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Javier Bardem to receive career achievement award at San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain

Spanish Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem sparks controversy after calling Israeli soldiers ‘Nazis’

JAVIER Bardem, one of the leading Spanish actors of his generation, has provoked a storm of controversy after calling Israeli soldiers ‘Nazis’ in a post

23 Aug, 2025 @ 13:30

Celebrity·Lead

3 bedroom Finca/Country House for sale in Pilas with pool – € 300,000

Sale of a rural property of 2,524 m2 of land, with a main construction of 144 m2 built, legalized well, swimming pool, electric light and

23 Aug, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Mercadona muscling in on Spain’s cafes by rolling out new freshly ground coffee machines in stores

MERCADONA, one of Spain’s most successful supermarket chains, is expanding its services to include freshly ground coffee machines at select locations. The Valencian company was

23 Aug, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead

FLIGHT FROM HELL: Ibiza travellers trapped overnight after Vueling jet chaos

NEARLY 200 passengers were left stranded for over TEN HOURS at Ibiza Airport – with no beds, barely any food, and not even a bottle

23 Aug, 2025 @ 11:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

Unaccompanied children as young as 10 are reaching Spain’s Balearic Islands in boats from Algeria

FORMENTERA’S local government is currently responsible for 136 migrant children, who arrived on the island in small boats from Algeria without their families. Only about

23 Aug, 2025 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Police bust gang selling weight-loss drug Ozempic and anabolic steroids in Spain

European watchdog warns miracle weight-loss drug Ozempic might make you go blind

WEIGHT-LOSS seekers have been warned that one possible side effect of drugs such as Ozempic could be a sudden loss of vision. The European Medicines

23 Aug, 2025 @ 09:44

Health·Lead·National News

Man loses dead wife's inheritance in Spain because he started a new relationship

Set for an inheritance windfall in Spain? This one tip can stop you from also getting the debts – including mortgages, credit card bills and even unpaid gas bills

HEIRS in Spain who don’t formally reject an inheritance could find themselves personally liable for the deceased’s debts – including outstanding mortgages, credit card bills

23 Aug, 2025 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Spain’s sweltering August to ease as cooler-than-average finish forecast for most regions

SPAIN’S blast-furnace August is poised to ease next week, with AEMET forecasting a cooler-than-average finish to the month across most of the peninsula. From August

22 Aug, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Weather

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia will next week visit areas affected by severe wildfires

KING Felipe and Queen Letizia will next week visit areas of Spain that were seriously affected by the recent spate of wildfires. The announcement came

22 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·National News

Spain set for perfect stargazing tonight as rare Black Moon darkens skies

STARGAZERS across Spain are in for a treat tonight as a rare astronomical phenomenon creates perfect conditions for viewing the night sky. The so-called Black

22 Aug, 2025 @ 17:15

Lead·Other News

Hotel stays in Spain rise modestly as German tourists stay away but British bookings soar

Hotel stays in Spain rise modestly as Germans look elsewhere but British bookings soar

RECORD overseas tourist numbers in Spain are not being reflected in big rises in overnight hotel stays as German bookings have gone down with UK

22 Aug, 2025 @ 16:45

Lead·National News

Tarifa wildfires update: Lighter found in ashes of devastating blaze that forced evacuation of over 2,000 people from campsites and beach resorts

AN investigation into the wildfires that devastated swathes of forestland in Tarifa last week has identified a used lighter among the burnt ashes left by

22 Aug, 2025 @ 16:24

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Barcelona mayor gets last-minute ban from visiting Israel in revenge for suspending Tel Aviv ‘twinning’

BARCELONA’S mayor, Jaume Collboni, has got a last minute ban from entering Israel after the Catalan capital put aside its twinning arrangement with Tel Aviv

22 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Marbella residents should resign themselves to MORE traffic gridlock hell as Elrow electronic festival comes to town

MARBELLA residents face another weekend of traffic chaos as the town prepares for Saturday’s Elrow Town electronic festival. Up to 30,000 people are expected to

22 Aug, 2025 @ 15:15

Lead·Marbella

Judge who summoned Pedro Sanchez’s wife to court over corruption allegations faces own investigation by Spain’s legal watchdog

THE judge who charged Pedro Sanchez’s wife with the embezzlement of public funds earlier this week will now face his own investigation after Spain’s legal

22 Aug, 2025 @ 14:26

Lead·Politics

‘The worst place I’ve ever been to’: Jeremy Clarkson stuns Spaniards with savage attack on city in northern Spain

FOR many visitors it is one of Spain’s best hidden gems, renowned for its medieval old town, the world’s oldest functioning Roman lighthouse and jaw-dropping

22 Aug, 2025 @ 13:25

Celebrity·Galicia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Mijas Costa with pool garage – € 422,000

This exclusive residential complex offers a curated selection of 1 to 3-bedroom apartments, including ground-floor units with private gardens, spacious 2-bedroom homes with expansive terraces,

22 Aug, 2025 @ 13:05

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Surgeon arrested after DIY home amputation of his father’s toes and subsequent death at Alicante hospital

AN ALICANTE medic, 54, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional over the death of his elderly father after he partially amputated some of his

22 Aug, 2025 @ 13:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

British gang visited Ibiza to carry out robberies and used stolen vehicles including UK car with false plates

Brit gang visits Ibiza – not to party but to commit string of robberies using stolen vehicles, including one nicked in the UK

A GANG of Brits descened upon Ibiza this summer – but not with the usual beach and party itinerary. Instead, they came with the specific

22 Aug, 2025 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Costa del Sol breathes sigh of relief as Monda wildfire declared stabilised

MARBELLA woke to good news this morning as the wildfire that raged near Monda last night was declared stabilised. INFOCA confirmed at 10am that the

22 Aug, 2025 @ 11:39

Costa del Sol·Lead·Marbella

Worrying fall trend continues as Brit, 22, plunges from Ibiza balcony – becoming seventh UK tourist victim in Spain this year

A YOUNG British tourist has been left seriously injured after falling from a hotel balcony in Ibiza, the latest case in a worrying trend of

22 Aug, 2025 @ 11:28

Ibiza·Lead

Sweden’s child killers return to the Costa del Sol: Mafia hit narrowly foiled as teenager ‘e-scootered towards his target at midnight’

POLICE swooped in to arrest a Swedish child hitman moments before he was due to carry out a murder in the streets of Malaga. The

22 Aug, 2025 @ 10:46

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Costa Blanca under yellow alert for thunderstorms as intense rains dampen the flames in Northern Spain

THE Valencia region has been placed on yellow alert for storms just days after enduring a punishing red alert heatwave. Spain’s weather agency AEMET has

22 Aug, 2025 @ 06:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community·Weather