“We’ve never seen anything like it” – Beaches in Eastern Spain lose average of 11m of sand following storm Gloria

BEACHES in Eastern Spain have lost an average of 11.1m of sand following storm Gloria, which hit the coast on 19 January. The worst-hit shoreline

3 Feb, 2020 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

REVEALED: French drivers are worse than British for road crimes in Spain

FRENCH and Portuguese drivers are far worse than British, when it comes to driving offences in Spain. The country’s Traffic Department, the DGT, have just

3 Feb, 2020 @ 12:36

Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Spain experienced most successful year EVER for tourism in 2019 and broke record for seventh consecutive year

SPAIN has experienced its most successful touristic year ever in 2019.

3 Feb, 2020 @ 12:21

Lead·National News·Travel News

Malaga-based criminal network busted with 34 arrested in illegal immigration case

THE Policia National has detained 34 members of a criminal network allegedly involved in illegal immigration. Those arrested were held for crimes of forgery, promotion

3 Feb, 2020 @ 12:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s economy outperforms Europe after growing 2% in 2019

SPAIN’S economy has far outperformed its European counterparts in 2019, new figures have revealed. The country saw growth increase by 0.5% in the last quarter,

3 Feb, 2020 @ 11:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain’s Klaus wins Best Animated Film at the BAFTAs

KLAUS has won the BAFTA award for Best Animated Film.

3 Feb, 2020 @ 10:55

Entertainment·Lead

Real Example Of Swimming Pool Construction Javea Costa Blanca

Convert your Swimming Pool in Spain into a Health Spa, with Salt Water Chlorination!

Based in Javea, Costa Blanca, Aiguanet are experts in the construction of swimming pools, and spas in Spain. They also carry out integral maintenance of

3 Feb, 2020 @ 10:43

Environment·Health·Property

Travel to Campanillas on the Costa del Sol for free in February

With this free movement it is hoped that all Malaga residents will be encouraged to go to Campanillas to make purchases and consume in the

3 Feb, 2020 @ 10:36

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spain’s Muguruza misses out on first Australian Open title as America’s Sofia Kenin is crowned champion

GARBINE Muguruza has lost in the final of the Australian Open.

3 Feb, 2020 @ 10:04

Lead·Sport

Ambitious new Estepona Hospital on Spain’s Costa del Sol struggling to find enough specialists ahead of opening

THE opening of the new Estepona Hospital is being threatened by a lack of specialists, it has been revealed. The huge hospital, set to open

3 Feb, 2020 @ 10:00

Health·Lead·Malaga

Football WAG and former British expat Julie Neville teaches you how to make Valencian paella in new Spanish cookbook

She upped sticks to Valencia in 2015, as her ex-Manchester United husband, 43, took on assistant coaching duties at the La Liga side

3 Feb, 2020 @ 09:32

Celebrity·Food & Drink·Lead

British expats declare ‘end of an era’ as iconic Passion Cafe closes its doors on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The cafe has served customers in the La Colonia centre, in San Pedro de Alcantara, since the early 1990s

3 Feb, 2020 @ 09:29

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead

Spain to issue €10,000 fines to sellers of menthol cigarettes, which will be BANNED in just 107 days

Around 66% of smokers take up smoking before they turn 18, according to Cancer Research UK

3 Feb, 2020 @ 08:58

Health·Lead

Boy in Spain to be fined HUNDREDS of euros for throwing Sevilla’s famous oranges

A MINOR is facing a fine of up to €750 for throwing oranges at his neighbour’s house in Sevilla. The town hall of Isla Mayor

3 Feb, 2020 @ 08:30

Sevilla

Visitors will have to pay for parking at Hospital Costa del Sol in Spain’s Marbella as conservative Partido Popular rejects bid to keep it free

VISITORS to the Hospital Costa del Sol will soon have to pay for parking, it has been confirmed. The Partido Popular government at Marbella town

3 Feb, 2020 @ 08:02

Lead·Malaga

‘TOTAL CONCERN’: Spain to China jamon and wine trade decimated by coronavirus that has killed 360 people

Spanish wine exports to China totalled 61.2 million litres in 2018, worth €144 million, while the country is Spain’s fifth largest wine market

3 Feb, 2020 @ 07:29

Food & Drink·Lead

Costa Blanca mayor declares city is ‘planting the future’ as Day Of The Tree is celebrated

GUARDAMAR DEL SEGURA kicked off a week of activities yesterday with trees and shrubs planted by 500 local school-children. The mayor, José Luis Sáez, says

2 Feb, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Environment

IT’S JITTERY: Campbell Ferguson gathers evidence to forecast the market trends for 2020 in Spain and further afield

Brexit, the climate crisis, world conflict, but also some good news

2 Feb, 2020 @ 10:02

Business & Finance·Columnists·Lead

In the week that most people quit their diets, here are five celebrity-endorsed plans to keep you motivated

This is the week nine out of ten of us who started a weight loss plan at the beginning of the year fall off the

2 Feb, 2020 @ 08:59

Health·Lead

GALLERY: Costa Blanca city hosts massive medieval market, thousands attend

TODAY is the last chance for Olive Press readers to attend one of Costa Blanca’s biggest food festivals. Orihuela’s annual Mercado Medieval started on Friday,

2 Feb, 2020 @ 07:10

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead

Costa Blanca city explodes in ‘riot of colour’ at annual medieval market

ORIHUELA became a true “riot” of colour, music and food as the annual Mercado Medieval kicked off in great style, this weekend. Hundreds of stalls

1 Feb, 2020 @ 18:25

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead

AMAZING VIDEO: Spanish architect strips off to test Europe’s largest overhanging pool, in Murcia

A SPANISH city will soon have the largest cantilevered swimming pool in Europe, the second largest in the world. The Murcia pool is part of

1 Feb, 2020 @ 10:48

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

You NEED to try this croqueta, voted the best in Spain

FOR the second year running, a town in Toledo has won the award for best croqueta in Spain.

1 Feb, 2020 @ 10:00

Food & Drink·Lead

WE’RE OUT: British expats on Spain’s Costa del Sol see in Brexit with a dance, a clap and a few pints

A very British way to see in this new era of British history

1 Feb, 2020 @ 02:40

Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: China’s killer Coronavirus arrives in Spain as first case confirmed

THE Coronavirus has officially arrived in Spain. It comes after a German man tested positive for the killer virus in La Gomera, on the Canary

31 Jan, 2020 @ 23:37

Lead·National News

The EU needs to respect its own values in talks, says Gibraltar Chief Minister in Brexit Day speech

Gibraltar will only make agreements that will protect its ‘political safety’ at forthcoming EU talks with Spain, said its Chief Minister on Brexit Day.

31 Jan, 2020 @ 23:28

Gibraltar

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