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Concern in Spain’s tourism sector as Brits turn their back on holiday islands

BRITS are turning away from Spain’s main tourism islands- new figures show. Tenerife’s tourism sector is sounding the alarm after bookings from British tourists went

20 May, 2025 @ 12:03

Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

EXPLAINER: What the UK-EU deal means for businesses and expats in Spain

EXPLAINER: What the new UK-EU deal means for businesses and expats in Spain

THE UK-EU deal on a new post-Brexit relationship unveiled on Monday was a wide-ranging affair, with some details still to be ironed out. There appear

20 May, 2025 @ 11:33

Brexit·Lead·National News

Sun-seeking Brits made up a fifth of record monthly total for foreign tourists in Spain

British tourists to Spain accounted for one in five in April as tourism boom continues

A FIFTH of visitors to Spain this April were Brits as the United Kingdom continues to dominate the tourism boom. Brits represented 21.1% of visitors

20 May, 2025 @ 11:16

Lead·Travel News

Spain's top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

Dutch tourist is attacked and robbed by a man and two women while cleaning his car in southern Spain

A DUTCH man was assaulted and robbed last Wednesday in Algeciras in a parking lot behind the San Bernardo bus station. The victim was cleaning

20 May, 2025 @ 11:05

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Move aside Rome: Spain has its own Trevi Fountain in the Andalucian heartlands

THE CITY of water, is home to a cordoban fountain, on par with Rome’s Trevi Fountain. In Priego de Córdoba, known for its Baroque architecture

20 May, 2025 @ 11:04

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead·Olive Press Travel

BREAKING: Network outage leaves swathes of Spain without landline coverage

A NETWORK outage has left vast areas of Spain without landline coverage just weeks after the nationwide blackout. This morning, popular telecommunications company Telefonica announced

20 May, 2025 @ 10:36

Basque Country·Lead·Valencian Community

Europa League Final build-up: The madcap rush to get to Spain for Spurs v Manchester United in Bilbao – and avoid the price gouging

By Jon Clarke in Bilbao ENGLISH football fans were flying into all parts of Spain, as well as Portugal and France, in order to make

19 May, 2025 @ 18:45

Basque Country·Lead·Sport

Outraged Spanish town refuses Costa del Sol mafia drama ‘Marbella’ permission to film

THE town of La Linea has refused to collaborate with the production company behind ‘Marbella’, a new series about drug trafficking currently being filmed in

19 May, 2025 @ 18:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Police make multiple arrests to bring down family-led drugs gang in Spain

A SEVEN month probe into a family-led drugs trafficking gang has produced 40 arrests in Valencia and Madrid. The Policia Nacional described the operation as

19 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez demands Israel be kicked out of Eurovision ‘like Russia was’

SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez weighed in on the debate over Israel’s controversial participation in Eurovision on Monday, calling for the country to be kicked

19 May, 2025 @ 17:43

La Cultura·Lead·Politics

Polish property buyers head west to Spain to escape war in the east

POLES looking for a safe haven are boosting foreign property sales in Spain amidst fears that Russia could attack their homeland. They had the biggest

19 May, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·Property

Spain’s parliament moves to legalise nearly half a million undocumented workers

MORE than 400,000 undocumented workers could soon have full legal rights to live and work in Spain. It’s been a drawn-out process, with political negotiations

19 May, 2025 @ 17:07

Lead

WATCH: Horror collision between lorry and bus injures 12 and shuts down Costa del Sol motorway

A BUS and a truck collided on Sunday on the AP-7 at the height of Torremolinos and left a dozen people injured, according to emergency

19 May, 2025 @ 16:45

Lead·Malaga

From Marbella to Madrid: The Costa del Sol’s original guiri signs for Real in €60m deal

DEAN Huijsen, a Dutch-born Spanish international who spent his childhood on the Costa del Sol, will join Real Madrid this summer after the Spanish giants

19 May, 2025 @ 16:18

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Sport

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Spanish police make huge haul of contraband tobacco ‘smuggled in from Gibraltar’

MORE than 22,000 packs of unmarked tobacco have been seized by the Guardia Civil during a major anti-smuggling operation in the municipality of Los Barrios,

19 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Expat neighbours ‘thrilled’ as neglected animals are finally rescued in southern Spain

THREE horses, including a foal, and a donkey have been rescued from alleged neglect after five months of complaints by neighbours. The Cartagena City Council’s

19 May, 2025 @ 15:22

Costa del Sol·Lead

Spain orders Airbnb to block 65,000 illegal tourist apartments ahead of summer season

65,000 AIRBNB listings for unlicensed tourist flats in Spain face being removed after a Madrid court threw out an appeal by the company. The Ministry

19 May, 2025 @ 14:30

Lead·National News·Property

WATCH: Spain’s queen enjoys ‘white privilege’ fashion rule at Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Vatican mass

THE king and queen of Spain attended Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass at the Vatican on Sunday as the new pontiff declared that he wanted

19 May, 2025 @ 13:56

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead·National News

LISTEN: The new Olive Press podcast delves deep into the expat stories that matter in Spain

KEEN to go behind the scenes and find out how investigative journalism works in Spain? The Olive Press has proudly launched a new topical podcast

19 May, 2025 @ 13:22

Lead·Other News

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Salobrena with pool – € 285,000

Duplex apartment in Playa, with 160 m² built, 153 m² useful, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, good condition, exterior, 2nd floor, 3 terrace(s), 15 m² of

19 May, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Drone flew into protected airspace over nuclear power plant in Spain

Pilot arrested after flying drone over protected nuclear power plant in Spain

A DRONE pilot has landed himself in trouble after flying his unit over a nuclear power plant in Valencia province. The incident happened last Tuesday.

19 May, 2025 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Shock in the Costa del Sol as huge shark is sighted near Marbella – but don’t worry it’s harmless

A SHARK was spotted just a few hundred metres off the coast of Marbella this weekend – but there’s no need to panic, as this

19 May, 2025 @ 12:23

Lead·Marbella

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Why you need to visit Spain’s Bilbao this year

How to enjoy one one of Europe’s best gems in 72 hours

19 May, 2025 @ 12:10

Basque Country·Food & Drink·Lead·Travel News

Kanye West rents out famed open-air museum as his Mallorca love affair continues

AMERICAN singer and rapper Kanye West has rented out the Pueblo Español museum in Mallorca for six weeks. It’s unclear why West is on the

19 May, 2025 @ 11:49

Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

British expat arrested for running ‘sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm on Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man has been accused of running a marijuana farm inside a warehouse in an Alicante province town. The 37-year-old expat has been arrested

19 May, 2025 @ 11:28

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Brits heading to Spain ‘will be able to use e-gates and skip queues’ as part of new UK-EU deal

THE UK is pushing for British passport holders to be able to use EU e-gates when entering Spain and other EU member states at the

19 May, 2025 @ 11:13

Lead·Olive Press Travel

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