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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defends government’s actions over ongoing Covid mask scandal

SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sought to defend his government’s actions today, in the midst of the first corruption scandal to hit his government

6 Mar, 2024 @ 12:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Pressure grows on speaker in Spain’s Congress of Deputies to quit, after more details emerge about Covid mask scandal

PRESSURE was growing on Monday for the speaker in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, to quit, as more details emerged of

4 Mar, 2024 @ 12:29

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

EXCLUSIVE: British-run charity on Spain’s Costa del Sol comes under fire: President is accused by ex-volunteers of lack of transparency and splashing donations on €1,300 staff dinner

VOLUNTEERS at a well-known expat charity are raising concerns over how it is run. Current and former staff claim the president of Estepona Age Concern

15 Dec, 2023 @ 14:00

Costa del Sol·Estepona·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

Spanish football embroiled in another match-fixing scandal with a lower league club president going down

SPANISH football has been hit by another match-fixing scandal that has seen a number of arrests allegedly including a club president. Police swooped on 17

1 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

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Former Spanish King Juan Carlos Leaves Spain *file Photo*

Ex-lover’s €145 million claim against former King Juan Carlos I challenged in London court

LAWYERS representing Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos I, were back in a London court to challenge a €145 million claim for damages brought by his

21 Jul, 2023 @ 14:33

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

Two PSOE candidates for Mojacar (Almeria) detained for allegedly buying votes

TWO PSOE candidates have been detained for allegedly buying votes in Mojacar (Almeria) for the May 28 local elections. Francisco Flores and Cristobal Vizcaino, second

24 May, 2023 @ 16:34

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Spain's government joins legal action against La Liga's Barcelona involving refereeing consultant

Barca slam report they have been hit with hefty €15m fine over ‘irregular transfer payments’ and demand retraction

FC BARCELONA has vehemently denied a report claiming that the club has been hit with a substantial €15.7 million over irregular player transfer payments. A

12 May, 2023 @ 09:15

Barcelona·Lead

Spain: Liga Bbva: Rcd Espanyol V Fc Barcelona

Referee Real Estate Empires: The unexplained wealth of Spain’s elite referees under the spotlight

AN anti-corruption spotlight has been shone on a cluster of top Spanish referees after a report revealed their sprawling property empires. Caught up in the

11 May, 2023 @ 18:30

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Disgraced ex-King of Spain, Juan Carlos, celebrates his 87th birthday this weekend with lavish party and concert at luxury Abu Dhabi mansion

Disgraced former King of Spain finally to return to the country after fleeing to Abu Dhabi in 2020

THE King Emeritus, former King Juan Carlos I, is finally set to return to Spain on April 19th after fleeing the country in disgrace. He

13 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

Ryanair boss O'Leary says Spain's Consumer Affairs minister is a 'crazy communist' for fining company €107m over abusive practices

Ryanair boss fumes over latest Spain flight disruption caused by French air traffic controllers

RYANAIR CEO Michael O’Leary has described a new wave French air traffic control strikes disrupting flights to and from Spain as a ‘scandal’. Speaking at

30 Mar, 2023 @ 14:35

Lead·National News

Liquidators probing whether crypto exchange Globix was ‘a fraud or Ponzi scheme’ as the CEO flees to Barcelona

Have you had dealings with Globix? Contact us walter@theolivepress.es THE Gibraltar courts have stepped in to probe a suspect crypto trading platform amid allegations it

21 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Otero begins mass lay-offs and blames war in Ukraine and inflation on construction company’s collapse

DISGRACED construction magnate Ruben Otero has blamed the collapse of his company on the war in Ukraine in a letter to employees. The embattled developer

21 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Malaga·Must Read·Property

‘Like living in the wild west’: The Otero scandal that has hurt thousands

IT was marketed to high-earners from Northern Europe as the opportunity to come and live the Spanish dream. To escape the dreary weather and own

13 Feb, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Malaga·Must Read

New sexual allegations emerge against Placido Domingo during performance in Spain in 2000s

LEGENDARY opera singer Placido Domingo is facing new historical sexual harassment charges three years after the the first accusations derailed his career. An anonymous singer

16 Jan, 2023 @ 20:00

Entertainment

Algunas De Las Mujeres Con Las Que Se Relaciona A Juan Carlos I

EXPLAINER: Why podcast ‘Corinna and the King’ is causing so much embarrassment for Spain’s Juan Carlos I

As anyone watching the most recent series of The Crown will have been reminded, Queen Elizabeth II famously suffered an ‘annus horribilis’ in 1992 as

19 Nov, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

Former Spanish king Juan Carlos I gave mistress ring worth one million euros

THE former king of Spain gave his ex-mistress a giant engagement ring worth more than a million euros as an anniversary gift. Sources close to

14 Nov, 2022 @ 19:51

Lead·National News

EXPLAINER: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public money corruption case

OVER €25,000 per month on cocaine, €400,000 for a fake chicken farm and thousands on bottomless gin and tonics

27 Jul, 2022 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Expats’ €14,000 medical bill because insurance company ‘wouldn’t answer phone’ after accident in Spain

A BRITISH couple have a huge medical bill for hospital care, despite being fully covered by their private health insurance company. The expats have been

20 May, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·Must Read·National News

Scandal-hit former King Juan Carlos rules out a return to Spain

SPAIN’S former King Juan Carlos has said he will remain for now in the United Arab Emirates but will visit Spain frequently after fraud investigations

8 Mar, 2022 @ 14:15

Lead·National News

Brothel creeping politicians of Andalucia – funded by the EU!

IT was a fund set up to stimulate employment in Andalucia, the region with the highest jobless total in Spain. But in reality it did

6 Dec, 2021 @ 17:00

Lead·Politics

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Ex-bishop marries Spanish sweetheart in Barcelona after Pope says yes to sex

A SPANISH bishop who quit to marry an erotic novel writer 14 years his junior has finally tied the knot. Xavier Novell, 52 had his

23 Nov, 2021 @ 18:45

Catalunya·Lead

Flooring it: Marbella lawyer becomes Spain’s number one specialist in ‘floor clause’ scandal

WHEN Diego Echevarria moved to Marbella from Madrid two decades ago he was attracted by the international mix of residents, the climate and, certainly, the

19 Jun, 2021 @ 18:30

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Olive Press helps Sky News track Prince Andrew in Southern Spain as royal flees questions over links to paedo pal Jeffrey Epstein

As well as attending a friends 50th birthday, he has been seen playing golf at Spain's most expensive golf course, Valderrama, which costs €400 a

21 Aug, 2019 @ 11:20

Celebrity·Lead

New leaked ‘Operacion Kitchen’ documents reveal how Spain’s Partido Popular leaders siphoned off millions for suits and a wedding

Revealed in a series of hand-written notes, kept by former PP treasurer Luis Barcenas, the documents demonstrate how the party was illegally funded on a

21 Nov, 2018 @ 15:56

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Podemos leader faces confidence vote after ‘luxury’ home purchase

THE members of Spain’s anti-austerity party Podemos are to vote on whether it’s leader should step down after buying a €600,000 ‘luxury’ home. The party’s

26 May, 2018 @ 12:13

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Property

PARTY’S OVER: Thomas Cook set to call time on boozy Club 18-30

After almost 50 years of providing infamous parties for young Brits abroad, the travel company is set to sell the brand to cater to millennials'

14 May, 2018 @ 12:57

Lead·Travel News