Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Manufacturer admits having ‘no idea’ why zigzag napkins that can’t mop or clean are still popular in Spain

AN EXECUTIVE at a napkin manufacturer has said he has ‘no idea’ why so-called zigzag napkins are still sold in Spain. Pablo Aguilella, who works

11 Sep, 2019 @ 11:38

Lead

WATCH: Tornadoes, huge hail stones and gushing rapids as gota fria goes biblical on Spain’s Mallorca and Balearics and government issues CODE RED

School has been cancelled in 19 municipalities until further notice

11 Sep, 2019 @ 02:10

Environment·Lead·Mallorca·National News

EXCLUSIVE PICS: Backstage at Gibraltar Calling festival with reviews of Pete Doherty, Liam Gallagher, Take That and Mel C

See the full reviews of Saturday and Sunday below

10 Sep, 2019 @ 15:44

Celebrity·Entertainment·Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Criminal gang who ram-raided phone shops across the Costa Blanca arrested after international police investigation

A MULTINATIONAL gang of 20 criminals have been arrested for ram-raiding 32 phone shops across the country. The targeted shops included Costa Blanca businesses in

10 Sep, 2019 @ 14:32

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Latest Gibraltar National Day coverage HERE as revellers party on Rock’s ‘biggest day’

Music booms at Casemates Square as performers entertain the crowd

10 Sep, 2019 @ 14:02

Gibraltar·Lead

HUGE Primark coming to Spain’s Andalucia will be ‘one of the biggest in the country’

The sweeping store will have a commercial area of 7,000sqm spread across two floors

10 Sep, 2019 @ 13:17

Lead·Sevilla

Initiative launched to replace zebra crossings in Spain with cow spots

A NEW movement is hoping to raise awareness of the importance of the industries which keeps the rural parts of Spain alive. Paso de Vaca

10 Sep, 2019 @ 13:06

Lead·National News

Police to get 20 new bulletproof vests and helmets in Costa del Sol’s Estepona

It comes after Estepona spent €500,000 on 14 new police motors in the last few years, including two camouflaged vehicles and four motorcycles

10 Sep, 2019 @ 12:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

FIND HER: Brazen thief steals British boy’s games console from busy restaurant table on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The father of the boy, Rob Goodey, shared the images of the thief appealing for anyone who may know her to come forward

10 Sep, 2019 @ 12:48

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Venezuela regime flouting US sanctions thanks to Bank of Spain

VENEZUELA’S President Nicolas Maduro is flouting US sanctions thanks to the Bank of Spain. According to Bloomberg, the failing state’s central bank is increasingly relying

10 Sep, 2019 @ 12:18

Lead·National News·Politics

All you need to know about the trial of twisted child killer Ana Quezada who brutally murdered little Gabriel in Spain’s Almeria

ANA Julia Quezada surprised little Gabriel while on his way to play with friends near his grandmother’s house in Nijar on February 27 last year.

10 Sep, 2019 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga

Vegan activist who claimed to have saved 16 rabbits actually ‘killed nearly 100’ and left others with severed spines

In actuality, 90 bunnies had to be put down because they were left without a mother.

9 Sep, 2019 @ 19:16

Barcelona·Lead

Expats get down and dirty with Costa Blanca clean-up

A GROUP of determined expats have taken to the streets of Los Alcazares on the Mar Menor coastline in a bid to tidy up the

9 Sep, 2019 @ 17:12

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

WATCH: Man tries to steal cow from Ale-Hop in Mallorca before detained by National Police

NATIONAL Police have arrested a man for attempting to steal the life-size replica cow from an Ale-Hop in Mallorca. A video shows the man walking

9 Sep, 2019 @ 16:38

Lead·Mallorca

Bullets found in Andalucia city attributed to ‘murders’ of the Spanish Civil War

It is thought that executions carried out by Republicans between July 19 and August 8 took place at the burial site during the war.

9 Sep, 2019 @ 16:33

Lead·Malaga

British holidaymakers face flight chaos as Malaga closes airspace over medical emergency

At least one flight from the UK was diverted after Malaga air traffic control closed the airspace at short notice

9 Sep, 2019 @ 16:19

Granada·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

GOTA FRíA: Weather warning predicts heavy rain from Wednesday across the whole Comunidad Valenciana

SPAIN’S Met Office (AEMET) has predicted heavy rains and gale-force winds to batter the whole Valencian Community this week. Rainfall exceeding 100 l/sq m in

9 Sep, 2019 @ 16:18

Costa Blanca·Lead

British Consulate to answer Brexit questions in ‘pop-ups’ across Alicante – find dates here

DURING the next five weeks, Alicante’s British Consulate will be running Brexit ‘pop-up sessions’ for concerned Brits all over the Costa Blanca. Experts will be

9 Sep, 2019 @ 15:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

Millenial in Spain tries to sue parents into paying for his upkeep SIX YEARS after moving out – the courts were not having it

A SPANISH man has lost a civil case against his parents in which he tried to force them to pay him financial support some six

9 Sep, 2019 @ 13:29

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

90,000 companies in Spain receive letters warning of effects of no-deal Brexit

The letters list the new customs, tax and health-related requirements that businesses will have to meet to engage in cross-border trade

9 Sep, 2019 @ 12:46

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Three foreign men kidnap woman and bundle her into car in broad daylight in centre of Spain’s Sevilla

THREE men have been arrested after kidnapping a woman in broad daylight in Sevilla. The French, Portuguese and Algerian trio brazenly grabbed the woman and

9 Sep, 2019 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

One of the biggest dark web drug dealers arrested in Costa del Sol’s Mijas

When the individual was arrested, the police found two kilograms of hashish, two laptops, and a phone.

9 Sep, 2019 @ 11:22

Lead

Manilva on a mission to complete THOUSANDS of unfinished homes left in wake of 2008 financial crash

MANILVA town hall has revealed plans to complete the thousands of unfinished homes left in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Around 3,000 properties

9 Sep, 2019 @ 10:50

Lead·Property

Gavin and Stacey’s Larry Lamb joins Craig Fairbrass and Kris Marshall at Marbella International Film Festival on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The event should be the ‘biggest yet’ according to director Mac Chakaveh

9 Sep, 2019 @ 08:34

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Rafael Nadal wins US Open in five-set thriller to claim 19th slam title, one away from rival Roger Federer

The match that lasted four hours and 50 minutes - just four minutes shorter than the longest ever US Open final

9 Sep, 2019 @ 08:02

Lead·National News·Sport

‘Murderer’ went to a bar after fatally stabbing pal in the heart in Marbella’s San Pedro

Paramedics could do nothing to save the victim

9 Sep, 2019 @ 07:25