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How much of my salary do I need to put aside for rent or mortgage costs in Spain? Figures...

OWNING or renting a property is getting more expensive in Spain- especially in tourist areas popular with British expats. A survey conducted by online portal...

‘On my way to blow up the plane’: British tourist faces a €22k fine after joking to his mates...

A BRITISH teenager whose private joke accidentally provoked a bomb scare on a flight from London to Spain is set to be hit with...

These two cities in Spain’s Andalucia saw record-high costs of buying and renting property in 2023

LIKE much of Europe, Spain’s real estate market ended 2023 with record-high prices throughout the country, with the Andalucian cities of Malaga and Cadiz...

Calum Best is CLEARED of sexual assault charge in Spain: Reality star, 42, is found not guilty of attack at Lineker’s nightclub due to...

CALUM Best has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a British holidaymaker at Wayne Lineker’s Ibiza beach club. The judges ruled that the prosecution failed to...

City council is hacked in major British expat hotspot in Spain: Cyber criminals are demanding a €10million ransom while...

A MALLORCA council computer network has been hacked since Saturday with the attackers demanding a €10 million ransom to get it back on line. The...

Thief caught with €10,000 timepiece on his wrist preparing to board flight after pinching it from security scanner tray...

A TRAVELLER at Ibiza airport underwent an ordeal when he found that his luxury watch had vanished from his belongings tray after going through...

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Dear Olive Press readers online, You only have until tomorrow to take advantage of our special New Year sale with an incredible 50% off the...

British expat who lost her ‘young’ husband in Spain just before Christmas is raising €10k to fund research into...

A BRITISH woman who has lived in Palma since 2016 has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise €10,000 for cancer research in memory of...

Hostage crisis in Mallorca: Police SWAT team tackle man who had barricaded himself in his home and threatened to...

A TENSE hostage situation was resolved this morning with one police officer shot with a crossbow after a man took his own mother hostage. A...

Autistic boy, 11, who went missing on a school trip in Spain’s Mallorca is found just as hypothermia was...

THE authorities are breathing a sigh of relief after an enormous search for an 11-year-old autistic boy who went missing while on a school...

Government official accused of ‘licking woman’s face and punching a policeman’ claims ‘alcoholic beverages impaired my decision-making abilities’ in...

A BALEARICS government official who faces accusations he sexually abused a woman and attacked a policeman has blamed his actions on being ‘very drunk.’ Juan...

Calum Best, 42, flies into Spain for sexual assault trial: British woman claims reality star ‘forced her to touch...

CALUM Best is beginning his sexual assault trial this week after a British woman claimed he ‘forced her to touch his genitals’ at an...

Two British pensioners’ Mallorca holiday nightmare as they are put on the wrong plane despite FIVE ticket checks

TWO elderly Brits going on holiday to Mallorca suffered a nightmare when they were put on the wrong plane by Jet2 thanks to a...

German and British tourists to Spain failed to match pre-pandemic figures despite a record-breaking year in 2023 – apart...

SPAIN has disappointingly failed to return to its pre-pandemic visitor numbers from its key markets of the United Kingdom and Germany - apart from...

WATCH: British tourist claims he was savagely beaten by Guardia Civil officers in Spain who told him they ‘hate...

A BRITISH tourist has claimed he was placed in handcuffs and beaten by Guardia Civil officers during a holiday to Spain. TikTok user Chris...

Expat stabs himself to get wife arrested for attempted murder in Spain’s Mallorca

A 58-YEAR-OLD Dutchman has been arrested for trying to frame his wife on an attempted homicide charge at their Mallorca home. The man stabbed himself...

Scabies surges in tourist area of Spain: Health experts detect 44 outbreaks this year- with 11 linked to schools

THE Balearic Islands has reported 44 outbreaks of scabies this year up to early November with 19 affecting families or homes, 12 in social...

Popular tourist resort in Spain offers tax break to restaurants and bars that ban smoking on terraces

BAR and restaurant owners in Mallorca's capital have been given a financial incentive to ban smoking on their terraces. As rumours circulate that Spain's Health...

British expat wife who abused and ‘humiliated’ her husband in Spain over a 12-YEAR period is jailed

A BRITISH woman has been handed down a 26-month prison term for regularly abusing her husband over 12 years in Arta, Mallorca. A Palma court...

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For €3.49 per month or just €8.75 for three months (quarterly package), readers can have full, advert-free access to our premium content - that’s...

How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

A VIOLENT robbery gang that rented homes in Spain posing as famous footballers has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Operation 'Neckars' led to the...

New smoking ban in Spain ‘would spark fights between waiters and customers’, warns restaurant boss in Mallorca

A NEW proposal to ban smoking and vaping in terraces could provoke fights between smokers and bar staff, a Mallorca hospitality chief has warned. The...

Alleged ‘trusted member’ of Irish Kinahan cartel is extradited from Spain to Britain to face firearms charges

AN alleged 'highly trusted' member of the Kinahan cartel has been extradited to the UK to face a string of firearms charges. Liam Byrne,...

This resort in Spain has BANNED horse drawn carriages for tourists in win for animal rights groups

A Mallorcan town will become the first council in Spain to ban horse drawn carriages in a ‘historic’ move.  The measures will ‘put an end...

Irish tourist, 28, who flashed his genitals to three minors after a booze-fuelled day out in Spain avoids jail

A DRUNK Irish tourist who exposed himself to three girls in a Mallorca street has escaped being jailed. A Palma court on Tuesday gave the...

Man is fined €100 for shouting ‘viva España’ and ‘Sanchez is a traitor’ during anti-government protest in Spain’s Mallorca

A MALLORCA protestor who shouted slogans against Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been fined €100 for his outburst. Jesus Revuelta believes the penalty is a...

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