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Malaga mayor breaks silence after ‘historic’ anti-tourism protest saw thousands of locals take to the streets at the weekend

MASS demonstrations against ‘excess tourism’ in Malaga have forced the mayor to speak up. The protests on Saturday called for a reduction in tourist rentals

1 Jul, 2024 @ 14:30

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Bus driver is filmed SPITTING at cars and swerving between lanes while driving passengers along Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment a bus driver was filmed spitting at a car while travelling at speed and swerving between lanes along the Costa del

1 Jul, 2024 @ 14:21

Costa del Sol·Lead·Marbella

Spain’s Supreme Court rejects amnesty for Carles Puigdemont: Arrest warrant remains for ex-President of Catalunya

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial amnesty law approved last month will not apply to Carles Puigdemont, the separatist leader and fugitive from

1 Jul, 2024 @ 14:11

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Pickpocket gang from Spain is arrested over plan to target tourists at the Paris Olympics

Pickpocket warning in Spain: Gangs are targeting tourist areas as the summer season begins

POLICE in Mallorca have warned about organised gangs of pickpockets stealing from tourists in the Palma area. Two Romanian men, aged 24 and 56, have

1 Jul, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘British’ tourist is found dead in the street in major resort in Spain

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a tourist who was found in the middle of a Magaluf street in the early hours of

1 Jul, 2024 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British TikToker who helped search for Jay Slater in Tenerife blasts final search as a ‘massive PR’ stunt by Spanish police

A BRITISH TikToker who helped search for Jay Slater has blasted the Spanish police’s final search as a ‘massive PR’ stunt. Paul Arnott, has been

1 Jul, 2024 @ 13:16

Lead·Tenerife

Cost of renting property during summer on Spain’s Costa del Sol has risen 128% since 2014

HOLIDAY home rental costs during the summer on the Costa del Sol have more than doubled in a decade. A week in one of Spain’s

1 Jul, 2024 @ 13:15

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

WATCH: Shocking moment taxi driver reverses into tourists in Spain’s Barcelona before fleeing the scene

Do you know more about this incident? Email tips@theolivepress.es THIS is the moment a taxi driver was filmed reversing into tourists in Barcelona last week.

1 Jul, 2024 @ 12:58

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Province in Spain demands independence: Why ‘historic’ Leon wants to become its own autonomous community

THE Province of Leon is seeking to break away and become a self-governing autonomous community. Currently part of the Castilla y Leon autonomous community, the

1 Jul, 2024 @ 12:30

Lead·Politics

Controversial owner of the Asador restaurant in Marbella’s Guadalmina is arrested at 2am during trip with his wife

THE controversial owner of the Asador restaurant in Guadalmina, Marbella, has been arrested during a couple’s holiday. Jose Eugenio Arias-Camison was arrested at 02:00am on

1 Jul, 2024 @ 12:03

Costa del Sol·Lead

Spain’s Puerto Banus is the most expensive port to dock a yacht in Europe, according to new ranking

PUERTO Banus on Spain’s Costa del Sol is the most expensive port in Europe for mooring a yacht- based on daily rates. The up-market Marbella

1 Jul, 2024 @ 11:27

Costa del Sol·Lead·Marbella

Jay Slater search is called off in Spain: Police confirm end of operation almost two weeks after Brit vanished from a mountain village in Tenerife

THE desperate search for missing British teenager Jay Slater has been called off in Spain. The 19-year-old disappeared near the mountain village of Masca on

30 Jun, 2024 @ 12:01

Lead

Revealed: The Olympic fencing champion turned Nazi stormtrooper and bodyguard to Hitler who made his home in Spain – and helped Nazis flee to Argentina

AT first glance the funeral in Madrid seemed like nothing out of the ordinary. It was a warm June day in 1975 and the few

30 Jun, 2024 @ 11:27

Columnists·Lead

This popular city in Spain is set to raise its tourist tax by over 20% – and local officials want to go even further

TOURISTS visiting Barcelona are set to be hit by a rise in charges after the city council agreed to increase visitor levies by over 20%.

30 Jun, 2024 @ 10:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’m a British “guiri” and witnessed Marbella’s first bullfight in almost a decade – this is my verdict on the Spanish tradition’

“DON’T go in,” a blonde woman with a broad English accent told me. “If you go in there, you will hear their grunts of pain

30 Jun, 2024 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Body of man is found floating off a popular tourist beach in Spain

THE body of a man has been found floating off a popular tourist beach in Spain. The discovery was made at around 3.30am this morning

29 Jun, 2024 @ 20:11

Lead

Could England and Spain meet in the Euro 2024 final? All you need to know ahead of the knockout stages

ENGLAND and Spain could clash in a mouth-watering Euro 2024 final after each team’s potential route to the July 14 showpiece in Berlin was revealed.

29 Jun, 2024 @ 16:45

Barcelona·Lead·Sport

Doctors warn about 'collapse' of hospital emergency units in Spain due to increased demand

US tourist is shocked by her medical bill after requiring emergency treatment in Spain

FOR residents of countries such as Spain or the UK, where universal free healthcare is a fact of life, it can be easy to take

29 Jun, 2024 @ 16:28

Lead

Catalan parliament supports motion allowing exiled MPs to vote remotely – in huge boost for separatist leader Carles Puigdemont

THE Socialists have united with pro-independence parties in Catalunya’s regional chamber to support a motion allowing exiled MPs, including the controversial separatist leader and regional

29 Jun, 2024 @ 14:50

Catalunya·Lead

Thousands of locals take to the streets of Malaga in latest protest against ‘excessive’ tourism in Spain

THOUSANDS of locals have taken to the streets of Malaga today to protest against the ‘excessive’ tourism model. Demonstrators gathered in Plaza de la Merced

29 Jun, 2024 @ 12:29

Lead·Malaga

Spain’s teenage football sensation Lamine Yamal, 16, passes his school exams while playing at Euro 2024

HE may be one of the standout stars of Euro 2024, but Lamine Yamal’s prodigious footballing talent can’t excuse him from the rigour and pressure

29 Jun, 2024 @ 12:06

Barcelona·Lead

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Body of missing British tourist is found in Spain after he disappeared in the mountains

A MISSING British tourist has been found dead after disappearing in the mountains on Monday. The unnamed 70-year-old vanished while hiking in the Pyrenees, sparking

29 Jun, 2024 @ 12:04

Lead·National News