Alex Trelinski, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Drunk Driver Flips Car And Then Assaults Paramedics In Murcia Area Of Spain

IRRESPONSIBLE drunk driver flips his car and then assaults paramedics in Murcia area of Spain

A drunken motorist caused a commotion in Alhama de Murcia last Saturday night(May 15) after crashing his car and attacking paramedics that tried to help

20 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Fraudster arrested in Costa Blanca street for running bogus real estate website and pocketing money from victims in Spain

‘BOGUS BROKERS’ conned Costa Blanca businessman out of €100,000 in share scam in Spain

AN Elche businessman lost €100,000 to two fraudsters who said they were going to invest his money in stocks and shares. The bogus brokers, aged

20 May, 2021 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

END IN SIGHT after seven months of COVID-19 curfew restrictions in the Costa Blanca area of Spain

THE midnight curfew in the Valencian Community will be pushed back to a 1.00 am start from this Monday(May 24), subject to approval by the

20 May, 2021 @ 14:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

EasyJet boss says he does not understand why Spain is not on the UK ‘Green’ travel list

EASYJET boss, Johan Lundgren, has said that he does not know why Spain is not on the UK ‘Green’ travel list. Speaking to Sky News,

20 May, 2021 @ 11:50

Lead·Travel News

FOUL PLAY as sexist comments are heard on microphone before TV coverage of women's football match in Spain

‘FOUL PLAY’ as sexist comments are heard via an open microphone before TV coverage of women’s football match in Spain

SPAIN’S public broadcaster, RTVE, is trying to find out whether one of its employees made sexist remarks before a telecast of a women’s football match

19 May, 2021 @ 20:30

Lead·National News·Sport

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Latest COVID-19 figures and hospital admissions from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW COVID-19 cases have held absolutely steady according to this evening’s figures(May 19) published by the Valencian health authority. They announced 138 new infections today

19 May, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

BIG HASH STASH of under 4,000 kilos on a speedy ‘narcoboat’ is intercepted at a Costa Blanca beach in Spain

PLANS to land almost 4,000 kilos of hashish by boat on the Costa Blanca came unstuck this morning(May 19) when the craft was intercepted by

19 May, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Gloria Steinem, an iconic American fighter for women's rights and equality, wins one of Spain's top awards

GLORIA STEINEM, an iconic fighter for women’s rights and equality, wins one of Spain’s top awards

GLORIA STEINEM, a massive figure within the American feminist movement, has won the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for communication and humanities. The awards are

19 May, 2021 @ 19:00

Celebrity·National News·Politics

BENIDORM presents a new way of booking everything for the perfect holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM has unveiled a one-stop internet site where tourists can book everything for their holiday, including tickets to get there. The new portal was unveiled

19 May, 2021 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

EROSKI supermarket chain benefits from last year’s pandemic lockdown in Spain

EROSKI supermarkets have seen a big pandemic boost of a 30% rise in operating income which hit €252 million last year. The company’s sales rose

19 May, 2021 @ 16:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Hotels in Spain get busier with domestic bookings but they are desperate for UK and foreign tourists

DOMESTIC hotel bookings in Spain are experiencing a surge since the ending of the second State of Alarm on May 9, but its the foreign

19 May, 2021 @ 14:07

Lead·Travel News

Heartless fraudster cons elderly Benidorm lady of over €40,000 in bogus search for remains of parents killed in the Spanish Civil War

A conman swindled €43,600 from a 91-year-old Benidorm woman in a bogus search to find the remains of her parents who died in the Spanish

19 May, 2021 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

COVID-19 cases maintain reduced totals in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 hospital admissions fall below 150 patients in the Costa Blanca area of Spain as new infections creep up

COVID-19 hospitalisations have dropped to below 150 patients in the Valencian Community. The latest figures from the regional health ministry tonight(May 18) showed there were

18 May, 2021 @ 19:20

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Ryanair blasts Spain's airport operator for scrapping five-year charge freeze

