Walter Finch, Author at Olive Press News Spain

British motorist chased TWICE by police in Spain and fails excess alcohol and drug tests

Spain roots out ‘narco moles’ among high-ranking police officers: 10 arrests are made in Andalucia and Valencia

POLICE corruption in Spain has exploded into the spotlight with a combined ten arrests of high-ranking officers ‘working for drug dealers’. Scandal has rocked a

17 Sep, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla·Valencia

What’s the big deal with Olivenza? The charming border town in Spain that’s being claimed by Portugal – and is even on the CIA’s radar

TENSIONS between Spain and Portugal have resurfaced over the sovereignty of the small town of Olivenza, located on the border between the two countries. Rooted

17 Sep, 2024 @ 11:34

Lead·Other News

West Nile virus threat level is raised to four in several areas of Malaga province - including the capital

Man and woman die after contracting West Nile virus in Spain’s Andalucia

THE West Nile Virus is thought to have claimed more lives in Andalucia after two more fatalities were reported. Health authorities have confirmed that a

16 Sep, 2024 @ 19:00

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Spanish and British foreign ministers meet in London ahead of crunch talks in Brussels to thrash out Gibraltar deal as hard border looms

THE Spanish foreign minister has flown to London for talks with his British counterpart ahead of crunch treat talks in Brussels on Thursday. David Lammy

16 Sep, 2024 @ 17:58

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s latest border row: Portuguese defence minister tells its neighbour to hand over city that ‘belongs to Portugal’

SPAIN may be receiving a taste of its own medicine after a Portuguese government minister demanded the return of a border town that used to

16 Sep, 2024 @ 12:35

Lead·Other News

Spain’s roaring economy sees its credit rating upgraded to the A band: Experts cite strong employment and exports to go with boom in international tourism

SPAIN’S impressive economic performance has seen its credit rating upgraded to the A band. Currently the poster boy of Europe, Spanish debt has now been

16 Sep, 2024 @ 11:13

Business & Finance·Lead

Canary Islands facing charges of child abandonment after introducing tougher new rules on the arrival of unaccompanied minors

The Canary Islands government is facing serious accusations of child abandonment if it refuses to take in unaccompanied child migrants. The islands recently implemented a

15 Sep, 2024 @ 16:00

Canary Islands·Lead

British fugitive is arrested at airport passport control in Spain after ‘beating two US soldiers unconscious’ in Germany

Woman is arrested in Spain for trying to fly to Britain on a fake Israeli passport

AN Iranian woman was arrested in Catalunya after attempting to board a flight to the UK using a forged Israeli passport. Airport security officials noticed

14 Sep, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead

Revealed: Irish ‘ex-gangster’ Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch is now running a string of bed and breakfasts in Spain

NOTORIOUS Irish crime lord Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch has turned over a new leaf and is now running bed and breakfasts in the Canary Islands

13 Sep, 2024 @ 15:00

National News

David Knowles latest: Gibraltar police report ‘no specific concerns’ in death of Telegraph journalist, 32, after autopsy completed – Counter Terrorism detectives continue to assist

AN autopsy was completed yesterday afternoon on the Telegraph journalist David Knowles who died suddenly in Gibraltar over the weekend. The Royal Gibraltar Police said

13 Sep, 2024 @ 14:19

Gibraltar·Lead

Malaga airport sees busiest August in history with more than 2.6 million passengers passing through – a quarter of them Brits

SPAIN’S tourism boom is reflected in Malaga Airport’s record-breaking August when 2.6 million visitors flew in, a 9.6% increase on last year. The largest contributors

13 Sep, 2024 @ 14:00

National News

Costa del Sol train from Malaga to Algeciras inches forward: Two ‘working groups’ of costa power brokers announced

A COASTAL train for the Costa del Sol from Malaga to Algeciras is inching forwards with the announcement of two ‘working groups’ to develop the

13 Sep, 2024 @ 11:03

Costa del Sol·Lead

Two Brits in critical condition in the Balearics: ‘Drunken’ 34-year-old hit by taxi in Ibiza while 70-year-old man rescued from drowning in Formentera

