Two men in Spain’s Valladolid arrested after argument over queue for children’s swings turns violent
THE POLICE had to be called to a park in the northern Spanish city of Valladolid on Wednesday night, after two fathers got into a
Seven-year-old boy dies in Spain’s Castellon province after falling out of window
A BOY aged seven died on Wednesday after falling out of a fourth-floor apartment in Benicarlo in Castellon province. The Civil Guard told the Spanish
Number of US visitors to Spain rises 17% in a year
MORE AND MORE American tourists are choosing Spain for their vacation destination, with the number of visitors from the United States arriving on these shores
Spain’s caretaker prime minister slammed by opposition for picking Morocco as holiday destination
NOT EVEN on vacation can Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, escape attacks from the country’s opposition parties. This time, the Socialist Party leader has
Spain’s job market breaks another new record in July but job creation slows slightly
THE SPANISH job market continued to perform well in the month of July, although job creation did start to slow slightly after a strong year
Woman from Spain’s Salamanca ordered to pay €10,000 after discussing neighbour’s noisy sex on TV program
GOSSIPING about a neighbour’s sex life has proved to be costly for a woman from the Spanish city of Salamanca, after it landed her with
Gas explosion leaves one dead, 14 injured in Spain’s northwestern city of Valladolid
A SUSPECTED gas explosion in the northwestern Spanish city of Valladolid left one woman dead and 14 people injured on Tuesday night. The body of
Spain’s Civil Guard arrests more than 100 people on suspicion of €1m SMS bank fraud scam
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es MORE than 100 people have been arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard on suspicion of defrauding as much
Warning over spike in domestic violence cases in Spain this summer as government calls on public to show ‘zero tolerance’
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE SPANISH government’s delegate against domestic violence, Victoria Rosell, on Tuesday called on the public to be alert
Catalan premier takes advantage of political stalemate in Spain to push for independence referendum
THE REGIONAL premier of Catalunya today took advantage of the stalemate after last week’s general elections in Spain to put pressure on the Socialist Party
Direct flights between New York and Spain’s Valencia could start in summer 2024
THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY’S new Tourist Minister Nuria Montes has said she is ‘sure’ that the region will get a direct air link between New York
Spain’s National Police and Colombian authorities deal major blow to Mexican Zetas drug gang
THE BOSS in Europe of the notorious Zetas Mexican drug gang has been arrested in Madrid, in an operation that netted the authorities 400 kilos
Arrival of August to bring unusual falls in temperature to parts of Spain
AFTER several heatwaves and an unusually wet month of May, the weather in Spain will continue to be unusual from the start of August onwards,
Resident can’t sleep due to neighbours having noisy sex in Spain’s Alicante area
AN ALICANTE area resident has told an amorous couple to tone down their passionate sex sessions because they are keeping people awake in an apartment
Police arrest parents in Spain’s Estepona after baby tests positive for cocaine
THE PARENTS of a baby have been arrested in Estepona after the child was admitted to hospital with a broken leg, among other injuries, and
Tourist coach carrying 49 people, most of them children, crashes in Spain’s Picos de Europa National Park
A TOURIST coach that was carrying 49 people, many of them children, was involved in a dramatic accident on Monday as it was ascending a
Madrid man faces 18 months in jail after killing partner’s dog in order to ‘do her harm’Â
A MADRID man is facing an 18-month jail term after he killed his partner’s dog in order to ‘do her harm’. He is being charged
Cops in Spain’s Tenerife arrest three after SMS bank phishing scam nets them €200,000Â
THE CIVIL GUARD has made three arrests in Tenerife after detecting an SMS phishing scam that conned as many as 170 people across Spain. A
Explainer: How the vote count from Spaniards living abroad just made Pedro Sanchez’s life a little bit more difficult
THE TASK ahead of Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez to be voted back in as prime minister became even more complicated this weekend, as the
Eight people drown in Spain in the space of just 24 hours
EIGHT people drowned in Spain this week in the space of just 24 hours, raising alarms that this year could be a particularly black one
It’s not over yet: How the votes from Spaniards abroad could alter the general election result
THE CONSERVATIVE Popular Party was the winner of Sunday’s general election, albeit falling short of a majority and leaving the country in a stalemate. But
Spain’s job market breaks new records as number of people in work exceeds 21-million mark for first time
SPAIN posted record employment figures in the second quarter of 2023, exceeding the 21-million mark for people in work for the first time ever. Meanwhile,
Madrid regional government to dismantle monument to 2004 train bombings to make way for new one
THE MADRID regional government will next month begin work to dismantle the monument in Atocha station commemorating the victims of the 2004 terrorist attacks in
Explainer: Why the winner of Sunday’s general election in Spain has done a U-turn to court the Socialists
THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, did a serious about face on Tuesday, as he continued to seek support for
Construction worker killed, two more injured, as school building collapses in Logroño
A CONSTRUCTION WORKER was killed and two others injured on Tuesday after a school building in the northern Spanish city of Logroño collapsed. The accident
Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos I due to make third visit home after going into self-imposed exile
SPAIN’S disgraced former king Juan Carlos I will be making another visit to Spain today, some three years after he went into self-imposed exile in