In the first quarter of 2025, the price of a house in Spain increased twice as quickly as the average for the European Union. Eurostat data shows that Spanish prices increased by 12.3%, or more than double the EU average of 5.7% in the first three months of the year. Portugal (16.3%), Bulgaria (15.1%) and Croatia (13.1%) surpassed Spain in …

VUELING announces a major increase in its winter schedule, with 1.5 million additional seats available across Santiago de Compostela & Tenerife Norte. The expansion is coming just weeks after Ryanair revealed it would reduce capacity and close bases at both airports. This sparked warnings of “tourism disasters” in the region. Vueling is part of IAG and will have its largest …

In a first guest column for the Olive Press, regular reader and commenter Mark Leonard took the time to write about his experiences in the Austrian Alps. Are you an avid Olive Press reader? Got lots of ideas and comments when you read our articles? Got a hankering to write your own guest column for the Olive Press? Get in …