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Soldier honoured after braving flames to rescue dying man from horse stables in Madrid inferno

A SPANISH soldier has been hailed a hero after braving raging flames to rescue a man trapped in horse stables during the devastating Madrid fires.

20 Aug, 2025 @ 16:15

Lead·Other News

An American in Spain: My First Time at Feria de Malaga

As an intern at The Olive Press, I am experiencing life in Spain for the first time — a culture starkly different from my life

20 Aug, 2025 @ 16:07

Lead·Malaga

Ibiza restaurant sues diner for libel over ‘bag hook’ charge with €36k compensation demand

A JAPANESE restaurant in Ibiza has launched a libel action against a customer who said she was charged €12 for providing a hook to hang

20 Aug, 2025 @ 15:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Take a trip to the Malaga Feria: A wild display of dances, drinking, and traditional music

THE famous Malaga Feria takes place for one week every August, filling the city with colour, music and plenty of wine. The tradition dates back

20 Aug, 2025 @ 15:04

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

Estate agents stole €120k from elderly client’s Costa Blanca home while she enjoyed ‘free’ spa holiday

AN ALICANTE real estate agency hatched an elaborate plot to steal €120,000 in cash from a vulnerable elderly client. Two men- including the agency manager-and

20 Aug, 2025 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Brits face attempted murder charges after mass brawl inside Mallorca tourist restaurant

The now ‘luxury’ Mallorca is pricing out even the all-conquering Germans as their famous economic prowess wanes

MALLORCA’s transformation into a high-end destination is finally hitting the wallets of German tourists, who are feeling the pinch after years of economic stagnation. For

20 Aug, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

WATCH: Three ‘dangerous’ members of infamous Italian mafia gang are arrested in Spain

THREE members of the Italian mafia gang known as the Ndrangueta have been arrested in Ibiza. They were detained last Friday in a joint operation

20 Aug, 2025 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Who’s who in the Begoña Gomez case? All you need to know about the ‘influence peddling’ probe into wife of Spain’s PM

Begoña Gomez- wife of Spain’s PM, Pedro Sanchez- ordered to testify over alleged embezzlement of public money

A MADRID judge has again summoned Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife- Begoña Gomez- to testify in a corruption investigation. Gomez has been ordered to appear

20 Aug, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·National News

Spain’s absence from White House showdown ‘not example of international isolation’

SPAIN’S absence from the high-level meeting in Washington on the war in Ukraine should not be seen as a sign of isolation, according to former

20 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

Lead·National News·Other News·Politics

The unprecedented scale of wildfire destruction in Spain – nearly 4,000km2 have gone up in flames

SPAIN’S wildfires have already destroyed nearly 4,000 square kilometres of land this year – an unprecedented figure six times higher than the national average. According

20 Aug, 2025 @ 10:45

Lead·National News

Discreet vs ostentatious? Luxury tourism expert lays out the differences between posh Brits and Spaniards

THEY wear designer clothes, speak with theatrical accents, and wouldn’t dream of holidaying anywhere that isn’t painfully exclusive – but Spanish pijos aren’t quite what

20 Aug, 2025 @ 10:16

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Benidorm’s TM Tower will be Europe’s tallest residential complex- surpassing the city’s Intempo skyscraper

THE TM Real Estate Group has confirmed that Benidorm’s TM Tower will become the tallest residential complex in Europe- surpassing the city’s Intempo building. The

20 Aug, 2025 @ 10:00

Benidorm·Lead·Property

Thief made special trips to Benidorm just to steal electric scooters parked outside supermarkets

Electric scooter owners will need insurance to ride on public roads in Spain

ELECTRIC scooter owners in Spain will need civil liability insurance from next January to ride in public areas. Changes to the Automobile Insurance Law were

20 Aug, 2025 @ 09:00

Lead·National News

IN PICS: Costa del Sol dominates the list of Spain’s top five most expensive homes on the market

SPAIN’S most eye-watering properties are clustered in just two areas – the Costa del Sol and the Balearics – according to new figures from property

20 Aug, 2025 @ 08:00

Balearic Islands·Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Foreign visitors flying to Spain rise by 6% during first seven months of 2025

Foreign visitors flying to Spain rose by 6% during first seven months of 2025

SPAIN welcomed 63.7 million overseas visitors flying into the country between January and July this year. That’s a 6% rise compared to the same period

20 Aug, 2025 @ 07:00

Lead·National News

€10m Costa Blanca villa is region’s most expensive unsold home- after a year on the market

THE most expensive home being marketed on the Costa Blanca- and for that matter the Valencian Community- has still not been sold after a year.

