June 2023

A NATIONAL POLICE officer died on Sunday in the Jaen municipality of Andujar, Andalusia region, after he was stabbed by a man involved in a disagreement between neighbours. The assailant was shot dead at the scene by another officer.  The incident took place at around 10am, according to news agency Europa Press, after officers were […]

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A 27-YEAR-OLD accused of sexually abusing a woman while she was sleeping at his house in Malaga has been arrested.  The alleged rapist and the victim met at a bar in the city centre on Thursday, June 1.  They started talking and, at some point of the night, she agreed to go to the flat

A 50-YEAR-OLD man who was arrested 14 times in two months for not paying restaurant bills in Alicante has struck again after a four-month absence. Some of the quiet period for the Lithuanian national was down to a 22-day prison sentence for refusing to pay a €900 fine in February over an unpaid €67-50 bill

“WE all need to start acting with the urgency that an emergency demands,” Gibraltar’s Deputy Chief Minister said at the start of a sustainable construction conference. Joseph Garcia was speaking at the start of the Aspire conference at where public and private professionals met to learn how they could build greener. He challenged delegates to

THE Olive Press visited the bustling Corpus fiesta in the ‘recinta ferial’ at Almanjáyar, Granada. The event started on the night of Saturday 3 June and finishes on Sunday 11th, after a week of solid celebration, enjoyed by thousands of residents and visitors alike. ‘Showing out’ in flamenco finery is definitely the look, with attendees

HOLLYWOOD star Amber Heard has moved to an anonymous, suburban street in a sleepy Madrid barrio. Fresh from a series of hard fought court battles with ex-husband Johnny Depp she has bought a €1.7 million, 200 square metre villa on the outskirts of the city, it has been reported. Heard’s luxury residence is located in

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OVER 11,000 people have signed a petition opposing the conversion of Murcia City’s last historic cinema building into a multipurpose area which would include a gym. Cinema Rex on Calle Vara de Rey opened its doors as the Teatro Ortiz in 1914 but switched to screening movies in 1926 when it became the Central Cinema.

HUELVA boasts to being the province in Spain with the largest area of protected natural areas, an immense 319,110 hectares—six times more than 42 years ago. In 1980 the protected land in Huelva stood at 43,532 hectares, but over the years, the surface area of protected natural spaces has increased. Between 1980 and 1983, the