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Doing just Fine!: Family-owned firm takes on prestigious Fine & Country ‘master licence’ in Spain

EXPAT Chris Hara is shooting for the stars alongside his wife Jacqueline and Spain-born son Cristian. Chris and Jacqueline, who moved to the Costa Blanca

12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:08

Alicante·Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Property

2 bedroom Penthouse for sale in Denia with pool garage – € 144,000

Dénia, Alicante 2 beds 1 baths € 144,000 Penthouse for sale in Denia. This property features 66 m2. The house is located on

12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

Featured Property

Doom or boom?: A look at prospects for the Real Estate market in Spain

MOST buyers and sellers I speak to these days keep mentioning the possibility of a downturn ahead. How could they not? Just look at the

12 Feb, 2023 @ 12:00

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Columnists·Lead·Other News·Property

The oldest dog in the world, Bobi, lives in the Iberian Peninsula

A NEW Guinness World Record has been broken in the animal world. Bobi, a mastiff from Alentejo—an area that spans from the Tagus River down

12 Feb, 2023 @ 11:15

Health·Lead·Other News

A little Gaudi glory: Discover the house that was the first designed by the Catalan Architect

ANTONI Gaudi is an architect synonymous with the Catalan city of Barcelona. By far, his most famous work is the unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral. But

12 Feb, 2023 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·La Cultura·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Premium·Property·Travel: Catalunya

Largest number of companies in Spain for 27 years ceased trading in 2022

THE state of the economy in the wake of the Ukraine war and the post-pandemic period contributed to the highest number of Spanish companies folding

12 Feb, 2023 @ 09:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Building for the future: Andalucian luxury villa to be ‘Spain’s first carbon-zero home’ powered by unique hydrogen system

A PROJECT for what is claimed to be the first zero-carbon luxury home utilising a hydrogen generating system in Spain has gone on sale. Running

12 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Other News·Property

The Spanish town looking for someone to run a bar for 20 euros per month

The council of Cumbres de Enmedio in Andalucia, with 50 inhabitants, wants someone to rent the town’s only bar for €20 per month. The Huelva

11 Feb, 2023 @ 19:00

Huelva·Lead·National News

WATCH: Team of Valencia firefighters pull survivors from rubble of Turkey earthquake

After a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, whole neighbourhoods full of people in their homes

11 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Valencia

Case of mad cow disease detected on farm in northern Spain

Spain has detected a case of mad cow disease in the country’s north on Friday. The atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was detected in a

11 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Health·Lead·National News·Premium

Palma gang forged vital medical documents for anti-anxiety pills

A gang in Palma has been sentenced to a combined seven years and 10 months in prison for falsifying vital medical documents used to prescribe

11 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

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

Breathalyser tests are always stepped up over Christmas

Look who’s talking: Just when you thought it was safe, Giles Brown makes a post Xmas return

JUST when you thought it was safe to go back to the last pages of the Olive Press. I’m back. A combination of pre and

11 Feb, 2023 @ 12:28

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Lead·Premium

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Aguas Nuevas with pool garage – € 109,900

Aguas Nuevas, Alicante 2 beds 1 baths € 109,900 Apartment in Torrevieja, Aguas Nuevas area, 69 m of surface, 9 m2 of terrace,

11 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

Featured Property

Ex-employee steals fuel discount card from trucking firm in €60,000 fraud on Spain's Costa Blanca

Petrol thief stole 2000 litres of diesel from trucks, transport vans in Mallorca

A Mallorca man accused of stealing 2000 litres of petrol on 13 separate occasions has been arrested. The 35-year-old allegedly targeted trucks and transport vans

11 Feb, 2023 @ 12:00

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

WATCH: Archeologists unearth sanctuary dedicated to the ancient god Mithras in Spain’s Cabra

A SANCTUARY dedicated to the ancient god Mithras has been uncovered by archaeologists excavating at the Villa del Mitra in Cabra, Spain. Mithras was a

11 Feb, 2023 @ 10:30

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Freya’s Fashion Advice: Fresh looks for springtime in Spain

The changing of the seasons from winter to spring is a most exciting time of the year. In come lighter layers, dresses, and colour. Out

11 Feb, 2023 @ 10:20

Granada·Lead·Other News·Sponsored

Spain’s top banks are rolling in cash after bumper 2022 profits

SPAIN’S biggest banks- Santander, BBVA, CaixaBank, Sabadell, Unicaja Banco and Bankinter- clocked up record profits in 2022 according to a survey from the Noevantas consultancy.

11 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Jean Porsche Arquitectura, Millenials Want Colour And Pattern Back

Indoors, outdoors: The latest trends hark back to the past

By Julia Begbie RESEARCHING hot new interior design trends for 2023 means consulting the Oracle. Yes, I’m referring to TikTok. And yes, we are all

10 Feb, 2023 @ 19:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Premium·Property

PLAN YOUR TRIP: Malaga’s most Romantic settings for Valentine’s Day in Spain

PAMPER yourself and your other half with a romantic getaway to the dreamy landscapes of inland Malaga or one of the charming Costa del Sol

10 Feb, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Premium·Travel Andalucia

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sharp’ and ‘shoddy’ practices in Spain land dozens of foreign off-plan villa buyers millions out of pocket as Costa del Sol developer collapses

By Jon Clarke and Walter Finch LAWYERS have been joined by mortgage brokers and agents to slam a giant construction firm that has left up

10 Feb, 2023 @ 18:20

Lead·Other News·Premium·Property

Student investigated over viral sexist video at Madrid uni hall reveals why it happened

A Mallorcan student investigated over a viral video which showed other males chanting sexist abuse at young women says it was ‘just a joke’. The

10 Feb, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Forget the Camino de Santiago: Spanish cousins go on 2,500km pilgrimage to DERBY to watch football team they fell in love with playing FIFA

A football-mad Spanish family went on a bonkers 2,500km voyage to watch a football club from a provincial English town after falling in love with

10 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Football·Lead·National News·Premium·Travel News

Gibraltar port denies press reports in Spain that it is refuelling Russian ships

GIBRALTAR’S port denied Spanish press reports that it was refuelling Russian ships and said it was ‘applying stricter rules than any EU or UK port’.

10 Feb, 2023 @ 16:43

Gibraltar·Lead

First Mar Menor Lagoon Museum Will Celebrate Fishing Industry In Spain's Murcia

First museum dedicated to Mar Menor lagoon in Spain’s Murcia will celebrate fishing

THE first museum solely dedicated to Murcia’s Mar Menor lagoon will showcase the area’s fishing industry in a disused air force building in Los Alcazares.

10 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

La Cultura·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

‘We are broken’: Family of missing Amy Fitzpatrick hope ‘new tactic’ will solve 15-year case

On the would-be birthday of missing Amy Fitzpatrick her ‘broken’ family have one wish. Instead of celebrating what would have been Amy’s 31st birthday this

10 Feb, 2023 @ 16:10

Crime & Law·Lead

Nightclub owner on attempted murder charge as arson plan backfires on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE people have been arrested for arson and fraud over a fire at Alicante’s Babylonia nightclub on January 23. Two of the accused- the club

10 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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