March 2024

Irish ‘crime lord’ Daniel Kinahan recommended to be charged with murder of brother of Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch in gang war that started on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE Irish police have recommended that notorious Irish mafia boss Daniel Kinahan be charged with the 2016 gangland murder of the brother of rival crime lord Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch. Kinahan, 46, is accused of orchestrating the 2016 assassination of Eddie Hutch as part of a brutal gang war between Irish mafia clans that traces […]

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2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Fuengirola with pool – € 390,500

Apartment Fuengirola, Málaga   2 beds   2 baths € 390,500 New Homes in Fuengirola! The homes are distributed in two bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room with open plan fitted kitchen, and all of them are designed to improve your quality of life thanks to the optimal distribution of its spaces, functionality and quality of

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‘Biological remains’ were found in Madrid flat of missing US expat Ana Maria Knezevich, as sixth week of disappearance approaches

SOURCES close to the investigation into the disappearance on February 2 of US expat Ana Maria Knezevich say that they found ‘biological remains’ in her Madrid apartment.  That’s according to a report in online daily El Cierre Digital, which explains that the authorities believe that she did not vanish voluntarily but that rather there was

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No dishes no baby: Spain’s shocking fertility rate linked to men’s reluctance to help out around the house – but what’s behind the demographic time bomb?

THE refusal by men in Spain to chip in with the housework has been linked to the country’s shockingly low birth rate – the second lowest in Europe.  Spain recorded just 1.16 live births per woman in 2022, according to new figures by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat. And while a number of theories have

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Nurse in Spain is kicked so hard in the testicles he dies – as figures show attacks on doctors are soaring 

DOCTORS are continuing to endure a rising number of physical and verbal assaults in Spain according to figures from the Spanish Medical Association(OMC). The worrying trend comes as a Madrid area nursing assistant died in mid-February after being kicked in the testicles. The male worker, 52, was assaulted by a psychiatric patient at the San

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‘We were paid to run the only bar in a tiny town in Spain – and are loving our new life’

A SPANISH family has moved to a tiny village in Toledo after being offered free accommodation in exchange for running the only bar in town.  Many places across ‘empty Spain’ are facing extinction as young people migrate to big cities.  Across the country, councils have come up with creative solutions to the exodus, some offering

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‘I’m an EU citizen travelling to Spain for more than 90 days – can my British or US spouse stay with me?’

THE 90 in 180 day rule has had travellers scratching their heads since it began being properly enforced against Brits after Brexit. It basically states that Britons are now ‘third country’ visitors, meaning that much like holidaymakers from the US or any country outside of the EU, they can only visit the Schengen Area for

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SPRING SALE: Enjoy 50% off all Olive Press subscription packages for a YEAR

THE Olive Press is launching a huge spring sale with an incredible 50% off all of our subscription packages. The huge discount is availble through the whole of March and will last for 12 months – whether you choose to pay monthly, quarterly of yearly. (CLICK THIS LINK HERE TO ACCESS ALREADY DISCOUNTED SUBSCRIPTION PRICES).

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This airport in Spain has been crowned the ‘Best in Europe’ by travel experts

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has once again been recognised as the best airport in Europe that serves 15 to 25 million passengers. The prestigious award for 2023 is given by the Airports Council International (ACI) and it means that the airport has come top on four occasions in the last five years. It will be presented in

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‘Wolf pack’ of French teens who gang raped a tourist in Benidorm are jailed

THREE French tourists have been given prison terms after pleading guilty to raping a woman in Benidorm five years ago- but they will not be jailed. A further two members of the group also pled guilty to sexually abusing the victim’s friend at the trial of the five men in Alicante on Monday. The group

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