COVID latest: Spain upholds compulsory face mask rule in outdoor public spaces
SPAIN’S parliament has voted to maintain the requirement to wear face masks even when outdoors in a decision that sparked immediate backlash. The vote on
EXPLAINED: Five things you need to know about Spain’s new Housing Law for 2022
SPAIN’S cabinet approved entrance of the Ley de Vivienda (Housing Law) into parliamentary debate with ministers hoping to make new measures permanent within months. Plans
Yana Rose case: American wanted over wife’s brutal murder flies back to Spain to turn himself in to police
AN American man accused of killing his wife while the pair were on holiday in Cadiz, then driving her corpse across Spain to bury her
OPINION: Why is Spain still failing when it comes to transparency?
THE Olive Press has recently reported on how dismal many of Spain’s town halls are when it comes to transparency. And now comes the confirmation
Construction worker, 57, dies after falling from house in Spain’s Malaga
A MAN has died after an accident while working at a house in Malaga, police say. Emergency services rushed to the corner of Plaza Lagos
Fire declared in Spain’s Granada stabilised
A FIRE which broke out in Granada, seeing more than 60 firefighters battle the blaze through the night, has been stabilised. The inferno, which began
Man faces criminal charges for allegedly attempting to steal historic tile from Spain’s Alhambra
A MAN faces prosecution after he was allegedly caught red-handed trying to steal from the Alhambra in Granada. An investigation was launched on September 25
More than €72,000 found stashed in false roof of Estepona home after man, 23, arrested
A 23-YEAR-old has been arrested in Spain in connection with alleged drug trafficking. Some €72,000 in cash was confiscated from a home in Estepona on
Horsing around in Spain: Police probe after pony is seen being pulled through Almeria street by car
VIDEO footage of a pony being pulled through an Algeria street alongside a blue car has gone viral. Passersby caught the driving horsing around on
Valencia’s HUNDRED wins best hamburger in Spain for 2nd year running
A VALENCIAN restaurant has won the title of Spain’s best hamburger for the second year running. The chain of two restaurants in Valencia city only
A bright new future that saves you money, with Solar Works in Spain
By Niamh Ryan WITH electricity prices rising by more than 40% in Spain over the last year alone, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE),
FROM THE ARCHIVE: At home with Mr & Mrs Lemons – The Olive Press visits Chris Stewart in Spain’s Alpujarras
With news that a televison drama is planned for Chris Stewart's Driving over Lemons series about rural life south of Granada, here is an earlier
Expat wedding planner who scammed couples out of dream nuptials on Spain’s Costa del Sol pleads guilty
A WEDDING planner who left a trail of debts in Spain before reappearing on a reality TV show in Ireland has pleaded guilty to theft
Red-handed: Police nab bank robber who wore red gloves and twice targeted same branch in Spain’s Madrid
A THIEF who twice targeted the same Madrid bank wearing bright red gloves and threatened staff with a hunting knife, has been arrested. The 58-year-old
Surge in UK bookings to Spain’s Balearic Islands as COVID travel restrictions ease
THE Balearic Islands are hoping for a tourism boost after the UK scrapped all travel restrictions for vaccinated people in the UK. Boris Johnson made
Serial fraudster on the run from Czech authorities is arrested in Spain’s Almeria
POLICE have arrested a notorious fraudster who had fled to Spain while on the run amid a trial in the Czech Republic, in which he
Arturo Arribas, actor famous for TV and stage roles in Spain, dies in Madrid house blaze
AN ACTOR famous for his roles on the stage and in TV dramas in Spain has died after a fire broke out at his property
Mum stabbed to death by partner in shocking murder-suicide in Spain’s Granada
THE brutal murder of a mother at the hands of her husband has been confirmed as the first femicide to be reported in Andalucia this
One person seriously injured and driver cut from vehicle after A-495 head-on smash in Spain’s Huelva
FIREFIGHTERS pulled a person from the wreckage of their vehicle while the air ambulance flew overhead after a two-vehicle smash on the A-495. At about 9am on
Body of missing American/Russian woman found in shallow grave in Spain’s Valencia as husband goes on the run
THE body of an American woman missing since Christmas has been discovered in a shallow grave in woods in the town of Alzira in Spain’s
Drug gang dismantled in Spain’s Malaga as police uncover cocaine, heroin and thousands in cash
A DRUG trafficking gang based in Malaga has been dismantled by the National Police. A total of five arrests were made following an anonymous tip-off
Tragedy as woman dies after van careers off road in Malaga on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A 47-YEAR-old woman has died after her van careered off the road in a horror crash in Malaga. She was travelling near the junction 241
ANALYSIS: The meteoric rise of Spain’s far-right party – how far can VOX go?
Could an anti-abortion, anti-immigration party whose following is three quarters male somehow get into power in Spain, asks Heather Galloway
How Spain compares to the rest of the world over fighting corruption
THE image of how tough Spain is on corruption has barely changed in a year, according to the 2021 Corruption Perception Index(CPI). The CPI, published
IN PICS: Bizarre and beautiful ‘bear man’ festival wards off winter’s evil spirits in Spain’s Basque Country
FORGET the Three Kings, this tiny town in the Basque Country has something better – the simultaneously fun and frightening pagan celebration that takes place
ICE IS NICE: The benefits of cold water swimming even in Spain
By Niamh Ryan TAKING a dip in the icy sea over the New Year period might seem daft, but those who braved the Med for