Make recycling the norm: Spain’s poor waste management in the spotlight under new law
Spaniards and expats can look forward to a much stricter set of rules on disposing of their waste from next year once a new law
The Strokes, Arcade Fire headline 2023 Cala Mijas music festival
Big names will headline the next Cala Mijas when the music festival returns for its second year next summer. The kings of New York rock
Spain’s high-speed train war intensifies this week as Iryo joins fight for passengers
A third train operator joins Spain’s big battle for customers on Friday with the launch of Iryo’s low-cost service between Madrid and Barcelona. Iryo joins
Weather alerts for most of Spain’s regions as Storm Denise arrives from the Atlantic
NEARLY all of Spain’s regions have weather alerts today, thanks to the arrival of Storm Denise from the Atlantic. The weather front is forecast to
General Franco supporters face penalties for chanting fascist slogans at Madrid rally in Spain
AROUND a hundred people could be fined following a Madrid gathering on Sunday commemorating the anniversary of the 1975 death of dictator General Francisco Franco.
Spain to bring back ISIS wives and children staying in squalid Syrian detention camps
SPAIN’S government will bring home a group of Spanish women married to ISIS fighters who are being held in two Syrian detention camps. The repatriation
Pedro Sanchez announces training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open before end of November
PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez says a new training centre for the Ukraine army will open in Toledo before the end of the month. Sanchez spoke
‘Two outstanding issues’ on driving licences have been resolved, says UK ambassador to Spain
THE NEAR SEVEN-MONTH nightmare being suffered by residents of Spain who hold UK driving licences might nearly be over, according to the latest statement released
EXCLUSIVE: Strange twist in search for Irish tourist missing on Spain’s Costa Blanca
There has been another sighting of an Irish tourist missing in Spain, and a common theme has emerged each time he is seen. The family
Shock discovery in search for missing X-Factor star Levi Davis in Barcelona
POLICE searching for X-Factor star Levi Davis who went missing in Barcelona three weeks ago have found his passport. Davis’ mother Julie confirmed to the
Ronda town hall facing €2.8m legal battle with supermarket as corruption case rumbles on
By Jon Clarke and Anthony Piovesan A leading supermarket group is demanding €2.8 million from Ronda town hall. The move comes after Eroski pulled out
EXPLAINER: Why podcast ‘Corinna and the King’ is causing so much embarrassment for Spain’s Juan Carlos I
As anyone watching the most recent series of The Crown will have been reminded, Queen Elizabeth II famously suffered an ‘annus horribilis’ in 1992 as
Explainer: Why Spain’s ‘only yes means yes’ consent law is seeing convicted sex abusers freed from jail
THIS week it emerged that Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law, which is aimed at putting consent at the centre of sexual abuse cases,
EXPLAINER: What you need to do in post-Brexit era to vote in May’s municipal elections in Spain
IT’S a busy election year in Spain next year with the general election, a large number of regional elections, and May’s local council votes. Non-Spanish
EXCLUSIVE: Police bring down ‘cocaine queen’s’ 25-year smuggling ring in Spain
By Jon Clarke and Anthony Piovesan She was the Rolls Royce of cocaine smuggling since the 1990s and looked every inch the part in her
Russian soldier implicated in war crimes flees to Madrid and claims asylum in Spain
A Russian soldier who was part of a brigade accused of war crimes in Ukraine has claimed asylum in Spain after fleeing to Madrid. Nikita
EXCLUSIVE: British woman stuck in Spain finally flown home after horror five-storey fall at hotel
A young British woman who fell five floors from a Spanish hotel and spent six weeks in hospital has finally been flown home. Tionne Cherae
Back to the future: How the Olive Press is combining old-fashioned news values with modern day social media
THE Olive Press team has decades of news experience under their belts. Some even started in the days of ‘hot metal’, bashing out stories via
Popular Costa del Sol beach bar burned to the ground in shocking blaze
A popular chiringuito on the Costa del Sol has completely burned to the ground after a massive fire on Thursday morning. Torremolinos firefighters received emergency
Why passengers on these Malaga flights may not need to show their passports
A UK airline will trial a new technology on flights to a Spanish city which will mean passengers can travel without having to show their
EXCLUSIVE: Police bring down ‘cocaine queen’s’ 25-year smuggling ring in Spain
By Jon Clarke and Anthony Piovesan She was the Rolls Royce of cocaine smuggling since the 1990s and looked every inch the part in her
Malaga forest fire lights up night sky, 45 firefighters rush to the scene
Long-awaited rains have finally fallen in the drought-stricken Andalucia, and just at the right time to help extinguish a raging forest fire in Malaga. More
Why this woman and her two dogs are sleeping out of a car at Costa del Sol petrol station
If you fill up regularly at this Costa del Sol petrol station you might often see a woman and her two dogs living there, and
‘Indefinite’ self-employed lorry driver strike in Spain ends after just one day
AN indefinite lorry drivers strike in Spain that started on Monday has folded within a day. The National Platform in Defence of Road Transport -that
British rugby player Levi Davis missing in Barcelona allegedly seen yesterday morning looking ‘lost and confused’
British rugby player Levi Davis, who went missing in Barcelona nearly three weeks ago, may have been spotted as recently as yesterday morning, the 24-year-old’s
Spanish government to study more changes to Criminal Code that could benefit Catalan independence leaders
THE SPANISH government is to study changes to the law covering the misappropriation of public funds, barely a week after proposing scrapping the sedition law.