Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Katy Perry’s new music video is being investigated in Spain for potential breach of environmental laws

GOVERNMENT officials in the Balearics are investigating whether a new Katy Perry pop music video shot in Formentera may have caused environmental damage. Footage was

13 Aug, 2024 @ 18:45

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead

Airbnb crackdown as 12 illegal holiday rental homes in Mallorca are stung with massive fine of almost €1m

Illegal tourist flat crackdown in Spain: Building in Mallorca made up of 12 unlicensed Airbnb-style homes is fined almost €1million

MASSIVE fines totalling €960,000 against 12 unlicensed holiday apartment rentals in a Palma building have been notified by the Consell de Mallorca’s Tourism Department. The

13 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Spain's West Nile virus death toll rises to six: Woman dies after being bitten by an infected mosquito in Sevilla province

Death from West Nile virus is confirmed in Spain’s Sevilla – while 10 news cases are detected

THE death of an 87-year-old woman with pre-existing health conditions from the West Nile Virus has been confirmed in Spain. There has also been a

13 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Polish property buyers head west to Spain to escape war in the east

Why are so many Polish people buying property in Spain?

THERE’S been a noted increase in the last two years of Polish people buying properties in Spain with Poles accounting for 3% of the share

13 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·Property

Victim of deadly shooting in gated Estepona community was a 34-year-old man from Belgium

A MAN found shot dead in the gated community of El Paraiso, Estepona on Monday morning has been identified as a 34-year-old Belgian national. No

13 Aug, 2024 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Spain's national heat alert website launches English language version aimed at expats and tourists

Extreme heat killed 47,000 people in Europe last year: Spain recorded second highest death toll

AS the summer heat intensifies in Spain, a new report has revealed that the scorching heat that gripped Europe last year made 2023 the hottest

13 Aug, 2024 @ 14:30

Environment·Lead

This city in Spain offers the best quality of life, according to new ranking

CITIES like Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, and Valencia have been beaten off by Pamplona in having the best quality of life in Spain according to a

13 Aug, 2024 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Navarra

Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire enjoy couples trip to Spain: Hollywood stars and their girlfriends share luxury villa on tiny holiday island

HOLLYWOOD stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire are enjoying a couples trip to Spain as they share a luxury villa alongside their girlfriends. The Balearic

13 Aug, 2024 @ 13:23

Balearic Islands·Lead

Intense heatwave breaks the Med: Spain sees highest ever sea temperature while the average record for entire Mediterranean is broken

THE Mediterranean Sea sent its temperature records tumbling yesterday as an intense heat wave grips the region. Spain’s Mediterranean waters hit a scorching 31.87C at

13 Aug, 2024 @ 12:40

Environment·Lead

Spain’s Princess Leonor faces €100 fine for breaking this traffic rule

PRINCESS Leonor could face a €100 fine for breaking this traffic rule in Spain. The Spanish royal family are known to visit Mallorca every summer,

13 Aug, 2024 @ 12:36

Lead·Mallorca

Razor blade scammers looked for €1m bonanza by selling top ‘brand name’ imported fakes in Spain

A RAZOR blade scam worth over €1 million has been busted by authorities with seven Spaniards and Italians arrested. The Policia Nacional and the Tax

13 Aug, 2024 @ 12:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

British motorist chased TWICE by police in Spain and fails excess alcohol and drug tests

POLICE in Castellon province chased a British driver twice around the streets of Burriana last weekend, before catching him the second time. The British man,

13 Aug, 2024 @ 11:23

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead

Man is shot to death inside gated community popular with British expats on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Do you know more about this incident? Email tips@theolivepress.es A MANHUNT is underway following a fatal shooting inside a villa on the Costa del Sol,

12 Aug, 2024 @ 19:51

Estepona·Lead

Man, 44, collapses and dies from heat stroke in Spain’s Madrid after his body temperature soared to 42C

A 44-YEAR-OLD man has collapsed and died from heat stroke in the centre of Madrid. The unnamed victim was walking through the Cuña Verde park

12 Aug, 2024 @ 19:01

Lead·Madrid

Change in hand luggage rules to affect all airports in Spain within days – here’s all you need to know

HAND luggage rules will be changed for some airline passengers leaving Spanish and EU airports from September 1. The EU has ruled that expensive new

12 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Lead·National News

Bluetongue disease is affecting sheep in the Balearic Islands

Spain successfully breeds its first genetically modified sheep: Animals will help research into fertilisation

SCIENTISTS have produced Spain’s first genetically modified sheep as part of studies over farm animal reproduction and to use findings to learn more about human

12 Aug, 2024 @ 18:15

Health·Lead

Shock carbon monoxide death of a young Dutch tourist in Spain was caused by a bird’s nest blocking a pipe, say police

THE Policia Nacional have revealed that a Dutch tourist died at a Mallorca villa from carbon monoxide due to a bird’s nest blocking a pipe.

12 Aug, 2024 @ 17:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

British expats in Spain reveal the best and worst times to land at the airport if you want to avoid chaos at passport control

BRITISH expats have warned tourists from the UK of the best and worst times to arrive at the airport. It comes as multiple people have

12 Aug, 2024 @ 17:07

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

British World War II bomb that was STILL live is discovered in a port in southern Spain – as police issue warning

SPANISH police have seized a live grenade from a major port in southern Spain. The bizarre discovery was made by the Guardia Civil on August

12 Aug, 2024 @ 16:43

Andalucia·Lead

Spain’s third most visited city will cut off water supply to illegal Airbnb-style apartments

TOURIST apartments found to be operating illegally in a major city in Spain will have their water supply cut off, it has been announced. The

12 Aug, 2024 @ 16:13

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla·Travel News

Must-visit: The ‘little Mykonos’ of Spain’s Andalucia that boasts crystal blue waters and white-washed homes

NO need to go to Greece, meet Spain’s ‘little Mykonos’ with white-washed homes and crystal blue seas. Every year, thousands of tourists flock to the

12 Aug, 2024 @ 15:58

Almeria·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Watch: British tourists are branded ‘the walking dead’ by locals in Benidorm over video of early-morning queue for sunbeds

BRITS and other tourists have been mocked online for queuing for sunbeds at a Benidorm hotel. In a video shared on Instagram, hundreds of holidaymakers

12 Aug, 2024 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Lead

Squatters find new way to beat evictions in Spain after law change

Spain’s squatter problem is growing – and these are the most at-risk areas for homeowners

SQUATTING is most prominent in Spain’s big city-based provinces according to figures published by the Ministry of the Interior. Statistics from 2023 show there were

12 Aug, 2024 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Benidorm mobility scooter rider, 83, in serious condition after plunging five metres into a ravine

AN 83-YEAR-OLD man suffered serious injuries in Benidorm on Sunday after his mobility scooter spun five metres down into a ravine. The crash knocked him

12 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

Brits are flocking to Spain’s Costa Blanca: Alicante airport breaks summer record with almost two million passengers in July – a third of whom arrived from the UK

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has once again smashed its monthly passenger record with almost two million users in July. After breaking the passenger high in June, the

12 Aug, 2024 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Local man, 67, jailed for deliberately starting a forest fire near a Costa del Sol community – as Andalucia given ‘extreme’ warning for further blazes

A KNOWN criminal has been sent to jail for deliberately starting a devastating fire that saw homes evacuated on the Costa del Sol last month.

12 Aug, 2024 @ 13:30

Costa del Sol·Lead

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