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GHOSTA BLANCA: Illegal art exhibition takes over one of Spain’s most haunted buildings

ONE of Spain’s most-haunted buildings has become the scene of an illegal art exhibition by a notorious Swedish guerrilla artist. The Preventoria Agua de Busot

24 May, 2019 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Expat pensioners assaulted as luxury apartment block is ‘mobbed’ by squatters on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GROUP of British pensioners are pleading for help after their block of flats descended into ‘hell’ due to squatters. The expats – who have

24 May, 2019 @ 10:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WE’VE GOT THE POWER! :Expats fill up the ballot lists for vital local elections – in which FINALLY foreigners count

Hundreds of foreigners have been included on the various political party lists in a bid to become councillors

24 May, 2019 @ 01:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

British most obsessed with doggy-style while Spain loves ‘cuckolding’, as new study reveals world’s sexual preferences

In the English-speaking world as a whole, 'threesome' was the most popular search term

22 May, 2019 @ 17:36

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca

WARNING: Multi-day heatwaves and life threatening temperatures coming to Spain this summer

The high heat is forecast to arrive in June and will be much stronger than last year

22 May, 2019 @ 16:25

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Malaga

Tourist dies after being hit by bus in Benidorm

A TOURIST has been killed after a bus ploughed into her on a pavement in Benidorm. The woman, of Portuguese nationality, was hit on Calle

22 May, 2019 @ 01:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Roads become rivers as hailstorm hits the Costa Blanca

A VIOLENT hailstorm has turned the roads into rivers on the Costa Blanca. The tempest hit Jumilla, in Murcia, earlier this evening (Tuesday). Videos on

21 May, 2019 @ 22:41

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Travel News

ANOTHER British holidaymaker scammed as Spanish villa rental companies use SAME website under different names

A STRING of Spanish villa rental companies have been allegedly defrauding British holidaymakers by using the SAME website under different names. The Olive Press uncovered

20 May, 2019 @ 15:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm pub SLAMMED for renting out midget

A PUB in Benidorm has been slammed for asking ‘Wanna rent a midget??’ on its street-front sign. Chaplins Bar, a street away from Benidorm’s Levante

17 May, 2019 @ 13:29

Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News

Irish fugitive dies in Benidorm after he stripped man naked, battered him and carved up his body in wheelie bin

The victim, who was also bound in masking tape, and thus suffered PTSD, was only freed 12 hours later when a dog-walker heard his screams

17 May, 2019 @ 13:03

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Fraudsters ‘stole €8 million’ from holidaymakers in 2018 with SPAIN among ‘most affected’ countries

More than 5,000 people fell victims to holiday booking fraud last year, with losses totalling €8 million, new research suggests. Travel association ABTA said victims

17 May, 2019 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Travel News

Tropical fish caught on Costa Blanca as experts fear Mediterranean temperature increase

A TROPICAL fish common to Indonesian waters has been caught off the Costa Blanca. The tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) was hooked off the Segura river estuary

15 May, 2019 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Pensioners fuming as £4,000 Benidorm hotel booking turned out to be a BUILDING SITE

TWO British pensioners have hit out against a £4,000 Benidorm hotel booking that turned out to be a building site. Betty Rickerby, 87, and Barbara

15 May, 2019 @ 11:37

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Wife of crooked British fraudster mocks scam victims in holiday pic from Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE wife of a convicted fraudster has sparked fury after a holiday pic of her on the Costa Blanca was posted with the caption: ‘Who

15 May, 2019 @ 11:27

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British couple win €72,000 after retirement home never built by bankrupt Costa Blanca construction firm

A BRITISH family who lost their investment in a retirement home when a Costa Blanca construction company folded have 15 years later been paid damages.

15 May, 2019 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Rapist Jeffrey Waite JAILED over 40-year-old attacks following extradition from the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man who raped two teenage girls 40 years ago has been jailed following an extradition from the Costa Blanca. Jeffrey Waite, 66, carried

14 May, 2019 @ 17:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British cafe on the Costa Blanca ‘first in Spain’ to ban single-use coffee cups

A CAFE on the Costa Blanca has become the ‘first in Spain’ to completely ban single-use takeaway cups. Caffe Milano, in Javea, enforced the ban

14 May, 2019 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

OPINION: Desperate British families losing thousands in Spain villa scams show that we need more dedicated fraud officers

Dedicated police officers need to be made available for these crimes, or at the very least a cyber crime hotline promising rapid action

14 May, 2019 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Opinion

OPINION: Are storm drains to blame for the severity of damage to British expat businesses in the Costa Blanca floods?

While many of us are still dealing with damp basements and insurance claims, we should take note of the municipal elections coming up on May

14 May, 2019 @ 09:30

Costa Blanca·Opinion

SEEN HIM? Ex-Scotland Yard detective launches Olive Press appeal to track down Most Wanted British ‘killer’ in southern Spain

A LINKEDIN page under the name of ‘Kevin Parle’ has begun taunting an ex-Met Police officer as he begins his search for the alleged murderer.

14 May, 2019 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WASH OUT: Beloved English business Scallops still closed three weeks after Costa Blanca town’s worst flooding in 62 years

ONE of the Costa Blanca’s longest running expat businesses is still closed after the worst flooding hit the area for 62 years last month. British-run

13 May, 2019 @ 12:43

Costa Blanca·Other News

IN PICS: The property portfolios of Spain’s political leaders

As the dust settles on last month’s snap election, we take a look at the property portfolios of Spain’s political supremos

13 May, 2019 @ 12:40

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Politics·Property

The Olive Press helps take legal action after ANOTHER British victim loses €6,000 on a bogus villa on the Costa Blanca

THE Olive Press is helping victims take legal action against a Mallorca holiday rental company that scammed holidaymakers thousands for rental villas across Spain. It

13 May, 2019 @ 12:20

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead