Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Valencia demands €31 billion in aid from Madrid following devastating DANA floods

THE GOVERNMENT of Valencia has demanded €31 billion in aid from Madrid following the devastating floods caused by DANA. Carlos Mazon, the President of the

5 Nov, 2024 @ 10:57

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spanish army searches for bodies in Valencia's biggest car park after it was filled with 200 million litres of water during deadly floods

Spanish army searches for bodies in Valencia shopping centre car park after it was filled with 200 million litres of water during deadly floods

ARMY and police divers did not find any bodies on Monday morning after checking 50 vehicles in the underground car park at the Bonaire shopping

4 Nov, 2024 @ 20:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain's opposition demands a 'state of emergency' be declared over the devastating Valencia floods

Spain’s opposition demands a ‘national emergency’ be declared over the devastating Valencia floods

THE leader of Spain’s main opposition party- the conservative Partido Popular(PP)- has said he wants the national government to manage the Valencia flood crisis. Alberto

4 Nov, 2024 @ 19:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencia president is told to resign by opposition leaders as they demand he is ‘put on trial’ for ‘mishandling crisis’

Political fallout from Spain’s flood disaster: Valencia president is told to resign by opposition leaders as they demand he is ‘put on trial’ for ‘mishandling crisis’

A LEADING figure in the far-left Podemos political party has demanded the resignation of Valencian president, Carlos Mazon, for his handling of the flood disaster.

4 Nov, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man who confronted the King of Spain over flood disaster mismanagement defends his ‘frustration’ during ‘intense morning’

A YOUNG Valenciano who berated the King of Spain amid chaotic scenes in the ground zero town of last week’s deadly floods has denied that

4 Nov, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘Huge relief’: Missing British tourist is found ‘safe and well’ after disappearing from Spain’s Tenerife

A BRITISH tourist has been found safe and well after vanishing from Tenerife on Halloween night. Kris Finney (pictured above), 31, was enjoying a last-minute

4 Nov, 2024 @ 16:31

Lead·Tenerife

Mud slingers who attacked Queen Letizia in Valencia ‘were part of fringe group’, claims Spain’s Interior Minister

A GOVERNMENT minister has said that a ‘marginal’ group of violent people threw mud at the King and Queen of Spain on Sunday during their

4 Nov, 2024 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Property boom continues in Spain with highest half-yearly sales figures since 2007

Is Spain’s rental market starting to cool off? Nationwide numbers are down – but prices are still spiralling where it matters in Barcelona and Madrid

THE cost of renting in Spain has finally started to trend downwards after nearly three years of steep rises. The average price is now €13

4 Nov, 2024 @ 15:00

Lead·Property

Exclusive: No deal for Gibraltar could see far reaching economic pain in Spain but La Linea ‘shouldn’t fall to the narcos’ says mayor

THE inhabitants of La Linea de la Concepcion are fighting for a treaty with Gibraltar to stop the town from slipping into the hands of

4 Nov, 2024 @ 14:58

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

British expat couple are found dead in their car after being swept away by Valencia floods in Spain

A BRITISH couple have been confirmed among the dead following the devastating floods in Valencia. The bodies of Don Turner, 78, and his wife Terry,

4 Nov, 2024 @ 12:43

Lead·Valencia

Watch: Floods spark travel chaos in Barcelona as flights and trains are cancelled amid red alert for rain, tornados and giant hail stones

BARCELONA is being hit by severe flooding today as the worst of the DANA storm passes over the Cataluña region. It comes as a red

4 Nov, 2024 @ 12:08

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Weather

Fears of a new epidemic in Spain’s flood-ravaged Valencia due to stagnant and contaminated waters: Vaccines are rolled out to locals

VALENCIA has begun vaccinating locals and volunteers over fears of an epidemic following the devastating DANA floods. President of the region Carlos Mazon said a

