Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Swedish ‘beauty’ and ‘mafia boss’ Tania Gomez ‘is arrested in Spain’ after making Europe’s ‘most wanted’ list

TANIA Gomez, born to a Swedish mother and Spanish father, was one of the most wanted fugitives in Europe. That is until last week, when

27 Feb, 2025 @ 15:50

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Weather alert for Costa del Sol is upgraded to ORANGE as DANA rolls into Spain

THE Costa del Sol has been placed on an orange alert for severe rainfall by state weather agency Aemet. The warning is in place on

27 Feb, 2025 @ 15:28

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Spain's inflation rate climbs to highest figure since June 2024 due to electricity prices

Inflation rises in Spain due to VAT rate going up on electricity bills

INFLATION in Spain crept up slightly in February to 3% up by 0.1% on the previous month down to rising electricity bills. The Consumer Price

27 Feb, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Spanish cardiologist issues warning to anyone taking magnesium supplements

LEADING cardiologist Aurelio Rojas has warned the public about common mistakes when taking magnesium supplements. While the Spanish doctor isn’t against using them, he warns

27 Feb, 2025 @ 13:55

Health·Lead

Spain is a ‘progressive beacon in dark times’, writes The Guardian

BRITISH newspaper The Guardian has praised Spain as a ‘progressive beacon in dark times.’ They have branded Spain as an ‘outlier’ from the ‘dismal trend’

27 Feb, 2025 @ 13:53

Lead·Politics

‘Beverly Hills’ style tourist flats to be built in historic Andalucian gem – and they’re MUCH cheaper than they look

THE ‘most sought-after area’ in Cordoba will continue to build on its luxury status after the announcement of a new ‘exclusive’ apartment complex. Brillante, a

27 Feb, 2025 @ 13:44

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead·Property

Ibiza and Airbnb sign ‘historic’ agreement over tourist flats amid mounting tensions

IBIZA council and Airbnb have signed a ‘historic’ agreement to remove illegal tourist accommodation from the platform. The ‘pioneering’ plan will remove ‘flagrantly’ illegal properties

27 Feb, 2025 @ 13:08

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Property·Travel News

Police find killers of two British tourists struck by loose 'narco boat' on a Mar Menor road

Police arrest suspected killer of two British tourists struck by loose ‘narco boat’ on a busy road in Spain

POLICE have arrested a man over the death of two British tourists who were killed in November after an inflatable boat used to smuggle drugs

27 Feb, 2025 @ 12:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor

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Members of Spain’s infamous ‘Wolf Pack’ have their sentences reduced

OUTRAGE in Spain as members of the infamous ‘Wolf Pack’ have their sentences slashed. A Navarra court has reduced the sentence of two of the

27 Feb, 2025 @ 12:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Navarra

Man arrested for sending bomb warnings to schools in four Valencia towns with threat to 'kill as many people as possible'.

Man gets psychiatric treatment after sending bomb threats to schools in four Valencia towns to ‘kill as many people as possible’.

A MAN suffering with mental health problems has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for sending bomb warnings via email which claimed devices were going

27 Feb, 2025 @ 12:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Earthquake rocks Spain’s Andalucia: Alerts are sent to phones and ‘terrified’ locals report ‘houses shaking and furniture moving’

THE government of Andalucia has sent mobile phone alerts to thousands of locals after an earthquake struck this morning. The quake had a magnitude of

27 Feb, 2025 @ 11:27

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Revealed: Ryanair announces string of new routes from Alicante on the Costa Blanca

RYANAIR has announced three new routes for this year’s high season with three cities getting links to Alicante-Elche airport for the first time. The trio

27 Feb, 2025 @ 11:14

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Motorists stick to older polluting diesel cars in Spain as electric vehicle sales flounder

CARS on Spain’s roads are getting older with an average age of 14.5 years reported in 2024 and almost 60% being polluting diesel models. Industrial

26 Feb, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

World famous photographer shows off striking new portraits of the King and Queen of Spain

RENOWNED photographer Annie Leibovitz visited the Royal Palace in Madrid on Wednesday to meet the King and Queen of Spain at the unveiling of their

26 Feb, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·National News

Revealed: The three cheapest cities in Spain to live in – including Andalucia gem

JAEN and Huelva- both in Andalucia- along with Caceres in Extremadura have been rated as the cheapest Spanish provincial capitals to live in according to

26 Feb, 2025 @ 17:37

Andalucia·Lead·National News

Weather alerts are issued in Spain: DANA threatens heavy rain for Costa del Sol, Cadiz and elsewhere

A SERIES of weather warnings have been issued for parts of southern Spain this week. The Costa del Sol, inland areas of Malaga and the

26 Feb, 2025 @ 16:25

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Rafael Nadal Tennis Centre to open in Marbella

MARBELLA will soon be home to a Rafael Nadal Tennis Centre as the star sets up shop on the Costa del Sol. The Hotel Don

26 Feb, 2025 @ 16:17

Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Sport

Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll as tragic accounts describe what happened before belated emergency warning

Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll with many fatalities before emergency warning was issued

THE majority of the 224 deaths in last October’s Valencia floods were elderly people according to figures obtained by the El Pais newspaper. Almost half

