Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Spanish photographer and guide is killed during attack while filming a tribe in Africa: Tributes pour in for Toni Espadas

A SPANISH photographer and tour guide has been killed whilst filming a TV show with a tribe in Ethiopia. Tributes have poured in for Toni

21 May, 2024 @ 13:03

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: The thousands of Nazi collaborators in Spain who used businesses as fronts for top secret espionage

NEW research has shed light on the espionage activities of thousands of Nazi collaborators and informers who lived double lives in Spain during World War

21 May, 2024 @ 12:25

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Revealed: This city in southern Spain has the highest number of tourist flats in the country – and fed-up locals are preparing a huge protest next month

NEW data from the INE (National Statistics Institute) has laid bare the shocking reality of how tourist rentals are continuing to devour the historical centres

21 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

British expats threaten to leave Estepona over string of ‘luxury’ venues that are ‘destroying’ the Costa del Sol town’s ‘charm’ by ‘turning it into Puerto Banus 2.0’

BRITISH expats have claimed they are considering moving away from Estepona following the arrival of a string of new ‘luxury’ venues. It comes as three

21 May, 2024 @ 11:49

Estepona·Lead

Ryan Reynolds to visit Spain: Hollywood actor and Wrexham FC owner, 47, will see Taylor Swift in Madrid

MADRID will be ‘bejeweled’ next week as Hollywood actor and Wrexham FC owner, Ryan Reynolds flies in to see Taylor Swift. No blank space will

21 May, 2024 @ 11:18

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Jasmine Harman struggles to film A Place In The Sun in Benalmadena as strong winds hit the Costa del Sol

JASMINE Harman has fallen prey to the strong winds that continue to batter the Costa del Sol this week. The A Place In The Sun

21 May, 2024 @ 11:07

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

Lawyer takes Vueling to court in Spain and wins after airline charged him €60 for hand luggage in what judge branded an ‘abusive practice’

AN IBIZA man has won a battle with low-cost air carrier Vueling over an illegal hand luggage charge. The lawyer filed a complaint after he

21 May, 2024 @ 10:59

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Vandals damage gated cat colony and kill animal recovering from emergency operation on Spain's Costa Blanca

EXCLUSIVE: Vandals attack cat shelter and kill ‘dearly loved’ moggy recovering from emergency operation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VOLUNTEERS at a Mil Palmeras cat shelter are in shock after intruders broke into the facility on Saturday and killed a cat that was recuperating

21 May, 2024 @ 10:08

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Squatter fears in southern Spain see ‘for sale’ and ‘for rent’ signs taken down outside empty homes

MURCIA region property sellers are not putting up sales boards to prevent their houses becoming a target for squatters. The bulk of adverts have shifted

20 May, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Murcia·Property

British teenager ‘is raped in the street in Spain’s Mallorca while the attacker’s two friends watched’

A MALLORCA bar manager has been arrested for the alleged rape of a British teenage tourist on Friday. Two of the suspect’s friends are being

20 May, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

New ‘DANA’ to bring storms to parts of Spain this week, including Andalucia - these are the affected areas

Weather warning for Spain: New DANA system will bring heavy rainfall this week – these are the affected areas

HEAVY rain and storms winds are predicted for parts of Spain over the next two days- caused by a trough of low pressure above the

20 May, 2024 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·Weather

EXCLUSIVE: As the trial of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner re-starts – and she would have been 21 this month – JON CLARKE traces his suspicious movements through Spain and Portugal in May 2007

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner stayed in at least half a dozen places around the Algarve and Spain in the month before the British toddler

20 May, 2024 @ 14:32

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls for public apology from Argentina President Javier Milei after insulting his wife

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called on Argentina’s President Javier Milei to make a public apology after the latter insulted the former’s

20 May, 2024 @ 14:06

Lead·Politics

Swiss airlines must pay a passenger €600 compensation after bringing their flight forward by more than an hour, court in Malaga rules

IF you’ve ever suffered a severe delay to a flight, you will no doubt have been encouraged to seek compensation for your troubles. But as

