March 2023

A Valencia anaesthetist has been paroled after receiving a 1,933 year prison sentence for spreading hepatitis C to 275 patients in regional hospitals between 1988 and 1998. Juan Maeso, 81, spent nearly 16 years behind bars and could have stayed locked up for an extra four years- the maximum term in his circumstances under Spanish […]

A multinational narco trafficking gang has confessed to running a complex operation to import drugs hidden in fruit such as dates and sell them on the island of Mallorca. Operating through their drug den in Son Banya, 26 members pleaded guilty to a judge in court while a further eight denied they were in the

LOCAL artists could take home a stunning £3,000 if they can win Gibraltar’s annual Spring Visual Arts Competition to be held in May this year. The Ministry of Culture will provide the top overall prize for Gibraltarians over 16-years-old in one of the most anticipated dates of the artistic calendar. Works from the painting, sculpture,

THE week, which began with rain, cloud and wind, will end in Malaga with sunshine and summer-like temperatures, with highs that could hit 30ºC in the capital of the Costa del Sol. Coats and scarves will give way this weekend to T-shirts and shorts as early summer-like weather is predicted from tomorrow, Friday March 10,

A teenage boy has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca for threatening to carry out an American-style highschool massacre against his classmates. The 14-year-old posted pictures to Instagram of guns and even an apparent plan of attack, prompting numerous frantic calls to police. To muddy the waters, the culprit had posted the pictures through a

They get everywhere, powerful women. Here in Spain, they’re in politics doing important things like running the country’s economy and defence – and Madrid. They occupy the boss roles in every field from science and academia to the arts and publishing, from the National Cancer Research Centre to El Pais To celebrate Women’s Day on

Women are fed up with the way the media present them and a recent study showed 94% of women don’t identify with their portrayal in advertising campaigns, despite making up 88% of consumer decisions. Why then have marketing companies got it so wrong? Gone are the days when women were expected to stay home, tidy

A KIDNAPPING of two expats foiled by Spanish police last year is linked to an enormous crypto currency scandal set to rock the country, the Olive Press can reveal. The incredible drama which saw the couple snatched and held for several hours took place after hundreds of investors feared they had lost as much as

While men and women are treated equally by law, many women still report sexist behaviour and ‘machista’ attitudes. Some of the most outmoded attitudes hark back to the Franco era when, in 1939, the dictator removed any powers women had gained. Women were forced to be stay-home mothers and housewives, with no legal right to

A Virgin Atlantic flight from Johannesburg to London Heathrow was forced to divert to Barcelona after the crew declared an emergency.  The Boeing 787-9 was almost 10 hours into the flight when the technical issue with the engine was declared to air traffic control.  The aircraft made an emergency landing on at around 5:00am.  Virgin