Charlie Smith, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Gibraltar Chief Minister Picardo meets outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss Iran crisis and Brexit

British Royal Marines commandeered Iran's vessel off the Rock earlier this month on suspicion of violating sanctions against Syria

17 Jul, 2019 @ 19:35

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Blood-soaked man arrested after allegedly stabbing dad to death before taking bus to hotel on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Uniformed and plainclothes officers arrested the man, before transferring him to a health centre, where he remained under police supervision

17 Jul, 2019 @ 19:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Open date REVEALED for ‘deliberately torched’ Marbella chiringuito originally opened by Eva Longoria

Dramatic footage showed the beach club, which is popular with expats, erupt into flames in February, with black smoke billowing for miles

17 Jul, 2019 @ 17:28

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

REVEALED: 10 new UK to Spain flights run by airline Alba Star announced

The new flights, which are the first from the UK airport in seven years will arrive just in time for the school holidays

17 Jul, 2019 @ 13:40

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Rick Astley joins Enrique Iglesias, Take That, Mel C and Liam Gallagher at Gibraltar Calling festival THIS SUMMER

After signing with Stock Aitken Waterman in 1985, Astley retired in 1993, having sold 40 million records worldwide

17 Jul, 2019 @ 13:00

Celebrity·Gibraltar·Lead

Woman held on suspicion of bludgeoning her sleeping dad to death and knifing mum in back on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The woman fled the scene and was found on a Malaga industrial estate in a state of shock by a relative shortly after

17 Jul, 2019 @ 11:55

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

American football star caught jumping over bulls at Spain’s San Fermin as veterans SLAM festival as ‘TOO SAFE’

This year’s week-long San Fermin festival in Pamplona, has actually been criticised for ‘not being dangerous enough’

16 Jul, 2019 @ 11:30

La Cultura·Lead

Young woman arrested after ‘stabbing man in face with fork’ in Gibraltar’s Ocean Village

She was charged with wounding, and spent the night in a cell, before her appearance in Magistrates’ Court this morning

16 Jul, 2019 @ 11:02

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Spanish man arrested over rape of British teenage girl in park in Spain

The pair are reported to have met during a night out in the city

15 Jul, 2019 @ 08:53

Crime & Law·Lead

Rock climber drowns in front of daughter after 30-metre plunge into sea near Spain’s Costa del Sol

After the incident, at 1:30pm on Sunday, a jet ski from the Andalucia Health Service, took FCB to Maro Beach

15 Jul, 2019 @ 08:16

Lead·Malaga

Iconic castle on Spain’s Costa del Sol is FINALLY being repaired

The adjoining 11th century Alcazaba is also set for some summer TLC, but palatial fortification will not begin being repaired until August

14 Jul, 2019 @ 09:14

Lead·Malaga·Property

WATCH: Spanish school teacher’s vile RACIST rant at black British men on Spain train, calling them ‘monkeys’ and ‘f**king Africans’

The men also speak Spanish to the woman, but she says that she, ‘doesn't understand anything’

13 Jul, 2019 @ 10:03

Crime & Law·Lead

Environmental group names and shames 19 Costa del Sol beaches as among worst in Spain

The Balearic Islands was the region with the highest proportion of blag flag beaches, at 78.9%

13 Jul, 2019 @ 09:01

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Government SEIZES former dictator General Franco’s €5 million summer palace over its ‘fraudulent’ sale

It comes as Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE administration has pushed on with a plan to exhume the remains of the Fascist dictator

12 Jul, 2019 @ 13:22

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Jennifer Lopez to perform on Spain’s Costa del Sol for her 50th birthday

Having sold in excess of 80 million records worldwide, Lopez, whose parents are Puerto Rican, is regarded as the most influential Latin artist in the

12 Jul, 2019 @ 12:39

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

Marbella mayor invites Barack Obama back to Costa del Sol to play golf

The invite to Obama comes amid a 30% increase of American tourists to Marbella during the last year

12 Jul, 2019 @ 11:36

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

TRAVEL CHAOS: London Gatwick IT meltdown sees 12 flights cancelled as Spain passenger ‘trapped’ beyond gate

A spokesperson blamed the new cancellations on planes being in the wrong place following Wednesday’s disruption

11 Jul, 2019 @ 12:29

Lead·National News·Travel News

REVEALED: Marbella Senior Masters lineup sees tennis legends set to battle it out on Costa del Sol THIS SUMMER

The tournament has been dubbed a ‘tennis show’ by Joaquin Rios, from the organising company Tennium

11 Jul, 2019 @ 10:31

Lead·Malaga·Sport

Police probe in Spain’s Andalucia after ILLEGAL zoo with turtles, ostriches and porcupines BUSTED

It comes after cops found fake permits for at least 14 animals at facilities in Villafranca de los Barros in February

11 Jul, 2019 @ 10:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Nature

Around 500 Renfe train staff to strike on Spain’s Costa del Sol NEXT WEEK over pay conditions

One source of anger for Renfe employees has been that an agreed 0.5% wage increase has been omitted from new contracts

10 Jul, 2019 @ 13:05

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Children’s SPF 50+ sun cream revealed as ONLY factor 15 but Spain’s Ministry of Health says it’s ‘not a risk’

It comes after the OCU conducted a comparative study of 17 different SPF 50+ children’s sun creams in May

10 Jul, 2019 @ 12:14

Health·Lead·National News

‘HARD TO LOSE HIM’: Marbella firefighters pay for funeral of paralysed boy with brain cancer who they carried home every day

After Benjamin’s diagnosis, he still attended school, and the servicemen were there to take him down at 10am and returned at 2pm to get him

10 Jul, 2019 @ 11:35

Lead·Malaga

Hull City play Leyton Orient on Costa del Sol TONIGHT and entry is ONLY €3!

New head coach of the Yorkshire side, former Doncaster boss Grant McCann, will face a tough task, as he has a depleted squad to pick

9 Jul, 2019 @ 16:12

Lead·Malaga·Sport

These are the 1,400 NEW car parking spaces coming to Spain’s Costa del Sol

Those in Marbella are mostly underground, and firms have until July 30 to bid for the contracts

9 Jul, 2019 @ 12:47

Lead·Malaga

Marbella’s Puerto Banus now most expensive port in Europe after HUGE 20% hike in mooring costs

It comes after business owners accused Puerto Banus of forcing them to accept rent increases of up to 700%

9 Jul, 2019 @ 11:42

Lead·Malaga

IN VIDEOS: Driver dead after torrential rain floods Spain, as cars submerged and ’emergency plan’ launched

Dramatic footage shows streets turned into rivers as cars are fully submerged by rising waters

9 Jul, 2019 @ 10:40

Environment·Lead·National News