SPAIN’S biggest supermarket chain, Mercadona, recorded a record net profit of just over €1 billion last year- up 40% on the 2022 total. Sales grew by 15% to €35.5 billion, according to annual results presented by the company in Valencia on Tuesday. Mercadona chairman and main shareholder, Juan Roig, said it had been the company’s […]
SPAIN’S most popular opera singer will perform on the Costa del Sol this summer, despite a string of allegations of sexual assault and harassment. Placido Domingo, 83, will perform at the Starlite festival in Marbella on August 13 – other acts confirmed for the summer include Tom Jones, Keane, Gipsy kings, Simple Minds, Take That,
A NEW February passenger record has been set by Alicante-Elche airport which welcomed just over one million travellers last month. Over a third of the arrivals came from the United Kingdom, which dominated international users. The total February figure was 1,002,310- up 26.8% than a year earlier and also helped by 2024 being a leap
OLIVES, scientifically known as Olea europaea, are virtually synonymous with Spain. On the sun-soaked terraces of the country’s ancient cities, the fat green fruit is often the precursor to a night of drinking, gastronomy, or simply a good book and an afternoon cerveza under the luxurious Iberian sun. Fortunately for us olive lovers, they are
THE Sierra Nevada ski resort experienced its most significant snowfall in recent seasons over the weekend, with more than one metre of fresh snow carpeting the slopes. The astonishing blanketing comes just ten days before the start of spring, promising some great skiing for the Easter holidays and the extension of the winter season until
EXPERTS are calling on Spanish authorities to modernise the country’s building regulations following the deadly apartment block blaze in Valencia that left 10 dead. An investigation by the Olive Press revealed that the apartment complex gutted by the inferno may have been clad with an aluminium composite material (ACM) banned in the UK known as
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A MONTENEGRAN fugitive sentenced to four years in prison for drug trafficking led police on a high-speed chase around Benidorm’s streets. The 33-year-old man has been arrested by the Policia Nacional and is set to be extradited by the National Court. His jail term was imposed in 2017 after crossing the Albania-Montenegro border with 121
A HIGH-speed rail company in Spain is set to launch a huge sale this month with cross-country tickets from as low as €9. Ouigo will kick-off its ‘low cost’ options from 10am on March 19, with the incredibly low prices attached to journeys up until December 14. The routes will travel between Madrid, Barcelona, ??Zaragoza,
A BRITISH expat is under investigation after allegedly mowing down a baby and five other people while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The unnamed 23-year-old, who lives in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, is facing serious charges after the smash caused the death of a five-month-old baby and seriously injured two women. At least
PUBLIC prosecutors in Madrid have opened a court probe into the activities of the partner of regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso. Alberto Gonzalez Amador is being investigated on allegations of tax fraud and document fraud. According to the lawsuit, to which Spanish daily El Diario has had exclusive access, Gonzalez is suspected by prosecutors of
