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‘Someone knows something!’: Sister of Belfast man missing in Benidorm demands answers as ‘panic sets in’ on day eight of his disappearance

THE sister of a missing Belfast man is demanding answers after he vanished from Benidorm eight days ago. John Hardy, or John George, 36, has

22 Dec, 2024 @ 15:18

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Nearly 300 Afghan Refugees Who Helped Spain During Western Military Action Arrive On Plane From Pakistan

Refugees from Morocco and Colombia could be automatically rejected under strict new rules in Spain

ASYLUM seekers from ‘safe countries’ could have their applications automatically dismissed under a raft of tough new rules being drafted by Spain. The overhaul, detailed

22 Dec, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·Other News

Meet the expat-run charities spreading Christmas cheer in Spain.

THESE are the expat-run charities helping the needy this festive period. While most expats move to Spain’s sunny climes for a relaxing retirement in the

22 Dec, 2024 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca

The best cities in Spain to celebrate New Year’s Eve, according to the Spanish

THESE are Spain’s favourite cities to spend New Year’s Eve, says a popular tour platform. Walking tour platform GuruWalk has ranked the top ten Spanish

22 Dec, 2024 @ 10:00

Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

An IT Christmas tale: Debugging through the snow: The IT holiday hustle

THE holiday season may be merry and bright, but for IT teams, it’s a whirlwind of challenges wrapped in festive chaos. While others enjoy mulled

21 Dec, 2024 @ 14:03

Business & Finance·Lead·Sponsored·Sponsored Article

The Olive Press meets some of the good causes bringing festive cheer to Gibraltar this Christmas

CHRISTMAS in Gibraltar is a time for cheer but it’s also a time for charity, and to remember those less fortunate. Fortunately, the Rock’s small

21 Dec, 2024 @ 14:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Must-visit: The most popular Christmas markets in Spain this year

THESE are the most popular Christmas markets in Spain to visit this festive season. AS Christmas nears, towns and cities across Spain have been transformed

21 Dec, 2024 @ 13:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Planning row in Marbella as activists slam €350m hotel that will ‘severely damage’ stretch of virgin coast – but developers claim it will improve the site

GREEN groups are fuming over plans to build a giant luxury hotel complex on one of Marbella’s last remaining stretches of virgin coast. The €350

21 Dec, 2024 @ 11:00

Lead·Marbella

Exclusive: Gibraltar is about to smash past the 40,000 population barrier – but can it cope?

GIBRALTAR’S surging population is poised to break the 40,000 barrier in the coming months. At the close of 2024, the current population of Gibraltar is

21 Dec, 2024 @ 08:05

Gibraltar·Lead

This overlooked gem in Spain’s Andalucia could be a hit with Brits next year as easyJet launches new flights

EASYJET has launched new flights to this hidden gem in Spain’s Andalucia- and it’s set to be a hit with Brits. Budget airline Easyjet has

21 Dec, 2024 @ 07:02

Almeria·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Brussels proposes nearly €1.6b of aid to pay for Valencia flood disaster reconstruction work

Spain reveals its word of the year for 2024

THE 2024 word of the year has been revealed in Spain. Each year, the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) chooses a word that has defined the

21 Dec, 2024 @ 07:00

La Cultura·Lead

Tragedy in Marbella: Boy ‘falls off building’ to his death just days before Christmas

POLICE are investigating the tragic death of a boy in Marbella today. The minor plunged to his death from a building on Avenida Jose Manuel

20 Dec, 2024 @ 19:59

Lead·Marbella

John Hardy latest: Timeline of Brit father’s disappearance from Benidorm as concern grows

JOHN Hardy has now been missing for almost a week after flying into Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca last Saturday. The Belfast native is a

20 Dec, 2024 @ 18:42

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Radar speed traps destroyed in wave of vandalism costing €67,000 per roadside unit in Spain

Revealed: The biggest cash-earning speed cameras in Spain – with one issuing over 118,000 fines alone

A MADRID area speed trap is the most lucrative in Spain catching out 118,149 motorists in 2023. Figures have been published by Spain’s Directorate General

20 Dec, 2024 @ 18:31

Lead·National News

Spain takes major step towards four-day work week as trade unions give seal of approval – but will it become law?

SPAIN’S government and the country’s two biggest unions have struck a deal on a shorter working week with the same pay. The agreement still has

20 Dec, 2024 @ 17:30

Lead·National News

Radioactive clouds regularly form above Spain because of something France did 60 years ago, studies find

EPISODES of calima or the so-called ‘blood rain’ consisting of Saharan dust that happens over Spain contain radioactive particles according to French researchers. It is

20 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·Weather

Brits in Spain help raise over €10,000 in bid to get daughter of expat home after life-changing stroke – but appeal is just shy of its target

THE expat community in Spain has helped raise more than £10,000 in a bid to get a partially-paralysed Brit home for urgent medical care. The

20 Dec, 2024 @ 16:35

Lead·Murcia

Spain's former Economy Minister and ex-IMF chief gets five years in prison and €2m fine for corruption

Spain’s former Economy Minister and ex-IMF chief gets five years in prison and €2m fine for tax dodging and corruption

THE former head of the International Monetary Fund and ex-Economy Minister, Rodrigo Rato, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for corruption offences.