20 May, 2024 @ 13:36

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Granada horror latest: President of Andalucia gives statement on ‘terrible’ double murder of children aged 10 and 12 at the hands of their grandfather – as more details emerge

JUANMA Moreno has given a statement on the ‘terrible’ double murder of two children in Granada at the hands of their grandfather as a motive

20 May, 2024 @ 13:26

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Tivoli World workers hold demonstration on the Benalmadena theme park’s 52nd anniversary demanding the iconic site be reopened

TODAY will mark 52 years since the iconic theme park, Tivoli World, first opened its doors to the general public. But rather than being a

20 May, 2024 @ 13:08

Lead·Malaga

British and Irish expats who ran a cannabis club on Spain’s Costa Blanca are arrested for ‘selling drugs disguised as food’

SEVEN people including British and Irish expats have been arrested for running a Denia cannabis club that sold drugs packaged up as food. The Policia

20 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

FreakCon returns to Spain’s Costa del Sol: Cosplay and gaming fanatics to descend on Torremolinos for eighth annual edition – this is where to get tickets

COSPLAY and gaming fanatics are set to descend on Torremolinos this week, as FreakCon holds its eight annual edition. The festival, celebrating all things fandom,

20 May, 2024 @ 12:36

Costa del Sol·La Cultura·Lead

British tourist arrested over sex assault on UK holidaymaker at party-resort Magaluf hotel on Spain's Mallorca

Tourist, 20, dies after falling from his hotel balcony in Spain’s Mallorca: Friends discovered his body at 8am

A 20-year-old man has died in Spain’s Mallorca, after falling from his hotel balcony whilst on vacation in the Balearic Island. The tragic accident happened

20 May, 2024 @ 12:24

Lead·Mallorca

Pictured: Estepona’s swanky new beach club described as a ‘lifestyle destination’ that is set to open in July – featuring an infinity pool and ‘provocative performances from day to night’

THE Estepona nightlife scene is expected to move up a notch this summer with the arrival of a new beach club described as a ‘multi-sensory

20 May, 2024 @ 12:15

Estepona·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Horror in Granada: Gunman, 72, kills his two grandchildren aged 10 and 12 before taking his own life – after trio survived tragic car crash that killed his wife and daughter

A 72-year-old man has killed his two grandchildren, aged just 10 and 12 before taking his own life in Granada. Huetor Tajar, a town 43km

20 May, 2024 @ 12:12

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Desperate search for woman who vanished while swimming in the sea off Spain’s Fuengirola

A DESPERATE search has been launched for a woman who vanished while swimming in the sea off Fuengirola, Costa del Sol. Emergency services 112 were

20 May, 2024 @ 11:18

Costa del Sol·Lead

WATCH: Huge fire engulfs 30 cars in port popular with tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

WATCH: Huge fire engulfs 34 cars in port popular with tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FIRECRACKER is suspected of starting a giant blaze that destroyed 17 cars and damaged at least 17 others in a Javea port car park

20 May, 2024 @ 10:59

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain recalls ambassador from Buenos Aires after Argentina President Javier Milei insults Pedro Sanchez’s wife

THE Spanish government will recall its ambassador from Argentina as a diplomatic spat between the two counties deepened following comments from hard-right President Javier Milei

20 May, 2024 @ 10:17

Lead·Politics

Serial killer TikToker who slayed British and German tourists on Spain’s Costa del Sol is accused of killing a 21-year-old hiker in Malaga – less than 10 years after he was released

A CONVICTED killer who slayed British and German tourists as part of a bloody killing spree in the 1980s has been accused of murdering a

19 May, 2024 @ 13:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Huge fireball ‘meteor’ is spotted in the skies above Spain and Portugal after entering the atmosphere at 160,000km/hr – so did YOU see it?

A HUGE fireball has been spotted flying above southern and central Spain and parts of Portugal. The Calar Alto Observatory in Gergal, Almeria, confirmed the

19 May, 2024 @ 12:55

Environment·Lead

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