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Bitter worker in Spain spiked her own water bottle with bleach to ‘teach colleague a lesson’ after he kept swigging her drink

A BASQUE Country court says a worker was rightly sacked for putting bleach in her water bottle to teach colleagues ‘a lesson’ as they kept

16 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

Basque Country·Crime & Law·Lead

Woman in Spain's Andalucia conned out of €170,000 by man pretending to be Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt condemns fraudsters in Spain who posed as him to con two women out of €325,000

BRAD Pitt has criticised the five conmen who used his image to swindle hundreds of thousands of euros out of two unsuspecting female victims. Earlier

27 Sep, 2024 @ 11:44

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Fake Brad Pitts who ‘conned two women out of €325,000’ are arrested in Spain

POLICE in Spain have arrested a gang of five people accused of posing as the acclaimed movie star Brad Pitt in order to swindle hundreds

26 Sep, 2024 @ 11:11

Andalucia·Basque Country·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Cate Blanchett, 55, picks up lifetime achievement award at San Sebastian film festival in Spain: Australian actress receives heartfelt video message from ‘proud friend’ George Clooney

CATE Blanchett said it was an ‘honour’ to receive the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 72nd edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival

24 Sep, 2024 @ 12:40

Basque Country·Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

Exclusive: Meet the British expat walking the length of Spain from north to south

FOR Tom Hopcroft, the past year has been a whirlwind. The business he founded – Guiris de Mierda, a lifestyle brand aimed at providing a

23 Sep, 2024 @ 14:00

Basque Country·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Spanish tourists are arrested in Venezuela over ‘assassination plot’ against Maduro: Spain denies they are spies as families say they were on holiday

TWO Spanish nationals have been arrested in Venezuela over an alleged plot to ‘destabilise’ the South American nation and assassinate senior politicians. The pair, named

16 Sep, 2024 @ 17:14

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Spain’s Jon Rahm pockets €16million payday after winning controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour

SPAIN’S Jon Rahm was crowned as the 2024 LIV Golf individual champion on Sunday after winning the controversial Saudi-backed tour’s final event of the year

16 Sep, 2024 @ 13:20

Basque Country·Lead·Sport

Spain to return tiny island to France as part of bizarre treaty

THIS July 31, Spain will return a tiny island to French control as part of a bizarre treaty dating back hundreds of years. At just

31 Jul, 2024 @ 13:47

Lead·Politics

Fears over venomous violin spider in Spain after first victim is recorded in the Basque Country

THE venomous violin spider has bitten its first recorded victim in Spain – and not once, but a total of three times. A 42-year-old resident

28 Jun, 2024 @ 17:07

Basque Country

Gipuzkoa genius: How Spain’s smallest province is dominating English football – with over half of the Premier League’s top-ranked managers hailing from the sport-mad region

SANDWICHED between the Bay of Biscay and the French border in the Basque Country’s northeasternmost corner, the province of Gipuzkoa may not appear familiar to

15 Jun, 2024 @ 16:00

Basque Country·Lead·Sport

Farmer protests in Spain: Tractors block roads along the border with France

FARMER strikes have returned to Spain with hundreds of tractors blocking the border with France as angry protesters seek to pile pressure on the European

3 Jun, 2024 @ 12:27

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Basque elections in Spain: Socialist-PNV coalition remains in power in huge relief for PM Pedro Sanchez – but support for separatists has grown

THE Socialist-PNV coalition that has ruled the Basque Country since 2016 is set to remain in power in a huge relief for Prime Minister Pedro

22 Apr, 2024 @ 12:41

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Basque elections in Spain: All you need to know as separatist descendants from ETA lead the polls in potential headache for PM Pedro Sanchez

THE Basque Country will head to the polls this Sunday for a crucial regional election that could prove to be a political headache for incumbent

20 Apr, 2024 @ 18:30

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Vox unfurls a 50-metre Spanish flag on the beach in San Sebastian

