Simon Wade, Author at Olive Press News Spain

British bars make up HALF the participants in town’s “amazing” tapas trail on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FORMENTERA DEL SEGURA staged its long-awaited Tapas Trail after a Covid-induced three year absence. Bars and restaurants throughout the village all joined in to celebrate

24 Apr, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

NEW SCAM WARNING: Innocent customers in Spain duped by fake email from bank security staff

CYBER-CRIMINALS posing as Banco Santander officials have been reported stealing the passwords of bank customers by Spain’s Internet Security Office (OSI). Innocent customers have been

19 Apr, 2022 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Work continues to banish cars from centre of major city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CARS will soon be banished from Alicante city centre, as pedestrianisation work continues from today, April 19, in the streets around the Teatro Principal. The

19 Apr, 2022 @ 19:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Hotels in Benidorm and Costa Blanca report no 'explosion' in bookings since UK changed amber travel rules for Spain

Brits provide ‘spectacular’ results in Benidorm as Easter tourism figures boost a ‘desperate’ hospitality sector

THE BOUNCE-BACK from Covid continues with a remarkable Easter in Benidorm, largely thanks to Brits. Record figures see pre-pandemic levels of visitors in the Costa

18 Apr, 2022 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Tapas festival brings post-Covid joy as familiar faces meet up again on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TAPAS FESTIVALS are one of many reasons why people love Spain – and the Olive Press always promotes the positivity that they bring to towns

17 Apr, 2022 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Unusual prize offered as incentive for collecting rural waste in towns on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PEOPLE in the Vega Baja towns of Costa Blanca South are being offered an unusual incentive to encourage collection and composting of rural waste. All

17 Apr, 2022 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Free Spanish lessons and training courses for refugees as Ukrainian population doubles in one city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FURTHER help is being offered to refugees after fleeing war-torn Ukraine. Training courses have been launched by the network of Tourism Centres (CdT) with the

15 Apr, 2022 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Tonne of drugs retrieved after 26 bundles found floating off Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER a tonne of hashish was spotted floating in waters some 40 miles off the Costa Blanca on April 9. Packed into 26 bundles, they

14 Apr, 2022 @ 15:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Local mayor slammed as ‘grotesque’ following his support of Torrevieja skyscraper ‘aberration’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PUBLIC PRESSURE groups and political parties are being invited by Sueña Torrevieja to join together in a bid to ban a building project by Torrevieja’s

14 Apr, 2022 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain among countries with police raids targeting hate crimes and racism across Europe

A STAND against racist and xenophobic hate speech online and elsewhere has taken place across 11 countries, with four arrests in Spain alone. Law enforcement

10 Apr, 2022 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Sex abusers to be denied prison visits from children after court ruling on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE COURTS have ruled that prisoners jailed for sexual violence will not receive visits from their children. A recent reform of the civil code was

10 Apr, 2022 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Storm-damaged beaches WILL be open for Easter on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DESPITE recent storms through the region, Orihuela Costa beaches WILL be open in time for Easter, claim local authorities. These beaches prove incredibly popular with

9 Apr, 2022 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Travel News

Jellyfish and dead dolphins washed up as beaches bereft of sand threaten Easter tourism on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RECENT STORMS smashing into Costa Blanca have caused sufficient damage to threaten the pending Easter break for the hospitality industry. With awful timing, it is

6 Apr, 2022 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

Classic car rally organised by Rotary Club aims to raise funds for schoolkids on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER 100 vintage cars and motorcycles will feature in the 10th Classic Motor Festival in Guardamar del Segura. Set for this Saturday, April 9, it

6 Apr, 2022 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

New Call To Scrap Motorway Tolls To Stop Traffic Jams On Notorious Highway On Spain S Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca city gets recognised for having Spain’s safest roads but mayor reveals ‘could do better’

ORIHUELA officially has Spain’s safest roads, after recognition by the Congress of Deputies. Its president, Juan José Matarí Saez, revealed the news to city mayor

5 Apr, 2022 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Man arrested in Spain’s Almeria for “obsessive” cyber-bullying of 23 kids after mum discovers pornography on daughter’s phone

FOLLOWING the shock discovery of pornographic images on her daughter’s phone, a mum’s report led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man in La Mojonera

5 Apr, 2022 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Over 130,000 uninsured vehicles take up 10% of traffic on the road in Spain’s Alicante province

ONE IN TEN of the vehicles on Alicante province’s roads don’t have the required insurance. The high percentage exceeds the national average of 9%, according

4 Apr, 2022 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Area popular with expats to get 15 new taxis to cater for demand on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GETTING AROUND on the Orihuela Costa should soon be a lot easier, after local pressure from people desperate for more mobility. Orihuela City Council has

30 Mar, 2022 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Developer submits slightly-changed new home plan for unspoilt section of Spain's Costa Blanca

People power aims to halt plan for 2,000 new homes on last patch of virgin land on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DIFFERENT neighbourhood and environment groups on Orihuela Costa have slammed plans for a proposed coastline development at Cala Mosca. The area is treasured as the

29 Mar, 2022 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Toys that risk choking and electrocution of children seized in multinational operation led by Spanish police

FAKE and counterfeit toys worth €18million that put childrens’ lives at risk have been seized in a Europe-wide operation led by Spain’s Guardia Civil. Operation

27 Mar, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Earth Hour coincides with city shopping centre becoming the most sustainable in Spain’s Valencia region

EARTH HOUR is a custom around the world where lights are switched off for 60 minutes to raise awareness of global warming and other environmental

26 Mar, 2022 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain: Protest For Ukraine At The Russian Embassy In Madrid

Church welcomes over 1,000 refugees and raises €125,000 to help Ukrainians on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SINCE Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante has welcomed 213 families fleeing from war in Ukraine. Some 1,019 people, mostly women and children,

25 Mar, 2022 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Roaming roosters rehomed after causing chaos on N-332 bypass through Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA TURKEYS have caused such a nuisance with residents that the town hall has been forced to take action. Numerous complaints from people living in

25 Mar, 2022 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

What is THB, how can it ruin refugees’ lives and what can be done to prevent it in Spain?

RUSSIA’S INVASION of Ukraine has caused a humanitarian crisis and prompted large numbers of refugees to flee from Ukraine to the EU, including many already

22 Mar, 2022 @ 21:00

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