Violent clashes in A Coruña after a Vox rally

WATCH: Bins torched and barricades built in A Coruña as thousands of anti-fascist protesters clash with riot police over Vox rally

THOUSANDS of anti-fascist protesters took to the streets of A Coruña on Wednesday, with rubbish bins set ablaze, barricades erected and roads closed as clashes

22 Oct, 2026 @ 17:52

Crime & Law·Election 2026·Galicia·Lead·Politics

Richard Gere is hunting for plot to build dream Spain holiday home in wealthy Galician coastal town he calls the ‘paradise of paradises’

Hollywood star Richard Gere is looking to build a holiday home in a wealthy town on Spain's Galicia coast.

15 Oct, 2026 @ 13:15

Galicia·Lead·Northern Spain·Property

Toñi, the Iberian orca, was found with suspected shotgun pellet wounds in the Strait of Gibraltar in August.

Who shot Toñi? Mystery deepens after Spain’s oldest orca is found with gunshot wounds – with perpetrator facing €2m fine

INVESTIGATORS are continuing to hunt for clues after Spain’s oldest known orca was found with suspected gunshot wounds in her dorsal fin and back.

14 Sep, 2026 @ 15:30

Environment·Lead

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

From fake receipts to artificial insects – AI is making it easier for unscrupulous customers to do a runner in restaurants across Spain

DISHONEST customers across Spain are increasingly using AI to do a runner in restaurants. One of the cases was reported in 2025, when a couple

17 Aug, 2026 @ 12:01

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Julio Iglesias puts €4m Galicia mansion up for sale just one year after buying it

Legendary Spanish singer Julio Iglesias is selling his €4-million Galicia mansion only one year after buying it.

12 Aug, 2026 @ 16:00

Celebrity·Lead·Northern Spain·Property

FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘The worst place I’ve ever been to’: Jeremy Clarkson stuns Spaniards with savage attack on city in northern Spain

THE Top Gear and Clarkson's Farm star didn't hold back in his criticism of the national treasure.

8 Aug, 2026 @ 17:25

Celebrity·Galicia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

‘Fodechinchos’: The bizarre nickname locals in northern Spain give tourists from Madrid – but what does it mean?

As the anti-tourism movement grows, no one appears to be safe from ridicule – not even Spaniards themselves. Disgruntled locals in Galicia and northern Spain

18 Jul, 2026 @ 13:45

Galicia·Lead

Catalan scientists recruit 5,000 volunteers for world-first study into how a total solar eclipse affects the human body – here’s how to take part

SCIENTISTS in Catalunya have launched a massive citizen science experiment to study for the first time how a total solar eclipse affects the human body.

18 Jul, 2026 @ 12:00

Catalunya·Environment·Health·Lead

Spain’s magical beaches where you might catch a glimpse of glowing bioluminescence – from Galicia to La Linea

WHEN thinking of glow in the dark waves – the ones that seem straight out of a magical movie – people often imagine faraway countries

12 Jul, 2026 @ 17:33

Lead·Olive Press Travel

‘The worst place I’ve ever been’: Jeremy Clarkson’s savage verdict on Spanish city sparks backlash – but do YOU agree?

FOR many visitors it is one of Spain’s best hidden gems, renowned for its medieval old town, the world’s oldest functioning Roman lighthouse and jaw-dropping

20 Jun, 2026 @ 15:30

Celebrity·Galicia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Cruel Benidorm estate agent father-and-son jailed for arranging sham lockdown wedding to fleece pensioner out of €100,000

AN ALICANTE court has sentenced a Benidorm estate agent and his son to over three years each in jail after conning a vulnerable elderly man

19 Jun, 2026 @ 14:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead

World famous chef Gordon Ramsay hails Spanish wine as hidden gem: ‘I spend a lot of time in the United States and some of the most sought-after wines are from Spain’

LEADING celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has hailed Spanish wine as one of the world’s best kept secrets – before revealing his favourite region on the

31 May, 2026 @ 11:03

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Outrage after drainage pipes are installed ‘coming out of the backsides’ of the famous gargoyles on Santiago de Compostela’s UNESCO cathedral

A MULTI-million euro facelift at one of Spain’s iconic landmarks has landed this Galician town as the butt of a joke. Tourists in Santiago de

28 May, 2026 @ 11:27

Galicia·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Relief for holidaymakers as busy Spanish airport set to reopen after month-long repair works

BRITS heading to northern Spain this half term will find travelling easier from tomorrow as a major airport reopens following a month of repair work.

26 May, 2026 @ 13:38

Galicia·Lead·Travel News

Two-year-old girl dies in northern Spain after father ‘accidentally leaves her in hot car for six hours’

A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has died in northern Spain after her father allegedly forgot she was locked inside his car for over six hours on one

21 May, 2026 @ 12:20

Galicia·Lead

Warning for holidaymakers as busy Spanish airport shuts for over a month from TODAY

BRITS travelling to northern Spain over the coming weeks are being urged to check over their travel plans after a major airport in the region

23 Apr, 2026 @ 12:20

Galicia·Lead·Travel News

REVEALED: The richest Spaniards in 2025 according to Forbes with just one entertainer making the top 100 list

Spain’s richest man becomes the world’s number one landlord with €21bn real estate empire

AMANCIO Ortega, the founder of fashion chain Zara and Spain’s richest person, is now the world’s top landlord thanks to a sprawling property empire worth

15 Apr, 2026 @ 13:46

Business & Finance·Lead·Property

Franco’s family loses final court battle in Spain over ownership of dictator’s summer home

THE Supreme Court has ordered the relatives of the dictator General Francisco Franco to hand over his Galicia summer residence to the State. The ruling

12 Mar, 2026 @ 11:34

Galicia·La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s rental bargain hotspots revealed: these are the ten cheapest cities to live in

SPAIN property market is booming, driving prices up, but venture beyond the major cities and tourist hotspots, and you’ll find surprisingly affordable rental options. Property

2 Mar, 2026 @ 18:45

Lead·Property

Spain announces plan to BAN sales of all energy drinks to under-16s

A NATIONWIDE ban on selling energy drinks to under-16s has been announced in Spain. All energy drinks will be off-limits to under-16s, with a further

26 Feb, 2026 @ 12:50

Health·Lead

Hundreds of puffins heading south from the British Isles wash up dead or injured on Spanish shores as Spain’s endless storms decimates the population

A DEVASTATING discovery has been made along Spain’s northern coast after weeks of violent Atlantic storms left hundreds of rare seabirds exhausted, starving and washed

18 Feb, 2026 @ 15:47

Environment·Galicia·Lead·Northern Spain

There’s a new unlikely star of Spanish cuisine coming out of Galicia – and it isn’t a talented new chef

ONCE confined to sushi bars and experimental kitchens, today seaweed is emerging as an unlikely star of Spanish cuisine. After a string of celebrity chefs

16 Feb, 2026 @ 18:30

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

extremadura photo Extremadura Tourist board

Off the beaten track: Five destinations to explore in Spain during 2026

Fiona Govan shares her favourite destinations far away from the tourist crowds, where it is still possible to find the authentic Spain.

7 Jan, 2026 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Jaen·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Flights diverted from airport in northern Spain after wild boars rush onto runway

FLIGHTS carrying holidaymakers to northern Spain on Saturday morning were forced to divert after a sounder of wild boars ran onto the runway. A Coruña

29 Dec, 2025 @ 17:00

Galicia·Lead·Travel News

The northern lights are coming back to Spain for a second year – here’s how to catch them

ONE night in May last year, the sky over Zaragoza shimmered with ribbons of green and violet light — a spectacle that left onlookers spellbound.

24 Oct, 2025 @ 09:36

Environment·Lead·National News

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WATCH: Bins torched and barricades built in A Coruña as thousands of anti-fascist protesters clash with riot police over Vox rally

Richard Gere is hunting for plot to build dream Spain holiday home in wealthy Galician coastal town he calls the ‘paradise of paradises’

Who shot Toñi? Mystery deepens after Spain’s oldest orca is found with gunshot wounds – with perpetrator facing €2m fine

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

From fake receipts to artificial insects – AI is making it easier for unscrupulous customers to do a runner in restaurants across Spain

Julio Iglesias puts €4m Galicia mansion up for sale just one year after buying it

FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘The worst place I’ve ever been to’: Jeremy Clarkson stuns Spaniards with savage attack on city in northern Spain

‘Fodechinchos’: The bizarre nickname locals in northern Spain give tourists from Madrid – but what does it mean?

Catalan scientists recruit 5,000 volunteers for world-first study into how a total solar eclipse affects the human body – here’s how to take part

Spain’s magical beaches where you might catch a glimpse of glowing bioluminescence – from Galicia to La Linea

‘The worst place I’ve ever been’: Jeremy Clarkson’s savage verdict on Spanish city sparks backlash – but do YOU agree?

Cruel Benidorm estate agent father-and-son jailed for arranging sham lockdown wedding to fleece pensioner out of €100,000

World famous chef Gordon Ramsay hails Spanish wine as hidden gem: ‘I spend a lot of time in the United States and some of the most sought-after wines are from Spain’

Outrage after drainage pipes are installed ‘coming out of the backsides’ of the famous gargoyles on Santiago de Compostela’s UNESCO cathedral

Relief for holidaymakers as busy Spanish airport set to reopen after month-long repair works

Two-year-old girl dies in northern Spain after father ‘accidentally leaves her in hot car for six hours’

Warning for holidaymakers as busy Spanish airport shuts for over a month from TODAY

Spain’s richest man becomes the world’s number one landlord with €21bn real estate empire

Franco’s family loses final court battle in Spain over ownership of dictator’s summer home

Spain’s rental bargain hotspots revealed: these are the ten cheapest cities to live in

Spain announces plan to BAN sales of all energy drinks to under-16s

Hundreds of puffins heading south from the British Isles wash up dead or injured on Spanish shores as Spain’s endless storms decimates the population

There’s a new unlikely star of Spanish cuisine coming out of Galicia – and it isn’t a talented new chef

Off the beaten track: Five destinations to explore in Spain during 2026

Flights diverted from airport in northern Spain after wild boars rush onto runway

The northern lights are coming back to Spain for a second year – here’s how to catch them

Political round-up: Abortion, AI and Picasso: Spain’s election campaign turns into a fight over power and truth

WATCH: France’s student unrest spills into Barcelona as hooded youths loot shops and clash with riot police in Plaça de Catalunya

Spain orders two platforms to pull 8,300 ‘misleading’ seasonal rentals in crackdown on disguised holiday lets

OPINION: Why we had a moral and journalistic duty to investigate 50 women’s claims against ‘Buttman’ surgeon gunned down in his Marbella clinic

20 years on, The Olive Press revisits the October front pages that made our name – from Los Merinos to Franco’s stolen babies

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