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Heartless scammer cons dog owners by charging for fake information about ‘stolen’ pets in Spain

A MURCIA region fraudster conned lost dog owners into believing he could find the pets and even mocked them after they transferred him money. The 41-year-old man has been arrested in Ceuti

14 Aug, 2023 @ 11:34

Andalucia·Cadiz·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·Sevilla

MUCHA AGUA: How the mountain village of Cáñar in Spain’s Alpujarra keeps the water flowing all year round

CÁÑAR, a mountain village in the Alpujarra of Granada, is attracting international attention for its restoration of acequias, a network of water channels created by the Moors in the Middle Ages, over

13 Aug, 2023 @ 13:57

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Other News

Lorry packed with rotting vegetables was hiding marijuana worth €1.3 million in Spain’s Murcia

POLICE in Murcia pulled over a lorry full of rotting vegetables and discovered over 220 kilos of marijuana with a retail value of €1.3 million. The driver had connections to drug gangs

12 Aug, 2023 @ 08:45

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Drugs·Granada·Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Bouncer places reveller in a CHOKEHOLD before dumping his motionless body on the ground outside club in popular seaside resort in southern Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at [email protected] THIS is the shocking moment overzealous bouncers in Spain place a young man into a chokehold before throwing his limp body to the ground and

8 Aug, 2023 @ 12:18

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Rescatados 61 Migrantes Subsaharianos A Bordo De Una Patera En Las Costas De Tenerife

Arrival of 400 migrants on Spain’s southern coasts raises alarms for authorities

BOATS carrying around 400 migrants have arrived on the coasts of Spain’s Almeria, Granda and Murcia in just a few days. In many cases, holidaymakers on the beaches have raised the alarm

4 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Almeria·Granada·Lead·Murcia

GETTING ARTY: Spain’s Granada region is becoming a magnet for modern female artists

GRANADA has a long history of art and self-expression, with the most famous luminary being Frederico Garcia Lorca. Since then, many creatives have been drawn to this beautiful area – including poets,

29 Jul, 2023 @ 09:20

Andalucia·Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

One of Granada’s best known spas has reopened this summer after a season hiatus

AFTER a season’s hiatus, one of the most popular Spas in the province of Granada, the Balneario de Alicún, has reopened. The mineral-rich, hyper thermal natural waters which form part of a

22 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Granada·Health·Lead

Hotel Nueva Alcazaba de Busquistar – affordable 4-star luxury near the Alpujarra’s highest village of Trevelez

THE Nueva Alcazaba is a stunning hotel complex set in the heart of the Alpujarra Alta, just 4km from the area’s highest village of Trevelez, which is located at 1,476m. With this

16 Jul, 2023 @ 13:39

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Granada

DON’T MISS: The Best of What’s on in Spain

Top events in Spain for the week and month ahead from Madrid to Barcelona via Valencia and A Coruña. THIS WEEK: Tour de France (in Spain!) (Monday, 03 July, 2023): This is

3 Jul, 2023 @ 14:29

Andalucia·Asturias·Barcelona·Basque Country·Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla·Valencia

Woman in Spain’s Andalucia conned out of €170,000 by man pretending to be Brad Pitt

A GRANADA woman has been scammed out of at least €170,000 by an online con involving somebody posing as the movie star Brad Pitt. Her solicitor has filed a legal complaint for

29 Jun, 2023 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

48 black flags handed to environmentally ‘destroyed’ beaches and coastal areas across Spain

ECOLOGISTS in Action has handed their unwanted black flags to 48 beaches across the Spanish coast. The environmental group, which exposes a number of beaches in the country suffering from pollution and

27 Jun, 2023 @ 19:30

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Cadiz·Castellon·Environment·Granada·Huelva·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Valencia·Valencian Community

British child from Spain’s Granada walks 280km of the Camino de Santiago to help refugees

AT A TIME when many children are fixated on their gadgets and won’t even stroll to the park, a seven-year-old British girl from Torvizcón, Granada, has walked an amazing 280km stretch of

19 Jun, 2023 @ 13:49

Granada·Lead·Other News

Lidl will open 30 new stores in Spain in 2024 after surpassing €6bn in sales this year

Lidl doubles its logistics capacity in Spain’s Andalucia with huge new platform in Granada

