ELCHE’S L’ALJUB Shopping Centre is the first in Spain to receive the Q Seal for Tourist Quality. As part of the celebrations, it’s hosting a month-long fair from tomorrow, August 16, to promote small merchants and artisans from the area. TOURIST AWARD: L’Aljub Shopping Centre, Elche It will focus on eco exhibitors, sustainable artisans and […]
THE Maritime Rescue Coordination Centers (CCS) in Andalucia, who’s primary mission is to rescue people at sea, have assisted 395 vessels along the more than 1,000 kilometres of Andalucian coastline. CCS is responsible for the coordination and execution of search, rescue and pollution control operations in the geographical area assigned to each of them and
WITH Brexit still fresh in everyone’s minds, and a number of changes surrounding visas and the end of freedom of movement between the UK and the EU, the topic of residency, especially tax residency, can seem like a minefield. So how does tax residency work, and how will it affect Olive Press readers? Well, If
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LARGER forest fires, more torrential downpours, flooding, droughts, heatwaves, severe coastal erosion and acidification of the sea await the Valencia region if carbon dioxide emissions are not drastically reduced now. This is the basic summary of the latest report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which predicts a catastrophic future for the
THE National Police carried out 26 operations against drug trafficking during the month of July in the towns of Granada, Motril and Baza. Officers have arrested more than twenty people and seized more than 6,500 marijuana plants, most of which were discovered in the Northern District of the Granada capital. The National Police also confirmed an undisclosed quantity of cocaine was also
SPANISH rapper C. Tangana is once again at the centre of the controversy following his latest social media post. Singer Antón Álvarez Alfaro, from Madrid, took to Twitter and Instagram to share a snap of him on a yacht surrounded by women in bikinis, including famous actresses Ester Exposito and Hiba Abouk. The Nunca Estoy star
ETHYLENE oxide did not mean anything to most people until just a couple of weeks ago, but that all changed with a country-wide alert warning consumers about the presence of the potentially cancerous compound in certain types of ice cream (as reported by The Olive Press). However, experts have revealed that this is far from
THE Wind Surf cruise ship glided majestically into port on the Rock for a short day trip, the first cruise to dock in Gibraltar since the start of the pandemic. The world’s largest sailing cruise ship, a five-mast staysail schooner, arrived at 8am on Friday, August 13 and passengers were given 10 hours to explore
THE veterinary team at the Andalucian Centre for the Recovery of Endangered Species (CREA) are battling to save the life of a fox rescued last Thursday, August 12, suffering what they believe could be poisoning. The fox was rescued by Policia Local from Casabermeja, near the Carniceros stream, after a neighbour from the area called
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TWO Brits have snorkelled round the entire coast of Mallorca in just 33 days. Team Mallorca 360 set off on their sea adventure on June 30, from St Elm bay in Palma, with the aim to swim around the whole Island in support of two charities: Yachting Gives Back and Save the Med. The two
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