Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Smuggler is caught with €100,000 worth of fake British, French and other nations’ stamps in Spain

A WOMAN who arrived at Valencia Airport from Morocco tried to smuggle in nearly €100,000 of freshly-minted fake postage stamps. The Spanish national- of Nigerian

11 Oct, 2024 @ 12:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Is this the beginning? Border chaos on the Rock as ‘rogue’ Spanish officer starts unilaterally stamping passports and Gibraltar ‘takes Spanish workers hostage’ in retaliation

THE frontier between Spain and the Rock got its first taste of the disruption to come after Spain ‘unilaterally’ started stamping Gibraltar passports. The move

11 Oct, 2024 @ 12:42

Gibraltar·Lead

Exclusive: British man struck with severe amnesia in a Spanish hospital ‘is keen runner and cyclist from Cambridgeshire’, old friend believes

THE Olive Press believes it has identified a British man who is stuck in a Spanish hospital after being struck with a severe case of

11 Oct, 2024 @ 11:46

Costa Blanca·Lead

Major fashion companies in Spain to trial recycling clothes plan

BIG fashion companies in Spain will start collecting discarded clothes from April next year as part of a voluntary scheme to manage textile waste before

11 Oct, 2024 @ 11:26

Environment·Lead·National News

Investigation is opened into tragic swimming pool death of British girl in Spain: Nine-year-old Sofia was killed after being trapped by suction system

A COURT in Spain has ordered an investigation into the death of a British girl in a swimming pool. Sofia Draper (pictured above) was just

11 Oct, 2024 @ 10:14

Catalunya·Lead

Watch: Horror crash in Spain’s Madrid involving two trucks, a bus and a car sparks major response

TWO people are fighting for their lives following a horror pile-up in Spain. A bus, two trucks and a car were involved in a multi-vehicle

11 Oct, 2024 @ 09:31

Lead·Madrid

Moment Carlos Alcaraz was left ‘in shock’ after finding out about Rafael Nadal’s retirement – before paying heartfelt tribute to his idol’s career

CARLOS Alcaraz has said he was ‘in shock’ when he found out about his idol Rafael Nadal’s retirement. The 21-year-old was preparing to take to

11 Oct, 2024 @ 09:17

Lead·Sport

EU’s beleaguered EES passport scanning system for Brits is delayed until further notice: Major countries are still not prepared for the technology

THE EU’s long-awaited Entry/Exit System (EES) has been delayed once again due to major countries still not being prepared. The automated computer system will apply

11 Oct, 2024 @ 08:57

Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain’s long-term rental housing market has shrunk by a third – but Malaga is bucking the trend

THERE are now a third less apartments available in Spain for long-term rent since 2019. Hard-pressed renters instead are being faced with short-term and ‘seasonal’

11 Oct, 2024 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Property

Warning as ‘suspicious’ Storm Berenice heads for Spain: Orange alerts are issued across Andalucia as heavy rain poses ‘significant risk’ to life

MUCH of Spain is in line for a wet weekend as yet another storm prepares to roll in. It comes after ex-hurricane Kirk blasted the

10 Oct, 2024 @ 20:21

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Christopher Columbus IS buried in a cathedral in Spain’s Sevilla, new study confirms

A DECADES-long mystery surrounding the final resting place of Christopher Columbus may have finally been solved. A new scientific study has boosted Sevilla’s claim that

10 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

La Cultura·Lead·Sevilla

Damning report on Spain’s housing market labels it ‘a system of wealth transfer’ as half of home purchases are made by ‘mega landlords’ while 70% of tenants expect to ‘rent until they die’

SPAIN’S housing market has been blasted as ‘inaccessible and monopolised’, with seven out of ten Spaniards appearing to be doomed to rent all their lives.

10 Oct, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Property

Ryanair confirms major change to its check-in rules for next year

RYANAIR has announced a major change to its boarding pass rules for next year. The budget carrier this week confirmed that it will scrap paper

10 Oct, 2024 @ 17:20

Lead·National News·Travel News

Meet the Brit running 30 marathons in 30 days from Spain to the UK to raise money for charity

A BRITISH man has begun a challenge to run from Spain to the UK by doing 30 marathons in 30 days. Most people consider doing

10 Oct, 2024 @ 17:08

Barcelona·Lead·Video

Slash the red tape! Experts in Spain demand lowering of bureaucratic hurdles to new construction projects

WITH rents soaring and a projected shortfall of 600,000 homes by 2025, experts are warning that Spain’s housing crisis won’t be solved unless red tape

10 Oct, 2024 @ 17:05

Lead·Other News·Property

Record-breaking number of claims demanding a refund of mortgage fees flood the Bank of Spain following EU rule change

A HUGE number of home buyers in Spain are claiming refunds from their lenders after the EU changed the rules on who pays the mortgage

10 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·Property

Spain’s fashionistas say a new ‘British trend’ is sweeping the country – but the Scots might want a word

A SPANISH newspaper has claimed a new ‘British trend’ is taking the country by storm- but is it really? From Dior’s new collection to Taylor

10 Oct, 2024 @ 16:12

La Cultura·Lead

Family of missing 24-year-old gather in Mallorca to plead for her return one week after she vanished: Homicide detectives lead the investigation

AROUND 50 people took part in a vigil in Palma’s Plaza España on Wednesday evening- a week after 24-year-old Agostina Rubini Medina vanished in the

10 Oct, 2024 @ 14:21

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Burnt body is found dumped in Spain’s Tenerife: Murder probe is launched after victim was ‘tied up’

THE burnt body of a man has been discovered on the island of Tenerife. The corpse was found on the south of the island on

10 Oct, 2024 @ 12:48

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Rafael Nadal announces his retirement from tennis: This will be his last tournament

SPAIN’S tennis legend Rafael Nadal will retire from the sport next month. The 22-time Grand Slam champion from Mallorca will finish his extraordinary career at

10 Oct, 2024 @ 12:28

Lead·Sport

British woman is hospitalised in Spain after being ‘stabbed by a masked robber’ at a major holiday resort

A BRITISH tourist was stabbed during a street robbery in Lloret de Mar on Monday. The female victim was with a group from France and

10 Oct, 2024 @ 12:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

‘I woke up in a hospital in Spain with amnesia and can only remember my first name – now I’m trying to find my home but no one’s reported me missing’

A 71-YEAR-OLD named Stephen has launched an appeal after being struck with amnesia in Spain. The cyclist (pictured in hospital above) was travelling on his

10 Oct, 2024 @ 11:59

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead