Andalucia

Twelve days of Spanish Christmas: our pick of hidden holiday traditions to discover in Andalucia

FORGET the snow and Santa – Christmas in Andalucia is a festive feast full of quirky customs, mouth-watering food, and colourful celebrations you won’t find

25 Dec, 2025 @ 10:30

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Tourist beds hit record 700,000 in Andalucia – can the region handle the boom?

ANDALUCIA’S tourism boom is showing no signs of slowing, with shocking new figures revealing the region now boasts more than 700,000 tourist beds – its

24 Dec, 2025 @ 12:52

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Brits make up one in five of Spain’s visitors, new data shows – here’s their favourite spots

NEARLY one in five travellers to Spain came from the UK last month, new data has shown, as the country continues to consolidate as one

22 Dec, 2025 @ 14:06

Lead·National News

Warning for drivers in Andalucia as police to step up drink-driving checks over the festive period – what you need to know

POLICE are to ramp up drink-driving checks on Andalusian roads over the Christmas holidays, authorities have warned. The Andalusian government said it would set up

17 Dec, 2025 @ 09:26

Andalucia·Lead

Police bust narco-gang that used helicopters to smuggle drugs into Spain from Morocco

THE Guardia Civil have smashed a gang that used helicopters to smuggle hashish into Spain from Morocco. The helicopters, which could carry between 500 and

15 Dec, 2025 @ 10:42

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Murcia

Devastation in Andalucia as boy, 4, is found dead on a beach – the mother and partner arrested

A MOTHER and her partner have been arrested in southern Spain after the body of a 4-year-old boy was discovered on an Andalucia beach. According

5 Dec, 2025 @ 11:33

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

‘She was happy and never bullied’: Father calls ‘suicides’ of two teens found hanging from trees in Andalucia ‘the perfect murder’

THE father of one of two teenage girls found dead in a suspected double suicide in Andalucia has cast doubt over the official hypothesis, instead

2 Dec, 2025 @ 13:34

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

Two teenage girls found dead in a park in southern Spain ‘took their own lives after a campaign of bullying’

TWO teenage girls who were found dead in an Andalucia park over the weekend took their own lives after suffering bullying at school, heartbroken friends

1 Dec, 2025 @ 10:34

Andalucia·Education·Jaen·Lead

WATCH: Two Italian mafia members wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

TWO members of a notorious Italian mafia gang have been arrested in Spain by the Policia Nacional. The fugitives were wanted for an array of

28 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Almeria·Andalucia·Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Corruption deepens in Andalucia: New ‘masks’ scandal in Almeria now linked to narco gang with Barcelona port police on the payroll

A PROBE into dodgy Covid contracts in Andalucia has exploded into a full-blown corruption storm after investigators uncovered alleged links to a narco gang using

27 Nov, 2025 @ 14:57

Almeria·Andalucia·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Politics

Family of four die in Costa del Sol town after suspected gas leak

A FAMILY of four died in their Torrox home from a suspected gas leak. The bodies of a married couple and their two teenage children

26 Nov, 2025 @ 11:23

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Ronda’s Cortijo del Canto is a true fantasy escape, where privacy is coupled with nature and history

IT feels like the home of a Roman senator, while its arrival reminded me of a scene from Eyes Wide Shut. But while Stanley Kubrick

24 Nov, 2025 @ 10:29

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

WATCH: Huge tsunami drills in Cadiz: Thousands rehearse for disaster as alerts bleat out ‘get to the third floor!’

HUNDREDS of thousands of people along the Cadiz coastline received an emergency alert this morning as Andalucia played host to the largest tsunami drill ever

20 Nov, 2025 @ 15:01

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead·Other News

Police rumble narcos loading up on fuel on popular Marbella beach loved by expats and tourists

THE Policia Nacional have intercepted a van carrying 127 bottles of fuel which being loaded onto a narco boat at a beach off the Marbella

19 Nov, 2025 @ 13:11

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spain's crack police unit demand to be deployed to Andalucia's narco hotspots after officer is shot with military assault rifle

Spain’s crack police unit demands to be deployed to Andalucia’s narco hotspots after officer is shot with military assault rifle

A SPECIALIST Policia Nacional unit wants to fight narco traffickers operating in the Campo de Gibraltar but claims to have been blocked by Spain’s Interior

19 Nov, 2025 @ 12:06

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Tragedy in Andalucia as three-year-old girl dies in house fire

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has died in southern Spain after a fire ripped through her family home on Thursday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the village

14 Nov, 2025 @ 13:12

Andalucia·Granada·Lead

Fugitive politician on the run for 20 years over sprawling Marbella corruption case pays to avoid jail

THE ex-Marbella sports councillor, Carlos Fernandez, who fled Spain in 2006 to avoid corruption charges in the infamous Malay Case, will not serve any prison

6 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella·Politics

One soldier dead after grenade explodes at Spanish Legion base in Andalucia

ONE soldier has died and another has been seriously injured after a grenade was reportedly set off at a military base in Andalucia. Emergency services

31 Oct, 2025 @ 13:27

Andalucia·Lead

Despicable cafe boss cheated elderly customer out of €22k by overcharging him for his breakfast over two years in Spain

Despicable cafe owner in Spain cheated elderly customer out of €22k over two years by overcharging him for breakfast

A HEARTLESS Granada cafe owner ripped off an elderly customer to the tune of €22,000 by over-charging him for breakfast between 2023 and 2025. The

30 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

WATCH: Amateur wildlife photographer captures first-ever images of white Iberian Lynx in Spain

AN AMATEUR wildlife photographer has captured the first-ever image of a white Iberian Lynx. Angel Hidalgo, 29, from Jaen has been taking wildlife photos across

30 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Jaen·Lead·Nature

Swede moves to the Costa del Sol and immediately thinks about selling up because ‘there’s too many tourists’

TOO many tourists almost forced a Swedish expat on the Costa del Sol to sell up and return home. Eva made her admission on COPE

28 Oct, 2025 @ 16:45

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer

ANDALUCIA is the region with the highest cardiovascular disease mortality rate according a major study from the Spanish Society of Cardiology(SEC). Cardiovascular issues like a

26 Oct, 2025 @ 07:00

Health·Lead

Man goes on knife rampage in Marbella, stabbing person, and then fleeing into a nearby church

Man goes on knife rampage in Marbella, stabbing one and then fleeing into a nearby church

A MAN brandishing two knives barricaded himself inside a Marbella church on Tuesday after stabbing another man in the abdomen. The Policia Nacional tasered the

15 Oct, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

New Marbella shooting sees bullets fired into front door as intended victim watched through peephole

Latest Marbella shooting sees bullets fired into front door while victim watched through peephole

A MAN, 38, escaped with just a minor leg injury on Monday after several gun shots were fired at the front door of his Marbella

13 Oct, 2025 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Andalucia to expand cancer screenings amid ongoing healthcare failures

PLANS to expand cancer screenings across Andalucia are set to be approved following growing concerns over delays and failures in the region’s diagnostic programmes. Measures

13 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Andalucia’s health minister resigns over breast cancer screening scandal – as evidence of avoidable deaths mounts up

THE leader of Andalucia’s regional health ministry has resigned in disgrace following a series of failures in the public screening programme for breast cancer that

10 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Politics