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Almost two-thirds of people in Spain don’t trust social media for accurate political news

Alex Trelinski - 5 Apr, 2023 @ 18:20

63.9% of people in Spain believe that political news and information obtained via social media networks is unreliable. 71.6% 'agree or strongly agree' that the...

Business & Finance

Spain’s telecoms giant Telefonica puts up prices for packages and mobile phones from New Year

Alex Trelinski - 1 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

SPAIN'S biggest telecoms provider Telefonica is putting up its prices from January 13, 2023. The firm is putting up tariffs for all of its Movistar...

Bogus stock market brokers fleeced €6 million out of clients in Spain

Crime & Law

Bogus stock market brokers fleeced €6 million out of unsuspecting clients in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 9 May, 2022 @ 16:08

A group of swindlers offering big returns on stock market investments have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The gang made €6 million out of...

National News

YouTuber from Spain scoops €90K in competition inspired by Netflix series Squid Game

Elena Gocmen Rueda - 2 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

A SPANISH YouTuber has won almost €90,000 in a virtual competition inspired by Netflix’s Squid Game that has broken viewing records. The six day event...

Bitcoin investors claim they lost over €250 million in first-ever crypto-currency fraud case before Spain's National Court

Crime & Law

Cryptocurrency scammer who lived luxury lifestyle on Spain’s Costa del Sol arrested in Latvia

Dilip Kuner - 23 Nov, 2021 @ 15:45

A SCAMMER, who lived a life of luxury on the Costa del Sol while allegedly fleecing his victims of at least €500,000, has been...

Almeria

Almeria couple part of international criminal gang arrested over €326,000 internet scam

Ron Howells - 14 Nov, 2021 @ 10:39

THE National Police have arrested a couple from Almeria who were allegedly involved in a €326,000 internet scam that was operated by an international...

Castellon

OFFLINE: Spain’s Castellon Province among the worst for internet access in the country

Glenn Wickman - 26 Jul, 2021 @ 14:15

Seven towns in Castellon have more than 1,000 homes each without broadband access – and the top three are major coastal tourist resorts.

Lead

BREAKING NEWS: Movistar report phone and internet service breakdowns in parts of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 25 Jun, 2021 @ 15:34

TELECOMS company Movistar has confirmed a failure in its phone and internet services in parts of Spain. Problems started appearing from around noon today(June 25). Customers...

TV streamers like Netflix and Amazon continue to attract more viewers in Spain

Entertainment

TV streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime continue to boost their viewing figures in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 28 May, 2021 @ 14:01

HALF of Spain's homes with an internet service are now watching streamers like Netflix, Amazon Prime, or HBO. That's according to a survey conducted by...

Costa Blanca

Police investigate locksmith rivalry on Spain’s Costa Blanca as dirty tricks sabotage competitor’s internet ad campaign

Alex Trelinski - 22 Apr, 2021 @ 19:15

POLICE have interviewed four people from a locksmith company who bombarded a 'pop-up' internet advert featuring one of their rivals. The aim was to keep...

Lead

Nowhere to hide: Spain joins European action day against internet hate speech

Dilip Kuner - 8 Nov, 2020 @ 13:16

SPAIN has joined nine other European countries in an action day against racist and xenophobic hate speech on the internet. In the first of its...

Entertainment

5 Ideas of Having Fun in Internet

Staff Reporter - 13 Jun, 2019 @ 09:23

The internet is filled with endless opportunities for having fun and learning new tricks and ideas. It has so much content and fun activities...

Business & Finance

British expats on Costa del Sol furious after being left without internet access since December 3

Laurence Dollimore - 5 Jan, 2018 @ 14:36

BRITISH expats are demanding answers after being left with no internet for more than four weeks over the Christmas and New Year period. Hundreds of...

