Samantha Mythen

Samantha Mythen comes from Spain's antipodes - Aotearoa, New Zealand. She has spent the last five years hustling as a journalist in Kiwi newsrooms, working in both print, broadcast and social media. A keen traveller, she has also freelanced for publications around the world. With a background in law, Samantha is interested in human rights and deep diving into investigations. She also loves sharing the good news.

‘It’s like no religious event this Kiwi girl has ever experienced before’: First impressions of Spain’s Semana Santa from an Antipodean far from home

SEMANA SANTA in Spain is like no religious event this Kiwi girl has ever experienced before. I heard Malaga was one of the most famous

21 Apr, 2025 @ 14:01

Andalucia·Estepona·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Creating memories for families navigating life-threatening illnesses on Spain’s sunshine coast

IT was a hellish year for Rachel McFadden in 2024. In the same month, the local wedding planner was diagnosed with breast cancer and her

20 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead

UK takes opposite position to Spain in ruling a woman is a biological female

BRITAIN’S highest court ruled on Wednesday that only biological, and not trans women, meet the definition of a woman under equality laws, in a landmark

19 Apr, 2025 @ 11:59

Lead

Spain leads Europe with a third of workers overqualified for their job as wages remain stagnant

THIRTY-FIVE percent of those employed in Spain are overqualified for their jobs leading to a national ‘brain-waste’ phenomenon. Recent data from Eurostat found Spain had

19 Apr, 2025 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Picasso: The Spanish painter’s enduring relationship with Asia

PABLO PICASSO’S artworks hang in galleries thousands of kilometres away from his original hometown of Malaga, with several key pieces now adorning the walls of

18 Apr, 2025 @ 16:30

Lead·Malaga

Protests planned at Spain’s largest port against ‘US ships carrying arms for Israel’ sets up another confrontation with Trump

A PROTEST has been organised in Algeciras for Sunday denouncing the alleged use of Spanish ports as a logistical stopping point for military cargo in

17 Apr, 2025 @ 15:05

Algeciras·Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead·Politics

Trump admin tells Spain to increase defence spending and drop the Google tax during ‘frank’ White House meeting

IT was a ‘frank’ conversation between Spain’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise Carols Cuerpo and the US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, when

17 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Politics

Spain’s Mallorca considering ‘range of measures to control tourism’ as summer season starts

THE temporary ban on establishing new beds for tourists continues in Mallorca and its surrounding islands. The Balearic government is working to control overtourism on

10 Apr, 2025 @ 14:40

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: Funeral plan boss in one of Spain’s biggest expat rip-offs died ‘a sad and lonely man’ and lived anything but a luxury lifestyle

‘HE died a sad and lonely man,’ a friend of Stephen Nelson, the founder of defunct company Iberian Funeral Plans, told The Olive Press. The

9 Apr, 2025 @ 18:07

EXCLUSIVE·Lead

WATCH: The once-peaceful cove in Spain’s Almeria that is now a people smuggling corridor channelling hundreds of illegal migrants from Algeria

IT’S been reported more than 700 migrants have arrived on the Spanish shores of Almeria this year, paying up to €10,000 to cross the Mediterranean

8 Apr, 2025 @ 17:07

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead

Michelin star chefs share their journey with local students who dream of opening their own restaurants one day

MALAGA’S Michelin star chefs are passing on their best advice to a new generation of up and coming chefs. Organised by Chefs for Children, seven

8 Apr, 2025 @ 13:50

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Hundred of thousands of people across Spain rally for their basic right to a home

UP to 30,000 people have protested in Malaga against Spain’s housing crisis. They were joined by hundreds of thousands of people around the country over

7 Apr, 2025 @ 19:00

Andalucia·Lead·Property

‘Housing can never be a commodity, it must be a right we protect:’ Hundreds of thousands march across Spain

WHEN 22-year-old Málaga student Elena’s parents were her age, they could easily afford to buy an apartment in the city. Now Elena cannot even afford

5 Apr, 2025 @ 20:47

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

‘My first room was €200, now it’s €500’: Protests erupt around Spain calling for radical change and a return to affordable housing

AN estimated 30,000 protestors are marching through the streets of Málaga today to demand safe, healthy and affordable housing. They join the thousands marching in

5 Apr, 2025 @ 12:39

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Heartless’ boss at centre of Spain’s Iberian Funerals scandal confirmed to have died in Portugal as missing millions mystery deepens

THE Olive Press can confirm the death of a beleaguered expat funeral planning boss, who vanished ‘owing millions’ to his clients in Spain. We have

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:55

Lead·Other News

Early morning counter-terrorism raid in Barcelona: ‘Several arrests’ of Hezbollah-linked cell in heart of the city

AN anti-terrorist operation in Barcelona’s Eixample district was launched on Tuesday morning. The Guardia Civil was targeting members of a Hezbollah-linked organisation occupying an apartment

1 Apr, 2025 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

BREAKING NEWS: Five dead and four injured in mine explosion in Spain

UPDATE: Five killed, four seriously injured at Spanish mine

AN explosion that killed five and seriously injured four people at the Cerredo mine in northern Spain may have been caused by a firedamp explosion.

31 Mar, 2025 @ 16:26

Asturias·Lead