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WATCH: Eight TONNES of cocaine are seized at Algeciras port in southern Spain – after ruse to trick officials failed

EIGHT tonnes of cocaine hidden in a specially-built cargo container have been seized at Algeciras port. The bonanza of cocaine, Spain’s second largest ever and

13 Feb, 2024 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

‘Blood rain’ is coming to Spain: New DANA will bring the weather phenomenon to Andalucia and beyond this week

A WEATHER phenomenon known as ‘blood rain’ is coming to much of Spain this week. Temperatures will remain relatively high but a new DANA –

13 Feb, 2024 @ 16:33

Lead·Other News·Weather

The Body Shop goes into administration with thousands of jobs at risk – but will its stores in Spain be affected?

THE Body Shop, that bastion of British body beauty, has announced it has entered into administration, casting a shadow of uncertainty over 2,000 jobs within

13 Feb, 2024 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

What are ‘narcolanchas’? The boats used by drug traffickers to carry up to 3 TONNES of narcotics into Spain – after the high-speed vessel killed two Guardia Civil officers in Cadiz

TWO Guardia Civil officers, David Perez, 43, and Miguel Angel Gomez, 39, were killed last week in the coastal town of Barbate after being deliberately

13 Feb, 2024 @ 16:17

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Semi-clothed toddler is rescued after being spotted walking down street all alone on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TODDLER was found walking barefoot on an Alicante province road last Friday. The boy, aged 18 months, was spotted semi-dressed with a nappy on

13 Feb, 2024 @ 15:30

WATCH: Dramatic helicopter rescue pulls nearly THIRTY children off mountaintop ‘in batches of five’ in Spain’s Mallorca

THE recent storms that have battered Spain nearly claimed a terrible death toll after a group of nearly 30 children got stuck on treacherous mountain

13 Feb, 2024 @ 14:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Violent serial abuser locked up girlfriend to use her as a prostitute in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Man in Spain who killed and cooked his girlfriend’s pet rabbit before forcing her to eat it faces 12 years in jail

PROSECUTORS want a man jailed for 12 years for a series of violent attacks on his girlfriend with his abuse including the slaying of her

13 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s opposition Partido Popular in chaos after leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo makes ‘off the record’ U-turn on Catalan amnesty

AHEAD of this weekend’s regional elections in Galicia, Spain’s conservative Partido Popular (PP) has been plunged into chaos after off-the-record comments reportedly made by its

13 Feb, 2024 @ 13:15

Galicia·Lead·Politics

Lucky Brit wins a £3 million villa in Spain after entering a lottery by chance

A 52-year-old man from Edinburgh has won a villa in Spain worth £3 million as well as £250,000 in cash after entering a lottery while

13 Feb, 2024 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

‘Gay white Jesus and a Roman orgy’: Posters for two religious events in Spain spark fury among locals

A GAY white Jesus and a Roman orgy. That’s the verdict of some furious locals after seeing the posters for two hugely traditional festivals in

13 Feb, 2024 @ 11:57

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead

Scam warnings in Spain: More than 52% of people have been targeted via their mobile phone in the past year

OVER half of people in Spain have admitted to spotting a scam or an attempted fraud involving mobile phone messages and emails in 2023. The

13 Feb, 2024 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

5 bedroom Villa for sale in Almoradi – € 349,900

Villa Almoradí, Alicante 5 beds 3 baths € 349,900 Beautiful semi-detached villa in the center of Almoradí. The villa is very central and

13 Feb, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property

‘Stop complaining about chemtrails!’ Prosecutor in Spain insists the visible vapor from planes is NOT toxic after being inundated with denuncias from conspiracy theorists

A SENIOR prosecutor says increasing numbers of people are filing denuncias about ‘chemtrails’- the white trails left by planes in the sky due to condensation.

