Meet the flamenco dancer from New York who used Spain’s lockdown to forge a new career in folk music
IT’S no small feat for a foreigner to make it big in Spain’s competitive world of flamenco. But that is exactly what Leilah Broukhim, a
Three brothers found safe and sound in Madrid squat 10 days after mother took them from children’s home
THREE brothers have been found ‘safe and sound’ in a squat in Madrid where their mother was hiding them after she failed to return them
Il Divo star sent death threats from obsessed Barcelona woman who is fined €60 by Madrid judge in Spain
A 72-year Barcelona woman has been convicted of coercion and fined €60 for sending explicit and threatening letters to Il Divo singer, Carlos Marin. The
WATCH: Madrid resident causes stir by curing meat from washing line and it’s the most Spanish thing you’ll see today
A RESIDENT in the Madrid neighbourhood of La Concepcion has become a local ‘cause celebre’ after attracting attention for choosing to hang hunks of meat
Winter snow covers large parts of Spain
SNOW has fallen across large parts of Spain as ski resorts prepare to open their facilities at the end of November. On Wednesday, November 10, temperatures
EYEWITNESS: The Olive Press sent Heather Galloway to investigate Madrid’s San Cristobal neighbourhood, where a machete-wielding homeless man was gunned down by police
IT doesn’t take long to find the spot where a 44-year-old African immigrant was slain by five police bullets in broad daylight. Fittingly, on the
Pedro Sanchez says Spain will donate 2 million COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate refugees
SPAIN will donate two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to humanitarian causes. Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, made the announcement this Monday in Madrid’s Casa de
Spain extends free IVF treatment to single women, lesbians, bisexuals, and trans people
FREE IVF treatment has been extended in Spain to single women, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. The order was signed this Friday by Health Minister,
‘Tens of millions’ of bitcoin stolen from US entrepreneur at his Madrid home in Spain
AN American digital entrepreneur says he was robbed of ‘tens of millons’ of bitcoin after thieves broke into his Madrid home. The Policia Nacional is
Insurance company suffers €1.2 million loss in major bogus traffic accident scam in Spain
AN insurance company has lost over €1.2 million in a scam involving bogus claims for road accidents. 32 people have been arrested in the Madrid
Cirque du Soleil back on the road with new dates announced for Spain tour in 2022
THE spectacular Cirque du Soleil is returning to Spain in 2022 after a COVID-enforced break of a year-and-a-half. It’s new show called Luzia can be
€3.2 million windfall for Madrid’s Prado Museum
MADRID’S world-famous Prado museum has just cashed in to the tune of €3.2 million after selling a home bequeathed to it by a long term
Burger King in Spain’s Madrid goes vegetarian
ONE Burger King in Spain is going entirely meat free for a month. The branch on Madrid’s famous Paseo del Prado has teamed up with
Trashumancia: Why flocks of sheep are filling the streets of Madrid today
EVERY year on a Sunday in late October the streets of central Madrid are transformed from a busy cosmopolitan metropolis to a pastoral scene from
REVIEW: is Madrid’s Diverxo chef Dabiz Munoz really the best in the world? He’s not far off, thinks the Olive PressÂ
With news that Dabiz Muñoz has just been named the world's best chef, check out the review by Olive Press editor Jon Clarke of DiverXo
Man electrocuted in tub after dropping charging mobile phone into bathwater in Madrid
A man in Madrid died from an electric shock while taking a bath after apparently dropping his mobile phone into the water while it was
EXPLAINER: Why victims of a cooking oil poisoning scandal staged a lock-in at Spain’s top museum
SURVIVORS of a cooking oil poisoning scandal locked themselves in for 90 minutes inside a room at Madrid’s El Prado museum this Tuesday morning. The
Pedro Sanchez jeered at Spain’s National Day parade attended by King Felipe and Queen Letizia
BOOS and whistles rang out from part of the crowd watching Tuesday’s National Day celebrations in Madrid, prompted by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s name coming
These are officially the 10 best tortillas served in Spain
With onions or without? Runny or well done? These are the questions that continue to divide Spanish society when it comes to Spain’s unofficial national
Madrid is top choice among European cities for British remote workers and digital nomads
MADRID is the best city in Europe for Brits looking to work remotely, according to a new survey which analysed 20 European countries and their
Madrid to lift all COVID-19 restrictions at bars, clubs, restaurants and entertainment venues but masks still required indoors
RESTRICTIONS at hospitality and entertainment venues will be lifted in the Madrid region from Monday October 4. For the first time since the pandemic began
Illegal exotic animals seized at fair in Madrid
POLICE have had to turn zookeepers after they seized 30 fruit bats, a boa constrictor and a python from an animal fair in Madrid. Officers
Thief rents Benidorm holiday apartment and keeps keys to steal bank cards on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A thief rented a Benidorm holiday apartment and kept the keys to steal credit cards belonging to the property owners. A 36-year-old man has been
Ex-Venezuelan spy chief accused of massive cocaine trafficking is arrested after hiding in a Madrid flat in Spain
A former Venezuelan spy chief has been arrested in a Madrid flat after disappearing in defiance of a Spanish extradition order. General Hugo Carvajal is
Sabadell Bank announces major branch closure plans for Costa Blanca area of Spain
SABADELL Bank plans to close 215 branches later this year on top of 105 offices that shut in July. Reports suggest around a hundred branches
Pedro Sanchez will hold urgent ‘hate crime’ meeting after brutal homophobic attack in Spain’s Madrid
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez will host an urgent meeting this Friday(September 10) of a special committee trying to combat hate crime in Spain. Sanchez ordered