https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/madrid/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:00:06 +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/madrid/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/cops-bust-holiday-car-jackers-who-stripped-50-motors-from-madrid-airport-car-park-for-black-market-in-morocco/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/cops-bust-holiday-car-jackers-who-stripped-50-motors-from-madrid-airport-car-park-for-black-market-in-morocco/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429502 BRAZEN thieves stole up to ten cars a week from airport and holiday parking spots – then stripped them in a secret rural chop shop before selling the parts overseas.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/cops-bust-holiday-car-jackers-who-stripped-50-motors-from-madrid-airport-car-park-for-black-market-in-morocco/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/prestigious-british-school-under-threat-from-deadly-fires-near-spains-madrid-that-have-already-claimed-one-life/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/prestigious-british-school-under-threat-from-deadly-fires-near-spains-madrid-that-have-already-claimed-one-life/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:27:03 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428900 FIREFIGHTERS have brought under control a wildfire in the Tres Cantos area of Madrid which killed one person and led to 180 people being evacuated. Flames reached the campus of]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/prestigious-british-school-under-threat-from-deadly-fires-near-spains-madrid-that-have-already-claimed-one-life/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/tunnel-trouble-as-ave-fast-track-train-is-being-held-up-after-major-water-leak-and-collapse-between-malaga-and-madrid/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/tunnel-trouble-as-ave-fast-track-train-is-being-held-up-after-major-water-leak-and-collapse-between-malaga-and-madrid/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428134 By Alfred Clarke THE recent fracturing of a series of inside slabs of a fast-track rail tunnel in Spain has led to a row between regional politicians and Madrid. It]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/tunnel-trouble-as-ave-fast-track-train-is-being-held-up-after-major-water-leak-and-collapse-between-malaga-and-madrid/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/06/madrid-brings-forward-second-metro-line-6-closure-as-works-progress-ahead-of-schedule/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/06/madrid-brings-forward-second-metro-line-6-closure-as-works-progress-ahead-of-schedule/#respond Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:24:37 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=427908 MADRID’S Metro Line 6 will face more disruption sooner than expected. The second phase of closures, between Legazpi and Moncloa, will now begin on 6 September 2025, a week earlier than]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/06/madrid-brings-forward-second-metro-line-6-closure-as-works-progress-ahead-of-schedule/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/04/bird-strike-forces-iberia-plane-to-perform-emergency-landing-just-minutes-after-taking-off-from-madrid/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/04/bird-strike-forces-iberia-plane-to-perform-emergency-landing-just-minutes-after-taking-off-from-madrid/#respond Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:13:51 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=427408 AN Iberia flight from Madrid to Paris was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing on Sunday after a bird struck the front of the aircraft shortly after]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/04/bird-strike-forces-iberia-plane-to-perform-emergency-landing-just-minutes-after-taking-off-from-madrid/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/25/trump-celebrates-return-of-ex-marine-in-us-prisoner-swap-despite-conviction-for-murdering-three-people-in-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/25/trump-celebrates-return-of-ex-marine-in-us-prisoner-swap-despite-conviction-for-murdering-three-people-in-spain/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:06:21 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425853 AN ex-US marine convicted of murdering three people in Spain in 2016 has been released to the US as part of a massive prisoner swap involving El Salvador and Venezuela.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/25/trump-celebrates-return-of-ex-marine-in-us-prisoner-swap-despite-conviction-for-murdering-three-people-in-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/brit-hit-with-e1195-bill-to-top-up-electric-car-in-spain-and-shell-wont-answer/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/brit-hit-with-e1195-bill-to-top-up-electric-car-in-spain-and-shell-wont-answer/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:54:06 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425551 A BRITISH holidaymaker was left fuming after being slapped with a jaw-dropping €1,195 bill to charge his electric car in Spain – and Shell has refused to explain why. John]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/brit-hit-with-e1195-bill-to-top-up-electric-car-in-spain-and-shell-wont-answer/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/video-one-of-spains-most-wanted-criminals-spent-five-years-hiding-in-a-shed-without-owners-knowing-he-was-there/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/video-one-of-spains-most-wanted-criminals-spent-five-years-hiding-in-a-shed-without-owners-knowing-he-was-there/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:23:15 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425447 ONE of Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals has been arrested- just days before the statute of limitations kicked in on July 31- after hiding in a Madrid area shed for five]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/video-one-of-spains-most-wanted-criminals-spent-five-years-hiding-in-a-shed-without-owners-knowing-he-was-there/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/explainer-the-montoro-case-has-topped-the-charts-in-spains-corruption-scandal-top-ten-but-what-is-it-about/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/explainer-the-montoro-case-has-topped-the-charts-in-spains-corruption-scandal-top-ten-but-what-is-it-about/#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425333 MOVE over Pedro Sanchez – there’s a new sheriff in Spain’s corruption town. The various scandals engulfing the prime minister have for the time being been knocked off the top]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/22/explainer-the-montoro-case-has-topped-the-charts-in-spains-corruption-scandal-top-ten-but-what-is-it-about/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/21/gang-paid-mules-e10k-each-to-pick-up-cocaine-filled-suitcases-from-madrid-airport/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/21/gang-paid-mules-e10k-each-to-pick-up-cocaine-filled-suitcases-from-madrid-airport/#respond Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425209 AUTHORITIES have smashed a drug-trafficking gang that hired ‘mules’ to collect cocaine shipments from Madrid airport. The criminals paid vulnerable people up €10,000 each and gave them a low-cost