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Archaeological gems and a historic sugar cane rum-making link make El Ingenio in Marbella province well worth a visit

IT is in the heat of the summer, in mid July, when she finally makes an appearance. That is the Virgen del Carmen, the patron

26 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·Marbella·Property

2 bedroom Villa for sale in Banos y Mendigo with pool garage – € 275,000

Charming villa with spectacular golf & mountain views in Altaona Golf. Discover this beautiful independent villa located in the heart of Altaona Golf, offering breathtaking

26 Oct, 2025 @ 12:05

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How Spain’s priciest barber rose from poverty, hustle and heartache to the heady heights of the Golden Mile of Marbella

HE’S the most expensive men’s hairdresser in Spain… yet he arrived in the country with just a few hundred euros to his name soon after

26 Oct, 2025 @ 12:00

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Marbella·Other News

LIFE IN SPAIN: A work of art that offers a glimpse into some ancient Spanish traditions.

THE canvas was painted by Bartolome Esteban Murillo in 1675, in Sevilla. Today it hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Its

26 Oct, 2025 @ 09:00

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer

ANDALUCIA is the region with the highest cardiovascular disease mortality rate according a major study from the Spanish Society of Cardiology(SEC). Cardiovascular issues like a

26 Oct, 2025 @ 07:00

Health·Lead

MULLINS IT OVER: Learning to tango with Spanish bureaucrats… and when that fails, get back to work

I’VE said it before: life in Spain takes a bit of getting used to. The rhythm, the mañana mindset, the endless forms and stamps –

25 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Columnists·Lead·Málaga

SPOTLIGHT ON: Pedro Almodóvar Spain’s greatest-ever film director?

PEDRO Almodóvar Caballero has made a career out of being an outsider. He is obviously – even flamboyantly – gay, and his films go out

25 Oct, 2025 @ 13:47

National News

5 bedroom Villa for sale in Moraleda de Zafayona with pool – € 249,000

Fantastic property with pool, garden and 5 bedrooms in Moraleda de Zafayona – Granada Located in the peaceful town of Moraleda de Zafayona, in the

25 Oct, 2025 @ 13:05

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A National Hero: This week in 2006, Fernando Alonso won his second consecutive Formula One World Championship. MICHAEL COY ponders the importance of professional sport in our lives.

AN era is coming to a close in Spain. We’ve lived through a generation of world-beaters – but sport being sport, these heroes must eventually

25 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Sport

LIFE IN SPAIN: A tale of three Spanish exiles

THE date November 6 may seem to be just another day, but in Spanish minds it is associate with tales of exile. Of the three

25 Oct, 2025 @ 12:18

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Passing police officer heroically bursts into Estepona apartment and stops woman from throwing herself off the balcony

AN off-duty police officer heroically saved a woman’s life on Costa del Sol as she threatened to jump from her balcony on Wednesday. The dramatic

25 Oct, 2025 @ 09:30

Costa del Sol·Estepona·Lead

The clocks go backwards in Spain this weekend – but will it be for the last time?

CLOCKS in Spain will revert to winter time this weekend but the hour switchback may be the last if the government has its way. Prime

25 Oct, 2025 @ 09:00

Health·Lead

Sufferers of agonising ‘Butterfly Skin’ in Spain denied access to revolutionary new gene therapy – after it’s made available in France, Italy, and Germany

CAMPAIGNERS in Spain are trying to get a treatment that treats the painful condition known as Butterfly Skin made available in the country. A gene

25 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

Health·Lead

Tourist checking into Valencia hotel gets his backpack snatched with €9k of cash and items inside it

Tourist checking into Valencia hotel gets backpack snatched with €9k of cash and items inside it

A TOURIST checking into a Valencia city centre hotel had his backpack containing cash and items worth €9,000 snatched by two opportunistic thieves. Two men

25 Oct, 2025 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain and Morocco draw up plans for 40km ‘test tunnel’ beneath the Strait of Gibraltar connecting to the Cadiz–Sevilla rail corridor

SPAIN and Morocco have taken a fresh step toward a train line under the Strait of Gibraltar with engineers now drawing up the design for

24 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·International Affairs·Lead·Other News

Steel company bosses in Spain to be investigated by court for supplying material to Israel to make weapons

A NATIONAL Court judge has launched a probe into the president of Spanish steelmaker Sidenor and other company bosses over the alleged illegal export of

24 Oct, 2025 @ 17:28

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

OLIVE PRESS PODCAST: Episode 8 discusses the return of the Swedish mafia, charity abuse, drink spiking and a devastating loss

THE gang returns for una mas on-the-nose discussion on the goings on on Spain’s costas. The Swedish mafia is back with a vengeance on the

24 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Other News

Avoiding pension disaster in Spain: How to stop crooks stealing your life savings – and what to do if they already have

By Angela Brooks of Pension Life SPAIN has seen its fair share of disasters – from wildfires and floods to power cuts and the Covid

24 Oct, 2025 @ 15:19

Business & Finance

Costa del Sol’s endless summer: Malaga hit highs of 35C this week – the hottest in Spain (but will it last?)

