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AXARQUIA turns into winter wonderland after hailstorm and tornados batter the region

INLAND Axarquia saw an impressive blanket of hail fall yesterday after severe storms swept across western Andalucia. Alcaucin, La Vinuela, Canillas de Aceitunas and Sedella

3 Apr, 2020 @ 13:50

Lead

Suspected burglar in Spain jailed for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules

A MAN who was caught apparently breaking into a house has been jailed not for burglary but for breaking Spain’s coronavirus lockdown regulations. A judge

3 Apr, 2020 @ 13:27

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Spain has another deadly 24 hours but coronavirus death AND infection rates decline

SPAIN recorded 932 coronavirus deaths between Thursday and Friday, new figures have revealed. According to the Health Ministry, that brings the total number of COVID-19

3 Apr, 2020 @ 11:58

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News

Spain to have potential vaccine for COVID-19 by end of April

The Minister of Science and Innovation, Pedro Duque, announced that the vaccine is being researched by Luis Enjuanes and Isabel Sola

3 Apr, 2020 @ 11:35

Health·Lead

Quarter of coronavirus deaths in Andalucia were residents of OAP homes

NEARLY a quarter of COVID-19 deaths in Andalucia have been amongst residents of nursing and retirement homes. By yesterday (April 2) 672 residents in Andalucian rest homes

3 Apr, 2020 @ 11:18

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Last surviving member of Spain’s heroic WW2 ‘La Nueve’ group dies from coronavirus, aged 99

RAFAEL Gomez Nieto, the last surviving member of the ‘La Nueve’, a group of WW2 Spaniards that invaded Nazi occupied Paris in 1944, has died

3 Apr, 2020 @ 10:47

Coronavirus·Lead

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Spanish F1 ace Fernando Alonso donates thousands of masks and protection kits to Unicef to combat the coronavirus

FORMULA One legend Fernando Alonso has made a donation of 4,000 protection kits and 300,000 masks to humanitarian aid organisation UNICEF to aid in the

3 Apr, 2020 @ 10:35

Coronavirus·Lead

Sending out an SOS: Costa Blanca community radio station reaches out for listeners’ help

COMMUNITY radio station, Big Radio Spain, is reaching out to its legion of loyal listeners to help it survive the crippling Coronavirus lock-down. With so

3 Apr, 2020 @ 07:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Worried UK family reach out to Olive Press readers to help care for their ill relative, 72

AN urgent plea has gone out to expats in the Costa Blanca South to help a very sick British pensioner suffering from cancer. Big-hearted expats

3 Apr, 2020 @ 06:35

Costa Blanca·Lead

REVEALED: When lockdown is predicted to end in Spain as experts say country’s coronavirus hospitalisations have already peaked

SPAIN has already passed its peak in terms of coronavirus hospitalisations. That’s the consensus made by the research team at the University Institute for Multidisciplinary

2 Apr, 2020 @ 22:21

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Spain’s Carlos Sainz Jr. agrees to a pay cut with McLaren due to the coronavirus crisis

CARLOS Sainz Jr. has agreed to a pay cut amid the COVID-19 crisis.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 19:51

Lead·Sport

Parking lot in Spain’s Catalunya turned into coffin depot to deal with huge number of deaths due to coronavirus crisis

A PARKING lot in Catalunya has been turned into a coffin depot due to the coronavirus crisis.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 19:10

Barcelona·Lead

It was right to reveal possible COVID-19 death, says Gibraltar Chief Minister

A 57-year-old local man 'may have been' the first victim from Covid-19, according to the Chief Minister of Gibraltar as two elderly people turn up

2 Apr, 2020 @ 18:59

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Armed police bust ‘dangerous’ drug trafficker who smuggled cocaine into Spain’s Mallorca from Barcelona

The criminal gang allegedly smuggled large quantities of cocaine from Barcelona into Mallorca

2 Apr, 2020 @ 18:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Child abuse cases in Spain are increasing during the coronavirus lockdown

CHILD abuse cases in Spain have risen during the state of emergency.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 16:37

Crime & Law·Lead

Pensioner murders her husband and then takes her own life in Madrid after he allegedly abused her

A 66-YEAR-OLD woman has stabbed her 68-year-old husband to death and then taken her own life at their home in Madrid.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 15:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Hail batters Spain’s Costa del Sol as SNOW blankets parts of Malaga

THIS is the moment a freak hailstorm battered the Costa del Sol this afternoon. The clip shows large hail stones falling in San Pedro de

2 Apr, 2020 @ 15:22

Lead·Malaga

Coronavirus cases and deaths continue to climb on Spain’s Costa del Sol

MALAGA has seen its number of coronavirus cases continue to climb along with its death toll. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 patients in the

