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Los Tedax Acordonaron Un Radio De 1 000 Metros Para Detonar Sin Riegos Bomba De Aviacion De La Guerra Civil Hallada En Maella

Police detonate bomb dating from Spanish Civil War after neighbour remembers seeing it drop and fail to go off more than 80 years ago

POLICE in Spain revealed how they discovered an unexploded bomb more than 80 years after it was dropped by fascist bombers during the Spanish Civil

16 Jan, 2022 @ 18:47

Lead·National News

Mallorca’s most secretive council revealed in transparency survey comparing town halls across Spain

MANACOR city council is one of the most secretive councils in Mallorca according to a nationwide survey of hundreds of councils. The list names and

16 Jan, 2022 @ 17:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Actors, TV channels and 30,000 social media users join search for man’s lost scarf in Spain’s Albacete

HAVE you seen an orange scarf with holes at each end in Albacete? You will have made thousands of people’s day after social media joined

16 Jan, 2022 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News·Other News

TAKE CARE: Tips for a healthier lifestyle after the excesses of Christmas in Spain

EXPERTS are urging people to take care when they bid to return to a more healthy lifestyle following the festive excesses. According to specialists, suddenly

16 Jan, 2022 @ 16:15

Health·Lead·National News

Mallorca politician demands end to environmentally damaging ‘ghost flights’ by airlines saving their slots

THE practice of airlines flying empty planes to keep coveted flight slots has been slammed by a Mallorcan politician. The deputy for MES in Mallorca,

16 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Back of the net! Spain tops the tables with the best football managers in the world

SPAIN produces the most successful football managers in the world, a new study has revealed. Results have been analysed from the top ten club leagues

16 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Sport

GOING POTTY: Website for Valencian potters provides gateway to the world of ceramics

A CERAMICS search engine has been created by potter Ana Illueca for Valencian potters so they can be more easily found online. All 106 potters

16 Jan, 2022 @ 12:46

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Daya Nueva with pool – € 262,000

Villa Daya Nueva, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 262,000 Prices from € 262 000 – € 290 000 Semi-detached villa with private

16 Jan, 2022 @ 12:07

Featured Property

REVEALED: How living in Spain or the UK is far more stressful than Germany or Iceland

SPAIN and the UK are officially two of the most stressed countries in Europe. Indeed, a life in Germany or Iceland would have you sleeping

16 Jan, 2022 @ 12:00

Health·Lead·National News

Popular Tourist Walkway In Benidorm On Spain's Costa Blanca To Get Multi Euro Lighting Revamp

Benidorm ranked as best socially distanced weekend party city in Europe

A NEW year is finally here and whilst European travel is opening up again, many travellers are still cautious and want to find a safe

16 Jan, 2022 @ 10:45

Benidorm·Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Electricity Pylon Near Burbage, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

A Wasted Decade: How political corruption robbed Spain of success with renewable energies

Martin Tye of Mariposa Energia explores what's gone wrong with renewable energies in Spain.

16 Jan, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·National News·Opinion

How to Assess Your Physical Fitness Level

One of the best things you can do to your health is to keep a physically active lifestyle. If you hit the gym or engage

15 Jan, 2022 @ 18:09

Health

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Spain is European country with most species at risk of extinction

SPAIN is the European country with the most plants and animals at risk of extinction, according to a new analysis. Data from the IUCN Red

15 Jan, 2022 @ 17:45

Environment·Lead·Nature·Other News

OPINION: It’s about time town halls in Spain’s Valencia region opened up to public scrutiny

IT’S perhaps no surprise that a town hall in the Valencia region should be among the most secretive in Spain. This is the region, after

15 Jan, 2022 @ 16:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Calls for ‘urgent’ blood donations needed amid shortage of all blood types in Spain’s Andalucia

THE Andalucian Network of Transfusion Medicine is urgently seeking blood donors to come forward amid ‘shortages’ following the festive period. The ANTM said a recent

15 Jan, 2022 @ 15:00

Health·Lead·Other News

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PROPERTY: Malaga is the city in Spain where house prices are rising the fastest

MALAGA, Sevilla and Valencia are the Spanish cities where house prices have risen the most in 2021. This is according to a study by UK

15 Jan, 2022 @ 13:00

Lead·National News·Property

Apartment for sale in Almeria city – € 175,000

Apartment Almería, Almería 0 beds 0 baths € 175,000 Light filled apartments with 2 or 3 bedrooms either on the ground floor with

15 Jan, 2022 @ 12:07

Featured Property

The Christmas clear out – How Olive Press columnist Giles Brown spent the festive season

I HAVE always been keen on maintaining my Christmas traditions. Once again, I spent most of the Christmas and New Year period at the radio

15 Jan, 2022 @ 12:00

Columnists·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Lead·Opinion

Chewing gum that kills COVID to go on sale in Spain from February

SURELY there must be something good to come out the COVID-19 pandemic. A worldwide realisation that all of us – governments, anti-vaxxers and Bill Gates

15 Jan, 2022 @ 11:15

Canary Islands·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Language Of Love Ch4 With Davina Mccall & Ricky Merino

Language of love: A new dating show set in villa in southern Spain aims to pair off lovelorn Brits with locals who don’t speak their lingo

MANY readers will remember their early laughable attempts at speaking Spanish on arrival in Spain. A new TV show The Language of Love takes this

15 Jan, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead

Slurry bad news: Across Spain, dubious industrial and agricultural methods have continued to pollute this beautiful nation

A LEGION of politicians piled fury on Alberto Garzon’s comments about the quality of Spanish meat because he criticised their two most important loves: gammon

15 Jan, 2022 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Opinion

Mass ScreeningEXPLAINER: Why high COVID-19 infection numbers don't tell the whole pandemic story in the Costa Blanca area of Spain

EXPLAINER: Why high COVID-19 infections don’t reflect the full pandemic situation in the Costa Blanca area of Spain

OVER 22,000 coronavirus cases were reported this Friday in the Valencian Community but hospital admissions are over 50% lower than 12 months ago. The regional

14 Jan, 2022 @ 19:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Demonstrations For The National Day Of Spain Or Hispanic Day

Fact-check: Eight times Spain’s far-right VOX party was caught out lying in 2021

WE’RE not saying that left-wing politicians in Spain never lie, just their lies tended to be less satisfying to unpick. Lefty lies in 2021 were

14 Jan, 2022 @ 18:45

Lead·Madrid·Must Read·National News·Politics

List of shame: Vast majority of Spain’s ‘most secretive’ town halls are in Andalucia

AN alarming three quarters of the least transparent town halls are in Andalucia. A survey of 500 councils has named and shamed the local authorities

14 Jan, 2022 @ 18:30

Lead·Politics

Freeze Saturday January 15 2022 Olive Press Aemet Weather

Half of Spain braced for weekend ‘big freeze’ – including Balearic Islands

HALF of Spain will feel the chill this Saturday (January 15) as AEMET issues yellow weather warnings for ‘low temperatures’. Swathes of regions in Castilla

14 Jan, 2022 @ 17:45

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Weather

COVID-19 passports and early bar closures extended in Spain’s Murcia region

MURCIA’S current COVID-19 restrictions will be maintained until February 4. The region’s Superior Court has approved the extension of the measures which were due to

14 Jan, 2022 @ 17:09

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

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