26 Feb, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘We’ll never go back’: British family praise Spain’s ‘opposite’ attitude to work after moving to Valencia

A BRITISH couple who made the move to Spain have praised the country’s attitude to work while declaring they will ‘never go back’ to the

26 Feb, 2025 @ 15:33

Lead·Other News·Valencia

Revealed: How Americans are abandoning the US for Spain following Donald Trump’s victory – and snapping up pricey neighbourhoods

AMERICANS are coming to Spain in droves to escape Donald Trump’s administration, but where are they shacking up? Actor Richard Gere has become the figurehead

26 Feb, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Madrid·Property

Watch: Most wanted German fugitive is arrested in Estepona after hiding among the expat community

A GERMAN fugitive has been arrested in Estepona after hiding amongst expats since last year. The Guardia Civil has arrested a 36-year-old German fugitive in

26 Feb, 2025 @ 13:58

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s airport boss promises meeting with Ryanair’s Micheal O’Leary so long as he ‘calms down’ in war of words over taxes and fines

THE boss of Spain’s airport operator, Aena, says he’s happy to meet with his Ryanair counterpart so long as he ‘calms down’ over the current

26 Feb, 2025 @ 13:23

Lead·National News

Thieves buy cheap plane tickets just to steal tobacco and perfumes from duty free shops at Costa Blanca airport

A GANG specialising in stealing duty free goods from Alicante-Elche airport has been convicted of theft. Three men and two women- all of Romanian nationality-

26 Feb, 2025 @ 12:32

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Outrage in Spain’s Balearic Islands after health authorities ‘forget’ to enroll 4,000 women for breast cancer screening

THE Balearic Islands health agency ‘forgot’ to enroll over 4,000 women in the island’s Breast Cancer Prevention Programme, it has emerged. Between 2021 and 2024,

26 Feb, 2025 @ 12:25

Health·Lead·Mallorca

Costa Blanca hotels record their best-ever start to a year boosted by foreign holidaymakers

THE number of visitors staying in Costa Blanca hotels set a new January record with 227,388 people according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE). Overnight

26 Feb, 2025 @ 11:57

Costa Blanca·Lead

Watch: ‘Armed’ robber is chased out of shop in Spain’s Andalucia by female worker wielding a roll of sellotape

THIS is the moment a hooded man brandishing a plastic gun failed to rob a shop in southern Spain thanks to its no-nonsense owner. Footage

26 Feb, 2025 @ 11:55

Crime & Law·Lead

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Swedish ‘beauty’ and ‘mafia boss’ Tania Gomez ‘is arrested in Spain’ after making Europe’s ‘most wanted’ list

Weather alert for Costa del Sol is upgraded to ORANGE as DANA rolls into Spain

Inflation rises in Spain due to VAT rate going up on electricity bills

Spanish cardiologist issues warning to anyone taking magnesium supplements

Spain is a ‘progressive beacon in dark times’, writes The Guardian

‘Beverly Hills’ style tourist flats to be built in historic Andalucian gem – and they’re MUCH cheaper than they look

Ibiza and Airbnb sign ‘historic’ agreement over tourist flats amid mounting tensions

Police arrest suspected killer of two British tourists struck by loose ‘narco boat’ on a busy road in Spain

Members of Spain’s infamous ‘Wolf Pack’ have their sentences reduced

Man gets psychiatric treatment after sending bomb threats to schools in four Valencia towns to ‘kill as many people as possible’.

Earthquake rocks Spain’s Andalucia: Alerts are sent to phones and ‘terrified’ locals report ‘houses shaking and furniture moving’

Revealed: Ryanair announces string of new routes from Alicante on the Costa Blanca

Motorists stick to older polluting diesel cars in Spain as electric vehicle sales flounder

World famous photographer shows off striking new portraits of the King and Queen of Spain

Revealed: The three cheapest cities in Spain to live in – including Andalucia gem

Weather alerts are issued in Spain: DANA threatens heavy rain for Costa del Sol, Cadiz and elsewhere

Rafael Nadal Tennis Centre to open in Marbella

Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll with many fatalities before emergency warning was issued

‘We’ll never go back’: British family praise Spain’s ‘opposite’ attitude to work after moving to Valencia

Revealed: How Americans are abandoning the US for Spain following Donald Trump’s victory – and snapping up pricey neighbourhoods

Watch: Most wanted German fugitive is arrested in Estepona after hiding among the expat community

Spain’s airport boss promises meeting with Ryanair’s Micheal O’Leary so long as he ‘calms down’ in war of words over taxes and fines

Thieves buy cheap plane tickets just to steal tobacco and perfumes from duty free shops at Costa Blanca airport

Outrage in Spain’s Balearic Islands after health authorities ‘forget’ to enroll 4,000 women for breast cancer screening

Costa Blanca hotels record their best-ever start to a year boosted by foreign holidaymakers

Scientists at high-security lab in northern Spain ‘experimented with African swine fever’ when first cases appeared just metres away

British man survives hail of bullets hitting his car and is ‘out of danger’ at Costa Blanca hospital

Police seize 32 pieces carved from elephant ivory worth €3.6m from Valencia home

British ‘narco’ fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after getting life prison sentence

What to do if your Costa del Sol property is squatted – as Marbella police confirm okupas CAN be kicked out immediately without a long court battle