Ben Pawlowski, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Outrage as two football teams in Spain adopt ‘dynamic pricing’ for tickets – just days after Oasis reunion debacle

SUPPORTERS of Valencia and Celta Vigo have expressed outrage after their clubs vowed to introduce so-called ‘dynamic pricing’ for tickets – just days after a

6 Sep, 2024 @ 14:35

Entertainment·Lead·Sport

Shakira reaches a deal with prosecutors in Spain on the first day of her €14.5million tax fraud trial

Shakira: ‘I was publicly burned at the stake by the Spanish tax authorities’

SHAKIRA has likened her tax fraud ordeal to the Inquisition and accused the Spanish treasury of ‘publicly burning her at the stake’ in her strongest

5 Sep, 2024 @ 16:08

Barcelona·Celebrity·Lead

Departing British ambassador to Spain bids farewell: Hugh Elliott releases goodbye video message after five years in the role

AFTER five years as the British ambassador to Spain and Andorra, Hugh Elliott has bid farewell in an emotional goodbye video message as he prepares

5 Sep, 2024 @ 13:51

Lead·Politics

Gibraltar’s Fabian Picardo meets with new Labour government in the UK

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo has returned to Gibraltar following his first face-to-face meeting with the UK’s new Labour government. Picardo, accompanied by deputy chief minister

5 Sep, 2024 @ 12:37

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez is under fire after appointing government minister and ally as new Bank of Spain chief

PEDRO Sanchez has been accused of ‘colonising’ the independent Bank of Spain after reports emerged that a government minister is set to be announced as

4 Sep, 2024 @ 14:40

Lead·Politics

German tourists are arrested for ‘defecating in lifts’ of Mallorca hotel and ‘emptying fire extinguishers’

TWO German tourists appeared in court on Monday after causing extensive damage to a hotel in Arenal, a small tourist town south of Palma. The

4 Sep, 2024 @ 13:02

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Israel urges Spain to ‘reverse’ its recognition of Palestine as a nation state

ISRAEL has called on Spain to renege its recognition of Palestine as a nation state in the wake of the murder of six Israeli hostages

4 Sep, 2024 @ 07:30

Lead·Politics

Exclusive: Fed-up Gibraltar teachers blast ‘toxic’ 1300-pupil school and threaten to strike over unruly kids who ‘think they can get away with anything’

THE start of a new academic year for 1300-plus pupils at a popular Gibraltar school is under threat as teachers complaining of ‘anarchy, chaos and

3 Sep, 2024 @ 19:00

EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

Watch: Spanish director Pedro Almodovar receives an ‘unprecedented’ 17-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival for The Room Next Door – alongside his new ‘muses’ Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton

LEGENDARY Spanish director Pedro Almodovar received an ‘unprecedented’ 17-minute standing ovation on Monday evening at the premiere of his new film, The Room Next Door.

3 Sep, 2024 @ 11:12

Entertainment·Lead·Video

Earthquake on the coast of southern Spain rattles a dozen towns in Andalucia

A 3.7 MAGNITUDE earthquake struck the coast of Spain early on Monday. According to the National Geographic Institute (IGN), the epicentre of the tremor was

2 Sep, 2024 @ 15:32

Almeria·Andalucia·Granada·Lead

‘Racism’ row erupts in Spain after mayor of tiny tourist town brands arrival of 200 migrants ‘excessive’

A SPANISH mayor has been branded as ‘far-right’ after criticising the decision to move hundreds of adult asylum seekers from the Canary Islands to his

2 Sep, 2024 @ 15:12

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

British man dies after falling from sixth floor of hotel in Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH man has died after falling from the sixth floor of a building in Palma. Emergency services were called to Carrer Berenguer de Tornamira

2 Sep, 2024 @ 12:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Spain blocks €600m Hungarian bid for train manufacturer amid ‘national security’ fears over ‘Russian interference’

THE Spanish government has blocked a €600m bid from a Hungarian consortium for the train manufacturer Talgo, citing ‘risks to national security and public order’.

