Malaga News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

UPDATED: Wildfire near popular Puerto Banus resort just a stone’s throw from Marbella Arena venue has been stabilised

A FIRE that broke out this afternoon in Marbella, sending plumes of smoke into the skies above Puerto Banus, has been stabilised thanks to the

12 Sep, 2025 @ 15:40

Lead·Marbella

New-look for Spain's Carlos Alcaraz overshadows first round US Open victory

Marbella police step up final checks ahead of high-stakes Davis Cup tie this weekend – but will Carlos Alcaraz make it?

MARBELLA is braced for a weekend of high drama as local police carried out a full security and logistics inspection ahead of the much-anticipated Davis

11 Sep, 2025 @ 17:56

Lead·Marbella·Sport

Malaga man fined for drawing giant penis to highlight longstanding pothole – which is then fixed

A MALAGA resident was fined after police caught him spray-painting a giant penis around a pothole that had been plaguing his neighbourhood for years. Ricky

10 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Malaga

Outrage in Palma and Marbella as horses collapse in tourist carriages scandals

FURY has erupted in Mallorca after a carriage horse collapsed in the scorching heat while dragging a tourist cart through the centre of Palma –

10 Sep, 2025 @ 15:34

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Marbella

CARLITO AWAY? Will new World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz make it to play in the Davis Cup in Marbella this weekend?

IT is all set to be the hottest ticket for tennis fans when Spain and Denmark go head to head in the Davis Cup this

9 Sep, 2025 @ 14:12

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Sport

Spanish stargazers left disappointed as calima clouds out rare Blood Moon and total lunar eclipse

ARMED with a trusty pair of binoculars and keeping a keen eye on their watch, thousands of stargazers across Spain looked upwards on Sunday in

9 Sep, 2025 @ 11:57

Lead·Malaga·Travel News·Weather

Local town hall in Spain’s Malaga fined for staging opera concerts in hallowed Cueva del Tesoro

A TOWN hall has been slapped with a €15,000 fine for staging concerts inside one of Spain’s most unique caves – without official permission. The

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:30

Andalucia·La Cultura·Malaga·Other News

7 hurt as fire sweeps through block of flats in Spain’s Malaga

A late-night blaze through a block of flats, left seven people needing medical attention. The drama unfolded just after 11pm on Calle Garcia de Haro,

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:01

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Vital clue to whereabouts of British toddler ‘kidnapped’ from Marbella by Russian mother after Spanish court granted father sole custody

A DESPERATE British father is offering €100,000 for information about his three-year-old son after he vanished from Marbella along with his Russian ex-partner. Oliver Pugh,

8 Sep, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Marbella

Marbella goes green: Four new air monitors set up in Low Emission Zone

MARBELLA is taking a big step towards cleaner air. The town hall has installed four state-of-the-art environmental monitors in the historic Old Town to track

7 Sep, 2025 @ 13:15

Andalucia·Environment·Green·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

EMPTY NURSERIES: More than 6,500 free places going in Malaga’s state-run childcare centres

MALAGA’S nurseries have kicked off the new school year with a problem no parent expected – thousands of empty places. Despite a slight rise in

7 Sep, 2025 @ 11:23

Andalucia·Education·Lead·Malaga·Other News

From fees to curricula to credentials: Your complete guide to choosing the right international school on the Costa del Sol

FOR many expat families, one of the biggest questions after moving to southern Spain is where their children will go to school. With dozens of

7 Sep, 2025 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Education·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

How the Portuguese navy foiled a high-seas narco-jacking of container ship travelling notorious cocaine highway to Malaga

THE Portuguese Navy has been hailed for its quick action after launching a dramatic high-seas rescue operation to stop armed drug traffickers who had hijacked

5 Sep, 2025 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Marbella favourite Conor McGregor announces he’s running for President of Ireland – and has Musk’s backing

CONTROVERSIAL fighter Conor McGregor has announced he is running for President of Ireland – and has the backing of the world’s richest man Elon Musk.

5 Sep, 2025 @ 14:00

Celebrity·Lead·Marbella·Politics

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Malaga’s ‘tourist-free’ tapas bars… now on the tourism map thanks to National Geographic

REMEMBER those quaint little tapas bars in Malaga city where locals sipped their wine and nibbled boquerones in peace, far from selfie sticks and tourist

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:59

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Travel News

Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year

ESTEPONA, long considered one of the quieter corners of the Costa del Sol, has seen crime rise sharply in the first half of 2025. The

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:12

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Digging up Malaga’s Phoenician roots: archaeologists unearth secrets of a 3,000-year-old city

BEFORE there were the Romans there was another ancient civilisation that was putting down roots in Spain. The University of Malaga has launched a fresh

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:03

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Other News

‘Hasta la vista, baby!’ Arnold Schwarzenegger heads to Malaga Comic-Con in Spain as guest of honour

HE’S the cyborg assassin who made ‘I’ll be back’ and ‘Hasta la vista, baby’ two of the most iconic lines in movie history – and

4 Sep, 2025 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Celebrity·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Avian flu fears in Andalucia: Dead birds turn up in Malaga park days after outbreak in Sevilla

HUELIN Park in Malaga has been closed after around 20 dead birds were discovered over the weekend. The discovery has sparked fears of an avian

3 Sep, 2025 @ 17:28

Health·Lead·Malaga

Glam, grit, and giving back: Triple A’s star-studded Gala returns to Marbella!

DUST off your cocktail dresses and get your credit cards ready – Marbella’s most heart-tugging, tail-wagging night of the year is back! The Triple A

3 Sep, 2025 @ 15:11

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Mass grave shock in Malaga: 73 Civil War victims exhumed – one in five were women

GRIM new discoveries have been made in a mass grave at Campillos cemetery in Malaga, where archaeologists have recovered the remains of 73 people executed

2 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

8.5 million car journeys predicted over five days in Spain's big weekend ending with national bank holiday this Tuesday

These are the new speed cameras in Malaga province that come into effect TODAY

THROUGHOUT Spain, the General Director of Traffic (GDT) seven fixed radars and 25 road speed cameras aimed at reducing car accidents caused by illegal speeding

1 Sep, 2025 @ 19:00

Lead·Malaga

Malaga’s reservoirs given clean bill of health with no drought restrictions in sight despite long hot summer

MALAGA province’s reservoirs are in surprisingly good shape with no drought restrictions on the horizon – despite a scorching summer that left many Costa del

1 Sep, 2025 @ 18:15

Lead·Malaga