13 Feb, 2024 @ 10:49

Lead·National News·Other News·Valencian Community

Nolotil petition: Sign here to urge healthcare providers in Spain to stop giving the ‘lethal’ painkiller to Brits and northern Europeans

Have you been affected by Nolotil? Email us: tips@theolivepress.es THE Olive Press has launched a petition to urge Spanish healthcare providers to stop giving Nolotil

13 Feb, 2024 @ 10:25

Lead

Farmer strikes in Spain enter their eighth day: Tractors block roads from Andalucia to Catalunya and will today target the border with France

FARMERS have entered their eighth day of protests across Spain by shutting down yet more major roads with their tractors. In Andalucia, the A-4 near

13 Feb, 2024 @ 10:00

Lead

10 Spanish insults from Andalucia that will make you sound like a local

IT’S no secret that Andalucia is one of the most expressive and culturally diverse regions in Spain. The mainland’s southernmost autonomous community is the home

13 Feb, 2024 @ 07:30

Andalucia·Lead

Drought is NOT over in Spain: Warning of toughest water restrictions in decades after rain from Storm Karlotta does little to refill reservoirs in Malaga

THE heavy rain at the weekend has done little to recuperate reservoir levels in Malaga province, new figures show. Despite the heavens opening above the

13 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Costa Blanca Airport In Spain Welcomes New Look Tourist Information Desk

Spain’s Alicante airport smashes January record thanks to influx of British visitors

A LARGE number of UK travellers have helped take Alicante-Elche airport to a record January high with 958,088 passengers. That’s the best-ever start to a

12 Feb, 2024 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Deadly Red Palm Weevil spreads after claims that council didn’t maintain palm trees on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PALM tree pruning has started on the Orihuela Costa after residents said that not enough maintenance for two years has allowed the deadly Red Palm

12 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Briton, 74, took Nolotil in Spain for YEARS for her arthritis before developing a deadly blood condition that almost killed her – but was ‘saved by her Spanish genes’

Have you been affected by Nolotil? Email us: tips@theolivepress.es A BRITISH expat who was prescribed Nolotil for several years has claimed she ‘would be dead’

12 Feb, 2024 @ 16:29

Lead

Feminist groups start petition in bid to cancel Spain’s controversial Eurovision entry ‘Zorra’

FEMINIST associations in Spain have collected more than 1,500 signatures in a bid to cancel Spain’s controversial Eurovision entry, Zorra. The song from Alicante duo

12 Feb, 2024 @ 16:04

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Julio Iglesias series to be filmed for Netflix

STREAMING giant Netflix is teaming up with the legendary Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias to bring his life to the small screen. “For the first time,

12 Feb, 2024 @ 15:37

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

AC/DC are coming to Spain: Legendary rock group will perform in this major city in Andalucia this year

FANS of legendary Australian rock band AC/DC will be in for a treat later this year, when the group will pay a visit to Spain.

12 Feb, 2024 @ 15:02

Andalucia·Entertainment·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

‘Beauty and the Beast’ star and Spanish boyfriend launch new clothing line

WELSH Hollywood actor Luke Evans and his Spanish boyfriend Fran Tomas have announced they are launching a new clothing line. The menswear brand is called

12 Feb, 2024 @ 14:33

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Brussels: Russia's Pm Vladimir Putin And European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso Meeting

Revealed: How 7 Russian spies who were ‘experts in sabotage and assassinations’ travelled to Spain’s Catalunya during the height of the independence movement

SEVEN spies from Russia’s elite intelligence service wing travelled to Barcelona between 2014 and 2019 during the Catalan independence crisis, it has emerged. At least

12 Feb, 2024 @ 14:33

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

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Shooting in Marbella: Nordic expat is gunned down ‘in the middle of the street’ in a Hollywood-style drive-by attack in Nueva Andalucia

A NORDIC expat has been shot while walking in the middle of a street in Marbella, it emerged today. The unnamed victim received bullets to

12 Feb, 2024 @ 13:46

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

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