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Drug mule who swallowed a kilo of heroin is arrested at airport in Spain

Amsterdam drug mule gets busted at airport in Spain with a kilo of heroin in a 100 separate bags in his stomach

A DRUG mule who flew from Amsterdam to Valencia swallowed over 1.1 kilos of heroin in a failed bid to evade authorities. The 37-year-old man

23 Jan, 2026 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Angry farmers with over 100 tractors set to disrupt Valencia's streets over 'unfair' EU-South America deal

Over 100 tractors are set to blockade Valencia centre over farmer’s rage at ‘unfair’ EU-South America ‘Mercosur’ deal

FARMERS will take to Valencia City’s streets on Monday in protest against the signing of the European Union’s agreement with Mercosur, the South American trade

23 Jan, 2026 @ 11:21

Lead·Valencia

Valencia far-right Vox councillor faces three years in prison for posting hate messages on social media

Vox councillor in Valencia faces three years in prison for posting racist hate messages on social media

A VALENCIA Vox party councillor could be jailed for up to three years if convicted of posting hate messages via social media. Prosecutors have demanded

20 Jan, 2026 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics·Valencia

Valencia’s legendarily weird and wonderful 1980s nightclub scene comes back to life for one month only

By Brandon Cheevers IMAGINE you’re on your way to a nightclub that bears a striking resemblance to a giant cake – one that is covered

11 Jan, 2026 @ 09:30

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia

Tributes pour in after Valencia football coach and three children are killed in horror Boxing Day holiday boat tragedy

TRIBUTES have poured in for a Spanish football coach who was killed alongside three of his children in a horror tourist boat accident in Indonesia

1 Jan, 2026 @ 13:35

Lead·Sport·Valencia

Big Scandinavian boost unveiled for Spain’s Valencia airport

VALENCIA airport will- for the first time in 2026- run direct flights to all four Scandinavian capitals. Services to and from Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and

31 Dec, 2025 @ 11:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News·Valencia

Spain’s biggest supermarket chain Mercadona hands out an early Xmas present to all its workers

SPAIN’S biggest supermarket chain, Mercadona, will give its staff an extra seven days of annual leave from next year, plus a one-month bonus salary. The

22 Dec, 2025 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Valencia

Cold air mass will cause big fall in temperatures and bring persistent rain and snow to parts of Spain

Coldest Christmas for 15 years predicted for the Costa Blanca with snow in some areas

THE State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has predicted this Christmas will be the coldest in the Valencian Community since 2010 plus there could be some snow

22 Dec, 2025 @ 09:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Weather

‘Greenhouse’ gas dealers arrested after police find €3m of cannisters set for fridges and air conditioners in Spain

A GANG illegally selling ‘greenhouse’ fluorinated gases used in fridges and air conditioners has been brought down by the Policia Nacional and the Tax Agency.

19 Dec, 2025 @ 17:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Madrid·Valencia

Pedro Sanchez agrees to joint commission on flood disaster reconstruction after meeting new Valencia president

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will form a joint commission between the national government and the Valencia region to coordinate reconstruction following the October 29, 2024

17 Dec, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Bogus electricity inspector gang con €100k out of dozens of elderly people across Spain

Bogus electricity inspector gang steal €100k from dozens of elderly people across Spain

A VALENCIA-BASED gang posing as electricity inspectors conned €100,000 out of 85 elderly people across Spain. Once they got their foot through the door, they

17 Dec, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: Storm Emilia brings torrential storms to Spain as RED alert issued for Valencia and Andalucia – 250mm of rain could fall on Sunday with severe risk of flooding

PARTS of eastern Spain are bracing for torrential weather after the state meteorological agency issued a rare red alert for heavy rainfall – indicating an

14 Dec, 2025 @ 14:38

Andalucia·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Blackspot Branded As The 'road Of Death' On The Costa Blanca In Spain Claims Another Victim In A Head On Collision Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim

Police seize 32 pieces carved from elephant ivory worth €3.6m from Valencia home

A 71-YEAR-OLD woman is under investigation after 32 pieces carved from elephant ivory were found at her Valencia City home. She faces charges for trafficking

12 Dec, 2025 @ 12:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Irish Gaelic Football star cleared of attempted murder after glassing man outside Valencia bar

AN IRISH man has been cleared of attempted homicide after hitting a man with a glass outside a Valencia bar on Christmas Day, 2022. Gerard

3 Dec, 2025 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Valencia City could lose €150m of European money after failing to agree on a Low Emission Zone

VALENCIA could lose €150 million of European funding for not introducing a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) banning polluting vehicles from the city centre as of

2 Dec, 2025 @ 08:00

Environment·Green·Lead·Politics·Valencia

New Valencia president voted into office to replace Carlos Mazon with the help of far-right Vox party

JUANFRAN Perez Llorca has been elected as the new Valencian president after winning an investiture vote in parliament on Thursday. Perez Llorca- who will step

28 Nov, 2025 @ 11:52

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: Police seize two tons of cocaine in Valencia shipped in from Ecuador- hidden in fruit crates

AUTHORITIES have seized two tons of cocaine that arrived at the port of Valencia within a cargo of fruit from Ecuador. The drugs had been