Spain’s far-right Vox party unfurls a 50-metre long flag on a beach in San Sebastian: Stunt coincides with this weekend’s regional Basque elections

THE candidate for the far-right Vox party at this weekend’s regional elections in the northern Pais Vasco took part in a stunt on Friday that

19 Apr, 2024 @ 13:52

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Basque politician Imanol Pradales after being attacked with pepper spray

Candidate for upcoming elections in Spain’s Basque Country region attacked with pepper spray

ONE of the candidates running in the upcoming elections in Spain’s northern Pais Vasco (Basque Country) region was attacked last night by a man with

17 Apr, 2024 @ 11:52

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Revealed: This is the ‘happiest city’ in Spain – and it has the shortest flight time from the UK

SPAIN’s happiest city has been revealed and it’s just a quick flight from Britain. READ MORE: This is the best all-inclusive hotel in Spain –

31 Jan, 2024 @ 12:57

Basque Country·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Level 2 emergency is declared over millions of pellets of PLASTIC washing up on beaches in Spain

THE GALICIA region has followed its neighbour Asturias on Tuesday by activating a level 2 emergency alert following the washing up of millions of plastic

9 Jan, 2024 @ 15:18

Asturias·Basque Country·Environment·Lead·National News

War on wild boars declared in Spain's Murcia in special 'hunting emergency'

Woman in Spain’s Basque Country killed in home by stray bullet from boar hunter’s gun

A 75-YEAR-OLD woman died in hospital in Spain’s Basque Country region this weekend after apparently being accidentally shot in the head by a hunter while

18 Dec, 2023 @ 15:34

Basque Country·Lead

This city in Spain is a MUST visit for 2024 – according to Forbes

FORBES has revealed the ‘24 best places to travel in 2024’ and a Northern Spanish city has made the top ten. The list, compiled by

9 Nov, 2023 @ 11:39

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Israel confirms Spaniard and his wife were killed by Hamas on same day as attack: Couple were found burned in their home

SPANIARD Ivan Illarramendi and his Chilean wife, Loren Garcovich, were killed by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 attack where over 1,400 people died. Their

9 Nov, 2023 @ 10:41

Basque Country·Lead·National News

Pictured: Soldier, 19, from Sevilla is among two missing Spaniards in Israel following deadly Hamas attack

THE NAMES of two Spaniards who went missing after Hamas’ weekend air and ground attack in Israel have been revealed. One is a teenage soldier

9 Oct, 2023 @ 17:48

Basque Country·Lead·National News·Sevilla

Young woman is fined €500 for leaving her dog tied up outside a pharmacy in Spain as new animal laws take effect

A YOUNG woman has become the first known person in Spain to be fined for breaking the new Animal Welfare law, but she ended up

9 Oct, 2023 @ 16:04

Animals·Basque Country·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Malaga is named as one of the top five food destinations in the world thanks to THESE dishes

MALAGA has been named as the world’s fifth-best gastronomic destination according to the ‘Readers Choice Awards’ from the Conde Nast Traveller magazine. Skewered sardines, gazpachuelo

4 Oct, 2023 @ 11:17

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

New offshore wind turbine off Spain’s Basque coast could power about 2,000 homes

A FLOATING wind turbine capable of powering about 2,000 homes has been set up off the Basque coast to make it Spain’s first offshore wind

30 Sep, 2023 @ 09:24

Basque Country·Environment

First spring sightings of poisonous Portuguese Man O'War in Spain's Costa Blanca waters

Hundreds of sightings of Portuguese Man O’War lead to close several beaches in Spain

HUNDREDS of sightings of Portuguese Man O’War have led to a number of beaches in northern Spain to be closed for swimmers. Basque Country and

24 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Basque Country·Cantabria·Environment·Lead

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Top sommelier gets prison sentence for the misappropriation of high-end wine bottles in the Basque Country

A TOP sommelier has been given a two-year prison sentence for the misappropriation of luxury wine bottles in Spain’s Basque Country. Guillermo Cruz, who was

4 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Basque Country·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News