Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Bizarre and enormous squid that was ‘still alive’ washes up near Spain’s Costa del Sol: Marine experts take rare ‘diamondback squid’ away

AN ENORMOUS giant squid has been found this week on the Poniente beach in La Linea by beach maintenance staff, with the bizarre-looking creature measuring

22 May, 2024 @ 15:24

Costa del Sol·Lead·Nature

True crime story of mother who burned daughter's rapist to death is featured in new TV documentary in Spain

True crime story of an Alicante mother who ‘burned daughter’s rapist to death’ is subject of new TV documentary series in Spain

A REVENGE killing by an Alicante province mother on the man who raped her daughter is the subject of a new TV documentary series called

22 May, 2024 @ 15:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Chicken farm owners made 10,000 litres of bogus hand sanitising gel and sold it during early days of Covid-19 pandemic in Spain

TWO Galician businessmen have escaped imprisonment after admitting to producing 10,000 litres of bogus hydroalcoholic gel which was sold to hospitals and pharmacies. Prosecutors wanted

22 May, 2024 @ 13:48

Coronavirus·Crime & Law·Lead

The electric car charging map of Spain is out – is there one near your house?

Electric cars shunned as motorists in Spain keep hold of ageing and polluting vehicles

CAR numbers in Spain are rising with motorists keeping what they’ve got and shunning electric car purchases. That’s the conclusion of the Ancera car dealers

22 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead

British man killed and Spaniard injured after Singapore Airlines flight suffers ‘severe turbulence’ and is forced to divert

A BRITISH man died whilst a Spaniard was among 71 passengers injured after a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore plunged over 5,000ft in

22 May, 2024 @ 11:31

Lead·Travel News

Pedro Sanchez challenges opposition parties to bring down Spain's government

Israel’s foreign minister warns Spain and Ireland of ‘grave consequences’ after they agreed to recognise Palestine as a nation state

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Wednesday that Spain will recognise the state of Palestine with borders prior to the 1967 Six-Day War- i.e. including

22 May, 2024 @ 10:53

Lead·National News·Politics

British expats who ‘ran a prostitution ring in Spain’ will be extradited to the UK – as more details of their alleged escort empire emerge

A BRITISH couple who were arrested for allegedly running a UK prostitution ring will be extradited from Spain by the National Court. They were previously

21 May, 2024 @ 18:38

Crime & Law·Lead

Poverty falls over last decade but serious problems continue for children in Spain

These are the 10 poorest towns in Spain – including four in Andalucia

FOUR Andalucian towns feature in a Top 10 list of Spain’s poorest municipalities with populations of 50,000 and over. The study though is somewhat reflective

21 May, 2024 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Lead·National News

Spain returns to the shops: Retail parks and malls see customer spending soar by almost 20% compared to 2019

SPENDING in shopping centres and retail parks rose by 7.9% in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a year earlier, with figures up 19.4%

21 May, 2024 @ 17:15

Business & Finance·Lead

Wife of Spain’s Pedro Sanchez is cleared by police: Guardia Civil find no evidence against Begoña Gomez after she was accused of ‘peddling influence’

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has not found any evidence of wrongdoing by Begoña Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, as part of a

21 May, 2024 @ 14:52

Lead·Politics

Gold chain thief is bitten by victim and then captured by chasing pedestrians in Spain's Mallorca

Gunman in Marbella was stopped ‘moments before carrying out assassination’, say police

A GUNMAN was stopped just moments before carrying out a hit in Marbella, police have revealed. According to Policia Nacional, the suspect, who was armed

21 May, 2024 @ 14:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

‘The Rock is not a tax haven’: Gibraltar hits back at ‘dehumanising’ Spanish politician’s ‘disgraceful’ drug smuggling and money laundering comments on the eve of a post-Brexit deal

THE Government of Gibraltar has come out swinging after a Spanish politician called the Rock a ‘haven for drug traffickers and money launderers’. It slammed

21 May, 2024 @ 14:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain-Argentina row continues: Javier Milei brands Pedro Sanchez a ‘coward’ and refuses to apologise after calling the PM’s wife ‘corrupt’

