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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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 GarcÃa-Galán,
‘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
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
Train between Estepona, Marbella and Malaga would be used 125,000 times per day, study finds Â
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
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
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
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
Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen charity passes five million meal landmark for Valencia DANA victims
THE World Central Kitchen(WCK) charity founded and led by chef Jose Andres has distributed over five million meals to victims of the Valencia flood disaster.
Spain’s emergency services brace for Christmas chaos: Fires typically surge by 25% while one festive day boasts the highest number of births
SPANISH emergency services are bracing for a chaotic Christmas with a surge in fires and births expected. Christmas is a time for celebration, but often
Airbnb crackdown in Alicante: Local government approves two-year ban on new tourist flat licences
ALICANTE City Council will not grant new licences for tourist flats for up to two years. Councillors voted overwhelmingly for the moratorium with just two
Gibraltar to run free night buses over Christmas: Ambulance joy ride is the latest drink-driving incident to blight the Rock during festive period
A MAN stole an ambulance in Gibraltar while high on cannabis and crashed it into a building. The 24-year-old took the vehicle from the Accident
‘We’ve done all we can’: Police in Spain give up trying to identify amnesia-struck Brit who will remain ‘stuck’ in hospital over Christmas
POLICE in Spain have given up trying to identify a British cyclist who remains ‘stuck’ in a hospital after being struck with severe amnesia. Stephen
Fears for missing Brit in Benidorm who failed to return home and ‘hasn’t called anyone in days’
THE family of a missing Brit have launched an appeal online after he failed to return home from a trip to Benidorm. READ UPDATE: UK
Spain is Europe’s favourite destination this Christmas as two holiday hotspots top official ranking by Mastercard
TENERIFE and Alicante have taken the top two places in a survey of European tourist favourites for a Christmas getaway. The findings come in the
Watch: Lorry becomes engulfed in flames near Marbella causing huge traffic jam
A HUGE traffic jam was reported on the busy A-7 this morning after a lorry caught on fire. Footage shared online shows how the vehicle
Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval
THE final stage of getting approval for Benidorm’s biggest-ever urban development will begin next week. The city council’s governing board will put the plans for
Nuclear panic in Spain after ‘dangerous’ radioactive package disappears at Madrid airport
A RADIOACTIVE package containing ‘very dangerous’ sources of selenium became lost at Madrid airport this week, it has emerged. An alert was issued by the