Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Brexit is a ‘golden opportunity’ for Spain to take back sovereignty of Gibraltar, says Spanish MEP

SPANISH MEP Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo has demanded Spain take the ‘golden opportunity’ of Brexit to renegotiate the status of Gibraltar. Speaking to media in Aragon,

18 Jan, 2020 @ 10:58

Gibraltar·Lead

Online gambling in Spain surges by a shocking 78%

ONLINE gambling has shot up by 78% and people are spending twice as much money as they did five years ago.

18 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead

British favourite Spar to open four new supermarkets in Andalucia and western Spain

Iceland stores, operated by Overseas Supermarkets, are already a popular feature on Spain’s Costa del Sol

18 Jan, 2020 @ 09:01

Food & Drink·Lead

Murcia’s flu epidemic now raging through Spain

HAVING reached epidemic levels in the Murcia region earlier this week, the outbreak of influenza has spread throughout the country. Health ministers in the region

18 Jan, 2020 @ 07:19

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Marbella-based Finnish expat charged among 53 others and POP STAR in Finland’s biggest ever drug trafficking case

NIKO Ranta-aho was part of the Marbella elite. The handsome entrepreneur once owned the popular Teatro in Puerto Banus, a restaurant-cum-performance venue which welcomed such

17 Jan, 2020 @ 18:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Shock as Spain’s Antonio Banderas is labelled ‘coloured’ ahead of Oscars

ANTONIO Banderas has been labelled as a 'man of colour.'

17 Jan, 2020 @ 16:53

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

British expat Westley Capper avoids jail for hit-and-run killing of Bolivian mother on Spain’s Costa del Sol

WESTLEY Capper has been spared jail after admitting to the manslaughter of Fatima Dorado. The Olive Press exclusively revealed how the son of a British

17 Jan, 2020 @ 14:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Woman to head Spain’s Guardia Civil for FIRST TIME in its 175-year history

The daughter of a lighthouse keeper, Gamez will be the force's 86th leader after impressing Madrid in her previous role as head of the sub-delegate

17 Jan, 2020 @ 14:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

RED and orange warnings for SNOW and rough seas in Spain’s Alicante and Valencia

WEATHER agency AEMET has issued dozens of warnings across Spain for this Sunday as another gota fria is expected to bring snow and rain. Alicante

17 Jan, 2020 @ 13:39

Costa Blanca·Lead

OPINION: Consultant psychologist slams Alicante Airport’s ‘chaotic and inhumane’ response to paralysing Wednesday fire

I was on a flight from Alicante to Leeds yesterday. When the fire broke out in the airport it was noticed by passengers some 20mins

17 Jan, 2020 @ 13:31

Costa Blanca·Lead

Luxury Plaza Mayor shopping outlet on Spain’s Costa del Sol scammed out of €120,000 by Valencia-based scammers posing as high ranking employee

SEVERAL cyber-scammers have been arrested after hacking high-ranking employees of a luxury shopping outlet and defrauding them of €120,000. The four arrested in Valencia helped

17 Jan, 2020 @ 13:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Village in Spain’s Andalucia starts giving youngsters cash in bid to stem threat of rural depopulation

Almachar is one of the largest growers and exporters of the muscatel grape and raisin in Andalucia

17 Jan, 2020 @ 12:56

Lead·Malaga

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia named Europe’s top tourist attraction

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has been named as Europe’s top must-visit attraction.

17 Jan, 2020 @ 11:46

Barcelona·Lead·Travel News

Costa Blanca town celebrates citizens’ ‘titanic’ struggle against marching sands

GUARDAMAR will pay tribute to the people that prevented a movement of sand that could have engulfed the town, over a century ago. Saturday January

17 Jan, 2020 @ 10:54

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

TOTAL BANKER: Billionaire handed €52.4 million fine after botched attempt at smuggling priceless Picasso painting out of Spain on yacht

Picasso completed Head of a Young Woman in his pre-Cubist phase, with the painting snapped up by Botin in London in 1977

17 Jan, 2020 @ 10:31

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s racing legend Carlos Sainz wins Dakar Rally for THIRD time

CARLOS Sainz and Lucas Cruz have won the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.

17 Jan, 2020 @ 09:52

Lead·Sport

Spanish MEP tells Brits: “the European Union will always be your home’

ON THE last session of European parliament before Brexit on January 31, a Spanish MEP had a clear message for expats wanting to remain part

17 Jan, 2020 @ 09:52

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante airport re-opens 24 hours after blaze on roof caused mass diversions and cancellations

ALICANTE airport has re-opened 24 hours after a fire on its roof caused a wave of flight cancellations and diversions. The fifth busiest airport in

16 Jan, 2020 @ 19:44

Costa Blanca·Lead

Mercadona is hiring in Sabinillas with an impressive starting salary for Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE running joke is that the checkout worker at Mercadona is probably earning more than most of us. There’s a reason for that, it seems,

16 Jan, 2020 @ 19:19

Business & Finance·Lead

Estepona’s popular San Luis gourmet food market closes after less than two years in setback for ‘Garden of the Costa del Sol’ initiative

IT was designed to take the gastronomic offering in Estepona to yet another level. But after less than two years, the San Luis Mercado has

16 Jan, 2020 @ 18:59

Food & Drink·Lead

Andalucian company among first in Spain to introduce four-day working week

A COMPANY based in Jaen has introduced a four-day working week.

16 Jan, 2020 @ 16:19

Business & Finance·Jaen·Lead

WATCH: Tonne of narcotics found hidden in furniture leaving Costa Blanca’s Alicante for France – 18 arrested

A DRUGS trafficking operation that transported tonnes of narcotics between Alicante and France has been busted by National Police. A total of 18 arrests were

16 Jan, 2020 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga