Robert Firth, Author at Olive Press News Spain

As World Tourism Day approaches we explore why Spain brings in the most foreign cash, despite a lower footfall than France

The WTO has said many visitors are now choosing Spain for its sports and gastronomic offerings, particularly in the Basque region

22 Sep, 2019 @ 09:01

Lead·National News·Travel News

Ground staff at Spain’s national airline Iberia will stage eight-week walkout

The Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) has called for strikes every Monday from September 30 until November 18.

21 Sep, 2019 @ 11:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

UN apologies after attributing Guernica bombing to Spain’s republican forces who were in fact victims of the massacre

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the error was a ‘horrendous mistake.’

21 Sep, 2019 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

“Very serious” poo lagoon is leaking into drinking water in Spain’s Malaga

A cleanup operation is underway.

20 Sep, 2019 @ 10:47

Lead·Malaga

Students in Spain’s Marbella to trek 5k to support classmate battling disease that affects just 14 people worldwide

Money raised by the walk will fund research into the disease by a team of scientists in Barcelona.

19 Sep, 2019 @ 09:46

Lead·Malaga

Police arrest 40 people in drugs bust in southern Spanish province of Cadiz

Amongst those arrested was the ringleader Antonio 'El Tomate.'

18 Sep, 2019 @ 10:28

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Iron bar wielding thugs storm Momento nightclub on Golden Mile in Spain’s Marbella

The attack lasted 10 minutes before the thugs fled the scene, hurling a smoke bomb behind them

17 Sep, 2019 @ 10:52

Crime & Law·Lead

Two-year-old girl thrown on her back by electric scooter driver in Spain’s Malaga

The girl was walking along Pier One yesterday evening when the scooter hit her.

16 Sep, 2019 @ 10:02

Lead·Malaga

Gibraltar faces food shortages and four hour border delays in event of no deal Brexit, say government documents

GIBRALTAR may face food and medicine shortages in the event of a no deal Brexit, according to British government documents. Passengers crossing the Spanish border

13 Sep, 2019 @ 16:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Spanish man arrested after cutting woman’s shirt with scissors during bungled attempted robbery in Malaga

Passersby stopped the suspect in his tracks and alerted police

12 Sep, 2019 @ 12:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Arson spree on the Costa del Sol forces up to 50 residents to flee their homes as 17 vehicles burnt out in single night

A 31-year-old man had to be treated in hospital because of the fire

11 Sep, 2019 @ 17:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

14 suspected smugglers arrested in a string of drug busts across Spain’s Andalucia as 11 tonnes of hash seized

Guardia Civil seized 10 drug smuggling boats and seven vehicles as part of operations along the coast of Huelva, Cadiz and Malaga

11 Sep, 2019 @ 11:44

Cadiz·Huelva·Lead·Malaga