Bizarre scene in Mijas as a car accidentally reverses through a wall and falls into a hotel
A WOMAN was injured after her Citroen C4 plunged off the road and into the patio of TRH Mijas hotel on the Costa del Sol.
21 migrants arrested after ‘hurling rocks at police’ in Ceuta – as fears grow of new speedboat smuggling route linking enclave to mainland Spain
21 MOROCCAN migrants have been identified and arrested after throwing stones and rocks at soldiers as tensions in Ceuta continue to grow.
Hollywood royalty descends on Spain: Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz lead A-list line-up at this month’s San Sebastian Film Festival
A HOST of Hollywood A-listers will descend on northern Spain this month for the annual San Sebastian Film Festival, including Brad Pitt and Rami Malek.
EXPLAINER: Inside the row over the right-wing president of Madrid’s €6m penthouse – and why it could offer a lifeline to Pedro Sanchez
THE PP president of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, is facing growing questions over her regional government's purchase of a €6.3m penthouse with public cash
British holidaymaker becomes latest drowning victim on Catalunya’s beaches after ‘drunkenly leaping off ferry to swim to beach bar’
A BRITISH holidaymaker has become the latest victim to drown off the coast of Catalunya after jumping from a tourist ferry to swim to a
WATCH: Horror as female tourist, 64, is gored to death in street during running of the bulls festival in southern Spain
A 64-YEAR-OLD woman was gored to death by a bull in southern Spain on Saturday morning after becoming trapped on the street.
British boy, 5, in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during near-drowning in Lanzarote hotel pool
A BRITISH boy was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition on Thursday after nearly drowning in a hotel swimming pool on the popular island
THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: The Spantax air disaster, Queen Letizia is born and the siege of Gibraltar fails
MICHAEL Coy delves into the key events that took place in Spanish history this week, including a tragic air disaster and a failed attempt to
WATCH: Gibraltar teen arrested ‘smuggling migrants from Ceuta’ as police chase sparks diplomatic row with Spain
A GIBRALTAR teenager has been arrested on suspicion of ferrying migrants from Ceuta in a speedboat in an incident that has triggered a diplomatic dispute.
Political round-up: PM Pedro Sanchez battles growing Ceuta backlash as opposition turns up the heat
PROTESTS over the Ceuta migration crisis turned against Pedro Sanchez as opposition parties intensified calls for his resignation following a controversial police report.
Spain’s bars go flat as locals ditch the caña – but tourists are keeping the taps running
Beer sales have slumped 16% in three years, with brewers pinning their hopes on foreign visitors and the booming alcohol-free market
Anti-Semitic incidents in Spain soar by almost 15% in a year – as Jewish groups warn of ‘alarming’ rise in hate
ISRAELI ministers blame Madrid, although Spain's own figures show a smaller but sharply rising count.
Fears grow for iconic Spanish car brand Seat after parent company Volkswagen admits future is ‘increasingly complex’
FEARS are growing for the future of iconic Spanish car brand Seat after parent company Volkswagen admitted its future was becoming ‘increasingly complex’.
One critically injured and nine others hurt after carbon monoxide leak aboard ship docked in Barcelona port
TEN people have been hurt after a carbon monoxide leak in the hold of a cargo ship docked in Barcelona port. One person is in
WATCH: Demolition finally begins of doomed two-star Hotel Ibis in Malaga – four months after devastating fire gutted building
DEMOLITION work has finally begun on Malaga’s doomed Hotel Ibis – almost four months on from the devastating fire that gutted the building.
Spain’s migrant amnesty eases traditional August jobs slump – with 70% of new roles going to foreign workers
SPAIN'S traditional August jobs slump was slower than normal this year thanks to Pedro Sanchez's controversial migrant regularisation scheme.
The mind-boggling science behind next August’s total solar eclipse over southern Spain – including three minutes of darkness in Cadiz
CADIZ will experience nearly three minutes of totality on August 2, 2027, as a rare total solar eclipse passes directly over the province.
The day that Spain exploded in anger for Ceuta and its people after one month of crisis
“We were being invaded by 60,000 people, that is almost the whole population of Ceuta,” one protestor told The Olive Press.
Spain’s minimum wage increases to €1,425 a month – a rise of just €43 that puts it in second tier of EU economies
The top tier all pay above €12 an hour, led by Luxembourg on €15.60; the middle group includes Spain at €8.40; and the bottom pay
Spain calls on Brussels to tax private jets and fossil fuel profits to fund Europe-wide wildfire response
SPAIN is leading calls for the EU to tax private jets and the profits of fossil fuel companies to bankroll a Europe-wide climate resilience fund.
Spain activates first-ever September red heat alert – temperatures soar past 45C in unprecedented late-summer scorcher
The 45.7C peak, recorded in El Granado, Huelva, ties the national September heat record previously set in Montoro, Cordoba, exactly a decade ago in 2016.
Police seize more than three tonnes of cocaine after daring high-speed chase with narcolancha off Canary Islands
THE Guardia Civil has seized a narco-boat to the south of Gran Canaria which was carrying over three tonnes of cocaine.
Spain set to approve Aena investment plan this month, boasting ‘most competitive airport fees in Europe’
TRANSPORT minister Óscar Puente says the new DORA III scheme will keep charges low, but the competition watchdog and Ryanair disagree
Warning of huge delays at Malaga Airport as severe fog blankets runway
TRAVELLERS flying in and out of the Costa del Sol this Friday should expect severe delays after a thick band of fog blanketed the runway
WATCH: Fugitive leader of notorious Colombian ‘El Mesa’ narco-gang with €70,000 bounty is arrested by police in Spanish holiday resort
A NOTORIOUS Colombian gangster wanted over the killing of seven people has been arrested in a popular Spanish seaside resort.
Barcelona drug traffickers tried to recruit Sergio Aguero into money laundering scheme
THE gang spent months chasing a business deal with former Atletico Madrid and Manchester City striker.
