ANALYSIS: Are Brits really leaving Spain in droves because of Brexit?
BRITS are leaving Spain in droves according to reports in the British tabloid press this week, but is there any evidence that this is actually
Minimum Living Income in Spain: All the changes you need to know about
UNEMPLOYED people in Spain will no longer have to wait a year to access benefits. On Monday (October 18) the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security
Beautiful people: Spain’s ‘beauty kings’ among the most followed on Instagram
THEY say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what makes someone beautiful? Is it just a genetic lottery or can something
Killer jailed after fatal assault on an old man at his Costa Blanca holiday home in Spain
A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 20 years after killing an old man at his Costa Blanca holiday home before stealing €651. The unnamed
Costa Blanca robbery gang tried to run over a policeman during an aborted escape in Spain
A Costa Blanca home robbery and drug dealing gang has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. Three men have been arrested over a series
Carrefour hypermarket chain hits landmark of 1,000 ‘Express’ stores across Spain
CARREFOUR Spain has hit the milestone of opening 1,000 Express stores, with over a hundred new outlets launched so far this year. The company has
Chinese billionaire behind Alibaba group spotted cruising around Balearic Islands on luxury megayacht
CHINESE billionaire Jack Ma Yun, the founder of Alibaba group, has been spotted cruising around the Balearic Islands in his megayacht. The yacht, which is
British home buyers on the Costa Blanca in Spain fall by 50% on pre-pandemic sales figures
BRITISH property buyers on the Costa Blanca have fallen by half compared to the pre-COVID pandemic era. Despite the drop-off, UK home purchasers are still
REVIEW: is Madrid’s Diverxo chef Dabiz Munoz really the best in the world? He’s not far off, thinks the Olive PressÂ
With news that Dabiz Muñoz has just been named the world's best chef, check out the review by Olive Press editor Jon Clarke of DiverXo
EXCLUSIVE: German and Portuguese cops meet to swap evidence on prime suspect who ‘wanted to catch something small’ in Madeleine McCann case
GERMAN detectives have been holding high level meetings with their Portuguese counterparts over missing Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner. A team of police from
Back in bloom: Cordoba patios reopen for special autumn festival
LOS Patios de Cordoba will reopen this October and will feature 16 venues over two weekends in a special autumn treat to mark 100 years
‘Black Widow’ gets extra jail time for killing new husband in a carpark on Spain’s Costa Blanca
VALENCIA’S Supreme Court has extended a long prison sentence for a woman who murdered her husband of two weeks in an Alicante area car park.
Paleontologists extract a nest with at least 12 dinosaur eggs in Spain
PALAEONTOLOGISTS in Spain have extracted large nests of dinosaur eggs, belonging to a species that is believed to have lived some 68 million years ago.
Local Police get new kit to help with floods and other emergencies in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRAND new radio device network has been set up for the local police cars of San Fulgencio in the Vega Baja region of Costa
Cocaine and crystal meth dealers arrested in major operation on Mallorca in Spain
FIVE people were detained this Wednesday morning(October 20) in a major Policia Nacional operation against a Mallorca drugs gang. The dealers sold cocaine, crystal meth
Flood prevention work increases in Costa Blanca town to cut incidents during storm season in Spain
MAJOR work has started to clear ravines and land of objects that could cause floods in the rainfall season in l’Alfas del Pi on the
15 years jail time for gym coach who abused students in Spain’s Castellon
A FORMER gymnastics coach has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for abusing his students. Carlos Franch Calpe, a former BetxÃ
Crooks break into empty Costa Blanca houses and rent them out at premium prices in Spain
SEVEN men have been arrested for operating a property rental scam in the Alicante area of the Costa Blanca. The gang broke into empty houses
Priest avoids jail time after approving marriages of convenience in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
A former Murcia City parish priest has avoided time in prison after being convicted of carrying out 16 marriages of convenience between 2001 and 2012.
Divers remove rubbish dumped in Costa Blanca waters off a popular day-trip island in Spain
MEMBERS of Alicante Province diving clubs joined forces on Sunday(October 17) to clear up rubbish from the marine reserve of Tabarca island. Hundreds of volunteers
Spain makes fresh plea for EU to do more to fight rising energy prices
SPAIN has repeated its call for the European Union to do more to combat rising energy prices. EU leaders meet at a summit in Brussels
Spanish businessmen on trial over Valencia offshore gas project which caused series of mini earthquakes in 2013
TWO businessmen are on trial for their role in an offshore gas storage project blamed for causing hundreds of small earthquakes off Spain’s eastern coast
Drinkers watch man douse petrol around a Costa Blanca bar in Spain and threaten to set it on fire
A man went into an Alicante bar early this Tuesday morning and emptied two cans of petrol before threatening to set fire to the premises.
Sucked dry: How water theft to irrigate farmland is draining Spain’s precious wetlands and causing irreversible ecological damage
Environmentalists have sounded a harsh warning over illegal water extraction that is threatening to drain Spain’s wetland reserves and cause irreversible ecological damage.
EXPLAINER: Why victims of a cooking oil poisoning scandal staged a lock-in at Spain’s top museum
SURVIVORS of a cooking oil poisoning scandal locked themselves in for 90 minutes inside a room at Madrid’s El Prado museum this Tuesday morning. The
British drugs smuggler Brian Charrington starts ‘narco’ yacht retrial in Costa Blanca area of Spain
THE retrial of British drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, started in Alicante on Monday(October 18). His original 2018 trial and conviction was quashed by the Supreme