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Fake El Greco painting is seized in Spain just before selling for €1.3m: Owner claimed he bought ‘genuine’ piece for €200 at a flea market

THE Policia Nacional’s Historical Heritage division has acquired a fake painting being marketed as an El Greco masterpiece with a sale price of €1.3 million.

2 Oct, 2024 @ 21:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘We all suspected there were drugs in the containers’: Dark turn in mystery of the German couple who vanished in Barcelona’s most dangerous neighbourhood

A GERMAN couple who disappeared in a crime-ridden neighbourhood of Barcelona may have been fleeing from debts they had built up with international cocaine traffickers.

2 Oct, 2024 @ 20:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Who’s a clever boy! Expert police dog Scottex wins medal of honour after working some of Spain’s biggest cases – this is his specialty

A DOG that can sniff a human body from over 100 metres away has been awarded a medal of honour by the Policia Nacional after

2 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain raises taxes on major food items including olive oil and bread – these are all the affected products

VAT reductions on food prices introduced at the start of 2023 to counter inflation fuelled by the conflicts in Ukraine and Middle East were rolled

2 Oct, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·National News

Watch: Hammerhead shark ‘is spotted swimming off Sotogrande’ near Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment a hammerhead shark was reportedly spotted swimming off the coast of southern Spain this week. In a video shared on social

2 Oct, 2024 @ 17:07

Andalucia·Animals·Cadiz·Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead

Giveaway: Win two free tickets to see Annie The Musical at the English-speaking Salon Varieties theatre in Fuengirola

THE Olive Press is giving away two free tickets to Annie The Musical at the English-speaking Salon Varieties Theatre in Fuengirola. Set in 1930s America,

2 Oct, 2024 @ 17:04

Costa del Sol·Entertainment·La Cultura

Cristiano Ronaldo is hiring staff for his hotel in Spain – these are the salaries and perks

IF YOU ever fancied working for international football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, then his Madrid hotel could be the place to go for- so long as

2 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·Madrid

Watch: Outrage after ‘drunk’ foreign tourist harasses local woman during early morning jog on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment a young woman was allegedly sexually harassed by a ‘drunk’ tourist during an early morning jog in Spain. In footage shared

2 Oct, 2024 @ 16:21

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Video

Spain to evacuate hundreds of its citizens from Lebanon following Israeli invasion

Spain to evacuate hundreds of its citizens from Lebanon following Israeli attacks

DEFENCE Minister, Margarita Robles, has said Spain will send two army planes to Lebanon on Thursday to evacuate Spanish citizens. As tensions ramp up following

2 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·National News

Russian-Ukrainian gangsters who installed solar panels for their Alicante marijuana farm are arrested after neighbours reported ‘a strong smell’

A GANG operating a marijuana farm took complex measures to avoid being discovered in San Vicente del Raspeig, but could’nt stop neighbours smelling the drug’s

2 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Gibraltar police announce ‘no evidence’ that McGrail witnesses were ‘incentivised’ to give evidence on same day lead investigator appointed to plum role

THE ghosts of the McGrail Inquiry continue to murmur. An investigation into whether whistleblowers were ‘incentivised’ to give evidence against former Commissioner of Police Ian

2 Oct, 2024 @ 14:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain smashes annual foreign tourist record with one month to spare- boosted by British holidaymakers

Spain’s ‘Big Brother’ law for tourists is delayed: Government issues strict new deadline and warns of €30,000 fines for non-compliance

SPAIN’s so-called ‘Big Brother’ law for tourists has been delayed following outcry from industry leaders across the country. The legislation had been scheduled to come

2 Oct, 2024 @ 13:09

Lead·Travel News

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Lloret de Mar – € 455,000

Apartment Lloret de Mar, Girona 3 beds 2 baths € 455,000 Ground floor with large garden and direct access to the pool Descripción

2 Oct, 2024 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Manchester City star is arrested in Spain for ‘stealing a fan’s phone’ in a nightclub toilet after they ‘took a picture of him without consent’

MANCHESTER City’s Matheus Nunes was arrested last month after allegedly stealing a mobile phone while at a Madrid nightclub. The Portuguese midfielder was held at

2 Oct, 2024 @ 12:25

Crime & Law·Lead

Casting call: Amazon is filming a secret international series in Marbella and needs extras

