https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/andalucia/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:03:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oplogo-favicon-150x150.png https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/andalucia/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/16/watch-how-malaga-plans-to-transform-itself-with-a-series-of-garden-bridges-criss-crossing-dry-river-bed/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/16/watch-how-malaga-plans-to-transform-itself-with-a-series-of-garden-bridges-criss-crossing-dry-river-bed/#respond Sat, 16 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429337 MALAGA City Council has unveiled ambitious plans to turn the dry bed of the Guadalmedina River into a chain of landscaped pedestrian ‘plaza bridges’ linking both sides of the city.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/16/watch-how-malaga-plans-to-transform-itself-with-a-series-of-garden-bridges-criss-crossing-dry-river-bed/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/malaga-feria-southern-spains-biggest-summer-party-kicks-off-tonight-with-fireworks-drones-and-dancing/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/malaga-feria-southern-spains-biggest-summer-party-kicks-off-tonight-with-fireworks-drones-and-dancing/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429713 HOLD onto your sombreros! The famous Malaga Fair, southern Spain’s biggest summer blowout, explodes into life tonight. Even though the full fiesta officially runs from August 16-23, tonight’s (Friday August]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/malaga-feria-southern-spains-biggest-summer-party-kicks-off-tonight-with-fireworks-drones-and-dancing/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/mijas-wildfire-extinguished-by-forest-firefighters-in-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/mijas-wildfire-extinguished-by-forest-firefighters-in-spain/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:03:42 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429623 A WILDFIRE in Mijas that started yesterday afternoon has been controlled. The fire started in the Cortijo de Los Ortejones area near Santana Golf  and sent a towering plume of]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/mijas-wildfire-extinguished-by-forest-firefighters-in-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/breaking-wildfire-breaks-out-in-spains-mijas-prompting-helicopter-emergency-response/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/breaking-wildfire-breaks-out-in-spains-mijas-prompting-helicopter-emergency-response/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:43:25 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429486 A WILDFIRE has been declared in Mijas, on the Costa del Sol, shortly before 16:00 on Thursday 14th August. The blaze is affecting the La Cala Hills area, according to]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/breaking-wildfire-breaks-out-in-spains-mijas-prompting-helicopter-emergency-response/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/residents-of-malaga-street-confined-to-their-homes-due-to-plague-of-disease-ridden-cats/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/residents-of-malaga-street-confined-to-their-homes-due-to-plague-of-disease-ridden-cats/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:47:59 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429446 RESIDENTS of Rincon de la Victoria in Malaga claim that the local cat colony has become “completely out of control,” causing frequent disturbances to their daily lives. Since 2021, an]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/residents-of-malaga-street-confined-to-their-homes-due-to-plague-of-disease-ridden-cats/feed/ 2 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/dexter-shines-at-sanlucar-races-in-spains-andalucia-drawing-over-300-business-leaders/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/dexter-shines-at-sanlucar-races-in-spains-andalucia-drawing-over-300-business-leaders/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:45:40 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429395 THOUSANDS of people flocked last Tuesday to the sands, grandstands, and VIP boxes of Sanlúcar de Barrameda for the kickoff of the famed Sanlúcar Horse Races, with DEXTER taking centre]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/dexter-shines-at-sanlucar-races-in-spains-andalucia-drawing-over-300-business-leaders/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/kitesurfing-jet-skis-and-trampolines-lead-to-summer-injuries-warn-marbella-doctors/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/kitesurfing-jet-skis-and-trampolines-lead-to-summer-injuries-warn-marbella-doctors/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:19:04 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429317 TRAUMA injuries spike in the summer months – and it’s not just from extreme sports, according to Marbella-based health experts. Doctors at Quironsalud Marbella say up to 20% of trauma]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/kitesurfing-jet-skis-and-trampolines-lead-to-summer-injuries-warn-marbella-doctors/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/ronda-chasing-hemingway-in-the-hills-of-andalucia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/ronda-chasing-hemingway-in-the-hills-of-andalucia/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:13:02 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429295 MORE than a century after Ernest Hemingway’s much-written-about tour of Spain, which included a stop in the idyllic mountain town of Ronda, this Andalusian pueblo still remembers his passion for]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/ronda-chasing-hemingway-in-the-hills-of-andalucia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/cruise-ship-with-over-6000-brits-docks-in-historical-spanish-city-but-not-all-residents-welcome-them/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/cruise-ship-with-over-6000-brits-docks-in-historical-spanish-city-but-not-all-residents-welcome-them/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429252 THE British-owned cruise ship Arvia has docked in Cadiz today carrying 6,367 passengers as its final stop off before returning to port in Southampton. The massive vessel arrived at 8am]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/cruise-ship-with-over-6000-brits-docks-in-historical-spanish-city-but-not-all-residents-welcome-them/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/malaga-bans-new-tourist-apartments-for-three-years-to-protect-housing-market/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/malaga-bans-new-tourist-apartments-for-three-years-to-protect-housing-market/#respond Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:54:16 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429159 MALAGA has slammed the brakes on the city’s booming holiday flat market – banning the registration of any new tourist apartments for the next three years. Mayor Francisco de la]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/malaga-bans-new-tourist-apartments-for-three-years-to-protect-housing-market/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/spains-suspicious-blazes-fires-at-tarifa-and-unesco-site-las-medulas-declared-intentional-while-firefighter-admits-to-starting-separate-inferno-that-burned-2000-hectares-to-giv/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/spains-suspicious-blazes-fires-at-tarifa-and-unesco-site-las-medulas-declared-intentional-while-firefighter-admits-to-starting-separate-inferno-that-burned-2000-hectares-to-giv/#respond Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429065 