BREAKING: Spain sees third rail crash in a week – six injured in minor incident
SPAIN sees its third rail crash in one week as a commuter train hits a construction crane in southeastern Spain. Close to Murcia’s Cartagena, the
‘Lovely property, plenty of light, comes with squatters’: How the problem is driving home owners across Spain to sell at a loss
A GROWING number of homeowners across Spain are putting their properties on the market after giving up on ever getting squatters out. And many are
AND WE’RE OFF: Olive Press first monthly national issue is heading your way, from the Costa de la Luz to Castellon!
THE first national monthly issue of the Olive Press is out! With a fresh new look and better quality paper, we’re now Spain’s first-ever English-language
Murder-suicide horror in Fuengirola: Man, 36, ‘stabs father and mother before throwing himself from rooftop’
A MAN has reportedly killed his father, stabbed his mother and thrown himself off a roof top terrace in Fuengirola this morning. The 36-year-old allegedly
Spain’s under-the-radar rural property market is booming – here are the areas where you need to move fast to still get a bargain
FROM sun-drenched hill villages to quiet inland towns, buyers are waking up to the fact that Spain’s rural property market is fast becoming the country’s
Happy ending after missing dog in Spain’s Adamuz train disaster is found safe and sound
A DOG that went missing in the aftermath of the Adamuz train disaster has been found safe and well on Thursday morning. An Infoca forest
WATCH: Police arrest Swedish mafia gang members who held ‘millionaire’ hostage in Spain- but are freed after victim said they were ‘friends’
FOUR members of a Swedish mafia gang called ‘Dalen’ have been arrested but subsequently released after holding a Norwegian man hostage for nearly three days
EXCLUSIVE: British expats among hundreds facing eviction to make way for ‘corporate greed’ mass-tourism complex on the Costa del Sol
HUNDREDS of Costa del Sol residents face losing their homes to make way for a luxury golf development that critics say is an outdated and
How Marbella’s criminal class dine out in Puerto Banus one day – and carry out daylight robberies the next
MARBELLA has long been home to a wide and eclectic community of people from all over the world, drawn by its climate, lifestyle and international
EXCLUSIVE: Expat shock as vanished funeral firm found to have ‘no funds left’ in accounts
THE accounts at a collapsed funeral planning company have been bled dry, it can be revealed. Victims chasing compensation from beleaguered firm Iberian ‘will struggle’
Fake cigarette factory raided with €3m of products set for black market sales in Spain
AUTHORITIES have shut down an illegal Alicante province cigarette factory and seized materials worth over €3 million. Two men aged 22 and 51 have been
Yellow alert: Storm Ingrid to batter Spain’s southern coast with snow expected inland
A NASTY weather front is set to batter Andalucia and the Strait of Gibraltar as a ‘polar’ air mass sweeps across the peninsula. The State
Death toll in Cordoba train disaster reaches 43 after a new body is found – with a further 45 people still unaccounted for
THE Cordoba train crash death toll has risen to 43 as searches continue for the 45 reported missing. The Servicio de Criminalistica de la Guardia
Chilean burglary gang terrorised expat hotspots on the Costa del Sol – and had Estepona and Marbella in their sights
GANG members were busted after carrying out a string of robberies that targeted popular expat regions on the Costa del Sol. Police have arrested four
WATCH: Malaga-born football star goes from hero to zero with shocking Panenka penalty to lose the African Cup final
HOPES were high for the home nation at Afcon (Africa cup of nations). Morocco were going from strength to strength in the tournament. The country
Hefty €1,000 fines for scooter users without insurance start in Spain – but who will they apply to?
ELECTRIC scooters are zipping through Spain’s streets, but starting this month, riding without insurance could cost you €1,000. From Almeria to Madrid, Malaga to Alicante,
Emergency service to connect Madrid and Andalucia after Cordoba train disaster shuts down high-speed line
SPAIN’S national train operator has launched a back-up transport service between Madrid and Andalucia after a train crash cut off the high-speed line on Sunday.
Revealed: The eye-watering prices Spain’s drivers are paying on country’s toll roads in 2026
DRIVERS using Spain’s toll motorways are feeling the real impact of January’s price rises, with some of the country’s busiest routes among the most expensive
Sniffer dogs, cranes and bulldozers: The gruesome search for survivors continues in worst train crash in Andalucia’s history
THE grim search for survivors continues after a train crash in Andalucia killed at least 42 people, amid fears the death toll will rise. Rescuers
‘Stop traffic on the lines urgently, please’: Listen to the harrowing call made by a train driver during Spain’s deadly Adamuz crash
THIS is the harrowing call made by one of the train drivers involved in a deadly train crash in southern Spain over the weekend. On
Dead train driver revealed to be trainee after retaining wall crashed into his cabin in Barcelona area
IT’S BEEN revealed that the driver of a train that crashed into a retaining wall that fell onto the rail track in the Barcelona area
Calls for train drivers to strike over safety fears after two deadly derailments in a week in Spain
A LEADING trade union representing train drivers in Spain is calling for a general strike across the entire sector after two deadly rail accidents in
Life-sized statue of golf legend and five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros goes missing from his hometown in Spain
A LIFE-SIZED statue of golf legend Seve Ballesteros has gone missing from his Spanish hometown. The statue, which had commemorated the five-time major winner, who
Rail expert says standards in Spain have ‘collapsed’ and passengers are treated ‘like cattle’ after two derailments in a week
RESIDENTS and expats across Spain are being warned that the country’s once-proud rail system is suffering a serious decline in safety, service and basic passenger
The OP at 20: The story of how The Olive Press was born – and why it had to exist
LIKE many good things, it was born in a barn. Or rather, a spare bedroom at first – before we were shipped across the track
OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect faces manslaughter charge after Brit, 54 dies in Costa Blanca car crash
MADISON Smyth, the wife of the alleged killer of John George, is being investigated for manslaughter after rear-ending a car in the Alicante area which