Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Spain shuts down ‘golden visa’ scheme – what alternative residency pathways remain?

On 3rd April, Spain officially ended support for its investment visa pathways commonly known as “golden visas”. The golden visa programme allowed non-EU residents to

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:56

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

The ultimate inside job: Bank cleaner in Spain’s Marbella steals thousands when staff ‘not looking’

IN a case that’s left colleagues stunned, a cleaner working at a bank branch in Marbella has been arrested after allegedly stealing €16,000 in cash

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spain braces for another round of ‘blood rain’: These will be the affected areas – but will it miss the Costa del Sol?

SPAIN is bracing for a dramatic bout of ‘blood rain’ as Storm Olivier pushes a thick plume of Saharan dust across the country, combining with

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:17

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Spain’s inflation tumbles to lowest rate in six months as electricity prices fall

LOWER electricity and fuel prices helped Spain’s inflation rate to go down to 2.3% in March. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) said on Friday that

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:01

Lead·National News

WATCH: Disturbing moment helicopter ‘falls into Hudson river’ as Spanish family – including three children – die in latest New York aviation tragedy

THIS is the horrifying moment a tourist helicopter carrying a Spanish family of five plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon. Everyone on board

11 Apr, 2025 @ 10:12

Lead·National News·Video

Move over Benidorm: Valencia has been crowned ‘queen of the Mediterranean’, according to British travel expert

AS many Europeans shiver through another wet and windy spring, more and more tourists are trading drizzle for dazzling sun – and the Spanish city

11 Apr, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Valencia

Trump admin warns Spain: Aligning with China like ‘cutting your own throat’ as Pedro Sanchez arrives in Beijing

US TREASURY Secretary Scott Bessent issued a warning with a specific emphasis on Spain that aligning with China would be like ‘cutting one’s throat’. The

10 Apr, 2025 @ 18:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

‘Blood rain is coming to Spain’s Andalucia tomorrow’: Orange alerts for rain and strong winds to hit Cadiz and Malaga

BLOOD rain known as Calima coupled with strong winds are predicted for Andalucia on Friday, thanks to Storm Olivier. The first effects of the latest

10 Apr, 2025 @ 17:20

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

American musician found stabbed to death inside abandoned building that became his home in Spain

American musician brutally stabbed to death inside abandoned building that became his home in Spain

THE BODY of an American musician has been discovered in an abandoned car workshop in Valencia province. The Guardia Civil said 39-year-old Djinn Maury had

10 Apr, 2025 @ 16:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Relief for users as new bus route between Estepona and Marbella announced on Spain’s Costa del Sol

MOVING between Marbella and Estepona with public transport has just become easier with the new Avanza bus line, even offering a 50% discount. The new

10 Apr, 2025 @ 15:55

Costa del Sol·Lead

Starter pack for ‘guiris’ in Spain: Spanish make lighthearted fun of tourists – but is it accurate?

A SPANISH social media outlet has made fun of tourists in Spain through a satirical ‘Guiri en España Starter Pack’. Spainsays is an Instagram account

10 Apr, 2025 @ 15:06

La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Spanish teenager is terrorised by Gibraltar monkey: Locals give tourists advice on dealing with the apes

A TEENAGE girl was terrorised by an encounter with one of the Barbary macaques that inhabit the Rock of Gibraltar. Read here what you should

10 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Mallorca considering ‘range of measures to control tourism’ as summer season starts

THE temporary ban on establishing new beds for tourists continues in Mallorca and its surrounding islands. The Balearic government is working to control overtourism on

10 Apr, 2025 @ 14:40

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Wild boars increasingly seen in Spain’s towns – and even shopping centres – carry ‘diarrhoea parasite that can transmit to humans’

WILD boars have appeared more and more in some of Spain’s urban areas in recent years- looking for food due to the drought destroying some

10 Apr, 2025 @ 14:00

Health·Lead·National News

Boy, 14, will not be imprisoned despite killing father during family argument in Spain's Murcia

