More good news for Spain’s powerhouse economy after steep fall in inflation
CONSUMERS in Spain will get more bang for their buck next month after the rate of inflation fell for the third month running. According to
British teen killed in a hit-and-run in Spain ‘buried without his heart after Spanish authorities decided to keep it’
A MERSEYSIDE teen was buried without his heart after Spanish authorities told his mother they were keeping the organ for evidence in their criminal investigation
‘Zombie Drug’ Fentanyl smuggled into Malaga jails in family letters, authorities warn – as fears grow of opioid crisis behind bars
FENTANYL is flooding Malaga prisons, authorities warn, as reports grow of inmates receiving the deadly drug in their mail. Officials say the powerful opioid, dubbed
How a shoot-out in the marshes of Spain’s cocaine superhighway led crack investigators to track down two narco hitmen living lives of luxury on the Costa del Sol
LIKE so many of their neighbours on the Costa del Sol, the two men lived lives of comfort and luxury from their expensive villas. The
Digital sex crimes against children increase in Spain, new report finds
REPORTS of digital sexual abuse against minors in Spain have increased by 13% in just two years, according to a new analysis published by Save
Police in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ intercept luxury car carrying large slab of cocaine
TWO people have been arrested in Benidorm after a car carrying a 580-gram slab of cocaine was intercepted at a police checkpoint. Two Ukrainians aged
Spanish scientists cure pancreatic cancer in mice – raising hopes for a breakthrough in humans
A CURE to one of the deadliest forms of cancer could be closer than first thought after a team of Spanish researchers successfully treated pancreatic
Neighbours on the Costa del Sol find dead body hidden in utility room after ‘stink’ gives it away
COSTA del Sol residents were left horrified after discovering a man’s decomposing body hidden in the basement of their apartment block. Neighbours at a residential
Police arrest seven people and seize huge haul of weapons over spate of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ shootings on the Costa del Sol
POLICE on the Costa del Sol have arrested seven people and seized a haul of weapons and ammunition after two recent shootings between rival families.
British expats drive population revival in rural Granada village, where one in three residents is foreignÂ
EXPATS now make up a third of the population in a small village in rural Granada, new data shows, while neighbouring communities continue to grapple
The ultra desirable neighbourhoods where Spain’s most famous residents have elected to live in 2026
SPAIN has become a magnet for celebrities seeking luxury, privacy and prime locations. The country’s leading property portal, Idealista, has named celeb homeowners and their
Malaga’s medicine city: How Andalucia’s newest colossal hospital complete with own metro stop will reshape the skyline
MALAGA’s third hospital is set to be a giant in every sense of the word. The €543 million colossus, officially named Hospital Virgen de la
WATCH: Storm Kristin chaos in Spain: Hurricane force winds send people flying down streets while others are put in hospital by fallen trees
HURRICANE-force winds have sent people flying down Spanish streets and left others hospitalised as Storm Kristen unleashes a ‘red alert’ across the country. What appears
New land law aims to simplify building new homes by cutting bureaucracy in Spain’s Valencia region
THE Valencia region is set to get a new law which aims to cut red tape over permission to build properties on urban land. The
New cancer cases in Spain are expected to exceed 300,000 for the first time in a single year
NEW cases of cancer in Spain are predicted to go above 300,000 for the first time in a calendar year, according to the Spanish Society
Seedy bar owner in Spain installed bathroom spy cameras which downloaded customer images to his computer
A VALENCIA area bar owner has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for illegally snooping on customers via two cameras installed in the bathrooms. An
WATCH: Storm Kristin chaos in Spain: Hurricane force winds flip over lorries, flood towns and rip roofs of schools as red alerts issued
HURRICANE-force winds have flipped trucks on motorways and ripped roofs off buildings as Storm Kristin unleashes a ‘red alert’ battering across the country. Terrifying footage
Estepona mayor could face five years in jail for embezzlement and misuse of public funds as chickens come home to roost
ESTEPONA’S under-fire mayor could be heading behind bars after prosecutors requested a five-and-a-half year jail term over allegations he misappropriated public money. Jose Garcia Urbano,
Spain’s former king told British diplomats ‘we don’t want Gibraltar’, new book claims
A HISTORIAN has claimed that Spain’s former monarch Juan Carlos privately told British diplomats that his country did not really want Gibraltar. Charles Powell made
Vandals desecrate over 20 Jewish graves in Barcelona cemetery
VANDALS defaced dozens of Jewish graves at a Barcelona cemetery after an online map highlighted locations it described as ‘Zionist’ across the city. Catalan police
2026 Spanish property outlook: Key trends and buying opportunities
By Noelia Alcalá AS Spain’s property sector moves into 2026, the market is transitioning from the high-velocity rebound seen in 2024 and 2025 into a
Heavy snowfall brings Madrid to a halt as AEMET issues city-wide alerts amid Storm Kristin
MADRID ground to a standstill on Wednesday morning as heavy snowfall blanketed the city, prompting Spain’s state weather agency to place the capital under a
ON THIS DAY IN SPAIN: Death by clothes, a novelist is born, as is the Spanish legion – and two pivotal figures resigned
ALICANTE TRAGEDY, 2017 On 28 January, 2017 (as reported in the Olive Press) an 18-year-old girl walked into her parents’ bedroom in Alicante to find
WATCH: Flying furniture, collapsing signs and rivers bursting banks – the trail of destruction Storm Joseph left across southern Spain
STORM Joseph wreaked havoc across southern Spain, leaving a brutal trail of destruction across Andalucia as residents battened down the hatches. Video taken by a
Red alert in Spain as Storm Kristin brings 200km/h hurricane force winds from rare ‘sting jet’ phenomenon that has knocked radar systems offline in Portugal
SPAIN is bracing for a weather ‘beast’ today as Storm Kristin makes landfall with potentially destructive winds. State weather agency Aemet has issued maximum ‘red
Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad, the ‘butcher of Hama’ with a €700m Marbella property portfolio, dies at 88
ONE of southern Spain’s most infamous expats has died at the age of 88 in Dubai. The uncle of exiled Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, was