Charlie Smith, Author at Olive Press News Spain

BREAKING: Spain registers 84 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths in last 24 hours

SPAIN has registered 84 new COVID-19 infections and three coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The Ministry of Health figures bring Spain’s total official

29 Jun, 2020 @ 18:33

Lead·National News

LISTED: Spain’s airports Brits can fly to on Ryanair, EasyJet, Jet2 and TUI

AFTER the announcement that the UK would drop its quarantine restrictions, the number of Brits searching for holidays has surged. Yesterday, ministers confirmed that from

28 Jun, 2020 @ 21:28

Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain reports 118 COVID-19 cases and two deaths in 24 hours as Malaga sees new outbreak

SPAIN has registered 118 new COVID-19 cases and two coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. This is the first time in four days that

28 Jun, 2020 @ 19:56

Health·Lead·National News

ORANGE heat warnings for Spain’s Andalucia tomorrow with highs of 41°C

ORANGE heat warnings have been issued for Andalucia on Monday. Aemet has issued its second-most severe weather warnings for Sevilla, Cordoba and Jaen. All the

28 Jun, 2020 @ 18:28

Environment·Lead

Man found dead in manhole near AP-7 on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MAN’S lifeless body has been pulled from a manhole on the Costa del Sol. The unidentified 40-year-old was found dead in Calahonda near a

27 Jun, 2020 @ 23:21

Lead·Malaga

Pensioner drowns at popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The woman is understood to have been found unconscious in the water after she had gone swimming

27 Jun, 2020 @ 21:29

Costa Blanca·Lead

Military Disinfection Team After Disinfecting A Care Home 7

Spain sees 191 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths in 24 hours as some 50 outbreaks reported across country

SOME 191 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Spain. A total of three people have died, compared yesterday’s death

27 Jun, 2020 @ 20:12

Lead·National News

OPINION: Andalucia’s COVID-19 outbreaks show that expat fears of British tourists in Spain are not unfounded

A SCROLL through expat Facebook groups will tell you that not everyone in Spain is best pleased at the return of foreign tourism. After 100

27 Jun, 2020 @ 11:00

Malaga·Opinion·Travel News

Inside Spain’s top wakeboard, waterski and wakesurf centre Xtreme Gene in Cordoba where world pros meet complete beginners

WHATEVER I expected from my toe-dipping exercise into the world of extreme watersports, it wasn’t a lesson from a European champion and a chance to

27 Jun, 2020 @ 10:00

Cordoba·Lead·Sport·Travel News

JOBS: Marbella’s Starlite festival accepting applications for 400 positions until Sunday, with interviews next week

THE organisers of Marbella’s Starlite festival have said that the face-to-face recruitment process for the event will begin next week. Some 400 jobs are on

26 Jun, 2020 @ 21:09

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: British shopping centre giant Intu goes into administration, spelling doubts for Torremolinos resort on Spain’s Costa del Sol

BRITISH shopping centre giant Intu has gone into administration after failing to secure a debt repayment holiday from lenders. The company, which owns three malls

26 Jun, 2020 @ 16:06

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·National News

British man and Spaniards carrying hash and cocaine arrested at Marbella police roadblocks as drug crime returns to Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH national and two Spaniards have been arrested in Marbella after being caught with hash and cocaine. The trio, who are understood to have

25 Jun, 2020 @ 15:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: More than 80 people test positive for COVID-19 in outbreak on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SOME 83 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 at the Malaga Red Cross Centre. There are understood to be 79 users of the centre

25 Jun, 2020 @ 13:30

Health·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Drug kingpin known as ‘Messi of hash’ arrested while eating lunch with family in Spain’s Andalucia

THE boss of one of Andalucia’s biggest drug gangs, known as the ‘Messi of hashish’, has been arrested. Named only as ‘Jesus H’, police arrested

25 Jun, 2020 @ 09:34

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Missing British tourist found ‘safe and well’ after vanishing from Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MISSING British tourist has been found safe and well on the Costa del Sol. Juaad Arif, 23, from Manchester, was last seen on June

24 Jun, 2020 @ 19:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Two railway staff struck off for hurling passenger down stairs at Spanish train station after he refused to wear mask

A PAIR of station guards have been struck off for throwing a commuter down some stairs after he wouldn’t put a mask on. The unidentified

22 Jun, 2020 @ 19:13

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

WATCH: Rail passenger thrown down stairs at Spanish train station after refusing to wear mask

A COMMUTER has been thrown down a set of stairs at a Spanish train station for not wearing a mask. Brutal footage shows rail staff

22 Jun, 2020 @ 17:44

Barcelona·Lead·National News·Travel News

Why expats SHOULD be learning Spanish as Spain opens up post-lockdown

YOU may have been too scared to venture outside over the past few months, even for life’s basic necessities. If you’re an expat, you’ve probably

21 Jun, 2020 @ 11:00

Education·La Cultura

TRAVEL: Spain WILL NOT quarantine UK tourists

TOURISTS from the UK will not have to quarantine when they arrive in Spain, it has been announced. The country’s foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez said

20 Jun, 2020 @ 20:51

Lead·National News·Travel News

British expats shocked as ‘traffickers’ dump drugs and jet skis on beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol while locals ‘threatened with death’

BRITISH expats have been left shocked by a suspected drug drop outside their Costa del Sol homes last night. Bales of hash and an abandoned

20 Jun, 2020 @ 12:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘I FEEL HELPLESS’: Mum of missing British tourist who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol appeals for information from public

A BRITISH tourist has been reported missing on the Costa del Sol. Juaad Arif, 23, from Manchester, was last seen on June 8 when he

19 Jun, 2020 @ 17:56

Lead·Malaga·National News

Spain’s Marbella to install 50-metre-high Ferris wheel with air-conditioned cabins

PLANS have been laid for a huge Ferris wheel on the Costa del Sol next summer. The 50-metre-high attraction is to be installed on the

18 Jun, 2020 @ 22:52

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

Bars and restaurants in Spain’s Andalucia can open terraces at 100% capacity from Monday and interiors at 75%

BARS and restaurants in Andalucia have been told that from Monday they may open their terraces at 100% capacity and interiors at 75%. Under this

18 Jun, 2020 @ 21:26

Food & Drink·Lead

British man who died at luxury urbanization on Spain’s Costa del Sol is named as father pays tribute

THE British man who died at a luxury Estepona urbanization on Monday has been named as Carl Barton. The Olive Press spoke to the 30-year-old’s

18 Jun, 2020 @ 14:48

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Irish expat who died after naked ‘rooftop rampage’ at upmarket urbanization on Spain’s Costa del Sol had taken ‘cocktail of drugs’

A SEMI-naked Irish expat who died after a ‘drug-fueled rampage’ through an upmarket urbanization, did not suffer a fatal head injury, forensic experts have said.

18 Jun, 2020 @ 09:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

TRAVEL: Costa del Sol tourism bosses REJECT 14-day quarantine on British visitors in Spain

“This is not the time to play a game of chess but a time to make it easier for tourists to come to Spain with

17 Jun, 2020 @ 18:41

Lead·Malaga·National News·Travel News