Costa del Sol under yellow weather alert: Torrential downpours to spell end of Malaga’s Indian summer?
THE long spell of late-season warmth along the Costa del Sol is about to end as Malaga braces for torrential rain and a sharp drop
Disaster for PM Sanchez as Catalan separatist allies abandon support for his centre-left government
EMBATTLED prime minister Pedro Sanchez has been dealt another hefty blow after the Catalan separatists he relied on to pass legislation in Congress unanimously decided
Horror in Alicante: Boyfriend ‘kills partner and stashes her corpse on couch in her Costa Blanca home while he makes off with her inheritance windfall’
A WOMAN was stabbed to death and her decomposing corpse kept on her Alicante home couch as her boyfriend stole part of a recent €250,000
Spain has its own Greek Parthenon featuring 40 Corinthian columns located in a secluded village that nobody visits
IT looks like something lifted straight from the hills of Athens, but this Greek-style temple stands hidden in the green valleys of northern Spain. The
Flights to and from UK thrown into chaos after drone sighting shuts down busy Costa Blanca airport
FLIGHTS to and from Alicante-Elche airport were disrupted for two hours on Monday night after a drone flew over protected airspace. The Policia Nacional and
The uneasy colonisation of Spain’s costas: Spanish home buyers are now a minority in Alicante — and Malaga is close behind
A DEEP disquiet is beginning to set in along Spain’s coastal regions after the release of the latest numbers from the Spanish General Council of
Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home to chill out on living room sofa
A LARGE griffon vulture flew into a Torrevieja home last Thursday at around 9.30pm and made itself comfortable on top of a sofa. The homeowner
Almost a quarter of children have trouble sleeping and a third are scared of rain – a year after Valencia flood disaster
A REPORT into the effects on children of the October 29 Valencia floods says that over 30% of them admit- a year later- to still
British man suffers punctured lung after being stabbed by passer-by for not giving him a cigarette in Valencia
A BRITISH man was rushed with a punctured lung to hospital in Valencia after refusing to give a cigarette to a passer-by. The victim- identified
Andalucia reclaims nearly 300 public housing flats in Malaga taken over by squatters, drug gangs and jihadists — which will be reassigned to families in need
NEARLY 300 public housing flats across Malaga province have been recovered by the Junta after they were taken over and converted into squats or drug
WATCH: Spanish special forces board Vigo-bound cargo ship and seize 6.5 tonnes of cocaine after tip-off from American DEA
SPANISH special forces have made a major drugs seizure near the Canary Islands from a cargo ship bound for Galicia. Authorities discovered 6.5 tonnes of
TV detective drama ‘Death in Benidorm’ to bring Costa Blanca intrigue to UK screens
A NEW British detective drama set in Benidorm is now filming on the Costa Blanca, promising seaside sunshine, expat bar culture and murder mystery in
10,000 key buildings including schools, nursing homes and hospitals are in danger from severe floods in Spain
SPAIN has 10,197 infrastructures that could be affected by severe floods with a recurrence period of 500 years. That’s the conclusion of a report published
Police discover yet another cluster of illegal mobile homes on protected land in Costa Blanca area
THE Guardia Civil are investigating 29 people over the illegal use of land to erect mobile homes in the Baiona Alta area of Mutxamel. This
Making a point: Spain faces growing concern over unreported drinks spiking and assaults
By Jon Clarke, Josie Sharp and Rachel Gore THE warning came out from the government and police in Madrid in early August, but it didn’t
50,000 protest in Valencia- demanding Carlos Mazon’s resignation over October 29 floods- as dramatic poll shows 75% of residents want him to quit
THOUSANDS took to Valencia City’s streets on Saturday to demand the resignation of president Carlos Mazon for his handling of the October 29 floods when
Save a Life: Join the team on November 28 to support the installation of more defibrillators in Mijas Costa
THE next big Save A Life (SAL) fundraiser is just around the corner. On November 28, the team will gather at La Sierra Restaurant at
Oops! I clicked a link… Now what?: AnyTech365’s simple, step-by-step guide to staying safe online – without losing your mind
ONE click. One flicker of curiosity. And suddenly, you’ve ‘won’ a free cruise you never entered, been promised eternal youth in a jar, or received
Erasmus student speaks out over terrifying suspected spiking in Madrid night club
As the Olive Press relaunches our Smash the Spiking campaign, two foreign students tell of their terrifying ordeal in a Madrid nightclub A YOUNG exchange
Archaeological gems and a historic sugar cane rum-making link make El Ingenio in Marbella province well worth a visit
IT is in the heat of the summer, in mid July, when she finally makes an appearance. That is the Virgen del Carmen, the patron
How Spain’s priciest barber rose from poverty, hustle and heartache to the heady heights of the Golden Mile of MarbellaÂ
HE’S the most expensive men’s hairdresser in Spain… yet he arrived in the country with just a few hundred euros to his name soon after
LIFE IN SPAIN: A work of art that offers a glimpse into some ancient Spanish traditions.
THE canvas was painted by Bartolome Esteban Murillo in 1675, in Sevilla. Today it hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Its
Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer
ANDALUCIA is the region with the highest cardiovascular disease mortality rate according a major study from the Spanish Society of Cardiology(SEC). Cardiovascular issues like a
MULLINS IT OVER: Learning to tango with Spanish bureaucrats… and when that fails, get back to work
I’VE said it before: life in Spain takes a bit of getting used to. The rhythm, the mañana mindset, the endless forms and stamps –
A National Hero: This week in 2006, Fernando Alonso won his second consecutive Formula One World Championship. MICHAEL COY ponders the importance of professional sport in our lives.
AN era is coming to a close in Spain. We’ve lived through a generation of world-beaters – but sport being sport, these heroes must eventually
LIFE IN SPAIN: A tale of three Spanish exiles
THE date November 6 may seem to be just another day, but in Spanish minds it is associate with tales of exile. Of the three