Business & Finance

Internet down in Manilva and Estepona area

Laurence Dollimore - 29 Mar, 2017 @ 16:17

The cause for the cut off is not known

Opinion

Spain-based Seat leads the way as connected car market is estimated to be worth €145 billion by 2022

Rob Horgan - 14 Oct, 2016 @ 14:20

With the industry predicted to grow by 25% a year over the next six years, PwC estimates that it will be worth €145 billion by 2022

Property

Parapar: The Airbnb of real estate

Staff Reporter - 28 May, 2016 @ 13:23

Olive Press meets the creator of a fantastic new online portal Parapar where you sell or rent your own house – entirely commission free

Entertainment

Streaming service Netflix arrives in Spain

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 24 Oct, 2015 @ 17:00

The streaming giant is hoping to reach one third of Spanish viewers in the next seven years

Property

Number of Spanish households with internet rises to 80%

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 22 Oct, 2015 @ 17:26

Net growth

Opinion

Holiday scam hitting Spain-bound tourists

Tom Powell - 11 May, 2015 @ 10:06

Thousands of euros are being lost to the latest online scam

Crime & Law

Spain one of worst in Europe for internet piracy

Tom Powell - 14 Mar, 2015 @ 09:30

88% of online content watched in Spain is streamed illegally

Business & Finance

Fibre-optic broadband on its way to Manilva

Rob Horgan - 15 Jan, 2015 @ 12:33

Mayor Diego Urieta has announced a deal with Telefonica to bring faster internet speeds to Manilva

Business & Finance

Orange and Jazztel merger to suffer EU antitrust probe

Jacqueline Fanchini (Reporter) - 7 Dec, 2014 @ 09:00

Orange's €3,4 billion bid for Jazztel has been put under the spotlight over fears Orange would hold a monopoly in the telecom market

Cordoba

Cyber safety in Cordoba…one beer at a time

Imogen Calderwood - 25 Aug, 2014 @ 14:00

A social group to promote internet security

Columnists

Insurance brokers or robots?

Danni Worth (Columnist) - 9 Aug, 2014 @ 10:00

Internet comparison sites are all very well but nothing beats the human touch, writes Danni Worth

Business & Finance

Spanish internet prices soar

Imogen Calderwood - 2 Apr, 2014 @ 14:31

Internet in Spain is the second most expensive in Europe

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After years of campaigning, British expat areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca will finally get home postal deliveries

Alex Trelinski - 3 Oct, 2023 @ 13:11

COMMUNITY postal boxes are to be scrapped over large parts of the Orihuela Costa with the state postal service Correos ordered to introduce 'door...

Motorcyclist crashes at 220km/hr while trying to avoid a traffic police helicopter in Valencia

3 Oct, 2023 @ 12:12

British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6 billion across Spain’s Valencia region this August

3 Oct, 2023 @ 11:21

What are the Types of Moissanite Jewelry Suits the Sports Person?

3 Oct, 2023 @ 10:12

Turn on the light on the Costa del Sol

3 Oct, 2023 @ 10:05

Spain sees hottest start to October since 1950 with highs of 38.2C: Summer temperatures to continue this week

2 Oct, 2023 @ 18:45

Oldest market in Spain’s Valencia gets grand reopening after being closed for five years

2 Oct, 2023 @ 17:50

Madeleine Mccann Suspect Christian Brueckner To Be Charged With Rape

New witness ‘saw Maddie McCann suspect flee rape of young Irish expat’: Victim felt she was being watched before...

2 Oct, 2023 @ 16:52

Health centre expansion reversed for busy British expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

2 Oct, 2023 @ 15:57

British-plated cars are targeted by vandals in Marbella: Police ‘make one arrest’ after vehicles spray-painted and tyres slashed

2 Oct, 2023 @ 14:52

Nightclub at centre of tragic fire that killed 13 in Spain’s Murcia had no licence and had been ordered...

2 Oct, 2023 @ 14:35

WATCH: ‘We don’t want them to ever return’: Boozy Brit event company BANNED from Spanish party town after three...

2 Oct, 2023 @ 14:15

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