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Fresh bid fails to get iconic ‘Lady of Elche’ back to her home turf on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S Culture Commission in the national senate has rejected a motion that wanted the government to permanently transfer an iconic statue back to Elche. The

13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Art Revolutionaries At The Mayoral Gallery

A 1.2 million Picasso on sale at the first Mayoral gallery exhibition in Spain’s Madrid

THE first exposition from the Mayoral gallery in Madrid, ‘Zóbel and great postwar artists’, inaugurated this Thursday, March 11. The display runs until March 21

13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

NO LIMITS IN SIGHT: Blind cyclist from Valencia’s Xativa to compete in 600km race through Morocco

Although he is partly there, having secured €5,000 of the necessary €11,000, Javier needs more help to realise his dream.

12 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Lead·Other News·Sport·Valencia·Valencian Community

Shocking Blue As Europe's First 'narco Sub' Discovered At Warehouse In Costa Del Sol Area Area Of Spain

SHOCKING BLUE as Europe’s first ‘narco-sub’ is discovered at San Roque warehouse in Spain’s Andalucia region

EUROPE’S first ‘home-built’ narco-submarine has been seized by the Policia Nacional from a San Roque warehouse in southern Andalucia. Officers stumbled on the nine-metre-long craft

12 Mar, 2021 @ 19:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Disabled man asked for ‘new look’ with levels of tests and punishments before being tortured in Spain’s Mallorca

Investigators say the victim, who has an intellectual disability, had asked on his social media account for a new look to which he would pay

12 Mar, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Woman at the helm: Introducing new digital editor at The Olive Press

THE Olive Press has a new centre forward. Seasoned journalist Fiona Govan joins the group as our new Digital Editor in, fittingly, International Women’s week.

12 Mar, 2021 @ 17:30

Madrid·Other News

TORN DOWN: Illegal homes in Spain’s Andalucia targeted for demolition

OWNERS of illegal homes have started to tear them down to try and escape massive fines of over €600,000. It comes after the Junta finally

12 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·Other News·Property

A Helping Hand: Help the community and earn extra cash in the UK

WITH a recession once again crippling the job market in Spain, many expats have been left without seasonal or permanent work. Some have been separated

12 Mar, 2021 @ 13:45

Health·Other News·Sponsored·Sponsored Article

BUSTED: Police in Spain arrest 46 involved in huge trafficking gang importing drugs from Morocco

A NETWORK of warehouses from Gibraltar to Barcelona have been raided, revealing a large scale and ‘perfectly-structured’ drug trafficking operation led by a man known

12 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Almeria·Barcelona·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Jailbirds Arrested After Using Prison In Spain's Murcia Region To Get Terrorist Recruits

JIHADIST RECRUITERS in Spain’s Murcia cajoled fellow prisoners to join extremist terror groups

THREE prisoners who tried to get fellow inmates in a Murcia jail to join the Daesh/Islamic State terror group have been arrested by the Guardia

11 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Disturbing new details in Malaga’s ‘El Melillero’ case revealed

POLICE have revealed fresh evidence in the ‘El Melillero’ acid attack case that point to deep psychological issues towards women. José Arcadio D. N, known

11 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

HOME SALES in Spain collapsed by over 14% in 2020 according to official government figures

HOME property sales fell by 14.5% last year in the largest drop since 2013, which was at the height of Spain’s previous recession. The figures

11 Mar, 2021 @ 19:15

Lead·Property

IN PICS: Illegal TV app showing Premier League football with 100 million users taken down after raids in Spain and France

AN ILLEGAL TV app that was streaming European football, other TV channels and videos has been taken down in Spain. Policia Nacional and Europol dismantled

11 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

Valencia man gets nine years for raping teenage daughters in family home

The convicted rapist admitted to sexually assaulting his two daughters when they were 12 and 13 years old

11 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Valencia

Spain & Brexit – A Mixed Bag Of Outcomes

Brexit, the long and arduous path to the UK’s exit from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Union has certainly resulted in what

11 Mar, 2021 @ 13:04

Business & Finance·Gibraltar

Does Your Financial Adviser Manage Your Pension or Investment In The Best Way Possible?

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial Chorus Financial strive to offer the best Investment Management in Spain, basing our client

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:55

Uber to offer free rides to vaccination centres in Spain’s Malaga

UBER has announced it will offer two free rides worth up to €15 euros to all people over the age of 80 called for vaccinations.

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News

WELCOME TO TREE CITY: Valencia’s Gandia earns international award for its trees and gardens

GANDIA has been officially named ‘Tree City of the World’ by the United Nations (UN). The capital of La Safor district (Valencia Province) currently has

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Man rushed to hospital with snake bite found to have 45 fatal and illegal reptiles hidden at home

COPS in Toldeo uncovered a hoard of illegal snakes inside the home of a 31-year-old man after he was rushed to hospital with a snake

11 Mar, 2021 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Other News

Nurse killed in ‘horrible and incomprehensible’ stabbing while working at Prince of Asturias Hospital in Madrid

TRIBUTES have been paid to a nurse who was slashed in the throat and killed while working on at a hospital on Madrid in on Saturday

11 Mar, 2021 @ 08:47

Crime & Law·Other News

Ceramic tiles are Castellon's leading industry

TRICKS OF THE TRADE: Castellon tile sector requests €6m of EU funding to build refuse treatment plant

THE ceramic tile trade is by far the largest and most important industry in Castellon Province. Widely known and respected throughout the world as a

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance

International Women’s Day: Celebrating the inspirational work of expat women in Spain

TO CELEBRATE International Women’s Day this week, The Olive Press sought out some of the most inspiring women from across Spain to shine a light

10 Mar, 2021 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News

German YouTuber banned from entering Spain after secretly recording up skirt of schoolgirl in Mallorca

The German man, aged 52, admitted in court via videoconference to filming up the skirt of a 14-year-old girl in Palma

10 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

One woman and two men arrested in connection with spate of armed robberies at casinos across Spain’s Costa del Sol

THREE members of one of the country’s most prolific burglary gangs have been arrested during a major police operation in the Costa del Sol. The

10 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Crime & Law

Locals invited to ‘grow their own’ as new urban gardens project blossoms in expat urb’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POPULAR with British expats, San Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation, is to have a €79,000 urban garden development creating 68 jobs. The project, developed with Hidraqua,

10 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Far-right vandals target feminist murals across Spain in backlash against International Women’s Day

Far-right vandals have targeted feminist murals and monuments in several places across Spain in acts timed to coincide with International Women’s Day. In Madrid a

9 Mar, 2021 @ 21:58

Lead·Other News

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