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Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Two members of alleged Islamic State terror cell detained in Spain’s Andalucia

SPANISH and Moroccan police have dismantled an alleged Islamic State cell consisting of three people ready to commit terrorist acts. The Policia Nacional arrested two

11 Jan, 2023 @ 17:45

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Gang with Italian mob links is arrested over Costa Blanca kidnapping in Spain

FOUR gang members have been arrested for kidnapping and injurying a man in Callosa de Segura. The victim was held for four days last April

11 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Valencia·Valencian Community

Unesco body slams plans for hotel skyscraper at Malaga port in Spain’s Andalucia

AN UNESCO advisory body has slammed a proposed skyscraper at Malaga’s port for the third time after Spain’s minister of culture gave the hotel project

7 Jan, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Police arrest 43 people who allegedly exploited illegal migrants for cheap labour in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE arrested 43 people as they busted a group of criminals that allegedly exploited illegal migrants for cheap labour in the Malaga province. The criminals

6 Jan, 2023 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Russian's residency battle on Spain's Costa Blanca backfires as judge finds him swindling social security

British expats struggle to claim pensions through Spain’s social security office

A British expat is pleading for help after waiting nearly six years to get his Spanish pension. The Marbella-based 70-year-old faces bankruptcy and potential homelessness

3 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·Granada·Lead·Malaga·National News

Change in the weather expected today, Monday, in Spain’s Andalucia

THE rains return to a large part of southern Spain. After days of stable weather, sunshine and almost spring-like temperatures across most of Andalucia, there

2 Jan, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Weather

Venus Beach in Spain’s Marbella to get €1.3 million breakwater and sand boost

LA VENUS beach will get a new breakwater and imported sand as part of a 1.3 million improvement plan presented by Marbella council. The city’s

31 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Tap water had toxin levels up to 1,000 times over safety limit on Valencia industrial estate in Spain

Countryside town in Spain’s Malaga declares its water unfit for human consumption

WATER from a Malaga province countryside town is not fit for human consumption, its mayor said on Thursday. Humilladero mayor Miguel Asencio said the levels

30 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain's Cadiz but gets bail from local judge

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain’s Cadiz but local judge bails him

ALICANTE authorities are said to be astonished after a wanted kidnap gang leader turned himself in to police in Cadiz province, only for a judge

29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:00

Alicante·Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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Pair of alleged low-level Ronda crack houses selling cocaine and heroin to neighbours raided by police in Spain’s Malaga area

A pair of crack houses have been raided by police in Ronda where cocaine and heroin was sold to the neighbours. Police arrested two men

29 Dec, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Dog bites several police officers trying to arrest drug-trafficking gang leader on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police dog sniffs out hash in tyres of luxury Merc going from Spain’s Ceuta to Algeciras

A POLICE dog foiled an attempt to smuggle over 28 kilos of hashish hidden inside the tyres of a luxury car in Spain’s Ceuta driven

29 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Other News

BUSTED: Police arrest gang who allegedly sent drugs to UK from Spain’s Andalucia hidden in containers

POLICE arrested six members of a gang that allegedly sent drugs to Britain in specially prepared secret compartments inside maritime containers. Guardia Civil agents raided

29 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Two Brits Caught Out During Storm When Sailing With Over Four Tonnes Of Hashish Off Spain's Anadalucia Coast

Stormy weather catches out two Brits off Spain’s Andalucia coast with South America-bound drugs stash

TWO British men crewing a boat packed with drugs have been arrested by the Policia Nacional off the Andalucia coast. The 16-metre-long and five-metre-wide vessel,

28 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Police open fire on man as he tries to attack officers with a large machete in Spain’s Malaga

POLICE shot a man in the leg as he allegedly tried to attack an officer with a large machete in Spain’s city of Malaga. National

28 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

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Twenty-four marine animal strandings recorded along Spain’s Doñana coasts this year—including endangered green turtle

THIS year, 2022, has seen multiple marine animals stranded on the coasts of Doñana. The annual Doñana Natural Area Management Report on observations and strandings

28 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Nature

Spain's state train operator Renfe faces EU probe over refusing to supply content to rival online ticket platforms

Spain’s RENFE to spend €3.5 million on drone surveillance of its facilities

RENFE will start using drones to reinforce security in its main Andalucian train stations; Malaga, Sevilla and Jerez de la Frontera. Spain’s national passenger railway

27 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·Travel News

Phone scam extorts bars and restaurants over ‘unpaid’ electricity bills on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Guardia Civil has broken up a Madrid gang who said they’d cut off electricity to 26 Alicante Province hotels and restaurants after falsely claiming

26 Dec, 2022 @ 19:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Jaen·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencian Community

Daughters save mother from certain death after ex-partner stabs her eight times in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE arrested a man in Spain’s Estepona who allegedly stabbed his ex-partner eight times before his daughters stopped him from killing their mother. The man,

24 Dec, 2022 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Police arrest four gang members after catching them with 440kg of hashish in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE officers arrested four people after finding 440kg of hashish hidden in a secret compartment of a trailer in Spain’s Granada. National Police officers of

24 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Cepsa To Use Recycled Water To Power New Green Hydrogen Plant In Spain's Andalucia

Cepsa will use recycled water to power new green hydrogen plant in Spain’s Andalucia

ENERGY giant Cepsa says a new green hydrogen plant to be built at the San Rogue Energy Park in Cadiz Province will be powered by

20 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Lead

stash of hashish found in councillors van

Police arrest drug gang that held up rival hash truck on Spain’s A-7 motorway

POLICE in Malaga have arrested four gang-members who violently held-up a truck that rival drug-traffickers were using to move hashish hidden in its cargo of

19 Dec, 2022 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

TRAGEDY: Police search suspect after hit-and-run death leaves Spain’s Cartama in state of shock

POLICE are searching for the driver of a BMW who fatally ran over a 28-year-old at the entrance to Cartama and then fled the scene.

19 Dec, 2022 @ 14:12

Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

DGT’s festive drugs and alcohol campaign in Spain’s Andalucia sees 47 drivers a day caught under influence of alcohol or drugs

THE DGT’s (General Directorate of Traffic) six-day festive drugs and alcohol campaign, carried out at the start of the month between December 5-11, has seen

19 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

IN PICS: Top 10 smallest villages in Spain’s Malaga

AROUND the province of Malaga there are villages with less residents than in a block of flats in a big city.

16 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam is arrested at Barcelona airport in Spain

Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam arrested at Spain’s Barcelona airport

THE Guardia Civil and Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a key player in a multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam that swindled hundreds of thousands of investors. 33-year-old

16 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake rumbles Spain’s Sevilla

SPAIN’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) has registered an earthquake with a magnitude 3.5 yesterday morning, December 13, with its epicentre in the Sevilla town of

14 Dec, 2022 @ 09:30

Environment·Lead·Sevilla

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