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Holidaymakers help Spain's airports reach 'all-time' November high- better than before pandemic

BREAKING: Flight chaos as major fault in UK air traffic control systems means passengers in Spain are stuck on planes on runaways with nowhere to go

THE UK’S air traffic control system has experienced major problems on Monday- one of the busiest travel days of the year with the late August

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:09

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Canary Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Motorists feel the squeeze as petrol pump prices soar to highest level for a year in Spain

Motorists feel the pinch as petrol pump prices soar to highest level for a year in Spain

PETROL PUMP prices have soared to their highest level in a year in Spain exceeding €1.70 a litre for unleaded fuel in parts of the

24 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Dates revealed for parliamentary votes to make Partido Popular's Alberto Nuñez Feijoo Spain's new prime minister

Dates revealed for parliamentary votes that could make Partido Popular’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo new prime minister of Spain

THE NEW Congress speaker, Francina Armengol, has announced September 26 and 27 as the dates of investiture debates and votes for the Partido Popular’s Alberto

23 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different areas of Spain

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different parts of Spain

A TRAVELLING gang of home robbers has been arrested after a joint operation between Policia Nacional units in Alicante and Antequera(Malaga). Three men- all of

23 Aug, 2023 @ 11:36

Alicante·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·National News

Pedro Sanchez says apologies are ‘insufficient’ over Spanish FA chief kissing World Cup winning player Jenni Hermoso on lips

SPAIN’S acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has branded an apology for an inappropriate kiss by a top football official as ‘insufficient’. The chairman of Spain’s

22 Aug, 2023 @ 16:08

Lead·National News·Politics·Sport

Brits on the offensive: UK holidaymakers turn tables on Germans in Spain’s sunbed wars but who are the bad guys here?

BRITS have long mocked Germans for going to extreme lengths to ‘reserve’ the best spots by the pool but now the tables have been turned.

20 Aug, 2023 @ 14:16

Lead·National News

EXPLAINER: The role of Spain's King Felipe in forming country's new government as he meets next week with all political parties

EXPLAINER: The role of Spain’s King Felipe in forming new government with political parties seeing monarch next week

KING FELIPE will have two days of discussions next week with the leaders of Spain’s political parties elected to Congress in July’s inconclusive general election.

18 Aug, 2023 @ 17:10

Lead·National News·Politics

Ryanair blasts Spain’s airport operator for scrapping five-year charge freeze

RYANAIR has lodged a formal appeal against plans by Spain’s airport operator Aena to end a five year freeze on airport charges. The cap was

18 Aug, 2023 @ 16:07

Lead·National News

Pedro Sanchez scores important victory with Catalan separatist backing as he tries to remain Spain’s Prime Minister

ACTING Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pulled off a big win on Thursday in his bid to keep his job and form a new government, as

18 Aug, 2023 @ 11:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez says he will try to form new government in Spain and woos regional party support with promises of EU official language recognition

Pedro Sanchez vows to form new government in Spain as he promises to promote Catalan and other regional languages in the EU in a bid to win support of the separatists

SPAIN’S acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday that he will go for a Congress investiture vote to form a new government after July’s

16 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Three wanted paedophiles arrested in Spain after fleeing the US and hiding among expat communities: One fugitive, 23, was even studying at a university

THREE wanted paedophiles have been arrested in Spain after fleeing the US and hiding out among the expat community, it emerged today. A 71-year-old, a

16 Aug, 2023 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Why does Spain have a national bank holiday on August 15?

THE ASSUMPTION of the Virgin Mary is a public holiday in Spain celebrated every August 15 alongside other the world’s other major Catholic countries. It

15 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·National News

Benidorm scammers conned savers out of €339,000 with bogus claims of UK-based investment companies bringing massive monthly profits

Fake bank notes totting up to millions of Euros seized from scamming brothers ripping-off sellers in Spain’s Madrid and Valencia

THREE Croatian-Italian brothers who used counterfeit euro notes to con sellers of high-value items have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The siblings led a

14 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Madrid·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tourists can't get enough of Spain with record July airport passenger numbers on Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

Tourists return to Spain with a bang as passenger records for July are smashed at Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca airports

SPAIN’S airports saw the best-ever July for passenger numbers, as tourism continues to blossom following the Covid pandemic. Operator Aena said on Monday that 29.76

14 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Andalucia·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Driver of 40-tonne lorry was EIGHT times over alcohol limit as motorists feared for their lives in Spain

Drink drive crackdown launched on Costa del Sol this week as police ramp up patrols nationwide and warn of fines of up to €1,000 – but what is the legal alcohol limit in Spain?

AN ‘INTENSIVE’ week-long campaign has kicked off to crack down on drunk and drugged-up drivers in Andalucia and across Spain. Officers from the Guardia Civil’s

14 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Lead·National News

8.5 million car journeys predicted over five days in Spain's big weekend ending with national bank holiday this Tuesday

Spain’s big long weekend getaway sees busy roads with bank holiday this Tuesday

A BIG weekend getaway started on Friday with 8.5 million car journeys predicted by Spain’s DGT traffic authority over the next five days. Tuesday is

11 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·National News

Spain sees olive oil price war as supermarkets FINALLY lower the cost of ‘liquid gold’

Olive oil prices rocket to sky-high levels as olive harvests get ravaged by drought across Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es OLIVE OIL price rises are showing no sign of slowing down in Spain with the cost of a

9 Aug, 2023 @ 12:51

Environment·Lead·National News·Weather

Airlines face punishment over lack of toll-free phone numbers by Spain's Consumer Affairs ministry

Airlines face punishment for lack of toll-free customer phone numbers in Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE MINISTRY of Consumer Affairs has started to initiate disciplinary action against several unspecified airlines for not having

8 Aug, 2023 @ 17:47

Lead·National News

Far-right Vox offers Partido Popular's Feijoo 'no-strings' deal to form new minority government in Spain

Far-right Vox offers Partido Popular’s Feijoo ‘no-strings’ backing to form new minority government in Spain

SPAIN’S far-right Vox party has offered the conservative Partido Popular a ‘no-strings’ deal where it would back a PP minority government without demanding a formal

7 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain takes action against low-cost airlines charging travellers for hand luggage

MUST READ: Spain moves against low-cost airlines charging travellers for hand luggage

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN’S Ministry of Consumer Affairs(Consumo) has opened disciplinary proceedings against several low-cost airlines for charging passengers for hand

3 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Must Read·National News

Reservoirs continue drying up despite heavy weekend storms bringing torrential rain across Spain

Spain’s reservoirs have more capacity than 2022 but serious problems continue in parts of country

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN’S reservoirs were at 42.2% of total capacity at the start of August- 1.8% more than a year

3 Aug, 2023 @ 11:29

Andalucia·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·National News

British holidaymakers boost June foreign tourist figures for Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN welcomed 8.3 million foreign tourists in June- 10.9% more than in the same month last year according

2 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says he will seek parliamentary majority in Spain’s Congress

BATTLE LINES are continuing to be drawn over who will be Span’s next prime minister after July 23rd’s indecisive general election result. Acting Prime Minister

31 Jul, 2023 @ 16:19

Lead·National News·Politics

212 international fighters resisting Franco's forces in Spain's Civil War found in mass graves in Catalunya

Catalunya mass graves discovered of foreign fighters who resisted Franco’s forces in Spain’s Civil War

212 international fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands who disappeared in Catalunya during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 have been identified

31 Jul, 2023 @ 14:12

Catalunya·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News