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Costa del Sol’s Estepona breaks record for numbers of entries to its international poetry competition

INTERNATIONAL poetry competition Ciudad de Estepona has smashed records in its fifth edition, with 2,321 entries – nearly 300 more than last year. In just

5 Apr, 2025 @ 09:14

Estepona·La Cultura·Other News

Coffee has ‘remarkable life-extending powers’, according to Spanish cardiologist – but only if you drink it at these times

DRINKING coffee brings positive health benefits, so long as you drink it at the right time of day- and in moderation Its benefits depend on

5 Apr, 2025 @ 07:00

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Heartless’ boss at centre of Spain’s Iberian Funerals scandal confirmed to have died in Portugal as missing millions mystery deepens

THE Olive Press can confirm the death of a beleaguered expat funeral planning boss, who vanished ‘owing millions’ to his clients in Spain. We have

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:55

Lead·Other News

The Olive Press has scooped a prestigious UK journalism award: with campaigning young go-getter Yzabelle Bostyn

THE Olive Press’ very own Yzabelle Bostyn has won the UK’s prestigious NCTJ Trainee of the Year award. She picked up the gong for her

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:45

Lead

WATCH: Dramatic school-run punch up and ‘firearm incident’ in Gibraltar leads to armed police arrest

THE Royal Gibraltar Police are appealing for witnesses after a road rage incident saw armed police storm a local man’s apartment. Dramatic images from social

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Good news for home buyers as Valencia president announces cut in property transfer tax

Good news for home buyers in Spain’s Valencia as property transfer tax slashed

HOME buyers in the Valencian Community will save money with the regional government announcing a 10% fall in property transfer tax. Visiting a new social

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Property·Valencia

Happy Easter – Get €20 off our Annual Subscription

Happy Easter to all our readers!! We are offering €20 off our usual annual subscription price so you can all treat yourselves to some chocolate

4 Apr, 2025 @ 17:35

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Will Ronda residents cut off by the closure of the A-397 to Spain’s Costa del Sol be given free toll road access?

THE Spanish Ministry of Transport has announced that the government could open the toll of the AP-7 to people affected by the closure of the

4 Apr, 2025 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Lead

Wine, olives and aerospace: Trump’s tariffs could cost Spain’s Andalucia €2.4bn – which sectors are under threat?

TRUMP’s tariffs have rocked the world and set the scene for an impending trade war that experts fear will inflict widespread economic damage – and

4 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead

Storm Nuria 'tornado' tears off warehouse roof- killing three farm workers in Spain's Sevilla

‘Tornado’ tears off warehouse roof and kills three workers as Storm Nuria causes chaos in Spain’s Sevilla

THREE people died on Friday after an agricultural warehouse roof in the Sevilla area was torn off by a tornado caused by Storm Nuria. Emergency

4 Apr, 2025 @ 15:15

Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Quironsalud Marbella Introduces Orthomolecular Medicine Treatments: An Innovative Approach to Combat Ageing

OVER 33% of the population is estimated to be over the age of 55, and statistics indicate that this figure will surpass 40% by 2030.

4 Apr, 2025 @ 14:47

Andalucia·Health

Will beach go-ers finally get to enjoy showers on Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer?

THANKS to the plentiful rain over the past few weeks, water reservoirs appear to have regained enough capacity to turn on the showers on many

4 Apr, 2025 @ 14:30

Costa del Sol·Lead

Shoplifters foiled in audacious bid to steal hundreds of cans of tuna fish from Costa Blanca supermarket

THREE shoplifters failed in an attempt to steal over 300 cans of tuna fish from a Javea supermarket. Staff at Lidl last Monday spotted the

4 Apr, 2025 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm goes to major court in Spain in last chance bid to fight off €330m compensation bill

Benidorm suffers nightmare legal defeat over ‘historic’ €330m fine- more than double the council’s annual budget

BENIDORM City Council will have to find €330 million- over double its annual budget- after losing a Supreme Court appeal over a land compensation award.

4 Apr, 2025 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Torre de la Horadada with pool – € 365,000

A brand new project of contemporary style apartments with 2 or 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms and each apartment boasting their own private swimming pool located

4 Apr, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

Spain is threatened by an ‘avalanche’ of cheap Asian imports after Trump’s tariff tornado

IT’S feared effects of the United States tariffs on Asian countries could reverberate negatively in Spain. Washington announced its new tariffs earlier this week with

4 Apr, 2025 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Spain's tennis legend Rafa Nadal to be honoured at special ceremony at his most successful Grand Slam

Luxury development backed by Rafa Nadal approved for Spain’s Estepona: Costa del Sol to get 50 more beachfront villas

EX-TENNIS star Rafa Nadal and businessman, Abel Matutes, have been given the green light to build 50 luxury homes on Estepona’s beachfront. The two men

4 Apr, 2025 @ 11:59

Estepona·Lead·Property

Mastermind of Swedish fraud ring, 36, which ripped off Scandinavian investors is arrested in Spain's Marbella

Mastermind of Swedish fraud ring arrested: Gang ripped off investors in Scandinavia from Spain’s Marbella

A SWEDISH fraudster who ripped off investors to the tune of over €2.3 million via a bogus investment scheme has been arrested in Marbella. The

4 Apr, 2025 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spain’s Golden Visa is officially no more: Housing crisis and money laundering blamed for closing the door

SPAIN’S Golden Visa scheme that granted residency to non-EU citizens in exchange for large investments ended on Thursday. The initiative was launched in 2013 to

4 Apr, 2025 @ 10:43

Lead·National News·Property

Spain keeps using the ‘wrong’ British flag: ‘Iceland-hybrid’ Union Jack has been rolled out for UK officials three times

FOR the third time since 2021, an ‘Iceland-hybrid’ Union Jack has been rolled out for UK Officials. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid displayed

3 Apr, 2025 @ 19:00

Lead·Madrid·Other News·Politics

Neighbours to be ’empowered’ against tourist flats as protestors across Spain prepare to take to the streets

OPENING a tourist flat in Spain will now require the approval of at least three-fifths of the community of owners and neighbours. The government has

3 Apr, 2025 @ 18:15

Lead·Property

Police intercept cache of stolen American cars and vans during checks at port in Spain

21 HIGH-END cars and vans stolen in the United States have been intercepted at the port of Valencia. The Guardia Civil and Spain’s Tax Agency,

3 Apr, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Pedro Sanchez says Spain will buy arms from US for Ukraine after fresh criticism from Donald Trump

Spain to fight Trump’s tariffs with €14bn support package as Pedro Sanchez slams ‘attack on America’s friends’

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has announced €14.1 billion of funding to counteract the impact of Donald Trump’s US tariffs on the country’s economy. The

3 Apr, 2025 @ 16:45

Lead·National News

Gatwick the latest British airport to ease hand luggage restrictions in boost for Brits heading to Spain for Easter holidays

PASSENGERS travelling through London Gatwick airport no longer need to remove electrical devices or place liquids in plastic bags when passing through airport security. The

3 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Trump demands Spain and NATO spend 5% of GDP on defence one day after instigating a global trade war

THE United States has demanded that Spain and all NATO members commit to a ‘realistic path’ towards spending 5% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

3 Apr, 2025 @ 15:11

Lead·National News·Politics

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

Revealed: Spain is home to the most popular flight destination for British tourists this Easter

ALICANTE-ELCHE is Europe’s most popular destination airport for British travellers looking for an Easter break according to online flight portal JetCost. The company says that

3 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

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