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Leader of Spain’s opposition calls for changes so that most-voted party takes power

SPAIN’S national political system used to be a two-party one, with the Socialists and the conservative Popular Party taking it in turns to govern...

A youth football scout who watched children for a living has been arrested in Barcelona for uploading clips of...

A youth football scout who posted clips of himself abusing young children has been arrested in a town near Sitges. He gave himself away The man...

REVEALED: The most popular areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca for overseas property buyers

TORREVIEJA and Orihuela are Alicante Province's top areas for foreign property buyers according to the Valencia region Notary Association. Figures for the first nine months...

Cold snap due to continue in Spain, as temperatures fall as low as -18C in parts

SPAIN is due to see several days of even lower temperatures than those it is already experiencing, as a weather front moves in from...

Overnight hotel stays in Spain were just 6.5% down last year on record 2019 numbers

OVERNIGHT hotel stays in Spain reached 320.7 million last year- up by 85.6% on 2021, according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE). Stays were just...

SUMMER IS COMING: Andalucia braces for the heat as temperatures reach 36C

Spain's weather agency AEMET has warned of high UV levels from today

Banana thrower’s fine not enough, says Spain’s sports minister

81% of Olive Press readers agreed that Spain has a problem with racism, following two incidents in Spanish football matches

Football world scorns Spain’s racist fans: Have your say…

After two racist incidents at football matches in one week, do you think Spain has a problem with racism?

Eagle will land to scare off pesky seagulls from Costa Blanca castle in Spain

DENIA is deploying shock tactics by getting an eagle to cut the seagull population around the city's castle. Lokimica- who run Denia council's pest-control services-...

Real life Shawshank: RGP officer recalls the incredible story of the prisoner who tunnelled a hole out of his...

A PRISONER who painstakingly tunnelled a hole to escape his cell each night and wander the streets of Gibraltar was only given away after...

Children relax in the world of virtual reality before operations at Valencia hospital in Spain

ALL patients get nervous before a hospital operation and especially youngsters who may never have been in a hospital before. That's prompted the Hospital Clinic...

Tickets on sale until summer for star hiking trail Caminito del Rey in Spain’s Malaga—including two major holiday dates

EL CAMINITO DEL REY, one of the most spectacular natural sites in Malaga, has announced it has put 74,800 tickets on sale to cover...

Direct flights between Spain’s Malaga and New York with United Airlines now on sale

TICKETS for United Airlines' new direct flight from Malaga to New York are now on sale on its website and via travel agents. In the...

Good start to the year for megayacht marina in Spain’s Malaga

THE Malaga megayacht marina has started 2023 with a good forecast of berths. Since its inauguration last July, the flow of private pleasure boats sailing...

Massive truck tips on A-7 motorway towards Marbella causing traffic chaos

A massive truck tipped on the A-7 motorway just before Marbella on Tuesday night sparking long traffic queues. The concrete pump truck tipped in slippery...

Spanish-Cuban actress Ana de Armas bags first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of the original blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe

Rising Spanish-Cuban star and your dad’s favourite actress Ana de Armas has scored her first Oscar nomination in this year’s Academy Awards. The one-time Bond...

Elderly ‘lone wolf’ arrested for sending letter bombs in Spain

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a former Vitoria City Council official for sending six letter bombs late last year. The 74-year-old Spaniard was detained on...

Drug traffickers steal €400,000 boat from Costa Blanca marina in Spain to use as narco-craft

DRUG traffickers stole a pleasure boat from Altea marina in Alicante Province to convert it into a narco-craft. But a day after the theft, the...

‘Not enough’ nursing home places in Andalucia and Valencia regions of Spain

ANDALUCIA and the Valencia Community are not providing enough nursing home places for people aged 65 and over. The claim is made in a report...

Spain’s Benidorm goes on tree planting spree to improve the environment

BENIDORM City Council has begun an initiative to plant new trees all around the area until the end of March. Some 200 trees will be...

Rugby player Levi Davis, who disappeared in Spain, ‘owed £100,000’ to Somali mafia, claims private detective 

THE FORMER rugby player Levi Davis, who disappeared in Barcelona in October of last year and hasn’t been heard from since, owed £100,000 to...

Party islands turn white as largest snowfall in five years hits Mallorca, Ibiza

Mallorca has been hit by its largest dumping of snow in more than five years as a freezing polar front sweeps over Spain.  About 7cm...

Mallorca-based airline put on US sanctions blacklist for helping Russia buy drones from Iran

An airline headquartered in Palma de Mallorca has been added to the US sanctions blacklist for allegedly helping Iran sell the drones Russia has...

Gibraltar ‘optimistic’ for EU treaty as next round of talks begins in London with EU and Spain

THE Gibraltar Government is ‘very optimistic’ that the UK, EU and Spain will sign a ‘safe and secure treaty’ after its leaders met in...

European home furnishing giant looks at opening logistics centre in Spain’s Alicante

DANISH home furniture and accessory retailer JYSK will open a logistics hub to serve the Iberian Peninsula and has identified a possible Alicante Province...

Spain to join EU plan to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine

THE SPANISH government announced on Wednesday that it will send Leopard tanks to Ukraine to assist in its defence against Russia, now that Germany...

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