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Ryanair increases flights to and from Spain for summer

Ryanair unveils new summer routes as it celebrates 20 years at Sevilla airport base in Spain

RYANAIR has unveiled five new routes for the summer season out of the Sevilla-San Pablo Airport as it gears up to celebrate 20 years of having a base in the capital of

10 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Sevilla·Travel News

Spotlight on Mallorca properties amid major Swedish money laundering case

Properties in Palma have been linked to money laundering allegations that have dragged in the husband and stepson of Marbella Mayor Angeles Muñoz. Joakim Peter Broberg, 41, faces accusations of drug trafficking,

9 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Premium

After 13 years, Spain’s Constitutional Court finally strikes down legal challenge to abortion law

THIRTEEN years later, Spain’s Constitutional Court has finally rejected an appeal filed against the current abortion law by the conservative Popular Party. The legislation covering terminations was overhauled by the Socialist Party

9 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·National News

Why Netflix users in Spain will no longer be able to share their passwords with friends and family

THE DAYS of sharing your Netflix account with friends and family outside your own household are over in Spain. The streaming giant has just launched new restrictions that will mean that members

9 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

New Look Coming To Big Square In Spain's Palma De Mallorca With Non Slip Surface For Pedestrians

Key square in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca getting new look with non-slip surface for pedestrians

PALMA’S Plaza de España is getting a €2.5 million upgrade including the renewal of the underground sewage system which dates back to 1945. Work started on Thursday with trenches being dug to

9 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

New ‘Llanito’ prize at Gibraltar short story competition will ‘help promote unique language’, government says

GIBRALTAR’S cultural bosses have now included a prize for a short story in their own ‘Llanito’ Spanglish fusion for a competition launched earlier this year. Gibraltar Cultural Services included the new prize

9 Feb, 2023 @ 15:26

Gibraltar·Lead

Human Trafficking Gang Planned Fleet Of Charter Boats For Dangerous Sea Trips To Spain's Murcia Coast

People smuggler jailed for taking Moroccans in UK who ‘didn’t like Britain’ back out

A man who tried to smuggle 15 Moroccan migrants back out of the UK to Spain because they ‘didn’t like Britain’ has been jailed. The Moroccan man, who was a taxi driver

9 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Mallorca fans in Spain racially abuse Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr for the second time in 12 months

Real Mallorca fans shamefully subjected Real Madrid football player Vinicius Jr to racist abuse for the second time in a year during their 1-0 victory on Sunday. TV cameras captured a fan

9 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Football·Lead·Mallorca·National News

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RANKED: Top five ski resorts in Spain

WE love Spain for its sun and sand (and sangria, seafood, drool…) but who goes to ski in Spain? If you’re flying to southern Spain in May and overhear talk of ski

9 Feb, 2023 @ 13:30

Catalunya·Granada·Lead·Must Read·Olive Press Travel·Skiing in Spain·Travel: Catalunya·What to do

Major €200 million three-year overhaul of Spain’s Mallorca airport gets underway

IMPROVEMENT work has started at Palma airport costing €200 million which will take over three years to complete. The project includes extending aircraft parking facilities as part of the west and east

9 Feb, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Gale force winds and five metre waves to smash into Gibraltar over next days, weather experts warn

WEATHER experts have warned Gibraltar residents that gale force winds smashing into the Rock could carry ‘a risk of flying debris’. MeteoGib said that easterly ‘Levante’ winds would blow with incredible force

9 Feb, 2023 @ 13:22

Gibraltar·Lead

Firefighter from Spain’s Mallorca joins rescue efforts in Turkey

MALLORCAN firefighter, Toni Jaume, has travelled to Turkey to help in the rescue efforts following Monday’s earthquake disaster. 42-year-old Toni from Palma(pictured left with colleague) has been a firefighter for 17 years

9 Feb, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Playa Flamenca with pool – € 165,000

Playa Flamenca, Alicante 3 beds 1 baths € 165,000 Take a look at this Beautiful Ground Floor Apartment situated in a gated complex in Residencial San Antonio, in Playa Flamenca.

