September 2023

RENFE, the Spanish railway operator, is set to enhance its AVE train services between Malaga and Madrid, commencing on October 17. This expansion will see the introduction of two extra daily trains, with one departing from Malaga at 7:33am and the other from Madrid at 10:25am. With the introduction of these new services, Renfe’s total […]

AN exciting plan to reform the EU by France and Germany could see the UK rejoin as an ‘EU lite’ member. The move would see the removal of onerous restrictions on the movement of Brits in Europe. Under the change, Britain would get ‘associate membership’ of the bloc and regain frictionless access to the single

AN investigation is underway into how Tommy Robinson accessed a stunning costa villa owned by a British billionaire to film his extreme far-right podcasts, the Olive Press can reveal. The former leader of the far right English Defence League (EDL) has been using the €5,000-a-month property of fashion tycoon Philip Day to promote a series

“MOST people are vaguely aware that we need to save the bees, but they don’t know precisely why,” film producer Michael Jackson, 43, told the Olive Press. The Brit, who heads up Berkshire-based production company Ambanja, was browsing the news earlier in the year when a story by this newspaper came before his eyes. “I

A PAIR of civil servants in Murcia City Council’s decentralisation department managed to trouser over €90,000 in overtime pay between them. One of the workers received a single payout of over €30,000 in one wage slip, with a further €20,000 spread out through several payments over two years. Further eyebrows were raised when it emerged

LEONOR de Borbon has not been given an easy ride at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza since she enrolled on September 5 – despite being the future Queen of Spain. The Royal Household has released photos of the 17-year-old undergoing a gruelling bootcamp along with an in-take of young cadets. Others capture the young

THE GSLP presented four new candidates for the October 12 election as the Liberals swapped out Steven Linares and the GSD put forward six new faces. After Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced the shortest possible four week campaigning period for the elections, he rang the changes in his party this week. “Now is not the

A QUARTER of all British TIE card holders in Spain are registered in the province of Alicante.  In further unsurprising news, a third of all the 208,000 Brits with TIE cards fall into the over 65 age bracket. This is according to a new report in Brits in Spain by the Ministry for Inclusion, Social

A TOTAL of 456 tonnes of nitrates entered the Mar Menor lagoon in southeastern Spain during 2022, as well as 18.5 tonnes of phosphates. That’s according to the latest report from the Mar Menor Technical Office, produced in conjunction with the central Environmental Transition Ministry.  The coastal saltwater lagoon, which is in Murcia region, has

A CURIOUS tradition is back again this year to entertain the locals of towns in the Valencian community. For the second year in a row, the Hermitage of Sanz, nestled in the heart of Benidorm’s Huerta, has revived the ‘La caga del burro’ event. Originating in Benidorm in 2014, the tradition returned last Sunday with