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A ‘LARGE number’ of sexual predators have been allowed to roam the streets of Spain freely after a data glitch on electronic tags prevented judicial authorities from keeping tabs on the location of offenders convicted of sexual abuse, it has been revealed. The disclosure has sparked public outrage with calls to resign equality minister Ana Redondo. Opposition parties have claimed …

Spanish authorities have announced that they will teach children as young three years old how to deal with environmental disasters, in order to counteract the impact of climate change. The plan comes following a twelve-month period overshadowed by a mass of forest fires across the countryside and the torrential DANA storm in Valencia that claimed the lives of more than …

A MISSING Expat, whose corpse was found at the Costa del Sol this weekend, had just received a huge lump sum of money from the sale a property. The Olive Press can reveal that Andrew Wade, 65, had finally secured over €400,000 after winning a long legal battle with a dodgy British equity release company. After a thorough search by …

After dumping dozens of petrol cans in the Mediterranean Sea, desperate narcos ended up with three arrests. On September 19, Guardia Civil officers saw a speedboat racing at full-throttle towards the coast nine miles away. Officers immediately suspected the vessel was a narco-boat – one of the high-powered craft regularly used by drug trafficking gangs to transport contraband along the …

The Andalucian house renovated by Alan Carr and Amanda Holden in BBC One’s Amanda & Alan’s Spanish Job The hotel is now open to paying customers this week. Casa Alamanda Moclín in Granada province began taking bookings on Wednesday, charging from €195 per night for up to six guests.  The property, which includes the Moroccan bedroom that was a major …

SPAIN’s housing boom is not slowing down. According to a research report by a major real estate agency, property prices in the country are expected to increase by more than 7% between 2025 and 2050. According to Barcelona-based company Donpiso, the average value of a home is set to tip over €1,900 per square metre for the very first time …

MORE than 62,000 people died in the summer of 2024 due to a record-breaking heatwave, a study has revealed – with Spain recording the second highest death toll across Europe. The figures published by Nature Medicine According to the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (BIGH), there were 62 775 deaths in Europe between June 1 and 30 last year due …

This week, King Felipe of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain visited Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. They swapped palaces with pyramids. Sherif Fatti, Egypt’s Tourism Director, accompanied the glamorous royals on their state visit to Luxor. They were treated as VIPs and given an exclusive look at the ancient wonders of Egypt including Temple of Hatshepsut. The couple flicked …

REAL Madrid fans are under fire after chants of “Franco, Franco” rang out at the Santiago Bernabeu — sparking fury just months before the 50th anniversary of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco’s death. But the chants weren’t (officially) for the fascist leader… they were for the club’s flashy new Argentine signing, 18-year-old Franco Mastantuono — but not everyone is buying …

This week, MARBELLA’s busy La Alameda is transformed into a movie set as a South Korean television production. Surely Tomorrow Costa del Sol is a hotspot for tourists. The romantic comedy series, starring major Korean actor Park Seo-Jun alongside Won Ji-An – known to international audiences as player number 380 in Squid Game – has been filming across Malaga province, …