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Blue Flag Winners Every Year In Spain's Valencia Region Since First Beach Awards In 1987 Pick Up Special Honour

Blue Flag beach winners in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas pick up special honour

CULLERA castle in Valencia province hosted a 36th anniversary celebration on Friday for Blue Flag winners in Europe. Blue Flags acknowledge beach quality and are

24 Mar, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Valencia·Valencian Community

Authorities in Spain’s Galicia discover ‘narco-submarine’ off coast

AUTHORITIES in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia have discovered a home-made semi-submersible vessel – a craft that is more commonly known as a ‘narco-submarine’.

13 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Judge in Spain’s Malaga puts a price on a woman’s work

A JUDGE in Malaga has just answered a question that all parents will have asked themselves at one time or another: how much money are

7 Mar, 2023 @ 17:07

Lead·Malaga·National News

Case of mad cow disease detected on farm in northern Spain

Spain has detected a case of mad cow disease in the country’s north on Friday. The atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was detected in a

11 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Health·Lead·National News

Two Paintings Displayed Spain After Nazi Plundering Are Returned To Poland

Two Nazi looted paintings displayed in Spain are returned to Poland

TWO 15th century paintings looted from Poland during World War II that ended up in Spain’s Galicia region, have been sent back after 79 years.

31 Jan, 2023 @ 11:29

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

Waitress in Spain’s A Coruña finds €4,000 pearl in plate of clams

NATALIA Freire had a ‘huge craving’ for a plate of clams when she went out to eat with her boyfriend. That hankering proved to be

28 Jan, 2023 @ 18:45

Food & Drink·Lead

Spain battered by first winter storms of 2023 which are due to last until Friday

SWATHES of Spain have battened down the hatches as storms Fien and Gerard has swept the country bringing strong winds, heavy snow, rain and rough

18 Jan, 2023 @ 11:52

Lead·National News·Other News·Weather

El Rey Emerito Juan Carlos I Llega Al Puerto De Sanxenxo Donde Es Recibido Por Una Gran Cantidad De Gente

Spain’s disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I due to reunite with family at relative’s funeral

ANOTHER uncomfortable family photo is likely to emerge tomorrow at the funeral of Constantine II, who was the last king of Greece. The reason? His

15 Jan, 2023 @ 12:29

Lead·National News

Six People Die After Coach Goes Off Bridge Into River In Galicia Area Of Northern Spain

Seven people die after coach careers off bridge into river in Spain’s Galicia region

SEVEN people died and two were injured after a coach travelling between Lugo and Vigo in northern Spain spun off a bridge and tumbled into

26 Dec, 2022 @ 11:15

Lead·National News

‘Serial predator’ and evangelist is arrested in Spain’s Valencia for ‘sexually abusing eight young girls’

Woman gets 15 years behind bars in Spain for killing boyfriend and putting his head in cardboard box

A woman who killed her boyfriend to spend his money has been jailed for 15 years by a Santander court. Mari Carmen Merino, 66, fatally

9 Dec, 2022 @ 13:47

Crime & Law·Lead

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Digging for the truth: ‘Cousin’ of Christopher Columbus in Spain’s Galicia exhumed in DNA bid to prove explorer was Spanish

THE bones of a 15th century cleric from Galicia have been exhumed in a bid to prove that Christopher Columbus was not Italian but in

23 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Spain will get two green fuel plants in massive deal with shipping company Maersk

DANISH shipping company Maersk will build two major green hydrogen production centres in Spain as it looks to decarbonise its fleet. The freight transporter has

4 Nov, 2022 @ 12:44

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Spain’s solicitor general takes legal action against Franco family in bid to take ownership of assets in summer home

SPAIN’S solicitor general’s office is taking legal action against the family of Francisco Franco in a bid to take ownership of 564 items that are

21 Sep, 2022 @ 17:13

Lead·National News

Flying comeback: UK Conservation Without Borders: Missing Osprey lands on Galicia beach near A Coruña

A CLOSELY monitored Osprey has surprised its trackers and landed on the shores of Spain after it vanished out at sea for more than two

17 Sep, 2022 @ 13:00

Environment·Lead·National News

Take a peek at Celtic Spain

10 Sep, 2022 @ 16:45

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Travel News

Spain detects 48 cases among children of severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin

A total of 48 cases of severe acute hepatitis have been diagnosed among children in Spain during the first eight months of the year. That’s

6 Sep, 2022 @ 17:04

Catalunya·Health·Lead·Madrid·National News

Man dies from electric shock after sailing into power cable off coast of northern Spain

A 24-year-old man was electrocuted while sailing on the Ria del Eo on the border between Galicia and Asturias on Sunday, when his boat collided

29 Aug, 2022 @ 19:00

Asturias·Lead

WATCH: Beautiful encounter between dog and dolphin in Galician port, northwestern Spain

AN owner has captured the extraordinary encounter between his dog and a dolphin as they played together in waters off Spain’s northwestern region of Galicia.

19 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Environment·Lead·Nature

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IN PICS: Drought reveals full extent of Roman camp as reservoir waters recede in Galicia, northwestern Spain

THE archaeological remains of a Roman camp in northwestern Spain have been revealed in their entirety as water levels at the reservoir in Galicia drop

11 Aug, 2022 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·Weather

Alcampo supermarket chain buys 235 stores and warehouse from struggling DIA in Spain

FRENCH retailer Auchan says its Spanish subsidiary Alcampo will buy 235 supermarkets and a warehouse from the struggling DIA group Subject to clearances from competition

3 Aug, 2022 @ 13:23

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

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Why a village in Spain’s Galicia is about to be invaded by marauding vikings

SPAIN has more than its fair share of bizarre festivals, but the one that takes place on the first Sunday each August, in a town

3 Aug, 2022 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel

Spanish trade union says seven Ryanair cabin crew staff have been sacked since strikes were announced

The USO union, which represents Ryanair’s cabin crew in Spain, has condemned the decision to lay off seven cabin crew members. According to the union,

14 Jul, 2022 @ 16:29

Lead·Malaga·National News·Travel News

Tic-Tac-Woah! Calls to preserve Spain’s Santiago de Compostela noughts and crosses carvings

A HISTORICAL association has called for the preservation of Santiago de Compostela’s historical carvings of noughts and crosses. The association first published findings of the

4 Jul, 2022 @ 12:30

National News

Ex-King Juan Carlos cancels quick return to Spain after warnings over repeat 'media circus'

Ex-King Juan Carlos cancels quick return to Spain amidst fears of another ‘media circus’

SPAIN’S ex-monarch, Juan Carlos, has cancelled this weekend’s return to the country for a regatta in Galicia. 84-year-old Juan Carlos dominated the headlines last month

7 Jun, 2022 @ 17:30

Lead·National News