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Ronda has struck the imaginations of poets, artists, bullfighters and musicians for thousands of years

RONDA doesn’t just appear; it confronts you. As the road bends, this captivating city leaps into view, rising like a white pearl surrounded by the

23 Nov, 2025 @ 12:01

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Here’s what the new British-designed tower in Malaga port will look like – if it ever gets built

PLANS to erect a new British-designed skyscraper in Malaga port are facing fresh backlash after local experts filed an 80-page complaint to Spain’s Ministry of

22 Nov, 2025 @ 08:30

Lead·Malaga·Property

Police rumble narcos loading up on fuel on popular Marbella beach loved by expats and tourists

THE Policia Nacional have intercepted a van carrying 127 bottles of fuel which being loaded onto a narco boat at a beach off the Marbella

19 Nov, 2025 @ 13:11

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Fresh calls for third lane on ‘unmanageable’ Costa del Sol A7 motorway as Malaga traffic chaos slammed once again

HOTEL bosses on the Costa del Sol have renewed calls for a third lane on the A7, warning that Malaga’s chronic traffic problems are now

18 Nov, 2025 @ 13:38

Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Wealthy Arab travellers to Marbella warned against ‘jumping the queue by visa shopping around the EU’

WEALTHY Gulf visitors heading to Spain have been warned not to ‘visa shop’ by applying through smaller Schengen countries to try to ‘jump the queue’

17 Nov, 2025 @ 17:35

Lead·Marbella·Travel News

Trains from Nerja and Estepona to Coin, the Caminito del Rey and beyond – but will Malaga ‘conceptual map’ ever become reality?

A NEW map for Malaga province sketches out a dream rail network that would link almost every corner by train, from Nerja in the east

17 Nov, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

SPAIN’S coastal property market has undergone one of its sharpest transformations in decades, with new data showing that affordable homes have almost vanished from the

16 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Property·Valencia

Revealed: How Chinese shops selling everyday items on the Costa del Sol were really laundering millions for violent Albanian narcos

A NARCO money laundering scheme using Chinese-run shops selling ever-day household items allegedly funnelled more than €22 million in cash through Malaga province alone. Spanish

14 Nov, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Malaga

Police plead with people in Puerto Banus and other Marbella hotspots not to buy from street venders

POLICE are pleading with people in Puerto Banus and other Marbella hotspots to stop buying fake goods from street vendors. Marbella’s Policia Local has confiscated

11 Nov, 2025 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

The much-anticipated switch-on for Malaga’s famous Christmas lights is coming – all you need to know

MALAGA is gearing up for one of the most anticipated events of the year as the city prepares to flick the switch on its world-famous

9 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga

It's a family affair as Oasis Properties has grown from managing just a couple of homes to meeting 'all your property needs' in Spain's Nerja area

British holidaymaker dies on Spain’s Costa del Sol after ‘passing out while cycling with friends’

A BRITISH holidaymaker has died on the Costa del Sol after coming off his bike while cycling with friends. The unnamed 57-year-old tourist, so far

7 Nov, 2025 @ 10:24

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Man suffers brain damage after brutal assault by 'up to 20 mad men' outside Alicante nightclub

New shooting in Marbella as Costa del Sol is rocked by wave of violence amid mafia crackdowns

A MAN has been found inside a car in Marbella with a gunshot wound to the leg in the early hours of Tuesday morning —

6 Nov, 2025 @ 16:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Father and son kidnapped man in Malaga and sent photos to the family with a ham knife against his neck over €50 cocaine debt

A FATHER and son have been sentenced by a Malaga court after being found guilty of holding a man hostage for three days as revenge

6 Nov, 2025 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Bullies ‘hospitalise’ girl in Marbella as outrage grows at worrying new trend – and authorities for ‘doing nothing’

A YOUNG girl has been hospitalised in Marbella after an alleged bullying incident, with her family accusing authorities of ‘doing nothing’. The child was pushed

6 Nov, 2025 @ 16:15

Lead·Marbella

Fugitive politician on the run for 20 years over sprawling Marbella corruption case pays to avoid jail

THE ex-Marbella sports councillor, Carlos Fernandez, who fled Spain in 2006 to avoid corruption charges in the infamous Malay Case, will not serve any prison

6 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella·Politics

The Costa del Sol’s out-of-control organised crime gangs takes HUGE hit as French ‘super-mafia’ smashed

SPANISH police have put the brakes on the Costa del Sol’s spiralling mafia activity with a huge operation targeting a number of interconnecting mafia gangs

5 Nov, 2025 @ 17:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Thunderstorms and tornados to hit Malaga and the Costa del Sol this evening as weather alert upgraded to orange

SPAIN’S met office has raised the weather alert to orange for Malaga province this evening, warning of torrential rain, violent thunderstorms and even possible tornados

5 Nov, 2025 @ 11:10

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Blackspot Branded As The 'road Of Death' On The Costa Blanca In Spain Claims Another Victim In A Head On Collision Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim

Wave of mysterious deaths shocks Malaga as three separate corpses appear within 24 hours

THREE bodies have been found in less than a day across Malaga province in what police are calling an ‘unprecedented’ 24 hours of unexplained deaths.

