams from across the continent and the UK are heading

3 Feb, 2022 @ 14:30

Lead·Malaga·Sport

Affordable delays: Gibraltar announces new property developments to meet housing needs

A CONSTANT refrain from the people of Gibraltar has been the call for more affordable housing. In order to try to meet the need, several projects have been set up to build

2 Feb, 2022 @ 10:00

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

Rock solid: What’s next for Gibraltar’s property market?

SUNSHINE, Schengen and sovereignty. These three words are key to the Gibraltar property market. Throw in ease of border crossings and a friendly tax regime, and real estate investments look set for

1 Feb, 2022 @ 10:45

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

The plots thicken: Spain reiterates opposition to reclaiming land while Gibraltar remains defiant

WITH land at a premium, the Gibraltar government has been pinning its hopes on reclamation schemes to provide desperately needed building plots. This has not gone unnoticed across the border, with the

23 Jan, 2022 @ 15:01

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

The seven year twitch: New report shows that divorce is bad for your health – if you’re a man

IF you want to stay healthy, stay married. This is the message from a new study which shows that men who live alone for seven years or longer are more at risk

22 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Health·Lead

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Stop Messi-ing with our jobs! Lionel Messi buys hotel in Spain’s Sotogrande and 40 staff are dismissed

ONE of the most luxurious hotels in the rich man’s enclave of Sotogrande has been bought by footballing superstar Lionel Messi. But the deal has been heavily criticised after 40 staff at

19 Jan, 2022 @ 17:51

Lead·Property

List of shame: Vast majority of Spain’s ‘most secretive’ town halls are in Andalucia

AN alarming three quarters of the least transparent town halls are in Andalucia. A survey of 500 councils has named and shamed the local authorities that keep their residents in the dark

14 Jan, 2022 @ 18:30

Lead·Politics

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WHO’S A CLEVER DOG?: Canines can tell the difference between Spanish and Hungarian

A STUDY by researchers from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary has demonstrated for the first time that a non-human brain can differentiate between two languages. First author of the study Laura V.

6 Jan, 2022 @ 13:45

Lead·National News

LOOK TO THE STARS: Work on biggest planetarium in EU to start in Spain’s Malaga

WORK on building the EU’s largest planetarium is set to start in Malaga. The finished construction will have a dome 27 metres in diameter with a capacity of 400 people. The project’s

5 Jan, 2022 @ 12:49

Lead

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WEAR THE RIGHT CLOTHES: British family of 5 rescued from Spain’s Sierra Nevada after shorts-wearing mum slips down steep icy slope

POLICE are warning people to make sure they are wearing the right gear after they had to rescue a British family from the snowy Sierra Nevada with the mother clad in a

4 Jan, 2022 @ 20:30

Granada·Lead

Man faces 4 years jail for kicking Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s car

A MAN who kicked Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s car and hurled insults during a protest in Spain’s African enclave of Ceuta faces up to four years in prison. The Public Prosecutor’s Office

4 Jan, 2022 @ 17:15

Lead·National News

Spain given €1 million by Europol to fight international organised crime

SPANISH police have been handed €1million by Europol to continue its fight against international organised crime until 2025. The European police organisation’s EMPACT unit is focused on tackling criminal gangs involved in

4 Jan, 2022 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

TRAGIC TOLL: Number of migrant drownings on perilous crossing from Africa to Spain ‘doubled’ in 2021

MORE than 4,400 migrants died trying to reach Spain last year, double the 2020 figure, according to a monitoring group. Caminando Fronteras (CM) claims that a switch of migrant routes away from

4 Jan, 2022 @ 11:51

Lead·National News

Fake COVID passports on sale in Spain

TWO people from Malaga and Granada have been arrested for selling fake COVID passports for €350 each. Looking to make a quick buck out of the pandemic, they aimed their ‘service’ at

2 Jan, 2022 @ 18:00

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

RAT-A-PHEWEE!: Man bites into rat’s head lurking in the veg while dining in southern Spain

A MAN in Malaga tucking into a meal of beans and potatoes noticed something wrong when one mouthful seemed a bit too crunchy for veg. Juan Jose DM from Malaga spat out

2 Jan, 2022 @ 10:00

Food & Drink·Lead