Walter Finch, Author at Olive Press News Spain

EXCLUSIVE: The hunt is on to reunite mystery woman with the camera she lost on a beach in Spain’s Costa del Sol containing photos of epic ‘once-in-a-lifetime luxury trip through Europe’

A MISSION is underway to return a camera containing photos of a mystery woman’s once-in-a-lifetime European trip to its rightful owner. The thousand-plus photo gallery,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Costa del Sol·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Must Read

Spain's Costa Blanca has third-highest total of health worker attacks and threats in the country

Con man who ‘faked being a doctor for 30 YEARS’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol is arrested

A MAN who managed to fake being a doctor for over 30 years has been arrested. The 56-year-old had no medical training whatsoever and relied

27 Feb, 2024 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Man, 46, arrested after swallowing 150 pellets of Moroccan hashish and trying to smuggle them into Spain’s Ibiza in his guts

A DRUG trafficker was caught smuggling drugs into Ibiza concealed in an unusual location. Police at Ibiza airport stopped a 46-year-old Moroccan man after his

27 Feb, 2024 @ 13:15

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Contestants on Spanish TV gameshow ridiculed for thinking women and CHILDREN have larger brains than men – and it costs them €275,000

TWO contestants on a Spanish game show have been ridiculed after losing €275,000 on a question about the relative brain sizes of men, women and

27 Feb, 2024 @ 11:15

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Spain lays claim to 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks': Galleon which sank more than 300 years ago contains up to €18bn in treasure

Competing claims by Colombia, Spain and Bolivia over sunken galleon’s €20 billion booty dubbed ‘the Holy Grail of shipwrecks’ threaten plans for robotic expedition

A SPANISH treasure galleon sunk off the Colombian coast has sparked a tug-of-war over the estimated €20 billion booty at the bottom of the sea.

27 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Police rescue hundreds of abused and mistreated dogs and horses across Spain’s Malaga

HUNDREDS of mistreated animals, including dogs and horses, have been rescued from horrifying conditions in a sweeping police operation across Malaga. Inspectors were shocked to

26 Feb, 2024 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Furious Spanish TV channel threatens BBC with legal action over allegations it plagiarised much-loved Ministry of Time series with new drama of same name

SPANISH public broadcaster RTVE has accused its British counterpart of attempting to steal the idea for one of its most successful TV series. The makers

26 Feb, 2024 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Six men who posted a €250k bail for their ‘narco’ friend are arrested in Spain’s Campo de Gibraltar after being unable to explain where the cash came from

AN accused narcotrafficker was released after posting €250,000 in bail – only for his associates who raised the money to be arrested for money laundering.

26 Feb, 2024 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

The Spanish passport conquers the world! Spain claims first place podium prize in passport index for first time

SPAIN has clinched another enviable record in 2024 – none other than the world’s most powerful passport! But there’s a catch – Spain shares the

24 Feb, 2024 @ 09:00

Lead·Travel News

British tourist arrested over sex assault on UK holidaymaker at party-resort Magaluf hotel on Spain's Mallorca

British travel agent, 60, narrowly dodges jail in Spain’s Mallorca after repaying €325,000 she embezzled from Lufthansa, BA and other airlines

A BRITISH travel agent who fleeced customers of nearly €325,000 from her agency in Magaluf has been narrowly spared jail. Nicola Roberts, 60, was handed

20 Feb, 2024 @ 15:08

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Fingers crossed on the Rock that Gibraltar will finally be removed from FATF’s money laundering ‘grey list’ this week

GIBRALTAR has high hopes that it will finally be removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s ‘grey list’ when the group meets in Paris this

19 Feb, 2024 @ 17:00

Gibraltar

WATCH: How narco boats hide out in the open sea for DAYS before being ordered to drop off drugs in Spain

THE so-called ‘narco launches’ that deliver a steady stream of illegal drugs through the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain have been filmed camped out in

19 Feb, 2024 @ 15:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

This is where Brits are buying the most property in Spain – as figures show they are STILL the biggest foreign market despite Brexit

UNDETERRED by the dark clouds of Brexit, Brits are still leading the pack as the most significant foreign buyers in Spain’s property sector. In spite

19 Feb, 2024 @ 10:15

Lead·Other News·Property

EXCLUSIVE: British couple’s Catalan retirement dream is ruined by a shock €11,200 tax bill on their Marbella property sale – after it was ‘missed by lawyers 10 years ago’

A BRITISH couple’s retirement dreams have been shattered after their Spanish lawyers failed to pick up an ‘outstanding’ property tax that only emerged 26 years

18 Feb, 2024 @ 14:11

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Must Read·Other News·Property

Spain’s housing market review is in: Which Spanish region is bucking the property trend towards a ‘seller’s market’?

