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EXCLUSIVE: Child victim of a sex assault in Portugal recognises Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner in the courtroom

By Jon Clarke and Rainer Burkard, in Braunschweig IT was something of a seminal moment in the mammoth ongoing trial of seasoned sex offender Christian

14 Apr, 2024 @ 21:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Court in Spain demands re-opening of legal probe into deadly Valencia fire that claimed 10 lives

EXCLUSIVE: Building gutted in deadly Valencia fire ‘was potentially clad with material banned in the UK after Grenfell horror’ – these are the other buildings at risk in Spain

THE deadly fire that killed 10 residents of a Valencia apartment complex may have been spread by the use of a highly flammable cladding banned

5 Mar, 2024 @ 12:04

Costa del Sol·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Property·Valencia

EXCLUSIVE: Terrifying moment expat brothers are arrested inside their own flat in Spain after the SQUATTERS they kicked out called in police

TWO expat brothers claim they have been let down by Spanish police as a horrifying two-month ordeal with violent squatters remains unresolved. Siarhei and Aleh

15 Feb, 2024 @ 15:09

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’ve had TWO liver transplants in Spain – this is why the country is the best in the WORLD for organ donations’

FOR Eva Perez, receiving the all-important phone call kickstarted a complicated mix of emotions. “You are happy because your loved ones are celebrating that you

5 Feb, 2024 @ 13:10

EXCLUSIVE·Health·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Spain’s horror drought of 1995: How the streets of the Costa del Sol ‘stank of sewage’ and locals washed in the sea – as many fear history is set to repeat itself

WITH Andalucia currently in the midst of its longest drought in over 50 years, local authorities and residents are growing increasingly concerned about dwindling water

23 Jan, 2024 @ 17:30

Andalucia·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Weather

EXCLUSIVE: Englishman released on bail after allegedly assaulting his partner, a British woman, at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca

AN Englishman was arrested after allegedly assaulting his partner, a British woman, at a hotel in Mallorca in the early hours of Monday, a Policia

19 Sep, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

REVEALED: Popular hiking route where decapitated body of man was found by walker as Guardia Civil launch probe in Spain’s Alicante

THE exact location where a headless human body was found by a hiker in the province of Alicante has been revealed. A Spain’s Guardia Civil

24 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Lead·Must Read·Valencian Community

Costa del Sol resident says he was brutally beaten up by Guardia Civil officers

A PERUVIAN expat has called in lawyers over claims he was beaten up by police and left in hospital with a ruptured bladder. In the

17 Jul, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: Latest update on Kinahan’s major arsenal found on Costa del Sol

AN ABANDONED arsenal linked to Kinahan gang has been found in a flat in Estepona (Costa del Sol. The major haul, one of the largest

8 Jul, 2023 @ 20:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

CASHING OUT: Globix boss led ‘lavish lifestyle’ splashing half a million at Louis Vuitton and €80,000 at Fendi

THE lavish outlays of a crypto-currency conman exposed by the Olive Press were laid bare in court this week. Gibraltar Supreme Court heard how Gibraltarian

13 Jun, 2023 @ 16:10

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Marbella

Around 200 Rainbow Family hippies kicked out from Andalucia major national park

HUNDREDS of hippies, a number of them British, were kicked out of one of Andalucia’s main natural parks yesterday (Thursday June 8). The free spirits,

10 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: British man badly beaten by squatters at his holiday home on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH man claims he has been brutally assaulted by squatters at his holiday home near Marbella. The family man, from Liverpool, was attacked after

5 Jun, 2023 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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EXCLUSIVE: Costa del Sol-based expat allegedly scammed many Brits with insurance policies

AN expat who the Olive Press exposed as a holiday rental fraudster also took money for fake insurance policies. Juliette de Courcy Withey allegedly scammed

31 May, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Full MARXA: MARXA Chiringuito holds its tasty inauguration party at SO/Sotogrande Spa & Golf Resort

GIANT brochettes of beef, wild turbot and exquisite canapes marked the opening of one of the most exciting new restaurants in Sotogrande for years. Hundreds

27 May, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Malaga

Ill Health Forces End Of Brit's Hunger Strike Over Residency Rejection In Spain's Valencia

EXCLUSIVE: Dizzy spell ends British man’s hunger strike over residency rejection in Spain’s Valencia

A DIZZY spell on a staircase has forced a British man to end his hunger strike in protest over being refused Spanish residency after not

17 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Brit denied residency in Spain goes on hunger strike in Valencia area

A BRITISH man has gone on hunger strike to protest against Spanish authorities refusing to grant him residency because he did not have private medical

4 Apr, 2023 @ 19:15

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·Valencia·Valencian Community

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WHERE the Olive Press leads, others follow. While our stories are often picked up by the media in the UK our influence is not just

23 Dec, 2022 @ 09:30

Lead·National News·Opinion

EXCLUSIVE: A British mother who suffered a serious episode of anxiety at Madrid airport after she was told a vital possession in her luggage was lost has opened up about the ordeal in an exclusive interview with the Olive Press

A British family originally from Manchester had the “worst holiday of their life” after they were left without their luggage for more than eight days.

20 Sep, 2022 @ 16:07

Lead·Madrid·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: Shocking video shows British women manhandled by bouncers at Marbella nightclub on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A SHOCKING video reveals the brutish behaviour of bouncers towards a group of British women after a row broke out a nightclub in the glitzy

25 Aug, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Battle lines are being drawn as massive mega-project could see 600 football pitches of homes and hotels ‘swamp’ Tarifa’s famous virgin beaches – some of the last in Spain

GREEN campaigners are digging in to save one of Andalucia’s last remaining coastal zones. They are launching a national campaign to prevent a series of

15 Jul, 2022 @ 16:18

Lead·Must Read·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: €10,000-a-year expat school on Spain’s Costa del Sol forced to close doors after stinging inspection

PARENTS at a private school in Andalucia are furious, having been left scrambling to find places when it was closed overnight by inspectors. Some claim

4 May, 2022 @ 11:00

Cadiz·Lead·Must Read·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner: ‘I will be convicted of sex crimes over my rabbit teeth’

In letter to American supporter seen by Olive Press German rapist confirms he is being probed over five other sex attacks MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian

3 May, 2022 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: British expat on Spain’s Costa Blanca left stumped by GoFundMe block on helping Ukraine refugee family

A British expat who welcomed a Ukrainian refugee family to his Costa Blanca home has been left angry and bemused by crowd-funding portal GoFundMe. The

1 Apr, 2022 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Protected valley near Granada in southern Spain faces destruction by motorway and new homes after administrative blip

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are up in arms after the swish of a pen left an ancient valley near Granada’s Alhambra stripped of protective status. They claim the

20 Nov, 2021 @ 10:42

Environment·Granada·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Home rental from hell’ family discover ‘cockroaches and blood-stained mattress in Malaga flat

MOVING to Spain with their toddler, Maria Jordana and husband Inigo looked forward to a relaxing life raising their son on the Costa del Sol.

7 Nov, 2021 @ 20:30

Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Irish teacher furious after being forced to sleep outside airport in ‘wet and cold’ conditions

A FURIOUS granny has slammed a Spanish airport after being forced to sleep outside in ‘freezing and rainy’ conditions. Mary McIntaggart was forced to spend

7 Nov, 2021 @ 11:59

Almeria·Lead