CHRISTMAS MIRACLE: This new Spanish invention removes ALL alcohol from wine, making it 0% ABV
The machine can half the alcohol content in a bottle of wine in 10 minutes and even reduce it to zero
COLUMN: A swingers request on Costa Blanca Facebook group sends admin scratching their heads at the rulebook, writes Loraine Gostling
Before I begin, I just have to give you a quick update on the new KFC in Ondara (avid readers will remember last week’s food
COLUMN: Two disabled ponies find friendship at the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales, writes Susan Weeding
These two little ponies are deeply in love and they go everywhere together. They’re both disabled, and they are inseparable. Fudge was the first rescue
Spain snubbed as French and Italian train firms awarded lucrative contracts for new services at major Spanish cities
There will be 61 trains between Madrid, Cordoba, Malaga and Sevilla, a 75% increase from the current 35.
Spain’s Andalucia launches €30 million tourism plan in bid to keep Brits keen on Costa del Sol after Brexit
There is also more of a cultural tourism focus under this plan, which includes a new initiative to promote flamenco
Chorizo ban at Spain’s biggest car manufacturer SEAT cuts cardiovascular health risks for 600 staff
Each participant was also given five litres of virgin olive oil a month and 30 grams of nuts a day, in a bid to follow
From flower pots to historic architecture, these are the towns in Spain’s Andalucia that won urban planning awards
The areas were previously busy thoroughfares for cars and had become swamped by careless parking and congestion
WATCH: Cocaine submarines, corruption and translation calamity – Olive Press TV news roundup November 24-30
This week, Costa Blanca reporter Joshua James Parfitt looks at the key stories covered by the Olive Press over the past week. Featuring: Spain’s first-ever
CANCELLED: Confusion after popular and ONLY route connecting US and Spain’s Andalucia to be stopped next year despite 11 years of success
The shock announcement comes after they extended the service last year, beginning it a month earlier in May
Fears for missing British expat last seen kayaking on Spain’s Costa Blanca almost a WEEK ago
A BRITISH expat has been missing for almost a week in south-eastern Spain. Kenneth Dallas McPherson, 62, disappeared last Saturday after going kayaking off Torrevieja
All you need to know about historic trans-Atlantic cocaine submarine seized by police in Spain as experts believe much of €100 million haul was heading to UK
The first vessel of its kind to be caught in European waters, it was carrying 152 packages containing more than three tonnes of cocaine
Expat-run cafeteria Caffe Milano first in Spain to officially use pasta straws in a bid to slash plastic waste
AN EXPAT-RUN cafeteria on the Costa Blanca has claimed it is the ‘first in Spain’ to use an innovative pasta straw that cuts out single-use
Famous brothel El Quijote in Pedreguer on the market for €2.5 million as estate agent praises ‘excellent location close to school, pharmacy and health centre’
PROXIMITY to schools, pharmacies and health centres would be an attractive selling point for most home owners looking to buy in the Costa Blanca region.
Electric tuk tuk rides are coming to a town in Spain’s Andalucia for Christmas
Two possible routes will be offered by the 100% green mode of transport
In Spain 18 million overweight and obese people add 20% onto national health bill, but is UK worse?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity has almost tripled since 1975
Teacher in Spain’s Malaga arrested for allegedly abusing one of his students
Authorities have not yet revealed the age of the student
Spanish Met Office warns of ANOTHER gota frÃa to hit the Costa Blanca and Andalucia from Sunday night
SPAIN’S Met Office (AEMET) has today warned of a gota frÃa predicted to hit the south and southeast commencing Sunday night. A statement said the
Two men arrested after convincing 5 underage girls the END OF THE WORLD was nigh and sexual contact would grant them salvation
GUARDIA Civil have arrested two men aged 25 and 26 in Madrid on crimes of sexual abuse after they convinced five minors the end of
TURFED OUT: Artificial grass flop in play park in Denia as ‘cheaper alternative to grass’ ends up plastered in dog excrement and urine
IN 2009 it was hailed as a cheaper alternative to natural grass that requires maintenance and frequent watering. But the artificial grass installed in a
“Kill my husband” – The Black Widow of Valencia who convinced extra-marital lover to murder her partner while she cheated on both faces 22 years in prison
SHE did not plunge the knife into his back, but the ‘black widow of Valencia’ is now facing 22 years in prison over the murder
High-speed rail across Spain set to become MUCH cheaper after network partly sold off to French and Italian companies
The agreement reached today will be set in stone after being reviewed by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC)
TERROR ALERT: Hundreds of Spaniards at risk of ‘credible and imminent’ ISIS terrorist attack by north African cell
HUNDREDS of Spaniards are at risk of an ‘imminent’ terrorist attack, government sources have warned. Spain’s Foreign Ministry warned against travel to the Saharawi refugee
“Is it for people with haemorrhoids?” Residents clueless over Alicante’s new benches for back pain
ALICANTE Town Hall has invested €3,600 in a new fleet of benches to support residents with back pain. The problem is: no one else can
WATCH: How Spain is central to EU’s €30 BILLION cocaine and narcotics market as new report warns of increasing violence from ruthless European gangs
Despite record seizures this year, trafficking inside containers destined for European ports is still the most common transport method
CASTING CALL: British film set in World War II needs extras for filming on Spain’s Costa del Sol… APPLY HERE
A PRODUCTION company is seeking extras for a British film on the Costa del Sol. Modexpor is looking for men aged 20 and above to
MI CASA: Expats choose crystal Mediterranean waters and sunny shores as Alicante named province with most foreign house buyers in Spain
EXPAT homeowners are flocking to the crystal Mediterranean waters of Alicante as new figures reveal it as the province with the most foreign buyers. Spain’s