ANDALUCIA is bucking the downward trend in the Spanish housing market as property prices continue to soar on Spain’s south coast. The southern region witnessed

17 Feb, 2024 @ 09:00

Lead·Other News·Property

Revealed: How an Argentinian ‘cocaine kingpin’ used bars, restaurants and gyms in Marbella to ‘launder millions of euros of cartel profits’ – after importing the drugs from Ecuador

AN Argentinian impresario whose sprawling business empire in Marbella allegedly served as a giant ‘cocaine money laundromat’ has been arrested. Over three tonnes of cocaine

16 Feb, 2024 @ 13:03

Algeciras·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Elderly woman, 67, jailed for 20 months over ‘intricate’ €50,000 Gibraltar embezzlement scheme

A 67-year-old woman has been handed a stint in the slammer after being convicted of syphoning off company funds through her role as an accountant.

15 Feb, 2024 @ 17:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Top anti-drug cop set to be judged in bribery trial: Decorated officer had ‘dangerous friendships with hashish smugglers’ in Spain’s Cadiz

A TOP counternarcotics officer on trial over allegations he bribed a fellow officer is set to learn his fate tomorrow. Lieutenant Colonel David Oliva, the

14 Feb, 2024 @ 17:30

Algeciras·Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Other News

Revealed: The eye-watering amounts drug cartels offer young people to work for them in the Campo de Gibraltar – one of the poorest areas of Spain

THE huge sums of money that young people can earn trafficking drugs between Morocco and the Cadiz coast has been thrust into the spotlight after

14 Feb, 2024 @ 11:34

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

CARRY ON CALIMA: Sahara sand calima returns to Spain’s Andalucia

What is ‘blood rain’? All you need to know about Spain’s ‘calima’ weather phenomenon before it blows in from Africa tomorrow

SPAIN stands on the cusp of being drenched in ‘blood rain’, an atmospheric spectacle known as the calima. The calima has the remarkable effect of

14 Feb, 2024 @ 10:50

Lead·Must Read·Other News·Weather

WATCH: Eight TONNES of cocaine are seized at Algeciras port in southern Spain – after ruse to trick officials failed

EIGHT tonnes of cocaine hidden in a specially-built cargo container have been seized at Algeciras port. The bonanza of cocaine, Spain’s second largest ever and

13 Feb, 2024 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

The Body Shop goes into administration with thousands of jobs at risk – but will its stores in Spain be affected?

THE Body Shop, that bastion of British body beauty, has announced it has entered into administration, casting a shadow of uncertainty over 2,000 jobs within

13 Feb, 2024 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Spain’s war on drugs in numbers: How almost 20,000 people have been arrested in the Campo de Gibraltar with TONNES of hashish, cocaine and other drugs seized since 2018

SPAIN’S position as a narco gateway into Europe has come under the spotlight again with the latest release of staggering arrest and seizure figures. Over

12 Feb, 2024 @ 12:58

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

PICTURED: Narco boss Kiko ‘the goat’ who ‘killed two police officers’ in Spain’s Cadiz as part of a ‘revenge attack’

THE infamous Gibraltar Strait hash smuggler who killed two Guardia Civil officers by ramming them with a ‘narco launcher’ has been pictured. Francisco Javier MP,

12 Feb, 2024 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Why you should NEVER eat potatoes with growths on them, according to health experts

HEALTH specialists have issued a warning against consuming potatoes that have sprouted – that is if you do not want to be struck down by

11 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Health·Lead·Other News

REVEALED: The free hunting trips and VIP football seats behind a €180 MILLION Guardia Civil ‘corruption scheme’ that spanned 20 years

A GUARDIA Civil department is under investigation for allegedly colluding with a ‘cartel’ of suppliers in a €180 million corruption scheme. Some six officers are

10 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News