Equal España: Where does Spain really rank in the EU for gender equality?Â
EVERY year, the EU releases its ‘Gender Equality Index’, but where does Spain rank? 2023 was a big year for female equality in Spain. In
Police arrested 115 people last year for violent assaults against doctors and nurses in Spain
THE Policia Nacional were called out over 9,000 times last year to deal with health worker safety concerns and carried out 115 arrests. 6,100 of
Gibraltar landscape artist sees off all comers to win Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 in London
A GIBRALTAR native has been crowned the winner of a prestigious art competition on UK television after seeing off two other finalists on Thursday. Monica
Dig deep: Discover some of Spain’s most important treasures – and could you find some of your own?
THE Treasure of Villena has hit world headlines after researchers claimed it is partly made with iron from outer space. This is the second biggest hoard
Spanish citizen gang raped while on motorcycle tour through India with her husband
A SPANISH citizen has been attacked and gang raped in the north of India while on a motorcycle tour through the Asian country with her
Reduced VAT on electricity bills to end this month in Spain
VATÂ on electricity bills will leap up from 10% to 21% in March due to big falls in the wholesale price of energy. Anti-inflation measures saw
School bullies ordered by court to pay €4,000 to boy who suffered appalling campaign of verbal abuse and physical attacks in Spain
A SYSTEMATIC bullying campaign against a Santander schoolboy has resulted in a court awarding him €4,000 in compensation. Four children and their parents have been
Prosecutors to challenge ‘lenient’ punishment given to convicted rapist Dani Alves by court in Spain
PROSECUTORS are to appeal a four and a half year jail sentence handed down to ex-Barcelona footballer Dani Alves after he was convicted of raping
Police dismantle giant sports betting fraud that fixed results and ‘delayed’ live satellite tv pictures to fool bookmakers in Spain
75 members of a sports betting syndicate that duped bookmakers have been arrested by the Policia Nacional and the Tax Agency in association with Europol
Two girls, 13 and 15, raped after pimps offered them €20 each for sex at Murcia area flat in Spain
TWO women have been arrested in Murcia City for pimping out two underage girls they’d just met. Two men have also been detained by the
Spain’s clothing giant Inditex to make gradual return to Ukraine, after two-year closure caused by Russian invasion
SPANISH clothing giant Inditex, which is the parent group of brands such as Zara and Bershka, is to make its return to Ukraine after a
Santander Bank computer error in Spain causes ‘double-charging’ of customers who are reassured that their balances have not been altered
A COMPUTER glitch has been blamed for causing Banco Santander customers in Spain to be double charged for transactions on Friday morning. The bank confirmed
Spain’s top court opens ‘terrorism probe’ into exiled Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont
SPAIN’S Supreme Court has started a terrorism investigation into former Catalunya President Carles Puigdemont over protests linked to the region’s failed and illegally-organised 2017 independence
Luxury rental villas costing €4k a month are converted into marijuana farms on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have arrested two members of a gang that set up indoor marijuana farms in luxury rental villas across Alicante province. One villa was located
Pop legends Take That are coming to Andalucia as part of Jerez’s Tio Pepe festivalÂ
JEREZ’s Tio Pepe festival will play host to one of Britain’s best loved boy bands this summer, Take That. READ MORE: Tom Jones, Take That,
Police raid dealer who illegally exported military gear from Spain’s Malaga to Saudi Arabia
THE Guardia Civil has busted a Malaga-based company that smuggled military equipment out of Spain, with the items ending up in Saudi Arabia. The goods-
Judge investigating Covid mask corruption scandal points to former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos as an ‘intermediary’, despite his claims he did nothing wrong
THE High Court judge investigating an alleged corruption ring involving the sale of masks during the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic has pointed to
Measles cases contracted aboard by unvaccinated people are rising in Spain
TWO measles outbreaks have been reported in Spain this year- in Alicante and Toledo provinces- with the virus originating from abroad. Aragon and Catalunya have
Inflation falls below 3% mark in Spain due to lower electricity prices
LOWER energy prices played a big part in Spain’s provisional inflation rate for February dropping to 2.8%. That’s a fall of 0.6% from January’s figure
Two ‘influencers’ who ‘drugged and raped underage girls’ are arrested in Spain
TWO social media ‘influencers’ from Madrid have been arrested for drugging and sexually assaulting underage girls. The men brand themselves as Los Petazetax and produce
Brits account for 40% of non-resident mortgages in Spain: These are the most popular locations according to new figures
DESPITE fears of a post-Brexit slowdown and the negative effects of interest rate rises, UK buyers dominated mortgage application requests for home purchases in Spain
Spain returns to the cinema: Numbers are up at screenings across the country
BLOCKBUSTER movies Barbie and Oppenheimer helped to lift Spain’s cinema attendance to 77.8 million last year- 26% more than in 2022. The figures are still
Husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich ‘very concerned’ about her whereabouts, denies reports they were going through an acrimonious divorce
Can you help us find Ana? Email: tips@theolivepress.es THE husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich is reported to be ‘very concerned’ about her whereabouts
Monty Don visits Estepona: BBC’s famous gardener admires the town’s ‘ambitious’ floral project
MUCH loved British gardener Monty Don has visited Spain’s Estepona, where he admired the town’s ‘ambitious’ plant project He visited Estepona as part of his
Hacker in Murcia accesses details of millions of drivers in Spain
A CYBERHACKER has been arrested in Murcia City after stealing details of over 40 million cars and their owners. The Policia Nacional said the man
Drought latest in Spain: Malaga reservoir levels remain critical with NO rain forecast for the next week
RESERVOIR levels across Andalucia remain precariously low despite recent rainfall, new figures have revealed. It comes as the southernmost region of Spain suffers its worst