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Chancellor Angela Merkel Meets Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

Denmark urges citizens not to travel to Spain this summer, fearing the country isn’t safe following the coronavirus crisis

THE Danish Government has urged its citizens not to travel to Spain this summer, fearing that the country will not be safe following the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 May, 2020 @ 13:12

Lead·Travel News

100,000 tourists are still on Spain’s Canary and Balearic islands, despite the nationwide lockdown

TENS of thousands of tourists have remained on the Canary and Balearic islands respectively, despite the coronavirus.

19 Mar, 2020 @ 17:55

Lead·Travel News

Tourists spend most of their money in supermarkets in Spain’s Valencia

TOURISTS are spending most of their money in supermarkets, a study has announced.

13 Feb, 2020 @ 11:55

Business & Finance·Lead

‘Fake bus driver’ who made €3.2 million from tourists and kids on Costa del Sol and across Spain arrested and has his 19 buses seized

Police located the illegal buses in areas of Spain as far-flung as Madrid, Toledo, Valencia, Malaga, Almeria and Zaragoza

12 Nov, 2019 @ 12:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Costa del Sol sees a surge in tourists this year

Academics have suggested that the ‘rebound’ is thanks to a lot of political unrest in other countries, such as Turkey, Egypt or Tunisia, with people who are looking for a few weeks

25 Sep, 2019 @ 11:01

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Spanish comedian’s hilarious song on why Spain ‘hates the Brits’ goes viral

The tongue-in-cheek medley sees Lopez blast British tourists for mispronouncing paella and drinking too much Stella

26 Aug, 2019 @ 11:58

Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Whether we like it or not, tourism to Spain boosts the economy and sways the property market, writes Amanda Butler

Perhaps our hoteliers will need to start adjusting their hotel rates to be more competitive...just saying!

21 Jul, 2019 @ 13:33

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

WATCH: Expat gives hilarious guide for boozy Brits heading to Marbella (WARNING: Not for the easily offended)

Svetlana Stanislav advises would be holidaymakers from the UK how to 'act more like a human and less like an animal'

24 Jun, 2019 @ 11:02

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

Spanish city to banish 5,000 pigeons for ‘driving away’ tourists

AN Andalucian city has pledged to banish 5,000 pigeons amid complaints from restaurant and hotel owners that they are driving away tourists. Cadiz is set to remove thousands of its feathered foes

15 Dec, 2018 @ 10:00

Cadiz·Environment·Food & Drink·Health·Lead·Nature·Other News

Manufacturers of ‘lethal’ drug Nolotil face €500 million lawsuit

A €500 million lawsuit is launched and there are already 200 claimants, following an Olive Press investigation

9 Nov, 2018 @ 17:31

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Lethal painkiller Nolotil BANNED for Brits visiting Spain

The Spanish Medicine Agency has finally issued a directive to ban the drug for British and Irish tourists and regulate it for expats in Spain

6 Nov, 2018 @ 21:30

Health·Lead·National News

60 tourists and residents rescued from roofs and vehicles in Mallorca as island battered again by flash floods

SOME 60 residents and tourists have been rescued from their cars and roofs from flash floods tearing through Mallorca today. It comes just a week after 13 people tragically died in the

19 Oct, 2018 @ 19:21

Lead·Mallorca

Booze ban set for all-inclusive holidays at tourist hotspots in Spain

The Balearic Islands government is set to crackdown on boozy all-inclusive trips in Mallorca and Ibiza

21 Aug, 2018 @ 17:38

Lead·Mallorca

Over 60 tourists sent to hospital with gastroenteritis after stay at Costa del Sol hotel

Hotel officials claim it could be due to dirty water tanks at the hospital next door

7 Aug, 2018 @ 13:34

Lead·Other News

Spain detects 25 forced marriages between 2020 and 2022

British expat ‘raped by two UK tourists’ who were ‘high on laughing gas’ in Marbella

The alleged assault came after a night out with a group of tourists

29 May, 2018 @ 15:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Airport group goes public with concerns over transporting drunk passengers

A SPANISH organisation which is meant to transport those with reduced mobility at Palma Airport has said it has had enough of dealing with drunk tourists. Their complaint has come after they

24 May, 2018 @ 16:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

PARTY’S OVER: Thomas Cook set to call time on boozy Club 18-30

After almost 50 years of providing infamous parties for young Brits abroad, the travel company is set to sell the brand to cater to millennials' changing holiday tastes

14 May, 2018 @ 12:57

Lead·Travel News

Discover why Estepona is nicknamed the Garden of the Costa del Sol

THE first seeds were sown back in 2012, when Estepona Mayor Jose Maria Garcia Urbano and his fellow councillors drew up the design for a green walking city dedicated to culture and

6 May, 2018 @ 18:37

La Cultura·Malaga

DOSE OF REALITY: Campaign to regulate lethal painkiller Nolotil gathers momentum in Spain

The Olive Press speaks to relatives of victims and campaigners about their hopes of regulating the controversial drug

29 Apr, 2018 @ 12:00

Health·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Southern Spain hospitals in British expat hotspot issue warning for ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil

After the drug claimed countless lives, a health network on the Costa Blanca has issued a recommendation to its medical staff to avoid prescribing Nolotil to Anglo Saxon and Scandinavian expats

23 Apr, 2018 @ 13:09

Health·Lead·Other News

New rules to clamp down on bogus package holiday sickness claims in Spain

Coming into effect in the coming weeks, the curbs will close a loophole that allows holiday makers to issue fraudulent claims

16 Apr, 2018 @ 14:33

Lead·Other News

Drink-driving US tourist who killed British cyclist in Spain avoids jail

A DRUNK driver who killed a British cyclist in Spain has avoided jail. Tourist Bryan Leeds, 25, from the US, was arrested after hitting father-of-three Philip Rasmussen, 47, from behind in Menorca.

16 Apr, 2018 @ 11:07

Crime & Law·Lead

ISIS calls for truck and knife attacks in Spain in chilling new campaign

SICK death cult ISIS has called on its followers to carry out attacks in Spain. Propaganda group Muharir al-Ansar shared a poster online calling for followers to carry out jihad. The image

8 Mar, 2018 @ 10:54

Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish hospitals charging tourists double for care in Barcelona

Shockingly, not even the Hospital de Sant Pau (pictured) know what they are charging the ICPA, which could be in the millions.

20 Feb, 2018 @ 13:37

Crime & Law·Environment·Health·Lead·National News·Travel News

WATCH: Tourists abandon boat off coast of Spain before it EXPLODES

THIS is the moment a boat carrying tourists off the coast of Spain burst into flames before exploding. Five tourists jumped and swam for their lives as their small boat went up

11 Feb, 2018 @ 11:33

Lead·Travel News

British mother ‘took 13 hours to report 3-year-old son missing’ after night out in Spain

A BRITISH mother is facing prosecution for allegedly taking 13 hours to report her son as missing while holidaying in Spain. It comes after a fast food worker saw Spanish police rescue

29 Jan, 2018 @ 10:14

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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