THE ongoing diplomatic spat between Spain and Argentina deepened on Tuesday, after the Spanish government recalled its ambassador in Buenos Aires to Madrid definitively. The

21 May, 2024 @ 14:08

Lead·Politics

British teenager 'is raped in the street in Spain's Mallorca while the attacker's two friends watched'

German tourist, 21, plunged to his death on the second day of his Mallorca holiday after ‘falling asleep while sitting on his hotel balcony’s railing’

A 21-year-old German tourist who was found dead on Monday morning outside his hotel in Mallorca fell asleep after sitting on a balcony railing and

21 May, 2024 @ 13:15

Lead·Mallorca

Spanish photographer and guide is killed during attack while filming a tribe in Africa: Tributes pour in for Toni Espadas

A SPANISH photographer and tour guide has been killed whilst filming a TV show with a tribe in Ethiopia. Tributes have poured in for Toni

21 May, 2024 @ 13:03

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: The thousands of Nazi collaborators in Spain who used businesses as fronts for top secret espionage

NEW research has shed light on the espionage activities of thousands of Nazi collaborators and informers who lived double lives in Spain during World War

21 May, 2024 @ 12:25

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Revealed: This city in southern Spain has the highest number of tourist flats in the country – and fed-up locals are preparing a huge protest next month

NEW data from the INE (National Statistics Institute) has laid bare the shocking reality of how tourist rentals are continuing to devour the historical centres

21 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

British expats threaten to leave Estepona over string of ‘luxury’ venues that are ‘destroying’ the Costa del Sol town’s ‘charm’ by ‘turning it into Puerto Banus 2.0’

BRITISH expats have claimed they are considering moving away from Estepona following the arrival of a string of new ‘luxury’ venues. It comes as three

21 May, 2024 @ 11:49

Estepona·Lead

Ryan Reynolds to visit Spain: Hollywood actor and Wrexham FC owner, 47, will see Taylor Swift in Madrid

MADRID will be ‘bejeweled’ next week as Hollywood actor and Wrexham FC owner, Ryan Reynolds flies in to see Taylor Swift. No blank space will

21 May, 2024 @ 11:18

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Jasmine Harman struggles to film A Place In The Sun in Benalmadena as strong winds hit the Costa del Sol

JASMINE Harman has fallen prey to the strong winds that continue to batter the Costa del Sol this week. The A Place In The Sun

21 May, 2024 @ 11:07

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

Lawyer takes Vueling to court in Spain and wins after airline charged him €60 for hand luggage in what judge branded an ‘abusive practice’

AN IBIZA man has won a battle with low-cost air carrier Vueling over an illegal hand luggage charge. The lawyer filed a complaint after he

21 May, 2024 @ 10:59

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Vandals damage gated cat colony and kill animal recovering from emergency operation on Spain's Costa Blanca

EXCLUSIVE: Vandals attack cat shelter and kill ‘dearly loved’ moggy recovering from emergency operation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VOLUNTEERS at a Mil Palmeras cat shelter are in shock after intruders broke into the facility on Saturday and killed a cat that was recuperating

21 May, 2024 @ 10:08

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Squatter fears in southern Spain see ‘for sale’ and ‘for rent’ signs taken down outside empty homes

MURCIA region property sellers are not putting up sales boards to prevent their houses becoming a target for squatters. The bulk of adverts have shifted

20 May, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Murcia·Property

British teenager ‘is raped in the street in Spain’s Mallorca while the attacker’s two friends watched’

A MALLORCA bar manager has been arrested for the alleged rape of a British teenage tourist on Friday. Two of the suspect’s friends are being

20 May, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Yellow alert issued for rain and storms this Thursday in Valencia region

Weather warning for Spain: New DANA system will bring heavy rainfall this week – these are the affected areas

HEAVY rain and storms winds are predicted for parts of Spain over the next two days- caused by a trough of low pressure above the

20 May, 2024 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·Weather

EXCLUSIVE: As the trial of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner re-starts – and she would have been 21 this month – JON CLARKE traces his suspicious movements through Spain and Portugal in May 2007

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner stayed in at least half a dozen places around the Algarve and Spain in the month before the British toddler

20 May, 2024 @ 14:32