August 2023

ANDALUCIA’S Junta has asked Gibraltar’s Government to stop ‘harassing’ fishermen from La Linea when they are fishing near the Rock. Carmen Crespo, Junta’s Councillor for Agriculture and Fishing has said the ‘harassment; should be stopped ‘immediately,’ reminding Fabian Picardo that those waters are under Spanish jurisdiction.  “La Linea fishermen are not breaking any legislation and […]

Companies should overcome their fear of participating in these processes,” says Lara Campanario, lawyer and founding partner of DAUSS Abogados, insisting that “dismissing the public sector as a potential client closes the door to a long-term working relationship and reputational growth. August 2023.- The figures related to public contracting in Spain show that government institutions

THE PILOT of a DGT traffic helicopter who crashed earlier this month in Almeria was making an unscheduled stop for lunch in a restaurant when the accident occurred.  That’s according to a preliminary report into the incident by the Transport Ministry, according to news agency Europa Press.  The report states that the accident happened on

THE NUMBER of women who have died at the hands of their partners or ex-partners this year in Spain now stands at 37, after a case that saw a 39-year-old woman killed in Granada in May of this year has been confirmed as domestic violence and not a traffic accident. The overall total of victims

AFTER A SWELTERING week in Spain, temperatures are due to drastically fall in some parts this weekend thanks to the arrival of a mass of cold air from the Atlantic. That’s according to the Aemet state weather service, which says that the change in conditions will start to be felt in the northwest of the

BELEAGUERED Spain football chief Luis Rubiales is due today to quit from his role as the head of the country’s Football Federation in the wake of his controversial behaviour on Sunday after Spain’s women’s team won the World Cup final against England 1-0 in Sydney, Australia.   An international sexism storm broke out this week after

MARBELLA’S mayor Angeles Muñoz, has fined a resident €1,501 for illegally felling four trees. A mayoral decree against the foreign home owner was issued in early August for removing trees without a municipal licence on Calle Alcala in Nueva Andalucia. The unnamed transgressor must also replace what he chopped down by planting sixteen coniferous or

THE FIRST-EVER case of the deadly West Nile disease has been reported by the Ministry of Health in the Valencian Community. It involved a 72-year-old woman from Pucol who was treated for several days before being discharged from hospital on August 9. Spain’s worst WNV outbreak was in the Sevilla area in 2020 when eight

FOOTBALL’S world governing body FIFA is launching disciplinary proceedings against Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales over Sunday’s controversial kiss and other behaviour after the Women’s World Cup final. Rubiales has faced heavy criticism after he grabbed his crotch in celebration of Spain’s victory over England in Sydney, while stood metres away from Spain’s Queen

THE exact location where a headless human body was found by a hiker in the province of Alicante has been revealed.  A Spain’s Guardia Civil officer has exclusively told the Olive Press that the body was found at the popular hiking route known as Camino de Domenech, in the Cabeco d’Or mountain chain, in the