UPDATE: Why Spanish right-wing party VOX filed and lost a vote of no-confidence against the leftwing government

THE Spanish parliament has rejected a moción de censura (vote of no-confidence) filed by VOX against the coalition led by Pedro Sanchez of the PSOE.

22 Oct, 2020 @ 12:54

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Mayors Confused Over Pandemic Curfew Proposal For Spain S Costa Blanca

Alicante mayor is puzzled over pandemic curfew proposal for Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROMINENT Costa Blanca mayor says that he is ‘puzzled’ over a Valencian government suggestion to impose a night-time curfew to combat the spread of

22 Oct, 2020 @ 12:45

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia

COVID 19 figures rise above 100 cases per 100,000 mark...

New COVID-19 case figures are halved within a day in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE latest COVID-19 infection rates announced last night(October 21) for the Valencian Community have seen a big drop after Tuesday’s record daily total. The regional

22 Oct, 2020 @ 11:27

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Latest haul means almost 100 tonnes of marijuana now seized by police on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE Guardia Civil recently arrested drug traffickers with 100Kg of marijuana, bringing the total seized to 98,700 kilos. At nearly 100 tonnes, that’s the equivalent

22 Oct, 2020 @ 10:30

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead

Storm Barbara places ten communities in Spain on alert for blustery wind and heavy rains

ORANGE and Yellow weather warning for strong winds and heavy rain in ten communites in Spain. The passage of Storm Barbara has placed Castilla Leon,

22 Oct, 2020 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·National News

Spain Set To Increase Virus Tests As Emergency Period Ends

Spain’s Andalucia has far more cases of COVID-19 than being reported due to its below average testing numbers, union warns

Trade union CC.OO claimed in a report this week that the southernmost region needs to carry out 338.1 more tests per 100,000 inhabitants to reach

22 Oct, 2020 @ 09:00

Coronavirus·Lead

Most wanted alleged Italian mafia mobster accidentally released by judge in Spain in HUGE blow to two-year long investigation

The shocking decision came despite various reports in the media about the suspect’s arrest and the importance of the case to the Italian authorities

22 Oct, 2020 @ 08:00

Lead·National News

Spain first country in Europe to register one MILLION COVID-19 cases – but healthcare system is managing

Spain counted 16,923 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total official caseload to 1,005,295

21 Oct, 2020 @ 22:07

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Notorious Algarrobico Hotel illegally built in natural Park in Southern Spain ‘to be demolished’

THE notorious Algarrobico Hotel in Almeria may finally be demolished 14 years after construction was halted. Money has been set aside in the preliminary 2021

21 Oct, 2020 @ 20:30

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Fruit shop busted for selling cocaine behind the till in Spain’s Mallorca

As part of a crackdown on narcotics in the capital, four men were arrested in the anti-drugs operation

21 Oct, 2020 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Thief Nearly Suffocates 86 Year Old Benidorm Woman In Street Attack Over A Necklace On Spain S Costa Blanca

Thief nearly suffocates 86-year-old woman in Benidorm street attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN 86-year-old woman was knocked over on a Benidorm street by a man who tried to steal her jewellery and nearly suffocated her in the

21 Oct, 2020 @ 18:01

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

West Nile virus is detected in a Malaga village - as Junta confirms ninth death from mosquito borne disease

West Nile virus outbreak in Spain’s Andalucia will be ‘killed off by cold weather’ after claiming seven lives

The virus was first detected in humans in Sevilla towns close to marshlands on along the Guadalquivir river, before also being found in Cadiz

21 Oct, 2020 @ 16:44

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Dodgy pet sitter wanted for turning elderly man’s home into marijuana den in Spain’s Andalucia

A SPANISH man is facing serious drug charges after turning the home of an elderly man into a sophisticated marijuana den. Reports show that the

21 Oct, 2020 @ 15:45

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia registers 3,442 COVID-19 cases Wednesday in new record

Sevilla continues to count the most out of all the provinces, registering 1,089 cases in the past 24 hours

21 Oct, 2020 @ 14:39

Coronavirus·Lead

Malaga’s Gran Senda welcomes spectacular new addition to Spain’s popular hiking route

Malaga’s second Caminito del Rey welcomes a new addition in the form of a 54 metre suspension bridge on a section of the popular Gran

21 Oct, 2020 @ 14:15

Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: British expat pensioner shot after standing up to armed robbers in his villa on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The 70-year-old Brit reportedly stood up to the robbers when they entered his luxury villa in the Chaparral area

21 Oct, 2020 @ 14:08

Lead·Malaga

Big Makeover Announced For Struggling Shopping Complex On Spain S Costa Blanca 2

Big changes coming to struggling shopping complex on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A STRUGGLING shopping centre in Alicante’s port area is become a major business complex employing up to a thousand people. Plans to give the Panoramis

21 Oct, 2020 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

EXCLUSIVE: Further witnesses to Marbella tourist shooting tell their story to Olive Press as alleged video of the incident emerges online

MARBELLA streets have been left blood stained after a man was shot in the face outside a bar on Avenida del Prado this weekend. The

21 Oct, 2020 @ 13:22

Crime & Law·Lead

Manhunt launched after arsonist sets fire to seven rubbish dumps in Spain’s Mallorca

Police are actively searching for the pyromaniac after multiple fires raged across the town of Manacor last night

21 Oct, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Single-day COVID-19 case record broken in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Curfew set to come to Spain’s Costa Blanca as daily record is set for new COVID-19 cases.