4 Nov, 2024 @ 11:49

Health·Lead·Valencia

Pictured: Two ‘chubby-cheeked’ boys aged three and five remain missing from Spain’s flood disaster zone

TWO young boys remain missing in Valencia after disappearing during the deadly DANA storms on October 29. Izan Matias and Ruben Matias Calatayud, aged five

4 Nov, 2024 @ 11:25

Lead·National News·Valencia

Barcelona is placed on a red weather alert for hail and rain as it braces for worst of DANA storm

BARCELONA province has been placed on ‘red’ alert for severe weather on Monday. The warning was issued by Catalunya’s Meteorological Service(Meteocat) and Civil Protection Agency

4 Nov, 2024 @ 11:16

Barcelona·Lead·Weather

Watch: Moment ‘reckless’ tourist jumps into flood water in Benidorm as mates cheer him on during ‘dangerous’ storms

A TOURIST has been branded ‘reckless’ after jumping into a flooding street in Benidorm. In footage shared online, the topless man can be seen running

4 Nov, 2024 @ 06:00

Benidorm·Lead

Watch: Queen Letizia of Spain in tears after being pelted with mud during visit to Valencia’s flood disaster zone alongside King Felipe

QUEEN Letizia appeared in shock on Sunday after being pelted with mud during a visit to the flood disaster zone in Valencia. The former journalist,

3 Nov, 2024 @ 23:46

Lead·National News·Weather

Watch: Dramatic moment family is rescued from floating car in Alicante after being surprised by flash floods

A FAMILY were dramatically rescued from a bridge underpass in Alicante on Sunday after their car was swept away by a flash flood. The incident

3 Nov, 2024 @ 23:24

Costa Blanca·Lead·Video·Weather

Watch: Red alert for rain is issued in Valencia as megaphones warn locals and recently arrived volunteers to get indoors and seek high ground

THIS is the moment locals and volunteers in Valencia were told to seek high ground on Sunday as yet another red warning was issued for

3 Nov, 2024 @ 20:14

Lead·National News·Weather

Fears for missing British tourist who vanished from Spain’s Tenerife on Halloween night

UPDATE: KRIS HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE AND WELL AN appeal has been launched to find a missing British tourist who has not been seen or

3 Nov, 2024 @ 20:10

Canary Islands·Lead

Outrage after civil case against ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil is thrown out by Spain’s Supreme Court

THE SPANISH Supreme Court has thrown out a civil case against the ‘deadly’ painkiller Nolotil, provoking outrage amongst activists. A recent lawsuit filed against the

3 Nov, 2024 @ 18:00

Health·Lead

End of ‘El Horrible’: The 411-room illegal Algarrobico hotel in Almeria that could be demolished within months after 20 years of campaigning

GREEN groups are coming closer to celebrating a two decade battle against one of the worst environmental abuses in Spanish history. Ecologistas en Accion and

3 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

Almeria·Lead

Protests in Spain over new law that will allow companies to ‘seize’ land for solar power projects

LOCALS and landowners around Spain are set to protest against Government plans to allow utility companies to expropriate land for green megaprojects. They are angry

3 Nov, 2024 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Watch: Chilling moment firefighters in Spain row boats through flooded car parks in search of deadly DANA storm victims

THIS is the moment firefighters were filmed rowing boats through flooded car parks in Spain in search for victims of the deadly DANA storms. READ

2 Nov, 2024 @ 12:08

Lead·Valencia·Video·Weather

King Charles and Queen Camilla are ‘utterly heartbroken’ following deadly floods in Spain: British monarch pens letter to King Felipe VI

KING Charles has sent a heartfelt message to Spain following the deadly floods that have claimed more than 200 lives. In a letter addressed to

2 Nov, 2024 @ 11:49

Lead·National News·Valencia·Weather

Exclusive: Meet the British pensioner and former ‘secret spy for Spain’ who is accused of running a money laundering scheme linked to the world’s scariest mafias

