Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

EXCLUSIVE: Expats slam electrical store Worten after being left with faulty fridges and TVs

Two furious expats slammed the ‘non-existent’ customer services at Worten’s Marbella and Fuengirola stores after the ‘useless’ appliances arrived broken or quickly breaking down

13 May, 2015 @ 11:09

Lead·Malaga

Picasso painting smashes record for most expensive art ever sold at auction

Women of Algiers sold for 160 million euros

12 May, 2015 @ 14:10

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

EVENT CANCELLED: Fuengirola bullring to host 12-hour DJ festival

‘Pandemonium at the Bullring’ will take place on May 30

12 May, 2015 @ 12:22

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Carrie Frais co founder of MumAbroad and her two children e

Spain seventh best country in the world to be a mother

While 62% of mothers ranked quality of life better in their adoptive countries than where they came from

12 May, 2015 @ 11:52

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Gareth Bale becoming increasingly isolated at Real Madrid because he can’t speak Spanish

He has been vilified by fans for recent poor performances

11 May, 2015 @ 18:46

Lead·Sport

Nerja footballer on trial for assaulting referee

Goalkeeper Ivan Cabello faces a 26-month prison sentence

11 May, 2015 @ 15:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Sport

Mijas Rocks promoters hit back at town hall over ‘illegal’ festival

Councillor Juan Carlos Gonzalez insisted that the festival had ‘failed to obtain the proper authorisation’ and was ‘fraudulent’ and would be ‘cancelled’

11 May, 2015 @ 13:22

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

Sweet Moscatel wine from Axarquia bodega is China’s favourite

Wine lovers in China have given their stamp of approval to a family bodega in the Axarquia

11 May, 2015 @ 11:50

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

Geordie Shore star hospitalised after Marbella hen party

Vicky Pattinson was allegedly involved in a bar fight

11 May, 2015 @ 11:13

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

Spain triumphs again as top summer holiday destination for Europeans

Spain has triumphed, yet again, as the top holiday destination for Europeans this summer

10 May, 2015 @ 16:00

Lead·Travel News

Four of Europe’s top 10 golf destinations are in Spain

The outright winner being Balearic capital Palma

10 May, 2015 @ 14:00

Lead·National News·Sport

Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal meet in Madrid Master tennis final

Nadal has a 15-5 winning record over Murray with the Scot having never beaten the Spaniard on clay

10 May, 2015 @ 13:27

Lead·Sport

Spanish winery becomes third biggest in the world after €40 million expansion

Famous for its Vina Albali, the company’s annual production will grow from 200m to 300m litres

10 May, 2015 @ 11:00

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead

Tourists visiting Spain make more than half of all purchases on clothes

A massive 59% of all purchases made by tourists visiting Spain’s shores are made in retail stores

10 May, 2015 @ 08:53

Business & Finance·Lead

Military plane crashes during flight testing in Sevilla

In a statement Airbus said it was "devastated to confirm" the loss of four crew members, adding that another two are in hospital in a

9 May, 2015 @ 17:30

Lead·Sevilla

First ever solar powered aircraft to fly into Spain on world-wide trip

Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg started their global adventure in Abu Dhabi on March 1

9 May, 2015 @ 17:10

Environment·Lead·Travel News

Sergio Garcia and Jose Olazabal back Spain for 2022 Ryder Cup

SPAIN’S top golfers are boosting the country’s bid to host the world’s premier golfing event. The Spanish bid for the 2022 Ryder Cup has been

9 May, 2015 @ 14:55

Lead·Sport

World’s first LGBT language courses on offer in Sevilla

Open to all ages, the two or four week classes are led by a gay teacher and focus on travel, socialising and Spanish culture

9 May, 2015 @ 13:15

Business & Finance·La Cultura·Lead·Sevilla

PP file denuncia after Twitter user labels Prime Minister Rajoy ‘corrupt’