A DAILY record of 1,318 new COVID-19 cases in the Valencian Community has spurred on the regional government to propose introducing a midnight to 5.00am

21 Oct, 2020 @ 12:01

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Spain’s Marbella to withdraw its horse carriage city tour by 2023

The withdrawal of the licences would be carried out in three years ‘on a voluntary basis’

21 Oct, 2020 @ 11:15

Lead·Malaga

‘Drastic’ measures will be taken this Friday to curb Covid in Spain’s Andalucia

Junta president, Juanma Moreno, has acknowledged that Primary Care is being being ‘overwhelmed and overrun’ because it is experiencing ‘a pressure like never before in

21 Oct, 2020 @ 10:00

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WATCH: Police find secret drugs farm under trafficker’s kitchen floor after seizing stash hidden in car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

NATIONAL POLICE in Murcia found over eight kilograms of marijuana hidden in a double-bottomed ‘caleta’ in the trunk of a car, and then a whole

21 Oct, 2020 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Defiant Restaurant Boss Defies Closure Order And Gets Fined 60 000 Spain S Catalunya Region

Restaurant boss defies COVID-19 closure order and gets fined €60,000 in Spain’s Catalunya region

A RESTAURANT owner in Catalunya is defying new COVID-19 restrictions by keeping his business open in spite of being fined €60,000. A two week shutdown

21 Oct, 2020 @ 08:45

Barcelona·Lead·National News

Town mayor looks to copy new social-distancing restrictions already imposed elsewhere on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE MAYOR of Callosa de Segura, has decided that copying Orihuela and Elche in tightening social-distancing regulations is a tenable solution in the face of

20 Oct, 2020 @ 21:30

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Gambling Den Hidden Behind Secret Door In Alicante Food Shop On Spain S Costa Blanca

Gambling den hidden behind secret door in gourmet food shop on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE gourmet food shop owner has been arrested for running an illegal gambling den out of his premises. The unnamed man has also been

20 Oct, 2020 @ 21:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

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UPDATE: Why Spanish right-wing party VOX filed and lost a vote of no-confidence against the leftwing government

Alicante mayor is puzzled over pandemic curfew proposal for Spain’s Costa Blanca

New COVID-19 case figures are halved within a day in Spain’s Valencian Community

Latest haul means almost 100 tonnes of marijuana now seized by police on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Storm Barbara places ten communities in Spain on alert for blustery wind and heavy rains

Spain’s Andalucia has far more cases of COVID-19 than being reported due to its below average testing numbers, union warns

Most wanted alleged Italian mafia mobster accidentally released by judge in Spain in HUGE blow to two-year long investigation

Spain first country in Europe to register one MILLION COVID-19 cases – but healthcare system is managing

Notorious Algarrobico Hotel illegally built in natural Park in Southern Spain ‘to be demolished’

Fruit shop busted for selling cocaine behind the till in Spain’s Mallorca

Thief nearly suffocates 86-year-old woman in Benidorm street attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca

West Nile virus outbreak in Spain’s Andalucia will be ‘killed off by cold weather’ after claiming seven lives

Dodgy pet sitter wanted for turning elderly man’s home into marijuana den in Spain’s Andalucia

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia registers 3,442 COVID-19 cases Wednesday in new record

Malaga’s Gran Senda welcomes spectacular new addition to Spain’s popular hiking route

BREAKING: British expat pensioner shot after standing up to armed robbers in his villa on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Big changes coming to struggling shopping complex on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EXCLUSIVE: Further witnesses to Marbella tourist shooting tell their story to Olive Press as alleged video of the incident emerges online

Manhunt launched after arsonist sets fire to seven rubbish dumps in Spain’s Mallorca

Curfew set to come to Spain’s Costa Blanca as daily record is set for new COVID-19 cases.

Spain’s Marbella to withdraw its horse carriage city tour by 2023

‘Drastic’ measures will be taken this Friday to curb Covid in Spain’s Andalucia

WATCH: Police find secret drugs farm under trafficker’s kitchen floor after seizing stash hidden in car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Restaurant boss defies COVID-19 closure order and gets fined €60,000 in Spain’s Catalunya region

Town mayor looks to copy new social-distancing restrictions already imposed elsewhere on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Gambling den hidden behind secret door in gourmet food shop on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Andalucia is suffocating from poverty: Three million people struggle to make their ends meet, new report shows

12 silly laws in Spain that will leave you baffled (and possibly fined)

One dead and four injured in head-on crash between two cars in Estepona

Zaragoza’s Goya Museum reopens after nearly two years with new and rare works by the Spanish master

Man gored in the chest by bull at Cadiz street festival dies in hospital after days in intensive care

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