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Welcome to ‘Narco Village’: The drug traffickers’ paradise in southern Spain with rows of illegal villas featuring swimming pools, top notch security and secret tunnels

LAST Friday’s killing of two Guardia Civil officers off the coast of Barbate has served as a reminder of the power wielded by drug traffickers

16 Feb, 2024 @ 11:07

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Must Read·Other News

Must-read: How your ‘vintage’ mobile phones could be worth up to €30,000 – check how much YOUR old brick could be valued at

THE cost of buying the very latest smartphone can easily hit four figures for people with big pockets and a desire to keep up to

9 Feb, 2024 @ 14:11

Lead·National News·OP Money Tree·Other News

EXPLAINED: Why is a major airline in Europe asking to weigh passengers before they board?

FINNAIR, the flag carrier airline of Finland, have announced that they will begin weighing volunteer passengers, including hand luggage, before boarding their flight. The anonymous

7 Feb, 2024 @ 14:48

Must Read·Olive Press Travel

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’ve had TWO liver transplants in Spain – this is why the country is the best in the WORLD for organ donations’

FOR Eva Perez, receiving the all-important phone call kickstarted a complicated mix of emotions. “You are happy because your loved ones are celebrating that you

5 Feb, 2024 @ 13:10

EXCLUSIVE·Health·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Spain’s horror drought of 1995: How the streets of the Costa del Sol ‘stank of sewage’ and locals washed in the sea – as many fear history is set to repeat itself

WITH Andalucia currently in the midst of its longest drought in over 50 years, local authorities and residents are growing increasingly concerned about dwindling water

23 Jan, 2024 @ 17:30

Andalucia·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Weather

Spain's foreign tourist revival continues with bigger spending than in 2019

Spain’s tourism sector closes record summer season with average occupation of 93%

AFTER several years that were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Spain’s tourism sector has just closed a record summer season, with an average occupation

30 Aug, 2023 @ 09:32

Lead·Travel News

REVEALED: Popular hiking route where decapitated body of man was found by walker as Guardia Civil launch probe in Spain’s Alicante

THE exact location where a headless human body was found by a hiker in the province of Alicante has been revealed. A Spain’s Guardia Civil

24 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Lead·Must Read·Valencian Community

Temperatures to plummet by up to 10C across Andalucia this weekend as FOURTH heatwave of the summer finally comes to an end

ANDALUCIA’S current heatwave will last until this Saturday, but temperatures could fall by 10 C on Sunday, according to the Spanish Weather Agency (Aemet). This

21 Aug, 2023 @ 17:35

Alicante·Environment·Lead·Must Read·Weather

LOUNGER WARS: hotheads battle in the Costa del Sol

A FOUR-STAR Costa del Sol hotel reportedly hired a bouncer to prevent Brits and other tourists from fighting over sunbeds. Sunset Beach Club, in Benalmadena,

9 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Andalucia·Hotels·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Spain takes action against low-cost airlines charging travellers for hand luggage

MUST READ: Spain moves against low-cost airlines charging travellers for hand luggage

GOT A STORY? Email us at [email protected] SPAIN’S Ministry of Consumer Affairs(Consumo) has opened disciplinary proceedings against several low-cost airlines for charging passengers for hand

3 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Must Read·National News

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez announces VAT hike on electricity bills: Tax will rise to 10% and could more than double next year

Explainer: How the vote count from Spaniards living abroad just made Pedro Sanchez’s life a little bit more difficult

THE TASK ahead of Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez to be voted back in as prime minister became even more complicated this weekend, as the

30 Jul, 2023 @ 11:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Explainer: Why the winner of Sunday’s general election in Spain has done a U-turn to court the Socialists

THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, did a serious about face on Tuesday, as he continued to seek support for

26 Jul, 2023 @ 14:32

Lead·Politics

No place to hide: Net tightens on Globix ponzi fraudsters as liquidators target wife and line up lawyers in Madrid and Moscow

LIQUIDATORS attempting to pin down €40 million missing in a giant crypto fraud are zeroing in on the wife of one of the chief suspects

