Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

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

‘Blood rain’ and storms to hit Spain this weekend as DANA weather front rolls in: These are the affected areas

A MIDWEEK heatwave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees in parts of the country will break towards the end of week with the arrival of storms

5 Jun, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Weather

WATCH: Moment two shirtless men are led away from Marbella’s Puerto Banus in handcuffs

THIS is the moment two shirtless men were led away by police from Puerto Banus this week. In a video shared on TikTok on Monday,

5 Jun, 2024 @ 15:29

Lead·Marbella

Battle plan for tiger mosquito plague is revealed in Spain’s Valencia: Experts will release 1.3 million sterile blood suckers into the population

VALENCIA City Council will release 1.3 million sterile tiger mosquitoes in a bid to reduce the tiger mosquito population. Sterile male specimens will released for

5 Jun, 2024 @ 14:25

Health·Lead·Valencia

Car hire warning: Expat loses €300 after policy is cancelled ‘without his knowledge’ over technicality that could affect many Brits in Spain

AN expat is sounding the alarm after he says his car hire was cancelled due to a tiny technicality – losing him almost €300. British

5 Jun, 2024 @ 13:40

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

British yacht washes up on a beach in Spain’s Valencia: Captain is investigated for potential negligence

A BRITISH yacht has run aground on a Valencia province beach and has been stranded there since Monday. The craft called ‘Nordic Lily’ went onto

5 Jun, 2024 @ 12:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Armed police at the scene of the shooting of Borja Villacis

Entire family is wiped out in deadly car crash in Spain – including pregnant mother

AN entire family has been wiped out in a deadly car crash in Spain- including a pregnant woman. The tragic crash happened last Sunday, June

5 Jun, 2024 @ 12:29

Lead·Madrid

British expat’s horror after seeing body of dead Irishman, 76, left laying on the shore just metres away from sunbathers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH expat has been left in shock after seeing a dead body laying on a popular tourist beach in Spain. Paul H was enjoying

5 Jun, 2024 @ 12:07

Costa Blanca·Lead

Dramatic police chase of wanted Swedish gangster, 53, in Marbella ends with five officers injured

FIVE officers from the Policia Nacional force have been injured following a dramatic car chase through the streets of Marbella. The squad had to receive

5 Jun, 2024 @ 12:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

German tourist, 45, dies after falling off major tourist attraction in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN tourist aged 45 died in the early hours of Wednesday morning after falling from the wall of Mallorca’s Santa Maria Cathedral, which is

5 Jun, 2024 @ 11:54

Lead·Mallorca

British man accused of child sexual abuse in the UK is arrested in expat haven in southern Spain

A BRITISH fugitive accused of sexual assault on children has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in in the Murcia region. The man, 68, faces

5 Jun, 2024 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist, 19, is fined for trashing two hotel rooms and resisting arrest in Spain

A BRITISH tourist aged 19 has been slapped with a €480 fine in Spain’s Mallorca after he trashed two hotel rooms in the popular resort

5 Jun, 2024 @ 11:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Major manhunt underway in central Spain after brother of prominent former politician gunned down in broad daylight over reported drug debt

A MAJOR manhunt was underway in Madrid on Wednesday morning after the brother of the city’s former Deputy Mayor Begoña Villacis was gunned down in

5 Jun, 2024 @ 10:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

British expats and locals demand Marbella bullfight be cancelled: Petition by animal activists gathers 25,000 signatures in just four days

MORE than 25,000 expats and locals have signed a petition demanding the cancellation of this weekend’s bullfight in Marbella. World-famous matadors including Roca Rey, Morante

4 Jun, 2024 @ 19:30

La Cultura·Lead·Marbella

Toll road may soon be discounted for certain drivers in bid to reduce traffic chaos on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Cost of toll road on Spain’s Costa del Sol surges by more than 50% – after pleads to abolish the charge are rejected by Madrid

THE cost of the AP-7 toll road has increased by more than 50% along the Costa del Sol. Every year, the price of accessing the

4 Jun, 2024 @ 19:21

Costa del Sol·Lead·Travel News

Crisis for 300,000 holidaymakers planning to visit Spain after major tour operator collapses

A LEADING German tour operator- FTI- has filed for insolvency putting at risk thousands of holidays including a major raft of bookings to Spain- especially

4 Jun, 2024 @ 17:49

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Huge fire engulfs gardening warehouse next to major airport in Spain – causing flight delays

A HUGE fire has engulfed a warehouse next to Ibiza airport, threatening to delay flights at the major tourist hotspot. Video footage shared online shows

4 Jun, 2024 @ 17:31

Ibiza·Lead

Outrage over waitress job offer in Ibiza: Woman is told she will work 77 hours per week but ‘will have access to the beach’

A WAITRESS job offer has sparked outrage in Ibiza after a woman is told she will need to work 77 hours a week in exchange

4 Jun, 2024 @ 17:28

Ibiza·Lead

This region in Spain wants to turn graveyards into solar farm

VALENCIA is using city graveyards to help it reach climate neutrality by 2030. Finding suitable sites for solar farms in urban areas isn’t easy, so

4 Jun, 2024 @ 14:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Huge US military ship is spotted docking in port on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BIG United States warship is spending a few days docked in Malaga and has a freighter-style look about it- different from regular navy vessels

4 Jun, 2024 @ 13:30

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Spain's jobless total is lowest for May since 2008

Spain’s jobless total falls to lowest May figure since 2008 as tourist sector gears up for record-breaking summer

SPAIN has recorded its lowest registered unemployed total for May since 2008, with 2.6 million people out of work. The total is a 59,000 reduction

4 Jun, 2024 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

Begoña Gomez in court: Judge calls Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife to testify as official suspect in influence peddling case

A MADRID judge has given the Spanish prime minister’s wife, Begoña Gomez, a court date at which she will have to testify as an official

4 Jun, 2024 @ 12:21

Lead·Politics

Spain’s Malaga recieves 1.2 million tourists in first quarter of 2022—four times more than last year

Revealed: The provinces with the fastest growing economies in Spain’s Andalucia – partly thanks to tourism

NEW figures from Andalucia’s Institute of Statistics and Cartography show that three of the region’s provinces have been growing faster than the average, thanks in

4 Jun, 2024 @ 12:18

Andalucia·Lead

Tragic weekend sees four people drown in 72 hours on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Tragic weekend sees five people drown in 72 hours on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE start of the peak seaside bathing season has brought five drownings in less than 72 hours on the Costa Blanca. The first death was

4 Jun, 2024 @ 11:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

The attempted assassination of Mehdi last July in Marbella

Captured: Mehdi the ‘drug thief’ and enemy of infamous kingpin ‘The Fly’ is arrested in Sevilla after surviving ordered assassination in Marbella

IN July of last year, a video went viral of what appeared to be an assassination attempt in Marbella, close to a shopping mall in

4 Jun, 2024 @ 11:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Russian mafia bosses who ‘operated stolen car ring across 10 countries’ are arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

TWO Russians have been arrested in Spain for allegedly masterminding a criminal gang that used vulnerable Ukrainians to steal and sell rental cars. The organisation

3 Jun, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Tourism continues to boom in Spain: Foreign visitor numbers are up 14% so far this year with Brits still leading the way

SPAIN welcomed nearly 24 million foreign tourists this year up to the end of April- 14.5% up on the same period in 2023. The National

3 Jun, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·National News

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