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Ryanair threatens to cut another million seats to Spain by next summer as airline goes all in against Spanish airports

RYANAIR has warned it could strip another one million seats from flights to Spain next summer if the country’s airport operator does not back down

12 Sep, 2025 @ 15:24

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Travel News

Ryanair makes welcome changes to carry-on luggage size after bruising battle with Spain’s airports

RYANAIR has increased the size of its free carry-on bag for all passengers following a dispute with Spanish authorities. Effective from early September 2025, travellers

11 Sep, 2025 @ 11:18

Lead·Other News·Travel News

WATCH: The Olive Press’s inaugural weekly news roundup – all the biggest stories, on video

This week we saw Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez call Israel’s operation in Gaza a genocide, as he announced an arms embargo on Israel, prompting Netanyahu

9 Sep, 2025 @ 15:33

Lead·Other News·Politics·Travel News·Video

Three weekend hikes that start at the source of Spain’s mightiest rivers

FINDING the source of a river can make for an incredible hike, with an opportunity to disconnect and relax in the untouched nature. Spain’s river

9 Sep, 2025 @ 13:00

Exploring Spain·Lead·Olive Press Travel

From fees to curricula to credentials: Your complete guide to choosing the right international school on the Costa del Sol

FOR many expat families, one of the biggest questions after moving to southern Spain is where their children will go to school. With dozens of

7 Sep, 2025 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Education·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Luxury hotel that hosts a fleet of private yachts ‘steals public water during punishing drought’ on Spanish holiday island

AUTHORITIES in Menorca have shut down an illegal well supplying a luxury hotel where suites cost up to $3,000 a night, even as the island

6 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Menorca·Other News

Woman takes own life in Spain’s Catalunya after having to wait in in A&E for 48 hours

A WOMAN with a severe psychiatric disorder has taken her own life in the emergency ward of Terrassa Hospital after waiting more than 48 hours

6 Sep, 2025 @ 10:00

Catalunya·Health·Lead·Other News

Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year

ESTEPONA, long considered one of the quieter corners of the Costa del Sol, has seen crime rise sharply in the first half of 2025. The

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:12

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Ryanair threatens ‘tourism disaster’ for Spain as it directs two million seats to rival holiday destinations

RYANAIR has warned of a “tourism disaster” for Spain as it slashes flights from regional airports and diverts capacity to rival destinations such as Italy,

4 Sep, 2025 @ 12:16

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Travel News

Fed signals looming rate cut — what it means for you in Spain

WHAT was said in Wyoming last month matters on the streets of Spain today. The Jackson Hole symposium, an annual gathering of the world’s most

2 Sep, 2025 @ 11:16

Business & Finance·Other News

Estepona set to expand beach cove much loved by tourists and expats with new ‘green leisure space and more parking’

THE council of Estepona has begun the process of reclaiming land next to the popular El Cristo beach, with the goal of turning it into

29 Aug, 2025 @ 12:11

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Environment·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Other News

HAVE YOU SEEN? Search is on for British expat who vanished from Marbella over a week ago

A BRITISH man has been missing in Marbella for 11 days, with no trace of his whereabouts. Andrew J. W., 66, was last seen in

27 Aug, 2025 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Two men, both 23, appear in court charged with stabbing 21-year-old to death in Malaga in the early hours

THE victim, named locally as Angel, was attacked just before 7:40am on the Alameda de Capuchinos, near a post office and a cafe where he

26 Aug, 2025 @ 12:39

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·crime·Lead·Malaga·Málaga

Appeal for witnesses in death of German boy, 17, whose body was found next to a motorbike in Marbella

THE family of a 17-year-old boy who died in Marbella are appealing for witnesses to help find answers to the tragic incident. Eliah, a German

25 Aug, 2025 @ 11:23

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

How Spain’s reintroduced bison are helping regrow the land amid the country’s wildfire crisis

AS SPAIN struggles in a deadly spate of wildfires, a remarkable success story in Andalucia is giving hope for the country’s scorched countryside – and

18 Aug, 2025 @ 17:30

Andalucia·Animals·Environment·Lead·Other News

Six Spanish towns are still named after Franco, and no one’s stopping them

WHILE one small Andalusian village has just scrubbed Franco from its name, six other towns across Spain continue to defy the country’s 2022 Democratic Memory

9 Aug, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead·National News

Spain to receive €23 billion in fifth round of EU funds

THE European Commission has approved a new payment of €23.1 billion to Spain as part of the EU recovery plan. The money comes from the

8 Aug, 2025 @ 16:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Evidence of cannibalism 5,700 years ago found in El Mirador cave in Spain

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed evidence of cannibalism in El Mirador cave, northern Spain, offering a grisly glimpse into Neolithic violence. Published in Scientific Reports, the study

8 Aug, 2025 @ 12:36

La Cultura·Lead

12 silly laws in Spain that will leave you baffled (and possibly fined)

SUNSHINE, sangria and… legal landmines? Spain may be known for its beaches and fiestas, but it’s also a hotspot for eyebrow-raising laws that can land

5 Aug, 2025 @ 13:36

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Other News

Sagrada Familia becomes the tallest building in Barcelona, surpassing two skyscrapers – but how does it compare to the rest of Spain?

CONSTRUCTION on Barcelona’s iconic basilica continues, with its height now reaching 155.58 metres, just edging out the city’s previous tallest buildings, the Torre Mapfre and

1 Aug, 2025 @ 13:14

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Property

Spain criticised for failing to act on anti-corruption reforms, says European watchdog

Spain has failed to fully implement a single one of the 19 anti-corruption reforms recommended by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body in 2019, a

1 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Iberia in Flames: Thousands battle raging wildfires in Spain and Portugal as mercury set to soar past 40°C

THOUSANDS thousands of exhausted firefighters are battling wave after wave of blazing infernos as scorching heat grips the Iberian Peninsula. Blazes have been tearing through

1 Aug, 2025 @ 08:46

Lead

Malaga ICU pushed to breaking point amid critical nurse shortage, unions warn

MALAGA’S Regional Hospital is facing a severe crisis in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to a critical shortage of nursing staff, according to local

31 Jul, 2025 @ 14:33

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Malaga

Solar eclipse will be visible from Spain this weekend - here’s all you need to know

Spain braces for ‘Eclipse Apocalypse’ with THREE solar events in three years

SPANISH health authorities are preparing for what scientists are calling a once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle – a trilogy of solar eclipses in just three years, with

31 Jul, 2025 @ 13:18

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Other News

Costa del Sol Cercanias celebrates 50th anniversary, as coastal mayors raise concerns over its limitations and future expansion

TODAY marks 50 years since Malaga’s C1 Cercanias train first began operating, linking the provincial capital with Fuengirola. Stretching 30.7 kilometres along the Costa del

31 Jul, 2025 @ 12:20

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Forest fires in Spain: Growing blaze claims firefighter’s life in Avila

FOREST fires in Ávila and Las Hurdes remain highly active today, following several days of burning and the tragic death of a firefighter. The fires

30 Jul, 2025 @ 16:05

Environment