Tag: investigation
Fuengirola chief commissioner arrested for revealing secrets
The commissioner for the National Police in Fuengirola, Jose Maria Tocornal, was arrested on Monday 6 for omission of his duty to pursue crimes,...
Spain investigates leading energy companies over delays to customers wanting cheapest gas tariff
SPAIN'S competition regulator, the CNMC, will probe the country's four leading gas suppliers over not doing enough to help consumers wanting to get onto...
WATCH: Two Spanish police officers in hot water over video showing them enjoying local fiesta a little too much
TWO officers have found themselves under investigation after a video showing them joining in local fiestas in Menorca over the weekend went viral.
The pair...
Family call for justice after British father-of-two dies in Magaluf after ‘police knelt on him’
A British father of two died after he was allegedly beat up by bouncers outside a Magaluf club and then ‘knelt on by police...
Spain threatens oil companies as filling station prices continue to spiral upward
SPAIN'S Finance Minister, Nadia Calviño, has blasted a warning to oil companies who are hiking petrol pump prices despite a 20 cent per litre...
Tragedy averted as passengers are rescued from sinking pleasure boat in icy waters off Spain’s Murcia coast
A popular tourist boat, the Ole catamaran, sunk off Cartagena on Sunday afternoon with 33 passengers, including six children, on board.
A Red Cross rescue...
WATCH: ‘Reckless’ driver in Spain ‘races’ AVE highspeed train at 220kph as police launch investigation
The speed limit was 120 kph
Spain’s conservative PP party funds ‘Cambridge Analytica-style’ dirty ad campaign targeting left wing voters in run-up to election
Advertising was ‘distributed in neighbourhoods that traditionally support the PSOE or United Podemos’
WATCH: First episode of new Olive Press TV show rounding up biggest news stories across Spain and Andalucia
Every fortnight Olive Press journalists break down the biggest news stories of the last two weeks across Andalucia and Spain
OPINION: It’s taken weeks, but finally our investigation into Nadine Dijkman, a shady expat on Spain’s Costa del Sol,...
We obviously hope a police probe will eventually lead to justice, but either way we’re pleased that our readers have now been warned about entrusting their money to this pair.
Almost 30 suspected drug traffickers who hid hashish in trucks arrested in Spain’s Andalucia
The rest of the trailers were filled up with ordinary merchandise to avoid suspicion.
INVESTIGATION: Shady expat estate agent denounced after taking €300,000 into her personal account for property purchase in Spain’s Andalucia
In the shocking claim filed with police, the couple, from Berlin, believe she is now shutting her company and intends to leave Spain, ‘predictably to Dubai’.
Woman in Spain who put boyfriend’s head in a box and gave it to friend claiming it was sex...
She allegedly used his phone to text his family saying he was fine and staying in Asturias and Galicia.
Hunt for dead baby ‘thrown into river’ by 16-year-old father
Police indicated that a minor attempted to bury his child before opting to throw the boy into the mouth of the Bosos river. police indicated that a minor attempted to bury his child before opting to throw the boy into the mouth of the Bosos river.
Man stabbed to death and girlfriend hospitalised in car attack in Spain’s Andalucia
Medical professionals rushed to the scene but they were unable to save the man’s life.
Mum shot dead with shotgun on Spain’s Costa del Sol before police arrest her ‘schizophrenic’ son
At age 14 the man is believed to have obtained a weapons license and had several firearms in the house
Manhunt launched after dog KILLED by ‘poisoned’ food at popular dog beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca, with four other...
Whilst police investigate who may be responsible, council workers are combing the area and the neighbouring beaches of Cobaticas and Playa Gachero for further traces
WATCH: Secret filming reveals Goldcar staff ‘BULLY’ tourists and charge ‘€300 for scratch’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol and...
In Europe, customers are not required to buy additional insurance when renting a car and are covered with ‘basic’ insurance by law
Pop star killed after being hit in stomach by exploding pyrotechnic ‘rocket’ at festival performance in Spain
"There were two rockets, one that went in the right direction and the other hit the singer in the abdomen"
Third elderly victim confirmed dead in Spain’s largest ever listeria outbreak as 200 still infected in total
Listeriosis is a bacterial infection that can cause sepsis, meningitis and encephalitis and can be fatal
Elderly British hiker dies in cliff fall after getting separated from group in southern Spain
An investigation is now underway and the results of a post-mortem are expected today
Ex-soldier shoots wife dead with rifle from terrace before killing himself outside ex-wife’s home in Spain’s Andalucia
One neighbour said: ‘I do not understand how a human being can do such a thing’
Police probe in Spain’s Andalucia after ILLEGAL zoo with turtles, ostriches and porcupines BUSTED
It comes after cops found fake permits for at least 14 animals at facilities in Villafranca de los Barros in February
Andy Murray’s Spanish doubles partner named in Wimbledon match-fixing investigation by police
Feliciano Lopez has denied all allegations against him, and said he had never met those at the centre of the probe
Mum on holiday in Spain kills only son by accidentally running him over in car park
After another couple’s car broke down and was being towed, the mum offered to move her vehicle, an SUV
Six-year-old boy in Spain’s Andalucia found dead in family hot tub as police investigate
Despite paramedics arriving quickly, nothing could be done to save the boy, and he was pronounced dead at the scene
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PEARL OF THE COSTA BLANCA: Javea’s rugged beauty holds enough hidden jewels to share all around
THE majestic umbrella pines perfectly frame what must be one of the prettiest stretches of coastline in Europe.
The countless vistas of the cobalt blue...
