MUST READ: Ryanair cabin crew strike inches closer as airline scraps union talks in Spain
BUDGET airline Ryanair has walked out of talks with two unions in Spain over improved pay and conditions for cabin staff. It increases the chance
IN IMAGES: Smoke engulfs homes as 3,000 residents evacuated in Pujerra wildfire in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol
SOME 3,000 residents have so far been evacuated from their homes as firefighters battled against a wildfire raging across the hills above Estepona and Marbella
Police recover over €12,000 of cash and items stolen from Ukrainian refugee in distraction theft on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Ukrainian refugee had money and personal effects worth around €12,000 stolen in an Alicante City distraction theft. Two men, both aged 37, have been
Multiple sclerosis sufferers in Spain can get symptom relief from new drug
SPAIN is getting its first doses of an American drug to help people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, which accounts for 80% of MS sufferers. Zeposia
Huge team battling forest fire blazing through Pujerra in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol
A FOREST FIRE is blazing through the municipality of Pujerra, in the Valle del Genal. The fire was first reported at 3.30pm on Wednesday. A
Mobile phone company duped by €240,000 credit card con in Spain
A nationwide scam left an unnamed mobile phone operator in Spain out of pocket by over €240,000. The firm was tricked by a gang using
Benidorm’s Terra Natura park welcomes deadly tarantula and snakes seized from Costa Blanca house in Spain
A poisonous tarantula and two snakes have been removed from an Altea house and taken to Benidorm’s Terra Natura nature and animal park. Altea council
Greenpeace hangs big rubber shark outside Spain’s Ministry of Fisheries in Madrid on UN World Oceans Day
A five-metre high rubber shark was hung by Greenpeace protestors outside a government ministry in Spain on Wednesday to coincide with UN World Oceans Day.
Pensioners in Spain’s Malaga robbed of bank cards by two women who watched them tap in PIN numbers at ATMs
POLICE in Malaga have arrested two women who stole bank cards from pensioners and illegally withdrew money from their accounts. The duo aged 24 and
A new life for abandoned village in rural Spain sold in its entirety for €100,000Â
AFTER just three months on the market and a surge of interest from across Spain, an abandoned village in rural Segovia has been snapped up
U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Councillor calls for longer extension period on UK driving licence swap as British Ambassador in Spain remains coy
AS the Olive Press continues to campaign for Brits to once again be allowed to swap their UK licence for a Spanish one and get
EXCLUSIVE: ‘My phone was hacked’, claims expat boyfriend of ex-Qatari princess found dead in Marbella, on Spain’s Costa del SolÂ
THE boyfriend of a Qatari princess found dead under suspicious circumstances on the Costa del Sol claims his phone was hacked days after her body
British consultant accused of defrauding UK expats in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas over Spanish residency cards
A 33-year-old British man has been arrested in the Murcia region for allegedly defrauding 25 fellow expats in Spain. The man arranged Spanish residency cards
Ex-King Juan Carlos cancels quick return to Spain amidst fears of another ‘media circus’
SPAIN’S ex-monarch, Juan Carlos, has cancelled this weekend’s return to the country for a regatta in Galicia. 84-year-old Juan Carlos dominated the headlines last month
Supermarkets in Spain will have to sell cut-price ‘ugly’ fruit and veg to reduce food waste
SUPERMARKETS will be ordered to sell ‘out-of-shape’ fruit and vegetables to cut down on food waste. The move is part of a new food waste
Hi-tech electronic scam foiled to give written driving test answers on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A written driving test candidate went to extraordinary lengths to pass the exam by using hi-tech gear at the Alicante test centre. Driving tests in
Circus monkey rescued in Ukraine starts his new life in Spain’s Alicante area
A monkey forced to perform in Ukraine circuses and dumped in a dog shelter after his owner died in the war, has started a new
How to invest in a dream, not a nightmare: The Olive Press guide to buying in Spain’s campo
The Olive Press asks a series of industry professionals how to avoid falling into traps when buying rural properties.
Ryanair ordered to pay flight delay compensation by court in Spain’s Mallorca after four-year tussle
A Mallorca court has awarded six Ryanair passengers €1,533 in compensation after their flights were delayed in the summer of 2018. The Irish budget airline
Young robbers steal from churches in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to pay for luxury hotel stays and gambling
A gang of young thieves plundered churches across the Murcia and Alicante Province areas in a robbery wave that started in January. Nine people have
IN PICS: Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz attends unveiling of massive tribute mural in his home town in Spain’s Murcia
MURCIA tennis star, Carlos Alcaraz, returned to his home town of El Palmar on Monday to see the inauguration of a 400 square-metre mural dedicated
Luxury villa gets converted into marijuana farm in Spain’s Valencia with drugs sent to UK
THE Policia Nacional have raided a luxury villa in Chiva, Valencia Province, that housed a marijuana farm. Products from the clandestine nursery were exported to
Drunk British groom spends wedding night in prison after hitting new wife on Spain’s Mallorca
A British man had a wedding night to forget on Mallorca after hitting his wife and being carted off to jail. The young couple flew
Absurd ordeal: The truth about taking a driving test in Spain
Olive Press reader Dorothy Ryle shares her experience of taking the Spanish driving test.
U-TURN CAMPAIGN: British fintech guru calls for Spaniards in the UK to have licences immediately revoked until driving fiasco fixed
A BRITISH fintech entrepreneur insists it is time to play hardball in negotiations with the Spanish government on driving licences. With Brits who have lived
Thief takes surfboard-style La Manga sign from Mar Menor area of Spain and posts video of it in Madrid garden
THE Guardia Civil is looking for a Madrid man who stole one of the iconic surfboard-style kilometre signs from the Mar Menor in Murcia. The