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Mass Arrests In Spain's Malaga Over Fraudulent Residency Applications For British Citizens Including Criminals

British expats in Spain are rushing to get their residency permits before the Entry Exit System comes in: Have you got yours?

ALICANTE and Malaga have emerged as the top destinations for British expats formalising their legal status in Spain through the Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero

7 Apr, 2025 @ 12:15

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Malaga nightclub in Spain is evacuated after ‘jealous girlfriend emptied entire can of pepper spray into her boyfriend’s face’

AROUND 300 people had to be evacuated out of a night club on the Costa del Sol on Saturday night. Revellers started coughing, having itchy

7 Apr, 2025 @ 11:45

Lead·Malaga

Crypto-fraudsters scam €19m using AI-generated celebrity endorsements in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CRYPTOCURRENCY scam banked over €19 million for an Alicante Province gang posing as financial advisers. They produced AI-generated bogus videos featuring celebrities endorsing their

7 Apr, 2025 @ 11:27

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

SPANISH RECIPE: Make gazpacho the traditional Andalucian way

COLD tomato soup might not sound particularly appetising at first, but gazpacho is an essential superfood. It’s highly nutritious, delicious, inexpensive to prepare, and when

6 Apr, 2025 @ 13:15

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Train wars in Spain: Government-run operator Renfe takes action against rival over 'too low' prices

‘From Madrid you can get to Barcelona or Alicante for €20’: Brit marvels at Spain’s ‘cheap and well-connected’ trains

A BRITISH man living in Spain has shared his amazement at the Spanish rail service on social media, pointing out that its advantages are ‘not

6 Apr, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Travel News

Woman found not guilty of ‘keeping dying dog in horrific conditions’ Spain’s Valencia

IN a controversial ruling, Spain’s Supreme Court has cleared a woman of any wrongdoing after she kept her pet dog in appalling conditions for three

6 Apr, 2025 @ 12:17

Lead·Valencia

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Spain’s Malaga ponders ‘total ban’ of land sale to foreigners as it cancels plans to build 1,300 tourist homes

MALAGA is turning away from property sales to non-Spaniards. The city council is cancelling plans to build 1,300 tourist homes and is contemplating a ‘total

6 Apr, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property

New drug from the University of Barcelona offers hope for Alzheimer's sufferers

New drug from Spain’s University of Barcelona offers hope for Alzheimer’s sufferers

RESEARCHERS from the University of Barcelona have made a breakthrough in producing a drug for Alzheimer’s disease sufferers after testing it on mice. Though the

6 Apr, 2025 @ 07:00

Barcelona·Health·Lead

‘Housing can never be a commodity, it must be a right we protect:’ Hundreds of thousands march across Spain

WHEN 22-year-old Málaga student Elena’s parents were her age, they could easily afford to buy an apartment in the city. Now Elena cannot even afford

5 Apr, 2025 @ 20:47

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Paw-ella perfection! Brits are now pampering their dogs with Spain’s finest gourmet squid and prawn paella

MOVE over, Michelin-starred menus – there’s a new foodie craze in town, and it’s strictly for the ‘paw-sh’ crowd. Yes, Britain’s most discerning dogs are

5 Apr, 2025 @ 15:30

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

VAN GOGH’S Greatest Hits: Immersive art show set to wow crowds in Spain’s Estepona this summer

ART lovers, get ready for a spectacular Van Gogh extravaganza which is set to take over Estepona this summer. The Van Gogh: Greatest Hits (

5 Apr, 2025 @ 14:34

Andalucia·Estepona·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

‘My first room was €200, now it’s €500’: Protests erupt around Spain calling for radical change and a return to affordable housing

AN estimated 30,000 protestors are marching through the streets of Málaga today to demand safe, healthy and affordable housing. They join the thousands marching in

5 Apr, 2025 @ 12:39

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Coffee has ‘remarkable life-extending powers’, according to Spanish cardiologist – but only if you drink it at these times

