This Week in Spain: Cartoonists, US invasions and 800,000-year-old skulls
Welcome to a new Olive Press series, ‘This Week in Spain’. Each week, Michael Coy will guide readers through the key moments in Spanish history that fall in the days
Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport continues to break records with more than 10 million passengers in first five months of 2026
MALAGA Airport has continued its record-breaking 2026 after registering more than 10 million passengers across the first five months of the year for the very first time. According
Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow airport under terrorism legislation – but was far-right activist returning from Spain?
THE rabble-rousing far-right activist Tommy Robinson was detained by police under terrorism legislation at London’s Heathrow airport on Saturday evening, it has been confirmed. Robinson, real name Stephen
18 injured – including nine children – after tourist road train overturns during Malaga tapas tour
MORE than a dozen people have been hurt after a tourist train carrying 30 passengers on a popular tapas bar crawl overturned near Malaga. A total of 18
Ranked: Spain’s top 10 quietest and most peaceful beaches – and how to find them
SPAIN may be one of the most visited countries on Earth, but vast stretches of its coastline remain surprisingly untouched. While millions of tourists continue to flock to
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Four trips you can do in Spain with your pet dog this summer – from pooch-friendly water parks in Barcelona to canine beaches in Alicante
SUMMER plans should be made with the entire family, including the dog. As of 2025, Spanish households are estimated to have a registered dog
ON THIS DAY: The Spanish villagers who refused to go to war – and the moment Real Madrid won the first-ever Champions League final
BLINK and you’d miss it. La Nava has two bars and an auto-repair shop – and 270 inhabitants. The Spanish word for a place
BREAKING: Facebook and Instagram go down across Spain in mass outage
FACEBOOK and Instagram have gone down in a global Meta outage that has locked millions of users — including thousands across Spain — out
Protected witness was kidnapped at Mijas hotel and shot in the arm in Manilva — and the only suspect just walked free
A PROTECTED witness was kidnapped outside a Mijas hotel and later shot in the arm in Manilva over four years ago, but now the
Spain seized 37% of all EU cocaine last year as Brussels insists Madrid is doing ‘everything possible’ to fight the cartels
SPAIN seized more cannabis and cocaine than any other EU country in 2024, new data has shown, in what officials say confirms its role
Legendary British author Julian Barnes wins Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias award
LEICESTER-BORN literary legend Julian Barnes has won Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award. Barnes, 80, burst onto the literary scene in 1980 with his
Three British tourists sexually assaulted by man posing as Valencia hostel worker
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for sexually assaulting three British female tourists at a Valencia hostel. The Policia Nacional said that the Tunisian
ON THIS DAY: The moment Franco closed the border with Gibraltar – and the Brits annoyed Spain by pinching the Falklands
IN 1967 Gibraltar voted by 99.6% of the electorate to remain British. In other words, one vote in 250 went against Britishness. Franco wasn’t
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Here we have a beautifully presented home that, if you are looking to retire to this area, may mean you need look no further.