LIDL intends to consolidate its position as an important economic driving force for Andalucia with the opening of a new large logistic center in Escuzar (Granada). With a surface area of over

18 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Granada·Lead

Spain’s Alhambra on National Geographic Magazine Cover

THE June issue of National Geographic has captivated readers by featuring Spain’s Crown Jewel; The Alhambra Palace. The prestigious magazine dedicates an elaborate report to Granada’s greatest monument, with the cover headline

15 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

CORPUS: Fairground, flowers, flamenco, and flamboyance in Spain’s Granada

THE NIGHT of Saturday 3 June marked the start of one of Granada’s most famous and historical events. Attracting thousands of visitors annually, the fiesta of Corpus Christi is an important part

4 Jun, 2023 @ 14:56

Andalucia·Don't Miss·Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Granada·What to do·What to see

Improve your home’s efficiency with the experts at Eclipse Energy

AT a time when homeowners benefit from increasing the energy efficiency of their properties – reducing bills and increasing the resale value – Eclipse Energy, based in La Herradura, has a range

3 Jun, 2023 @ 10:20

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Sponsored

FREE TAPAS HUNTING: History, rules and how to find top tapas in Spain’s Granada

A GIFT traditionally offered by bars in Granada Province, the ‘tapa’ has a long history. Exactly how it was invented depends on the source you believe. One legend says that, in the

3 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·For Foodies·Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Travel: Granada

EXCLUSIVE: Ground Zero – the ‘druidic’ circle hideaway of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner

IT was his secret camp that he called his ‘little paradise’. A copse of trees overlooking the expansive Barragem do Arade reservoir, it conveniently had a flat stretch of land to park

2 Jun, 2023 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Premium

Woman in Spain’s Granada has miraculous escape after pallet of cement falls onto car

A WOMAN in Granada had a miraculous escape on Tuesday after a pallet carrying bags of cement fell from a crane and crushed her car on the street below. The accident happened

25 May, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Granada·Lead

RAINY MAY: The Sierra Nevada and Alpujarra of Spain’s Granada receive more snowfall than in winter

THE current ‘rainy season’ in Spain is causing floods in parts of Málaga while Vera, a town in Almeria, needed to activate its municipal emergency plan. However, the precipitation is delighting residents

24 May, 2023 @ 10:54

Andalucia·Granada

Guardia Civil seeks gunman responsible for fatal July 2022 shooting at Rules dam, in Spain’s Granada

THE Guardia Civil is asking the public to help find a dangerous drug trafficker who shot two people on the Rules dam, in the municipality of Órgiva (Granada), on July 13 last

23 May, 2023 @ 13:35

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

Spain’s Sierra Nevada ironically receives biggest snowfall of the year a month after ski season ended

THE rain and stormy weather that is currently sweeping across Spain left heavy snowfall in Sierra Nevada yesterday, May 22. The ski resort is currently completely covered in snow, in what is

23 May, 2023 @ 08:00

Environment·Granada·Lead

Exploring Gerald Brenan Country: a trip to Yegen in the Alpujarra of Spain’s Granada

LONG before La Alpujarra became popular with northern Europeans, a few pioneering Brits discovered the area. An early advocate was Gerald Brenan, a British writer, intellectual, and Hispanist, who later published his

22 May, 2023 @ 12:40

Andalucia·Exploring Spain·Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Travel Andalucia·Travel: Granada

Freya’s style tips: transitioning your wardrobe into summer season

WRITING from Órgiva, in the heart of La Alpujarra, I can say, with utmost confidence, that summer is just round the corner. It won’t be long until the odd rain shower and occasional

20 May, 2023 @ 09:29

Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Sponsored

Snow returns to Spain’s Sierra Nevada dusting summit with fine layer of white powder

THE drastic drop in temperatures has arrived in Sierra Nevada in the form of snow. Footage of the Sierra Nevada summit shows Granada’s mountain peaks capped with a white blanket. Images which

18 May, 2023 @ 08:45

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Weather

Animal cruelty investigation launched after a severely neglected Shetland pony is put down in Spain’s Granada

THE Guardia Civil in Granada has opened an investigation into a 47-year-old man – with no previous police record – into a crime of suspected animal abuse, relating to the neglect of

15 May, 2023 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

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