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Spain’s state broadcaster asks Eurovision Song Contest organisers to ‘talk’ about Israel’s participation with Basel event just weeks away

SPAIN’S state broadcaster, RTVE, has contacted Eurovision Song Contest organisers in a call for talks over whether Israel should be allowed to take part in

13 Apr, 2025 @ 08:00

Entertainment·Lead·Politics

What is ‘la torrija’? The delicious treat that’s traditionally eaten during Semana Santa in Spain

SEMANA Santa has taken over Spain this week and you may be seeing ‘torrijas’ everywhere, but what are these sweet treats? READ MORE: Why are

12 Apr, 2025 @ 17:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

EXPLAINER: How to obtain your Andalucía health card in Spain

THE medical card (tarjeta sanitaria individual) is the document that identifies the individual before the Public Health Authorities of Andalucia. Each person should possess one,

12 Apr, 2025 @ 14:54

Health·Lead·Other News

Spain’s housing crisis latest: Ibiza shanty town eviction halted at the last moment as police were closing in

A MAJOR eviction operation targeting an illegal settlement in Ibiza was abruptly suspended on Wednesday. Thanks to a last-minute court ruling, the eviction of Can

12 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Politics·Property

Semana Santa off to a wet start in Spain: Storm Olivier brings yellow alerts to Malaga and Cadiz – and soaks the famous Easter processions

STORM Olivier has thrown early Easter processions across southern Spain into chaos, as rain and thunderstorms sweep through the region during the opening weekend of

12 Apr, 2025 @ 11:56

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Police kept busy with two big drug busts in Spain’s Sevilla

ELEVEN people have been arrested and two others investigated in two anti-drug operations carried out by the Policia Nacional in Sevilla. The first was in

12 Apr, 2025 @ 09:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

‘Spain isn’t as cheap as you think anymore’: Brit goes from Benidorm to Marbella and is shocked at the price difference

A BRITISH expat in Benidorm has expelled the idea that Spain is always a cheap place to live. He originally moved to the coastal town

12 Apr, 2025 @ 09:00

Benidorm·Lead·Marbella

EXCLUSIVE: British fashion boss Jody Smart found guilty of fraud after scamming thousands of expats out of their retirement savings in Spain

By Jon Clarke and Walter Finch SHE was best friends with TV star Denise van Outen and had more shoes than notorious Filipino first lady

11 Apr, 2025 @ 18:57

Costa Blanca·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

Intrigue on the Rock: Can Gibraltar’s incoming police chief swim with the sharks?

THE triumphant announcement of a new Commissioner of Police for Gibraltar after an exhaustive selection process has been darkened by the return of the McGrail

11 Apr, 2025 @ 18:45

Gibraltar·Lead

Dramatic testimony from sacked emergency chiefs in ‘blame game’ over late Valencia flood alert

THE former Valencian Emergencies Minister has said that president Carlos Mazon did not delay the sending of an emergency text flood warning on October 29.

11 Apr, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘Dangerous’ toilet and shower blocks plus 81 illegal homes ‘sealed off’ at unlicensed Mar Menor campsite

TOILET and shower blocks as well as 81 unlicensed pre-fab homes have been sealed off by authorities at a Mar Menor camp site. Cartagena City

11 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

EXPLAINER: New Spanish law on food waste – what you need to know

SPAIN has passed a new law requiring all parts of the food supply chain to take action against food waste. The measure places legal responsibility

11 Apr, 2025 @ 17:15

Lead·National News

Olive Press opinion: New Gibraltar police chief is gonna need a bigger boat

THE Olive Press did a story a few months ago suggesting that the McGrail inquiry would ‘have a chilling effect on law enforcement’ in Gibraltar.

11 Apr, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Opinion

E-scooter battery causes apartment block fire with five people injured on Costa Blanca

AN ELECTRIC scooter battery left on charge overnight sparked an apartment block blaze in Elche early Friday morning. The fire spread through the five-storey building

11 Apr, 2025 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Millions of illegal cigarettes seized as police bust gang who exported product from Spain

Millions of illegal cigarettes seized as police bust factories in Spain

A MASSIVE counterfeit cigarette racket has been busted in Alicante province. The gang had a network of factories and warehouses making and distributing the fake

11 Apr, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

MULLINS IT OVER: In his first, exclusive column for the Olive Press, Charlie Mullins reveals that life as an expat in Spain trumps the high-tax grind back in London

By Charlie Mullins AS my many friends in Spain and the UK know, as well as a load of haters in the UK, I’m now

11 Apr, 2025 @ 15:14

Andalucia·Lead

Pet detective: Missing tortoise’s mysterious return baffles Brit expat owner in Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE mysterious disappearance – and sudden reappearance – of a tortoise in San Roque has left locals scratching their heads. Tom the tortoise, a much-loved

11 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Nature

Serial burglar back to jail in Gibraltar: Local man caught hours after robbing three businesses in one night

A SERIAL burglar has been jailed for a spate of break-ins in businesses around Gibraltar. Christian Baglietto, 47, of Prince Edward’s Road, appeared before the

11 Apr, 2025 @ 14:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s illegal Hotel Algarrobico – asset or eyesore?: Michael Coy investigates the saga that has been going through the courts for decades

IF you drive along the Andalucian coast road east of Almería, you enter a desolate wilderness. The bustling port gives way, alarmingly rapidly, to a

11 Apr, 2025 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Lead·Property

Heartless farmer jailed for starving 170 geese to death in Spain

THE Spanish Supreme Court has upheld a 15-month prison sentence imposed on a farmer who abandoned 170 geese to die of hunger. In its judgment,

11 Apr, 2025 @ 13:15

Andalucia·Lead

Spain's Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and the US

Spain’s Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and Trump

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said it was ‘important to continue making progress in building good economic relations between China, Spain, and the EU’.

11 Apr, 2025 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Politics

New protections for the Costa del Sol’s controversial ‘donkey taxis’ after ‘several collapsed from the heat’ last summer

MIJAS Town Council has introduced a new set of regulations aimed at protecting the welfare of animals used in the town. Donkey taxi and horse-drawn

11 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Nature·Politics

Spain shuts down ‘golden visa’ scheme – what alternative residency pathways remain?

On 3rd April, Spain officially ended support for its investment visa pathways commonly known as “golden visas”. The golden visa programme allowed non-EU residents to

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:56

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

The ultimate inside job: Bank cleaner in Spain’s Marbella steals thousands when staff ‘not looking’

IN a case that’s left colleagues stunned, a cleaner working at a bank branch in Marbella has been arrested after allegedly stealing €16,000 in cash

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spain braces for another round of ‘blood rain’: These will be the affected areas – but will it miss the Costa del Sol?

SPAIN is bracing for a dramatic bout of ‘blood rain’ as Storm Olivier pushes a thick plume of Saharan dust across the country, combining with

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:17

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Spain’s inflation tumbles to lowest rate in six months as electricity prices fall

LOWER electricity and fuel prices helped Spain’s inflation rate to go down to 2.3% in March. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) said on Friday that

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:01