MALAGA recorded the highest temperatures in Spain this week, with the warm terral wind pushing afternoon highs towards 35C in parts of the Costa del

24 Oct, 2025 @ 14:02

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Police arrest jihadist suspect in Spain who said he would ‘blow himself up in Palestine’

A MAN suspected of fermenting jihadist terorrism and even pledging to become a suicide bomber, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Huesca. Officers

24 Oct, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead

3 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Almassora / Almazora with pool garage – € 225,000

Total surface area 131 m², townhouse plot area 14579 m², usable floor area 108 m², double bedrooms: 3, 2 bathrooms, air conditioning (frio y calor

24 Oct, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Spain backs EU ban on diesel and petrol cars by 2035 – but Italy dubs it ‘madness ideology’

SPAIN has called on its European allies to remain committed to a planned EU ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2035

24 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Green·International Affairs·Lead

‘He made me drive or he’d kill us’: French family in ‘race against time’ rescue after horror road trip across Spain

A FRENCH mother and her two young children were held captive for nearly two weeks by her ex-partner, who forced her to drive more than

24 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

DNA confirms identity of October 29 flood disaster victim after mummified body was discovered in Valencia river

DNA analysis has confirmed the mummified body found on Tuesday in the Turia riverbed in Manises as that of Jose Javier Vicent. Jose Javier, 56,

24 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Lead·Valencia

Spanish police find painting believed to be €600,000 Picasso masterpiece that disappeared en route to Andalucia

POLICE investigating the disappearance of a tiny €600,000 painting by master artist Pablo Picasso believe they have finally located the missing work. Naturaleza muerta con

24 Oct, 2025 @ 11:44

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead

Unemployment rate in Spain rises to 10.4% despite record number of workers

SPAIN’S labour market saw the unlikely combination of increasing both the number of people in work and the number of people out of work during

24 Oct, 2025 @ 11:17

Business & Finance·Lead

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Archaeological gems and a historic sugar cane rum-making link make El Ingenio in Marbella province well worth a visit

2 bedroom Villa for sale in Banos y Mendigo with pool garage – € 275,000

How Spain’s priciest barber rose from poverty, hustle and heartache to the heady heights of the Golden Mile of Marbella

LIFE IN SPAIN: A work of art that offers a glimpse into some ancient Spanish traditions.

Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer

MULLINS IT OVER: Learning to tango with Spanish bureaucrats… and when that fails, get back to work

SPOTLIGHT ON: Pedro Almodóvar Spain’s greatest-ever film director?

5 bedroom Villa for sale in Moraleda de Zafayona with pool – € 249,000

A National Hero: This week in 2006, Fernando Alonso won his second consecutive Formula One World Championship. MICHAEL COY ponders the importance of professional sport in our lives.

LIFE IN SPAIN: A tale of three Spanish exiles

Passing police officer heroically bursts into Estepona apartment and stops woman from throwing herself off the balcony

The clocks go backwards in Spain this weekend – but will it be for the last time?

Sufferers of agonising ‘Butterfly Skin’ in Spain denied access to revolutionary new gene therapy – after it’s made available in France, Italy, and Germany

Tourist checking into Valencia hotel gets backpack snatched with €9k of cash and items inside it

Spain and Morocco draw up plans for 40km ‘test tunnel’ beneath the Strait of Gibraltar connecting to the Cadiz–Sevilla rail corridor

Steel company bosses in Spain to be investigated by court for supplying material to Israel to make weapons

OLIVE PRESS PODCAST: Episode 8 discusses the return of the Swedish mafia, charity abuse, drink spiking and a devastating loss

Avoiding pension disaster in Spain: How to stop crooks stealing your life savings – and what to do if they already have

Costa del Sol’s endless summer: Malaga hit highs of 35C this week – the hottest in Spain (but will it last?)

WATCH: Police arrest jihadist suspect in Spain who said he would ‘blow himself up in Palestine’

3 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Almassora / Almazora with pool garage – € 225,000

Spain backs EU ban on diesel and petrol cars by 2035 – but Italy dubs it ‘madness ideology’

‘He made me drive or he’d kill us’: French family in ‘race against time’ rescue after horror road trip across Spain

DNA confirms identity of October 29 flood disaster victim after mummified body was discovered in Valencia river

Spanish police find painting believed to be €600,000 Picasso masterpiece that disappeared en route to Andalucia

Unemployment rate in Spain rises to 10.4% despite record number of workers

Amazon sacks up to 1,200 people in Spain to ‘optimise’ resources as part of worldwide cutbacks

The curious history of Halloween in Spain: How today’s traditions come from ancient Celtic rituals

Spain’s government launches formal action to scrap controversial foundation promoting legacy of dictator General Franco

WATCH: Police seize 2.5 million cigarettes and 5,200 litres of laughing gas set for illegal export from Spain via lorries

Spanish football fan who racially abused Barcelona and England star Marcus Rashford faces €4,000 fine