Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Victory for expats and locals on Spain’s Costa Blanca after plans for controversial biowaste plant are pulled

PEOPLE power has forced Los Montesinos council into a quick reversal of its decision to offer up free land to house a biowaste recycling plant

8 Aug, 2024 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante area population passes two million mark boosted by foreign migrants

Alicante population breaks the two million mark following surge in British and other foreign residents

ALICANTE province’s population has broken the two million mark according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics(INE) with foreign migrants fuelling the increase. Based

8 Aug, 2024 @ 18:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Tommy Robinson threatens British journalists for revealing his €400-a-night Cyprus resort hideaway – after making similar threats against Olive Press reporters last year

FAR-RIGHT instigator Tommy Robinson has threatened British journalists for revealing his luxury hideout – just as he threatened Olive Press reporters last year for doing

8 Aug, 2024 @ 17:44

Lead·Other News

Don’t tell the far-right: Foreign-born workers have taken nearly half of all new jobs created in Spain this year – most of which have come in the tourism sector

THE idea that immigrants are taking our jobs might never have been truer than in Spain, where 40% of new jobs created in the first

8 Aug, 2024 @ 17:15

Lead·Other News

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Crackdown on migrant smugglers in Spain: Police arrest 77 members of international criminal network

A MAJOR migrant smuggling gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional in association with Europol and the US Homeland Security department. The international crew

8 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Will Smith records music video in Spain’s Ibiza: New song Work Of Art features his son Jaden

WILL Smith has been back in the studio while visiting the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air star, 55, shared

8 Aug, 2024 @ 15:19

Celebrity·Ibiza·Lead

Who is Carles Puigdemont and why are police hunting him in Spain? All you need to know about the exiled Catalan separatist leader

THE Mossos d’Esquadra, Catalunya’s police force, launched ‘Operation Cage’ this morning in an attempt to locate and arrest Carles Puigdemont, the separatist leader who has

8 Aug, 2024 @ 15:17

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Tourist in Spain’s Andalucia douses 6,000-year-old cave art with water so it appears brighter in his photos

A TOURIST is being investigated for pouring water on ancient cave drawings so that they appear brighter in photos. The 39-year-old could face fines running

8 Aug, 2024 @ 14:55

Andalucia·Jaen·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: British millionaire denies squatting his own €3million villa in Spain’s Ibiza amid legal row with ‘Airbnb investor’ influencer

A BRITISH millionaire has furiously denied squatting his own €3million villa in a bid to keep out his tenant. Anthony Nartey is currently locked in

8 Aug, 2024 @ 14:29

Ibiza·Lead·Property

British tourists ‘fear for their safety’ in Spain following wave of ‘anti-tourism’ protests

BRITISH tourists are phoning Balearic Islands hotels to ask whether it is safe to stay there in the wake of recent protests against mass tourism.

8 Aug, 2024 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Cheeky thief steals from bathers and then demands money for return of items at popular Costa Blanca beach in Spain

Alert in Alicante: Man is arrested for ‘attacking and robbing tourists’ on popular beach – before ‘demanding money to return the stolen goods’

A MAN has been arrested in Denia for allegedly robbing and attacking bathers at a local beach. The 30-year-old Moroccan national was remanded into custody

8 Aug, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Rafael Nadal pulls out of US Open as he shares update on his future

RAFAEL Nadal has pulled out of this year’s US Open, admitting that he would not be able to ‘give 100%’ in New York. The announcement

8 Aug, 2024 @ 11:59

Lead·Sport

British boy, 17, ‘is raped in a toilet’ at a restaurant in Spain’s Mallorca

A SWISS tourist has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 17-year-old British holidaymaker at a restaurant in the popular resort town of Magaluf. The

8 Aug, 2024 @ 11:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain is once again declared the best country in the world for digital nomads – here’s why

A NEW study from research company Global Intelligence Unit has found once again that Spain is the best country in the world for digital nomads

8 Aug, 2024 @ 11:31

Lead·Travel News

Spain faces hottest day since 1950 this weekend as fourth heatwave of the year to bring ‘dangerous’ temperatures

SPAIN is facing one of its hottest days on record this weekend, weather experts have warned. It comes as the fourth heatwave of the year

8 Aug, 2024 @ 11:08

Lead·Weather

Chaos in Spain’s Catalunya: Police hunt exiled former leader Carles Puigdemont after speech near parliament declaring independence referendum legal

FORMER Catalan premier and fugitive from justice Carles Puigdemont returned to Spain on Thursday, seven years after he fled the country to escape arrest for

8 Aug, 2024 @ 10:56

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Warning over venomous fish in Spain after 700 tourists are stung

TOURISTS in Spain have been warned as a spate of painful poisonings have been taking place on the country’s beaches. Over 700 people have been

8 Aug, 2024 @ 10:51

Environment·Lead

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘is a serial predator who terrorised his victims’, top profiler tells a German court

A TOP German detective has told a court why he believes Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is a dangerous serial rapist. The respected profiler told

7 Aug, 2024 @ 18:19

Lead·National News

Mpox latest in Spain: Health chiefs call emergency meeting as number of cases per region is revealed

Monkeypox warning in Spain: Country registers highest number of cases in Europe

SPAIN has recorded the highest number of monkeypox cases in Europe since the start of the current outbreak in April 2022. A total of 8,101

7 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Health·Lead

Scorching temperatures as latest heatwave lands from Sunday in Spain

Heatwave alert in Spain: Extreme heat to return this weekend – these are the affected areas

A WEEKEND heatwave warning has been issued by the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet) with temperatures expected to exceed 40C in parts of Spain. The fresh blast

7 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·National News·Weather

Man is gored by bull during traditional festival in eastern Spain: 32-year-old is hospitalised with serious injuries

A 32-YEAR-OLD man was seriously injured after being gored on the first night of Calpe’s ‘Bous al Carrer’ bull runs in Alicante province. The incident

7 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Outrage after 13,000 cruise passengers descend on tiny city in southern Spain in just one day

LOCALS in Cadiz are up in arms after the historical centre was inundated with thousands of cruise ship passengers last week. Located on an island

7 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Cadiz·Lead

Two British tourists ‘are raped on the beach’ in Mallorca in separate incidents just days apart

HORROR in Mallorca as two British tourists ‘raped on the beach’ in separate incidents in just over a week. Two British tourists have been raped

7 Aug, 2024 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm tourist watches bank app in horror as nine charges are made on stolen card within minutes

Pickpocket gang from Spain is arrested over plan to target tourists at the Paris Olympics

A GANG of Spanish-based Bosnian pickpockets who were going to the Olympic Games in Paris has been arrested in Madrid and Valencia by the Policia

7 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Gibraltar-Spain football row rages on: UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Morata and Rodri over controversial chants following Euro 2024 victory

UEFA suspend Spain’s Alvaro Morata and Rodri for one match after ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’ chants

UEFA, European football’s governing body, have handed out one match bans to Alvaro Morata and Rodri after the pair led chants of ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’

7 Aug, 2024 @ 13:51

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

Brits heading to Spain will not be able to use e-gates this summer despite UK-EU deal

British expats in Spain are warned to get a TIE card ahead of EU’s new entry/exit system

THE British embassy has warned expats in Spain to get the TIE card as the EU’s new entry/exit system comes into force. British expats in

7 Aug, 2024 @ 13:29