August 2023

URINARY tract stones are one of the most frequent issues treated by urologists in Spain with hot temperatures forcing reported cases up by 30% over the summer months. Simple changes in daily diets can reduce the risk of a stone being formed according to Dr. Bartolome Lloret, a urologist at Alicante’s Vithas Medimar Hospital. “Environmental […]

POLICE have freed 11 sexually exploited women and arrested ten people for their part in the racket in Benidorm, Denia, and Gata de Gorgos. The Policia Nacional probe started last November when some of the victims escaped and phoned a special hotline for trafficking victims. The women were lured to Spain from Columbia with false

SPAIN’S far-right Vox party has offered the conservative Partido Popular a ‘no-strings’ deal where it would back a PP minority government without demanding a formal coalition with seats in the cabinet. The Vox move is about removing the PSOE’s Pedro Sanchez from power after July’s indecisive general election result. In a statement Vox said that

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A BRITISH man suffered serious injuries in a brawl at a Torrevieja house early on Saturday morning which saw a Dutch national die from stab wounds. The Finnish owner of the home on Calle Diego Puerta in the Torreta III urbanisation also sustained serious injuries and along with the British man, 40, was taken to

A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Valencia province for pretending to have a logistics firm that despatched items internationally but kept the goods to sell them off. The fraudster from Equatorial Guinea operated in the Horta Nord area and ran social media adverts posing as a well-known transport company to attract victims. Online photographs

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es FOLLOWING recurrent sightings of wild boars in urban areas, including several boars which surprised beachgoers in Marbella last week, the Junta has introduced exceptional measures to control the wild boar population and curb their intrusion into these urban areas. These measures include permission for targeted hunting of wild

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE City of Malaga has announced the winners of the 2023 City of Malaga Awards. Notably, the Teatro del Soho, a project championed by the talented Malaga-born actor Antonio Banderas, has been honoured for its outstanding contributions, receiving the City of Malaga Tourism Award. The City of Malaga

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es PROTESTERS have gathered in Central Malaga to oppose animal abuse and call for an end to bullfighting. Organized by the Animalist Party Pacma, the event drew a diverse crowd to demand the cessation of the Bullfighting Fair of Malaga, which will take place from August 11 to 16,

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es WHEN it comes to a universally cherished summer symbol, few can contest the allure of ice cream, and Malaga can boast to being one of Europe’s top ice cream cities. In pursuit of the most exceptional ice cream havens, Holidu, the leading vacation home booking platform, has conducted