Madrid Socialists propose opening schools 12 hours a day, 11 months a year, to help working parents
The Madrid branch of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) has come up with a novel idea to help working parents should it get into power
Police arrest man who tried to burn down Malaga cathedral in south Spain
POLICE arrested a man accused of trying to burn the ancient doors of Malaga cathedral after he was identified from security cameras. Policia Nacional investigators
Gibraltar police officers sworn in by the Met for Queen Elizabeth II funeral in London
SIX police officers from Gibraltar will be helping the Met in London as people pay their condolences to Queen Elizabeth II during these busy times.
Madrid starts to put up Christmas lights amid energy crisis debate
CHRISTMAS lights are already being put up in Madrid amid a debate on energy saving and efficiency. There have been calls for a reduction in
Celebrating Pablo: Year of events to mark the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death launched in Madrid
A YEAR of events to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso has officially started. The culture ministers of France and Spain
A man dies fleeing police after his motorbike careened off the A-7 motorway in Spain’s Marbella
AN Italian man died and his passenger was seriously injured after the motorcycle they were riding came off the A-7 motorway with the cops giving
2 bedroom Villa for sale in Algorfa with pool – € 174,500
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CAUGHT REDHANDED: Thief TWICE walks out of a Gibraltar shop with stolen clothes to find the cops waiting
A man who twice walked out of a Main Street shop with a total of over £1,500 of designer clothing has been jailed for 16
Oldest Abuela in Andalucia is 109 years young
THE grandmother of Andalucia is 109 years young and lives in Los Barrios. Maria Rodriguez Sanchez, known as Maria Matacabras, was born on January 24,
Over two million passengers used Spain’s Malaga Airport in August—just 7% shy than 2019 figures
MALAGA-Costa del Sol Airport was used by over two million passengers in August and saw over fifteen thousand flights landing and taking off. These figures
Forest fire in Spain’s Granada jumps dangerously close to the villages of Izbor and Acebuches
IN a dramatic turn of events, the forest fire that has been blazing near Granada since Thursday 8 September jumped to a new location, above
BANK HOLIDAY: Gibraltar gives workers time off on September 19 to watch Queen Elizabeth II funeral
GIBRALTARIANS will be able to enjoy a long weekend with the October 19 being made into a bank holiday that allows them to watch the
Some 150,000 people take to streets of Barcelona to support Catalan independence
Around 150,000 people took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday September 11, to celebrate “la Diada”, often described as Catalonia’s National Day, and to
One journalist’s quest to explain to Spain’s media just why Queen Elizabeth meant so much
On the day that Liz Truss became the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, I was expecting a call from Spanish TV channel La Sexta. Their
Police rescued a disorientated vulture in Marbella’s Puerto Banus
NATIONAL police officers captured a 2.5 metre VULTURE after it was spotted by several tourists in Marbella’s luxury marina Puerto Banus. The two officers were
WATCH: Police smash huge smuggling ring that sent weed to Germany on trucks and camper vans
EUROPOL agents have arrested 44 and seized over €4 million in cash after the stakeout of a powerful weed and hash Costa del Sol smuggling
RED HUGH O’DONNELL: The flame haired Irish Chieftain who found a final resting place in Spain
IT may seem curious, but a tribute to legendary Irish Chieftain Red Hugh O’Donnell has just been paid in the Spanish city of Valladolid to
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IN PICS: King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez express their condolences for the death of Elizabeth II to the British Ambassador in Madrid
KING Felipe and Queen Letizia have expressed their condolences to UK ambassador Hugh Elliot over the death of Queen Elizabeth II. They visited the UK
Forest fire in Spain’s Granada, with over over 3000 hectares of land now destroyed, believed to be human-started
THE fire which started last Thursday afternoon, September 8, in Los Guajares, and has now razed through 3,000 hectares of land, is believed to be
Rainy week ahead in Spain’s Andalucia—with abrupt temperature drop expected
AFTER a hot weekend in a final flurry of summer, autumn will arrive early and abruptly to Andalucia. The entry of an Atlantic squall, Hurricane
Spain’s tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz becomes youngest ever male tennis world number one after US Open win
SPANISH teen sensation Carlos Alcaraz has become the youngest men’s player in the Open Era to hold the No. 1 ranking, after sealing a four-set
Island escape: Poles are snapping up homes in Mallorca to escape unstable Eastern Europe
LARGE numbers of Polish people are buying properties in the Balearic Islands to escape the instability of Eastern Europe. They are moving, in particular, to
3 bedroom Villa for sale in Pinar de Campoverde with pool – € 350,000
Villa Pinar de Campoverde, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 350,000 Great opportunity to purchase this detached villa one one level with a
OLIVE PRESS OPINION: Goodbye and good riddance
SPAIN is a wonderful country in which to live – which is why it has welcomed millions of expats to its shores. Whether they are
FACING JUSTICE: Ultra right Brit extremist Kris Kearns loses extradition battle in Spain’s National Court
A BRITISH far-right extremist with close links to Marbella and the Costa Blanca is set to be extradited to face terror charges in the UK.