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British couple return to find squatters have taken over their Balearics holiday home – and police tell them to spend the night in a hotel

A BRITISH couple were left stunned after returning to their Menorca holiday home to discover it had been occupied by squatters – and were told

25 Jun, 2026 @ 13:35

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Menorca·Property

South Madrid residents at their wits’ end after squatters’ apartment fire caps months of disturbances

MADRID residents have voiced alarm over safety in their district after a squatted apartment in the heart of their neighbourhood caught fire last week. Emergency

23 Dec, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Brazen squatters take over Madrid luxury chalet with their children – and even sublet rooms for extra income

THE owners of a luxury chalet in Madrid said they were driven to their wits’ end after a family of squatters moved into their one-million-euro

8 Dec, 2025 @ 11:31

Lead·Madrid·Property

PP claims 45 homes are taken over by squatters every day in Spain – as problem ‘surges 55% since Pedro Sanchez took charge’

SPAIN’S conservative opposition have gone on the offensive, accusing prime minister Pedro Sanchez of ‘handing over the keys of the housing market to squatters’ amid

26 Nov, 2025 @ 15:27

Lead·Politics·Property

‘Shots fired’ in Estepona urbanisation as Desokupa eviction team tried to move in on squatters

SHOTS were reportedly fired in the Cancelada area of Estepona on Tuesday evening during a tense attempted eviction carried out by a private Desokupa team.

23 Apr, 2025 @ 14:18

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Victim Kenneth Jobe (left), and (right) his €400,000 Mijas home that has been taken over by squatters (COPYRIGHT OLIVE PRESS)

Exclusive: Brit’s retirement to Spain is ruined after BRITISH squatters seize €400k Costa del Sol home

A DESPERATE grandfather is pleading for help after his Costa del Sol home was taken over by British squatters FIVE YEARS ago. Birmingham native Kenneth

1 Mar, 2025 @ 11:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

‘Get outta my house!’: Moment ‘squatters’ are turfed out of home on Spanish holiday island

THIS is the moment a group of locals kicked out squatters who had allegedly broken into a home on the Canary Islands. Footage obtained by

12 Feb, 2025 @ 14:36

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

‘Shameless’ squatter in Spain takes over six-bed home and rents out FIVE of the rooms: Widow owner, 78, faces financial ruin

A ‘SHAMELESS’ squatter has outraged Spain after taking over a six-bedroom home renting out five of the rooms – all the while refusing to pay

2 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·National News·Property

Spain’s new ‘anti-squatter law’ will NOT protect the most vulnerable homeowners, warns property expert

HOMEOWNERS across Spain rejoiced last month when a law change seemed to spell the end for widely-criticised squatter rights. But an expert in property law

2 Dec, 2024 @ 15:44

Lead·National News·Property

This is the ‘pizza technique’ being used by squatters in Spain to target YOUR empty homes

SQUATTERS have been a scourge on Spain’s property market for years, with countless horror stories having been reported by the Olive Press. Unfortunately, under current

19 Nov, 2024 @ 15:02

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Property

Spain’s hated squatter protections to be abolished after major bill amendment is approved ‘by mistake’

SQUATTER rights across Spain have been dealt a major blow following a ‘fatal error’ by a small group of politicians. It comes after left-leaning parliamentarians

19 Nov, 2024 @ 14:15

Lead·National News·Property

Worried about squatters in Spain? Here’s some top tips from police to stop them entering your home

POLICE in Spain have given their top tips on preventing your home from being taken over by squatters. It comes after a surge in so-called

30 Aug, 2024 @ 06:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Squatters find new way to beat evictions in Spain after law change

Spain’s squatter problem is growing – and these are the most at-risk areas for homeowners

SQUATTING is most prominent in Spain’s big city-based provinces according to figures published by the Ministry of the Interior. Statistics from 2023 show there were

12 Aug, 2024 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Owner of Spain’s anti-squatter force ‘Desokupa’ signs contract to train thousands of police officers – but government may quash plans

THE Spanish Interior Ministry is considering taking legal action after it emerged that one of Spain’s main police unions, the SUP, has reached a training

5 Aug, 2024 @ 11:36

Crime & Law·Lead

Squatters block €650m project in Marbella: Plans for luxury Four Seasons hotel are delayed as 60 ‘okupas’ refuse to leave beachfront site

PLANS for a luxury Four Seasons hotel in Marbella are being delayed by a 60-strong group of squatters, it has emerged. Dozens of men, women

2 Jul, 2024 @ 14:33

Lead·Marbella

Tensions boil in Spain after squatters ‘beat a local man to death with baseball bats’ – just weeks after taking over luxury villa in a British expat hotspot

A BRITISH expat haven is in uproar following the brutal murder of a local family man, allegedly at the hands of recently arrived squatters. David

28 Jun, 2024 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Lead

Outrage as woman, 88, is kicked out of her home of 50 years in Spain ‘over an €88 debt’ – despite offers by British expats and others to pay it off

A 78-YEAR-OLD woman has been evicted from the home in Barcelona where she has been living since 1968 over an unpaid debt, sparking outrage on

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:56

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

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Alicante to get low-emissions zone with no fines, an ‘antiabortion office’, and a service to get rid of squatters thanks to deal between Popular Party and far-right Vox

