Ben joined the Olive Press in January 2024 after a four-month stint teaching English in Paraguay. He loves the adrenaline rush of a breaking news story and the tireless work required to uncover an eye-opening exclusive. He is currently based in Barcelona from where he covers the city, the wider Catalunya region, and the north of Spain. Send tips to ben@theolivepress.es
WATER restrictions will remain in place over the summer despite recent rainfall, the Catalan government have announced. While increased rainfall over recent weeks has staved
AMANCIO Ortega, the founder of fashion chain Zara and Spain’s richest person, has made his latest eye-watering purchase – a €182 million luxury yacht. The
PROPERTY prices in the Malaga province reached an all-time historic high this February, according to the housing website Idealista. The cost of housing in the
REAL Madrid’s star winger, Vinicius Junior, has admitted he is ‘losing the desire to play football’ thanks to repetitive racist abuse he has received whilst
PARTS of Malaga have woken up to a blanket of fresh snow following a dramatic drop in temperatures overnight. Whilst low-lying coastal areas have experienced
BARCELONA’S iconic Sagrada Familia has finally been given a completion date – over 100 years since its master architect died. Antoni Gaudi’s spectacular gothic basilica,
A MAN has died in the popular Spanish resort of Magaluf after falling from his third floor apartment on Saturday. The unnamed individual was pronounced
THE BBC is set to produce “high-quality Spanish language content” after announcing the acquisition of Brutal Media, a production company based in Barcelona. BBC Studios,
THREE alleged people smugglers have been arrested in southern Spain after being accused of throwing 37 migrants into dangerous waters, five of whom died. The
FAMILIES of migrants who disappeared on the perilous journey from Africa to Spain have claimed they were asked to pay hundreds of euros for information
THE United Kingdom is a much happier country than Spain, according to the 2024 World Happiness Report. The research, which is published annually, ranks the