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More than 80% of patients regain useful vision with DMEK corneal transplants

SIX months after introducing the DMEK (Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty) corneal transplant, Quirónsalud Marbella is reporting highly positive results for patients. Regarded as the most

15 Oct, 2025 @ 12:45

Andalucia·Health·Other News

Restaurant Review: La Tizona is a great new wine bar in Marbella’s San Pedro where you can also eat well… and all day

IT’S rare to find a wine bar where you can actually eat properly. La Tizona in San Pedro Alcantara is one such rarity. Drinks-wise it

14 Oct, 2025 @ 16:03

Andalucia·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Marbella·Olive Press Travel

Cordoba’s famous Flora festival returns as teams duke it out to transform courtyards into dazzling displays of colour

CORDOBA’S streets have exploded into colour as the Flora festival returns to the city, bringing with it over 20,000 flower stems and 5,000 plants. The

14 Oct, 2025 @ 14:45

Cordoba·Day Trips·Don't Miss·Exploring Spain·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: Malaga horse carriage owners ‘forced expat sanctuary to OUTBID slaughterhouses to save the animals’ – before sending them over ‘injured and skittish’

MALAGA horse carriage owners forced an expat animal sanctuary boss to outbid a slaughterhouse in order to rescue two of the beasts from being killed.

14 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Animals·Lead·Malaga

New Marbella shooting sees bullets fired into front door as intended victim watched through peephole

Latest Marbella shooting sees bullets fired into front door while victim watched through peephole

A MAN, 38, escaped with just a minor leg injury on Monday after several gun shots were fired at the front door of his Marbella

13 Oct, 2025 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Andalucia to expand cancer screenings amid ongoing healthcare failures

PLANS to expand cancer screenings across Andalucia are set to be approved following growing concerns over delays and failures in the region’s diagnostic programmes. Measures

13 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Malaga campaign raises nearly €5,000 for lifesaving defibrillators

A CHARITY event in Malaga has raised enough money to purchase two new life-saving defibrillators for the region. In under two months, local organisation Save

13 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Health·Lead·Malaga

Hacienda’s unlawful harassment nearly killed her husband. Now, this retired Dutch expat is challenging Spain’s tax authority in a new memoir

THERE have been many stories of how dreams of retiring in Spain can quickly turn into nightmares when you cross paths with Spain’s notorious tax

13 Oct, 2025 @ 12:47

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Expat sanctuary owner steps in to save over a dozen horses facing slaughter after Malaga summarily banned tourist carriages in the city

By Rachel Gore DOZENS of horses facing a one-way trip to the slaughterhouse are being thrown a lifeline – thanks to one expat’s last-minute offer

12 Oct, 2025 @ 12:45

Andalucia·Lead·Málaga

Man arrested for spitting on crucifix in Costa del Sol church

A MAN has been arrested after allegedly barging into a church in Fuengirola and spitting on a crucifix in a shocking outburst that has stunned

10 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Andalucia’s health minister resigns over breast cancer screening scandal – as evidence of avoidable deaths mounts up

THE leader of Andalucia’s regional health ministry has resigned in disgrace following a series of failures in the public screening programme for breast cancer that

10 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Politics

Man suspected of gunning down two gangsters in Costa del Sol bar to be extradited to Spain

THE man arrested in Liverpool in connection with the shooting deaths of two Scottish nationals in a Fuengirola pub has agreed to be extradited to

10 Oct, 2025 @ 13:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Tourists blamed for summer spike in Covid cases as winter flu vaccination begins in Malaga province

By Rachel Gore UK TOURISTS have been blamed for a summer rise in Coronavirus and flu cases across Malaga. Health officials are attributing a recent

10 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Quirónsalud Marbella Hospital launches new Microbiota and Longevity Unit

QUIRÓNSALUD Marbella Hospital has launched its new Microbiota and Longevity Unit, a service that combines prevention, health promotion, and optimisation to maximise vitality and quality

10 Oct, 2025 @ 12:10

Andalucia·Health·Marbella·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We can’t just walk into their home and sit at their table’: Calls for more education after friends film themselves swimming with whales in the Strait of Gibraltar

MORE education is needed to stop people disturbing whales, conservationists have warned, after a video of three friends diving from a boat to swim with

9 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Gibraltar·Green·Lead

Spicy new costa-set sitcom ‘Ketchup’ spills onto Marbella red carpet – with stars and struggles in the sun!

KETCHUP, the new British sitcom that promises to serve up laughs with a side of sun, was launched in style at the Marbella International Film.

9 Oct, 2025 @ 11:26

La Cultura·Lead·Marbella·Other News

Outcry over plans to rip up ancient olive groves near Granada’s Alhambra to build a giant solar panel plant

ANCIENT olive groves are to be ripped up to make way for a solar panel plant near one of Spain’s leading World Heritage sites. Granada

8 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Granada·Green·La Cultura·Lead

Lifeline thrown: Illegal farms to be axed in bid to rescue Spain’s vital ecoreserve Doñana’s thirsty wetlands

SPAIN’S most important national park is finally getting the cash to tackle its depleted water resources. Doñana National Park – one of Europe’s last great

8 Oct, 2025 @ 12:59

Andalucia·Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

Shock in Marbella as 84-year-old man repeatedly stabs his wife, 83, to death

AN 84-year-old Marbella man has been arrested for fatally stabbing his wife, 83, at their home. A court on Monday placed him into pre-trial detention

6 Oct, 2025 @ 17:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Ryanair adds new flights to Malaga – including two from Teesside – after slashing millions of seats to Spain

RYANAIR has strengthened its winter schedule to and from Malaga airport after slashing services to some regional airports. The Irish carrier has boosted flights between

6 Oct, 2025 @ 16:47

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Victory for campaigners as Malaga bans horse-drawn carriages – but what will happen to the animals?

By Rachel Gore MALAGA has finally moved to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages in the city with immediate effect – with the fate of the animals

6 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Green·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Outrage as friends cruising on a leisure boat dive in and swim with a pod of whales passing through the Strait of Gibraltar

THREE friends who thought they were having the experience of a lifetime may find themselves staring at the wrong end of a five-figure fine after

6 Oct, 2025 @ 14:36

Andalucia·Cadiz·Gibraltar·Green·Lead

Man suffers brain damage after brutal assault by 'up to 20 mad men' outside Alicante nightclub

Woman in Malaga stabs partner multiple times while he is ‘fast asleep in the middle of the night’

A WOMAN has been arrested in Malaga after allegedly stabbing her partner as he slept in the middle of the night. The incident happened inside

6 Oct, 2025 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Revealed: The disturbing history of the Swedish rapper shot dead in Marbella in revenge killing

THE victim of a grisly shooting that shook Marbella this weekend has been identified as a Swedish rapper with a violent past and suspected links

5 Oct, 2025 @ 18:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

The Spanish bar that got a rave 5-star review for its tap water

WHILE some restaurants strive for perfection, selecting the freshest ingredients and the top rated fine wines, in their hunt for five-star reviews, one has only

5 Oct, 2025 @ 16:21

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Other News

Emperor’s new clothes: Malaga tower project hailed as ‘beautiul’ but no one admits to have seen David Chipperfield’s winning design

IT HAS been billed as the glittering jewel of Malaga’s future skyline – a 144-metre luxury hotel dreamed up by star British architect David Chipperfield.

4 Oct, 2025 @ 15:28

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property