Spain’s Sevilla to boast highest bridge in Europe
THE proposed SE-40 bridge over the Guadalquivir in Sevilla will be the highest in Europe. The engineering companies Ayesa and Fhecor, which elaborated the study
Double Whammy: Spain’s Andalucia to launch Flu and COVID-19 winter vaccination campaign
A PLANNED and targeted winter vaccination campaign will kick-off in Andalucia on October 3. Junta Chief Juanma Moreno has announced the flu vaccination campaign will
Spain looks to pass new temporary wealth tax to help fight inflation after the Ukraine war, its treasury minister said
SPAIN’S left-wing coalition government is hoping to slap a two-year tax on the richest 1% of the population by next year to fight inflation, its
Spanish police seize €300 million worth of fake goods in Europe record
Spanish authorities have made the largest recorded seizure of fake designer goods across Europe to date. Seventeen people were arrested as police raided 14 bazaars,
Marbella shooting: Gunshots spray vehicle outside luxury car dealer
Two shootings in just 24-hours have rocked a sleepy resort town along Spain’s Costa del Sol. Police are investigating after a stray bullet struck a
Grandson of Republican colonel embarks on quest to recover paintings stolen by Franco regime
IN the wake of the Spanish Civil War, Republican Colonel José Sicardo Jiménez- Córdova and his wife Mariana Carderera had little choice but to flee
Palma-based airline forced a British disabled woman to crawl to the toilet in a plane because it did not have wheelchair available
A British woman who is paralysed from the waist down had to drag herself down an aircraft aisle to go to the loo when cabin
Cleaners tackle Gibraltar beaches hit by wind-driven new oil spill from beached ship
CLEANING teams are still removing oil from Gibraltar beaches released after the sinking of the OS 35 bulk carrier off Catalan Bay. The strong easterly
Costa del Sol taxi drivers to strike TODAY affecting Spain’s Malaga air and sea ports, bus and railway stations
COSTA DEL SOL taxi drivers have called a strike for today, Thursday September 22, posing potential travel chaos at the city’s air and sea ports,
Irish man injured in shooting in Spain’s Marbella
POLICE have confirmed that a 24-year-old Irishman has been injured in gun attack on the Costa del Sol. The incident took place just before 6pm
Top global scientists descend on Gibraltar to study bird migration between Africa and Europe
SCIENTISTS from across the world plan to study bird migration between Europe and Africa via Gibraltar at an annual conference held on the Rock. The
Spain crime: Alleged Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia gangsters arrested in Ibiza
Gangsters with suspected links to one of Italy’s most notorious mafia groups have been arrested in Spain. Gangsters with suspected links to the Italian mafia
London art exhibition aims to start Gibraltar’s ‘cultural renaissance’ in the UK capital, says minister
NINE artists from Gibraltar showed off their work at a London exhibition on their individual relationship with their hometown. The art exhibition ‘Gibraltar, Our Sacred
Spain’s solicitor general takes legal action against Franco family in bid to take ownership of assets in summer home
SPAIN’S solicitor general’s office is taking legal action against the family of Francisco Franco in a bid to take ownership of 564 items that are
Police seek man who ran over own mother-in-law after family dispute in Valencia
SPAIN’S National Police were on Wednesday seeking a man accused of running over his own mother-in-law with a car in Valencia, after a family row
Balearic Islands: Stunning marine tornadoes spotted off Mallorca beach
WATCH: A spectacular natural phenomenon has occurred off the coast of Mallorca, and it’s been captured on camera. An impressive multiple waterspout phenomenon off the
Spain’s interior minister defends actions of border police during June incident that saw dozens killed
A video released by the NGO AMDH Nador after the migrants rushed the border SPAIN’S interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, on Wednesday sought to defend the
EXCLUSIVE: The Medical Director of Torrevieja’s troubled hospital has resigned
THE Medical Director of Torrevieja’s troubled public hospital has stepped down from his role in the middle of its worst crisis ever. Dr Juan Carlos
The hot topic of who started the recent forest fire in Spain’s Granada
THE jury is out over who started the devastating forest fire in Los Guajares, near Granada, which burned 5,000 hectares from September 8 to 13,
Benidorm floods: Weather warning for Costa Blanca’s Valencia, Alicante
More ferocious storms have been forecast to smash the Costa Blanca, right after cleanup efforts only just started to clear damage from the last wild
Labour inspectors fine Glovo for employing ‘fake’ self-employed in Valencia and Barcelona
DELIVERY Company Glovo has been fined €78.9 million for hiring people under fake self-employment contracts in Barcelona and Valencia. Spanish broadcaster Cadena Ser reported that
Mayor of Spain’s Malaga to run for office again at 80 years young
FRANCISCO de la Torre, current Mayor of Malaga, has confirmed that he will run again for mayor of Malaga. Three months shy of turning 80
Spain’s Met Office issues yellow alert for heavy rain in parts of Malaga
A YELLOW weather warning has been issued by the SPANISH Met Office, AEMET, across parts of Malaga due to intense storms. AEMET has activated the
Police to investigate circumstances of viral video where bulls charge a human wall at Peñiscola fiestas
THE video from Peñiscola, Valencia region, quickly went viral. In it, a large group of people are seen from above crowded into an archway on
Transport sector calls on government to finally scrap masks on Spain’s trains, buses and taxis
Spain’s transport sector is calling on the Spanish government to scrap obligatory masks on trains, buses and taxis and instead simply recommend the use of
EXCLUSIVE: A British mother who suffered a serious episode of anxiety at Madrid airport after she was told a vital possession in her luggage was lost has opened up about the ordeal in an exclusive interview with the Olive Press
A British family originally from Manchester had the “worst holiday of their life” after they were left without their luggage for more than eight days.