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OLIVE Press Editor Jon Clarke filed a must watch dispatch from the stunning City of Ronda. The weather forecast has finally begun to show a more sunny outlook. Jon shares some good news with the beautiful Puente Nuevo in the background. After weeks of storms, sun, clear skies, and warmer temperatures have finally returned. In some parts of southern Spain, …

The safety of a British holidaymaker who has been missing for four days on the Costa del Sol is causing concern. Iain Stanley is being sought by officers from the Guardia Civil. He was last seen around 2pm, on the 11th of February, near the Perla Marina Hotel in Nerja. Nerja is a popular tourist destination located approximately 50km to …

BRITS was again Spain’s top foreign home buyer last year. They purchased thousands of homes as overseas purchases edged closer to 100,000 despite rising prices. The UK is still Spain’s largest market overseas. Buyers continue to prefer established hotspots on the Costa del Sol and in the province of Alicante, as well as the Balearic Islands. Agents report that the …

CATALAN figure skating Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate narrowly misses qualifying for Olympic free-skate with Minion after controversy. Although the Spanish skater received a huge amount of support, the judges did not clap for him to move on to the next round. The 26 year old has a reputation of performing flamboyant and crowd pleasing routines. This season, he performed fully dressed …

THEY say revenge is a dish best served cold – and that is exactly what England men’s football team will endeavour to do when they face off against Spain twice in a matter of months later this year. Both sides will be playing in the same group at the 5th edition UEFA Nations League scheduled to take place from September …

According to the figures compiled by Spain’s registrars, a boom in house prices has not deterred buyers. Six properties are bought every minute, a third of which is in cash. This despite the fact that prices have risen by 10% on average across the country. With 705,357 sales, the number of transactions reached levels not seen since 2008 after the …

MERCADER is a gastronomic enclave located in one the most distinct enclaves within the city of Valencia. It was created as a space in which gastronomy coexists with architecture and social activity.  Mercader is strategically located and serves as a natural gateway to El Cabanyal, one of Valencia’s most distinctive neighbourhoods. This historic fishing area, known for modernist homes and …

The following are some of the ways to get in touch with each other A serious morning accident has caused a woman to suffer multiple leg fractures and the driver is shaken. The woman, who was in her 30s, was severely injured when she was run over and hit by a bus in the Malaga bus terminal at 7.30am Thursday …

THOUSANDS OF farmers from all over Spain protested in Madrid following the EU’s landmark agreement with a group of South American nations. More than 350 honking tractors rolled down the capital’s main thoroughfare, Paseo de la Castellana, as protesters waved placards reading ‘the Spanish countryside is not for sale’ on Wednesday. After an hour-long traffic standstill, the 2,500 protesters ended …

MALLORCA’S luxury travel market is having a record year — and the numbers behind it are hard to ignore. The island continues to absorb demand through private accommodation, especially villas and vacation homes. Residents and local authorities face the same pressure points: the housing shortage, the infrastructure capacity and the environmental costs of the peak season intensity. What follows is …