August 2022

THE Association of Hotel Entrepreneurs of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS) estimates that the month of August will end with a hotel occupancy rate of 85.83%—2% above previous forecasts and similar to 2019 figures. The tourist hotspot towns of Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Nerja, Marbella and Benalmadena lead the way in occupancy rate. Specifically, Fuengirola has a […]

Many expat residents were forced to flee their homes in fear as the giant wall of flames approached. One, Chloe Modrekelidze send the Olive Press a series of terrifyingly videos and photos, as the 3-day old fire took hold. Police and firemen urged locals to prepare to evacuate in frightening scenes. The fire now In

GUSTING Thirty mile an hour winds fanned the flames towards a number of villages including Toras, Viver and Teresa. Only a handful of helicopters and planes were on hand while a number of fire engines and police vehicles were scrambling to get to the fire as it rapidly spread. Dozens of villagers were parked up

SPANISH and British police have worked together to raid a sailing boat loaded with six tons of hashish 130 miles off the Huelva coast. The National Police arrested three crew members in a joint operation ran in conjunction with the UK’s National Crime Agency and Italian authorities. Investigations began in 2021, when authorities discovered that

OLIVE farmers in the Valencian Community may forget this year’s harvest as the costs of olive-picking and making olive oil are too high. Extreme weather conditions in the last four months have caused a massive fall in the number of available olives. Luis Julian Perez from the Valencian Association of Farmers told the ABC newspaper:

Police have seized accounts and property worth about €1.7 million from a Malaga agency that provided fake residency documents to Chinese nationals. National Police arrested 15 people across Spain for being part of the scam, nine of them in the city of Malaga and four in Torremolinos. The two other detainees were based in Madrid

A 47-year old Ibiza tattoo parlour owner has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for sexually assaulting a female client. He was detained last Thursday following a complaint made by a British woman. She had been on holiday and decided to have a tattoo at the man’s parlour in San Josep de Sa Talaia. The

BENIDORM council says over 5,000 people have used their three accessible beach points in June and July. An accessible beach point is an area where people with limited mobility can gain access to the beaches and the sea via elements like special access ramps, shaded areas and changing rooms. The resort has one at Levante

A CAR that flipped over onto its roof has slowed traffic on the MA-20 motorway out of Malaga, leaving its driver injured, authorities said. The accident occurred at 8.20am on August 16 at kilometer 10 of the Malaga ring road in direction of Algeciras. The driver was trapped inside the car after it flipped over

THE body of a 35-year-old man was recovered on Monday in Valencia Province after emergency services were called by someone who sighted it. It was semi-submerged in difficult to access dam water in the Chulilla municipality. Getting to the area known as ‘La Charca Azul’ was tricky for rescuers. It took two hours to reach