Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

German tunnelling specialists awarded contract to assess feasibility of Spain to Morocco underwater train – reports

AN underwater tunnel between Spain and Morocco is reported to be one step closer to fruition after a firm was selected to conduct a feasibility

21 Jan, 2025 @ 19:00

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

British teenager with rare genetic condition faces weeks in hospital after falling seriously ill during family holiday on Costa Blanca

A BRITISH teenage girl with a rare genetic condition had to be placed on a ventilator at Alicante’s General Hospital after her lungs filled with

21 Jan, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Trump fires Spanish chef Jose Andres from the White House for ‘not being aligned with MAGA’

TRUMP has dismissed Spanish chef Jose Andres from the White House. He is just one of over a thousand fired as Trump ‘removes those not

21 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Politics

Why are kids in Spain’s Malaga off in February? Just what is ‘Semana Blanca’ anyway?

IF you have children who are attending a school in the province of Málaga (or if you’re a school student yourself), Semana Blanca is almost

21 Jan, 2025 @ 16:38

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Explosion at Barcelona Port kills one, injures four

ONE person has died and four injured – one critically – in an explosion at Barcelona port. The incident occurred at approximately 10.10am this morning

21 Jan, 2025 @ 16:31

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Spain asks for €4.4 billion of EU money to pay for emergency flood relief work in Valencia

SPAIN’S government has asked for €4.4 billion from the European Union Solidarity Fund to help pay for relief work following the October 29 floods in

21 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Horror in Ronda: Man nearly has femoral artery severed in daylight knife attack while out walking his dog with his girlfriend in Spain

A MAN has been arrested in Ronda after allegedly stabbing a rival in the leg during a broad daylight attack, missing his femoral artery by

21 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

PREVIEW: What is Carnaval in Spain?

BRITISH people have certain days of the year which are special to them, such as Bonfire Night, Pancake Day or maybe the FA Cup Final.

21 Jan, 2025 @ 15:45

La Cultura·Lead

Four fugitives working as fruit pickers- including man on the run for 18 years- are arrested on the Costa Blanca

A POLISH man on the run for 18 years from his native country was one of four fugitives arrested during checks made on fruit pickers

21 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist in Benidorm robbed of mobile phone and gleeful thieves make £16k of transactions on it

THERE was double trouble for a British tourist in Benidorm after his mobile phone was stolen and the thieves then racked up £16,000 of transactions

21 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Sanchez urges world leaders to stop take over by ‘Silicon Valley technocastes’ as Trump takes office

SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called on world leaders to stop ‘Silicon Valley technocastes’ taking over as Trump comes into power. Yesterday, Donald Trump

21 Jan, 2025 @ 11:58

Lead·Politics

Urgent appeal launched for missing 13-year-old girl in Gibraltar: Police ‘concerned for her safety’

Police have launched an urgent appeal to find a teenage girl who went missing from Gibraltar’s Laguna Estate yesterday afternoon. Sara Mae White, 13, was

21 Jan, 2025 @ 11:43

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Paula Badosa gets shock win over Coco Gauff to book Australian Open semi-final clash against top seed Sabalenka

SPAIN’S Paula Badosa has made it to a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time after a shock quarter-final win over third-seeded Coco Gauff in

21 Jan, 2025 @ 11:17

Lead·Sport

WATCH: Red alert returns to Andalucia: Storm dumps over 130mm of rain across southern Spain as roads turn to rivers

STREETS have been turned into rivers and rail services disrupted as Storm Garoe batters western Andalucia amid a red alert weather warning. The province of

21 Jan, 2025 @ 08:10

Huelva·Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Notorious narco leader in the Strait of Gibraltar claims Netflix documentary violated his right to a fair trial

THE leader of one of Spain’s most notorious drug trafficking groups has claimed that a Netflix documentary about his activities violated his rights in an

20 Jan, 2025 @ 19:00

Lead·National News

Illegal tourist flat owners fined €800,000 after residents protested outside them in Mallorca last summer

Illegal tourist flat landlords fined €800,000 after residents protested outside Mallorca apartment block

10 ILLEGAL tourist flats in a Palma apartment block have each been fined €80,000 for not having a licence and the owners have been told

20 Jan, 2025 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Pedro Sanchez now wants TOTAL ban on non-EU home purchases in Spain with two exceptions

PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez is proposing to get even tougher on potential homebuyers from outside the EU with a total ban unless they live there

20 Jan, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Property

Hundreds of bank accounts hit by €1.9 million cyber scam with 1,000 phone text messages sent per minute to fool victims in Spain

Hundreds of bank accounts hijacked by €1.9 million cyber scam with 1,000 phone text messages sent per minute to fool victims in Spain

A CYBERSCAM that netted €1.9 million has been busted by the Policia Nacional with 760 victims conned via bogus bank text messages. A dozen arrests

20 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Party like it’s 1492 – the music of the mozuelas in Spain’s Cañar where Tinder takes a back seat

by Jane Whyatt In these days of hooking-up through dating apps such as Bumble and Tinder, young men no longer need to serenade young women

20 Jan, 2025 @ 16:43

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Italian fugitive arrested in Spain’s Fuengirola while trying to file police report

AN ITALIAN fugitive has been arrested in Fuengirola after going to the police station to report a crime. The 28-year-old was detained by the Policia

20 Jan, 2025 @ 16:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Ryanair accused of blackmail and told to 'calm down' in tax row that will cause flight cuts in Spain

Ryanair accused of blackmail and told to ‘calm down’ in tax row causing cuts to flights in Spain

SPAIN’S airport operator has accused Ryanair of ‘blackmail’ after last week’s announcement that it was cutting back flights to regional airports due to ‘excessive’ taxes.

20 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Travel News

Remodelling the Barrio: Iconic plaza in Andalucian town of Ronda to get facelift

By Michael Coy LOCALS know it simply as “El Barrio”, and everyone loves to dine there in the open air on summer evenings, under the

20 Jan, 2025 @ 15:37

Lead·Travel News

Security guard on Barcelona metro ‘loses an eye after being punched with brass knuckles’ as crime rate continues to soar

A SECURITY guard has lost an eye while intervening in a brawl at a Barcelona metro station. The horrific attack occurred at the Poblenou station

20 Jan, 2025 @ 15:30

Barcelona·Lead

Worries in Spain: Trump could ‘harm treaty negotiations with Gibraltar and take dim view of Spanish defence spending’

THE imminent arrival of Donald Trump in the White House is sending tremors of apprehension through Spain even as he is inaugurated today. A new

20 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Othello Syndrome: When men display jealousy towards other men

By Michael Coy EARLIER this month in the village of Gerena (15 miles north of Sevilla), two teenage boys got into a fight and one

20 Jan, 2025 @ 14:53

Lead·Opinion

Cockfighting in Spain- the final frontier?

By Michael Coy BRITISH people often remark that bullfighting is cruel. Spanish fans point out that Britain is the home of fox-hunting. However, a Spanish

20 Jan, 2025 @ 14:22

Andalucia·Lead·Opinion