From flower pots to historic architecture, these are the towns in Spain’s Andalucia that won urban planning awards
The areas were previously busy thoroughfares for cars and had become swamped by careless parking and congestion
WATCH: Cocaine submarines, corruption and translation calamity – Olive Press TV news roundup November 24-30
This week, Costa Blanca reporter Joshua James Parfitt looks at the key stories covered by the Olive Press over the past week. Featuring: Spain’s first-ever
CANCELLED: Confusion after popular and ONLY route connecting US and Spain’s Andalucia to be stopped next year despite 11 years of success
The shock announcement comes after they extended the service last year, beginning it a month earlier in May
Fears for missing British expat last seen kayaking on Spain’s Costa Blanca almost a WEEK ago
A BRITISH expat has been missing for almost a week in south-eastern Spain. Kenneth Dallas McPherson, 62, disappeared last Saturday after going kayaking off Torrevieja
All you need to know about historic trans-Atlantic cocaine submarine seized by police in Spain as experts believe much of €100 million haul was heading to UK
The first vessel of its kind to be caught in European waters, it was carrying 152 packages containing more than three tonnes of cocaine
Expat-run cafeteria Caffe Milano first in Spain to officially use pasta straws in a bid to slash plastic waste
AN EXPAT-RUN cafeteria on the Costa Blanca has claimed it is the ‘first in Spain’ to use an innovative pasta straw that cuts out single-use
Famous brothel El Quijote in Pedreguer on the market for €2.5 million as estate agent praises ‘excellent location close to school, pharmacy and health centre’
PROXIMITY to schools, pharmacies and health centres would be an attractive selling point for most home owners looking to buy in the Costa Blanca region.
Electric tuk tuk rides are coming to a town in Spain’s Andalucia for Christmas
Two possible routes will be offered by the 100% green mode of transport
In Spain 18 million overweight and obese people add 20% onto national health bill, but is UK worse?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity has almost tripled since 1975
Teacher in Spain’s Malaga arrested for allegedly abusing one of his students
Authorities have not yet revealed the age of the student
Spanish Met Office warns of ANOTHER gota frÃa to hit the Costa Blanca and Andalucia from Sunday night
SPAIN’S Met Office (AEMET) has today warned of a gota frÃa predicted to hit the south and southeast commencing Sunday night. A statement said the
Two men arrested after convincing 5 underage girls the END OF THE WORLD was nigh and sexual contact would grant them salvation
GUARDIA Civil have arrested two men aged 25 and 26 in Madrid on crimes of sexual abuse after they convinced five minors the end of
TURFED OUT: Artificial grass flop in play park in Denia as ‘cheaper alternative to grass’ ends up plastered in dog excrement and urine
IN 2009 it was hailed as a cheaper alternative to natural grass that requires maintenance and frequent watering. But the artificial grass installed in a
“Kill my husband” – The Black Widow of Valencia who convinced extra-marital lover to murder her partner while she cheated on both faces 22 years in prison
SHE did not plunge the knife into his back, but the ‘black widow of Valencia’ is now facing 22 years in prison over the murder
High-speed rail across Spain set to become MUCH cheaper after network partly sold off to French and Italian companies
The agreement reached today will be set in stone after being reviewed by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC)
TERROR ALERT: Hundreds of Spaniards at risk of ‘credible and imminent’ ISIS terrorist attack by north African cell
HUNDREDS of Spaniards are at risk of an ‘imminent’ terrorist attack, government sources have warned. Spain’s Foreign Ministry warned against travel to the Saharawi refugee
“Is it for people with haemorrhoids?” Residents clueless over Alicante’s new benches for back pain
ALICANTE Town Hall has invested €3,600 in a new fleet of benches to support residents with back pain. The problem is: no one else can
WATCH: How Spain is central to EU’s €30 BILLION cocaine and narcotics market as new report warns of increasing violence from ruthless European gangs
Despite record seizures this year, trafficking inside containers destined for European ports is still the most common transport method
CASTING CALL: British film set in World War II needs extras for filming on Spain’s Costa del Sol… APPLY HERE
A PRODUCTION company is seeking extras for a British film on the Costa del Sol. Modexpor is looking for men aged 20 and above to
MI CASA: Expats choose crystal Mediterranean waters and sunny shores as Alicante named province with most foreign house buyers in Spain
EXPAT homeowners are flocking to the crystal Mediterranean waters of Alicante as new figures reveal it as the province with the most foreign buyers. Spain’s
WATCH: Level crossing barriers fail to close as car narrowly avoids train in shock Spanish dashcam video
LEVEL crossing barriers have failed to close in a shocking dashcam video in northern Spain. Point-of-view footage shows the driver stop suddenly as a train
Spain’s Malaga swelters in winter heatwave (and it continues until Sunday)
The warm weather is predicted to hang around until Sunday when it will make way for cloud cover and drizzle
British dad found dead in marina of popular expat and tourist hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol
An autopsy showed that Andrew had sustained chest arm injuries, where he is thought to have tried to pull himself out of the water
Two arrested and one man on the run after police in Spain discover world’s first transatlantic drugs submarine
The boat was stopped on Sunday night in Galicia following its 4,778 mile journey from Columbia
90 km/h speed cameras branded ‘illegal’ after motoring association reveals law allowing cars to break speed limit when overtaking
SPAIN’S traffic regulator has come under fire after a motoring organisation claimed the country’s 90 km/h speed cameras are issuing ‘illegal’ fines. Automovilistas Europeos Asociados
Fake women’s magazine containing domestic violence advice so ‘abusive partners won’t find out’ saves 24 women in Denia
THE crimped skirts, green smoothies and exercise tips look like the pages of any glossy women’s magazine. But read closer, and all is not what