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Spain to transfer 500 migrant girls from Ceuta to mainland amid welfare concerns

SPAIN is preparing to transfer around 500 vulnerable migrant children, mostly girls, from Ceuta to the mainland amid concerns over overcrowding, sanitation and their welfare.

23 Aug, 2026 @ 16:15

Health·International Affairs·Lead·National News·National News·Politics

SUNDAY LONG-READ: Who are the human traffickers dropping migrants onto busy beaches in Spain – and what happens to the new arrivals once they land?

THE traffickers work tirelessly to drop thousands of people onto the shores of mainland Spain each year, charging up to €12,000 a head.

23 Aug, 2026 @ 13:26

International Affairs·Lead·National News·Politics

Make Meta pay! Calls for urgent crackdown on tech giants as global fraud epidemic costs victims a staggering €9.4 trillion

A Spain-based anti-fraud firm is demanding tougher action against Meta and other tech giants, arguing they should be held financially responsible for scams spread through

22 Aug, 2026 @ 10:30

International Affairs·Lead·National News·National News·Other News·Technology

WATCH: Spanish police in Ceuta move in to clear thousands of migrants from beach camps to specially-built centres

SPANISH police have moved onto Ceuta's Trampolin beach to clear a makeshift camp of around 4,000 migrants.

20 Aug, 2026 @ 10:40

Lead·National News·Other News

Spectacular lunar eclipse is coming to Spain just a fortnight after total solar eclipse – here’s everything you need to know

A SPECTACULAR lunar eclipse is set to light up skies across Spain just a fortnight after the country witnessed a historic total solar eclipse.

19 Aug, 2026 @ 16:57

Environment·Lead·National News

Ceuta scabies outbreak located to military barracks in the Spanish enclave and ‘not linked to recent migrant crisis’

A RECENT outbreak of scabies amongst police and military personnel deployed in Ceuta has been traced to poorly kept barracks.

19 Aug, 2026 @ 15:31

Health·Lead·National News

Hundreds of migrants left in Ceuta after mass border crossing stage protest to demand asylum from Spain – ‘I don’t want to return!’

HUNDREDS of migrants still roaming the streets of Ceuta after last month’s unprecedented border crossing have staged a protest demanding the right to claim asylum

17 Aug, 2026 @ 19:15

International Affairs·Lead·National News

Critically endangered Iberian orca’s dorsal fin wounds ‘consistent with shotgun blast’

A CRITICALLY endangered orca has been found with what conservationists fear are shotgun pellet wounds after being spotted off the coast of Cadiz. The injuries

17 Aug, 2026 @ 19:12

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·National News

Nearly a hundred migrants feared dead or missing as three boats sink or disappear on way to Balearics from Algeria

FEARS are growing for around 86 migrants after three boats disappeared on the same route from Algeria to the Balearics in one weekend, with only

17 Aug, 2026 @ 16:02

Balearic Islands·Lead·National News

Morocco makes 111 arrests after second mass Ceuta migrant crossing attempt falls flat

MOROCCAN authorities said they made more than 100 arrests on Saturday after a fresh wave of migrants attempted to reach Spanish territory, just two weeks

16 Aug, 2026 @ 14:53

International Affairs·Lead·National News

A man and a policeman survey the Ceuta border wall

EXPLAINER: What to expect in beleaguered Ceuta this weekend

As Spain braces for a possible repeat of last month's mass border crossing, here is everything you need to know

15 Aug, 2026 @ 09:08

EXPLAINER·Lead·National News

Morocco militarises border with Ceuta amid growing fears of new mass crossing on August 15

Morocco has ramped up security along its border with Ceuta as fears grow over a fresh mass crossing of migrants on August 15.

14 Aug, 2026 @ 12:22

International Affairs·Lead·National News·Politics

WATCH: Spanish Olympic skateboarder pulls off ‘move of his life’ by timing mid-air jump with solar eclipse

Viral footage captured the epic moment a Spanish skateboarder timed a mid-air stunt with a total solar eclipse on Wednesday.

13 Aug, 2026 @ 09:25

Environment·Lead·National News

Revealed: The areas of Spain which are seeing the biggest population growth

Andalucia is pushing nine million inhabitants after surge in foreign arrivals

ANDALUCIA is closing in on a population of nine million after a record-breaking influx of people born abroad sent its population soaring.

12 Aug, 2026 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Lead·National News

A large group of migrants are guarded by a Spanish solider

Snapshots of Ceuta still counting the cost of 72,000 people arriving from Morocco

THROUGH the lens of Cristina Cuadra’s camera, the Olive Press spent two days talking to anxious locals and desperate migrants. These are their stories.

