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How Spain’s Balearic Islands are clamping down on boozed up holidaymakers to focus on quality tourism

Excessive drinking by holidaymakers has long been a problem in the Balearic Islands, so much so that in January 2020, a new law was introduced

6 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

The Pandora Papers: Secret files put big names in Spain in the spotlight for offshore funds

A host of Costa gangsters, oligarchs and celebrities have been caught up in a giant offshore tax scandal.

5 Oct, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead·National News

Balearic Islands lead rankings for gender violence in Spain

According to the Observatory against Domestic and Gender Violence, there were 1,574 reported cases in the Balearics, all of which were made by women

4 Oct, 2021 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

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Taxing stuff

FOR those who live in Spain but rent out property back in the UK, the most important part of the Tax Return is the SA105

4 Oct, 2021 @ 16:40

Business & Finance·Sponsored

BREXIT: 150,000 Brits in Spain have applied for TIE residency card. And here’s why you should too

THE British Embassy in Madrid has revealed that 150,000 Britons living in Spain have been issued with TIE cards since it was introduced in July

3 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Brexit·Lead

Volcano latest: New river of lava flows on La Palma after another vent opens while island grows by 27 hectares

A NEW vent ripped open on La Palma causing another river of lava to flow towards the sea threatening yet more destruction on the Canary

1 Oct, 2021 @ 19:50

Canary Islands·Lead

Busy bees! Spain tops list as Europe’s biggest honey producer

SPANISH beekeepers care for an astonishing 3 million hives, making it the leading EU nation for honey production. A survey by EU Agriculture designed to show

30 Sep, 2021 @ 17:30

Lead·National News

Spain to ban plastic packaging for fruit and veg

THE sale of fruit and veg in plastic packaging is to be banned in Spain from 2023. A royal decree is in the process of

30 Sep, 2021 @ 14:45

Environment·Lead·National News

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Unsettling statue of ‘drowning girl’ disturbs onlookers in the north of Spain

ALMOST imperceptible against the glassy waters of Bilbao’s River Nervion, an eerie human face stares out from the tide. But the unsettling lifelike body –

29 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Deepika Padukone set to jet into Spain’s Mallorca to shoot new Bollywood film

As well as a 20 day stop on the Balearic island, the crew is also set to make pit-stops in Cadiz and Vejer De La

29 Sep, 2021 @ 16:08

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

Spain: Informative Study: Madrid Extremadura High Speed Line

Spain braced for travel chaos over October puente as eight days of rail strike called

SPAIN’S train drivers and railway workers have called an eight days of strike beginning Thursday September 30 and lasting into the bank holiday weekend. The

29 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·Travel News

Act Of The Catalan National Assembly Against The Persecution Of Former President Carles Puigdemont In Barcelona 24 Sept 2021

ANALYSIS: What does ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont arrest mean for ‘peace talks’ in Catalunya?

THE former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont is expected to appear in an Italian court next week, but his arrest in Sardinia threatens to destabilize peace

29 Sep, 2021 @ 12:45

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Mother accidentally kills daughter, 5, after running her over while parking car in Girona, northeastern Spain

By Rob Kiteley in Barcelona

28 Sep, 2021 @ 13:45

Catalunya·Lead

Woman arrested in southern Spain after chopping off two of her flatmate’s fingers and eating them

A WOMAN has been arrested in Sevilla after chopping off two of her flatmate’s fingers and eating them. During an argument between the pair on

28 Sep, 2021 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Sevilla

LATEST: Eruption from La Palma volcano continues after brief pause with coastal towns in ‘lockdown’ as lava approaches sea

THE volcano on Spain’s La Palma spewed lava and explosive ash for an eight day, after a brief pause on Monday morning. The Canary Islands’

27 Sep, 2021 @ 19:15

Canary Islands·Lead

EXPLAINER: Nightclubs finally given go ahead to reopen in Spain’s Balearic Islands

Earlier this month, the Association of DJs & Producers publicly vented their anger over the closure of nightclubs in the Balearic Islands

27 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Spanish social media star uses platform to help raise €100,000 victims in La Palma following volcano eruption

ONE of Spain’s biggest Youtubers has put his platform to good and helped to raise a whopping €100,000 for the victims of the La Palma volcano

27 Sep, 2021 @ 17:22

Canary Islands·Entertainment·Lead

Once endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna is now thriving in Spain’s Balearic Islands

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is one of the most commercially valuable fish in the world which has led to the species being heavily overfished for

27 Sep, 2021 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Environment·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

OPINION: Fire and brimstone brings out Spain’s ‘Blitz Spirit’

IN Britain we call it the ‘Blitz Spirit’- that sense of community that brings people together in the face of great adversity, not just to

25 Sep, 2021 @ 16:15

Canary Islands·Lead·National News·Opinion

LATEST: Three more towns evacuated on La Palma as volcano eruption intensifies in Spain’s Canary Islands

AUTHORITIES ordered three more towns on the island of La Palma to be evacuated as volcanic explosions intensified forcing firefighter teams to retreat to safety.

24 Sep, 2021 @ 19:30

Canary Islands·Lead

Why you should subscribe to the Olive Press

EVERY day, almost every hour and sometimes by the minute we are putting up breaking stories online. Over the last week the big story in

24 Sep, 2021 @ 18:35

Lead·Must Read·Other News

COVID restrictions set to be loosened for bars and restaurants across Spain’s Balearic Islands

It is expected that the capacity limit indoors will be increased to 75%

24 Sep, 2021 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

COVID crisis funds approved for 10,000 businesses on Spain’s Balearic Islands

THOUSANDS of businesses and freelancers affected during the Covid pandemic will receive a share of €835.7 million in state funding on the Balearic Islands. The

24 Sep, 2021 @ 11:25

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Lead·Mallorca

‘They have abandoned us’: Spain’s Balearic Islands plead for help to tackle ‘avalanche’ of migrant arrivals

At the beginning of the month, Formentera, the smallest of all the Balearic Islands, registered a record number of migrants, with almost 150 arriving in

23 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Balearic Islands make firm commitment to fight climate change

This week, the minister for energy and climate change travelled to international conference to reaffirm the Balearics commitment to the environment

23 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Environment·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Missing 15-year-old British girl found ‘alive and well’ in Spain’s Mallorca

THE missing 15-year-old British girl has been located after disappearing for over three weeks in Mallorca. The teenager, Emina Ilora Alice Winterbottom, was last seen on August

23 Sep, 2021 @ 14:22

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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