Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Honest tourist finds wallet with €6,300 in cash next to busy Benidorm beach and police return it to happy owner

AN HONEST tourist found a wallet containing over €6,300 next to a Benidorm beach and it was returned to its grateful owner within two hours.

14 Jun, 2024 @ 15:02

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

THESE are the 48 beaches handed ‘black flags’ for pollution, mass tourism and over development

ECOLOGISTS in Action has handed their unwanted black flags to 48 beaches across the Spanish coast. ‘Black flag’ status recognises coastal resorts for pollution, over

14 Jun, 2024 @ 14:13

Lead

Malaga says Costa del Sol train project is essential for the province to continue growing

THE Costa del Sol train is ‘essential’ for Malaga to keep growing, says Malaga council leader. Francisco Salado, the president of the Diputacion de Malaga

14 Jun, 2024 @ 13:08

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Flash floods lead to nearly 100 emergency rescues in Murcia with people trapped in their cars

NEARLY a hundred rescues were carried out in the Murcia region over the last two days due to heavy storms, according to the Ministry of

14 Jun, 2024 @ 12:43

Lead·Murcia

Foodie central: A nerve centre for gourmands has sprung up over recent years in a hive of streets just south of Marbella’s Casco Antiguo

IT is an area of around half a mile square and comprising, perhaps, a dozen streets. But in this nondescript part of Marbella, you’ll easily

14 Jun, 2024 @ 12:37

For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Autumn arrives early in Spain: Temperatures to plummet by up to 10C today amid storms, rain and hail

Drought latest in Spain: Recent downpours bring good news over water restrictions in time for summer holiday season in Barcelona area

DROUGHT measures are set to be eased in the Barcelona area due to recent rain boosting reservoir capacity. The Catalunya government is looking at making

14 Jun, 2024 @ 11:40

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

EXPANDING HORIZONS: Friend dating in Spain is not as hard as you think, writes Susannah Grant

One of the conversations that frequently crops up amongst expats is how to make friends as an adult when you move abroad.In a country where

14 Jun, 2024 @ 11:12

Columnists·Lead·Other News

Police probe into bogus work contract gang

Police bust fake work contract scheme that made €1m by ripping off foreigners who wanted Spanish residency and access to social security

POLICE have arrested an Alicante man, 74, for allegedly running a criminal network that pocketed around €1 million by producing bogus work contracts in exchange

14 Jun, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Gibraltar upgraded as ‘largely compliant’ in tackling money laundering and terrorist financing by European watchdog MONEYVAL

GIBRALTAR has been marked as ‘largely compliant’ in its progress at tackling money laundering and terrorist financing. The award comes from the Council of Europe’s

13 Jun, 2024 @ 19:00

Gibraltar·Lead

High salt levels lead to warning over drinking tap water in popular Costa Blanca tourist spot

RESIDENTS in Teulada on the Costa Blanca have been told not to drink tap water due to a high concentration of salt. The recommendation comes

13 Jun, 2024 @ 18:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Rising numbers of British bikers disembarking in Spain to be handed brochure on the do’s and don’t’s of Spanish roads after alarming surge in motorcycle accidents

BRITISH bikers arriving in Spain are about to be given a lesson in how to drive on Spanish roads. A whopping 20,000 motorcyclists are expected

13 Jun, 2024 @ 18:15

Lead·Other News

Property sales in Spain soared by 20% in July, new figures show - while prices jumped by almost 3%

Property market in Spain gets a boost with first quarterly sales rise in well over a year

HOUSE sales in Spain rose by 1.8% in the first quarter of 2024, the first year-on-year sales increase after five consecutive quarters of falls. Sales

13 Jun, 2024 @ 17:45

Lead·National News·Property

Six ‘black flags’ handed out to beaches and coastal areas suffering from pollution and ‘mismanagement’ in eastern Spain

THE Ecologists in Action group has dished out six flags to the Valencian Community in its annual ‘Black Flag’ awards to beaches suffering pollution caused

13 Jun, 2024 @ 17:15

Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Queues for a taxi at Alicante airport are lasting up to two HOURS: Plan is launched to crack down on waiting times

TALKS will be held as soon as Friday to produce a plan to end waits of up to two hours for a taxi at Alicante-Elche

13 Jun, 2024 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Big win for Spain’s Guardia Civil as they lead international operation to take down the notorious Balkan Cartel responsible for importing half of all cocaine into Europe

THE Guardia Civil have led a global operation to take down the infamous Balkan clan, thought to be responsible for importing half of all the

13 Jun, 2024 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Barbate Guardia Civil murders: Spanish authorities hunt new narco suspect hiding out in Morocco with family links to a Costa del Sol kingpin after admitting error with original arrest

THE Guardia Civil have admitted they may have pointed the finger at the wrong narco in the murder of two officers in Barbate in February.

13 Jun, 2024 @ 15:00

Cadiz·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

British DJ launches desperate appeal after ALL his ‘irreplaceable’ music, laptop and other items are stolen from his car in Spain’s Ibiza

A BRITISH DJ has launched a desperate appeal in Ibiza after ALL his ‘irreplaceable’ music, laptop and other items were stolen from his car. The

13 Jun, 2024 @ 14:59

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Cadiz joins ‘anti-tourism’ movement in Spain: Locals accuse visitors of ‘stealing our city’ as they plan huge protest this month

CADIZ is the latest city to join the fight against excessive tourism that is currently sweeping Spain. The ancient city is the capital of Cadiz

13 Jun, 2024 @ 14:27

Cadiz·Lead

Cockroach warning in Spain: This summer will be an ‘unprecedented’ challenge thanks to mutant specimens and climate change – here’s how to keep the pests out of YOUR home

CONTROLLING cockroaches in Spain this summer is going to prove an unprecedented challenge, an expert has warned. Jorge Galvan is the general director of the

13 Jun, 2024 @ 13:39

Environment·Health·Lead

WATCH: Wayne Lineker, 62, is punched to the ground in Spain’s Ibiza

WAYNE Lineker, 62, has been punched to the ground in Ibiza after defending a female friend. The businessman was left unconscious after being punched while

13 Jun, 2024 @ 12:58

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Brace for heat! Highs of 34C along Spain’s Costa del Sol this weekend as summer temperatures arrive

SUMMER temperatures will officially arrive to the Costa del Sol this weekend with highs of 34C, forecasters predict. According to state weather agency AEMET, parts

13 Jun, 2024 @ 12:45

Lead·Weather

Mark Zuckerberg is caught ‘breaking maritime law’ while docking his €278m yacht in Spain’s Mallorca

A YACHT owned by the founder of Facebook and Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, has been docked in Palma since Friday, but there are claims that location

13 Jun, 2024 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Revealed: Over 5,500 boat migrants have died trying to reach Spain so far this year – one every 45 minutes

A NEW report has laid bare the severity of the migrant crisis as it was revealed that over 5,500 migrants have died trying to reach

13 Jun, 2024 @ 12:41

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics

Traveller attempts to fly from Madrid to southern Spain with 15 TARANTULAS in Tupperware containers

A TRAVELLER was stopped flying from Madrid to southern Spain carrying 15 TARANTULAS in Tupperware cases. The Guardia Civil are investigating a man for illegally

13 Jun, 2024 @ 12:11

Lead·Madrid·Sevilla