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Making bank-sy: Spanish police smash counterfeit art ring selling fake Banksy works

SPANISH police have smashed a counterfeit art ring who were selling fake Banksy pieces around the world. READ MORE: Malaga’s ‘Banksy’ attracts world attention replicating

9 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

The rural towns you should visit in Spain- according to your star sign

THIS is the countryside getaway you should take in Spain according to your horoscope. Have you ever thought about taking a trip based on your

9 Mar, 2024 @ 09:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Cleaning lady supplies security alarm codes of homes and shops to robbers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CLEANING lady supplied two burglars with security alarm code numbers to ease their task of robbing Alicante homes and shops. The trio- in their

9 Mar, 2024 @ 08:00

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

EXCLUSIVE: We paid €25,000 to a dog breeder in Spain and NEVER received our pups – don’t make the same mistakes we did

THREE victims of an alleged dog scammer have called for action after their ‘dreams’ were shattered by a popular breeder. Kim Holmes had always hoped

8 Mar, 2024 @ 18:00

National News

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I visited the new vegan butchers in southern Spain – these were my favourite dishes’

ANDALUCIA’s first vegan butchers has opened and I visited to try out their versions of traditional Spanish products. READ MORE: Vegan foie gras takes Spain

8 Mar, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Other News

International Women’s Day: Spanish Health Minister announces new measures to ensure equal abortion rights

THE Spanish government has announced new measures to ensure equal access to abortions across the country. Spanish women will now be able to choose where

8 Mar, 2024 @ 15:34

Other News·Women's Day

Home viewers of pirated La Liga soccer matches can now be fined individually in Spain

A LANDMARK ruling by a Barcelona judge means that home viewers of pirated feeds of La Liga football matches could be fined. The order of

8 Mar, 2024 @ 15:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Massive fire that killed 10 people in Spain’s Valencia was not down to a criminal act, say police

THE Policia Nacional has ruled there was no ‘criminality’ behind the tragic Valencia apartment block fire that claimed 10 lives on February 29. Among those

8 Mar, 2024 @ 14:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

International Women’s Day: Spain saves new Human Trafficking Law and amplifies protection for domestic abuse victims

SPAIN has revived a Human Trafficking Law designed to protect victims and prevent future crimes. The law, known as the ‘Ley de Trata’ (Trafficking Law)

8 Mar, 2024 @ 14:08

Lead·Other News·Women's Day

Rags To Riches As Costa Blanca Street Beggar Scoops €1.2 Million Lottery Jackpot In Spain

Police in Spain’s Caceres find body in hunt for missing 79-year-old lottery winner

THE Guardia Civil located a body on Friday during the ongoing hunt for Vicente Sanchez, a 79-year-old man from a municipality in Caceres province who

8 Mar, 2024 @ 13:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Protest On 'international Safe Abortion Day' In Madrid, Spain 28 Sept 2022

Women’s Day: How Spain became a pioneer in women’s rights but still has a long way to go

Although Spain treats men and women equally by law, and the government has worked hard to educate the entire population about equality, many women still

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:55

Lead·Other News·Women's Day

Photo Man Stabbed In Marbella In The Neck

Spain’s Policia Nacional arrest five men in Marbella on suspicion of group sexual assault of 26-year-old woman

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional have arrested five men on suspicion of the group sexual assault of a 26-year-old woman in Marbella. The detentions came after she

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:47

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

Guns, 23 cellphones, cryptocurrency, and €500 notes: What police found in the house of Koldo Garcia, the man at the centre of the Covid mask corruption scandal that has rocked Spain’s Socialist government

POLICE investigators made some startling discoveries when they searched the home of Koldo Garcia, the former right-hand man of ex-Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos and

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

EXCLUSIVE: I threw 80 sex tapes of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner’s in the bin in Praia da Luz

A FORMER friend of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has admitted he threw away up to 80 of his sick sex tapes. The potentially incriminating

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:30

Lead·Must Read

Man jailed after body of Norwegian expat who died from adverse reaction to drugs was dumped on Torremolinos street in Spain

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and jailed over the death of a Norwegian woman whose body was found on a Torremolinos street last September.

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Other News

Protests throughout Spain for International Women’s Day

THOUSANDS of Spaniards will take to the streets today as part of protests for International Women’s Day. Despite recent reports that 44% of Spanish men

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:29

Lead·Other News·Women's Day

New York native becomes the first US woman to sail around the world solo as she lands in Spain

LONG Island, New York native Cole Brauer became the first US woman to circumnavigate the world solo by sailboat on Thursday, when she arrived in

8 Mar, 2024 @ 11:54

Galicia·Lead

Slide away: Discover the super-luxury hotel at the heart of Granada’s Sierra Nevada ski resort

WE arrive outside El Lodge in just over two hours and before we can blink, the car is ushered away and our bags are in

8 Mar, 2024 @ 11:46

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Hotel Reviews·Hotels·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Restaurants·Travel Andalucia·Travel: Granada

BEDS2U: with discounts of up to 50% off

Beds 2u spain is a family run company offering huge discounts on quality beds and furniture. We pride ourselves on great customer service, high end

8 Mar, 2024 @ 11:35

Other News·Property·Sponsored

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Guardamar del Segura – € 360,000

Apartment Guardamar del Segura, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 360,000 We present this impressive apartment with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms ,

8 Mar, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property

Warnings of 'historic and extraordinary' DANA weather front: Spain to be rocked by torrential rain, lightning and HAIL from this weekend

Heavy localised rain predicted for parts of Spain this weekend

AFTER mainly calm weather this week, forecasters a predicting a storm stretching over a large part of Spain over the weekend leaving ‘widespread and abundant’

8 Mar, 2024 @ 11:03

Lead·National News·Other News·Weather

HOT AND HOTTER: Quooker, the success story, that is now taking Spain by storm

IT’S the must-have boiling water revolution coming to sophisticated kitchens around Spain. But the story of the Quooker begins in 1970. Henri Peteri was in

8 Mar, 2024 @ 10:27

Other News·Property

Escaped African Lynx found in garden on Spain’s Costa del Sol was illegally flown in from Russia

AN escaped African Lynx escaped from a Marbella home and ended up in the garden of a house some 20 kilometres away. The 20-kilo animal

8 Mar, 2024 @ 10:19

Alicante·Andalucia·Animals·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Almost half of Spanish men say gender equality has gone too far, but what is the reality for women in Spain?

A STUDY released by the Spanish Sociological Research Institute hit the headlines after stating 44% of Spanish men believe ‘women’s equality has gone so far

8 Mar, 2024 @ 09:02

Lead·Other News·Women's Day

Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith has swapped his Ibiza villa for the Big Brother House

GARY Goldsmith, Kate Middleton’s uncle, has swapped his luxury Ibiza villa for the Big Brother House as he stars in the celebrity edition. The ‘black

7 Mar, 2024 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Record February passenger levels for Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia airports

Government in no hurry to back a second runway at booming Costa Blanca airport in Spain, despite fears of overcrowding

REGIONAL politicians and business leader have reacted angrily to the government’s view that a second runway at Alicante-Elche airport is not a priority project. The

7 Mar, 2024 @ 17:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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