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France's Marine Le Pen was one of the first to congratulate Vox on their victory

F-RIGHT NIGHT: France’s Le Pen and Italy’s Salvini congratulate Vox after far-right party becomes third biggest political force in Spain

FAR-right leaders in Europe are beaming with pride tonight after Vox surged in the Spanish polls to become the third biggest political force in Spain.

11 Nov, 2019 @ 00:07

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Politics

Snow falling in Spain’s Mallorca, while Costa del Sol, Balearics, Murcia and Costa Blanca on weather alert for 120 km/h wind and six-metre waves

ON Spain’s election day, the first snow of the year has been reported in Mallorca, while much of the country has weather warnings in place.

10 Nov, 2019 @ 14:09

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

OPINION: Diners at THIS restaurant in Spain knew about its underwhelming food, but not about its ‘slave labour’ and owner’s arrest

Why then did it take until just over a month ago for someone to finally tip off police?

10 Nov, 2019 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Mallorca·Opinion

REVEALED: This is the restaurant in British tourist hotspot in Spain accused of treating staff ‘like slaves’ with €2.80 per hour salaries

A police statement said staff were forced to sign off their criminally-low payslips or face the threat of being sacked

10 Nov, 2019 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Expat priest ‘raped poverty-stricken girl’ INSIDE Evangelical church in Spain’s Madrid and ‘gave her €50 each time for her silence’ while threatening to release video of abuse if she told police

A PRIEST has been arrested after allegedly sexually abusing a 17-year-old church-goer. The 49-year-old allegedly took advantage of the girl, knowing her family were extremely

8 Nov, 2019 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

DO NOT eat these fish if you’re pregnant or under 10 years old, say Spain’s health chiefs

SPAIN’S health bodies have raised the alarm after finding high levels of mercury in certain species of fish. Given recent findings, the Spanish Agency for

8 Nov, 2019 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Warnings of SNOW, rain and strong winds as alerts put in place across Andalucia, Mallorca, Costa Blanca and northern Spain

All the warnings are in place until at least the end of Friday

7 Nov, 2019 @ 08:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Mallorca

The Olive Press’ brand new Costa Blanca South /Murcia Edition is on its way

Our fifth edition prints 10.000 copies tonight!

6 Nov, 2019 @ 23:24

Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Sadistic expat who raped his girlfriend as ‘punishment’ during two day TORTURE spree in Spain’s Mallorca is jailed

“He told her he didn’t care whether he had to kill her and covered her mouth with tape.”

6 Nov, 2019 @ 18:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Do you know what these 10 trickiest road signs in Spain mean?

DRIVING in Spain has a reputation of being perilous at times, to say the least. Perhaps it’s the conceived notion that no one indicates. Perhaps

5 Nov, 2019 @ 21:17

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

REVEALED: Spain’s Forbes Rich List 2019… but one man is in a league of his own

THE rich just keep getting richer, it seems, as Forbes’ Rich List has revealed Spain’s top 100 earners are €1.5 billion better off than they

5 Nov, 2019 @ 14:44

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca

Weather in Spain’s Andalucia: How long will mild temperatures last?

Warnings of SIX METRE waves as Andalucia, Mallorca and northern Spain placed on orange and yellow weather alerts

SEVERAL regions across north and eastern Spain have been placed on alert for strong winds and rough seas. It comes as Storm Amelie has been

4 Nov, 2019 @ 18:35

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

GROUNDHOG DAY: Spain headed for FOURTH ‘hung parliament’ in FOUR years as new poll suggests no alliance will reach absolute majority as far right makes gains

A new survey by Ipsos has predicted that no party or coalition will gain the absolute majority of 176 seats needed to form a government

4 Nov, 2019 @ 13:24

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

Mum killed by falling palm tree in front of daughter and husband as 150kmph Storm Amelie winds batter Spain

The woman’s seven-year-old daughter was also hit by some of the tree’s smaller branches, but she is not thought to have been seriously injured

4 Nov, 2019 @ 11:47

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

OH BE-CAVE! Architect in Spain turns tatty tool shed into stunning cave home

The project, which took just four months to complete, enshrines the concept of minimalism with natural materials

3 Nov, 2019 @ 10:02

Lead·Mallorca·Property

British lads arrive at airport for stag do of a lifetime in Spain only to discover the bride-to-be had faked the flights and pocketed the €12,000 holiday kitty

BRITISH bride-to-be Rachel Doran waved off her hubby and his 30 pals as they headed to Leeds airport on what they thought would be the

31 Oct, 2019 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca

Suspicions abound after young university graduate spends €40,000 on Facebook adverts aggressively targeting all rivals of conservative Partido Popular ahead of snap election in Spain

A SLEW of fake Facebook pages have spent tens of thousands of euros bashing the rivals of the conservative Partido Popular. An investigation by El

31 Oct, 2019 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Politics

‘Well-known’ restaurant owner in British tourist hotspot in Spain arrested for treating desperate staff like slaves with €2.80 per hour salaries and 14-hour days

A GROUP of workers have been rescued from ‘slave-like’ conditions in a tourist hotspot in Spain. The restaurant staff were all working for a ‘well-known’

30 Oct, 2019 @ 12:08

Lead·Mallorca

Poll predicts far right Vox will be THIRD LARGEST political party in Spain just days ahead of general election

VOTERS in Spain have taken a swing to the right just days ahead of a fresh general election. According to the latest SocioMetric survey for

28 Oct, 2019 @ 14:59

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

Pensioner, 85, stabs nursing home roommate, 80, during row in Spain’s Mallorca

AN 85-year-old man has been arrested after stabbing his roommate, 80, at an old people’s home in Mallorca. According to Policia Nacional, the pensioner became

28 Oct, 2019 @ 13:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British bar owners in fight against ‘homophobic’ neighbours may leave Spain’s Mallorca after karaoke ban

The ban has cost the couple 80% of their business.

