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‘NO CLEAN SWEEP’ as Torrevieja road cleaner used his work time to run a high-earning cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Torrevieja road sweeper used his job as a cover to run a drugs gang which included an 80-year-old woman who stitched bags containing narcotics.

11 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Valencia man gets nine years for raping teenage daughters in family home

The convicted rapist admitted to sexually assaulting his two daughters when they were 12 and 13 years old

11 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Valencia

Spain & Brexit – A Mixed Bag Of Outcomes

Brexit, the long and arduous path to the UK’s exit from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Union has certainly resulted in what

11 Mar, 2021 @ 13:04

Business & Finance·Gibraltar

No Way San Jose: Spain’s bans travel over Father’s Day bank holiday weekend

SPAIN has banned travel between regions over the March 19th long weekend, a bank holiday for Father’s Day that is observed in some, but not

11 Mar, 2021 @ 13:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·National News·Travel News·Valencia

Does Your Financial Adviser Manage Your Pension or Investment In The Best Way Possible?

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial Chorus Financial strive to offer the best Investment Management in Spain, basing our client

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:55

Uber to offer free rides to vaccination centres in Spain’s Malaga

UBER has announced it will offer two free rides worth up to €15 euros to all people over the age of 80 called for vaccinations.

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News

WELCOME TO TREE CITY: Valencia’s Gandia earns international award for its trees and gardens

GANDIA has been officially named ‘Tree City of the World’ by the United Nations (UN). The capital of La Safor district (Valencia Province) currently has

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

Assaults on health workers in Andalucia fell significantly in 2020 though women still bear brunt of aggression

THE number of assaults on health personnel in Andalucia last year was the lowest since 2016, a new study reveals. Published on March 9 by

11 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead

Spain’s 17 regions to maintain perimetral lockdowns of territories over Easter week

SPAIN’S 17 regions will maintain border closure over Easter week and all large events will be suspended. In a bid to halt the spread of

11 Mar, 2021 @ 10:15

Lead·National News

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Authorities in Spain’s Canary Islands launch investigation as five migrants die at sea

HUMAN sacrifice has been added to the dangers facing desperate people from Africa trying to escape to Europe, with Spanish authorities investigating claims that migrants

11 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·National News

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Man rushed to hospital with snake bite found to have 45 fatal and illegal reptiles hidden at home

COPS in Toldeo uncovered a hoard of illegal snakes inside the home of a 31-year-old man after he was rushed to hospital with a snake

11 Mar, 2021 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Other News

Nurse killed in ‘horrible and incomprehensible’ stabbing while working at Prince of Asturias Hospital in Madrid

TRIBUTES have been paid to a nurse who was slashed in the throat and killed while working on at a hospital on Madrid in on Saturday

11 Mar, 2021 @ 08:47

Crime & Law·Other News

NEW COVID-19 infections maintain their quick downward spiral in Spain’s Valencian Community

CORONAVIRUS infections are maintaining their steep fall in the Valencian Community with just 221 new cases reported today(March 10). That’s 128 lower than Tuesday’s total

10 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain hopes to introduce vaccine passports as early as May

THE Spanish Minister for Tourism, Maria Reyes Maroto, announced today that vaccine passports could be introduced in May. “We could be in a position to

10 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Coronavirus·Lead

Young neighbours help to save elderly resident from house fire on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have praised residents for their prompt action that helped to save the life of a Pilar de la Horadada woman on the southern Costa

10 Mar, 2021 @ 17:50

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Can summer holidays be saved? Spain now plans to restart tourism when 30-40% of population are vaccinated

SPANISH tourism minister, Maria Reyes Maroto, announced on Tuesday that Spain plans to reopen tourism when 30-40% of the nation has been immunised against COVID-19.

10 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

Driver who narrowly missed security guard tracked down in Gibraltar

POLICE officers tracked down and arrested a man who almost ran over a security guard at Waterport Terraces.

10 Mar, 2021 @ 16:55

Gibraltar

No early vaccinations for young people despite serious COVID-19 case numbers in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A THIRD of COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community are down to the ‘British’ strain

THE ‘British’ strain of COVID-19 is accounting for 30% of coronavirus cases in the Valencian Community according to the regional health minister, Ana Barcelo. She

10 Mar, 2021 @ 16:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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Flat owner fined in Spain’s Malaga for third illegal party with 45 youngsters sharing hookahs

YET another illegal get together has been broken up by the Policia Local of Malaga in an apartment in the La Palmilla area of the

10 Mar, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead·Malaga

Isabel Diaz Ayuso Press Conference In Madrid

Madrid shock: Regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso triggers snap election with resignation

Madrid’s conservative leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso stepped down and dissolved the right-wing coalition regional government on Wednesday triggering a snap election. The shock move, described

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:50

Lead·Politics

Partido Popular Could Be Ousted From Running Murcia's Regional Government In Spain For The First Time Since Mid Nineties

Partido Popular could be ousted from controlling Spain’s Murcia region for the first time since mid-nineties

CORRUPTION allegations are behind a shock move that could end the Partido Popular’s 26-year grip on Murcia’s regional government. An unexpected motion of censure was

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:49

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Politics

Vaccination roll-out for almost 120,000 teachers and support staff starts in Spain’s Valencia region

SCHOOL TEACHERS will soon be able to receive the Astrazeneca Covid-19 jab as vaccination points have been named across the Costa Blanca. President of the

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Ceramic tiles are Castellon's leading industry

TRICKS OF THE TRADE: Castellon tile sector requests €6m of EU funding to build refuse treatment plant

THE ceramic tile trade is by far the largest and most important industry in Castellon Province. Widely known and respected throughout the world as a

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance

Barcelona scientists discover new bird-like dinosaur species in Spain with links to prehistoric Asia

SCIENTISTS from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have released papers that have identified a brand new dinosaur species from bones found 18 years ago. The

10 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Lead

Few places in Spain beat Benahavis’ location, insists expat councillor Scott Marshall

THE GEM of the costas, as Scott puts it, is only 10 minutes from Marbella and the golden sands of the Costa del Sol. Malaga

10 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead

International Women’s Day: Celebrating the inspirational work of expat women in Spain

TO CELEBRATE International Women’s Day this week, The Olive Press sought out some of the most inspiring women from across Spain to shine a light

10 Mar, 2021 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News

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