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Nearly 100 firefighters work overnight to stabilise wildfire near Nerja on the Costa del Sol

THE fire threatened to engulf the Sierras of Tejeda natural park, a protected area spanning 400 square kilometres across the provinces of Malaga and Granada.

26 Aug, 2026 @ 11:55

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Andalucia demands Madrid revive elite anti-narco unit as drug-related violence escalates across the region

ANDALUCIA has called on Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez to revive an elite anti-narco unit as concerns grow over escalating drug violence across the region.

24 Aug, 2026 @ 14:18

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Storm warning: Atlantic low-pressure system set to sweep across Spain with strong winds, torrential rain and thunderstorms

SPAIN is braced for a stormy blast as a rare August depression brings torrential rain, hail and powerful winds across the country.

24 Aug, 2026 @ 11:43

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Man, 33, shot dead in Marbella in latest Costa del Sol killing – early hours attack not believed linked to organised crime

THE BODY of a 33-year-old man with two bullet wounds was discovered on a Marbella road on Monday morning. The Policia Nacional are leading an

24 Aug, 2026 @ 10:31

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Guardia Civil officer pursuing a narco boat

Ten arrested after narco gang opens fire on Guardia Civil during dramatic high-speed chase off Andalucia coast

TEN suspected members of a drug trafficking gang have been arrested after opening fire on a Guardia Civil patrol boat during a dramatic chase off

22 Aug, 2026 @ 15:10

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

World Cup hero Gavi donates €1.3 million to build homes for the homeless in Andalucia hometown

FIFA World Cup hero Gavi has pledged to donate a seven-figure-sum to help build new homes for homeless people in his hometown in southern Spain.

22 Aug, 2026 @ 11:45

Andalucia·Lead·Sport

Huelva wildfire stabilised after two weeks of firefighting – 33,000 hectares scorched in one of Andalucia’s biggest-ever blazes

THE wildfire burned land equivalent to 45,000 football pitches and forced the evacuation of 700 residents in Huelva and nearby Sevilla.

21 Aug, 2026 @ 13:45

Andalucia·Environment·Huelva·Lead·Weather

A Fly2Galicia plane, which will begin cheap flights to domestic and European destinations

New budget airline to launch in Spain this year with €20 flights to the Costa Blanca and Andalucia

A NEW budget airline is set to bring super-cheap air fares to travellers in Spain later this year, including direct connections to the Costa Blanca

21 Aug, 2026 @ 10:55

Galicia·Lead·Travel News

Costa del Sol remains on alert for West Nile Virus as cases in Andalucia climb to 43

THE Costa del Sol remains on high alert for West Nile Virus, after five new cases in Sevilla and Huelva pushed the total up to

20 Aug, 2026 @ 13:55

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Health·Lead

A car hit by a tree after the Granada earthquake

WATCH: Granada earthquake leaves three injured and forces evacuation of iconic Alhambra palace

TUESDAY'S 4.8-magnitude earthquake was the second powerful tremor to hit Granada in just three days.

18 Aug, 2026 @ 13:07

Andalucia·Environment·Granada·Lead

Family massacre in Andalucia as pregnant woman, her mother and teenage son are gunned down by ‘motorcycle hitmen’ in narco revenge attack

AT least three people have been killed in a popular Andalucia holiday resort after two masked men gunned down three generations of a family in

17 Aug, 2026 @ 11:27

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Ronda’s Cortijo del Canto is a true fantasy escape, where privacy is coupled with nature and history

IT feels like the home of a Roman senator, while its arrival reminded me of a scene from Eyes Wide Shut. But while Stanley Kubrick

16 Aug, 2026 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Revealed: The areas of Spain which are seeing the biggest population growth

Andalucia is pushing nine million inhabitants after surge in foreign arrivals

ANDALUCIA is closing in on a population of nine million after a record-breaking influx of people born abroad sent its population soaring.

12 Aug, 2026 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Lead·National News

American man found dead in Malaga holiday rental pool died by drowning, autopsy confirms

AN AUTOPSY has confirmed that an American tourist died from drowning this week in a Malaga holiday rental home swimming pool. The 45-year-old man was

12 Aug, 2026 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

PP opens door to Ceuta migrant minors arriving in Andalucia as coalition partner Vox blasts new arrivals as ‘invaders’

ANDALUCIA’s ruling party has opened the door to accepting migrant minors into the region after 72,000 people crossed into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from

7 Aug, 2026 @ 12:52

82-year-old man becomes first victim of West Nile virus in Andalucia – 17 other cases confirmed across the region

AN 82-year-old man was the first person to die from West Nile virus in Andalucia this year as fears mount that the mosquito-borne disease could

5 Aug, 2026 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Sevilla

Shocking figures reveal Malaga now records a rape every two days – with cases soaring seven-fold in a decade

A SHOCKING new report has highlighted the growing scale of sexual violence in Malaga, with the province now recording one rape every two days. According

5 Aug, 2026 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We stupidly waited too long’: The haunting final texts of American expat photographer among dozen foreigners dead in Almeria wildfire

“IT’S right across the road. Road blocked in both directions. No fun at all,” the first message read. Then, more hopefully: “We’re out but there’s

27 Jul, 2026 @ 19:00

Almeria·Environment·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

Spain heatwave warning: Heat dome to bring scorching 44C highs as wildfire fears flare once again

SPAIN is bracing for another spell of extreme heat as firefighters across the country continue to battle devastating wildfires, with temperatures forecast to hit 44C

27 Jul, 2026 @ 12:20

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Weather

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s most controversial hotel moves closer to demolition after being an abandoned eyesore for 20 years

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are celebrating after their decades-long struggle to demolish the huge unfinished Hotel El Algarrobico in Almeria is finally bearing fruit. Luis Berraquero, Coordinator for

24 Jul, 2026 @ 16:53

Almeria·Environment·Lead

‘Never again’: Bedar residents set up wildfire task force after a dozen expats die in horrifying Almeria blaze

THE residents of an Andalucian town devastated by a deadly wildfire have set up a task force to investigate the blaze and ensure that ‘tragedies

24 Jul, 2026 @ 16:34

Almeria·Environment·Lead·Weather

Man arrested for assaulting six-month pregnant partner at Malaga Airport

VIDEO footage of a man hitting his pregnant girlfriend has resulted in his arrest at an Andalucia airport. Malaga is experiencing more instances of gender-based

23 Jul, 2026 @ 18:46

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Costa del Sol’s overdevelopment puts thousands of tourism jobs at risk from coastal erosion, Greenpeace warns

THOUSANDS of tourism jobs are at risk on the Costa del Sol as a relentless building boom leaves the coastline increasingly vulnerable to erosion, environmentalists

23 Jul, 2026 @ 16:40

Andalucia·Environment·Malaga·Marbella

Hundreds evacuated after third wildfire in 24 hours erupts in Andalucia’s Huelva – as Spain reels from nationwide fire crisis

HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from their homes after a fast-moving wildfire ripped through Andalucia’s Huelva province – the third in 24 hours. More than

23 Jul, 2026 @ 15:15

Andalucia·Environment·Huelva·Lead·Weather

Andalucia records more than 40% of last summer’s wildfires as high-risk season continues

ANDALUCIA has already recorded more than 40% of last summer’s wildfires, new data has revealed — despite being only six weeks into the high-risk season.

20 Jul, 2026 @ 14:00