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BREAKING: Forest fire declared in Spain’s Andalucia as firefighters scramble planes and helicopter to tackle the blaze

Footage taken from a helicopter drafted in to tackle the flames shows huge plumes of smoke bellowing from the hills near Calañas in Huelva

10 Aug, 2023 @ 14:00

Andalucia·Lead

Swimming pools open at night in Antequera and Pizarra of Spain’s Andalucia as heatwaves continue

TWO Malaga province towns in Spain’s Andalucia are opening swimming pools at night to allow residents to cool off throughout the summer months. The town

10 Aug, 2023 @ 13:59

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

427 people living in Spain's Balearic Islands pocketed over €50,000 each month in 2021

427 super-high earners living in Spain’s Balearic Islands pocketed over €50,000 each month in 2021

A TOTAL of 427 people residing in the Balearic Islands declared salaries in 2021 that exceeded €50,000 month. It means that the fortunate group earn

10 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Mallorca·Menorca

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Torrox with garage – € 337,000

Torrox, Málaga 3 beds 0 baths € 337,000 The new-build development in Malaga is a development composed of 111 two, three and four-bedroom

10 Aug, 2023 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Forest fire warning in Spain as majority of country is placed under most extreme ‘red’ alert – while neighbouring Portugal tackles ‘critical’ inferno that has seen 1,400 evacuated

Almost the entirety of Spain is under an extreme risk of forest fires this week as the third heat wave of the summer sends temperatures

10 Aug, 2023 @ 12:38

Lead

Climate change causing increased fish biting attacks on swimmers in Spain's Mallorca

Climate change causing fish biting attacks on swimmers in Spain’s Mallorca

CLIMATE CHANGE causing seas to hot up may be behind increasing cases of fish biting swimmers in Mallorca. Several bathers have suffered bite marks caused

10 Aug, 2023 @ 11:47

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Briton, 42, is arrested on suspicion of selling cocaine in Ibiza

The 42-year-old was found with 35 wraps of the drug in the early hours of Saturday morning

10 Aug, 2023 @ 10:38

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Arabic Baths Cultural Center in Spain’s Jaen welcomes surge in visitors

SITUATED in the historic city center of Jaen, the Centro Cultural Baños Árabes Palacio de Villardompardo has observed a notable rise in visitor numbers, reflecting

10 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Jaen·La Cultura

New acting course at Gibraltar College will gear up students for university studies, government says

AN ACTING course that will have the same academic value as an A-level will launch at the Gibraltar College in partnership with a local academy.

10 Aug, 2023 @ 09:30

Education·Gibraltar

Christmas drone show in Spain’s Malaga inaugurated this weekend

Spain’s Antequera annual fair swaps traditional fireworks for eco-friendly drone show

ANTEQUERA’S yearly fair is taking a greener approach by replacing its regular fireworks display with an eco-friendly drone show. Starting on August 23 and running

10 Aug, 2023 @ 09:30

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

Ferries in Spain’s Andalucia use biofuels to cut carbon emissions by 90% across Straits of Gibraltar

FERRIES that cut down carbon dioxide emissions by 90% using locally made biofuels will soon sail out of the Algeciras port in Spain’s Andalucia. A

10 Aug, 2023 @ 09:14

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment

Spain's reservoir levels fall but no drought worries compared to a year ago

Three more Malaga inland towns stop overnight water supply as heatwave in Spain’s Andalucia heightens

THREE more Malaga province villages in Spain’s Andalucia will cut water supply overnight as weather forecasters predict temperatures to rise above 44C. Inland areas of

10 Aug, 2023 @ 08:57

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Carreras De Caballos En La Playa De Sanlucar Al Atardecer

Iconic Sanlucar horse races in Spain’s Cadiz kick off today

THE renowned Sanlucar horse races are gearing up for another edition on the beaches of Cadiz province. This historical event, now in its 178th year

10 Aug, 2023 @ 08:45

Cadiz·Entertainment·Lead

Police Seize more than twenty bottles of ‘laughing gas’ from a group of youths in Spain’s Mijas

THE Mijas local police have recently intervened in an incident involving a group of underage individuals using nitrous oxide, commonly referred to as ‘laughing gas’,

10 Aug, 2023 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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

Tourist, 32, is killed while riding a jetski along Spain’s Costa del Sol in second such death in less than a month

It comes after a woman of the same age died in a similar accident in El Palo on July 16

9 Aug, 2023 @ 20:24

Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Four works of art stolen from a Palma gallery have been recovered in Belgium

FOUR paintings valued at €31,000, stolen from a gallery in Palma have been recovered in Belgium. The stolen pieces included work of Glasgow artist José

9 Aug, 2023 @ 19:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca

Benidorm shops selling 'on display 'cannabis opposite popular tourist beaches are closed by police on Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm shops openly selling cannabis next to popular tourist beach are closed down by police in Spain

SIX BENIDORM stores openly selling cannabis and other drugs in the Levante beach and Marina areas have been closed down by the Policia Nacional. 22

9 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Intrepid CEO prepares to brave waves, winds and wild creatures in charity swim across Strait of Gibraltar

A HARDY hotelier is part of a group of four who have set the ambitious goal of swimming from Europe to Africa in the name

9 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Cadiz·Gibraltar·Must Read

Developers propose 13-storey apartments and shopping complex at Gibraltar’s old Queen’s Cinema site

DEVELOPERS want to build two new 13-storey tall buildings that will include elderly housing, shops and cafes at the site of Gibraltar’s old Queen’s cinema

9 Aug, 2023 @ 16:51

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

Transfer of trans prisoner into female wing sparks pregnancy scandal in Spain’s Alicante prison

ONE of Spain’s toughest prisons has been forced to implement ‘shower watch’ shifts due to a female prisoner falling pregnant after a trans inmate was

9 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Lead

Angry passenger thumps bus driver in face and hurls him out of vehicle- just missing passing cars- in Spain’s Valencia

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a Valencia man, 27, who attacked a city bus driver who would not let him use somebody else’s travel pass.

9 Aug, 2023 @ 14:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

UK and Gibraltar police dig up Town Range parking lot to pursue new clues on 1986 Simon Parkes mystery

POLICE from Gibraltar and the UK are taking part in a new dig for remains of Simon Parkes, who has been missing since 1986 when

9 Aug, 2023 @ 14:47

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Horror moment boy, 16, is savagely gored by bull at festival near Spain’s Benidorm, sparking calls for tougher controls

The horror incident took place at the annual ‘Bous al carrer’ event in Calpe, on the Costa Blanca, just a few miles north of Benidorm

9 Aug, 2023 @ 14:34

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Mijas Costa with pool garage – € 215,000

Mijas Costa, Málaga 2 beds 2 baths € 215,000 BRAND NEW APARTMENTS NEAR BEACH – from €215,000. Ready now and move into these

9 Aug, 2023 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Spain sees olive oil price war as supermarkets FINALLY lower the cost of ‘liquid gold’

Olive oil prices rocket to sky-high levels as olive harvests get ravaged by drought across Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es OLIVE OIL price rises are showing no sign of slowing down in Spain with the cost of a

9 Aug, 2023 @ 12:51

Environment·Lead·National News·Weather

Swimmer in Spain's Valencia arrested at beach for seizing an exotic turtle that was going to be used as dog food

Swimmer in Spain’s Valencia arrested at beach for seizing exotic turtle to use as dog food

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A MAN has been arrested at Valencia’s Malvarosa beach after finding an exotic turtle while bathing which he

9 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

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