26 Oct, 2019 @ 15:30

Lead·Mallorca

Royals and tennis stars watch Rafael Nadal tie the knot at exclusive Night Manager villa in Spain’s Mallorca

Some 350 guests watched the happy couple tie the knot during a super secret service in Mallorca.

26 Oct, 2019 @ 09:00

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Mummified body of pensioner found in bathroom in Spain 15 YEARS after her death

THE mummified body of a pensioner has been found in a home in Spain. The grisly find was made by Policia Nacional on Tuesday after

25 Oct, 2019 @ 12:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

HOW DAIRY! Spanish cheese grates past British rival to be named in top three in the WORLD

A SPANISH cheese has been named the third best in the world at The World Cheese Awards 2019. The Torta del Casar DOP Virgen del

23 Oct, 2019 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca

SESH IS BEST: It’s healthier to binge drink at the weekend than to sip a glass of wine with your tapas each day, study finds

A GLASS of red a day, I’m afraid, will not keep the doctors at bay. Scientists have long known that while the old vino does

22 Oct, 2019 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Health·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: All the footage of Policia Nacional officers during Barcelona protests Spain ‘DOES NOT want you to see’

https://twitter.com/AlbanoDante76/status/1185588967066001409 THESE are some of the scenes of alleged unprovoked police violence during protests over the Catalunya issue from the past week. In the widely

21 Oct, 2019 @ 11:14

Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

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F-RIGHT NIGHT: France’s Le Pen and Italy’s Salvini congratulate Vox after far-right party becomes third biggest political force in Spain

Snow falling in Spain’s Mallorca, while Costa del Sol, Balearics, Murcia and Costa Blanca on weather alert for 120 km/h wind and six-metre waves

OPINION: Diners at THIS restaurant in Spain knew about its underwhelming food, but not about its ‘slave labour’ and owner’s arrest

REVEALED: This is the restaurant in British tourist hotspot in Spain accused of treating staff ‘like slaves’ with €2.80 per hour salaries

Expat priest ‘raped poverty-stricken girl’ INSIDE Evangelical church in Spain’s Madrid and ‘gave her €50 each time for her silence’ while threatening to release video of abuse if she told police

DO NOT eat these fish if you’re pregnant or under 10 years old, say Spain’s health chiefs

Warnings of SNOW, rain and strong winds as alerts put in place across Andalucia, Mallorca, Costa Blanca and northern Spain

The Olive Press’ brand new Costa Blanca South /Murcia Edition is on its way

Sadistic expat who raped his girlfriend as ‘punishment’ during two day TORTURE spree in Spain’s Mallorca is jailed

Do you know what these 10 trickiest road signs in Spain mean?

REVEALED: Spain’s Forbes Rich List 2019… but one man is in a league of his own

Warnings of SIX METRE waves as Andalucia, Mallorca and northern Spain placed on orange and yellow weather alerts

GROUNDHOG DAY: Spain headed for FOURTH ‘hung parliament’ in FOUR years as new poll suggests no alliance will reach absolute majority as far right makes gains

Mum killed by falling palm tree in front of daughter and husband as 150kmph Storm Amelie winds batter Spain

OH BE-CAVE! Architect in Spain turns tatty tool shed into stunning cave home

British lads arrive at airport for stag do of a lifetime in Spain only to discover the bride-to-be had faked the flights and pocketed the €12,000 holiday kitty

Suspicions abound after young university graduate spends €40,000 on Facebook adverts aggressively targeting all rivals of conservative Partido Popular ahead of snap election in Spain

‘Well-known’ restaurant owner in British tourist hotspot in Spain arrested for treating desperate staff like slaves with €2.80 per hour salaries and 14-hour days

Poll predicts far right Vox will be THIRD LARGEST political party in Spain just days ahead of general election

Pensioner, 85, stabs nursing home roommate, 80, during row in Spain’s Mallorca

British bar owners in fight against ‘homophobic’ neighbours may leave Spain’s Mallorca after karaoke ban

Royals and tennis stars watch Rafael Nadal tie the knot at exclusive Night Manager villa in Spain’s Mallorca

Mummified body of pensioner found in bathroom in Spain 15 YEARS after her death

HOW DAIRY! Spanish cheese grates past British rival to be named in top three in the WORLD

SESH IS BEST: It’s healthier to binge drink at the weekend than to sip a glass of wine with your tapas each day, study finds

WATCH: All the footage of Policia Nacional officers during Barcelona protests Spain ‘DOES NOT want you to see’

WATCH: Marbella ‘bogus police’ gang busted with guns, disguises and €400k crime haul

Argentine fans flood Madrid’s iconic Plaza Mayor after England heartbreak – chanting ‘Spain is scared’ ahead of Sunday’s World Cup final

Where is the best place to watch Spain’s upcoming eclipse? The European Space Agency reveals the ideal viewing spots – and how to make the most of the historic event

‘Verano Joven’ is back: Up to 90% off summer travel for young people living in Spain

Spain’s left accuses Trump of targeting pro-Palestine activism over Ibiza arrest of US millionaire

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