MOUTHWATERING: Four-week food festival takes over Spain’s Mallorca from TOMORROW
A MOUTHWATERING new food festival has been launched in Calvia for October. Every Friday the Mostra de Cuines – or Calvia Food Show – a
More than 127,000 Sephardi Jews outside Spain apply for Spanish citizenship after their ancestors were exiled 600 years ago
The Sephardi Jews set up communities throughout Spain and Portugal before they began to be exiled in the 15th Century
IN PICS: Spain’s most luxurious modern mansion with 10 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and its own spa goes on sale in Marbella
How does having a turkish bath, a spa and two bronze Salvador Dali sculptures in your house sound?
Four hamsters in a cage found by rubbish bins in Benitachell on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FOUR little hamsters in a cage have been found by rubbish bins in Benitachell on the Costa Blanca. The white-coated creatures were spotted in a
Valencian students win national James Dyson Award with buoy that filters microplastics from the ocean
STUDENTS from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) have won a national design award with a buoy that filters microplastics from the ocean. The buoy,
“He’s not in a good way” – British expat struck down by driver in Javea still awaiting brain surgery as brother pleads for public to ‘help fundraise’ for his recovery
THE brother of a British expat who was run down by a driver without a licence last Saturday has asked for help as his brother
ELECTION 2019: Party campaigns gets into full swing with GSLP/Liberals on the front foot
The Olive Press gives you a rundown of the election goings-on in the run-up to October 17
Lies and damned statistics
‘LIES, damned lies and statistics,’ as former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said. Anyone can throw claims and figures about. It is what’s behind
British tourists ‘kicked out’ of popular hotel at 1.30am on Spain’s Costa del Sol after it allegedly goes into administration
A BRITISH tourist has claimed she was kicked out of a popular hotel on Spain’s Costa del Sol after it went into administration. The family
IN PICS: Inside the WOMEN ONLY hotel where men are banned in Spain’s Mallorca
A HOTEL in Spain has received global attention for banning men from its premises. The Som Dona Hotel, in Mallorca, is a four-star resort featuring
Reckless driver who put British expat in coma while driving without a licence in Javea could face up to 3 years 6 months in prison
THE RECKLESS driver who crashed into a British expat while he was trimming his hedge in Javea could face up to three years and six
Forest fire in hills of Casares has been ‘stabilised’ after dozens of families evacuated
THE forest fire in the Sierra Crestellina area has been stabilised after a night and morning of intense work from firefighters. The Junta reversed the
Woman in Spain who put boyfriend’s head in a box and gave it to friend claiming it was sex toys, ‘baked head to remove smell’
She allegedly used his phone to text his family saying he was fine and staying in Asturias and Galicia.
Police in Sevilla bust gang of robbers and seize five firearms, €1,550 and two luxury cars
Two men and one woman have been arrested in connection with the raids.
‘DON’T PANIC’: Gibraltar Government opens Brexit Information Office in bid to calm Rock ahead of October 31 departure from EU
"Things will be very different, there are solutions, but the solutions will involve processes and procedures, which are more complicated"
Three of Spain’s wines are amongst the world’s best bottles for under $20
Eric Asimov of The New York Times included the Madrid Granito de Cadalso, the Grancanario Fronton de Oro and the Cadiz Vara y Pulgar in
New ‘wedding race’ sees brides and grooms run 5km to win their ‘dream’ big day worth €40,000 on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A RACE giving prospective couples the chance to win the ‘wedding of their dreams’ has been announced for the Costa del Sol. The lucky winners
WATCH: Huge forest fire rages behind homes on Spain’s Costa del Sol as authorities warn ‘winds not helping’
It comes after a level 1 emergency was declared after the fire broke out at around 7pm in Casares
Level 1 Emergency declared, homes evacuated as forest fire rages in hills of Spain’s Costa del Sol after one victim forced to take refuge in swimming pool
HOMES have been evacutated and roads cut off after a forest fire broke out in the hills of the Costa del Sol earlier tonight. Some
Valencian doctor specialising in facial surgery and reconstruction caught with half a kilo of cocaine in his backpack
A VALENCIAN doctor specialising in surgery of the face has been charged with a crime against public health after being caught with half a kilo
City in Spain’s Andalucia bans weddings outside of office hours
Town hall officials have also forbidden weddings from taking place anywhere but the City Hall, Palacio de Mondragon and Covent of Santo Domingo.
Spain among top 20 countries which try to censor online data the most
Data also showed the main reason behind removals was ‘national security.’
Lady Elizabeth School on the Costa Blanca joins global Greenpeace climate strike campaign
STUDENTS from a top British school on the Costa Blanca have marched on their town hall to demand collaboration in tackling environmental issues. Lady Elizabeth
Valencian government moves to exhume 500 mass graves scattered across the Community following the Spanish Civil War
A YOUNG girl shot and killed for holding a pamphlet in Dolores, a professor dispatched without prior trial in Alicante – these are the stories
Brits help restore Costa Blanca community of 140 left with only ‘one working kitchen’ after September floods
CARING listeners of an English-language radio station have rallied round to donate furniture, electrical items and cleaning equipment to an urbanisation left with just ‘one
REVEALED: When the clocks will change in Spain and why
THAT time of year is fast approaching, when the sun begins to set sooner and sooner as we wave summer goodbye. Like every year, the