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Tapas Trails continue with four-day festival at popular expat urb’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, which includes the popular expat La Marina Urbanisation, is continuing Costa Blanca’s bounce back to a ‘new normal’ with a three-day Tapas festival.

25 Oct, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Costa Blanca Bar Is Accused Of Language Discrimination In Valencia Area Of Spain

Costa Blanca bar in Spain refuses to serve customer because he spoke in Valencian language

A complaint of language discrimination has been filed against a Costa Blanca bar. The premises in Gandia are accused of refusing to serve a customer

25 Oct, 2021 @ 13:59

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Man ran residency fraud with his mother illegally getting free health treatment on Spain's Costa Blanca

Old man conned by female fraudster’s ‘love scam’ in Valencia area of Spain

AN elderly love-struck Valancian man was conned out of €67,000 by a female fraudster. The woman, 33, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in

25 Oct, 2021 @ 12:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Benidorm features as one of seven Alicante locations in the Top 100 Greenest Places of Europe

BENIDORM and six other Alicante towns feature in a study that reveals the greenest places in Europe. Elda, Alicante, Elche, Torrevieja, Benidorm, Alcoy and San

25 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain refunds fines imposed on thousands of people who broke 2020 lockdown rules

Spain to give back fines to people who broke 2020 emergency lockdown rules

FINES imposed for breaking Spain’s 2020 ‘State of Alarm’ COVID-19 lockdown are to be refunded. The Ministry of Territorial Affairs said it will start giving

25 Oct, 2021 @ 11:29

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

VIDEO: Underwater footage shows new lava shelf and marine life covered in ash on ocean bed from La Palma volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands

A SUBMARINE robot studying the impact of the volcanic eruption on marine life has sent back some extraordinary footage of the seabed. Lava flow from

25 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead

Blooming brilliant: More than 49,000 people visit the autumn patios in Spain’s Cordoba

SOME 50,000 people have visited the Autumn Patios of Cordoba over the two weekend special autumn festival to mark 100 years since the patio contest

25 Oct, 2021 @ 10:00

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News

Sierra Bermeja forest fire FINALLY declared fully extinguished in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE Sierra Bermeja forest fire, which started on September 8 and was declared ‘under control’ since September 14, has finally been completely extinguished by authorities.

25 Oct, 2021 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Belgian expat on the Costa Blanca in Spain claimed his dead mother's state pension for over six years

Iceland has best pension system in the world but Spain fails to make the top 20

SPAIN has failed to make the top 20 places to retire in the world. Despite the popularity among retirees and foreign expats, Spain slipped this

24 Oct, 2021 @ 18:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Other News

This is the list of winners of the 2021 Princess of Asturias Awards

SPANISH swimmer Teresa Perales has been awarded the nation’s most prestigious sports prize, the Premio Principe de Asturias de los Deportes, at a glamourous award

24 Oct, 2021 @ 17:27

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·National News·Other News

West End: San Pedro has become the more refined, less bling end of Spain’s Marbella with wilder beaches and just as much allure

FORGET the hustle and bustle of Banus, the snobbishness of the Golden Mile and the hordes of tourists in Marbella centre… Head west instead to

24 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Adventures in Brexitland: How a bid for Spanish nationality turned in a Kafka-esque nightmare

A bid for Spanish nationality leads to a Kafka-esque scenario involving inaccessible authorities and missing documents of an undefined nature, write Heather Galloway.

24 Oct, 2021 @ 13:15

Brexit·Lead·Opinion

Making a splash: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra enjoys the delights of Benidorm and Spain’s Valencia

ACTOR Priyanka Chopra is making a bit of a splash during her recent trip to Spain’s Valencia region – quite literally. The Hollywood star –

24 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Celebrity·Lead·Valencia

airport suffers 40% fall in travellers to Spain compared to September 2019

COVID rules: Fully-vaxxed travellers from Spain to UK can now use cheaper lateral flow tests instead of PCR

NEW rules allowing fully-vaxxed travellers flying into England to take lateral flow tests instead of PCR tests come into force from Sunday. Fully-vaccinated people arriving

24 Oct, 2021 @ 11:29

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the two teenage champion kite surfers riding the waves in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol

FOR some, a perfect day at the beach means a dip in the still waters of the Mediterranean but for two particular boys growing up

24 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga·Sport

Spaniard accused of murdering his 85-year-old mother in Spain’s Valencia

An 85-year-old woman died after being stabbed to death by her son on Friday afternoon. An unnamed 56-year-old Spaniard, who is thought to be the

24 Oct, 2021 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: The villa that serves as secret hideout for Princess Diana’s 1990s trips to Spain’s Costa del Sol in next season of The Crown

WITH a price tag of €15 million it is just the sort of holiday villa befitting a princess. In the hills near Benahavis, it boasts

24 Oct, 2021 @ 09:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·Malaga·National News·Property

Trashumancia: Why flocks of sheep are filling the streets of Madrid today

EVERY year on a Sunday in late October the streets of central Madrid are transformed from a busy cosmopolitan metropolis to a pastoral scene from

24 Oct, 2021 @ 09:00

Lead·Madrid

IMAGES: First snow of the season falls in Sierra Nevada in southern Spain

The peaks of Spain’s Sierra Nevada received their first dusting of snow during the night on Friday, as the weather turned colder across the peninsula.

23 Oct, 2021 @ 17:03

Granada·Lead·Weather

REVEALED: UK has Covid rates SEVENTEEN times higher than Spain but travel restrictions remain

THE UNITED KINGDOM currently has Covid-19 infection rates SEVENTEEN times higher than Spain. Despite this, travel restrictions between the two countries imply that travelling from

23 Oct, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

Princess of Asturias Awards: King Felipe sends touching message of support to La Palma

THE King of Spain used his speech at the Princess of Asturias Awards to honour the people who lost everything following the volcano eruption in

23 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

OPINION: Never Mind the Boris

BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent break to Marbella – or more accurately Benahavis – seems to have divided the Press and public back in

23 Oct, 2021 @ 14:15

Columnists·Lead·Opinion

Spain’s Princess Leonor calls on young people to change the future in moving speech at Asturias Awards

PRINCESS Leonor of Spain has urged young people around the world to help build a better future. Speaking at the 2021 Princess of Asturias Awards

23 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·National News·Other News

Aquaman star Jason Momoa to film reality TV show in Spain’s Mallorca

ACTOR Jason Momoa, star of Dune, Aquaman and Game of Thrones, will be filming a reality TV show about rock climbing on the island of

23 Oct, 2021 @ 11:15

Balearic Islands·Entertainment·Lead·Mallorca

Horrific axe attack in Fuengirola on Spain’s Costa del Sol leaves woman with head injury

A WOMAN attacked with an axe in a domestic incident was rushed to hospital on the Costa del Sol with multiple injuries. The victim was

23 Oct, 2021 @ 10:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Paula Badosa Hace Historia Y Gana La Final De Indian Wells Frente A Victoria Azarenka

The meteoric rise of Spain’s new tennis sensation Paula Badosa

THIS has been an amazing year for Paula Badosa whose meteoric rise saw her soar from 70th place in the international rankings at the start

23 Oct, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Sport

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