March 2023

SPAIN’S ombudsman has called on the country’s local councils – in particular those in Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid – to do something about the noise caused by outdoor cafés, bars and restaurants, and crowds celebrating large events. It points to the ‘hundreds of complaints’ it receives every year about the issue, and has reminded these […]

A ceremony has formally launched the big €70 million expansion for Orihuela’s Vega Baja hospital which will take up to 30 months to complete. Two buildings will be constructed to expand the hospital’s area by 40%, with the bonus of 42 extra bed spaces in the existing main hospital- taking the total to 372. Valencian

Alicante Cabo Roig will join the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with their annual parade on March 17, starting at 3pm, on the Cabo Roig strip. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the festivities The IrishinTorre group will celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a bilingual Mass (English, Spanish and a bit of Irish) on Friday March 17

Have you invested money with Globix? Contact us walter@theolivepress.es A LEADING UK liquidator has been brought in to close down crypto company Globix which is suspected of defrauding hundreds of investors in Spain and Gibraltar. The development comes after the Olive Press broke the news last week that the trading platform had lost as much

AUTHORITIES in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia have discovered a home-made semi-submersible vessel – a craft that is more commonly known as a ‘narco-submarine’.  The discovery was made on Monday in the Arousa inlet, around a mile off the coast of a municipality called Vilaxoan.  This marks the third such craft that has been

THE SPEAKER in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, has confirmed the date that a motion of no confidence will be debated against the Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.  The session will begin on March 21 and will end with a vote on March 22. The initiative, however, is doomed to

PASSENGER numbers at Alicante-Elche and Valencia airports reported a second successive record month, according to February’s figures released on Monday by airport operator Aena. The Alicante-Elche total of 790,766 was the highest February figure since the airport opened in 1967- and up 1% on the previous best recorded in 2019. The percentage rise at Valencia’s

Police are urging parents to accompany children at all times at a sports club on the Costa del Sol after a shocking attempted kidnapping. A man in a grey car tried to snatch a 15-year-old boy after he had left Club Deportivo sports complex in La Cala de Mijas on Monday about 9.30pm.  In an

SPAIN’S first two public electric charging points for lorries opened on Monday at strategic points off the AP-7 motorway in the east of the country. The stations at Sangonera in Murcia and San Isidro in Alicante province are based at logistics bases of the Disfrimur freight company. The charging points set up by Iberdrola can

Police have made another coke bust in the Port of Malaga as the Costa del Sol capital becomes the drug traffickers’ latest entry point of choice. The haul included 82 kilograms of cocaine smuggled inside plant pots from the Dominican Republic but this time includes a number of arrests. Nine people were arrested in Madrid