9 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

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Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia

Violent gangs of Spain clash in Palma de Mallorca as police struggle to keep control of the streets

Street gang violence has flared up this week as hordes of youths armed with machetes and baseball bats have clashed in the alleyways of Palma. The city’s police force has been on

9 Feb, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca

Costa Blanca Mayors In Spain Meet With Police After Worrying Wave Of Home Robberies

Costa Blanca mayors in Spain meet with police after big wave of home robberies in popular expat areas

POLICE in three Costa Blanca municipalities have told people to stay calm after a big rise in home robberies in recent weeks. The situation has caused major concern in the adjoining areas

9 Feb, 2023 @ 11:29

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s Malaga reactivates ambitions plans to have largest urban forest in Mediterranean Europe

PLANS to turn a former toxic wasteland in Malaga into giant urban forest have been reactivated. The platform Bosque Urbano Málaga has presented a project to turn the former Repsol petrol storage

9 Feb, 2023 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Hundreds of Chinese women freed from sexual slavery after raids across Spanish cities

A CHINESE gang has been busted in Alicante and Barcelona as part of a crackdown on Europe’s biggest sex-trafficking and prostitution ring. Policia Nacional raided 34 houses across the two Spanish cities,

9 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

Lead

Authorities agree to move ahead with electric vehicle charging points across Gibraltar to fight climate change

PLANS to roll out charging points for electric vehicles across Gibraltar are going ahead after a government-wide meeting to push towards carbon neutrality. Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia chaired the Gibraltar Net

9 Feb, 2023 @ 09:00

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

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Three disorientated mountaineers rescued from Spain’s Sierra de las Nieves in blizzard conditions

THREE mountaineers have been rescued after heavy snowfall lashed Spain’s Sierra de las Nieves. The three climbers were left disorientated in sub-zero, snowy conditions after thick fog blanketed the mountain range of

9 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Daytime TV show in Spain’s Andalusia under fire for debating photo of minister with nipples visible through shirt

A DAYTIME television debate show in Andalusia has drawn widespread criticism, even among its own staff, after it dedicated a segment on Tuesday to debating a photo of a government minister whose

8 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Watch out! Car filmed driving on a TRAM LINE in Alicante

A reckless driver was caught on camera haring down the tracks of the tram line in an Alicante town. A viral video shared on Twitter shows the car on the tracks of

8 Feb, 2023 @ 20:00

Alicante·Lead

Far-right Vox party humiliated in no confidence vote against Pedro Sanchez government in Spain

Lawmaker from Spain’s Popular Party accused of aiming death threat at prime minister in Congress

A LAWMAKER from the conservative Popular Party has been accused by his Socialist colleagues of making a death threat against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a session in the Congress of Deputies

8 Feb, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain: Concentration In Repulse Of Sexual Assaults

Poll: 22% of women in Spain say they have been sexually assaulted

NEARLY 22% of women in Spain say they have suffered some kind of sexual assault during their lives. That’s a total of 3.5 million female adults. The statistic is one of many

8 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

OLIVE PRESS CAMPAIGN: Bus company Avanza promises to improve services along the coast if demand becomes clear

A MALIGNED transport company has vowed to increase the number of buses along the coast if it sees enough demand for it. It comes as an Olive Press survey found that there

8 Feb, 2023 @ 18:27

Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Cyber offences account for 20% of reported crimes in Spain

Cybercrime accounts for 20% of reported offences in Spain

CYBERCRIME is now accounting for 20% of reported offences in Spain according to Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Speaking in Madrid on Wednesday, Grande-Marlaska said there were over 375,000 cybercrimes last year- up

8 Feb, 2023 @ 17:33

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Woman who split from husband in UK is held captive by family for ‘exorcism’ in Spain’s Andalucia

A woman was locked up by her family for 22 days in Linares because they wanted evil spirits exorcised from her body after she split from her husband in London. Her father-in-law

8 Feb, 2023 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

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