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BREXIT: Spain tourism minister in crunch talks with Thomas Cook and Jet2 to secure future of 18 million British holidaymakers

Tourism makes up 11% of Spain's €1 trillion economy and British tourists are the largest visiting group, making up 25% of Spain's total tourists

7 Nov, 2018 @ 19:20

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

BUNCH OF BANKERS: Supreme Court rules in favour of lenders in ‘unprecedented’ mortgage tax fiasco

Shares in a number of Spanish banks, including Bankia and Sabadell, promptly tumbled at the prospect of massive retroactive legal claims

7 Nov, 2018 @ 18:36

Business & Finance·Lead·Property

Ryanair sacks six cabin crew forced to ‘sleep on floor’ in Malaga airport after fake photo

As Ryanair made the sackings on Tuesday, they claimed the picture's circulation in the media had damaged their reputation and 'caused an irreparable breach of

7 Nov, 2018 @ 13:36

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Lethal painkiller Nolotil BANNED for Brits visiting Spain

The Spanish Medicine Agency has finally issued a directive to ban the drug for British and Irish tourists and regulate it for expats in Spain

6 Nov, 2018 @ 21:30

Health·Lead·National News

Business is booming for Blackshaw with six building projects on the go and a brand new online store

IT’S all go at Blackshaw Interior Design. As well as working with two investors, they have four projects currently on the go in Las Brisas,

6 Nov, 2018 @ 20:20

Property

PACMA slams burro taxi owner after donkey left to die alone in ‘unsuitable’ stable in Mijas

Dog walkers discovered the donkey lying on its side ‘braying in pain’,

6 Nov, 2018 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

17 African migrants killed and 100 rescued in shipwreck off Spain’s Costa del Sol

The total death toll of migrants travelling to Spain now reaches 566, a UN Migration Agency report confirmed today, while the number of arrivals to

6 Nov, 2018 @ 13:33

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Politics

James McAvoy warns tourists on social media after almost falling for €11,000 hotel scam in Spain

The X-Men actor was almost duped out of £10,000 when booking a holiday in Tenerife

6 Nov, 2018 @ 12:41

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Heritage homes – a piece of the nation’s heritage in any of these eight historic designer towns

THEY are part of Spain’s living history – towns shaped over millennia by conquering civilisations with architectural styles that can never be repeated. Everyone from

5 Nov, 2018 @ 19:09

La Cultura·Property

WATCH: Fireball shoots across sky over Andalucia

The fragment extinguished around 63 kilometers above the municipality of Pueblo Blanco in Almeria

5 Nov, 2018 @ 18:45

Almeria·Environment·Granada·Lead·Sevilla

New British Ambassador to Spain is former Brexit chief who replaces Simon Manley CMG

"It will be a pride and a pleasure to represent the United Kingdom in Spain and take over next summer"

5 Nov, 2018 @ 14:59

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga·Politics

MUST READ: First look at Andalucia recipe book by famed British food writer Fiona Dunlop

"I breathe for Málaga…. for Cádiz, for Alcalá de los Gazules, for what is intimately Andaluz." Federico García Lorca, 1924

5 Nov, 2018 @ 12:36

Almeria·Cadiz·Celebrity·Cordoba·Food & Drink·Granada·Huelva·Jaen·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Promenade promises to create a whole new look for visitors arriving in Palma

OVER 2,000 trees and tens of thousands of plants are set to revolutionise the look of Palma’s seaside promenade. The €20 million project will create

5 Nov, 2018 @ 11:13

La Cultura·Mallorca·Property

OLIVE WATCHERS: Spain’s Civil Guard to make surprise visits to olive oil factories after weigh-in controversies

It will serve to dispel doubts that have always existed on the part of farmers who are going to weigh their fruit after a hard

4 Nov, 2018 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Jaen·Lead·National News

‘In our hearts forever’: Friends leave messages at site where British teen fell to his death as part of suicide pact in Marbella

FRIENDS and loved ones of the British teen who took his own life on Friday have left heartfelt messages at the site where he plunged

4 Nov, 2018 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga

Melanoma on the march in Spain says top dermatologist, as half of 65-year-olds suffer cancer

Survival rates are improving ‘spectacularly’ - from just two per cent to 50%, thanks to early detection and new research on immunity and genetics

4 Nov, 2018 @ 13:40

Barcelona·Health·Lead·National News

British girl in Marbella suicide pact ‘asked guard to take photo for social media’ after boyfriend had plunged to his death

“It’s a dirty world that I don’t want to live in anymore.” These were intended to be the last words of a British teenage girl

4 Nov, 2018 @ 12:16

Lead·Malaga

THE LAST STRAW: EU clamps down on single-use plastics poisoning world’s oceans

EU acts to stem the plastic tide plaguing the world's oceans

4 Nov, 2018 @ 10:50

Environment·Food & Drink·Lead

Dream-life – From selling rooms to selling homes

WHEN it comes to new-build developments on the Costa del Sol, few people have a clearer picture than Alexis Barbovitch and Alina Florentina at Prime

