August 2023

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es DINING in the Dark is a gastronomic experience that offers a secret tasting menu entirely in darkness. Already a sensation in more than 30 cities worldwide, with successful stints in Madrid and Valencia in Spain, this unconventional dining concept challenges the conventional notion that eating is primarily a […]

A FOOTBALLER of a Malaga-based team has quitted professional football for Onlyfans.  Miguel Angel Guerrero, goalkeeper of Velez CF, has left the fourth tier of Spanish football for what he believes is a much more profitable career.  The 29-year-old became well-known after taking part in La Isla de las Tentaciones, the Spanish version of Love

WHAT Spain’s trendy diners want most with their cocktails and sharing plates is a jungle vibe and exotic wildlife. Yes, like vertical gardens before them, the large mammals of the African plains are taking pride of place in the most fashionable restaurants of Madrid – not on the menus, happily, but looming over the clientele.

A Thomson’s gazelle born at BIOPARC Valencia in late July is doing well after rejecting her mother’s attempts to breastfeed her. In the first hours of the calf’s life, staff used specially installed cameras to monitor her health as part of a protocol to encourage natural behaviour without any human presence. They noticed a serious

AN OLD American base at the highest point of Alicante province will be converted into a migrant reception centre. The facility at Aitana is over 1,500 metres above sea level and entered service in 1960 as one of 13 Air Surveillance Squadrons set up in the country via an agreement between the Spanish and US

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es IN the sun-soaked city of Malaga, going shirtless might be tempting to beat the summer heat, but it can now cost you a pretty penny. Local authorities have introduced strict measures to curb the practice of going shirtless in public spaces, and hefty fines are being handed out

Lloret de Mar, Girona   2 beds   2 baths € 263,000 Apartment in Fenals renovated with a large terrace. The apartment has 97 m2 with two bedrooms, one of which is a suite, a large living room with a combined (American) kitchen, from the kitchen and the living room there is access to a

TWO THIEVES have been arrested by the Mossos d’Esquadra after stealing a carry-on bag containing €8.5 million of cash and jewellery from a Russian family at Barcelona airport. The stolen items included a 47-carat ring worth €5 million; a Chanel pendant valued at €750,000; diamond earrings worth €500,000; and luxury watches with a value of

ON August 4, 1897, a teenager accidentally discovered what has been regarded as the jewel of Iberian art ever found in Spain- The Lady of Elche. Manuel Campello, 18, was doing some agricultural work in the Alcudia district and found what looked like a stone. When he removed it, the face of the now-famous bust

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A MAMMOTH iceberg weighing over 15,000 kilograms is set to make its grand appearance in Malaga at the start of September, courtesy of the intrepid team behind the Arctic Challenge 2023 expedition. The iceberg will be placed on Calle Larios, in the heart of the Costa del Sol’s