Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

€2 million boost for tourist projects in Calpe on Spain's Costa Blanca

Town hall blasted for spending €90,000 on campaign to attract more British tourists to Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TOWN hall has been blasted for spending €90,000 on a campaign to attract more British tourists – to just four hotels! Calpe’s PP mayor

31 Mar, 2019 @ 13:29

Costa Blanca·Lead

British expats warn that farms with millions of pigs are ‘poisoning’ their communities in Spain’s Andalucia

BRITISH expats have slammed the ‘horrendous’ growth of intensive pig farms in Andalucia, claiming they ‘pollute’ the water supply. Agrifood giant Grupo Fuertes has been

31 Mar, 2019 @ 13:00

Granada·Lead

Benidorm introduces bans on mobility scooters in new crackdown on ‘uncivil tourism’

THEY have famously been dubbed ‘Madge-mobiles’ after one of hit TV show Benidorm’s most popular characters. So it is with great irony that the tourist

31 Mar, 2019 @ 12:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

Expat and local nudists fuming as five-storey tower block begins construction behind favourite beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The beach has been a safe haven for naturists for more than 40 years

31 Mar, 2019 @ 10:56

Costa Blanca·Lead

Summers in Spain are now FIVE WEEKS longer than in the eighties

Research claims that around 32 million people are affected by a warming climate

30 Mar, 2019 @ 16:58

Environment·Lead·Travel News

Young backpacker vanishes from Malaga as sister fears ‘something bad’ has happened

Police in Sweden confirmed to the Olive Press that the case is being investigated by the Swedish Police Authority

30 Mar, 2019 @ 13:00

Lead·Malaga

British expat reverend thanks God and wife four years after doctors sent him home to die on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Vergel-based expat Clive Read, 79, was suffering from pneumonia and an undiagnosed heart condition when he stopped responding to treatment at Denia Hospital in April

30 Mar, 2019 @ 09:52

Costa Blanca·Lead

IN PICS: Olive Press launches new Costa Blanca edition to add to award-winning expat newspaper brand in Spain

IT has taken five years, but the Olive Press Costa Blanca has finally arrived. Half a decade of research and planning – and with something

29 Mar, 2019 @ 20:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

Police intervene after ‘disturbed rifle-touting’ neighbour declares ‘this is war’ before planting row of cypress trees to block expat’s views on Spain’s Costa Blanca

'It feels like he's putting a middle finger up at us'

29 Mar, 2019 @ 17:36

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Parliament to hold CRUNCH Brexit vote today in ‘last chance’ to secure extension

Yet another defeat for May would force either the cancellation of Article 50, a no deal departure or a long delay

29 Mar, 2019 @ 13:01

Lead·Politics

WATCH: ‘Superhero’ promises to drive tobacco smugglers out of town in southern Spain

In the footage a man, disguised as a Power Ranger, addresses the camera and warns smugglers their trade will soon come to an end

29 Mar, 2019 @ 11:54

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Spanish man breaks Guinness World Record for eating most hot dogs in three minutes

Originally from Malaga, the new record-holder revealed his achievement was intended to be a ‘practice’ attempt, but he ended up doing it first time

28 Mar, 2019 @ 10:10

Food & Drink·Lead

Secret grave of Franco victims discovered in Madrid cemetery

Thousand of people were shot in Madrid by Franco’s regime following the end of the civil war, the 80th anniversary of which is marked this

28 Mar, 2019 @ 09:20

Lead

BREAKING: MPs fail to find a majority for ANY Brexit option

MPs voted on eight alternative options including a second referendum and revoking Article 50, with a customs union option coming closest to a consensus

27 Mar, 2019 @ 23:44

Lead·Politics

Spain accused of attempt to ‘force out’ British MEP in row over Gibraltar

Claude Moraes has claimed Spain is behind a ‘systematic’ attack aimed at getting him to back down over Gibraltar

27 Mar, 2019 @ 16:59

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Ryanair announces several NEW routes from Spain’s Alicante to UK, Ireland and other European cities

It comes after Ryanair revealed that this summer it would run two weekly flights to Bordeaux and a further three to Munich

27 Mar, 2019 @ 15:43

Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Video of mother duck in Marbella crossing 12 ducklings over road melts hearts of locals

The film sees the mother duck looking out for cyclists and pedestrians passing by, as she helps her babies cross

27 Mar, 2019 @ 13:20

Lead

Gibraltar BANS BALLOONS in desperate bid to save wildlife

The ban comes after authorities cancelled the territory’s annual National Day celebration in which 30,000 red and white helium balloons are released

27 Mar, 2019 @ 13:04

Crime & Law·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

‘EVIL MONSTER’: British paedophile on run in southern Spain jailed for 23 years after hiding as English teacher with fake name

