World Cup winner and Barcelona legend Sergio Busquets announces retirement from football
WORLD Cup winner and FC Barcelona legend Sergio Busquets is set to retire from football after the conclusion of the Major League Soccer (MLS) season
Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list
A SPANISH academic once welcomed as an expert on terrorism and extremism has now been branded a cyberterrorist and placed on Europe’s “most wanted” list.
Spain prepared to send fighter jets and refuelling tanker to NATO’s eastern flank after Russian incursions
SPAIN is ready to step up its role in NATO’s air defence, with plans to send two Eurofighter jets and a refuelling aircraft to bolster
Chaos in Madrid as rampaging pro-Palestine protesters injure 22 police and force cancellation of final day of Vuelta a España race
THE greatest fears of the organisers of the Vuelta a España came true on Sunday as the grand finale of the gruelling, three-week-long cycle race
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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