A BRITISH tourist is in a serious condition after drunkenly falling in front of a taxi in the popular resort town of Sant Antoni in

12 Sep, 2024 @ 22:00

Ibiza·Lead

Travellers beware: The UK announces date of new ETA border control system that will charge Europeans and North Americans to enter the country

SPANISH citizens heading to the UK will soon need to pay to obtain permission to enter the country. The new digital Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)

12 Sep, 2024 @ 16:25

Lead·Travel News

Gibraltar police investigate sudden death of 32-year-old Telegraph journalist David Knowles

COUNTER terrorism detectives from the UK are assisting the Royal Gibraltar Police to investigate the sudden death of 32-year-old Telegraph journalist David Knowles in Gibraltar.

12 Sep, 2024 @ 14:16

Gibraltar·Lead

British expat boxer finally stands trial over horror road rage murder of teen in Spain’s Estepona

A BRITISH expat who stabbed a teenager to death and fled Spain in 2020 is finally set to stand trial for murder. Lewis Harry Briggs,

12 Sep, 2024 @ 13:58

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia is set to break an all-time record for tourist spending this summer

ANDALUCIA is set to announce its best ever tourism season thanks to record-breaking revenue from international visitors. The period from January to July is on

12 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: Alleged timeshare kingpin Mohamed Derbah will finally face trial in Madrid: Politician is implicated in massive fraud with British gangsters in Spain

ONE of Spain’s leading timeshare kingpins – and a close friend of late British mafia don John ‘Goldfinger’ Palmer and killer Kenneth Noye – is

11 Sep, 2024 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Tenerife

British judge ‘astonished’ at 30-year-old mother of rioter, 12, who skipped her son’s court hearing for £1,000 holiday in Spain’s Ibiza

A BRITISH judge has slammed a mother’s decision to skip her 12-year-old son’s court hearing for taking part in the UK’s summer riots to go

11 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Ibiza·Lead

Mafia-style assassination in Spain’s Alicante was linked to stolen 5kg haul of cocaine, say police

THE violent murder of a Costa Blanca gangster has been linked to a dispute over five kilograms of cocaine, according to police. Two men have

11 Sep, 2024 @ 13:39

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish police seize over a MILLION ecstasy pills destined for Ibiza as they rumble Italian-led trans-European narco network

SPANISH police have announced a record-breaking drugs haul after seizing over a million ecstasy pills in raids in Ibiza and Malaga. The sophisticated European smuggling

10 Sep, 2024 @ 19:00

National News

Activists in Spain slam Gibraltar’s environmental record after King Charles III ‘commends’ the territory on its nature conservation in National Day message

KING Charles III’s National Day message to Gibraltar congratulating the territory on its conservation work was met with a scathing response from Spanish ecologists. The

10 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s ‘sea of plastic’ in Almeria ‘wins’ NASA prize of being the most visible man-made object from the International Space Station

IT is a grand prize but won for the wrong reason. The notion that the Great Wall of China is the only human-made structure visible

10 Sep, 2024 @ 16:30

Almeria·Environment·Lead·Other News

Video of giant crabs emerging from the sea sparks panic in Indonesia – but turn out to be a new art installation in Spain’s Andalucia

THE arrival of terrifying giant crabs on Indonesian shores was deemed a dark omen that was sure to sow panic – apart from it didn’t

10 Sep, 2024 @ 15:45

Cadiz·Lead·Other News

‘Gazumping’ comes to Spain’s housing market: What is the practice and how vulnerable are homebuyers to being gazumped?

HOMEBUYERS across Spain are coming to terms with an expression that Brits have long been familiar with: gazumping. This practice, where a seller agrees to

10 Sep, 2024 @ 14:15

Lead·Property

Gibraltar National Day: How did we get here? When the Gibraltarians said no to sharing sovereignty with Spain in the most unanimous vote in history

TODAY is Gibraltar’s National Day, when the inhabitants of the tiny peninsula celebrate 320 years this year of British rule over the Rock. Yet the

10 Sep, 2024 @ 12:48

National News