Judge Rhys Rowlands told Hayes that he wouldn’t automatically get parole after serving half of his sentence, saying it is possible he could serve it

27 Mar, 2019 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

WATCH: Entire Costa del Sol on ORANGE ALERT as six-metre waves batter Malaga

After 6:00pm today, a yellow warning will remain in place for all of the Costa del Sol on Thursday and Friday

27 Mar, 2019 @ 11:57

Lead

Secretive anti-North Korean group claims break-in at Spain embassy

The declaration - entitled ‘Facts About Madrid’ - came just hours after Spain’s High Court named suspects in the investigation into the break-in

27 Mar, 2019 @ 09:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Parliament takes back control as MPs seek new Brexit options

It comes after thousands of expats joined a million marchers at a massive anti-Brexit protest in London at the weekend

26 Mar, 2019 @ 19:52

Lead·Politics

British men among seven arrested in Marbella for smuggling three tonnes of hash to Costa del Sol marinas

Drugs were discovered in the hulls of pleasure yachts, which the gang would sail from Gibraltar and Morocco to Costa del Sol marinas

26 Mar, 2019 @ 14:26

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Spain’s Guardia Civil drag ‘drunk’ woman and partner off Ryanair flight after they told passenger ‘let’s take it outside’ mid-flight

Other passengers tried to calm down the woman, who kept screaming, ‘I don’t need an ambulance’

26 Mar, 2019 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead

Dead body of ‘clothed’ middle-aged man found on beach in southern Spain

Authorities transferred the body to a shelter nearby for forensic examinations and police subsequently cordoned off the surrounding area

25 Mar, 2019 @ 20:15

Lead

DID YOU FEEL IT? Earthquake rumbles along Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN earthquake has hit a popular holiday destination on the Costa Blanca, rattling residents’ windows and houses from Cartagena to Benidorm. The magnitude 4.0 earthquake

25 Mar, 2019 @ 14:47

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Town hall blasted for spending €90,000 on campaign to attract more British tourists to Spain’s Costa Blanca

British expats warn that farms with millions of pigs are ‘poisoning’ their communities in Spain’s Andalucia

Benidorm introduces bans on mobility scooters in new crackdown on ‘uncivil tourism’

Expat and local nudists fuming as five-storey tower block begins construction behind favourite beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Summers in Spain are now FIVE WEEKS longer than in the eighties

Young backpacker vanishes from Malaga as sister fears ‘something bad’ has happened

British expat reverend thanks God and wife four years after doctors sent him home to die on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IN PICS: Olive Press launches new Costa Blanca edition to add to award-winning expat newspaper brand in Spain

Police intervene after ‘disturbed rifle-touting’ neighbour declares ‘this is war’ before planting row of cypress trees to block expat’s views on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Parliament to hold CRUNCH Brexit vote today in ‘last chance’ to secure extension

WATCH: ‘Superhero’ promises to drive tobacco smugglers out of town in southern Spain

WATCH: Spanish man breaks Guinness World Record for eating most hot dogs in three minutes

Secret grave of Franco victims discovered in Madrid cemetery

BREAKING: MPs fail to find a majority for ANY Brexit option

Spain accused of attempt to ‘force out’ British MEP in row over Gibraltar

Ryanair announces several NEW routes from Spain’s Alicante to UK, Ireland and other European cities

WATCH: Video of mother duck in Marbella crossing 12 ducklings over road melts hearts of locals

Gibraltar BANS BALLOONS in desperate bid to save wildlife

‘EVIL MONSTER’: British paedophile on run in southern Spain jailed for 23 years after hiding as English teacher with fake name

WATCH: Entire Costa del Sol on ORANGE ALERT as six-metre waves batter Malaga

Secretive anti-North Korean group claims break-in at Spain embassy

Parliament takes back control as MPs seek new Brexit options

British men among seven arrested in Marbella for smuggling three tonnes of hash to Costa del Sol marinas

WATCH: Spain’s Guardia Civil drag ‘drunk’ woman and partner off Ryanair flight after they told passenger ‘let’s take it outside’ mid-flight

Dead body of ‘clothed’ middle-aged man found on beach in southern Spain

DID YOU FEEL IT? Earthquake rumbles along Spain’s Costa Blanca

Natural ageing or maintenance culture? Inside the Costa del Sol’s aesthetic boom

Padel vs Tennis: Why padel is winning over expats – and where to play in Marbella

EXCLUSIVE: British toddler who has undergone SIX surgeries battling rare cancer gets lifeline in the Costa Blanca

Flamenco star Estrella Morente fronts near sell-out charity concert in Granada

This Costa Tropical seaside town is set to launch a €900k underwater sculpture park for diving enthusiasts – here’s what you need to know