The Olive Press

Recognized as the top expat newspaper in Spain and ranked second globally by a survey of 27,000 individuals conducted by the UK marketing firm Tesca, The Olive Press is celebrated as "The best English newspaper in Spain" by the UK's Rough Guide. It serves as the primary English-language newspaper in Spain, delivering local news from regions such as the Costa del Sol, Andalucia, Alicante, Murcia, and Mallorca, along with national news from across the country.

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Bogus email demands 'immediate' €850 tuition fee payment from parents in Spain's Valencia

22 hours ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

VALENCIA region parents have been warned about an email scam demanding tuition fee payments. The Valencian Education Ministry says the bogus message requests an ‘immediate payment of €850’. The email uses the official logo and graphics of the Valencian government.
Fruit warehouse could be fined €3m over massive banana scam in Spain

23 hours ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

AN Alicante fruit and vegetable distributor could be fined up to €3 million for a scam involving bananas. The company has been accused of passing off bananas as premium platanos from the Canary Islands. The Guardia Civil said the firm sold nearly 2,000 tons of bananas in 2023 alone with no documentation as to where they originated from.
UK passengers make up a third of record April figures at Costa Blanca airport

1 day ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

A NEW April passenger record has been set at Alicante-Elche airport with over 1.7 million travellers using the facility. Over a third of the total came from the United Kingdom. The April figure was the highest for the month since the airport opened in 1967.
Girl, 3, suffers genital mutilation causing irreversible injuries with parents arrested in Spain

1 day ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

THE parents of a three-year-old girl have been arrested in Elche after she was genitally mutilated in a procedure done outside Spain. The man, 38, and woman. 26. were detained by the Policia Nacional on a charge of causing serious injury. The operation caused irreversible injuries and came to light when the child went for a routine medical check-up.
British crew survive lightning strike on their yacht anchored off the Costa Blanca

1 day ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

A BRITISH crew of a yacht anchored off the Alicante coast survived a lightning strike on Wednesday afternoon. The Informacion newspaper reported that the catamaran had been anchored for several days in the Cabo de la Huerta area. Four British people were on board the vessel when the the incident happened.
Naked female German tourists perform sex acts on city highway in Spain

1 day ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

TWO naked female German tourists performed lewd sex acts on a Murcia City highway before leading police on a motorway chase for several kilometres. The women, aged 23 and 27, will be sanctioned for indecent exposure, reckless driving, and resisting the police. The La Verdad newspaper said the bizarre events happened last Friday afternoon close to the Nueva Condominia shopping centre and Real Murcia football stadium.
Spain's crime rate falls but serious sexual offences and attempted murder cases rise

1 day ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

REPORTED crimes in Spain fell by 2.8% in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period last year. Figures released on Wednesday by the Interior Ministry revealed that 589,683 crimes had been registered between January and March. Just over a fifth of reported offences revolved around cybercrimes.
Police raid huge €20 MILLION Chinese and Arab 'mafia crypto bank' based in Spain

2 days ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

AN international criminal gang which ran one of the world’s biggest clandestine crypto banks has been busted by the Policia Nacional. There were two distinct branches of the organisation that had €20 million in the bank with an Arab-based group receiving money from anywhere in the world. Their Chinese colleagues based mainly in the Almeria and Madrid areas got cash from Spain and transferred it out to get commissions paid in cryptocurrencies.
Spain's annual inflation rate falls to 2.2% with food price rises slowing further

2 days ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

SPAIN’S annual inflation rate clocked in at 2.2% in April- down by 0.1 %- with food inflation at 2%. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) said it was the lowest overall figure since October when it stood at 1.8%. The year-on-year rate reduction is down to a fall in electricity, gas, and petrol prices.
Spain's government to ban spam calls by companies

2 days ago | theolivepress.es | Alex Trelinski

SPAIN’S government has unveiled plans to ban companies from making spam calls to potential customers. An amendment to the Consumer Care Services Act would force landline and mobile phone providers to block such calls from firms that don’t use a specific phone prefix which people could identify in advance. An irony is that many current spam calls tend to come from telecoms companies.