11 Aug, 2026 @ 18:35

Lead·National News

Migrant children on the street in Ceuta, Spain

Inside Ceuta: thousands of migrant children on the pavement – and thousands more in the hills

A WEEK after almost 72,000 people crossed into Spain’s African enclave, Jon Clarke finds thousands of children sleeping rough and a city struggling with the

10 Aug, 2026 @ 18:48

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·National News

How the locals survive the blistering summer heat in Spain’s hottest towns

AS assignments go, this one seemed a little sadistic. But when the editors of The Olive Press tell you to pack your bags and head

10 Aug, 2026 @ 15:09

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Other News·Weather

Alicante in the sunshine showing the old castle and sea view

Even Spain and Portugal’s cloudiest cities leave Britain’s sunniest in the shade, new data shows

New data compares sunshine hours and monthly living costs across the UK, Spain and Portugal — including what it actually costs to swap Brighton for

10 Aug, 2026 @ 11:25

Lead·National News·Other News·Property·Weather

Private sector rolls up its sleeves to save Madrid’s ancient Egyptian temple

The 2,200-year-old Egyptian Temple of Debod, which was once rescued from the rising waters of the Aswan High Dam, is now once again on the

9 Aug, 2026 @ 09:15

La Cultura·Madrid·National News·Property·Travel News

Stunning Aerial Images Reveal Devastation of Spain’s Wildfires as Greenpeace Demands Action

Greenpeace has documented the devastating wildfires in Spain by publishing breathtaking aerial pictures. Some of the pictures were taken over the wildfires in Almorox (Toledo),

8 Aug, 2026 @ 14:27

Andalucia·Catalunya·Environment·Health·Madrid·National News·Northern Spain·Valencian Community

Spain’s foreign workers have taken more new jobs than Spaniards for first time after migrant amnesty – construction, care and hospitality the key sectors

NEW data has revealed the sectors driving Spain’s foreign-worker hiring boom, with one industry’s hiring running at more than double its usual seasonal pace. It

7 Aug, 2026 @ 17:21

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain records second lowest traffic deaths in July since records began

Spain's roads see second-lowest July death toll on record — but motorcyclists and cyclists still paying the price

7 Aug, 2026 @ 09:32

Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain on brink of 50-million population milestone – with one in five residents now born abroad

SPAIN is close to reaching the 50-million population milestone for the first time, new data shows – with more than one in five residents now

6 Aug, 2026 @ 16:55

Lead·National News

Spain asks EU allies to ‘stop blaming Morocco’ for Ceuta crisis as Spanish court investigates whether police had advance warning

At an online meeting of EU interior ministers on Tuesday, Madrid asked its European partners to avoid publicly criticising Morocco

5 Aug, 2026 @ 17:37

Lead·National News

Spain introduces changes to its pension system from today: What is partial, active and delayed retirement?

More British pensioners now leaving Spain than arriving for third year running, official figures show

MORE British pensioners are leaving Spain than arriving from the UK, official figures show, as the country’s UK-born population continues to shrink for the third

5 Aug, 2026 @ 17:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

British expats in Spain face inheritance tax on UK pensions from 2027, experts warn

BRITISH expats living in Spain have been warned to review their UK pensions before major changes to inheritance tax come into force next year. Under

5 Aug, 2026 @ 12:20

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

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Spain to transfer 500 migrant girls from Ceuta to mainland amid welfare concerns

SUNDAY LONG-READ: Who are the human traffickers dropping migrants onto busy beaches in Spain – and what happens to the new arrivals once they land?

Make Meta pay! Calls for urgent crackdown on tech giants as global fraud epidemic costs victims a staggering €9.4 trillion

WATCH: Spanish police in Ceuta move in to clear thousands of migrants from beach camps to specially-built centres

Spectacular lunar eclipse is coming to Spain just a fortnight after total solar eclipse – here’s everything you need to know

Ceuta scabies outbreak located to military barracks in the Spanish enclave and ‘not linked to recent migrant crisis’

Hundreds of migrants left in Ceuta after mass border crossing stage protest to demand asylum from Spain – ‘I don’t want to return!’

Critically endangered Iberian orca’s dorsal fin wounds ‘consistent with shotgun blast’

Nearly a hundred migrants feared dead or missing as three boats sink or disappear on way to Balearics from Algeria

Morocco makes 111 arrests after second mass Ceuta migrant crossing attempt falls flat

EXPLAINER: What to expect in beleaguered Ceuta this weekend

Morocco militarises border with Ceuta amid growing fears of new mass crossing on August 15

WATCH: Spanish Olympic skateboarder pulls off ‘move of his life’ by timing mid-air jump with solar eclipse

Andalucia is pushing nine million inhabitants after surge in foreign arrivals

Snapshots of Ceuta still counting the cost of 72,000 people arriving from Morocco

Inside Ceuta: thousands of migrant children on the pavement – and thousands more in the hills

How the locals survive the blistering summer heat in Spain’s hottest towns

Even Spain and Portugal’s cloudiest cities leave Britain’s sunniest in the shade, new data shows

Private sector rolls up its sleeves to save Madrid’s ancient Egyptian temple

Stunning Aerial Images Reveal Devastation of Spain’s Wildfires as Greenpeace Demands Action

Spain’s foreign workers have taken more new jobs than Spaniards for first time after migrant amnesty – construction, care and hospitality the key sectors

Spain records second lowest traffic deaths in July since records began

Spain on brink of 50-million population milestone – with one in five residents now born abroad

Spain asks EU allies to ‘stop blaming Morocco’ for Ceuta crisis as Spanish court investigates whether police had advance warning

More British pensioners now leaving Spain than arriving for third year running, official figures show

British expats in Spain face inheritance tax on UK pensions from 2027, experts warn

Spain’s great housing paradox: Sales are falling but prices keep rising – so is the property boom finally starting to turn?

Andalucia demands Madrid revive elite anti-narco unit as drug-related violence escalates across the region

Travel chaos at Malaga Airport after drone sighting near runway forces flights to divert

Storm warning: Atlantic low-pressure system set to sweep across Spain with strong winds, torrential rain and thunderstorms

Man, 33, shot dead in Marbella in latest Costa del Sol killing – early hours attack not believed linked to organised crime

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