4 Nov, 2025 @ 17:49

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Looking to retire in Spain? This is the cheapest town in Malaga province to buy a property

Malaga’s beauty, culture, and food make it a top retirement destination, but its steep property prices put much of the province out of reach –

4 Nov, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Malaga·Property

EXCLUSIVE Confusion reigns for Brits at Malaga airport: Tourists and residents in Spain alike are bamboozled during EES digital passport roll out

A POLICIA Nacional border guard admitted to the Olive Press they were very much ‘in a trial stage’ at Malaga airport with their Entry/Exit System

3 Nov, 2025 @ 18:37

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

LIFE IN SPAIN: The Frank Sinatra incident in Malaga

ON September 19, 1964, Malaga police slapped Frank Sinatra with a 25,000 peseta fine – around $175 – after the singer sparked a barroom brawl.

1 Nov, 2025 @ 10:01

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Other News

WATCH: Police seize 2.5 million cigarettes and 5,200 litres of laughing gas set for illegal export from Spain via lorries

AN EAST European and Spanish gang that used its own international transport firm to smuggle cigarettes and laughing gas within legal cargo has been busted

31 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Ex-Marbella councillor who fled Spain in 2006 over infamous Malaya corruption case is arrested at Madrid airport

A FORMER Marbella councillor who fled Spain 19 years ago to avoid being indicted in an infamous corruption case has been arrested at Madrid airport

29 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Students in Malaga call for heads of school bosses who ‘ignored bullying that led to suicide of 15-year-old girl in Sevilla’ during mass protests

HUNDREDS of students took to Malaga’s streets this week to protest against school bullying as part of a nationwide strike sparked by a Sevilla schoolgirl’s

29 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Lead·Malaga

Antonio Banderas’ new beachfront Marbella mansion is coming along nicely: Three floors, an infinity pool and even a panic room – after his old one was forcibly demolished

CONSTRUCTION on Antonio Banderas’ new beachfront Marbella mansion is underway – here’s everything you need to know about his spectacular new home. The home sits

29 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Lead·Marbella·Property

Neo-Nazi sympathiser ‘locked Tinder date in his Benalmadena home and told her ‘I know you want my superior genes” during hours-long ordeal

A neo-Nazi sympathiser has been arrested after he locked a Tinder date in his Benalmadena home and subjected her to violent assault. The Policia Nacional

29 Oct, 2025 @ 11:30

crime·Lead·Malaga

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Ronda has struck the imaginations of poets, artists, bullfighters and musicians for thousands of years

Here’s what the new British-designed tower in Malaga port will look like – if it ever gets built

Police rumble narcos loading up on fuel on popular Marbella beach loved by expats and tourists

Fresh calls for third lane on ‘unmanageable’ Costa del Sol A7 motorway as Malaga traffic chaos slammed once again

Wealthy Arab travellers to Marbella warned against ‘jumping the queue by visa shopping around the EU’

Trains from Nerja and Estepona to Coin, the Caminito del Rey and beyond – but will Malaga ‘conceptual map’ ever become reality?

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

Revealed: How Chinese shops selling everyday items on the Costa del Sol were really laundering millions for violent Albanian narcos

Police plead with people in Puerto Banus and other Marbella hotspots not to buy from street venders

The much-anticipated switch-on for Malaga’s famous Christmas lights is coming – all you need to know

British holidaymaker dies on Spain’s Costa del Sol after ‘passing out while cycling with friends’

New shooting in Marbella as Costa del Sol is rocked by wave of violence amid mafia crackdowns

Father and son kidnapped man in Malaga and sent photos to the family with a ham knife against his neck over €50 cocaine debt

Bullies ‘hospitalise’ girl in Marbella as outrage grows at worrying new trend – and authorities for ‘doing nothing’

Fugitive politician on the run for 20 years over sprawling Marbella corruption case pays to avoid jail

The Costa del Sol’s out-of-control organised crime gangs takes HUGE hit as French ‘super-mafia’ smashed

Thunderstorms and tornados to hit Malaga and the Costa del Sol this evening as weather alert upgraded to orange

Wave of mysterious deaths shocks Malaga as three separate corpses appear within 24 hours

Looking to retire in Spain? This is the cheapest town in Malaga province to buy a property

EXCLUSIVE Confusion reigns for Brits at Malaga airport: Tourists and residents in Spain alike are bamboozled during EES digital passport roll out

LIFE IN SPAIN: The Frank Sinatra incident in Malaga

WATCH: Police seize 2.5 million cigarettes and 5,200 litres of laughing gas set for illegal export from Spain via lorries

Ex-Marbella councillor who fled Spain in 2006 over infamous Malaya corruption case is arrested at Madrid airport

Students in Malaga call for heads of school bosses who ‘ignored bullying that led to suicide of 15-year-old girl in Sevilla’ during mass protests

Antonio Banderas’ new beachfront Marbella mansion is coming along nicely: Three floors, an infinity pool and even a panic room – after his old one was forcibly demolished

Neo-Nazi sympathiser ‘locked Tinder date in his Benalmadena home and told her ‘I know you want my superior genes” during hours-long ordeal

Mallorca’s biggest real estate scam sees three people jailed for 28 years after pocketing €3.3m for non-existent homes

OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect is arrested for the second time in three months on Costa Blanca

UK and Spain seal historic post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar after years of talks

Spain prepares heat havens as scorching summers become the new normal

Getting to see a family doctor is taking longer- according to patients in Spain