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

22 Jan, 2026 @ 13:36

Lead·Other News

Off-duty policeman stops drunk British man, 74, beating up his wife inside their Costa Blanca holiday home

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

22 Jan, 2026 @ 13:25

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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

22 Jan, 2026 @ 13:11

Lead·Property

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

22 Jan, 2026 @ 12:16

Andalucia·Animals·Cordoba·Lead

Police arrest Swedish mafia gang members who held man hostage for three days on Costa Blanca

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

22 Jan, 2026 @ 11:34

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

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of Costa del Sol residents face losing their homes to make way for a luxury golf development that critics say is an outdated and

22 Jan, 2026 @ 10:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

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’

21 Jan, 2026 @ 17:15

EXCLUSIVE·Lead

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 16:36

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Gibraltar·Lead·Weather

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 16:15

Cordoba·Lead

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 16:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 15:20

Lead·Malaga·Sport

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,

21 Jan, 2026 @ 15:00

Almeria·Barcelona·Lead·Madrid

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.

21 Jan, 2026 @ 14:38

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 14:00

Barcelona·Basque Country·Costa del Sol·Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 13:10

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead

‘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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 13:10

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead·Travel News

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 13:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 12:30

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Travel News

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 12:15

Lead·Sport

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 12:13

Lead·National News·Travel News

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 12:00

Other News

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

21 Jan, 2026 @ 11:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

BREAKING: Body of a man is found on busy street in Marbella

A MAN has been found dead in Marbella this morning, according to local reports. Several patrols from the Policia Nacional and Policia Local rushed to

21 Jan, 2026 @ 11:41

Lead

BREAKING: Driver dead and at least 20 passengers injured after train derails near Barcelona

AT least one person has been killed after a train derailed near Barcelona on Tuesday evening. According to local reports, a train running on the

20 Jan, 2026 @ 23:48

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Travel News

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