December 2021

A British man, 80, was found on the side of a Valencia Province highway in a cold and disorientated state. The discovery was made in the early hours of December 15 but details were only released recently. A motorist told a Guardia Civil patrol that he spotted a mysterious-looking bulge at the side of the […]

A SMORGASBORD of sugar cube houses perch on the rolling hills of Casares. Situated amongst woodland on a 1,427ft high cliff, the pueblo blanco is quaint and peaceful. CUTE: The cluster of casas in Casares The charming town has long attracted A-list Hollywood visitors, including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.  The pair were spotted by

A blast of Saharan air will bring unseasonably warm temperatures for the New Year’s holiday in the Alicante Province and Murcia areas of Spain. Experts are predicting highs of around 25 degrees in some locations this Friday in what could be the warmest New Year’s Eve this century. The highest levels are expected to be

A convicted rapper, known as Valtonyc, has thwarted Spain’s latest bid to get him extradited from Belgian. Jose Miguel Arenas Beltran, 28, skipped a three-and-a-half jail sentence in May 2018 by fleeing to Belgium. The Mallorca composer and performer had been convicted of ‘glorifying terrorism’ in a series of songs he published in 2012. His

FRESH restrictions to counter the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are not coming yet to the Valencian Community. Valencian president, Ximo Puig, said that were no plans for him to meet with health chiefs and political colleagues this week to look at tightening up current restrictions. COVID-19 passports are now used in all indoor

ALICANTE is an unlikely candidate for the original home of Santa Claus – for starters, it hasn’t snowed in the city since 1926. There are no reindeer in Alicante, not even in the Rio Safari Elche zoo, and few houses on the sunny Costa Blanca even have a chimney. Some British parents might leave a

SPAIN has published its annual list of tax shame – and footballers continue to be targeted by the tax man. Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti and Barcelona stars Dani Alves and Samuel Eto’o are claimed to owe Hacienda, Spain’s Inland  Revenue, a total of more than €3 million. Each year Hacienda publishes a list of

SPANISH telecoms giant Telefonica has reached an agreement with unions to cut 15% of its workforce. The reduction will be achieved through an estimated 2,700 voluntary redundancies. That figure is well below the 4,000 job losses initially mentioned in early November, which then fell to around 3,000. Offers for pay-off packages will be made early

THERE are no friends or family, and not a mince pie in sight this Christmas, but Sarah is determined to make the best of it. Here she shares her experience with the Olive Press. December 23 Thanks to a last-minute change of plans, this is going to be the first Christmas I’ve spent alone. A

THERE has been a surge in coronavirus cases in Spain to the country’s highest ever number of new infections. Updating the pandemic figures late on Monday – the first data released for four days – health authorities said there were 214,619 new cases. This brought the 14-day national caseload to 1,206 new infections per 100,000