MOBILE phone owners in Spain have been warned of a new scam circulating the country. According to the Spanish Consumer Association (AEC), SMS text messages are being sent to countless targets, pretending to be from the DGT traffic authority. The message warns the victim that they have an ‘unpaid fine of €35, which will increase […]
A 67-year-old woman has been handed a stint in the slammer after being convicted of syphoning off company funds through her role as an accountant. Wendy Simpson spent eight months fraudulently transferring a total of €50,000 in cash to her personal bank accounts in the UK. Between August 2022 and April 2023 Simpson systematically snaffled
SUPERMARKETS continued their stranglehold on Spain’s grocery and fresh produce purchases in 2023, accounting for 74.9% of sales- up 1.3% on the previous year. A study from analysis company Kantar shows that their combined share is 12.8% more than a decade ago, pushing out smaller retailers. The biggest annual rises among the chains were for
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CALIMA- known as blood rain- has been sweeping across parts of Spain on Thursday with the Madrid region recommending that vulnerable people with respiratory issues should stay indoors. It’s a weather phenomenon that covers the atmosphere and at ground level with suspended dust which comes to Spain as a result of sand particles from North
TWO expat brothers claim they have been let down by Spanish police as a horrifying two-month ordeal with violent squatters remains unresolved. Siarhei and Aleh Pakrouski, originally from Belarus, have lived in Barcelona since 2015. The Olive Press has received exclusive access to videos, photos, police documents and medical reports that support an ongoing story
THE Barbary macaque who ‘invaded’ Spain last week has been returned to his home on the iconic Rock of Gibraltar. The male monkey, newly christened ‘Sir Kingsway’, went viral after spending a day in the Spanish town of La Linea de la Concepcion after crossing the border on Monday, February 5. The animal successfully evaded
VALENCIA will be the first European city to utilise a phone app that helps people with reduced mobility locate car parking spaces. The pilot project will be tested in five areas of Spain, with Valencia the first to benefit from the Google-backed Spot4Dis app. It will display parking information as well as details about a
A SOUVENIR shop in central Estepona is set to be demolished completely after the building suddenly collapsed on Wednesday. The property, located on Avenida de España, caved in at 4.30pm after the building’s foundations were breached by external sewage treatment work. The shop the morning after its sudden collapse No injuries were reported. An external
A MAN has been arrested at Punte Mayorga beach in San Roque(Cadiz province) after ramming a camouflaged Guardia Civil car after he was caught with a massive stash of contraband tobacco. It’s the latest incident in the province in less than a week involving the Guardia and smugglers after the death of two officers last
AS winter nears its much-anticipated end, millions of parents across the UK will begin planning for their annual family summer holiday. A new study by Which?, the consumer magazine, has revealed the most and least expensive weeks to jet away during the six-week summer break offered by most British schools. The consumer watchdog’s research used