AMAZON has issued a casting call for a new international series that began filming in Marbella this week. The name of the show remains a

2 Oct, 2024 @ 11:20

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Entertainment·Lead·Marbella

Brits heading to Spain will not be able to use e-gates this summer despite UK-EU deal

Two Italians attempt to board a flight to Ibiza with fake passports covered in bloody fingerprints

TWO Italian women have been arrested after trying to board a flight to Spain with fake passports covered in bloody fingerprints. The 51 and 58

2 Oct, 2024 @ 11:04

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Uncertainty reigns: EU refuses to rule out possible delays to new Schengen border control as Gibraltar steels itself for no deal with Spain

THE European Commission has refused to rule out the possibility that its new border controls for the Schengen zone will be delayed beyond the November

2 Oct, 2024 @ 11:02

Gibraltar·Lead

Das Verbot, private Swimmingpools zu füllen, wird in der Provinz Málaga wieder eingeführt, da die Wasserreservoirs erneut unter die 100.000.000.000 Liter-Grenze gefallen sind

Der Dürreausschuss wird diese Woche zusammentreten, und man geht davon aus, dass die Wasserzuteilungen von derzeit 200 Litern pro Person und Tag reduziert werden. Dies

2 Oct, 2024 @ 10:00

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SPANIEN WIRD CANNABIS FÜR MEDIZINISCHE ZWECKE LEGALISIEREN – EINE GROSSE ERLEICHTERUNG FÜR TAUSENDE LEIDENDER PATIENTEN

von Laurence Dollimore In Spanien soll Cannabis zu medizinischen Zwecken legalisiert werden, heißt es. Das Gesundheitsministerium hat einen Entwurf für ein königliches Dekret zur öffentlichen Konsultation

2 Oct, 2024 @ 09:58

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Spain to be ‘hit hard’ by storms and rain this week thanks to ‘ex-hurricane Isaac’ – except these areas which will bask in 32C from TODAY

SPAIN is facing ‘unstable’ weather this week as the effects of ex-hurricane Isaac continue to be felt. The former category 1 hurricane, which has now

2 Oct, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Relief for Estepona family as Kinahan-linked British boxer, 24, is convicted of murder for stabbing son, 19, to death during cocaine-fuelled road rage attack in Spain

A YOUNG British boxer who stabbed a Spanish teenager to death and fled Spain four years ago has been found guilty of murder. Lewis Briggs,

1 Oct, 2024 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Watch: The Spanish Armada trains for drone warfare in the Gulf of Cadiz

THE Spanish Navy is busy undertaking military exercises around the Strait of Gibraltar to practise anti-drone warfare. The MAR 24-2 training mission, encompassing both the

1 Oct, 2024 @ 18:40

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead·Video

Protests erupt over plans for luxury hotel in protected natural park and ‘last untouched stretch’ of coastline in Spain’s Andalucia

THOUSANDS of locals and expats have mobilised against plans to build a luxury hotel in the heart of a protected natural park in Andalucia. Developers

1 Oct, 2024 @ 18:09

Almeria·Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Victims of Murcia nightclub fire that killed 13 are remembered with a memorial plaque – as relatives claim they’ve received little support

MURCIA City Council paid tribute on Tuesday to the 13 people who died in last year’s fire at the Teatre and Fonda Milagros nightclubs in

1 Oct, 2024 @ 18:02

Lead·Murcia

Die meistbesuchten Städte Spaniens im Sommer: Überraschungen inklusive

von Walter Finch Die meistbesuchten Städte Spaniens in diesem Sommer haben einige Überraschungen parat. Überraschenderweise überholte Madrid von Juni bis August Barcelona und wurde zur

1 Oct, 2024 @ 17:34

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SIE WOLLTEN MIT ALLEN MITTELN AN GELD KOMMEN”: VERSCHWINDEN EINES DEUTSCHEN PAARES IN BARCELONA GIBT RÄTSEL AUF

Deutsches Ehepaar in Katalonien vermisst: Verkauften sie kurz vor ihrem Verschwinden ihren gesamten Besitz? von Walt Fich Ein deutsches Ehepaar, Ralf Buchholz und Petra Gehde, beide

1 Oct, 2024 @ 17:30

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