Emergency services hunt man last seen waving for help from sea on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The man was taking a dip off Playa del Cristo on Saturday morning when he got into trouble.
‘Largest organised crime group in eastern Spain’ brought down as 81 arrested, 4 tonnes of cocaine seized and 800 bank accounts frozen
THE ‘largest organised crime group in eastern Spain’ has been brought down following a seven-nation investigation that saw 81 arrests, the seizure of 4,000kg of
Torrevieja turning on the tapas as Brits enjoy International Tapas Day
TORREVIEJA celebrated International Tapas Day in style this weekend with nearly 30 bars and restaurants showing off their culinary kudos. Like many other food festivals,
Urgent plea from Mayor as Costa Blanca beaches cleared of 1,000 tonnes of flood rubbish
Up to 1,000 tonnes of rubbish was collected from Costa Blanca beaches following the devastating floods that killed seven and displaced thousands. José Luis Sáez,
British man, 55, found dead in Montgó Natural Park after he went out hiking alone
A BRITISH man, 55, has been found dead by firefighters after he went out hiking alone on the Montgó massif last week. When the man
REVEALED: The shockingly low salaries of doctors in Spain compared to UK, US and France
DOCTORS in Spain earn five times less than their counterparts in the US, a new study has revealed. The latest International Report on Doctor’s Salaries,
Councillor says Costa Blanca floods were a ‘humanitarian crisis’ largely ignored by world media
A BRITISH councillor has called the gota fría catastrophe ‘a humanitarian crisis’ largely ignored from international media. Darren Parmenter, British San Fulgencio Councillor for International
Do you need residency to sell a house?
If you are interested in buying or selling a house in Spain, but are not a resident, then you need not worry. In Spain, there
Medal-winning athlete dies in refugee boat after attempting to cross the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco
A surviving friend said: “His dream was to be like Conor Anthony McGregor. He had his sights set on Spain to work and compete.”
Shocked British couple pay £10,000 for VIP Airbnb penthouse in Spain’s Ibiza only to find it doesn’t exist
They were forced to travel 40 miles and pay £200 a night extra for the nearest dog friendly accommodation.
Almost one million affected as major blackout in Tenerife leaves entire island without light
Street and traffic lights stopped working and the emergency services, who received 688 calls throughout the day, had to help around 60 people who were
Spain’s government will investigate soldiers caught drinking beer in public with guns at their feet
Normal procedure would have been for them to leave their weapons inside the guarded vehicle while they took their break.
Giles Brown sees his life flash before his eyes while go-karting on Spain’s Costa del Sol
I spent much of my childhood playing Scalextric in my bedroom as a small boy.
SCIENTISTS ASK: Was Medusa Gibraltarian?
It comes after a clay picture of Medusa was dug up at Gorham’s Cave by top archaeologists, bringing to light the area’s special significance.
Top tips for travelling green REVEALED after climate protests in Spain
Spain ranks second in Europe and fifth in the world for air travel emissions.
With atheism on the rise in Spain, Maya Eashwaran checks out why the masses are deserting the church
Church marriages have also declined steeply; in a 27 year-long period, the percentage of religious marriages in Spain declined from 79% to 19.8%, a huge
Belinda Beckett reveals the jargon which makes her stomach turn
Had Shakespeare himself been around today, he would be having a Twelfth Nightmare trying to fit sayings like ‘the feel-good-factor’ into a rhyming couplet.
Spain shutting the border would be like ‘cutting off its nose to spite its face’, slams Gibraltar’s deputy commander
Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia said that tightening frontier controls would hurt the Spanish as much as the Rock.
PART 1: How we set up the Olive Press from a derelict apartment in the Granada mountains
Whoever had kicked in the door and smashed the place up probably didn’t look wet behind the ears.
Wanted British ‘paedo’ caged in Spain after trying to hide among expat community in popular hotspot
A WANTED Brit has been arrested in Spain after fleeing the UK on charges of sexual activity with a minor. According to eldia.es, the 53-year-old
As Spain experiences a 400% increase in gang rape, is porn to blame?
There were a staggering 60 gang rapes in Spain last year, compared to 14 in 2017.
Terrorism fears in Spain after Catalan separatists caught testing BOMBS and ‘planning acts of violence’
Officers seized sulphuric acid, paraffin, aluminium powder, industrial paint stripper, gasoline and thermite
SCORCHER: Temperatures of up to 35C in Spain’s Andalucia and on Costa del Sol this weekend as Malaga to be hottest city in the country TONIGHT
Malaga and the Costa del Sol will enjoy summer temperatures into next week too
Thousands of teenagers march for action on climate change in solidarity with Greta Thunberg across Spain’s Andalucia
The young people held up signs saying 'change you life, not the climate' and 'rescue the planet NOW!'
Young Irish man dies in freak accident during famous holy pilgrimage in Spain
AN Irish man has died following a freak swimming accident while on a pilgrimage in Spain. Timothy Kelleher, who was in his 30s, drowned late
BREXIT BARD: Read street writer’s poem for the Olive Press about B-day
For €1, street writer Marta Carmona fired off a few lines of prose on her typewriter for the Olive Press in the capital’s trendy La