Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Benidorm police arrest violent French fugitive who inflicted life-changing injuries on victim

British fugitive convicted of sexual assault and jailed for 10 years is arrested at Benidorm hotel

A BRITISH fugitive convicted of two sexual assaults who skipped his sentencing hearing has been arrested in a Benidorm hotel. The 44-year-old man had an

21 Nov, 2025 @ 11:48

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Text fraud warning in Spain: How hundreds of parents sent €850,000 to scammers posing as their children in distress

REVEALED: How fake police and bank officials are targeting expats in Spain-wide phone scam

EASTERN European phone scammers have been preying on fellow expats across Spain, an Olive Press investigation has revealed – siphoning at least €45,000 from just

21 Nov, 2025 @ 11:44

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with wild boar on Valencia area road

Heartbreak for owner as pack of wild boars eat pregnant horse alive on an Estepona finca

A HEARTBROKEN Costa del Sol resident has urged local authorities to help after his pregnant horse was mauled to death by a pack of wild

20 Nov, 2025 @ 19:50

Costa del Sol·Environment·Estepona·Lead

The McGrail Report – Gibraltar’s path to reconciliation after five years of fracture, by F Oliva

In his continuing column for the Olive Press, ex-Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva muses on how the Rock can mend its fractured social fabric –

20 Nov, 2025 @ 18:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Annoying cookie pop-ups to end after EU caves in to Silicon Valley and AI revolution on privacy laws

ANNOYING website pop-ups requesting consent for the use of cookies could be a thing of the past after the EU agreed to water down its

20 Nov, 2025 @ 16:02

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

EXPLAINER: Spain is finally planning to overhaul its backlogged residency and immigration system – all you need to know

LIFE could be about to get a lot less headachy for expats and prospective expats in Spain after the government announced it is rolling out

20 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

EXPLAINER·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Huge tsunami drills in Cadiz: Thousands rehearse for disaster as alerts bleat out ‘get to the third floor!’

HUNDREDS of thousands of people along the Cadiz coastline received an emergency alert this morning as Andalucia played host to the largest tsunami drill ever

20 Nov, 2025 @ 15:01

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead·Other News

Drivers in Spain MUST have V-16 light from January 1st - but will police 'go easy' in the early days?

Warning for drivers in Spain: A new light is mandatory from January but this one mistake could land you with a €200 fine

MOTORISTS in Spain will soon have to discard their red warning triangles in case of a breakdown- to be replaced by a compulsory V16 emergency

20 Nov, 2025 @ 14:58

Lead·National News

British man survives hail of bullets while in his car and is 'out of danger' at Costa Blanca hospital

Schoolboy rushed to hospital for emergency operation after classmate stabs him in the chest on Costa Blanca street

A SCHOOLBOY, 16, needed emergency surgery after being stabbed by a classmate in a Torrevieja street. The attack happened on the city’s Avenida de las

20 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Winter is here: Orange alert issued for snowfall in northern Spain as temperatures plunge across the peninsula

SWATHES of northern Spain are set to feel the freeze over the coming days after an orange weather alert was activated for heavy snowfall. The

20 Nov, 2025 @ 13:37

Lead·Weather

Tech giant Meta stung with €479m compensation bill for unfair competition in Spain

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is hit with €479m compensation bill for unfair competition in Spain

TECH company Meta has been ordered to pay €479 million to Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection

20 Nov, 2025 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Technology

Revealed: Where house prices are soaring by over 50% — and how expat hotspots in Spain’s Mediterranean arc are driving the surge

THE property market on parts of Spain’s Mediterranean coast is exploding at an eyewatering pace as house prices practically double in two years. Several expat-heavy

20 Nov, 2025 @ 13:28

Alicante·Lead·Murcia·Property

Spain is laying foundations for a new European economic order that could leave France and Germany behind, says the Telegraph

SPAIN is emerging as one of Europe’s most economic performers, with the latest data suggesting it could soon be on a stronger footing than France

20 Nov, 2025 @ 12:54

Business & Finance·Lead

‘¡Franco ha Muerto!’ Today marks the 50th anniversary of Franco’s death. Spain’s dictator is remembered by MICHAEL COY

