Tag Archives: The Olive Press

The trial of former Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales for the infamous Jenni Hermoso kiss ended on Friday. The judge Jose Manuel Clemente Fernandez Prieto will render a decision and possibly sentence within a few months following the 10 days of testimony in the Madrid area courthouse. The judge made a joke after Rubiales and three other accused of …

107 CARS that were damaged by the Valencia floods, have been discovered in scrapyards or warehouses around Granada. Guardia Civil has opened an investigation into three individuals A car owner reported his vehicle missing from Ribarroja. READ MORE DANA FLOOD DISASTER(Cordon Press Image) Guardia officers launched a special operation called ‘Dark Soul’ after discovering it had been moved 500 kilometres …

The stunning white village of Arriate is home to no less than six songs dedicated to their patron saint St. Valentine. Auroreros is a group of legendary singers who are well known to many locals. They go around the streets in the middle the night and serenade people. Take a stroll through the village at daytime, and you’ll find a …

According to economists, the number of MALAGA holiday apartment bookings dropped by 37,000 from July to November last year because domestic demand was down. Major protests took place in 2024 over ‘saturation’ of tourist areas and whether domestic residents were influenced by those demonstrations remains unclear. In 2023, there were 609,277 apartment reservations during the same period. READ MORE These …

After arresting the majority of the 10 most wanted criminals on the list, the Spanish police taunted them with a Valentine’s Day card. The Policia Nacional force posted a picture of five fugitives on X. They are still on the radar for crimes such as murder, drug trafficking, and sexual abuse. It wrote: “We want you… we want to see …

A RETIRED Guardia Civil Officer has been accused of killing his wife, and then dumping her parts all over Gran Canaria. A court in San Bartolome de Tirajana remanded 70-year-old Miguel Gallego into custody. Maria Dolores Ilan Mendez (59) died in March 2020 on the couple’s San Bartolome estate in the southern part of the island. READ MORE SOS APPEAL …

Grant Barr, a missing US tourist who vanished from the Costa del Sol may have gone to Madrid. The New Yorker (pictured above), 37 years old, was last spotted in Estepona, Spain, on 28th January, about 16 days earlier. His father Michael Barr told the Olive Press today that the family were told by police that he may have left …

A DRUG ‘mummy’ with 2.3 kilos of cocaine bandaged round his legs has been arrested at Barcelona Airport. The man had arrived from South America on what authorities designated as a ‘hot flight’. The flights that are frequently used to transport drugs to Spain and other European nations are under special surveillance. READ MORE BARCELONA (Cordon Press Image) The Policia …

The use of children to smuggle illegal drugs into Spain’s mainland has been exposed. Policia Nacional detained today two minors and one adult in Algeciras on suspicion of drug trafficking. The three men, who were on a boat leaving the Spanish enclave in North Africa, Ceuta had bricks of hashish strapped to their bodies. ? Tres #detenidos en el Puerto …

FORMER ‘World’s Best Chef’ Dabiz Muñoz has named this Spanish city the best in the country for food. When it comes to Spanish gastronomy, there’s no one more knowledgeable than Dabiz Muñoz. After earning his first Michelin Star in 2010, the chef’s international fame has continued to grow.  Now, he has three stars to his name, as well as being …