Ryanair resumes UK flights this week to Murcia area airport in Spain

RYANAIR is resuming UK flights to Murcia’s international airport from this Friday(May 21). The first service to Corvera will be from Manchester, followed by flights

18 May, 2021 @ 18:37

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Travel News

GOOD AS GOLD as tricksters fool jewellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca into buying fakes

A young couple swindled jewellers and gold exchange stores across Alicante City by selling them fake trinkets and rings with a gold-style covering sprayed onto

18 May, 2021 @ 17:48

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Top court rejects extra night-time hours for clubs and late bars in Costa Blanca area of Spain

COSTA BLANCA curfew set to continue as judges will rule over the extension of one of Spain’s few remaining night-time closures

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court(TSJCV) will decide this week whether the Valencian Community’s midnight curfew can continue past May 24. Regional president, Ximo Puig, initially wanted the

18 May, 2021 @ 17:10

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Top Benidorm theme park to partially reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca in July

BENIDORM’S Terra Mitica theme park will welcome visitors from July 3 after being shut throughout 2020. It will be the first time the park will

18 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Over 21% of 'thirty-somethings' are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Spain health study shows Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine mix gives better COVID protection than two AstraZeneca doses

SPAIN’S Health Ministry is set to allow Pfizer vaccinations for around two million ‘essential’ workers like police, teachers, and fire-fighters who have got just one

18 May, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

EXPLAINED: The latest rules on people from the UK travelling to and from Spain

EXPLAINED: The latest ‘must read’ rules for travelling between the UK and Spain

SPAIN’S tourist board has launched a new ‘one-click’ feature on its website to allow foreign tourists to check on COVID-19 travel restrictions. UPDATE: Spain removes

18 May, 2021 @ 12:15

Lead·Must Read·National News·Travel News

Highest weekend COVID-19 case figures this month across Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW COVID-19 cases have produced their highest May weekend total in the Valencian Community. Health ministry figures released tonight(May 17) show 387 new infections since

17 May, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Alicante calls time for 2021 on one of the top outdoor events of the year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE Council has cancelled this year’s San Juan Hogueras(Bonfires) celebrations to extinguish the chance of an autumn rescheduling. It’s the second year that the Hogueras

17 May, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Brexit Answers To Come For Brits On The Costa Blanca Thanks To Special 'zoom' Sessions

BREXIT ANSWERS to come for Brits on the Costa Blanca in Spain thanks to special ‘Zoom’ sessions

BRITISH residents in Alicante Province can join a series of ‘Zoom’ webinars to ask questions about living in Spain in the post-Brexit era. The events

17 May, 2021 @ 17:45

Brexit·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man and his two sons are arrested over stabbing of his ex-partner at an ice cream parlour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CONTROL FREAK in Spain’s Murcia area can’t see his wife after abusing her over a short skirt

A court has barred a man from seeing his wife after he mistreated her for wearing a skirt that was too short for his taste.

17 May, 2021 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Record May foreign tourist figures in Spain

Heatwave brings out law-abiding visitors to Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca

A big rush of visitors to Benidorm and the Costa Blanca over the weekend did not fuel a parallel rise in COVID health safety rule-breaking.

17 May, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

PURRRRING CAR: Kitten rescued by police in Spain’s police after being stuck inside car engine for hours

HAPPY ENDING for kittens left to die in a suitcase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE kittens cheated death after being crammed into a suitcase and dumped on land in Alicante. Their ordeal had a happy ending after the small

17 May, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Better air quality in Spain cut premature deaths due to pandemic lockdown in 2020

LIVES SAVED: Fewer car journeys during Spain’s 2020 lockdown cut pollution and premature deaths

IMPROVED air quality in Spain caused by last year’s pandemic lockdown restrictions may have prevented at least 170 premature deaths. It’s largely down to fewer

16 May, 2021 @ 11:15

Environment·Health