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Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima

CHINWAG OVER THE CHORIZO! EXCLUSIVE: ‘Like any normal couple’ the King and Queen of Holland booked a restaurant and chatted to tourists and staff in Spanish and English

IT was a usually busy Saturday night in one of Ronda’s most popular restaurants. As the noise levels were shifting up a gear in came

10 Feb, 2022 @ 10:34

Celebrity·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Bomb squad called in after ‘explosive device’ found on a beach in Spain’s Marbella Tedax

Unexploded bomb from Spanish Civil War located during building works in Mallorca

AN artillery shell dropped by planes during Spain’s Civil War has been uncovered during building works on a ‘refugio’ at Llevant Natural Park in Spain’s

10 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Thieves grab victim round neck to steal €30,000 watch on Valencia street in Spain

Disabled teen seriously injured after being viciously battered by thugs in Spain’s Cadiz

COWARDLY thugs viciously beat a disabled teen in a terrifying attack in Cadiz. The 19-year-old, who has not been named, lost consciousness during the brutal

9 Feb, 2022 @ 18:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Police Rescue Abused Unconcious Woman Hanging From A Curtain At Her Costa Blanca Home In Spain

Man who shot two people with high-powered hunting gun in Spain’s Sevilla arrested for attempted murder

A MAN who allegedly used a high-powered hunting gun to shoot and injure two people in random and unprovoked attacks in Sevilla has been arrested

9 Feb, 2022 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Five arrested in Malaga, Cadiz and Ceuta in an operation against money laundering from drug trafficking in Spain

POLICE in Spain have tracked down and arrested five people for their involvement in the laundering of drug trafficking proceeds in the south of Spain.

9 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain refunds fines imposed on thousands of people who broke 2020 lockdown rules

Man charged after ‘driving car wrong way’ down treacherous A7 in southern Spain

A CAR was reportedly spotted ‘driving the wrong way’ down one of Spain’s most treacherous roads before a man was traced and charged by road

9 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

Pregnant woman, 26, saved from blazing block of flats in Spain’s Almeria

A PREGNANT woman was led to safety from a blazing block of flats in Almeria on Wednesday morning (February 9). Firefighters guided her down to

9 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Almeria·Lead·Other News

Spain's top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

SCHOOLGIRL FOUND DEAD IN SPAIN: Body is found in storage just 24 hours after 17-year-old reported missing

THE lifeless body of a missing 17-year-old was found stashed in a storage room just one day after her disappearance was reported to police. The

9 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Other News

Andalucia records coldest morning of winter so far as temperatures plunge to -2C

ANDALUCIA has recorded its coldest morning of the winter so far as temperatures plummeted to -2C. Spaniards in the south of Spain woke up to a

9 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Almeria·Granada·Lead·Other News·Weather

deer laid out after the hunt. Photo: Ecologistas en accion

‘Orgy of blood and death’: Outrage over mass slaughter of trapped animals during hunt in southern Spain

THEY each paid €1000 to participate in the shoot which took place on a huge private estate in Andalucia. The 70 hunters dispatched half a

9 Feb, 2022 @ 10:15

Environment·Lead·Nature

Penelope Cruz And Javier Bardem Walk The Red Carpet Ahead Of The 'loving Pablo' Screening During The 74th Venice Film Festiva

Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz: Spain’s golden couple both nominated for Oscars as 2022 Academy Awards list revealed

THEY already each have an Oscar to their name and now Spain’s golden couple are both among those nominated for another at this year’s Academy

8 Feb, 2022 @ 18:30

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

Estrella Damned? How Boris birthday bash is proving great publicity for Catalan lager brand

THEY say that no publicity is bad publicity and while a photograph showing Boris Johnson clutching a beer during a lockdown event at Downing Street

8 Feb, 2022 @ 12:01

Food & Drink·Lead·Politics

Spanish government proposes raising minimum wage to €13,944 per year

THE Spanish government has proposed increasing the minimum salary to €13,944 a year, or €996 per month if paid in the traditional 14 installments. The

7 Feb, 2022 @ 17:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

priest church Saint John S Seminary Unsplash

Spain set to probe church sex abuse with independent commission

SPAIN’S prime minister wants to launch the first nationwide official investigation into the full extent of sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic clergy. Pedro Sanchez

7 Feb, 2022 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

LATEST: Everything you need to know about updated COVID rules for travel between Spain and the UK

IMPORTANT new rules came into force on February 1 that affect travellers between Spain and the UK. For several months now, Spain has only allowed

7 Feb, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Easyjet cabin crew in Spain reach pay deal and call off strikes

EasyJet warning for people travelling to Spain’s Balearic Islands

A MAJOR airline has warned holidaymakers of new alcohol laws in place at some areas of the Balearic Islands. EasyJet has urged customers to take note

6 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca·Other News·Travel News

One of Spain's top tourist attractions, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, has completion date pushed back again

Spain’s La Sagrada Família is the most reviewed tourist attraction in the world

WHAT comes to mind if you were to guess what the most popular tourist attraction in the world is? If you guessed the Eiffel Tower,

6 Feb, 2022 @ 17:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Real Madrid V Manchester City Uefa Champions League Round Of 16 First Leg Santiago Bernabeu

Spain’s construction boom sees cement usage top pre-pandemic levels

CEMENT usage in Spain increased by 11% in 2021, to a level not seen in a decade as construction boomed. The recovery of the construction

6 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

10 celebrities who own hotels in Spain

CELEBRITY forays into business haven’t always ended well. Just because you can kick a ball about doesn’t mean you can launch a cologne – just

6 Feb, 2022 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Hotels·Lead·Must Read·Olive Press Travel

Exhibition "de Valencia A Los Goya" In Valencia, Spain 02 Feb 2022

Valencia gets ready for its first-ever Goya Awards on February 12

VALENCIA is home to some of Spain’s best-loved actors and directors. But the country’s third-largest city has never hosted a Goya Awards ceremony which celebrates

5 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Rising number of ‘unsafe’ cars causing serious accidents on roads in Spain

NEARLY one in five cars on Spanish roads involved in serious accidents in 2020 did not have a current ITV safety certificate. Figures from the

4 Feb, 2022 @ 18:40

Lead·National News

‘Maybe the vaccines have superpowers?’: Delighted Spanish fans post hilarious memes marking Rafa Nadal’s historic Grand Slam win

RAFAEL Nadal fans have unleashed a flurry of hilarious memes on social media to celebrate the tennis star’s incredible win over Daniil Medvedev at the

4 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Lead·Other News·Sport

Police donate fruit and veg uncovered in drug raid to food bank in Malaga on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Imagine the scene – you’re volunteering for a good cause, or you’re going through a rough time and you and your family are in dire

4 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Spain passes labour reform in knife-edge vote thanks to opposition MP error

AN opposition MP accidentally voted ‘yes’ instead of ‘no’ thereby allowing a controversial labour reforms to pass into law. Spain’s left-wing coalition government succeeded in

4 Feb, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain and Italy, only European countries to maintain outdoor face mask rule

SPAIN will be one of the last European countries to eliminate the mandatory outdoor face mask rule. On Tuesday night, February 1, the Spanish Parliament

4 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Fugitive known as ‘Galician Rambo’ nabbed by neighbours after almost a year hiding out in woods

A CONVICTED murderer, who escaped from prison and became known as Rambo because he survived in the woods using his army training, has finally been

3 Feb, 2022 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

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