July 2024

UNSEASONAL early July storms forced four flights- two of them from the UK- to be diverted from Valencia Airport on Monday morning. The adverse weather forced the services to land 180km south at Alicante-Elche airport. The flights were from Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Geneva, and Oviedo. READ MORE: Other services were delayed landing at Valencia but airport […]

SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez recently announced his intention to cancel the Golden Visa scheme.  The Socialist PSOE leader said the move would stop speculation of the property market. The programme grants any foreigner residency if they buy a home worth €500,000 or more.  The law was approved in 2012 in the middle of a

MASS demonstrations against ‘excess tourism’ in Malaga have forced the mayor to speak up. The protests on Saturday called for a reduction in tourist rentals that have driven up rents and reduced the long-term rental housing stock. Demonstrators gathered in Plaza de la Merced just before midday, where they unfurled a banner reading Malaga para

THIS is the moment a bus driver was filmed spitting at a car while travelling at speed and swerving between lanes along the Costa del Sol last week. The male driver was ferrying passengers between Marbella and Estepona when the shocking footage was recorded. The clips, shared to Instagram page Marbellasequeja, show the bus switching

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial amnesty law approved last month will not apply to Carles Puigdemont, the separatist leader and fugitive from Spanish justice who has lived in self-imposed exile since 2017. In a crushing blow to Puigdemont’s hopes of returning as President of Catalunya, the highest court in Spain has rejected

POLICE in Mallorca have warned about organised gangs of pickpockets stealing from tourists in the Palma area. Two Romanian men, aged 24 and 56, have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The duo were caught on Saturday at a checkpoint in Playa de Palma when their car was pulled over for an inspection. READ MORE:

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a tourist who was found in the middle of a Magaluf street in the early hours of Monday morning. The victim was initially described as a 45-year-old British tourist but there have also been reports that suggested he was Irish. A security guard contacted the Policia Local

Do you know more about this incident? Email tips@theolivepress.es THIS is the moment a taxi driver was filmed reversing into tourists in Barcelona last week. The shocking incident occured at around 2am on Avenida Paral Lel, near Calle Nou de la Rambla. Footage taken by a local resident shows a group of tourists talking to

PUERTO Banus on Spain’s Costa del Sol is the most expensive port in Europe for mooring a yacht- based on daily rates. The up-market Marbella area port come top of the Engel & Völkers Yacht Rankings, which list the basic rates of moorings for a 55-metre craft during the high season. If you fancy mooring