20 Dec, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

This British expat hotspot on the Costa Blanca is the fastest growing city in Spain, figures suggest

TORREVIEJA on the Costa Blanca had the highest percentage population growth of any Spanish city in 2023, according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE). The

20 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Spanish engineer from Malaga is chosen to lead ambitious NASA project to return humans to the moon

AMERICAN space agency NASA has chosen a Spanish engineer from Malaga to help lead its flagship program to return humans to the moon. Carlos García-Galán,

20 Dec, 2024 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

‘The unknown is the killer’: Family ‘distraught’ after British father vanishes during holiday to Benidorm just days before Christmas – as UK police step in

If you have any information on John’s whereabouts, contact tips@theolivepress.es THE family of a missing Brit are desperate to get him home for Christmas after

20 Dec, 2024 @ 13:25

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Arab fund buys La Zagaleta: Gated Costa del Sol community where villas sell for over €30m is among the most exclusive in Europe

AN ABU Dhabi company has bought one of Europe’s biggest luxury housing developments- La Zagaleta on the Costa del Sol. Modon Holding now owns the

20 Dec, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Renfe strike is called off: Railway company agrees deal with 15,000 workers after threat of walkouts across Spain saw 1,500 trains cancelled

Train between Estepona, Marbella and Malaga would be used 125,000 times per day, study finds

A MAXIMAL Costa del Sol train running from Nerja to Algeciras would serve 166,000 trips a day – or 60.4 million a year, according to

20 Dec, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa del Sol·Lead

Former British ambassador to Spain joins Iberdrola: Hugh Elliot is named as a director for the Spanish energy giant

HUGH Elliott, the former British Ambassador to Spain, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of Iberdrola Energia Internacional which oversees the Spanish company’s assets in

20 Dec, 2024 @ 11:17

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain to the rescue: Navantia to buy storied British shipyard that built the Titanic and save 1,000 jobs in the UK

SPAIN’S state shipbuilding company Navantia has swooped in to save the iconic British shipyard that built the Titanic in a last minute deal. The acquisition

20 Dec, 2024 @ 09:05

Business & Finance·Lead

Watch: Bizarre moment a cow washes up on a Marbella beach – just days after a whale suffered the same fate

A VIDEO has surfaced on social media showing a dead cow washed up on a Marbella beach. The cow’s body was found near the Cabaña

19 Dec, 2024 @ 16:47

Lead·Marbella·Video

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‘Someone knows something!’: Sister of Belfast man missing in Benidorm demands answers as ‘panic sets in’ on day eight of his disappearance

Refugees from Morocco and Colombia could be automatically rejected under strict new rules in Spain

Meet the expat-run charities spreading Christmas cheer in Spain.

The best cities in Spain to celebrate New Year’s Eve, according to the Spanish

An IT Christmas tale: Debugging through the snow: The IT holiday hustle

The Olive Press meets some of the good causes bringing festive cheer to Gibraltar this Christmas

Must-visit: The most popular Christmas markets in Spain this year

Planning row in Marbella as activists slam €350m hotel that will ‘severely damage’ stretch of virgin coast – but developers claim it will improve the site

Exclusive: Gibraltar is about to smash past the 40,000 population barrier – but can it cope?

This overlooked gem in Spain’s Andalucia could be a hit with Brits next year as easyJet launches new flights

Spain reveals its word of the year for 2024

Tragedy in Marbella: Boy ‘falls off building’ to his death just days before Christmas

John Hardy latest: Timeline of Brit father’s disappearance from Benidorm as concern grows

Revealed: The biggest cash-earning speed cameras in Spain – with one issuing over 118,000 fines alone

Spain takes major step towards four-day work week as trade unions give seal of approval – but will it become law?

Radioactive clouds regularly form above Spain because of something France did 60 years ago, studies find

Brits in Spain help raise over €10,000 in bid to get daughter of expat home after life-changing stroke – but appeal is just shy of its target

Spain’s former Economy Minister and ex-IMF chief gets five years in prison and €2m fine for tax dodging and corruption

This British expat hotspot on the Costa Blanca is the fastest growing city in Spain, figures suggest

Spanish engineer from Malaga is chosen to lead ambitious NASA project to return humans to the moon

‘The unknown is the killer’: Family ‘distraught’ after British father vanishes during holiday to Benidorm just days before Christmas – as UK police step in

Arab fund buys La Zagaleta: Gated Costa del Sol community where villas sell for over €30m is among the most exclusive in Europe

Train between Estepona, Marbella and Malaga would be used 125,000 times per day, study finds

Former British ambassador to Spain joins Iberdrola: Hugh Elliot is named as a director for the Spanish energy giant

Spain to the rescue: Navantia to buy storied British shipyard that built the Titanic and save 1,000 jobs in the UK

Watch: Bizarre moment a cow washes up on a Marbella beach – just days after a whale suffered the same fate

FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘I saw how Catalunya celebrates St George’s Day… I wish England would take a page out of their book!’

Art Deco dreams: How Spain gave glamour a home in the hardest of times

Is it dangerous to do vigorous work outs as we age? Health expert dispels some of the myths

Panic in Granada as magnitude-5 earthquake shakes city, damages homes and sends residents fleeing

WATCH: The secret gem just one hour from Madrid in the Spanish heartlands that you should visit because it’s ‘untouched by tourism’

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