THE CITY of Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca is to get a low-emissions zone, albeit with no fines, an ‘antiabortion office’, and a service aimed

9 Jan, 2024 @ 16:51

Alicante·Lead·Politics

Empty eyesore hotel set for new lease of life on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SANTA POLA hotel that was abandoned in 2010 and became a frequent target for vandals has been bought by the Elche-based ASA group. The

14 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Billboard installed by right-wing evictions company in Madrid targeted by protestors

A HUGE advertising billboard installed in central Madrid by a notorious right-wing evictions company continued to cause controversy on Friday, after activists partially covered it

7 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Arrested the three squatters accused of brutally assaulting British homeowner in Costa del Sol

THE three squatters who allegedly brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella have been arrested today (Wednesday June 7). Guardia Civil have conducted a search

7 Jun, 2023 @ 15:34

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

‘Sharpen your knife’: Anti-squatter group Desokupa to kick out three men that brutally assaulted a British man on the Costa del Sol

Desokupa has announced they will be coming to Costa del Sol to kick the squatters who brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella. The controversial

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:12

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

EXCLUSIVE: British man badly beaten by squatters at his holiday home on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH man claims he has been brutally assaulted by squatters at his holiday home near Marbella. The family man, from Liverpool, was attacked after

5 Jun, 2023 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Mallorca judge rules in favour of squatters after government housing institute let homes sit empty in Spain for years

IN a trial that has captivated Mallorca and illustrated the housing challenges facing the Balearics, a court has sided with a family of squatters over

18 May, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Police officer has part of ear bitten off during squatter showdown in Spain’s Valencia area

THREE Alaquas Policia Local officers were injured on Monday evening when responding to a call about noise coming from a building occupied by squatters. Police

4 Apr, 2023 @ 18:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man conceals gun from police in his boxer shorts and fires bullet into his penis resulting in emergency surgery in Spain's Alicante area

Woman on trial in Spain’s Malaga for squatting tries to dodge court date citing boob job appointment

A WOMAN accused of squatting in a property in Malaga province has tried to get out of a court date by claiming that she had

29 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British couple return to find squatters have taken over their Balearics holiday home – and police tell them to spend the night in a hotel

South Madrid residents at their wits’ end after squatters’ apartment fire caps months of disturbances

Brazen squatters take over Madrid luxury chalet with their children – and even sublet rooms for extra income

PP claims 45 homes are taken over by squatters every day in Spain – as problem ‘surges 55% since Pedro Sanchez took charge’

‘Shots fired’ in Estepona urbanisation as Desokupa eviction team tried to move in on squatters

Exclusive: Brit’s retirement to Spain is ruined after BRITISH squatters seize €400k Costa del Sol home

‘Get outta my house!’: Moment ‘squatters’ are turfed out of home on Spanish holiday island

‘Shameless’ squatter in Spain takes over six-bed home and rents out FIVE of the rooms: Widow owner, 78, faces financial ruin

Spain’s new ‘anti-squatter law’ will NOT protect the most vulnerable homeowners, warns property expert

This is the ‘pizza technique’ being used by squatters in Spain to target YOUR empty homes

Spain’s hated squatter protections to be abolished after major bill amendment is approved ‘by mistake’

Worried about squatters in Spain? Here’s some top tips from police to stop them entering your home

Spain’s squatter problem is growing – and these are the most at-risk areas for homeowners

Owner of Spain’s anti-squatter force ‘Desokupa’ signs contract to train thousands of police officers – but government may quash plans

Squatters block €650m project in Marbella: Plans for luxury Four Seasons hotel are delayed as 60 ‘okupas’ refuse to leave beachfront site

Tensions boil in Spain after squatters ‘beat a local man to death with baseball bats’ – just weeks after taking over luxury villa in a British expat hotspot

Outrage as woman, 88, is kicked out of her home of 50 years in Spain ‘over an €88 debt’ – despite offers by British expats and others to pay it off

Alicante to get low-emissions zone with no fines, an ‘antiabortion office’, and a service to get rid of squatters thanks to deal between Popular Party and far-right Vox

Empty eyesore hotel set for new lease of life on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Billboard installed by right-wing evictions company in Madrid targeted by protestors

Arrested the three squatters accused of brutally assaulting British homeowner in Costa del Sol

‘Sharpen your knife’: Anti-squatter group Desokupa to kick out three men that brutally assaulted a British man on the Costa del Sol

EXCLUSIVE: British man badly beaten by squatters at his holiday home on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Mallorca judge rules in favour of squatters after government housing institute let homes sit empty in Spain for years

Police officer has part of ear bitten off during squatter showdown in Spain’s Valencia area

Woman on trial in Spain’s Malaga for squatting tries to dodge court date citing boob job appointment

These are the costa crimes Spanish police are set to interrogate Scottish crime boss Steven Lyons about – could it lead to the unravelling of the entire ‘super cartel’?

Irishwoman, 38, avoids prison with last minute plea deal after admitting to ‘lustfully’ groping Swedish teenager in Magaluf hotel steam bath

WATCH: Anger as jet ski rider chases and harasses dolphins off popular Costa Blanca resort

Spain welcomes cooler temperatures after historic heat wave that sent June records tumbling across the country

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner spotted on location in Almeria filming new Tomb Raider series

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