27 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police search dental clinic after girl, 4, dies after being put under by anaesthetic and another child is hospitalised in Valencia

Tragedy in Valencia as girl, 6, dies while under anaesthetic ‘dental clinic staff not qualified to administer’

A DENTAL clinic in Alzira has been searched by the Policia Nacional after a girl, 6, died last Thursday after being put under anaesthetic. A

26 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia

Warning about wind gusts reaching 100 km/h in Catalunya and Valencia areas of Spain

CATALUNYA and the Valencian Community are on orange alert for strong gusts of wind until at least 5pm on Tuesday. The warning has been issued

25 Nov, 2025 @ 11:06

Catalunya·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Valencia weather alert for high winds as plume of Saharan dust brings threat of blood rain

VALENCIA is under yellow weather warnings today as strong winds and a surge of Saharan dust sweep across the east of Spain, raising the risk

24 Nov, 2025 @ 12:44

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Text fraud warning in Spain: How hundreds of parents sent €850,000 to scammers posing as their children in distress

REVEALED: How fake police and bank officials are targeting expats in Spain-wide phone scam

EASTERN European phone scammers have been preying on fellow expats across Spain, an Olive Press investigation has revealed – siphoning at least €45,000 from just

21 Nov, 2025 @ 11:44

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia

Prosecutors to get complaint about Carlos Mazon ‘lying to Congress’ during Valencia flood inquiry hearing

THE Valencian socialist party(PSPV-PSOE) will complain to the Prosecutor’s Office about acting regional president, Carlos Mazon, ‘lying’ to Congress. Mazon, who resigned on November 3,

18 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Arctic blast will cause temperatures to plummet in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A DRAMATIC fall in temperatures will hit the Valencia region later this week due to a ‘very cold’ air mass coming down from the Arctic.

18 Nov, 2025 @ 11:47

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

THE outgoing Valencian president, Carlos Mazon, told a Congress committee investigation into the October 29 floods that authorities did not know that people were drowning.

17 Nov, 2025 @ 17:45

Lead·Madrid·Politics·Valencia

Illegal puppy farm with poodles and Yorkies is found inside urine and excrement-infested Valencia home

AN INDOOR puppy farm has been discovered in the Quatre Carreres district of Valencia City. The property owner did not have a breeding licence according

17 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

SPAIN’S coastal property market has undergone one of its sharpest transformations in decades, with new data showing that affordable homes have almost vanished from the

16 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Property·Valencia

Valencia

Amsterdam drug mule gets busted at airport in Spain with a kilo of heroin in a 100 separate bags in his stomach

Over 100 tractors are set to blockade Valencia centre over farmer’s rage at ‘unfair’ EU-South America ‘Mercosur’ deal

Valencia’s legendarily weird and wonderful 1980s nightclub scene comes back to life for one month only

Tributes pour in after Valencia football coach and three children are killed in horror Boxing Day holiday boat tragedy

Big Scandinavian boost unveiled for Spain’s Valencia airport

Spain’s biggest supermarket chain Mercadona hands out an early Xmas present to all its workers

Coldest Christmas for 15 years predicted for the Costa Blanca with snow in some areas

‘Greenhouse’ gas dealers arrested after police find €3m of cannisters set for fridges and air conditioners in Spain

Pedro Sanchez agrees to joint commission on flood disaster reconstruction after meeting new Valencia president

Bogus electricity inspector gang steal €100k from dozens of elderly people across Spain

WATCH: Storm Emilia brings torrential storms to Spain as RED alert issued for Valencia and Andalucia – 250mm of rain could fall on Sunday with severe risk of flooding

Police seize 32 pieces carved from elephant ivory worth €3.6m from Valencia home

Irish Gaelic Football star cleared of attempted murder after glassing man outside Valencia bar

Valencia City could lose €150m of European money after failing to agree on a Low Emission Zone

New Valencia president voted into office to replace Carlos Mazon with the help of far-right Vox party

WATCH: Police seize two tons of cocaine in Valencia shipped in from Ecuador- hidden in fruit crates

Tragedy in Valencia as girl, 6, dies while under anaesthetic ‘dental clinic staff not qualified to administer’

Warning about wind gusts reaching 100 km/h in Catalunya and Valencia areas of Spain

Valencia weather alert for high winds as plume of Saharan dust brings threat of blood rain

REVEALED: How fake police and bank officials are targeting expats in Spain-wide phone scam

Prosecutors to get complaint about Carlos Mazon ‘lying to Congress’ during Valencia flood inquiry hearing

Arctic blast will cause temperatures to plummet in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

Illegal puppy farm with poodles and Yorkies is found inside urine and excrement-infested Valencia home

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

APPEAL: Expat victims of Storm Francis ask Olive Press readers to help keep their animal ‘family’ together

Tragedy as winery worker inhales deadly toxic gas and falls into tank in central Spain

TWENTY NOT OUT: How two decades apart the Olive Press exposed two shocking golf mega-projects threatening to upend the lives of hundreds

Tragedy as blind man falls 60m to his death from footbridge on well-known hiking trail in Malaga’s Gaucin – friends ‘unable to grab him in time’

Broken rail preliminarily confirmed as cause of Cordoba train disaster that killed 45 – after previous convoys ‘narrowly escaped’ disaster