20 Aug, 2025 @ 06:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Gala success: Up to €100,000 raised for poor kids in Africa at glitzy World Vision bash in Marbella

A GLAMOROUS charity auction in Marbella has raised over €80,000 for impoverished children in Africa. The glittering World Vision Gala at Puente Romano Hotel, saw

19 Aug, 2025 @ 18:20

Business & Finance·Celebrity·Health·Lead·Other News

21 major wildfires still active in Spain as Pedro Sanchez promises ‘disaster area’ status

SPAIN continued to battle against several major wildfires on Tuesday despite temperatures falling after a heatwave that lasted over a fortnight. Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·National News

Serbian gangster laying low in Spanish party town for years rumbled by false passport fail

A SERBIAN drug trafficker sentenced to four years in prison has been arrested in Spain after being caught with a fake passport. The man was

19 Aug, 2025 @ 17:45

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia hires Japanese company responsible for UK Post Office scandal to develop AI in healthcare

THE company behind the UK Post Office’s disastrous Horizon system, that saw innocent postmasters jailed, has signed a deal to provide AI based software for

19 Aug, 2025 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Health·Lead·Other News

Brit arrested in Spain over £2m drug and gun supply plot

A BRITISH man has been extradited to the UK from Spain to face a string of drug and gun charges. Craig Bennett, 41, from Uxbridge,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain rebalances to China amid a Trump slump in exports to US

SPAIN’S exports to the United States fell by 5% in the first half of 2025 as Donald Trump’s tariff war begins to bite – with

19 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Crooked carer steals €30k from dead client by using her bank account and cash cards in Valencia

A WOMAN who cared after an elderly female client in Valencia helped herself to over €30,000- mainly after she died last September. The carer, 43,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Keel laid for floating solar energy platform for Valencia port in Spain

SPAIN’s renewable energy game has just leveled up as the keel for the first of two floating solar platforms for the ambitious BlueNewables project has

19 Aug, 2025 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News

Youth, 18, stabs bouncer in latest altercation at southern Spain’s biggest party – the Malaga feria

AN 18-year-old has been arrested after stabbing a bouncer during a fight at Malaga feria in the early hours of Monday. The attack took place

19 Aug, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Malaga

Man shot dead by police after trying to stab officers on his doorstep in Valencia

Man shot dead after trying to stab police officers on his doorstep in Valencia

A MAN was shot dead after lunging at two Policia Nacional officers with a knife in a Valencia building on Monday. The assailant was a

19 Aug, 2025 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

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Soldier honoured after braving flames to rescue dying man from horse stables in Madrid inferno

An American in Spain: My First Time at Feria de Malaga

Take a trip to the Malaga Feria: A wild display of dances, drinking, and traditional music

Estate agents stole €120k from elderly client’s Costa Blanca home while she enjoyed ‘free’ spa holiday

The now ‘luxury’ Mallorca is pricing out even the all-conquering Germans as their famous economic prowess wanes

WATCH: Three ‘dangerous’ members of infamous Italian mafia gang are arrested in Spain

Begoña Gomez- wife of Spain’s PM, Pedro Sanchez- ordered to testify over alleged embezzlement of public money

Spain’s absence from White House showdown ‘not example of international isolation’

The unprecedented scale of wildfire destruction in Spain – nearly 4,000km2 have gone up in flames

Discreet vs ostentatious? Luxury tourism expert lays out the differences between posh Brits and Spaniards

Benidorm’s TM Tower will be Europe’s tallest residential complex- surpassing the city’s Intempo skyscraper

Electric scooter owners will need insurance to ride on public roads in Spain

IN PICS: Costa del Sol dominates the list of Spain’s top five most expensive homes on the market

Foreign visitors flying to Spain rose by 6% during first seven months of 2025

€10m Costa Blanca villa is region’s most expensive unsold home- after a year on the market

Gala success: Up to €100,000 raised for poor kids in Africa at glitzy World Vision bash in Marbella

21 major wildfires still active in Spain as Pedro Sanchez promises ‘disaster area’ status

Serbian gangster laying low in Spanish party town for years rumbled by false passport fail

Spain’s Andalucia hires Japanese company responsible for UK Post Office scandal to develop AI in healthcare

Brit arrested in Spain over £2m drug and gun supply plot

Spain rebalances to China amid a Trump slump in exports to US

Crooked carer steals €30k from dead client by using her bank account and cash cards in Valencia

Keel laid for floating solar energy platform for Valencia port in Spain

Youth, 18, stabs bouncer in latest altercation at southern Spain’s biggest party – the Malaga feria

Man shot dead after trying to stab police officers on his doorstep in Valencia

Madrid’s plan to solve Spain’s housing crisis will only make things worse, writes property expert Mark Stucklin

EXCLUSIVE: Furious residents take Torremolinos town hall to court over years of ‘excruciating’ air conditioning racket from luxury hotel

OPINION: Madrid mayor’s plush €5m penthouse (paid for with public cash) is yet another stain on Spanish democracy, writes Charlie Mullins

Gibraltar still the place to buy your petrol as fuel loophole lets drivers save €20 a tank compared to Spain

TIE warning in Spain as ‘emergency plan’ activated to boost residency appointments after migrant amnesty swamped systems

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