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Police smash drug traffickers hiding stashes in potato lorries travelling from Spain to Poland
POLICE in Spain and Poland have brought down an international drug trafficking gang that shipped in large amounts of drugs hidden in lorries transporting...
Minister in Spain laughs off accusations that government is ‘legalising bestiality’
SOCIAL RIGHTS Minister Ione Belarra has laughed off accusations that the Spanish government is ‘decriminalising bestiality’.
The leader of the leftist Podemos party said during...
Machine guns and revolvers brought in to Spain’s Valencia from Poland for black market sales
A weapons cache has been discovered in a disused Polish ambulance parked up at L'Eliana in Valencia province.
The Policia Nacional found two assault machine...
Two Nazi looted paintings displayed in Spain are returned to Poland
TWO 15th century paintings looted from Poland during World War II that ended up in Spain's Galicia region, have been sent back after 79...
Travelling robbery gang strikes across Spain and sells off stolen goods to foreign buyers
A highly-specialised travelling band of robbers operating in five provinces have been caught red-handed after breaking into a Castellon area home.
The three Georgian nationals...
Spain gets another Masters 1000 tennis title winner but its not Nadal or Alcaraz
PABLO Carreno Busta, 31, won the Canadian Open title in Montreal on Sunday to take what he described as the 'best title of his...
Spain’s national train operator testing freight route to bring Ukrainian grain to Barcelona
SPAIN'S train operator, Renfe, is running an experimental freight train across Europe to import grain from the Ukraine.
Grain exports had until recently come to...
Dangerous Polish fugitive arrested inside Costa Blanca nightclub in Spain
A dangerous Polish criminal who ran a drug trafficking gang and tried to kill a rival gang leader, has been arrested at a Costa...
Spain’s Valencia City explains why it wants to become the 2024 European Green Capital
VALENCIA leaders have presented details on Monday on their bid to become Europe's Green Capital in 2024.
Valencia City was officially declared a candidate in...
Wanted Polish man arrested at Costa Blanca airport in Spain after jetting in from Ireland
A Polish fugitive who had a European Arrest Warrant issued against him two years ago, has been caught at Alicante-Elche airport.
The man, 37, flew...
Spain’s Foreign Ministry seeks news of ‘arrested’ Valencia pensioner in occupied area of Ukraine
SPAIN'S Foreign Ministry is looking into the arrest of a Valencian pensioner by Russian troops during a protest in the occupied Ukrainian city of...
Drugs lord arrested at luxury Costa Blanca home in Spain for exporting narcotics via lorries across Europe
A Polish drugs lord who used lorries from Spain to transport drugs to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
Officers...
Have you seen Michal? Family search for Polish engineer missing on Costa del Sol
IN a desperate search to find her missing brother Michal, Maria Jagier has sent out appeals to police forces, social media groups and even...
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EXCLUSIVELY for Olive Press readers, author Sabina Ostrowska is offering a free download of her book The Crinkle Crankle Wall: Our First Year in...
REVEALED: How police prevented violent battle between Polish and Spanish football hooligans during Euro 2020
Details have emerged of the exhaustive ‘anti-ultra’ operation carried out by the Policia Nacional against football hooligans.
The force prevented three separate groups of dangerous...
BUSTED: Costa Blanca prostitution gang who cheated COVID-19 travel rules to lure victims into Spain
POLICE have smashed a Costa Blanca-based European prostitution gang that supplied women with fake medical papers to beat COVID-19 border closures.
Polish and Russian women...
Benidorm area riddle of missing Polish businessman flush with cash on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Polish businessman who disappeared last autumn may have been murdered at his Costa Blanca rental villa by members of a drugs gang.
The Guardia...
WATCH: Violent eastern European drug traffickers who smuggled guns among COVID-19 medical supplies busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca with...
A VICIOUS drug trafficking gang has been dramatically captured during a house raid in Alicante.
The bust concluded an international investigation involving police forces from...
Five British men and women held over ‘cannabis courier service’ as 100kgs of drugs seized on Spain’s Costa del...
According to police the Brit suspects would frequently change their rented cars and apartments to keep officers off the scent
Police bust Benidorm sex club after Polish gang stole thousands by adding zeros to customer’s bills
Three Polish women aged 22, 23 and 27 were among those arrested at the club frequented by Brits
Cruel British tourists in Spain pay homeless man to get humiliating face tattoo
The incident has infuriated expats and locals alike
Spain falls behind on list of world’s most corrupt countries, ranks below Qatar, Poland and Botswana
SPAIN has dropped a place on the 'world's most corrupt country' list.
Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index for 2017, released yesterday, places Spain at 42nd...
Spain MEP defends women in European Parliament sexism storm
MEP Iratxe Garcia Perez, of the PSOE, condemned far right Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke women were 'too weak, small and unintelligent' for equal pay
Barack Obama’s first Presidential visit to Spain announced
The visit comes at a time of political uncertainty in Spain
More than two thirds of Spaniards want the UK to remain in the EU
All five countries surveyed want Britain to avoid Brexit
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