plane]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/21/gang-paid-mules-e10k-each-to-pick-up-cocaine-filled-suitcases-from-madrid-airport/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/19/man-quarantined-in-spain-over-second-case-in-two-months-of-tick-borne-disease-from-africas-congo-region/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/19/man-quarantined-in-spain-over-second-case-in-two-months-of-tick-borne-disease-from-africas-congo-region/#respond Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:21:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=424771 By Brandon Cheevers A FATAL disease that causes multiple organ failure in sufferers and kills more than a third of its victims has struck again in Spain. It’s the second]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/19/man-quarantined-in-spain-over-second-case-in-two-months-of-tick-borne-disease-from-africas-congo-region/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/18/wildfire-near-spains-madrid-burns-3200-hectares-as-residents-flee-and-farmers-fight-flames/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/18/wildfire-near-spains-madrid-burns-3200-hectares-as-residents-flee-and-farmers-fight-flames/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:12:55 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=424735 A WIDFIRE that forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes has finally been brought under control after tearing through more than 3,200 hectares of countryside near Madrid. The blaze,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/18/wildfire-near-spains-madrid-burns-3200-hectares-as-residents-flee-and-farmers-fight-flames/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/09/spanish-court-gives-ex-real-madrid-coach-carlo-ancelotti-one-year-prison-sentence-for-tax-fraud/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/09/spanish-court-gives-ex-real-madrid-coach-carlo-ancelotti-one-year-prison-sentence-for-tax-fraud/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:02:56 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=423586 THE former Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has been sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud for not declaring income linked to image rights. Ancelotti who is now]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/09/spanish-court-gives-ex-real-madrid-coach-carlo-ancelotti-one-year-prison-sentence-for-tax-fraud/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/07/wanting-to-move-to-spain-how-about-being-paid-to-live-here/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/07/wanting-to-move-to-spain-how-about-being-paid-to-live-here/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:16:21 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=423167 SEVERAL Spanish towns are offering living grants to people who choose to move there. The steady movement of locals from Spain’s rural towns to bigger cities, as they search for]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/07/wanting-to-move-to-spain-how-about-being-paid-to-live-here/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/02/psoe-corruption-probe-former-party-secretary-cerdan-detained-by-spains-supreme-court-over-alleged-corruption/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/02/psoe-corruption-probe-former-party-secretary-cerdan-detained-by-spains-supreme-court-over-alleged-corruption/#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:59:42 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=422245 SANTOS Cerdan, former secretary of organisation for Spain’s ruling PSOE party, has been sent to prison on charges of bribery, criminal organisation and influence peddling, in a scandal that has]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/02/psoe-corruption-probe-former-party-secretary-cerdan-detained-by-spains-supreme-court-over-alleged-corruption/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/01/legendary-spanish-bullfighter-arrested-in-madrid-after-fighting-with-police-outside-burger-shop/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/01/legendary-spanish-bullfighter-arrested-in-madrid-after-fighting-with-police-outside-burger-shop/#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:28:36 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=422111 BULLFIGHTER Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez spent Monday night in a cell at the Madrid City Centre Police Station after he was arrested after an altercation at a hamburger restaurant. Employees at]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/01/legendary-spanish-bullfighter-arrested-in-madrid-after-fighting-with-police-outside-burger-shop/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/28/both-madrid-and-barcelona-have-had-a-housing-bubble-for-the-past-two-years-but-whats-been-driving-it/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/28/both-madrid-and-barcelona-have-had-a-housing-bubble-for-the-past-two-years-but-whats-been-driving-it/#respond Sat, 28 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=421248 SPAIN’S two largest cities have been gripped by a dangerous housing bubble since 2023, according to a new academic study that warns of ‘overheating’ in the property market. Research conducted]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/28/both-madrid-and-barcelona-have-had-a-housing-bubble-for-the-past-two-years-but-whats-been-driving-it/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/27/trump-slams-terrible-spain-and-threatens-to-make-them-pay-double-over-nato-5-of-gdp-snub/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/27/trump-slams-terrible-spain-and-threatens-to-make-them-pay-double-over-nato-5-of-gdp-snub/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:33:39 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=421500 President Donald Trump lashed out against Spain over NATO contributions, after the Spanish government stood out as the only country against dedicating 5% of GDP to military spending by 2035,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/27/trump-slams-terrible-spain-and-threatens-to-make-them-pay-double-over-nato-5-of-gdp-snub/feed/ 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/26/row-erupts-in-spain-over-plans-to-build-huge-jesus-statue-outside-madrid-seven-metres-taller-than-rios-christ-the-redeemer/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/26/row-erupts-in-spain-over-plans-to-build-huge-jesus-statue-outside-madrid-seven-metres-taller-than-rios-christ-the-redeemer/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:01:53 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=421386 CONTROVERSIAL plans to build the world’s tallest statue of Jesus Christ have split a small town outside Madrid after the local council approved plans for a ‘new beacon of religious]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/26/row-erupts-in-spain-over-plans-to-build-huge-jesus-statue-outside-madrid-seven-metres-taller-than-rios-christ-the-redeemer/feed/ 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/26/murdered-madrid-baby-was-five-year-old-girl-tests-reveal/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/26/murdered-madrid-baby-was-five-year-old-girl-tests-reveal/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:50:06 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=421239 By Brandon Cheevers NEW information about the remains of a murdered baby found in a Madrid landfill last year has revealed she was just five days old when her body]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/26/murdered-madrid-baby-was-five-year-old-girl-tests-reveal/feed/ 0