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Two women died after car crash in Coin (Malaga)

Alberto Lejarraga - 5 May, 2023 @ 18:45

TWO WOMEN have died after their cars crashed in the A-355 road in Coin (Malaga) today (Friday May 5) after midnight. It is believed that...

Malaga

Road fatalities on urban roads in Spain’s Malaga grows by an alarming 37%

Cristina Hodgson - 11 Oct, 2022 @ 09:15

MALAGA closed the year 2021 with a significant increase in the number of fatal car accidents on urban roads. According to a recent report on...

Pedro Sanchez gets his 2022 budget plans passed in Spain's lower house of parliament

Politics

Pedro Sánchez says council will approve a ‘drastic reduction’ of the AP-9 tolls

Kirsty Mckenzie - 26 Jul, 2021 @ 16:35

PEDRO Sánchez has confirmed the Council of Ministers will approve a ‘drastic reduction’ in tolls on the AP-9 in Galicia on Tuesday. This announcement was made...

Crime & Law

Man arrested after driving FOUR kilometres on wrong side of road and crashing in Spain’s Andalucia

Charlie Smith - 16 Aug, 2019 @ 09:43

Breathalyser tests found that the driver was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol

Business & Finance

Costa del Sol toll charges to be scrapped THIS YEAR

Charlie Smith - 5 Jun, 2019 @ 18:58

The AP-4, running from Sevilla to Cadiz will also have finished its contract by the end of the year

Business & Finance

REVEALED: Over half Spain’s 66 most dangerous bridges in Andalucia government says

Charlie Smith - 10 Dec, 2018 @ 15:03

OVER half of Spain's 66 bridges with 'serious safety problems' are in Andalucia, government data has revealed. The 66 bridges represent 0.29% of the 23,000...

Environment

ROCKY ROAD: Drivers in Spain’s Andalucia narrowly escape falling five-tonne boulder

Charlie Smith - 21 Nov, 2018 @ 00:38

With a history of rock falls in the area the mayor took no chances in sealing off the highway ahead of heavy rain forecasts

Business & Finance

Spanish lorry drivers pay UK government over €4 million in last year

Rob Horgan - 18 Apr, 2015 @ 13:14

In total, foreign drivers have paid a massive €60 million to the UK Treasury since a levy was introduced

Malaga

Run down roads to get repairs in Torre del Mar

Tom Powell - 25 Dec, 2014 @ 12:54

Mayor Francisco Bonilla plans to rejuvenate Torre del Mar as a 'flagship tourism town'

Columnists

Call me a road racist but …

Giles Brown - 1 Dec, 2014 @ 09:00

Why the new-style licence plates drive Giles Brown round the bend

Lead

UK foreign office warns British tourists in Spain of highway robbers

Tom Powell - 17 Jun, 2014 @ 11:08

ITV show Good Morning Britain has contacted the Olive Press looking for victims of 'distraction crime' in Spain

Lead

Fatal car crashes in Spain soar due to alcohol, drugs and ageing cars, reveals survey

Tom Powell - 6 Jun, 2014 @ 13:23

More than one in ten drivers on Spanish roads are intoxicated, according to official data

Lead

Scottish businessman killed in car collision on main coastal road by Puerto Banus

Tom Powell - 6 May, 2014 @ 13:12

Billy Peterkin, 59, was on the first night of his stag holiday when he died

Malaga

Speed cameras fitted at Costa del Sol blackspot

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 4 Jul, 2013 @ 16:58

Cameras will finally be installed on the A-7's sharp bend in La Cala de Mijas

Lead

Road to nowhere

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 16 Jun, 2013 @ 08:30

Toll roads around Spain are in danger of shutting as the construction boom sees one more victim

reversible signs remind expats on which side of the road to drive

National News

The Olive Press offers readers chance to drive like a pro in Spain

Helen Pierpoint - 13 Jul, 2012 @ 15:32

Five readers will win a set of reversible signs which remind you which side of the road to keep on

Lead

Road to ruin for expat in Spain

Eloise Horsfield - 23 May, 2012 @ 09:03

Londoner's retirement ruined after plans for road through his house turn from bad to worse

Almeria

Snowstorms close 11 roads in Andalucia

Eloise Horsfield - 17 Jan, 2012 @ 11:32

Roads in Almeria, Cadiz and Granada are affected by snowstorms

Road and rail projects cancelled

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 26 Jul, 2010 @ 18:14

Andalucia's road improvements are halted as the government claws back cash

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Watch: Spanish streamer groped by British man in Benidorm while broadcasting live

Simon Hunter - 22 Sep, 2023 @ 13:18

A SPANISH streamer was groped live on air by a British man in Benidorm this week, becoming the second Spaniard to suffer such a...

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Monte Pego with pool – € 428,000

22 Sep, 2023 @ 13:05

Spain’s summer hotel occupation nears pre-pandemic levels despite historically high room prices

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E-scooter seriously injures child after two other drunken riders get big fines and a driving ban

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Spain’s Navy buys Gibraltar-registered tugboat despite summer tensions over territorial waters

22 Sep, 2023 @ 09:39

Green campaign group issues climate change plea to both parties ahead of Gibraltar elections

22 Sep, 2023 @ 09:30

Technicians from the Center for Underwater Archaeology are analyzing the remains of a sunken ship off the coast of a beach in Marbella. Credit Junta

Archaeologists investigate possible 18th Century Spanish military shipwreck off San Pedro Beach in Spain’s Marbella

22 Sep, 2023 @ 08:45

Double Celestial Delight: Two Eclipses, both visible from Spain’s Andalucia, await this autumn

22 Sep, 2023 @ 08:00

Child pornography and drugs gang busted in Spain's Costa Blanca

Spain sees convictions for homophobic hate crimes spike in 2022

21 Sep, 2023 @ 16:30

British Holidaymaker Dies After Plunging From Seventh Floor Magaluf Hotel Balcony On Spain's Mallorca

British teens in Magaluf hotel rampage arrested for refusing to pay for damages – and even accused cops of...

21 Sep, 2023 @ 16:30

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