Costa Blanca kicks off 2020 with month-long carnival in coastal city
TORREVIEJA starts it’s annual carnival next week on January 31 with a programme packed with fun for all the family. Every year, dozens of floats
Orihuela reopens sports centre only four months after it was “completely flooded” by DANA
FRIDAY saw the reopening of Palmeral Sports Centre of Orihuela, after €95,000 worth of flood damage was caused in September’s storms. The Councillor for Sports,
Costa Blanca town ‘choked’ by roadworks given temporary solution by council to ‘desperately-needed’ parking problem
ROJALES Town Council have provided temporary relief to the huge parking problem caused by essential roadworks. They have just started a €700,000 road improvement plan
Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival returns this summer with HUGE names including Billie Eilish, Khalid and Pixies
TAYLOR Swift and Kings of Leon are among a long line-up of artists taking to the Mad Cool Festival stage in Madrid this summer.
Brexit is a ‘golden opportunity’ for Spain to take back sovereignty of Gibraltar, says Spanish MEP
SPANISH MEP Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo has demanded Spain take the ‘golden opportunity’ of Brexit to renegotiate the status of Gibraltar. Speaking to media in Aragon,
Online gambling in Spain surges by a shocking 78%
ONLINE gambling has shot up by 78% and people are spending twice as much money as they did five years ago.
British favourite Spar to open four new supermarkets in Andalucia and western Spain
Iceland stores, operated by Overseas Supermarkets, are already a popular feature on Spain’s Costa del Sol
Murcia’s flu epidemic now raging through Spain
HAVING reached epidemic levels in the Murcia region earlier this week, the outbreak of influenza has spread throughout the country. Health ministers in the region
Marbella-based Finnish expat charged among 53 others and POP STAR in Finland’s biggest ever drug trafficking case
NIKO Ranta-aho was part of the Marbella elite. The handsome entrepreneur once owned the popular Teatro in Puerto Banus, a restaurant-cum-performance venue which welcomed such
Shock as Spain’s Antonio Banderas is labelled ‘coloured’ ahead of Oscars
ANTONIO Banderas has been labelled as a 'man of colour.'
British expat Westley Capper avoids jail for hit-and-run killing of Bolivian mother on Spain’s Costa del Sol
WESTLEY Capper has been spared jail after admitting to the manslaughter of Fatima Dorado. The Olive Press exclusively revealed how the son of a British
Woman to head Spain’s Guardia Civil for FIRST TIME in its 175-year history
The daughter of a lighthouse keeper, Gamez will be the force's 86th leader after impressing Madrid in her previous role as head of the sub-delegate
RED and orange warnings for SNOW and rough seas in Spain’s Alicante and Valencia
WEATHER agency AEMET has issued dozens of warnings across Spain for this Sunday as another gota fria is expected to bring snow and rain. Alicante
OPINION: Consultant psychologist slams Alicante Airport’s ‘chaotic and inhumane’ response to paralysing Wednesday fire
I was on a flight from Alicante to Leeds yesterday. When the fire broke out in the airport it was noticed by passengers some 20mins
Luxury Plaza Mayor shopping outlet on Spain’s Costa del Sol scammed out of €120,000 by Valencia-based scammers posing as high ranking employee
SEVERAL cyber-scammers have been arrested after hacking high-ranking employees of a luxury shopping outlet and defrauding them of €120,000. The four arrested in Valencia helped
Village in Spain’s Andalucia starts giving youngsters cash in bid to stem threat of rural depopulation
Almachar is one of the largest growers and exporters of the muscatel grape and raisin in Andalucia
‘Floating sofas’ now on offer at Costa Blanca outdoor furniture supplier
JUST when you thought your garden was complete, someone invents a floating sofa. The new addition to Costa Blanca exterior furniture supplier Dumas Design takes
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia named Europe’s top tourist attraction
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has been named as Europe’s top must-visit attraction.
Costa Blanca town celebrates citizens’ ‘titanic’ struggle against marching sands
GUARDAMAR will pay tribute to the people that prevented a movement of sand that could have engulfed the town, over a century ago. Saturday January
Spanish LEGEND Xavi reveals he turned down opportunity to manage Barcelona
The LEGENDARY midfielder who spent 17 years with the Blaugrana said the opportunity came ‘too early’ in his coaching career.
TOTAL BANKER: Billionaire handed €52.4 million fine after botched attempt at smuggling priceless Picasso painting out of Spain on yacht
Picasso completed Head of a Young Woman in his pre-Cubist phase, with the painting snapped up by Botin in London in 1977
Spain’s racing legend Carlos Sainz wins Dakar Rally for THIRD time
CARLOS Sainz and Lucas Cruz have won the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.
Spanish MEP tells Brits: “the European Union will always be your home’
ON THE last session of European parliament before Brexit on January 31, a Spanish MEP had a clear message for expats wanting to remain part
Alicante airport re-opens 24 hours after blaze on roof caused mass diversions and cancellations
ALICANTE airport has re-opened 24 hours after a fire on its roof caused a wave of flight cancellations and diversions. The fifth busiest airport in
Mercadona is hiring in Sabinillas with an impressive starting salary for Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE running joke is that the checkout worker at Mercadona is probably earning more than most of us. There’s a reason for that, it seems,