DRINKING coffee brings positive health benefits, so long as you drink it at the right time of day- and in moderation Its benefits depend on

5 Apr, 2025 @ 07:00

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Heartless’ boss at centre of Spain’s Iberian Funerals scandal confirmed to have died in Portugal as missing millions mystery deepens

THE Olive Press can confirm the death of a beleaguered expat funeral planning boss, who vanished ‘owing millions’ to his clients in Spain. We have

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:55

Lead·Other News

The Olive Press has scooped a prestigious UK journalism award: with campaigning young go-getter Yzabelle Bostyn

THE Olive Press’ very own Yzabelle Bostyn has won the UK’s prestigious NCTJ Trainee of the Year award. She picked up the gong for her

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:45

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WATCH: Dramatic school-run punch up and ‘firearm incident’ in Gibraltar leads to armed police arrest

THE Royal Gibraltar Police are appealing for witnesses after a road rage incident saw armed police storm a local man’s apartment. Dramatic images from social

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Good news for home buyers as Valencia president announces cut in property transfer tax

Good news for home buyers in Spain’s Valencia as property transfer tax slashed

HOME buyers in the Valencian Community will save money with the regional government announcing a 10% fall in property transfer tax. Visiting a new social

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Property·Valencia

Happy Easter – Get €20 off our Annual Subscription

Happy Easter to all our readers!! We are offering €20 off our usual annual subscription price so you can all treat yourselves to some chocolate

4 Apr, 2025 @ 17:35

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Will Ronda residents cut off by the closure of the A-397 to Spain’s Costa del Sol be given free toll road access?

THE Spanish Ministry of Transport has announced that the government could open the toll of the AP-7 to people affected by the closure of the

4 Apr, 2025 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Lead

Wine, olives and aerospace: Trump’s tariffs could cost Spain’s Andalucia €2.4bn – which sectors are under threat?

TRUMP’s tariffs have rocked the world and set the scene for an impending trade war that experts fear will inflict widespread economic damage – and

4 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead

Storm Nuria 'tornado' tears off warehouse roof- killing three farm workers in Spain's Sevilla

‘Tornado’ tears off warehouse roof and kills three workers as Storm Nuria causes chaos in Spain’s Sevilla

THREE people died on Friday after an agricultural warehouse roof in the Sevilla area was torn off by a tornado caused by Storm Nuria. Emergency

4 Apr, 2025 @ 15:15

Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Will beach go-ers finally get to enjoy showers on Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer?

THANKS to the plentiful rain over the past few weeks, water reservoirs appear to have regained enough capacity to turn on the showers on many

4 Apr, 2025 @ 14:30

Costa del Sol·Lead

Shoplifters foiled in audacious bid to steal hundreds of cans of tuna fish from Costa Blanca supermarket

THREE shoplifters failed in an attempt to steal over 300 cans of tuna fish from a Javea supermarket. Staff at Lidl last Monday spotted the

4 Apr, 2025 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm goes to major court in Spain in last chance bid to fight off €330m compensation bill

Benidorm suffers nightmare legal defeat over ‘historic’ €330m fine- more than double the council’s annual budget

BENIDORM City Council will have to find €330 million- over double its annual budget- after losing a Supreme Court appeal over a land compensation award.

4 Apr, 2025 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain is threatened by an ‘avalanche’ of cheap Asian imports after Trump’s tariff tornado

IT’S feared effects of the United States tariffs on Asian countries could reverberate negatively in Spain. Washington announced its new tariffs earlier this week with

4 Apr, 2025 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Spain's tennis legend Rafa Nadal to be honoured at special ceremony at his most successful Grand Slam

Luxury development backed by Rafa Nadal approved for Spain’s Estepona: Costa del Sol to get 50 more beachfront villas

EX-TENNIS star Rafa Nadal and businessman, Abel Matutes, have been given the green light to build 50 luxury homes on Estepona’s beachfront. The two men

4 Apr, 2025 @ 11:59

Estepona·Lead·Property

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