2 Apr, 2020 @ 15:05

Lead·Malaga

Madrid to ask other regions in Spain to cremate bodies of coronavirus victims as funeral homes ‘collapsing’

MADRID has been so overwhelmed by coronavirus deaths that its crematoriums are collapsing under the pressure. The 4,715 deaths caused by COVID-19 in the region

2 Apr, 2020 @ 14:25

Lead·Madrid

British Airways expected to suspend 36,000 staff amid coronavirus crisis, but are still putting on repatriation flights for Brits trapped abroad

BRITISH Airways is expected to suspend 36,000 staff, it has been revealed.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 14:24

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

UK searches for holidays in Spain in 2021 skyrocket by a staggering 1,600%

BRITISH searches for a holiday in Spain in 2021 have skyrocketed by more than 1,600%.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 13:11

Lead·Travel News

Spain’s king and queen cancel state visit to USA in midst of coronavirus pandemic

SPAIN’S King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia have postponed a state visit to the USA due to the coronavirus pandemic. The royal couple were due

2 Apr, 2020 @ 12:51

Lead·National News

BREAKING: First suspected DEATH in Gibraltar from COVID-19

A MAN has died in Gibraltar after having Coronavirus symptoms, followed by a heart attack although his swab results were still being processed.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 12:24

Gibraltar·Lead

BREAKING: Spain experiences record number of deaths in a single day, with total fatalities now exceeding 10,000

SPAIN has experienced another day with record breaking deaths due to coronavirus.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 12:16

Health·Lead

Costa Blanca animal rescue names newborn kitten after Olive Press reporter that saved his mum

A RESCUE kitten has been named after Olive Press reporter, Simon Wade. It came after our hardy hack ventured out during the lockdown to save

2 Apr, 2020 @ 10:47

Costa Blanca·Lead

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

THE ELEVENTH edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South & Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and

2 Apr, 2020 @ 10:06

Costa Blanca·Lead

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AXARQUIA turns into winter wonderland after hailstorm and tornados batter the region

Suspected burglar in Spain jailed for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules

BREAKING: Spain has another deadly 24 hours but coronavirus death AND infection rates decline

Spain to have potential vaccine for COVID-19 by end of April

Quarter of coronavirus deaths in Andalucia were residents of OAP homes

Last surviving member of Spain’s heroic WW2 ‘La Nueve’ group dies from coronavirus, aged 99

Spanish F1 ace Fernando Alonso donates thousands of masks and protection kits to Unicef to combat the coronavirus

Sending out an SOS: Costa Blanca community radio station reaches out for listeners’ help

Worried UK family reach out to Olive Press readers to help care for their ill relative, 72

REVEALED: When lockdown is predicted to end in Spain as experts say country’s coronavirus hospitalisations have already peaked

Spain’s Carlos Sainz Jr. agrees to a pay cut with McLaren due to the coronavirus crisis

Parking lot in Spain’s Catalunya turned into coffin depot to deal with huge number of deaths due to coronavirus crisis

It was right to reveal possible COVID-19 death, says Gibraltar Chief Minister

WATCH: Armed police bust ‘dangerous’ drug trafficker who smuggled cocaine into Spain’s Mallorca from Barcelona

Child abuse cases in Spain are increasing during the coronavirus lockdown

Pensioner murders her husband and then takes her own life in Madrid after he allegedly abused her

WATCH: Hail batters Spain’s Costa del Sol as SNOW blankets parts of Malaga

Coronavirus cases and deaths continue to climb on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Madrid to ask other regions in Spain to cremate bodies of coronavirus victims as funeral homes ‘collapsing’

British Airways expected to suspend 36,000 staff amid coronavirus crisis, but are still putting on repatriation flights for Brits trapped abroad

UK searches for holidays in Spain in 2021 skyrocket by a staggering 1,600%

Spain’s king and queen cancel state visit to USA in midst of coronavirus pandemic

BREAKING: First suspected DEATH in Gibraltar from COVID-19

BREAKING: Spain experiences record number of deaths in a single day, with total fatalities now exceeding 10,000

Costa Blanca animal rescue names newborn kitten after Olive Press reporter that saved his mum

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

Suspect in murder of Hungarian woman in Benahavis attempts to slit his own throat as Guardia Civil make arrest

Barcelona 24-hour supermarkets open ’round the clock’ are fronts for human trafficking, police say

The lure of Ceuta: The contested land young men die to reach and Spain sends its army to Africa to stop

Inside the secrets of Alicante’s remarkable ‘Venus’ head – which may just be the city’s greatest Roman treasure

Gibraltar airport eyes four million people catchment zone and battles Malaga for Costa del Sol passengers and routes

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