3 Nov, 2018 @ 18:30

Property

Pedro Sanchez’s minimum wage rise ‘will cost 150,000 jobs’, bank boss claims

THE governor of the Bank of Spain has blasted Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s proposals to increase minimum wage over job loss fears. Pablo Hernández de

3 Nov, 2018 @ 13:47

Business & Finance·Lead

Andalucia warships propping up Saudia Arabia’s war chest as Yemen war produces ‘worst famine in 100 years’

WARSHIPS built in Cadiz have boosted Spanish arms sales to Saudi Arabia by more than €1 billion. It comes as the Saudi-led war in Yemen

3 Nov, 2018 @ 11:21

Cadiz·Lead

British and Irish main drive behind surge in property investment in Spain

THE Brits and Irish have been the main drive behind a surge in foreign investment in Spanish property. According to the latest report from the

3 Nov, 2018 @ 09:08

Lead·Property

Discover how Islam has enriched Spain with architecture to worship

SPAIN is undoubtedly one of the most Arab-influenced countries in Europe. From language to art, the Moors left an indelible mark on Spanish culture. But

2 Nov, 2018 @ 19:18

La Cultura·Property

Disaster zone declared in Spain’s Malaga, Sevilla and Cadiz as flood costs soar past €30 million

SPAIN’S government has declared areas of Malaga, Sevilla and Cadiz as disaster zones following last month’s flash floods. According to the Insurance Compensation Consortium, there

2 Nov, 2018 @ 16:49

Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Teen who threw himself from Marbella El Corte Ingles had announced suicide pact plans on social media

A TEEN who plunged to his death from El Corte Ingles this afternoon had announced his plans on social media. According to Diario Sur, the

2 Nov, 2018 @ 16:22

Lead·Malaga

Teen who almost plunged to her death from Marbella El Corte Ingles believed to be British expat

THE teen who almost plunged to her death from El Corte Ingles this afternoon is believed to be a British expat. According to a fellow

2 Nov, 2018 @ 15:41

Lead·Malaga

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BREXIT: Spain tourism minister in crunch talks with Thomas Cook and Jet2 to secure future of 18 million British holidaymakers

BUNCH OF BANKERS: Supreme Court rules in favour of lenders in ‘unprecedented’ mortgage tax fiasco

Ryanair sacks six cabin crew forced to ‘sleep on floor’ in Malaga airport after fake photo

Lethal painkiller Nolotil BANNED for Brits visiting Spain

Business is booming for Blackshaw with six building projects on the go and a brand new online store

PACMA slams burro taxi owner after donkey left to die alone in ‘unsuitable’ stable in Mijas

17 African migrants killed and 100 rescued in shipwreck off Spain’s Costa del Sol

James McAvoy warns tourists on social media after almost falling for €11,000 hotel scam in Spain

Heritage homes – a piece of the nation’s heritage in any of these eight historic designer towns

WATCH: Fireball shoots across sky over Andalucia

New British Ambassador to Spain is former Brexit chief who replaces Simon Manley CMG

MUST READ: First look at Andalucia recipe book by famed British food writer Fiona Dunlop

Promenade promises to create a whole new look for visitors arriving in Palma

OLIVE WATCHERS: Spain’s Civil Guard to make surprise visits to olive oil factories after weigh-in controversies

‘In our hearts forever’: Friends leave messages at site where British teen fell to his death as part of suicide pact in Marbella

Melanoma on the march in Spain says top dermatologist, as half of 65-year-olds suffer cancer

British girl in Marbella suicide pact ‘asked guard to take photo for social media’ after boyfriend had plunged to his death

THE LAST STRAW: EU clamps down on single-use plastics poisoning world’s oceans

Dream-life – From selling rooms to selling homes

Pedro Sanchez’s minimum wage rise ‘will cost 150,000 jobs’, bank boss claims

Andalucia warships propping up Saudia Arabia’s war chest as Yemen war produces ‘worst famine in 100 years’

British and Irish main drive behind surge in property investment in Spain

Discover how Islam has enriched Spain with architecture to worship

Disaster zone declared in Spain’s Malaga, Sevilla and Cadiz as flood costs soar past €30 million

Teen who threw himself from Marbella El Corte Ingles had announced suicide pact plans on social media

Teen who almost plunged to her death from Marbella El Corte Ingles believed to be British expat

Feeling peckish? Here’s our guide on the best places to eat in thriving Estepona

Shock as body of elderly Ukrainian woman is found near sports centre in Fuengirola

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz pulls out of French Open title defence after suffering wrist injury in Barcelona

The Olive Press saves you from FOMO! Here are the top 10 festivals you can’t miss in Spain this summer

Spain’s Canary Islands count the cost of ‘storm of the decade’ Therese as damage bill nears €200 million