30 Aug, 2024 @ 12:14

Lead·Politics

British tourist, 59, dies while scuba diving off the coast of Spain

A BRITISH tourist has died whilst scuba diving off the southern coast of Lanzarote. The 59-year-old male drowned after getting into difficulty at a cove

30 Aug, 2024 @ 11:11

Canary Islands·Lead

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz crashes out of US Open after shocking straight-sets defeat to unseeded Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp

CARLOS Alcaraz has suffered the greatest upset of his career so far after the Spaniard crashed out of the US Open in the second round

30 Aug, 2024 @ 10:37

Lead·Sport

British Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie is robbed at knifepoint in Barcelona: Thugs targeted his €20,000 Rolex

SIR Ben Ainslie, the most decorated sailor in Olympic history, has been robbed of his €20,000 Rolex at knifepoint by thieves in Barcelona. The 47-year-old

29 Aug, 2024 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Spain will offer training and jobs to 250,000 people in North Africa’s Mauritania to ‘disincentivise’ boat migrants

PEDRO Sanchez has vowed to support the creation of 250,000 new jobs in the poverty-stricken west African nation of Mauritania in an effort to stem

28 Aug, 2024 @ 12:11

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics

Scottish minister blasts ‘balconing league table’ which mocks deaths of tourists in Spain as ‘vile’ – just days after Scot’s fatal fall from an Ibiza hotel

A GOVERNMENT minister has blasted a balconing league table as ‘vile’ and called for its website to be taken down after it celebrated the UK

27 Aug, 2024 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez embarks on African tour in search of plan to stop boat migrants

PEDRO Sanchez is today embarking on a tour of three west African countries in an effort to stem the tide of irregular migrants who attempt

27 Aug, 2024 @ 13:39

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics

Sevilla can legally cut off water supply to law-breaking tourist flats, court rules

A COURT in the popular tourist city of Sevilla has ruled that the local council can legally cut off water supply to unlawful tourist flats.

27 Aug, 2024 @ 11:40

Lead·Sevilla·Travel News

Spain’s men’s cricket team breaks an impressive record previously held by Malaysia

AUSTRALIA, England and India may be cricket’s big three, but the lowly minnows of Spain now lay claim to one of the sport’s great records.

27 Aug, 2024 @ 11:35

Lead·Sport

Oasis to go on a world tour after announcing comeback – but will they visit Spain?

OASIS are set to reform for a string of gigs next summer – 15 years since a violent fight split the band apart. The Gallagher

27 Aug, 2024 @ 11:26

Entertainment·Lead

Mallorca-based captain of the tragic Mike Lynch yacht is expected to face an investigation over sinking

ITALIAN prosecutors have launched an official investigation into the Mallorca-based captain of the Bayesian yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily last week, killing

26 Aug, 2024 @ 20:53

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Housing crisis is laid bare in Spain’s Balearic Islands: One in three homes are empty or are only used for a few days per year, figures reveal

SHOCKING figures have shed light on the Balearic Islands’ housing crisis, with up to one in three homes empty for all or most of the

26 Aug, 2024 @ 13:35

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Drought crisis sees first closures of swimming pools and dismissals of lifeguards in Spain’s Malaga

Tragedy in Spain’s Mallorca: Six-year-old boy drowns in a hotel swimming pool

A SIX-YEAR-OLD French boy has died after drowning in a hotel swimming pool in Mallorca. The tragic incident occurred at 5pm on Sunday afternoon at

26 Aug, 2024 @ 12:18

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Mossos d’Esquadra admit ‘mistakes’ after Carles Puigdemont fled Spain: Leaked report reveals police drone turned away at key moment of Catalan separatist’s escape from Barcelona

THE Mossos d’Esquadra have admitted that ‘mistakes’ were made in their plan to arrest Carles Puigdemont after the former Catalan president successfully fled Spain once

26 Aug, 2024 @ 11:54

Catalunya·Lead·Politics