Elena Gocmen Rueda, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Trans activist and tiktok influencer appointed key role within Socialist party in Spain’s Valencia

TRANS activist and popular ‘TikToker’ Daniela Requena has been appointed to a key socialist leadership role within the party in Valencia. The 30-year-old journalist will be the secretary of LGTBI and Diversity

15 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Thieves grab victim round neck to steal €30,000 watch on Valencia street in Spain

Spain plans to lift minimum height requirement for police officers

SPAIN is poised to abolish the minimum height requirement for entry into its police forces in a bid to attract new recruits, especially women. Announcing the move on Monday, Spain’s Interior Minister,

15 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

Actor Javier Bardem In The Press Room During The 36th Annual Goya Film Awards In Valencia On Saturday 12 February, 2022.

Javier Bardem scoops Best Actor Goya in Valencia-held ceremony

JAVIER Bardem has one the Best Actor award at the Goya gala. The 52-year-old Canary Islander picked up his seventh cabezon, his sixth as an actor, for his role in Fernando Leon

14 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

KEEPING ABREAST: Mallorcan chef has created a cake resembling breasts that singer Rigoberta Bandini used as prop during the Benidorm Fest in Spain

A MALLORCAN pastry chef has caused a stir by creating a cake that resembles the giant breast that singer Rigoberta Bandini performs next to in her live shows. Maties Miralles from Marratxi

13 Feb, 2022 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

WHEELED HOME: A squatted car from Camp Redo has been removed by Palma’s Local Police

POLICE have removed a car in which five people had been squatting. Neighbours in Camp Redo (Palma) had complained that the abandoned vehicle had been home for up to five people for

12 Feb, 2022 @ 16:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

NO TO HUNTING: Mass demonstrations have been hosted all over Spain coinciding with the end of greyhound hunting season

MORE than 40 cities across Spain hosted mass demonstrations against hunting. The protests, called every year by the ‘Plataforma No A la Caza’ (NAC), brought together more than 200 associations in defence

12 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Lead·National News

Sorolla exhibition In Spain’s capital of Madrid brings to light private collection artworks for first time

A MAJOR new exhibition by Valencia-born artist Joaquin Sorolla has been launched. Held at Madrid’s Sorolla Museum it features 44 children and family paintings by the renowned artist and is on until

12 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

TURTLEY GUILTY: A man has been jailed for stealing turtles worth €10.000 from an animal park in Spain’s Mallorca

A SPANIARD aged 34 has been jailed for a year for stealing four endangered turtles worth thousands of euros from the Natura Parc animal park in Mallorca. People are known to shell

12 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Bomb squad called in after ‘explosive device’ found on a beach in Spain’s Marbella Tedax

Unexploded bomb from Spanish Civil War located during building works in Mallorca

AN artillery shell dropped by planes during Spain’s Civil War has been uncovered during building works on a ‘refugio’ at Llevant Natural Park in Spain’s Mallorca. The Guardia Civil specialist bomb disposal

10 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Real Madrid V Manchester City Uefa Champions League Round Of 16 First Leg Santiago Bernabeu

Spain’s construction boom sees cement usage top pre-pandemic levels

CEMENT usage in Spain increased by 11% in 2021, to a level not seen in a decade as construction boomed. The recovery of the construction sector, which stalled during the coronavirus pandemic,

6 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Splash the cash: These are the most expensive places to buy homes in Spain

IF you want to buy a home in Benahavis (Malaga), Calvia (Mallorca, Balearic Islands) or Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid) you are going to have to splash out an average of more than

6 Feb, 2022 @ 11:15

Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Property

Cate Blanchett to receive first-ever International Goya award in Spain’s Valencia

CATE Blanchett will receive the first-ever International Goya Award at the Spanish film awards gala on February 12 . The Australian actress will collect her award in person at the ceremony in

6 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Celebrity·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

IN PICS: Madrid apartment shoots up in value by €200K after renovation

IN many cases, it pays to spend a bit of money on home improvement. A property located in the center of Madrid has increased in value by almost €200,000 following the renovation

5 Feb, 2022 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid·Property

Parallel Mothers: Almodovar’s latest drama tackling Spanish Civil War disappeared nominated for Bafta

SPAIN’s most acclaimed film director Pedro Almodovar could soon add another statue to his already heaving awards cabinet. His latest film Parallel Mothers, starring one of his favourite actors, Penelope Cruz, has

4 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Spain mourns death of popular Valencian poet Fina Cardona-Bosch

THE Valencian literary world is in mourning after the death of the writer and poet, Fina Cardona-Bosch. The 65-year-old passed away on February 2 at Hospital Peset after a long battle with

4 Feb, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

YouTuber from Spain scoops €90K in competition inspired by Netflix series Squid Game

A SPANISH YouTuber has won almost €90,000 in a virtual competition inspired by Netflix’s Squid Game that has broken viewing records. The six day event involving 12 matches was organized by two

2 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Sport

Yana Rose case: American wanted over wife’s brutal murder flies back to Spain to turn himself in to police

AN American man accused of killing his wife while the pair were on holiday in Cadiz, then driving her corpse across Spain to bury her in a shallow grave, has turned himself

1 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

Rafa Nadal Entrena En La Pista Central Para El Rolex Paris Masters 2019

Ten curious things you probably don’t know about Spain’s tennis hero Rafa Nadal

WHEN Spain’s Rafael Nadal won at the Australian Open final on Sunday it was his 21st Slam win and he swept into the record books as the player to have won the

1 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Opposition mounts against proposed Hilton hotel in Gibraltar

One of the biggest new developments slated for Gibraltar is in Catalan Bay, and not everyone welcomes it

30 Jan, 2022 @ 18:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

Two teens admit crossing into Gibraltar to steal cars and motorbikes for sale in Spain

TWO teenagers from La Linea pleaded guilty to a series of thefts from motor vehicles on the Rock. The men, both aged 18 and resident in La Linea, admitted to regularly crossing

30 Jan, 2022 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

The Flea Market: Discover a treasure trove in San Pedro near Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The Flea Market offers a trove of antique, vintage and quality second hand furniture and objets d’art from their premises in San Pedro (Marbella). Director and co-founder Marco Rodriguez explains more about

29 Jan, 2022 @ 16:15

Malaga

WATCH: Police in Spain’s Mallorca catch driver in Tiktok speeding video

POLICE in Mallorca on Spain’s Balearic Islands tracked down a driver speeding at 120km/h in a 40 zone after the feat was brazenly posted on tiktok. In the video uploaded to the

29 Jan, 2022 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

The Magnificent Seven: Explore Gibraltar’s distinct districts

THERE are seven districts in Gibraltar each quite different, and each with its own unique charms. We take a tour with Century 21. South District – This is away from the Levante

29 Jan, 2022 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Property

Pledge to protect Gibraltar’s Cross of Sacrifice war memorial

THE government has pledged to safeguard the Cross of Sacrifice war memorial as it asks for developers to come up with plans for a plot next to the Devil’s Tower Road multi-story

29 Jan, 2022 @ 12:45

Gibraltar·Lead

IN PICS: Take a look around the most expensive property for sale in Gibraltar

IT might be dubbed the most expensive home in Gibraltar, but you better hurry if you want to buy it – at £6,700,000 it is a bit of a bargain! That is

29 Jan, 2022 @ 10:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

Children’s TV favourites recruited to boost COVID-19 vaccines among Spain’s over 5s

SPAIN has enlisted the help of the nation’s favourite children’s television characters to encourage kids to get the jab. The state television channel RTVE will be running the campaign on its Clan

28 Jan, 2022 @ 16:15

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News