Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Costa Calida shows continued growth in house prices, but Spain averages are still a THIRD less than 2007

THE Costa Calida saw some of the biggest property price increases last year. Murcia as a region saw an 11% increase in value of property,

12 Jan, 2020 @ 10:06

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Barcelona drivers to be penalised with new dirty car fines

Owners of banned vehicles who earn less than €8,000 a year will be exempt, as well as delivery vehicles

12 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Environment·Lead

Gibraltar International Chess Festival returns to Rock

GIBRALTAR will be welcoming some of the top chess players in the world to an open tournament in January.

12 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

‘Titanic’ prize in special raffle for exhibition visitors to Spain’s Murcia

A FASCINATING exhibition on the world’s most famous sunken ship has opened in Murcia. On display will be items of memorabilia from the fabled ship,

11 Jan, 2020 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

How Spain killed off its coal industry | Olive Press TV Roundup Jan 3-10

11 Jan, 2020 @ 17:42

Environment·Lead

Overdue roadworks to cause four months of disruption in Costa Blanca town

AS REPORTED in The Olive Press last year, Ciudad Quesada’s much-anticipated €700k road improvements will start this month. From January 13 until the end of

11 Jan, 2020 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Dia de los Reyes Magos may be over, but there are so many cool events still to come in Mallorca

WHILE the Reyes revelries are only just over, TWO of Mallorca’s biggest fiestas are set to keep the festive feeling going through the gloomy month

11 Jan, 2020 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca

Artificial intelligence and fish ageing on agenda as international culinary jet set land at Madrid Fusion in Spain

Now in its 18th year the culinary congress, Madrid Fusion, will also address the relationship between neuro-marketing and haute cuisine, as well as ethics and

11 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Food & Drink·Lead

Jealous ex-boyfriend and Vox party candidate beats up pal so badly on Spain’s Costa del Sol he needs plates and screws in his FACE and spent 10 DAYS in ICU

A VOX party candidate has been arrested after savagely beating a friend of his ex-partner in Estepona. Ismael A.S., 55, who was number two on

10 Jan, 2020 @ 20:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

The new Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – and here’s where you can get your copy

THE FIFTH edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South & Murcia is out now. From exposing British con-men to showing how an

10 Jan, 2020 @ 20:14

Costa Blanca·Lead

Huge Kevin & Perry Go Large party coming to Amnesia in Spain’s Ibiza in 2020

THE British cult classic Kevin & Perry Go Large is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a screening and rave party in Ibiza this year. The

10 Jan, 2020 @ 19:49

Entertainment·Lead·Mallorca

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Record 133 airport workers hauled before judges 10 years after their strike which led to eight Spanish airports closing and 300,000 stranded

They are charged with ‘the crime of abandoning public service’ and causing the financial damages of the passengers that were involved

10 Jan, 2020 @ 17:42

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain reach tennis ATP Cup semi-finals in Australia with victory over Belgium

SPAIN have advanced to the ATP Cup semi-finals in Australia with a 2-1 win over Belgium.

10 Jan, 2020 @ 15:55

Lead·Sport

Police run over cyclist and buy him a new bike to apologise on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A GROUP of kind hearted policemen have bought a man a new bike after they hit him with their car.

10 Jan, 2020 @ 14:26

Crime & Law·Lead

Shepherd shocked at finding dismembered body of missing pensioner who ‘went to hairdressers and never came home’ in Spain’s Andalucia

Finding Celso’s hand allowed search teams to be able to identify him from fingerprints

10 Jan, 2020 @ 12:34

Granada·Lead

Outrage as 103 streets on Spain’s Costa del Sol BANNED from opening new bars and restaurants

A TOTAL of 103 streets have been forbidden to open new hospitality businesses for the next five years.

10 Jan, 2020 @ 11:56

Food & Drink·Lead

REVEALED: Malaga is the most expensive province to rent a home in Spain’s Andalucia

MALAGA is the priciest province in Andalucia when it comes to renting a home, new figures have revealed. According to property portal Idealista, the price

10 Jan, 2020 @ 10:30

Lead·Property

Conman accused of stealing expat’s BMW claims his transport company left it in northern Spain due to ‘paperwork problems’

A CONVICTED British conman has been accused of striking again in a car transport scam running up and down the Costa Blanca. Simon Davies, 58,

10 Jan, 2020 @ 10:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

New planetarium arriving on Spain’s Costa del Sol within a YEAR to add unique tourist offering

MALAGA is set to receive a brand new planetarium in 2021, it has been revealed. The city’s planning department has put contracts out for tender

10 Jan, 2020 @ 09:45

Lead·Malaga

23 Iberian lynx killed in Andalucia in 2019 but population numbers growing across Spain and Portugal

In general, 2019 was a positive year for the Iberian lynx, with an estimated 150 believed to have been born across Spain and Portugal

10 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Environment·Lead

Woman hospitalised after smashing through railing and plunging six metres in car at ‘accident blackspot’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

“I have been living on this street for four years and I have seen many accidents”

9 Jan, 2020 @ 17:14

Cadiz·Lead·Other News

UK ‘failing children’ as numerous paedophiles allowed to travel to Spain and other countries to commit sexual abuse, new report finds

The disclosure and barring service is ‘confusing, inconsistent and in need of reform’

9 Jan, 2020 @ 15:33

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Andalucia is lazy, Madrid is full of clowns and Valencia full of drug addicts according to this hilarious new map of Spain

ANDALUCIANS are lazy, Madrileños are clowns and Valencianos are drug addicts.

9 Jan, 2020 @ 13:03

Lead

Secret underground bunker stashed with ‘weapons of war’ found by police near Spain’s Costa del Sol

A SECRET bunker stashed full of weapons has been uncovered by police in Malaga. Guardia Civil from Velez Malaga discovered the haul in Periana, just

9 Jan, 2020 @ 11:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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British girl who drowned in pool on Spain’s Costa del Sol was wearing swimming goggles as expert warns of ‘vortex’ from single drain

It comes after mother Olubunmi Diya insisted the tragic trio knew how to swim, insisting there was 'something wrong' with the pool

9 Jan, 2020 @ 11:08