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Spain's new anti-smoking law will increase smoke-free areas with bans for bar and restaurant terraces

Terrace smoking ban scrapped after three years in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SMOKERS can light up again on bar and restaurant terraces in the Valencian Community after regional president Carlos

2 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Firefighters bring blaze near Gibraltar in Spain’s Andalucia under control after it chars 150 hectares

FIREFIGHTERS from Spain’s Andalucia are finally in control of the bush fire near the Santa Margarita residential complex 15km north of Gibraltar. The blaze started

2 Aug, 2023 @ 15:57

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

British holidaymakers boost June foreign tourist figures for Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN welcomed 8.3 million foreign tourists in June- 10.9% more than in the same month last year according

2 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

UK students can now go to universities in Spain without taking extra entrance exams

UK students can now go to university in Spain without taking extra entrance exams

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A NEW agreement between Spain and the UK allowing students to access universities and other higher education institutions

2 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Education·Lead

Three of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THREE of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Calpe on the Costa

2 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s job market breaks another new record in July but job creation slows slightly

THE SPANISH job market continued to perform well in the month of July, although job creation did start to slow slightly after a strong year

2 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

2 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Pilar de la Horadada with pool garage – € 205,000

Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 205,000 New bungalow project located in Pilar de la Horadada, consisting of only

2 Aug, 2023 @ 13:05

Featured Property

August Skies Over Spain’s Malaga: A Month of astrological marvels, key spots to witness spectacular events

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE month of August in Malaga promises a celestial extravaganza with two astrological phenomena bookending the month. The

2 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

World War II tunnels of Gibraltar now open again after extensive refurb over last few months

TOURISTS will be able to relive the role Gibraltar played during World War II after the reopening of the Hays Level tunnels. Heritage minister John

2 Aug, 2023 @ 12:37

Gibraltar·Lead

A Mysterious High Pitch Noise Is Driving British Resident Crazy On Spain's Costa Blanca

Woman from Spain’s Salamanca ordered to pay €10,000 after discussing neighbour’s noisy sex on TV program

GOSSIPING about a neighbour’s sex life has proved to be costly for a woman from the Spanish city of Salamanca, after it landed her with

2 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Gay mayor and his partner suffer alleged homophobic assault in Spain's Valencia area

Gay mayor and partner suffer alleged homophobic assault in Spain’s Valencia area

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE MAYOR of a Valencia province town says he and his partner suffered a homophobic attack in the

2 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gas explosion leaves one dead, 14 injured in Spain’s northwestern city of Valladolid

A SUSPECTED gas explosion in the northwestern Spanish city of Valladolid left one woman dead and 14 people injured on Tuesday night. The body of

2 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Lead

Spain’s Malaga to host Seatrade Cruise Med Fair again in 2024

Spain’s Malaga port set to welcome 13 cruise ships in August

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE newly started month of August will see minimal cruise activity, with 13 dockings scheduled by 10 different

2 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Gibraltar hospital re-opens mortuary room after A&E expansion took over the facilities pre-pandemic

GIBRALTAR’S St Bernard’s hospital will re-open its mortuary facility in mid-August to allow people to grieve for their loved ones after they pass away. The

2 Aug, 2023 @ 09:20

Gibraltar·Health·Lead

Extreme Fire Risk: More than half of Spain’s Andalucia on high alert for forest fires

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es MORE than half of Andalucia has been placed under red alert for extreme risk of forest fires during

2 Aug, 2023 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Ecologists slam bunkering safety measures as oil spill from refuelling accident reaches Gibraltar shore

ECOLOGISTS have hit out at ship bunkering safety measures as oil washed up on Camp Bay after a refuelling accident in the Bay of Gibraltar.

2 Aug, 2023 @ 09:00

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Mother of stranded child reveals shock after BA removes ‘crying’ Gibraltar toddler from Heathrow flight

HEATHROW airport staff removed several local people including a woman and a five-year-old from a British Airways flight to Gibraltar over concerns they needed a

2 Aug, 2023 @ 08:48

Gibraltar·Lead·Travel News

Reservoirs continue drying up despite heavy weekend storms bringing torrential rain across Spain

Water Crisis in Spain’s Malaga: August starts with half the water supply compared to last year and 30 towns under restrictions

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es MALAGA faces the month of August with a dire water situation, holding only half the amount of water

2 Aug, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

A Breath of Fresh Air: One in every five beaches in Spain’s Andalucia is smoke-free

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SMOKE-FREE beaches are becoming the norm in Andalucia, with one in every five beaches now prohibiting smoking, with

2 Aug, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga

Man and his two sons are arrested over stabbing of his ex-partner at an ice cream parlour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Nine women were murdered by their partners or ex partners in Spain in July

A TOTAL of nine women have been murdered by their partners or ex partners in Spain in July. The last two women, killed by their

1 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Andalucia·Lead

Online scams, thefts, and physical assaults leap up to produce big rise in Spain's crime rate after pandemic kept criminals at home

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests more than 100 people on suspicion of €1m SMS bank fraud scam

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es MORE than 100 people have been arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard on suspicion of defrauding as much

1 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Demostration against gender violence malaga

Warning over spike in domestic violence cases in Spain this summer as government calls on public to show ‘zero tolerance’

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE SPANISH government’s delegate against domestic violence, Victoria Rosell, on Tuesday called on the public to be alert

1 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Politics

Catalan president, Pere Aragones, among dozens of separatists hacked by specialist spyware in Spain

Catalan premier takes advantage of political stalemate in Spain to push for independence referendum

THE REGIONAL premier of Catalunya today took advantage of the stalemate after last week’s general elections in Spain to put pressure on the Socialist Party

1 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Catalunya·Politics

Spanish football embroiled in another match-fixing scandal with a lower league club president going down

SPANISH football has been hit by another match-fixing scandal that has seen a number of arrests allegedly including a club president. Police swooped on 17

1 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

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