Man takes his own life with single gun shot on Murcia’s Mar Menor after killing his business partner
POLICE are trying to piece together two deaths in the Murcia region after a man was shot dead in El Palmar and his killer then
‘SLIPPERY EELS’ caught as East European drugs boss is arrested in Spain’s Murcia region
THE head of an international drugs smuggling gang branded as ‘The Eels’, has been arrested in Los Alcazares in Spain’s Murcia region. His detention by
Spain’s Murcia region to reopen local borders and hospitality in 16 areas this week
16 areas in the Murcia region will lift their local border closures and reopen bars and restaurants from this Wednesday(February 10). Murcia’s Covid Monitoring Committee
SECOND TIME LUCKY for Murcia’s Blas Canto as Spain make its Eurovision pick this month
MURCIA’S Blas Canto will soon find out which song he will be performing at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, after COVID-19 put paid
Popular La Manga holiday spot on Murcia’s Mar Menor in Spain goes digital
LA MANGA on the shores of Murcia’s Mar Menor will be overhauled into a ‘smart and digitalised tourist destination’. Telefonica won the contract to set
Investors Beware: Stay on the right side of change!
Change is happening all around us, nothing stands still for long. It would’ve been incredibly hard to plan ahead for 2020, instead we had to
BILLS GALORE as Cartagena’s desperate hospitality trade plead for help outside Murcia’s parliament in Spain
BOXES of bar and restaurant invoices were dumped by struggling businesses outside the Regional Assembly building in Cartagena this morning(January 29). The symbolic act was
The new edition of Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – here’s where to get your free copy
OUR 32nd edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South and Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and
British fugitive wanted for historical family sex abuse is arrested in expat area of Spain’s Murcia region
A British man wanted for historical sex offences against his daughter and other family members has been arrested by Murcia’s Guardia Civil. The 72-year-old fugitive
Non-essential businesses to close earlier as Spain’s Murcia region tries to limit movement in COVID-19 battle
NON-ESSENTIAL businesses in the Murcia region will have to close earlier from this Wednesday(January 20). The regional government has introduced the measure to combat record-high
A RIGHT DING-DONG as church bell peals get priest threatened in Spain’s Murcia region
COMPLAINTS that a set of church bells are too loud has caused a Murcia priest to report some of his parishioners to the police. Father
Social gatherings banned between people not living together in Spain’s Murcia region
THE ENTIRE Murcia region has banned social gatherings between non-cohabitants, from today, January 14. Meetings of any sort will only be allowed with people that
Interpol track down Latin American paedophile fugitive to Spain’s Murcia region
A Paraguayan man accused of sexually assaulting two young children in Argentina has been arrested in Murcia. The 28-year-old fugitive was captured in Fuente Alamo
Hundreds fined for border breach attempts during first weekend of towns’ perimeter closures in Spain’s Murcia
DURING the first weekend of perimeter closures in the region of Murcia, 225 fines were issues for attempted breaches. National Police and Guardia Civil carried
COVID-19 packs out Murcia region hospitals in Spain forcing return to local border closures
MOST of the Murcia region’s municipalities are to close their borders due to the steep rise in COVID-19 cases. COVID-19 Monitoring Committee spokesman Jaime Perez,
EU fine threat over endangered turtle doves in Spain’s Murcia region
THE Murcia government faces a European Union fine if it does not do more to protect the European turtle dove. The endangered migratory bird has
Stolen British-owned car from Spain’s Costa del Sol is found 400 kilometres away in Murcia with thieves ‘living’ in it
A stolen British-owned car from Malaga Province has ended up 400 kilometres north in the Murcia region with a man and woman ‘living’ inside it.
‘Well-organised’ cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought to justice
A Costa Blanca cocaine gang that processed and sold the drug has been busted by the Guardia Civil. Nine Spaniards have been arrested including the
Curfew extension and more border closures in Spain’s Murcia region as new COVID-19 cases reach record levels
THE Murcia region curfew will start an hour earlier from 10.00 pm this Saturday(January 9). The news comes a day after a new daily COVID-19
COVID-19 rises lead to border closures for seven towns in Spain’s Murcia region
THE Murcia region will close the perimeters of seven municipalities from midnight on January 6 and has slashed region-wide hospitality hours over the Three Kings
Expat in Spain’s Murcia region gets honour for helping British residents in Camposol
A Murcia-based British expat who created a charity to give fast medical aid has been awarded the British Empire Medal(BEM) in the New Year Honours