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WATCH: How Malaga plans to transform itself with a ‘series of garden bridges’ criss-crossing dry river bed

MALAGA City Council has unveiled ambitious plans to turn the dry bed of the Guadalmedina River into a chain of landscaped pedestrian ‘plaza bridges’ linking

16 Aug, 2025 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga

MALAGA FERIA: Southern Spain’s biggest Summer party kicks off tonight with fireworks, drones and dancing

HOLD onto your sombreros! The famous Malaga Fair, southern Spain’s biggest summer blowout, explodes into life tonight. Even though the full fiesta officially runs from

15 Aug, 2025 @ 15:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Mijas wildfire extinguished by forest firefighters in Spain

A WILDFIRE in Mijas that started yesterday afternoon has been controlled. The fire started in the Cortijo de Los Ortejones area near Santana Golf and

15 Aug, 2025 @ 11:03

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: Wildfire breaks out in Spain’s Mijas, prompting helicopter emergency response

A WILDFIRE has been declared in Mijas, on the Costa del Sol, shortly before 16:00 on Thursday 14th August. The blaze is affecting the La

14 Aug, 2025 @ 16:43

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Málaga·Other News

Residents of Malaga street ‘confined to their homes’ due to ‘plague of disease-ridden cats’

RESIDENTS of Rincon de la Victoria in Malaga claim that the local cat colony has become “completely out of control,” causing frequent disturbances to their

14 Aug, 2025 @ 15:47

Lead·Malaga

Ronda: Chasing American literary legend Ernest Hemingway in the hills of Andalucia

MORE than a century after Ernest Hemingway’s much-written-about tour of Spain, which included a stop in the idyllic mountain town of Ronda, this Andalusian pueblo

14 Aug, 2025 @ 12:13

Day Trips·Lead·Malaga·Málaga·Olive Press Travel

Spain’s Malaga bans new tourist apartments for three years to protect housing market

MALAGA has slammed the brakes on the city’s booming holiday flat market – banning the registration of any new tourist apartments for the next three

13 Aug, 2025 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property

Horror in Malaga as Nigerian man smashes champagne bottle over Swedish girlfriend’s head during hotel room brawl

A MALAGA hotel room brawl saw a woman stab her boyfriend after he smashed a champagne bottle on her head. Both have been arrested by

11 Aug, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Youth stabbed in front of shocked diners during mass brawl in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

A VIOLENT street fight in Puerto Banús, Marbella, left a teenager in hospital and one person under arrest in the early hours of Saturday morning,

11 Aug, 2025 @ 12:31

Andalucia·crime·Lead·Marbella

Dubai prince’s €160M ‘Dolphin Yacht’ turns heads as it docks in Spain’s Malaga

BLING on the water is back in Malaga – and this time it’s on a whole new level. The yacht Yas, owned by Dubai’s crown

10 Aug, 2025 @ 16:47

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Malaga’s population booms thanks to foreign influx – now nearly 1.8 million

MALAGA is booming – and it’s mostly down to foreigners moving in. The province has seen its population grow to nearly 1.8 million, thanks largely

10 Aug, 2025 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Dad and kids rescued after canoe capsizes in Spain’s Genil river

A FATHER and his two children aged eight and 10 had to be rescued after their canoe capsized, leaving them clinging to a tiny river

10 Aug, 2025 @ 08:31

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Cool, colourful and 100% local – Malaga’s must-try summer dishes (with recipes)

AS the sun blazes and thermometers climb into the 40s, locals ditch the hot stews and roasts in favour of something lighter, colder – and

9 Aug, 2025 @ 09:30

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Travel chaos in Spain: Fuming passengers are ‘trapped' on stifling hot AVE train outside a station in Madrid

Tunnel trouble as AVE fast-track train is being held up after major water leak and collapse between Malaga and Madrid

By Alfred Clarke THE recent fracturing of a series of inside slabs of a fast-track rail tunnel in Spain has led to a row between

8 Aug, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Travel News

Malaga Feria 2025 – everything you need to know about the Costa del Sol’s biggest party

MALAGA is getting ready to party like never before as the Feria de Agosto 2025 returns from August 16 to 23, transforming the city into

8 Aug, 2025 @ 14:59

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Guardia Civil rescues 18 migrants from illegal tobacco factory

EIGHTEEN men from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia have been rescued from an illegal tobacco factory in Andalucia, where they were forced to roll up

7 Aug, 2025 @ 16:22

Andalucia·Cordoba·crime·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

This pasta dish is going viral online – and not for the reason you’d expect

PUERTO Banus, Marbella – This glitzy seaside promenade is known for its luxury yachts, designer boutiques, and buzzing nightlife. But recently, it’s a humble pasta

7 Aug, 2025 @ 10:48

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Food & Drink·Lead·Marbella

REVIEW: Michael Bublé tribute show at La Sala

Peet Rothwell, an expat from North Wales, has been performing Michael Bublé tribute shows for 15 years. Zoe Dahse went along to his show at

6 Aug, 2025 @ 15:43

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Police fined €16K for filming ill man defecating by the road and sharing it on WhatsApp

THREE Malaga cops have landed their force with a €16,000 bill after secretly filming a man taking a roadside poo – and sharing the video

5 Aug, 2025 @ 14:11

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Body of elderly Brit, 88, found on Spain's Costa del Sol

Two young Irish tourists left with serious facial injuries after horrifying robbery on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO young Irish tourists have been left in hospital with serious facial injuries after falling victim to a violent robbery on the Costa del Sol.

4 Aug, 2025 @ 14:44

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

An American in Spain: Here’s what I found in Ronda

As an intern at The Olive Press, I am experiencing life in Spain for the first time — a culture starkly different from my life

1 Aug, 2025 @ 11:26

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

Two shootings in same Alicante region follow arrests of cocaine kingpin and Italian mafia boss

Police arrest two in €640,000 holiday property theft ring in Spain’s Marbella

TWO suspects who allegedly stole €640,000 worth of cash and jewellery in a string of burglaries from holiday accommodation have been arrested. Police believe the

1 Aug, 2025 @ 11:22

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Foreign tourist, 67, dies while kayaking to spectacular waterfall on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A 67-YEAR-OLD man died on Wednesday afternoon at Burriana Beach in Nerja while kayaking to the waterfall, Cascada Grande de Maro. The tragic incident occurred

31 Jul, 2025 @ 14:52

Lead·Malaga

Spanish footballer Alberto Lejarraga makes history with same-sex marriage

SPANISH footballer Alberto Lejarraga has tied the knot with his long-term partner, actor and musician Rubén Fernandez – becoming the first openly gay active footballer

31 Jul, 2025 @ 14:50

Andalucia·Celebrity·Lead·Marbella

Malaga ICU pushed to breaking point amid critical nurse shortage, unions warn

MALAGA’S Regional Hospital is facing a severe crisis in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to a critical shortage of nursing staff, according to local

31 Jul, 2025 @ 14:33

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Malaga

Costa del Sol Cercanias celebrates 50th anniversary, as coastal mayors raise concerns over its limitations and future expansion

TODAY marks 50 years since Malaga’s C1 Cercanias train first began operating, linking the provincial capital with Fuengirola. Stretching 30.7 kilometres along the Costa del

31 Jul, 2025 @ 12:20

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga