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Tons of biomass removed from shores of Mar Menor lagoon as DANA Alice clean up continues in Murcia

A MAJOR operation to remove accumulated biomass from Mar Menor beaches has seen 48 tons cleared up by Monday morning. The Murcian government says 135

13 Oct, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

MULLINS IT OVER: Who’d have thought? From leaving school at 15 to award-winning columnist on an award winning newspaper!

THERE’S not much that pulls me back to the UK these days. Visiting family is the main exception – but my son Scott and grandson

13 Oct, 2025 @ 16:17

Columnists·Lead

New Marbella shooting sees bullets fired into front door as intended victim watched through peephole

Latest Marbella shooting sees bullets fired into front door while victim watched through peephole

A MAN, 38, escaped with just a minor leg injury on Monday after several gun shots were fired at the front door of his Marbella

13 Oct, 2025 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Andalucia to expand cancer screenings amid ongoing healthcare failures

PLANS to expand cancer screenings across Andalucia are set to be approved following growing concerns over delays and failures in the region’s diagnostic programmes. Measures

13 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport continued to break monthly passenger records with just over 1.9 million people using the facility in September. Over a third of travellers came

13 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Valencia coastal town reports flooding after new red alert for extreme weather

TORRENTIAL rain fell on Gandia on Monday with weather forecaster Aemet upgrading its yellow alert to a maximum red- denoting extreme risk. The southern regions

13 Oct, 2025 @ 14:47

Lead·Valencia·Weather

The Olive Press Media Group is more than just a paper

WHILE the Olive Press has just been recognised as Spain’s leading English-language media group, it is for much more than just a printed paper! The

13 Oct, 2025 @ 13:55

Lead

BREAKING: Red weather warning issued for Valencia – up to 100mm of rain could fall in one hour

A RED weather warning has been issued for Valencia with DANA Alice forecast to drop up to 100mm of rain on the region in just

13 Oct, 2025 @ 13:44

Lead·Valencia·Weather

2 bedroom Villa for sale in Calonge i Sant Antoni with pool garage – € 480,000

House-Villa built in 1997, on a plot of 801m². It has a total of 164m² built, very efficient and all on one floor, currently with

13 Oct, 2025 @ 13:05

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OPINION: Let’s smash the drink spiking menace in Spain!

AS the festive season approaches, the Olive Press is relaunching its Smash the Spiking campaign. First launched in 2014, our new call to action goes

13 Oct, 2025 @ 13:03

Lead·National News·Opinion

Malaga campaign raises nearly €5,000 for lifesaving defibrillators

A CHARITY event in Malaga has raised enough money to purchase two new life-saving defibrillators for the region. In under two months, local organisation Save

13 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Health·Lead·Malaga

Hacienda’s unlawful harassment nearly killed her husband. Now, this retired Dutch expat is challenging Spain’s tax authority in a new memoir

THERE have been many stories of how dreams of retiring in Spain can quickly turn into nightmares when you cross paths with Spain’s notorious tax

13 Oct, 2025 @ 12:47

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead

Illegal Costa Blanca mobile home park closed down after sewage pollutes farming eco-system

Illegal Costa Blanca mobile home park ordered to close down after sewage pollutes farming eco-system

AN ANONYMOUS pollution complaint led to the Guardia Civil uncovering an illegal mobile home park site. Guardamar del Segura council has ordered the facility to

13 Oct, 2025 @ 12:46

Costa Blanca·Green·Lead

Orange alert for heavy rain and storms for parts of Costa Blanca and Valencia

AN ORANGE alert for heavy rain is in force on Monday for parts of the Valencian Community. The warning from State Weather forecaster Aemet runs

13 Oct, 2025 @ 11:31

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

Tankers supply over 100,000 residents who cannot use tap water due to flood damage in Spain’s Murcia

FLOOD damage to a key water pipeline in the Campo de Cartagena area of Murcia has led to residents being told not to use tap

13 Oct, 2025 @ 10:59

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

WATCH: Firefighters called to school in southern Spain after malfunctioning speakers blast ‘Happy Birthday’ at full volume until 4am

THEY are normally called on to bravely fight away fierce flames or heroically save cats from lofty trees. But firefighters in the southern region of

12 Oct, 2025 @ 18:27

Education·Lead·Murcia

One arrested after police ‘discover 250 dead animals in illegal breeding centre’ in northern Spain

A MAN has been arrested after Spanish police made the horrifying discovery of 250 dead animals in an illegal breeding centre. Officers from the Guardia

12 Oct, 2025 @ 18:02

Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead

Brits ‘fight over remaining supermarket booze’ as DANA Alice continues to drench eastern Spain – with orange alert in place until Tuesday

DANA Alice has continued to wreak havoc across eastern Spain over the weekend – with the chaos reportedly extending to supermarket aisles as weary Brits

12 Oct, 2025 @ 17:29

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Body of Spanish man who died 15 YEARS ago discovered after ‘DANA Alice flooded his pigeon-infested flat’ in Valencia

THE body of a dad-of-two thought to have died fifteen years ago has been discovered in his Valencia home after DANA Alice wreaked havoc on

12 Oct, 2025 @ 13:20

Lead·Valencia

4 bedroom Villa for sale in Los Realejos with garage – € 450,000

Detached villa for sale in the El Toscal area in Los Realejos. Located in a very quiet residential area and with sea views, this property

12 Oct, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

EXCLUSIVE: Expat sanctuary owner steps in to save over a dozen horses facing slaughter after Malaga summarily banned tourist carriages in the city

By Rachel Gore DOZENS of horses facing a one-way trip to the slaughterhouse are being thrown a lifeline – thanks to one expat’s last-minute offer

12 Oct, 2025 @ 12:45

Andalucia·Lead·Málaga

Tourist, 67, dies in Mallorca after attempting to save wife from drowning

A GERMAN tourist has died in Mallorca after attempting to rescue his wife from drowning. The tragic incident occurred on Friday shortly before 6pm. The

12 Oct, 2025 @ 12:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Tripadvisor Best of the Best restaurants list in Spain features SIX from Malaga province out of just 25

WHEN it comes to dining on the Costa del Sol, the fancy Michelin-starred venues get the headlines, but this year Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice ‘Lo mejor

12 Oct, 2025 @ 10:28

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News·Travel News

Military Parade For Hispanic Holiday In Madrid, Spain 12 Oct 2020

LIFE IN SPAIN: If you see parades and military displays today, and if on Monday you find shops and offices closed, it’s because the people of Spain are celebrating their ethnicity. MICHAEL COY explains.

TO non-Spaniards, it sounds slightly odd – “El Día de la Hispanidad” (‘The Day of Spanishness’), but October 12 is an important landmark on the

12 Oct, 2025 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead

IN PICS: Works of Catalan illustrator told to ‘graphically destroy Hitler’ by British intelligence appear in Barcelona’s famous MNAC

A FAMED Catalan artist whose works mocked and satirised Hitler during the Second World War is having his finest illustrations go on display in Barcelona

12 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

4 bedroom Villa for sale in Benitachell / Benitatxell with pool – € 440,000

This detached villa with sea views offers luxury, tranquility and convenience. Meticulously maintained and move-in ready, it spans three sophisticated levels. Upper Floor: Accessible via

11 Oct, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

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Tons of biomass removed from shores of Mar Menor lagoon as DANA Alice clean up continues in Murcia

MULLINS IT OVER: Who’d have thought? From leaving school at 15 to award-winning columnist on an award winning newspaper!

Latest Marbella shooting sees bullets fired into front door while victim watched through peephole

Andalucia to expand cancer screenings amid ongoing healthcare failures

Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK

WATCH: Valencia coastal town reports flooding after new red alert for extreme weather

The Olive Press Media Group is more than just a paper

BREAKING: Red weather warning issued for Valencia – up to 100mm of rain could fall in one hour

2 bedroom Villa for sale in Calonge i Sant Antoni with pool garage – € 480,000

OPINION: Let’s smash the drink spiking menace in Spain!

Malaga campaign raises nearly €5,000 for lifesaving defibrillators

Hacienda’s unlawful harassment nearly killed her husband. Now, this retired Dutch expat is challenging Spain’s tax authority in a new memoir

Illegal Costa Blanca mobile home park ordered to close down after sewage pollutes farming eco-system

Orange alert for heavy rain and storms for parts of Costa Blanca and Valencia

Tankers supply over 100,000 residents who cannot use tap water due to flood damage in Spain’s Murcia

WATCH: Firefighters called to school in southern Spain after malfunctioning speakers blast ‘Happy Birthday’ at full volume until 4am

One arrested after police ‘discover 250 dead animals in illegal breeding centre’ in northern Spain

Brits ‘fight over remaining supermarket booze’ as DANA Alice continues to drench eastern Spain – with orange alert in place until Tuesday

Body of Spanish man who died 15 YEARS ago discovered after ‘DANA Alice flooded his pigeon-infested flat’ in Valencia

4 bedroom Villa for sale in Los Realejos with garage – € 450,000

EXCLUSIVE: Expat sanctuary owner steps in to save over a dozen horses facing slaughter after Malaga summarily banned tourist carriages in the city

Tourist, 67, dies in Mallorca after attempting to save wife from drowning

Tripadvisor Best of the Best restaurants list in Spain features SIX from Malaga province out of just 25

LIFE IN SPAIN: If you see parades and military displays today, and if on Monday you find shops and offices closed, it’s because the people of Spain are celebrating their ethnicity. MICHAEL COY explains.

IN PICS: Works of Catalan illustrator told to ‘graphically destroy Hitler’ by British intelligence appear in Barcelona’s famous MNAC

4 bedroom Villa for sale in Benitachell / Benitatxell with pool – € 440,000

These are the December opening dates for Mijas’ incredible new Grand Park – with a lake, sports courts, dog park and open-air amphitheatre

Homeowners are starting to sell up at an alarming rate in Spain amid fears of squatters and no-pay tenants

Giant interactive map of Spain is being rolled out in Marbella and San Pedro today and tomorrow for Constitution Day – and admission is free

Andalucia activates pre-emergency plan after earthquake hits Costa del Sol – just two weeks after Cadiz carried out tsunami drills

Spain’s new nepo-billionaires: Two thirds of the super-rich inherited dynastic wealth – one of the highest rates in Europe