25 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Spain's Emeritus King Juan Carlos asks London court to throw out damages claim from ex-lover

Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos I due to make third visit home after going into self-imposed exile

SPAIN’S disgraced former king Juan Carlos I will be making another visit to Spain today, some three years after he went into self-imposed exile in

25 Jul, 2023 @ 16:29

Lead·Politics

When will Spain have a new government? All you need to know as Pedro Sanchez faces investiture vote THIS week

Spain’s caretaker prime minister insists repeat election won’t be necessary despite apparent stalemate

DESPITE the inconclusive result of Sunday’s general elections in Spain, and the difficult if not impossible task ahead for political parties of reaching a deal

25 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Politics

Costa del Sol resident says he was brutally beaten up by Guardia Civil officers

A PERUVIAN expat has called in lawyers over claims he was beaten up by police and left in hospital with a ruptured bladder. In the

17 Jul, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Lead·Must Read

CASHING OUT: Globix boss led ‘lavish lifestyle’ splashing half a million at Louis Vuitton and €80,000 at Fendi

THE lavish outlays of a crypto-currency conman exposed by the Olive Press were laid bare in court this week. Gibraltar Supreme Court heard how Gibraltarian

13 Jun, 2023 @ 16:10

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Marbella

EXCLUSIVE: British man badly beaten by squatters at his holiday home on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH man claims he has been brutally assaulted by squatters at his holiday home near Marbella. The family man, from Liverpool, was attacked after

5 Jun, 2023 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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EXCLUSIVE: Costa del Sol-based expat allegedly scammed many Brits with insurance policies

AN expat who the Olive Press exposed as a holiday rental fraudster also took money for fake insurance policies. Juliette de Courcy Withey allegedly scammed

31 May, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Investigation·Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: Brit denied residency in Spain goes on hunger strike in Valencia area

A BRITISH man has gone on hunger strike to protest against Spanish authorities refusing to grant him residency because he did not have private medical

4 Apr, 2023 @ 19:15

Brexit·European Union·Lead·Must Read·Premium·Valencia·Valencian Community

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A wild 36 hours in Morocco – via the disaster of public transport

With such quick and easy access to Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar, it’s something of a wonder that more people in the south of

1 Jan, 2023 @ 18:00

Olive Press Travel·Travellers' Tales

EXCLUSIVE: Mother of missing X-Factor star Levi Davis ‘in shock’ at grim twist in five-week search

The mother of missing X-Factor star Levi Davis who went missing in Barcelona is ‘in shock’ after police investigating her son’s disappearance found a body,

2 Dec, 2022 @ 13:50

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Must Read·National News·Premium

Free transport offered to elderly and disabled voters on May 28 in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

EXPLAINER: What you need to do in post-Brexit era to vote in May’s municipal elections in Spain

IT’S a busy election year in Spain next year with the general election, a large number of regional elections, and May’s local council votes. Non-Spanish

19 Nov, 2022 @ 08:45

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·National News·Politics

MUST READ: British gang arrested on Spain’s Ibiza in country’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with over €500,000 in cash seized

A British gang has been arrested on Ibiza after the Guardia Civil made Spain’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with 13.25 kilos seized plus over €500,000

30 Aug, 2022 @ 15:52

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Must Read

Airport strikes in Spain are called off in huge relief for travellers ahead of December holiday

FACT CHECK: No, airport workers in Spain have NOT just called a strike for 25 days

AIRPORT workers in Spain are NOT going on strike for 25 days despite widespread reporting of it in UK media organisations. Tuesday headlines announcing more

23 Aug, 2022 @ 12:57

Lead·Must Read·National News·Premium·Travel News

Spain orders air conditioning cuts and lights switch-off to save energy

EXPLAINER: How Spain will cap air conditioning in bid to save energy usage

NEW rules will come into force on August 8 to save energy at public venues across Spain. The Council of Ministers approved the first tranche

2 Aug, 2022 @ 11:15

Environment·European Union·Lead·Must Read·National News·Premium