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Class Of 2022 Junior Programme Line Up Luna Fluxa

11-year-old from Spain’s Mallorca becomes first female recruit at Mercedes F1 young driver programme

MALLORCAN Luna Fluxa has become the first girl to join Mercedes F1 teams’ junior driving programme. The 11-year-old is the current IAME Euro Series champion

25 Feb, 2022 @ 09:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Spain’s Andalucia to continue without COVID-19 restrictions on capacity and opening hours until May 19

THE Junta has agreed to extend until May 19 the order made on December 7 that removes the restrictions on opening hours and capacity established

25 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Health·Lead

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE coronavirus pandemic death toll has gone over the 9,000 mark in the Valencian Community. Thursday’s Health Ministry figures reported an additional 15 deaths taking

24 Feb, 2022 @ 19:02

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

Action demanded to stop passport control delays for UK travellers at Costa Blanca airport

Police union demands extra officers for Spain’s Costa Blanca airport to reduce UK traveller queues at passport control

A police union wants more officers at Alicante-Elche airport to reduce queues and numbers of missed flights for UK travellers who need their passports stamped.

24 Feb, 2022 @ 18:23

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Russian invasion of the Ukraine described as 'terrible blow' to economic recovery of Spain's Valencia region

Russian invasion of the Ukraine described as ‘terrible blow’ to economic recovery of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

VALENCIAN Community president, Ximo Puig, has branded Thursday’s invasion of the Ukraine by Russia as a ‘terrible blow’ to the recovery of the region’s economy

24 Feb, 2022 @ 17:25

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Sneaky pervert hides mobile phone to record bathroom videos of girlfriend’s daughter in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Orihuela man allegedly made bathroom videos of his partner’s daughter after hiding a mobile phone in a shoe. The Spaniard, 52, has been arrested

24 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

One dead after multi vehicle accident on busy A7 motorway near Roquetas de Mar in Spain’s Almeria

ONE person was killed as one of Andalucia’s busiest motorways was closed in one direction this morning following a multi-vehicle accident. It happened at around 8.30am

24 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Almeria

Fireworks suspected of starting forest blaze in Costa Blanca area of Spain

FIREFIGHTERS put out a forest blaze in the Alcalali area of Alicante Province in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire was reported at

24 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Beach Sea Nerja Lights Balcón De Europa Sunset

Perfect Weekend Escape: A road trip through Axarquia in Spain’s Andalucia

The Axarquia region of Andalucia offers the perfect weekend road trip, writes Olive Press Editor Jon Clarke.

24 Feb, 2022 @ 14:45

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Alcala la Real killer transferred into solitary confinement at Jaen prison after biting officers in violent attack

A PRISONER lashed out and bit prison guards at a jail in Jaen after being told to return to his cell on Wednesday afternoon. The

24 Feb, 2022 @ 14:16

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Other News

Residents evacuated following Sevilla fire at student accommodation

ALL residents have been evacuated safely following a fire in student accommodation in Sevilla. The blaze broke out at the five-storey building in Camas on

24 Feb, 2022 @ 13:46

Sevilla

Lucky Escape For Teenage Girl As Roof Collapse On Her In Family Mallorca Flat In Spain

German fraudster fugitive who swindled €300K arrested in Spain’s Mallorca

A FUGITIVE German fraudster has been arrested in Mallorca where he had been hiding out for some 18 months. The 60-year-old, whose name has not

24 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Ancient Roman mosaic uncovered at olive grove in Spain’s Cordoba

A LARGE mosaic dating back to Roman times has been uncovered at an olive grove in Cordoba. A ‘fortuitous earth movement’ led to a farmer

24 Feb, 2022 @ 12:46

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Calahonda – € 185,000

Apartment Calahonda, Málaga 2 beds 2 baths € 185,000 2 bedroom 2 bathroom first floor apartment situated in the sought after gated Urbanization

24 Feb, 2022 @ 12:05

Featured Property

Almeria on a plate: Fruit farms, the best market and a Spanish family’s top table

I AM standing outside a jumble of small shops and apartments on a busy street in the centre of Almeria. My boyfriend, a Spanish native

24 Feb, 2022 @ 12:03

Almeria·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News

Bogus email demands 'immediate' €850 tuition fee payment from parents in Spain's Valencia

Cybercriminals in Spain’s Costa Blanca area send bogus text message to steal €23,000 from bank account

FOUR people have been arrested in Alicante and Cartagena after stealing over €23,000 from a bank account via a ‘smishing’ scam. The thieves swindled a

24 Feb, 2022 @ 11:50

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

New overnight traveller site seen as “icing on the cake” for major city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TRAVELLERS and their motorhomes have two brand new sites to stay overnight, just outside Orihuela. The city’s Environment Department announced the transit areas in the

24 Feb, 2022 @ 10:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Putin Attacks Ukraine. Explosion In Kiev

Spain ‘strongly condemns’ Russia invasion of Ukraine and convenes emergency security council

SPAIN’S King Felipe VI will preside over a National Security Council meeting called for noon on Thursday to analyse the situation after Russia’s overnight invasion

24 Feb, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Aquaman star Jason Momoa spotted filming rock-climbing show in Spain’s Mallorca

HEART-THROB actor Jason Momoa is in Mallorca filming a new series on rock-climbing. The actor is an avid climber and has been tackling the Devil´s

24 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Schools in Spain’s Andalucia await instructions on the end of face masks in classrooms

Masks in schools in Spain’s Andalucia no longer be mandatory once ‘80% of children have been vaccinated’

ANDALUCIAN schools will be able to ease up on their mask policies once “80% of children have been vaccinated” the Deputy Regional Minister of Health,

24 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Education·Lead·Other News

LATEST: Embattled PP leader Pablo Casado bows out of Spain’s parliament

THE embattled leader of Spain’s conservation opposition party bade farewell to parliament on Wednesday and made his exit to a round of applause. Pablo Casado

23 Feb, 2022 @ 18:55

Lead·National News·Politics

LATEST: Mystery mummified corpse found in holiday home on Spain’s Costa del Sol is a woman

POLICE have confirmed that the body found in a ‘mummified state’ within a homemade coffin in an apartment in Duquesa outside Manilva on Spain’s Costa

23 Feb, 2022 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Homophobic Child Mob Attacks Teacher In Secondary School Showdown In Spain's Valencia

Homophobic child mob attacks teacher on secondary school playground in Spain’s Valencia

AT least a dozen children have been expelled by a Valencia Province secondary school after a homophobic mob attack on a teacher. The expulsions have

23 Feb, 2022 @ 16:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Vicar calls to ban ‘treacherous’ and ‘offensive’ virgins from big carnival on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TORREVIEJA vicar has publicly asked that the next carnival cancels any characterisation of “The Virgin” for fear of offending people. The vicar at the

23 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

People smuggling boat service between Spain's Murcia and Algeria is stopped before picking up first passengers

People smuggling boat service between Spain’s Murcia and Algeria intercepted before picking up first passengers

FOUR Algerian men have been arrested in Murcia after plans to smuggle in people on boats from North Africa were rumbled by the Policia Nacional.

23 Feb, 2022 @ 15:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Flickr Ballet Rehearsal, Edgar Degas, 1873, The Fogg Art Museum

Theives steal two artworks by Edgar Degas from private villa in Spain’s Galicia

POLICE are investigating the alleged theft of two priceless Edgar Degas paintings from a private villa in Galicia. The two paintings, which are part of

23 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

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