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Can summer holidays be saved? Spain now plans to restart tourism when 30-40% of population are vaccinated

SPANISH tourism minister, Maria Reyes Maroto, announced on Tuesday that Spain plans to reopen tourism when 30-40% of the nation has been immunised against COVID-19.

10 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

Driver who narrowly missed security guard tracked down in Gibraltar

POLICE officers tracked down and arrested a man who almost ran over a security guard at Waterport Terraces.

10 Mar, 2021 @ 16:55

Gibraltar

No early vaccinations for young people despite serious COVID-19 case numbers in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A THIRD of COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community are down to the ‘British’ strain

THE ‘British’ strain of COVID-19 is accounting for 30% of coronavirus cases in the Valencian Community according to the regional health minister, Ana Barcelo. She

10 Mar, 2021 @ 16:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Cuatro Plazas De Policia Local En El Ayuntamiento De Velez Malaga

Flat owner fined in Spain’s Malaga for third illegal party with 45 youngsters sharing hookahs

YET another illegal get together has been broken up by the Policia Local of Malaga in an apartment in the La Palmilla area of the

10 Mar, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead·Malaga

Isabel Diaz Ayuso Press Conference In Madrid

Madrid shock: Regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso triggers snap election with resignation

Madrid’s conservative leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso stepped down and dissolved the right-wing coalition regional government on Wednesday triggering a snap election. The shock move, described

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:50

Lead·Politics

Partido Popular Could Be Ousted From Running Murcia's Regional Government In Spain For The First Time Since Mid Nineties

Partido Popular could be ousted from controlling Spain’s Murcia region for the first time since mid-nineties

CORRUPTION allegations are behind a shock move that could end the Partido Popular’s 26-year grip on Murcia’s regional government. An unexpected motion of censure was

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:49

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Politics

Vaccination roll-out for almost 120,000 teachers and support staff starts in Spain’s Valencia region

SCHOOL TEACHERS will soon be able to receive the Astrazeneca Covid-19 jab as vaccination points have been named across the Costa Blanca. President of the

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Ceramic tiles are Castellon's leading industry

TRICKS OF THE TRADE: Castellon tile sector requests €6m of EU funding to build refuse treatment plant

THE ceramic tile trade is by far the largest and most important industry in Castellon Province. Widely known and respected throughout the world as a

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance

Barcelona scientists discover new bird-like dinosaur species in Spain with links to prehistoric Asia

SCIENTISTS from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have released papers that have identified a brand new dinosaur species from bones found 18 years ago. The

10 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Lead

Few places in Spain beat Benahavis’ location, insists expat councillor Scott Marshall

THE GEM of the costas, as Scott puts it, is only 10 minutes from Marbella and the golden sands of the Costa del Sol. Malaga

10 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead

International Women’s Day: Celebrating the inspirational work of expat women in Spain

TO CELEBRATE International Women’s Day this week, The Olive Press sought out some of the most inspiring women from across Spain to shine a light

10 Mar, 2021 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News

Express Delivery As Alicante Man Poses As Home Delivery Rider To Sell Drugs On Spain's Costa Blanca

‘EXPRESS DELIVERY’ as Alicante man poses as home goods rider to sell drugs on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante man has been arrested for pretending to do home deliveries as a front for selling drugs. The 33-year-old Venezuelan travelled around the city

10 Mar, 2021 @ 13:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca

German YouTuber banned from entering Spain after secretly recording up skirt of schoolgirl in Mallorca

The German man, aged 52, admitted in court via videoconference to filming up the skirt of a 14-year-old girl in Palma

10 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

THE WHITE STUFF: Three men arrested while trying to ‘rescue’ 300 kilos of cocaine at Valencia port

THREE men have been arrested for attempting to recover 300 kilos of cocaine from Valencia port. The suspects were detained as they tried to break

10 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Valencia

Hospitality and non-essential businesses ordered to close each night at 1.00 am starting on Christmas Eve in Murcia area of Spain

GRIM VIEW over imminent indoor bar and restaurant reopening following health and hospitality meeting in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE chances of bars and restaurants reopening indoors next week in the Valencian Community appear to be very slim according to a regional hospitality association.

10 Mar, 2021 @ 12:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

21% of those who died in traffic accidents in Spain’s Malaga were not wearing seat belts

THE Directorate General of Road Traffic (DGT) is stepping up checks on correct seat belts use this week with a new special surveillance campaign. The

10 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga

Both Tight Squeeze For Car And Alicante Tram

A CLOSE SHAVE as motorist gets his car sandwiched between a wall and a tram on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A motorist escaped serious injury yesterday(March 9) after his car hit a tram in San Vicente del Raspeig. Eyewitnesses said the vehicle jumped a red

10 Mar, 2021 @ 11:35

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia to review restrictions and perimetral lockdowns between regions on March 18 for possible travel over Easter

THE Junta will review the restrictions in force at regional level on March 18. The review will include a decision on whether to maintain or

10 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

Lead

Divorce numbers dropped in Andalucia for the sixth year running despite lovers tiffs in COVID lockdown

DIVORCE numbers dropped in Andalucia for the sixth year running. The number of couples calling it quits fell by 11.5% in 2020 despite the lockdown

10 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead

One woman and two men arrested in connection with spate of armed robberies at casinos across Spain’s Costa del Sol

THREE members of one of the country’s most prolific burglary gangs have been arrested during a major police operation in the Costa del Sol. The

10 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Crime & Law

Unlucky Burglar Tries To Rob Home Of Guardia Civil Agent On Spain S Costa Blanca

Hellraising tourists rent private villa to flout COVID rules in Malaga

NEARLY 30 partygoers – including French and Belgian nationals – flouted COVID restrictions at a house party in Malaga over the weekend. Four teams of

10 Mar, 2021 @ 09:00

Malaga

Locals invited to ‘grow their own’ as new urban gardens project blossoms in expat urb’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POPULAR with British expats, San Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation, is to have a €79,000 urban garden development creating 68 jobs. The project, developed with Hidraqua,

10 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Far-right vandals target feminist murals across Spain in backlash against International Women’s Day

Far-right vandals have targeted feminist murals and monuments in several places across Spain in acts timed to coincide with International Women’s Day. In Madrid a

9 Mar, 2021 @ 21:58

Lead·Other News

European Commission initiates ‘preliminary investigation’ into living conditions of migrant workers in Almeria and Huelva

THE European Parliament and the European Commission are going to investigate the living conditions of seasonal workers in Almeria and Huelva after fires destroyed hundreds

9 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Almeria·Huelva·Lead

Interior of bars and restaurants in Spain’s Mallorca set to reopen to public from next week

Revealing the next step of the de-escalation plan, government spokesperson, Iago Negueruela, said: "If the data is positive, will will relax the restrictions"

9 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Lead·Mallorca

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Firefighters denounce ‘desperate’ situation as they lose another fire truck to an accident in Spain’s Cordoba

FIREFIGHTERS at the headquarters of Cordoba’s capital have been left in a precarious situation after first response truck was wrecked in a road traffic accident.

9 Mar, 2021 @ 19:15

Cordoba·Lead

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