October 2023

ELCHE’S PLD Space will launch the first private rocket in Europe -Miura 1- in the early hours of Saturday morning from El Arenosillo in Huelva at the National Institute of Aerospace Technology. The blast-off is scheduled for 2.00am and comes after postponements earlier in the year. Night owls and space fans can watch the launch […]

AN expat has been jailed for faking a heart attack to avoid picking up the cheque in at least 20 restaurants in Spain.  The 50-year-old, originally from Lithuania, will spend 42 days behind bars after failing to pay two fines for his series of theatrical dine and dashes.  His modus operandi was identical in almost

BRITISH expats are living in fear of their farmer neighbour after hearing gunshots at night and finding clearly mistreated animals roaming around his land in Marbella. Video footage shared with the Olive Press shows one goat with a huge gash on its ear as flies buzz around its head. Another is barely able to see

EAGLES are the latest birds to try out life on the Rock after wildlife experts continued with their plan to return historical wildlife to Gibraltar’s unique ecosystem. A team of environmentalists released a pair of Bonelli’s Eagles from a secret location in the Upper Rock after re-introducing the Barbary Partridge and European Rabbit. Experts believe

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has seized 74 tons of stolen olives from a Sevilla province warehouse- the latest theft triggered by soaring prices caused by a dwindling harvest. Twelve people have been arrested in the town of Pilas for their suspected involvement in the theft and trading of the olives. A further 11 people are being

SPAIN’S former monarch, Juan Carlos, has won a bid to throw out a £126 million London lawsuit brought by his ex-lover, who accused him of a campaign of harassment after she refused to return millions of euros to him. The 85-year-old ex-king was being sued by Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, who alleged Juan Carlos orchestrated threats,

RUSSIAN hackers launched a series of cyber attacks on Friday against Spanish government and Granada city council websites to coincide with the immigration summit and EU meetings being held in the Andalucian city. The attacks are claimed to come from the NoName057 collective- a hacker group set up by Russia’s secret service in March 2022,

ANOTHER priest has been arrested in Malaga, this time for violating a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend and harassing her on the motorway. The priest, identified as Venezuelan RJB, born in 1985, allegedly pulled up along the victim while driving down the A7 motorway near a shopping centre in Rincon de la Victoria. He was

Villa Platja d’Aro, Girona   5 beds   3 baths € 1,100,000 Magnificent, comfortable house with fabulous panoramic views of the sea and large porches running along a large part of the façade to enjoy them to the full. The main floor features an entrance hall, a bright living-dining room with fireplace and large glass

TWO WOMEN who drugged, humiliated, and robbed elderly people in two Valencia province towns have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The Spanish females- aged 41 and 50- stole over €10,000 from two victims in Lliria and Vilamarxant, who they doped with benzodiazepine. The Guardia launched Operation Pazola in July 2022 when officers in Lliria