Laurence Crumbie, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Spanish at-home care providers see surge in business as the elderly avoid nursing homes

THE number of elderly Spaniards seeking at-home care support has soared after nursing homes turned into coronavirus hotspots during the first wave of the pandemic.

7 Dec, 2020 @ 12:45

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Forbes releases list of 25 most influential Spaniards of 2020 – and all of them are women

FORBES has done what it’s known best for and made another list that ranks society’s elites. But in a twist sure to spark as much

3 Dec, 2020 @ 17:45

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Reliable COVID-19 home testing kits to arrive in Spanish pharmacies within two weeks

FERNANDO Diez, general director of Elix Pharma, has announced that the first models of the pharmaceutical company’s COVID-19 home testing kit will arrive in Spanish

3 Dec, 2020 @ 15:44

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The youngest participant at Junior Eurovision 2020, Solea from Spain, takes third place

NINE-year-old Solea Fernandez Moreno from Sevilla, the youngest contender at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, has done her country proud by taking third place

3 Dec, 2020 @ 10:07

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Remote Spanish neighbourhood crowdfunds over €40,000 to save dilapidated church

EIGHT Spanish neighbours have made it their duty to rescue a crumbling Gothic church in their village, and are succeeding. Founded in the 16th century,

30 Nov, 2020 @ 20:30

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Spanish town organises large Playmobil exhibition to celebrate culture through the ages

FROM pirate ships to castles, zoos to cities: Playmobil has covered a huge range of themes since its inception in 1971 and still evokes fond

30 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

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Spanish supermarket group DIA converts its €500 million debt into new shares

SPANISH retailer DIA has announced that it will convert debts of €500 million into new equity as part of a business transformation plan. The agreement

30 Nov, 2020 @ 11:56

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Man gets four years for raping woman in a side street in Sevilla

THE High Court of Justice (TSJ) for Andalucia, Ceuta and Melilla has given a man four years in prison for raping a woman on August

26 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

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Spain to introduce ‘slot machines’ that reward people for recycling bottles and cans

RECYCLING in Spain is about to become rewarding, literally. Following successful trials in Catalonia, national waste management company Ecoembes is setting up ‘yellow slot machines’

26 Nov, 2020 @ 13:30

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SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

Football legend and former Barcelona superstar Diego Maradona dies at the age of 60

WORLD-RENOWNED footballer Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardio-respiratory arrest in his home. Maradona underwent successful surgery earlier this

25 Nov, 2020 @ 18:20

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Two police officers ‘brutally’ attacked in Malaga for demanding that a minor wear his face mask

THE family members of a minor subjected two police officers to ‘brutal aggression’ over the weekend after they demanded that the boy wear a face

23 Nov, 2020 @ 18:30

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Malaga council to invest €300,000 in restoring historic Teba castle

THE Malaga Provincial Council (La Diputacion de Malaga) is going to invest over €316,000 in restoring the medieval Castillo de la Estrella in Teba, Malaga,

19 Nov, 2020 @ 19:15

La Cultura·Malaga

Fraudster tries to flog multimillion Spanish palace he doesn’t own for €900,000

IF it seems too good to be true, then it probably is – rarely if ever was this maximum for prospective buyers truer than earlier

18 Nov, 2020 @ 20:30

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Andalucia’s daily death toll now higher than it was during first wave of pandemic

ANDALUCIA’S average daily death toll from COVID-19 has risen to a record high of 53, six higher than it was at the peak of the

12 Nov, 2020 @ 19:15

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Spanish police busts two criminal gangs trafficking protected species and rescues over 300 species of reptiles

SPANISH authorities have dismantled two criminal gangs trafficking animals with the highest level of international protection and breeding them in Europe. In a joint operation

12 Nov, 2020 @ 15:45

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Human Rights Watch denounces Spain for not respecting basic rights of over 2,000 migrants detained on pier

INTERNATIONAL organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Spanish authorities to ‘immediately alleviate the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions’ on Gran Canarias’ Arguineguin pier, where

12 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

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Brits ‘barred’ from entering Spain ‘because of Brexit’ after their easyJet flight was diverted from Gibraltar to Malaga

EasyJet made to reimburse Spanish student after slapping him with €60 fine for carrying laptop onboard

A COURT in Sevilla has condemned the budget airline EasyJet for charging a Spanish passenger €60 to board with his laptop. 19-year-old Yoel was boarding

11 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

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‘I shot the torero’: Protestors gather outside bullfighting ring in Andalucia to call for abolition of controversial Spanish tradition

‘NO tradition is more important than pain’ and ‘torture is not my culture’ were just two of the messages on display at Plaza del Torro

10 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

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Franco’s family agrees to return palace to Spanish authorities on temporary basis

THE Franco family has agreed to hand over the multimillion euro Pazo de Meiras in Galicia to the state until their appeal is resolved. The

9 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

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Potes in Cantabria voted the most beautiful inland town in Spain

STEEPED in history and embraced by the rugged slopes of the Picos de Europa, the Cantabrian village of Potes has been declared Spain’s prettiest inland

9 Nov, 2020 @ 12:00

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Spanish police seize 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on vessel busted only two weeks earlier

SPANISH police and customs officers have uncovered 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on a ship bound for the Balearic Islands, just a fortnight after their Brazilian

4 Nov, 2020 @ 20:30

Former Spanish king Juan Carlos faces further corruption charges

SPAIN’S Supreme Court is investigating new charges of corruption against the country’s former monarch. The general attorney’s office has ordered anticorruption and organised crime prosecutors

4 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

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Bookings to Canary Islands surge as travel warnings are lifted

BRITISH and German holidaymakers are flocking to the Canaries now that they do not have to self-isolate on return. According to a recent study by

3 Nov, 2020 @ 18:30

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‘Eat out European-style’: Spanish restaurants encourage residents to dine earlier amid curfew

SPAIN is famed for its late-night culture, where you can waltz into a restaurant long after dark and still bag yourself some warm food. But

3 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

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Russian embassy in Madrid scoffs at conspiracy of deploying troops to aid Catalan independence movement

THE Russian diplomatic mission has mocked allegations that the Kremlin would send in 10,000 soldiers to support Catalunya in its bid for independence. “You need

3 Nov, 2020 @ 13:30

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Spanish youths hurl smoke grenades and fireworks in violent protest of new COVID-19 curfew

A GROUP of some 20 youths took to the streets yesterday in Andalucia to protest against the latest state of alarm. Organised by the platform

28 Oct, 2020 @ 20:00

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