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Aldi is coming to Marbella’s San Pedro: All you need to know as huge 1,000sqm supermarket to open next year

A HUGE Aldi store is coming to San Pedro de Alcantara. The supermarket will open a 1,000sqm site in the northern area of the Marbella

27 Sep, 2023 @ 07:00

Lead·Marbella

Warnings of ‘exceptional’ temperatures across Spain this weekend: Hot blast of air from Africa to bring highs of 38C in Andalucia

SUMMER is far from over in Spain as the final days of September are forecast to bring ‘exceptionally high temperatures’. According to weather agency AEMET,

26 Sep, 2023 @ 14:46

Lead·Weather

Spain’s Covid impact second only to Italy in Europe’s worst-hit zones

DURING the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, official figures have revealed that deaths in certain parts of Europe were a staggering nine times higher than

26 Sep, 2023 @ 08:30

Health·Lead

Summer weather to last for 10 more days across Spain with highs of 35C in parts of Andalucia: Experts say temperatures are up to 10C higher than usual for this time of year

THE so-called ‘summer of San Miguel’ will endure for another 10 days across most of Spain with temperatures reaching as high as 34C. The temperatures

25 Sep, 2023 @ 18:51

Lead·Weather

WATCH: Diners stunned after being charged €17 for eating a cake they brought to a restaurant in Spain’s Andalucia

A GROUP of diners have sparked debate online after blasting a restaurant for charging them €17 to eat their own cake. The youngsters had brought

25 Sep, 2023 @ 18:38

Andalucia·Lead

Bizarre moment a cyclist rides a penny-farthing along a main road on Spain’s Costa del Sol as ‘obsessed’ social media users demand to know his backstory

THIS the bizarre moment a man was seen riding a penny farthing along a major road on the Costa del Sol. A clip shared on

25 Sep, 2023 @ 11:18

Andalucia·Lead

British motorcyclist, 57, dies after veering off a highway in Spain

A BRITISH motorcyclist has died after veering off a motorway in northern Spain. The unnamed 57-year-old was driving in the Alto de la Matanela area

25 Sep, 2023 @ 10:33

Cantabria·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: At home with an Irish mafia kingpin, whose new life planned for Spain was – like most expats – anything but plain sailing, not helped by a €21k cash seizure at the airport

LEGENDARY crime boss John Gilligan, 71, avoided prison for trafficking marijuana in flip flops and gun possession after cutting a deal with Spanish prosecutors this

24 Sep, 2023 @ 12:03

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

Spain's wolf population is lower than the Iberian Lynx which was in danger of extinction

Iberian wolf population in Spain Surges by 26% since 2014, recent study reveals, alongside increase in livestock attacks

SPAIN’S Iberian wolf population has undergone a significant 26% increase since 2014, as reported in a recent study. The study, conducted by the Artemisan Foundation,

24 Sep, 2023 @ 08:15

Animals·Environment·Lead

Pedro Ximenez sherry produced from a grape in Spain’s Andalucia is in line to be crowned a piece of ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ by UNESCO

PEDRO Ximenez wines, produced from a grape grown in the Andalucian municipality of Montilla, are in line to be named an Intangible Cultural Heritage by

23 Sep, 2023 @ 18:19

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead

HIDDEN VALLEY: Late September in Spain is practically a season of its own

Late September: practically its own season. Bright, fresh days with the memory of water – the downpours of last week, which stopped summer dead in

23 Sep, 2023 @ 15:00

Celebrity·La Cultura·Other News

Highs of up to 31C from TODAY as the so-called ‘summer of San Miguel’ arrives in Spain’s Andalucia

TEMPERATURES across Andalucia will reach highs of up to 31C today as the so-called ‘summer of San Miguel’ arrives this weekend. Each year a bout

23 Sep, 2023 @ 08:42

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Fears grow for missing Brit in Spain: Friends of young man launch desperate appeal after he failed to board his flight home from Ibiza four days ago

FEARS are growing for a young British man who failed to return from a holiday in Ibiza after posting a ‘worrying status’ on Facebook. Glen

23 Sep, 2023 @ 06:00

Ibiza·Lead·Must Read

EXPLAINER: When will Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner finally get his day in court over the disappearance of missing toddler PLUS five other sex crimes in Portugal?

IT’S the case that never seems to close. Now into its 16th year, the mystery over the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal,

22 Sep, 2023 @ 18:37

Lead·Must Read·National News

WUNDERBAR: Olive Press launches first free GERMAN newspaper on the Costa del Sol in yet another expansion for Spain’s best expat newspaper

THE Olive Press has expanded once again with the launch of a brand new GERMAN edition for the Costa del Sol. The leading expat newspaper

22 Sep, 2023 @ 14:41

Business & Finance·Lead

EXC: Chilling moment family cat ‘is STOLEN from her doorstep by thug’ in Marbella as devastated British owner offers €3,000 reward for her safe return

THIS is the brazen moment a man allegedly stole a cat from its family’s doorstep in Marbella, sparking outrage among the expat community. CCTV footage

22 Sep, 2023 @ 12:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Marbella gang who ‘stole more than €4.5m’ thanks to their safe-cracking skills are finally brought down after raiding a hotel near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

POLICE in France and Spain have joined forces to arrest three men who allegedly broke into safes at luxury hotel complexes in Paris and different

21 Sep, 2023 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Malaga·Marbella

Inferno rages through Palma care home leaving six hospitalised

A FAULTY phone charger is feared to have sparked an inferno at a care home in Palma. More than 150 staff and residents had to

21 Sep, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Mystery surrounds death of Norwegian expat, 21, whose body was found dumped in Torremolinos: Police move towards theory of an ‘adverse reaction to a party drug’

THE death of young Norwegian expat Anne Mathea Morken remains shrouded in mystery as investigators work around the clock to discover what really happeend to

21 Sep, 2023 @ 11:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EXC: Tommy Robinson uses British billionaire’s stunning €1.6m villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca to film his podcast with a string of far-right extremists

AN investigation is underway into how Tommy Robinson accessed a stunning Costa Blanca villa owned by a British billionaire to film his extreme far-right podcasts,

20 Sep, 2023 @ 18:59

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read