HE had no charm and no charisma. In his 83 years on earth, no one ever quoted him cracking a joke or saying anything remotely

20 Nov, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead

Fresh corruption scandal in Andalucia as high-profile arrests made over Covid-era ‘bribes’

A NEW scandal has hit Andalucia with numerous high-profile arrests over Covid-era corruption being made across the region. The president of the Almeria provincial council,

19 Nov, 2025 @ 18:15

Andalucia·Lead

Spain’s population conundrum: Life expectancy breaks new record, births are at an all-time low – and over half a million immigrants arrive each year

SPAIN’S longevity credentials have been burnished after the country’s average lifespan sailed past a historic milestone. Life expectancy is now above 84 years for the

19 Nov, 2025 @ 17:40

Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Spain’s luxury property market sees a ‘Mamdani boost’ – here’s where fleeing Americans are shovelling their capital

FOLLOWING political shifts in the states, Americans are fleeing to Spain and hoovering up Spain’s luxury property in a new ‘Mamdani boost’, according to Idealista.

19 Nov, 2025 @ 15:15

Lead·Property

Opportunistic thief used April blackout to steal 2,200 items of jewellery worth €1m from Madrid shop

Opportunistic thief used April blackout to break into Madrid jewellery shop and steal items worth one million Euros

A MAN who stole 2,200 items of jewellery worth €1m from a Madrid area store during the April 28 nationwide blackout has been arrested by

19 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Police rumble narcos loading up on fuel on popular Marbella beach loved by expats and tourists

THE Policia Nacional have intercepted a van carrying 127 bottles of fuel which being loaded onto a narco boat at a beach off the Marbella

19 Nov, 2025 @ 13:11

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

New blow against squatters in Spain as proposed law will finally allow homeowners to stop paying bills

A PROPOSED law will allow homeowners to cut off utilities if their property is occupied by squatters without the landlords being deemed criminals. The Partido

19 Nov, 2025 @ 12:15

Catalunya·Lead·Property

Spain's crack police unit demand to be deployed to Andalucia's narco hotspots after officer is shot with military assault rifle

Spain’s crack police unit demands to be deployed to Andalucia’s narco hotspots after officer is shot with military assault rifle

A SPECIALIST Policia Nacional unit wants to fight narco traffickers operating in the Campo de Gibraltar but claims to have been blocked by Spain’s Interior

19 Nov, 2025 @ 12:06

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Donald Trump Jr holes up with new squeeze in Marbella for rainy weekend after business trip to Gibraltar

AFTER a few hours on the Rock it was only natural he would look for somewhere appropriate to graze. Previously heading out into the wilds

18 Nov, 2025 @ 18:04

Celebrity·Lead·Málaga

Spain’s Andalucia to put in motion ‘Drill Response 21’ a catastrophe simulation of three major emergency situations—tsunami, earthquake and floods

Huge Andalucia tsunami drill to send phone alerts to EVERYONE in coastal risk zones – as region prepares for catastrophic ‘Lisbon-style’ earthquake scenario

HUNDREDS of thousands of people along the Cadiz coastline will receive emergency alerts on their phones this Thursday as Andalucia stages the largest tsunami drill

18 Nov, 2025 @ 17:23

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead·Other News

What is the mysterious ‘bridge ship’ creeping along the horizon from the Costa del Sol?

PUZZLED beachgoers in Estepona have spent the past few days squinting at an unusual shape sliding slowly across the horizon – a vast floating platform

18 Nov, 2025 @ 16:45

Costa del Sol·Lead·Other News

Prosecutors to get complaint about Carlos Mazon ‘lying to Congress’ during Valencia flood inquiry hearing

THE Valencian socialist party(PSPV-PSOE) will complain to the Prosecutor’s Office about acting regional president, Carlos Mazon, ‘lying’ to Congress. Mazon, who resigned on November 3,

18 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

British 'narco' fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after getting life prison sentence

Child horror as ruthless Swedish mafia bosses treat teenagers as ‘disposable contract killers’ for hits on the Costa del Sol

SWEDISH mafia bosses are causing chaos by hiring teenagers as ‘disposable contract killers’ for hits on the Costa del Sol. Preying on adolescents, addicts, and

18 Nov, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

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