THE Malaga branch of the PP has filed a denuncia against a Twitter user who labelled Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as ‘corrupt’. The message, tweeted on March 28,

8 May, 2015 @ 15:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Malaga Rocks Mijas music festival ‘will be cancelled’ by town hall

Event organisers are determined to play on

8 May, 2015 @ 11:33

La Cultura·Lead

Spanish banker forbidden from taking his Picasso to the UK

Jamie Botin, main shareholder in Spanish bank Bankinter, has been trying to flog his artwork for three years

7 May, 2015 @ 17:36

La Cultura·Lead

American director Francis Ford Coppola awarded Spain’s Princess of Asturias prize

The Godfather director also bagged a tidy €50,000

7 May, 2015 @ 16:38

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

Asset block to cover Princess Cristina’s €2.7 million bail fee

Princess Cristina has been demanded to declare a list of assets to be blocked to cover her €2.7 million bail fee

7 May, 2015 @ 13:55

Lead·Politics

Spain’s richest man Amancio Ortega set to spin €25 million profit on luxury German property

Retail-cum-property tycoon Amancio Ortega cashes in on luxury German property as he lines up a €500 million bid for one of Oxford Street’s most sort

7 May, 2015 @ 12:15

Lead·Property

Germanwings pilot rehearsed crashing plane on previous flight to Spain before killing all 150 onboard in Alps crash

Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz rehearsed putting the plane into a controlled dive in the outward flight from Germany to Spain

7 May, 2015 @ 10:03

Lead·National News

Iberian lynx cubs born outside Andalucia for first time in decades

The births of two Iberian lynx cubs in Badajoz is being hailed as a ‘breakthrough’ moment

6 May, 2015 @ 15:11

Environment·Lead

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EXCLUSIVE: Expats slam electrical store Worten after being left with faulty fridges and TVs

Picasso painting smashes record for most expensive art ever sold at auction

EVENT CANCELLED: Fuengirola bullring to host 12-hour DJ festival

Spain seventh best country in the world to be a mother

Gareth Bale becoming increasingly isolated at Real Madrid because he can’t speak Spanish

Nerja footballer on trial for assaulting referee

Mijas Rocks promoters hit back at town hall over ‘illegal’ festival

Sweet Moscatel wine from Axarquia bodega is China’s favourite

Geordie Shore star hospitalised after Marbella hen party

Spain triumphs again as top summer holiday destination for Europeans

Four of Europe’s top 10 golf destinations are in Spain

Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal meet in Madrid Master tennis final

Spanish winery becomes third biggest in the world after €40 million expansion

Tourists visiting Spain make more than half of all purchases on clothes

Military plane crashes during flight testing in Sevilla

First ever solar powered aircraft to fly into Spain on world-wide trip

Sergio Garcia and Jose Olazabal back Spain for 2022 Ryder Cup

World’s first LGBT language courses on offer in Sevilla

PP file denuncia after Twitter user labels Prime Minister Rajoy ‘corrupt’

Malaga Rocks Mijas music festival ‘will be cancelled’ by town hall

Spanish banker forbidden from taking his Picasso to the UK

American director Francis Ford Coppola awarded Spain’s Princess of Asturias prize

Asset block to cover Princess Cristina’s €2.7 million bail fee

Spain’s richest man Amancio Ortega set to spin €25 million profit on luxury German property

Germanwings pilot rehearsed crashing plane on previous flight to Spain before killing all 150 onboard in Alps crash

Iberian lynx cubs born outside Andalucia for first time in decades

EXPLAINER: How British and American landlords in Spain finally have the same tax rights as EU neighbours

Hallelujah! Spain’s shockingly low birth rate rises for the first time in a decade – but one in ten new mothers are now over 40

Facebook ‘love scam’ gang in Spain cons woman into paying out €216k

Weather alerts in Malaga as Storm Pedro brings strong winds – these are the affected areas

Hundreds of puffins heading south from the British Isles wash up dead or injured on Spanish shores as Spain’s endless storms decimates the population