Charlie Smith, Author at Olive Press News Spain

WATCH: New €100 and €200 notes legal in Spain from today are vegan friendly, shorter and more secure

THE new €100 and €200 notes have landed in Spain and the 19 other countries which have adopted the currency. This freshly minted legal tender

28 May, 2019 @ 19:08

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Costa del Sol forest fire under control after 29 firefighters and two planes mobilised to tackle blaze

It comes after a Brit was arrested last week following his admission of starting a forest fire in Nerja

28 May, 2019 @ 17:12

Environment·Lead·Malaga

LISTEN: Which singer in Spain made the ‘top 10’ list of songs in the first half of 2019?

The track by the genre-defying Catalan artist, 25, was described as a mashup of ‘dembow, hip-hop and flamenco’

28 May, 2019 @ 13:22

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Group of 14 ‘drunken’ Brits dragged off Jet2 flight by police in Spain and now face €500,000 fine

The passengers were apparently walking in the aisles when the seat belt signs were on, and refused to obey the orders of staff

28 May, 2019 @ 12:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

DID YOU FEEL IT? 3.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Spain’s Andalucia early this morning

Spain's National Geographic Institute (IGN) provided the data on the tremor

28 May, 2019 @ 11:19

Lead·Malaga·Nature

Young man shot on Spain’s Costa del Sol in suspected gang warning

It comes after just a fortnight after the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Malaga expressed ‘serious concern’ about the rise in murders on the

27 May, 2019 @ 12:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Serial British conman who preyed on elderly and vulnerable arrested on Costa del Sol after 15 years on run

The judge in the case labelled him a ‘amoral fraudster’ as he was found guilty of swindling a dozen clients

27 May, 2019 @ 12:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Andalucia won by PSOE in municipal elections as Vox decimated and PP take control of Costa del Sol

THE PSOE has achieved the largest share of Andalucia’s municipal votes, continuing its upward rise. The Socialist party achieved 37% of the region’s votes, compared

27 May, 2019 @ 11:09

Lead·National News·Politics

OPINION: Celebrities are pushing Mallorca’s positive image at the moment and the season has not even started

Celebrity DJ Idris Elba was over last month, along with Katie Price and Jamiroquai, and of course, Caroline Flack and the Love Island gang are

26 May, 2019 @ 12:15

Celebrity·Mallorca·Opinion

Jet2 removes Costa del Sol beaches from its website after Olive Press probe into raw sewage pumped into sea

Other package holiday firms TUI and Thomas Cook, are still promoting the affected beaches on their websites

25 May, 2019 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Sea and air search launched for British diver and ex-soldier, 70, who vanished while diving in southern Spain

Cabo de Palos is popular with scuba divers and has one of the most important nature reserves of the whole Mediterranean

24 May, 2019 @ 13:18

Lead

British expat and dementia sufferer, 83, found dead on Spain’s Costa del Sol after four days missing

Authorities believe that Glyn may have gone for a walk in the countryside and then become disorientated

24 May, 2019 @ 12:22

Lead·Malaga

GSD blasts Bet365’s Brexit move to shift Gibraltar operations to Malta as over 500 staff could be relocated

The party also blasted what it called the Government's ‘aimless strategy’ of backing of British Prime Minister Theresa May

24 May, 2019 @ 11:47

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead

Bet365 to relocate 1,000 staff from Gibraltar office to Malta in HUGE €70 million move over Brexit fears

It comes just four years after Bet365 opted to make Gibraltar its main licensing hub

23 May, 2019 @ 17:53

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead

Largest ever cocaine haul made in Spain’s Sevilla as 1000 kilos of the drug smuggled in banana truck

Udyco anti-drug officers from Sevilla and Malaga forces were behind the record raid

23 May, 2019 @ 16:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

‘HUMOUR HAS NO LIMITS’: Man in Spain defends his jokes about little Julen who died down well

If found guilty of the crime of ‘degrading treatment’ the controversial poet could face a prison sentence of between six months to two years

23 May, 2019 @ 12:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Julio Iglesias is ‘willing’ to do DNA test to find out if Spanish lovechild is really his

A 99.99% DNA match between Sanchez and Iglesias in 2017 was deemed inadmissible

22 May, 2019 @ 18:18

Celebrity·Lead·National News

Police arrest 30 in Costa del Sol gigalo ring that lured young men with FAKE escort jobs, netting ringleaders €700,000

Fake roles, accompanying wealthy older women, with salaries of up to €700 per service were promised

22 May, 2019 @ 15:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Sexism row in Spain as female squash champions handed sex toys as prizes

Other prizes included female wax strips and an electric foot file

22 May, 2019 @ 13:50

Asturias·Lead·Politics·Sport

Jamie Oliver’s empire goes into administration with 1,000 job losses just a week after new Costa del Sol restaurant

It comes after Oliver angered Spain by bastardising a traditional Valencian paella with chorizo in 2016

21 May, 2019 @ 21:18

Celebrity·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

Everything you need to know about dangerous dogs in Spain’s Andalucia

Included in the Junta’s definition, is dogs that ‘due to their aggressive nature, size or jaw power have the capacity to endanger the life or

21 May, 2019 @ 11:44

Environment·Lead·Nature

SPOTTED: Roberto Firmino in Marbella after €23 million private jet ride before Liverpool squad arrive for Champions League training

It comes days after him and wife Larissa Pereira posted pictures of themselves lounging by the pool

20 May, 2019 @ 13:39

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga·Sport

Costa del Sol expat fighting for life after feral dog attack left him naked on floor and severely wounded

The man has now been stabilised after being put on oxygen, and has had his wounds treated in surgery

20 May, 2019 @ 11:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Eating ultra-processed Spanish chorizo, cereals and pastries increases depression risk by 33%, study warns

Those who consumed ultra-processed foods were a third more likely to suffer depression

18 May, 2019 @ 11:00

Health·Lead·National News

ANOTHER chiringuito in Spain’s Andalucia faces environmental protests just weeks after blue flag losses

Miguel Diaz, the group’s mayoral candidate for Marbella also claimed the blueprints for the beach bar are ‘suspicious’

18 May, 2019 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Five Madrid campsites for under €50 a night that won’t leave you priced out of Champions League weekend

Over 90% of Madrid city centre is now booked up, with nowhere for two people for a two-night stay over the weekend for under €2,000

18 May, 2019 @ 09:00

Lead·National News·Sport·Travel News