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‘DON’T SHAKE HANDS’: Coronavirus warning for huge tech show in Spain after Amazon and Sony pull out

ONE of the world’s largest tech shows has been dealt a huge blow after Amazon and Sony pulled out citing coronavirus concerns. The Mobile World

11 Feb, 2020 @ 09:30

Business & Finance·Lead

Skynews Gabriel Diya Comfort Diya_4876130

Fresh probe into pool which killed three British family members underway on Spain’s Costa del Sol

INVESTIGATORS have once again inspected the pool which took the lives of three British holidaymakers in Mijas on Christmas Eve. It comes after a Malaga

11 Feb, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga

Men caught red handed cutting off protected sheep’s head in Spain’s Andalucia

TWO men have been caught in the act of cutting off the head of a protected sheep in Andalucia. The 32 and 58-year-old were unaware

11 Feb, 2020 @ 08:03

Lead

UK meetings set out the stall for Gibraltar to bring in more business

Gibraltar is pushing to take over more financial services and economic development during meetings held this week in London.

11 Feb, 2020 @ 01:09

Business & Finance·Gibraltar

Happy Couple Shaking Hands With Real Estate Agent At Home

Spanish property expert Adam Neale explains why the first offer is always the best offer

As sellers on the Costa del Sol know only too well, selling takes time, not because the market is rubbish but because this is typical

10 Feb, 2020 @ 19:19

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Malaga·Property

Costa Blanca council seeks volunteers to help huge coastal clean-up of 15,000 plastic bottles

ORIHUELA COSTA is launching a huge clean-up campaign tomorrow to collect and recycle thousands of plastic bottles from their Playa Flamenca beaches. Following from last

10 Feb, 2020 @ 16:16

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Deaf British dad wanted for blowing up Costa del Sol cash machines can’t stand trial in Spain as he only ‘lip-reads Scouse’

The Liverpool man and his cronies allegedly targeted 14 ATMs at banks between 2013 and 2014

10 Feb, 2020 @ 15:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Costa del Sol hire car company Helle Hollis donates €1,000 to CUDECA cancer charity

Since 2009, when Helle Hollis started a collaboration with CUDECA, it has donated almost €10,000

10 Feb, 2020 @ 14:59

Lead

Luxury urbanisation with €2 MILLION apartments completed on beach of Spain’s Estepona

ANOTHER luxury urbanisation has been completed on Spain’s Costa del Sol. The Edge, by Kronos Homes, has now been delivered after being one of the

10 Feb, 2020 @ 14:47

Lead·Property

Bloody massacre 7,300 years old discovered in Spain

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have made the gruesome discovery of a 7,300-year-old massacre in the Spanish Pyrenees. Diggers have painstakingly excavated the ancient remains of five adults and

10 Feb, 2020 @ 14:30

La Cultura·Lead

New beach webcam hopes to turn Marbella’s San Pedro into surfing hotspot

A NEW 24/7 webcam will let surfers know the best times to hit the waves in Marbella, it has been revealed. The webcam is to

10 Feb, 2020 @ 14:29

Lead·Malaga

Police cage three after high speed chase in Gibraltar waters last night

MARINE police have caught up with three suspected drug smugglers off Europa Point after a dramatic cat and mouse sea pursuit in another combined operation.

10 Feb, 2020 @ 14:10

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Police release 13 women in human trafficking operation on Spain’s Costa del Sol

It is believed that the women were captured in Romania through the ‘lover boy’ technique

10 Feb, 2020 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man arrested for smuggling millions of euros worth of endangered eels from Spain to East Asia

A MAN has been convicted of smuggling an estimated €62.5 million worth of critically endangered baby eels from Spain to East Asia via the UK.

10 Feb, 2020 @ 13:51

Crime & Law·Lead

‘HUMAN TRASH’: Outrage after unwanted dog left tied to BINS on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the heartbreaking moment a young dog was left tied to bins on Spain’s Costa del Sol at the weekend. The photos were believed

10 Feb, 2020 @ 13:45

Lead·Malaga

Mum and dad arrested for throwing newborn baby in river in Spain

A COUPLE have been arrested for throwing their newborn baby into the river in Castilla y León.

10 Feb, 2020 @ 13:36

Crime & Law·Lead

Editor Jon Clarke tries thermal imaging as part of a full body check-up at the Costa del Sol’s Bodyworks clinic

Estelle Mitchell, set up the clinic on the Costa del Sol in 2004

10 Feb, 2020 @ 12:56

Health·Malaga

PEOPLE POWER: Alleged burglar arrested after parking poorly in Costa Calida town

LOS NIETOS residents identified an alleged burglar as he attempted to retrieve his car from a tow truck on Saturday. The man was arrested by

10 Feb, 2020 @ 12:27

Costa Blanca·Lead

Three arrested after kidnap attempt that saw man ‘dragged into car’ and forced to ‘phone family for €1,000 ransom’ in rural Andalucia

When it was revealed he didn’t have the ‘ransom’ the kidnappers forced the man to phone family to raise the money

10 Feb, 2020 @ 12:15

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead

Body of missing British man Philip Pearce, 68, found near Benidorm graveyard

THE body of missing British man Philip Pearce, 68, has been found near a Benidorm graveyard. Policía Nacional told the Olive Press the pensioner’s body

10 Feb, 2020 @ 12:03

Costa Blanca·Lead

REVEALED: New data shows 600% price hikes on oranges, pushing farmers in Spain’s Andalucia ‘to the brink’

Andalucian farmers have been severely struggling recently, with international tariffs hitting the country hard

10 Feb, 2020 @ 11:45

Cordoba·Food & Drink·Lead

Spain’s women beat Great Britain to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

SPAIN women’s basketball have beaten Great Britain and qualified for the Olympic Games.

10 Feb, 2020 @ 11:21

Lead·Sport

Woman killed in second gender violence murder in Andalucia

This latest killing of a woman in Granada brings the number of those killed in Spain this year to nine

10 Feb, 2020 @ 11:09

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Spain’s Antonio Banderas loses out at the Oscars to Joker actor Joaquin Phoenix

JOAQUIN Phoenix has beaten Antonio Banderas to Best Actor at the Oscars last night.

10 Feb, 2020 @ 10:22

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

The Olive Press extends distribution into Costa Calida’s Mazarrón

FOR Olive Press readers wanting a hard copy of our newspaper in Costa Calida, we’ve partnered with two very well-known retailers in Mazarrón. The Food

9 Feb, 2020 @ 16:38

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Andalucian government unveils the new logo

The government claims the logo is respectful of the history of Andalucia, adapted to the times and friendly to the environment

9 Feb, 2020 @ 13:00

Lead·Politics

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