AS a British pensioner loses his extradition battle to face a money-laundering trial, his claims of being a secret 007-style agent for Spain will come

2 Nov, 2024 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Lead

IN PICTURES: Remembering Spain’s most catastrophic floods as this week’s Valencia disaster goes down in history

VALENCIA is ground zero for the worst natural disaster to hit Spain in a century, claiming at least 95 lives. But it is certainly not

2 Nov, 2024 @ 10:30

Lead·Other News

Lead- Page 248

Valencia demands €31 billion in aid from Madrid following devastating DANA floods

Spanish army searches for bodies in Valencia shopping centre car park after it was filled with 200 million litres of water during deadly floods

Spain’s opposition demands a ‘national emergency’ be declared over the devastating Valencia floods

Political fallout from Spain’s flood disaster: Valencia president is told to resign by opposition leaders as they demand he is ‘put on trial’ for ‘mishandling crisis’

Man who confronted the King of Spain over flood disaster mismanagement defends his ‘frustration’ during ‘intense morning’

‘Huge relief’: Missing British tourist is found ‘safe and well’ after disappearing from Spain’s Tenerife

Mud slingers who attacked Queen Letizia in Valencia ‘were part of fringe group’, claims Spain’s Interior Minister

Is Spain’s rental market starting to cool off? Nationwide numbers are down – but prices are still spiralling where it matters in Barcelona and Madrid

Exclusive: No deal for Gibraltar could see far reaching economic pain in Spain but La Linea ‘shouldn’t fall to the narcos’ says mayor

British expat couple are found dead in their car after being swept away by Valencia floods in Spain

Watch: Floods spark travel chaos in Barcelona as flights and trains are cancelled amid red alert for rain, tornados and giant hail stones

Fears of a new epidemic in Spain’s flood-ravaged Valencia due to stagnant and contaminated waters: Vaccines are rolled out to locals

Pictured: Two ‘chubby-cheeked’ boys aged three and five remain missing from Spain’s flood disaster zone

Barcelona is placed on a red weather alert for hail and rain as it braces for worst of DANA storm

Watch: Moment ‘reckless’ tourist jumps into flood water in Benidorm as mates cheer him on during ‘dangerous’ storms

Watch: Queen Letizia of Spain in tears after being pelted with mud during visit to Valencia’s flood disaster zone alongside King Felipe

Watch: Dramatic moment family is rescued from floating car in Alicante after being surprised by flash floods

Watch: Red alert for rain is issued in Valencia as megaphones warn locals and recently arrived volunteers to get indoors and seek high ground

Fears for missing British tourist who vanished from Spain’s Tenerife on Halloween night

Outrage after civil case against ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil is thrown out by Spain’s Supreme Court

End of ‘El Horrible’: The 411-room illegal Algarrobico hotel in Almeria that could be demolished within months after 20 years of campaigning

Protests in Spain over new law that will allow companies to ‘seize’ land for solar power projects

Watch: Chilling moment firefighters in Spain row boats through flooded car parks in search of deadly DANA storm victims

King Charles and Queen Camilla are ‘utterly heartbroken’ following deadly floods in Spain: British monarch pens letter to King Felipe VI

Exclusive: Meet the British pensioner and former ‘secret spy for Spain’ who is accused of running a money laundering scheme linked to the world’s scariest mafias

IN PICTURES: Remembering Spain’s most catastrophic floods as this week’s Valencia disaster goes down in history

Marbella hospital patients sent home from operating table as 175,000 doctors go on strike across Spain

Netflix is about to hike prices in Spain once again – the cheapest plan will now be almost €9

Spanish minister urges people planning a trip to Spain this summer to ‘buy your flights now’ ahead of possible price rises

Warning for drivers as dirty cars can land a fine of €200 – with more Saharan ‘blood rain’ forecast to hit Andalucia

Bank card thieves who robbed elderly people across Spain are caught ‘red-handed’ in Costa Blanca supermarket