SPAIN is currently grappling with a series of devastating forest fires across the country that appear to have increasingly suspicious origins. Around eight major fires have destroyed thousands of hectares]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/spains-suspicious-blazes-fires-at-tarifa-and-unesco-site-las-medulas-declared-intentional-while-firefighter-admits-to-starting-separate-inferno-that-burned-2000-hectares-to-giv/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/spains-iconic-great-mosque-of-cordoba-narrowly-escaped-a-notre-dame-style-disaster-heres-why-its-a-world-heritage-site/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/spains-iconic-great-mosque-of-cordoba-narrowly-escaped-a-notre-dame-style-disaster-heres-why-its-a-world-heritage-site/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:54:13 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429011 A FIRE broke out at Cordoba’s historic mosque-turned-cathedral at 9pm on Friday, 8 August, but it was quickly extinguished by firefighters. Mayor of Cordoba, Jose Maria Bellido, told Cadena television]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/spains-iconic-great-mosque-of-cordoba-narrowly-escaped-a-notre-dame-style-disaster-heres-why-its-a-world-heritage-site/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/watch-world-famous-spanish-chef-is-caught-up-in-tarifa-fires-jose-andres-has-controversial-plans-to-build-tourist-development-in-pristine-region/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/watch-world-famous-spanish-chef-is-caught-up-in-tarifa-fires-jose-andres-has-controversial-plans-to-build-tourist-development-in-pristine-region/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:17:47 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428879 WORLD-renowned chef Jose Andres has found himself at the centre of a devastating wildfire that has forced the evacuation of 2,000 people from Spain’s Costa de la Luz. Speaking about]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/watch-world-famous-spanish-chef-is-caught-up-in-tarifa-fires-jose-andres-has-controversial-plans-to-build-tourist-development-in-pristine-region/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/andalucia-hit-by-highest-red-alert-weather-warning-today-temperatures-to-max-out-at-44c-in-western-regions/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/andalucia-hit-by-highest-red-alert-weather-warning-today-temperatures-to-max-out-at-44c-in-western-regions/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:07:22 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428860 SPAIN’S brutal heatwave has triggered the highest level red weather warnings across parts of western Andalucia today, with thermometers set to hit a scorching 44C in parts of Sevilla and]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/andalucia-hit-by-highest-red-alert-weather-warning-today-temperatures-to-max-out-at-44c-in-western-regions/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/one-third-of-homes-in-this-spanish-city-are-snapped-up-within-a-week-and-it-may-surprise-you/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/one-third-of-homes-in-this-spanish-city-are-snapped-up-within-a-week-and-it-may-surprise-you/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428711 IT’S not Madrid, Barcelona or even Malaga. The fastest-moving property market in Spain right now is Granada, where nearly one in three homes change hands in under seven days. The]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/one-third-of-homes-in-this-spanish-city-are-snapped-up-within-a-week-and-it-may-surprise-you/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/video-exclusive-watch-as-wildfire-causes-chaos-in-spains-tarifa-flames-threaten-millionaire-villas-as-2000-flee/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/video-exclusive-watch-as-wildfire-causes-chaos-in-spains-tarifa-flames-threaten-millionaire-villas-as-2000-flee/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:52:06 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428822 The Olive Press has exclusive videos of a ferocious wildfire tearing through Tarifa’s luxury coastline – with one villa ablaze – as more than 2,000 terrified people were forced to]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/video-exclusive-watch-as-wildfire-causes-chaos-in-spains-tarifa-flames-threaten-millionaire-villas-as-2000-flee/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/horror-in-malaga-as-nigerian-man-smashes-champagne-bottle-over-swedish-girlfriends-head-during-hotel-room-brawl/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/horror-in-malaga-as-nigerian-man-smashes-champagne-bottle-over-swedish-girlfriends-head-during-hotel-room-brawl/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428773 A MALAGA hotel room brawl saw a woman stab her boyfriend after he smashed a champagne bottle on her head. Both have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The fight]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/horror-in-malaga-as-nigerian-man-smashes-champagne-bottle-over-swedish-girlfriends-head-during-hotel-room-brawl/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/watch-police-frogmarch-one-of-europes-most-wanted-narco-kingpins-out-of-his-luxury-villa-on-spains-southern-coast/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/watch-police-frogmarch-one-of-europes-most-wanted-narco-kingpins-out-of-his-luxury-villa-on-spains-southern-coast/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428744 IT was just after dawn when elite Guardia Civil officers swept into a quiet hillside neighbourhood of Almuñecar on Granada’s Costa Tropical. Moments later, one of Europe’s most wanted drug]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/watch-police-frogmarch-one-of-europes-most-wanted-narco-kingpins-out-of-his-luxury-villa-on-spains-southern-coast/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/new-wildfire-hits-spains-tarifa-flames-rage-near-famous-bolonia-and-atlanterra-beaches/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/new-wildfire-hits-spains-tarifa-flames-rage-near-famous-bolonia-and-atlanterra-beaches/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:54:58 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428764 A NEW blaze has broken out in Tarifa close to the popular beaches of Bolonia and Atlanterra. Around six forestry firefighter squads, specialist technicians, and fire engines are tackling the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/new-wildfire-hits-spains-tarifa-flames-rage-near-famous-bolonia-and-atlanterra-beaches/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spanish-council-hires-private-detectives-to-crack-down-on-sick-leave-abuse/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spanish-council-hires-private-detectives-to-crack-down-on-sick-leave-abuse/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:12:28 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428747 FUENGIROLA Town Hall is hiring private detectives to spy on council workers off sick –  in a bid to tackle what it calls ‘sky-high’ absenteeism. The council wants contract proposals]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spanish-council-hires-private-detectives-to-crack-down-on-sick-leave-abuse/feed/ 0