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Spain’s very own Palace of Versailles has just been declared a Historic-Artistic Site – here’s where you can find it

SPAIN is the home of its very own Palace of Versailles which has just been declared a Historic-Artistic Site – here’s where you can find

24 Nov, 2025 @ 16:15

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Spain’s Malaga records the lowest number of daily Covid infections in seven months and zero deaths

Infertile couple try to ‘buy’ newborn baby girl in Malaga hospital for €3,000

A NEWBORN baby girl has been rescued from an illegal sale after police uncovered a plan by an infertile couple to ‘buy’ her for €3,000.

24 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Málaga

Revealed: How a Costa Blanca city helps to keep the UK's roads safe during the winter

Revealed: How a Costa Blanca city helps keep the UK’s roads safe during the icy winter

SALT from Torrevieja will be used to keep the UK’s roads passable during the icy winter. The city’s salt flats are the biggest in Europe

24 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

‘Close windows, tie down patio furniture and stay away from cliffs and piers’: Yellow warning for residents in Andalucia as new Atlantic front brings strong winds

RESIDENTS in Andalucia have been urged to secure their homes and avoid exposed areas as a new Atlantic front sweeps across the region with gusts

24 Nov, 2025 @ 13:38

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Polish cooperative of 40 families is set to buy up nearly all the homes in new high-end development on the Costa del Sol

A POLISH cooperative of 40 families is set to buy up nearly all of the homes in a new high-end Costa del Sol development. The

24 Nov, 2025 @ 13:15

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Valencia weather alert for high winds as plume of Saharan dust brings threat of blood rain

VALENCIA is under yellow weather warnings today as strong winds and a surge of Saharan dust sweep across the east of Spain, raising the risk

24 Nov, 2025 @ 12:44

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Why is the US sending an unknown number of B-52 heavy bombers to Spain?

THE United States Air Force recently deployed an unknown number of colossal B-52 Superfortress bombers to its strategic Morón Air Base in southern Spain –

24 Nov, 2025 @ 12:30

International Affairs·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

OLIVE PRESS OPINION: An affront to justice

THE case of Brett Dryden’s death in Mojacar is a shocking example of how an investigation can be derailed by incompetence and indifference. Dryden, a

24 Nov, 2025 @ 12:28

Lead·Opinion·Other News

Ryanair makes welcome changes to carry-on luggage size after bruising battle with Spain’s airports

Man who grabbed Ryanair worker’s neck, slammed her against glass counter and threatened to kill her over suitcase row at Costa Blanca airport is spared jail

A MAN who threatened to kill a Ryanair worker at Alicante-Elche airport over his oversized suitcase has been given a three-month prison term. The 40-year-old,

24 Nov, 2025 @ 11:48

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

IN PICS: The Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales arrives in Gibraltar accompanied by carrier strike group in display of military might

BRITAIN’s most powerful warship, the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, sailed into Gibraltar on Sunday after concluding a mammoth eight-month global deployment. The arrival

24 Nov, 2025 @ 11:40

Gibraltar·Lead

Ronda’s Cortijo del Canto is a true fantasy escape, where privacy is coupled with nature and history

IT feels like the home of a Roman senator, while its arrival reminded me of a scene from Eyes Wide Shut. But while Stanley Kubrick

24 Nov, 2025 @ 10:29

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

New specialist diabetes care units to open next year across Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Scientists move closer to a cure for Type 1 diabetes — with EU approval targeted within five years

SCIENTISTS are moving closer to what could become the first real cure for Type 1 diabetes after an experimental treatment helped several patients stop taking

24 Nov, 2025 @ 10:27

Health·Lead

‘Violent, racist, authoritarian’: Acclaimed British historian reminds Spain who Franco really was amid surge in popularity for the dictator

FIFTY years ago this week, Francisco Franco died and Spain’s transition to democracy finally began. But half a century on from his death, is the

23 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·Politics

Olive Press offers its top tips as Spain’s gastronauts wait to see who joins the Michelin-rated creme de la creme

SPAIN’s culinary spotlight is about to be thrown on Malaga’s Sohrlin Theatre as it hosts the 2026 Michelin Guide presentation for the first time. November

23 Nov, 2025 @ 14:33

Food & Drink·Lead·Travel News

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

Train journeys between Madrid and Barcelona will take UNDER two hours after Spain agrees to bump up top speeds to 350km/h

TRAVELLING by train between Spain’s two biggest cities will soon take less than two hours, according to plans unveiled by the government earlier this week.

23 Nov, 2025 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Horror after ‘man throws his elderly mother to her death from apartment window’ near Barcelona

RESIDENTS in a Catalan neighbourhood have accused local authorities of ‘not giving a damn’ after a ‘violent’ man allegedly threw his mother out of an

23 Nov, 2025 @ 12:05

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Ronda has struck the imaginations of poets, artists, bullfighters and musicians for thousands of years

RONDA doesn’t just appear; it confronts you. As the road bends, this captivating city leaps into view, rising like a white pearl surrounded by the

23 Nov, 2025 @ 12:01

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

In Spain it’s known as violencia de genero. Tuesday, November 25, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

WE all have a mental image of domestic violence, but the Spanish government urges us to broaden our understanding. Physical abuse is, sadly, familiar to

23 Nov, 2025 @ 11:57

Andalucia·Lead

No Carlos Alcaraz, no problem: Spain reach first Davis Cup final in six years after storming past Germany

SPAIN will face reigning champions Italy in Sunday’s Davis Cup final after beating Germany in a deciding doubles match – despite the absence of injured

23 Nov, 2025 @ 11:47

Lead·Sport

Spain pledges additional €800 million in support for Ukraine as concern grows over Trump’s peace plan

SPAIN has pledged over €800 million in further support for Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Madrid earlier this week. The total package – adding

23 Nov, 2025 @ 11:15

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

Linking the opera Carmen to the Sevilla tobacco factory and a French author

We all have heard of Carmen, the sexy heroine of the opera set in Sevilla. But what’s her connection with nicotine? Michael Coy informs us.

23 Nov, 2025 @ 10:27

La Cultura·Lead

Meet the 22-year-old ‘professional squatter’ who blackmails institutional owners to leave homes – and has never been to jail despite 31 arrests

On July 17 this year, a man shattered the glass of a first-floor balcony window in Cardedeu, a small town south-west of Barcelona, and slipped

23 Nov, 2025 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Lead·Property

The perils of ‘Bargain Blitz’ are huge in Spain as the ‘ciberdelincuentes’ multiply on Black Friday

BLACK Friday is Christmas come early for fraudsters. Every online scammer around the world is looking to make a fast buck at the expense of

23 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·EXPLAINER·Lead

Pope accepts resignation of Spain’s Bishop of Cadiz after investigation launched into historic child abuse claims

POPE Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Cadiz after an official investigation was launched into an allegation of historic child sexual

23 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Heavy snowfall blankets northern Spain after Arctic cold snap rolls in – with temperatures plummeting to as low as -10C

HEAVY snowfall has blanketed large swathes of northern Spain this weekend after a teeth-chattering Arctic blast plunged temperatures across the peninsula. Earlier this week, the

22 Nov, 2025 @ 21:04

Lead·Video·Weather

Shock as leading Costa del Sol lawyer is hospitalised in ‘vicious’ police beating outside notorious tourist bar on the Algarve

A WELL known expat lawyer has been hospitalised after police and bouncers attacked him on a night out in Portugal. The solicitor, based between Marbella

22 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News