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08/09/2025

CLAD in an eye-catching pink vest and sporting a bold ‘Marine-style’ buzzcut, Spain’s magnificent tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz comprehensively defeated his arch rival Jannik Sinner to claim the US Open title in front of a Flushing Meadows crowd mesmerised by the Murcia-born maestro’s sheer brilliance. Alcaraz, remarkably still just 22 years of age, was athletic, electric and downright superb as he shone under the New York lights to win his second Grand Slam of the year – and sixth of his glittering career thus far....

CLAD in an eye-catching pink vest and sporting a bold ‘Marine-style’ buzzcut, Spain’s magnificent tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz comprehensively defeated his

08/09/2025

On Monday, September 15, a woman from Oviedo in the north of Spain will celebrate her 53rd birthday. Her name is Letizia Ortiz. Why should we care?Well, because she’s the Queen of Spain. The first thing to point out is that Spanish women don’t take their husband’s surname. When they marry, they keep their maiden names. The second thing is, Letizia is a divorcee....

On Monday, September 15, a woman from Oviedo in the north of Spain will celebrate her 53rd birthday. Her name is Letizia Ortiz. Why should we care?Well,

08/09/2025

MARBELLA is taking a big step towards cleaner air. The town hall has installed four state-of-the-art environmental monitors in the historic Old Town to track pollution levels as part of its Low Emission Zone (L*Z) project. The move comes ahead of a full rollout, which will eventually regulate traffic to create a less polluted, more breathable city centre. Currently, the L*Z is informational only, meaning no drivers are being hit with fines – it’s all about gathering data....

MARBELLA is taking a big step towards cleaner air.

07/09/2025

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 touch: [email protected]…...

07/09/2025

AUTHORITIES in Menorca have shut down an illegal well supplying a luxury hotel where suites cost up to $3,000 a night, even as the island suffers one of its worst droughts in decades. The Cap Menorca agrotourism complex, which boasts 15 swimming pools and its own fleet of yachts, was found to be extracting 40,000 litres of drinking water every day from a clandestine well....

07/09/2025

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06/09/2025

THE Portuguese Navy has been hailed for its quick action after launching a dramatic high-seas rescue operation to stop armed drug traffickers who had hijacked a container ship bound for Malaga. At least two gunmen with Eastern European accents stormed the Liberian-flagged vessel Odysseus shortly after it departed Vigo port in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The hijackers accosted the crew and forced them into the engine room at gunpoint while they searched for the stashed co***ne....

THE Portuguese Navy has been hailed for its quick action after launching a dramatic high-seas rescue operation to stop armed drug traffickers who had hijacked

06/09/2025

SPAIN’S stock market regulator, the CNMV, gave the green light on Friday to BBVA to attempt to get the majority of voting shares in Banco Sabadell. It means that its €14.9 billion hostile bid for Sabadell will officially begin on Monday. Sabadell shareholders will have until October 7 to decide whether to sell or stay, with results of the bid expected by October 14....

SPAIN’S stock market regulator, the CNMV, gave the green light on Friday to BBVA to attempt to get the majority of voting shares in Banco Sabadell.

06/09/2025

A RETIRED police chief inspector in charge of security for a top Spanish Ibex 35-listed company has been arrested for assault at a Madrid restaurant. The La Razon newspaper reported that the unnamed man was drunk and attacked three Policia Nacional officers and a restaurant employee. The confrontation happened on Thursday afternoon at the Para Voce restaurant in the capital’s Chamberi district....

A RETIRED police chief inspector in charge of security for a top Spanish Ibex 35-listed company has been arrested for assault at a Madrid restaurant.

05/09/2025

TOURISTS tightening up spending and heatwaves are two of the reasons why bars and restaurants in the Valencia area say turnover is down by as much as 15% during this year’s peak season That’s the key finding of the hospitality association, Hosteleria Valencia, via their survey of the 2025 summer period. For 69% of those businesses surveyed, the high season saw an annual drop in turnover between 10% and 15%- depending on their location in Valencia province....

TOURISTS tightening up spending and heatwaves are two of the reasons why bars and restaurants in the Valencia area say turnover is down by as much as 15%

05/09/2025

A HEATED social media debate sparked after the National Police Union spokesperson publicly defends the United States’ methods in combating drug trafficking in the Caribbean. US President Donald Trump announced that the US military bombed a “ship that was transporting drugs” off the Venezuelan coast, resulting in the deaths of 11 people of Venezuelan origin. In response to the controversy, the national spokesperson for the National Police Union, Ibon Dominguez, wrote: “Call me radical, but this is how you fight drug trafficking.”...

A HEATED social media debate sparked after the National Police Union spokesperson publicly defends the United States’ methods in combating drug trafficking in

05/09/2025

SPAIN’S olive oil industry is running out of hands – and farmers are now looking abroad to fill the gaps. In the rolling hills of Cordoba, a pilot scheme is being launched this season to bring in migrant workers after local labour dried up. For years, ageing Spanish farmhands have been retiring, while younger generations turn their backs on back-breaking harvest work for better-paid jobs....

SPAIN’S olive oil industry is running out of hands – and farmers are now looking abroad to fill the gaps.