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Water companies and farmers in Spain welcome recent rainfall but need more this winter to fight recent drought

RECENT rainfall has helped Malaga’s seven freshwater reservoirs fill up to 37% of their capacity, according to water provider Hidrosur. The storm that hit Spain

23 Dec, 2022 @ 11:00

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Huge mural art in Spain’s Malaga represents famous piece displayed in Thyssen Museum

ONE of the works belonging to Thyssen Museum’s permanent collection has been the inspiration of a new mural art which now decorates a façade in

22 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Spain adds more red tape to digital nomad visa scheme leaving British expats ‘in limbo’

Spain’s plan to attract British female entrepreneurs with digital nomad visas, tax perks

Spain is hoping to attract more British women with digital nomad visas and tax perks in the new year. The country’s Digitalisation Minister Carme Artigas

22 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·Malaga·National News

The Olive Press team enjoys a Christmas trip to “hidden paradise” at Montejaque in Spain’s Andalucia

IT’S the season of office Christmas parties. Finding a more sustainable and sociable alternative to a boozy knees-up in a bar, the Olive Press team

22 Dec, 2022 @ 12:15

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Heavy fog causes chaos and sees seven flights diverted from Spain’s Sevilla to Malaga

SEVEN flights, scheduled to land at Sevilla International Airport yesterday morning, Wednesday December 21, were diverted to Malaga airport due to unusually heavy fog around

22 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga·Sevilla·Travel News

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Renfe increases Ave trains between Spain’s Malaga and Madrid

SPANISH operator Renfe is adding more trains on the high-speed trajectory Malaga – Madrid. The operator plans 14 new services per week between the two

22 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Police arrest ‘the guardian’ of massive heroin trafficking ring in Marbella

A heroin trafficking ring leader from Marbella who police have dubbed the ‘guardian’ of the drug has been busted. Policia Nacional and Guardia Civil Cordoba

21 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·National News

Spain’s Malaga to open gaming museum in January 2023

OXO Videogame Museum, the Malaga Provincial Council’s initiative to open up to the technological field and position the province as the first ‘gamer’ destination in

21 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga·Technology

Malaga to have first direct flight to Cape Verde from Spain as of Spring 2023

THE German company Eurowings will connect Malaga airport with Cape Verde, known as the ‘African Caribbean’—twice a week from April—with the first direct flight from

21 Dec, 2022 @ 09:45

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Maya Ruiz-Picasso, eldest daughter of Spain’s legendary painter dies at 87

MAYA Ruiz-Picasso Walter, the eldest daughter of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who served as a model and inspiration for many paintings and drawings, has passed

21 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

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Police arrest drug gang that held up rival hash truck on Spain’s A-7 motorway

POLICE in Malaga have arrested four gang-members who violently held-up a truck that rival drug-traffickers were using to move hashish hidden in its cargo of

19 Dec, 2022 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

TRAGEDY: Police search suspect after hit-and-run death leaves Spain’s Cartama in state of shock

POLICE are searching for the driver of a BMW who fatally ran over a 28-year-old at the entrance to Cartama and then fled the scene.

19 Dec, 2022 @ 14:12

Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

Spain’s Malaga-Madrid AVE begins pooch-friendly service

RENFE, the state-owned railway company in Spain, has included the Madrid-Malaga AVE trains in a pilot test that will allow canines of up to 40

19 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Wildfires destroy more than 6,100 hectares of land in Spain’s Malaga during 2022

TWO major fires this summer, together with dozens of smaller fires have destroyed more than 6,100 hectares of land this year, 2022. According to the

18 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Criminal mastermind who stole luxury cars for drug smugglers arrested in Spain’s Malaga

POLICE have re-arrested the criminal mastermind of a gang who allegedly stole luxury cars on the Costa del Sol and sold them to drug smugglers

18 Dec, 2022 @ 09:01

Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

Spectacular Malaga Christmas lights live up to hype as one of Spain’s best Christmas shows

It is a special feeling to walk down Calle Marques de Larios in central Malaga and see golden heavenly angels above your head and groups

17 Dec, 2022 @ 17:00

Lead·Malaga·National News

Russian Museum in Spain’s Malaga filled once again with Russian art thanks to British art collector

THE galleries of the Russian Museum in Malaga once again displays Russian art, but this time without works on loan from the State Museum of

17 Dec, 2022 @ 12:45

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

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Spain’s Malaga holds winter wonder light show at city’s botanical garden

MALAGA’S botanical garden celebrates the magic of the season with a winter wonder light show. The city of Malaga will once again transform La Concepción

16 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Caminito del Rey reopens today after three day closure due to damaging landslides

MALAGA’S star hiking trail, Caminito del Rey, will reopen today, Friday 16, after three day closure due to damaging landslides. As work to repair the

16 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Caminito del Rey remains closed due to recent landslides caused by heavy rain—with dozen climbing specialists and technicians called in aid with repair works

MALAGA’S famous gorge walkway remains closed following recent landslides caused by heavy rain, and it’s still unclear when the tourist attraction will reopen. Heavy rains

15 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Malaga sees accumulated rainfall of 5,420 litres in 13 days

THE first thirteen days of December has left an accumulated rainfall of 5,420 litres in Malaga province. Following a disastrous start to the hydrological year

15 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Weather

‘Da Vinci Code’ author Dan Brown spotted in Spain’s Ronda

THRILLER writer Dan Brown has been spotted strolling through the beautiful Andalucian town of Ronda. The 58-year-old bestselling author then posted a selfie on the

14 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

Landslides cause part of Caminito del Rey to collapse as storms lash Costa del Sol

Landslides have forced the closure of the popular tourist Caminito del Rey walkway in Malaga. The tourist attraction’s official website announced the site would be

14 Dec, 2022 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·National News·Weather

Calls for ‘urgent’ blood donations needed amid shortage of all blood types in Spain’s Andalucia following week of public holidays

THE Andalucian Network of Transfusion Medicine (ANTM ) has launched an urgent appeal for blood donors to step forward amid ‘shortages’ following last week’s public

13 Dec, 2022 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Malaga

Yellow weather warning for blustery wind throughout the entire Malaga province following arrival of storm Efrain in Spain

SPAIN’S weather agency AEMET has activated a yellow weather warning throughout the entire province of Malaga for strong blustery wind that could exceed 70 kilometres

13 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga·Weather

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Gang arrested over ton of olives filched in Spain’s Antequera

AN olive-stealing gang have been caught red-handed in Antequera, leading to eight arrests and a ton of olives seized. The arrests are the fruit of

13 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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