Teenager, 14, who stabbed his father to death during argument in Spain’s Murcia avoids jail

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who was convicted of stabbing his father to death to protect his mother during an argument, will not be imprisoned. Murcia’s Juvenile

10 Apr, 2025 @ 13:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Nursing horror in Spain: British woman, 84, is rescued from illegal care home 'almost in a coma and surrounded by animal filth'

Care horror in Spain: British woman, 84, is rescued from illegal nursing home ‘almost in a coma and surrounded by animal filth’

AN ILLEGAL British-owned residential home in the Murcia region has been exposed after an unnamed 84-year old woman- also British- had to be rushed to

10 Apr, 2025 @ 12:07

Lead·Murcia

Spain trialling new AI-driven 150kmh ‘dynamic speed limit’ that adapts to road conditions – amid huge crackdown on speeding

SPAIN has begun testing dynamic speed limits of up to 150 km/h on motorways, as a campaign against speeding has commenced all over the country.The

10 Apr, 2025 @ 11:42

Lead·National News

WATCH: Daylight robbery thwarted in Spain’s Costa del Sol: Cops make dramatic take down

THIS is the moment when police officers caught armed robbers red handed. Yesterday morning, two assailants tried to rob a currency exchange office on Avenida

10 Apr, 2025 @ 10:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Video

‘Where’s the missing police Whatsapps?’ Gibraltar’s McGrail inquiry comes back with a bang

THE so-called McGrail inquiry reconvened yesterday to examine allegations of ‘a number of possible deletions’ of Whatsapp messages between senior Royal Gibraltar Police officers. Seeing

10 Apr, 2025 @ 10:08

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Two thirds of Costa del Sol residents would ditch their car if they could in indictment of Malaga’s lack of public transport

NEARLY 70% of respondents in Malaga province said that they would ditch their cars and use public transport if they could, according this year’s edition

9 Apr, 2025 @ 18:55

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

John George murder suspect is extradited to Spain: 26-year-old was arrested in Portugal

A MAN suspected of murdering Belfast father-of-two John George on the Costa Blanca last December has been extradited to Spain from Portugal. Jonathan ‘Jonny’ Alan

9 Apr, 2025 @ 18:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Funeral plan boss in one of Spain’s biggest expat rip-offs died ‘a sad and lonely man’ and lived anything but a luxury lifestyle

‘HE died a sad and lonely man,’ a friend of Stephen Nelson, the founder of defunct company Iberian Funeral Plans, told The Olive Press. The

9 Apr, 2025 @ 18:07

EXCLUSIVE·Lead

Former Beckham bodyguard- Craig Ainsworth- took his life in Valencia park after long bouts of depression

Former Beckham bodyguard ‘took his life in Valencia park in Spain after long bouts of depression’

DETAILS have emerged about the tragic death of former bodyguard Craig Ainsworth and where it happened. The 40-year-old worked for celebrity clients including David and

9 Apr, 2025 @ 17:50

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Surging anti-tourism anger and Trump’s tariffs no obstacle: Flights to Spain are expected to keep increasing in 2025

SPAIN’S airport operator, Aena, is maintaining a forecast of traffic growth for 2025 despite uncertainties in the travel sector. The Spanish air travel sector is

9 Apr, 2025 @ 17:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Doctors, nurses and 34 tonnes of water at the ready: Spain’s gruelling 101-kilometre ultramarathon returns to Malaga

MORE than 10,000 people will take part in a famous ultramarathon race between 9 and 11 May, organised by the Spanish Legion. The challenge is

9 Apr, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·Malaga·Sport

Two 'nervous' Brits arrested after police discover tools used for car break-ins on the Costa Blanca

‘Nervous’ British duo busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca with car break-in kit and weed

TWO British men have been arrested in El Campello near Alicante after police discovered equipment used to break into vehicles as well several doses of

9 Apr, 2025 @ 16:45