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Spanish tavern challenges Hemingway’s favourite Madrid eatery for title of World’s Oldest Restaurant – but Italy also has a challenger

FOR years Madrid’s legendary Sobrino de Botin has proudly held the Guinness World Record for being the planet’s oldest restaurant – but now it is

11 Jun, 2025 @ 15:03

Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid·Other News

WATCH: Venezuelan man, 21, in critical condition after being shot in the head in Madrid

A 21-YEAR-OLD Venezuelan man was shot in the head in Madrid’s Retiro district on Sunday morning by a gunman who pulled up in a car.

9 Jun, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Developers fear Spain’s real estate bubble will burst in three years amid 70-year mortgages

REAL ESTATE developers are urging Madrid to take action to prevent the incoming market collapse they predict is on its way within the next three

6 Jun, 2025 @ 15:54

Lead·Madrid·Property

25-Year-Old Man critically injured by falling tree branch in Madrid

A 25-year-old man was seriously injured after a tree branch fell on him on Thursday night in the Madrid neighbourhood of Carabanchel, according to a

30 May, 2025 @ 16:00

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Two women arrested in Madrid for running a ‘jihad academy that trained females in the ways of the Islamic State’

TWO women have been arrested in the Madrid area for allegedly running an online ‘jihad academy’ aimed at recruiting females. The Policia Nacional detained the

30 May, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Marks & Spencer opens new store in Granada -celebrate with an exclusive Olive Press discount of 30%

YOUR summer wardrobe starts here. 30% off available at M&S stores in Marbella, Malaga, Granada and Madrid. Marks & Spencer has just opened a new

27 May, 2025 @ 13:10

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Marbella·Sponsored

Xabi Alonso quits German club before expected return to Real Madrid as coach

Spain’s Xabi Alonso unveiled as new Real Madrid manager

REAL Madrid have announced Xabi Alonso as their new manager after the Spaniard put pen-to-paper on a three-year deal on Sunday. “Xabi Alonso will be

26 May, 2025 @ 14:06

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Gang paid 'mules' €10k each to pick up cocaine-filled suitcases from Madrid airport

Madrid airport will demand to see boarding passes at night to tackle homeless crisis

MADRID airport will use a private security firm from Wednesday evening to cut down on homeless people sleeping overnight in its terminals. Airport operator Aena

21 May, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Madrid

Russia's dirty war comes to Spain as pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down by Madrid school

Russia’s dirty war comes to Spain: Pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down outside exclusive Madrid school

A MAN who worked for a former Ukrainian president has been shot and killed in Madrid. Solicitor and former politician Andriy Portnov, 52, was assassinated

21 May, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: British popstar Dua Lipa wows fans singing in Spanish at Madrid shows

DUA Lipa has wowed fans after singing in Spanish during a Madrid show, on May 11. She sang a fully Spanish rendition of Enrique Iglesias’

15 May, 2025 @ 16:37

La Cultura·Madrid·Video

Real Madrid star, 22, ‘will face criminal proceedings’ over alleged distribution of child pornography

REAL Madrid star Raul Asencio is set to be hauled before court for allegedly sharing a sex tape involving a minor, a judge declared on

15 May, 2025 @ 15:03

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Touchdown in Madrid: Spain to host first ever NFL game this November

SPAIN will host its first ever NFL game later this year when the Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders face off at the Santiago Bernabeu in

13 May, 2025 @ 17:50

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Brazil appoint Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti as new national coach: Xabi Alonso lined up as replacement

CARLO Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after agreeing a deal to become the new national head coach of Brazil.

12 May, 2025 @ 16:18

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Xabi Alonso quits German club before expected return to Real Madrid as coach

FORMER Real Madrid player Xabi Alonso is set to return to the La Liga club as coach, after announcing on Friday that he’s quitting Bayer

9 May, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Weather warnings for Spain: Lightning storms and rain strike popular tourist spots

SPAIN is bracing for a drenching as yellow weather warnings for heavy rain and storms hit Aragón, Galicia, and the Balearic Islands today.. And it’s

9 May, 2025 @ 13:40

Lead·Madrid

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

Madrid police chief steps back after car he was in hits 10-year-old girl during Spain’s blackout

The director of the Madrid police department has been suspended after the car he was travelling in hit a 10-year-old girl, when all traffic lights

8 May, 2025 @ 10:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Pioneering therapy from Spain saves ‘unluckiest American family in the world’ with rare terminal disease

THE family with the ‘worst luck in the world’ has been saved by a pioneering therapy developed in Spain. Ava Lagenhop, 9 and her siblings,

7 May, 2025 @ 19:00

Health·Lead·Madrid

Huge trial of Swedish mafia accused of ‘owning Marbella’ goes ahead in Madrid

THE stepson of Marbella’s mayor could face 22 years in prison if the trial accusing him of money laundering and drug trafficking finds him guilty.

7 May, 2025 @ 13:48

Andalucia·Lead·Madrid·Marbella

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Mystery deepens: ‘Suicide’ shock as David Knezevich, charged with killing missing wife Ana in Spain, found dead in Florida jail cell

THE Florida tech boss accused of kidnapping and killing his estranged wife in Spain has been found dead behind bars, in what authorities are calling

1 May, 2025 @ 14:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Two window cleaners left dangling outside the 53rd floor of a Madrid tower block as more harrowing blackout tales emerge from Spain

AS Spain continues to assess the impact of the nationwide blackout, two window cleaners in Madrid have spoken out about the terrifying moment they were

30 Apr, 2025 @ 13:34

Lead·Madrid·Video

‘Stay put in case the lift starts working as you try to escape’: A day in the life of an elevator technician company in Spain during the great blackout

AS darkness descended on mainland Spain during the widespread power outage on April 28, elevator technicians became emergency responders. For Fain Ascensores, a Madrid-based lift

30 Apr, 2025 @ 12:08

Lead·Madrid·National News

Housing crisis latest: Spanish tenants are spending nearly half of their income on rent

SPAIN’S housing crisis shows no signs of easing, with new figures revealing that tenants are now spending nearly half of their income just to keep

28 Apr, 2025 @ 11:13

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Property

WATCH: The secret gem just one hour from Madrid in the Spanish heartlands that you should visit because it’s ‘untouched by tourism’

IN a country increasingly overrun by selfie sticks and package tours, finding a place that still feels authentically Spanish can feel like winning the lottery.

26 Apr, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Video

Mother who had her six children taken away is arrested after selling baby for €2k in Spain

Mother who had six children taken away is arrested after ‘selling baby for €2k’ in Spain

A WOMAN who sold her newborn baby for €2,000 has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. A Cordoba couple undergoing fertility treatment who bought the

25 Apr, 2025 @ 17:00

Cordoba·Lead·Madrid

Rapper Daddy Yankee will receive €1m in compensation from a hotel in Spain’s Valencia over a 2018 robbery Rapper Daddy Yankee will receive €1m in compensation from a hotel in Spain’s Valencia over a 2018 robbery A VALENCIA hotel has been ordered to pay almost one million US dollars in compensation to the rapper Daddy Yankee after he was robbed of 21 Jan, 2024 @ 15:00 Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community Two Members Of Europe Wide Hotel Safe Robbery Gang Arrested On Spain's Costa Blanca Two members of Europe-wide hotel safe robbery gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca THE POLICIA NACIONAL in a joint operation with the Mossos d’Esquadra, have arrested two members of a gang that stole from hotel room safes across 14 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15 Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent Fraudster reports fake car robbery after not paying hotel bill in Spain’s Valencia area A SCAMMER pushed his luck too far after telling police that his car had been broken into and documents including his credit card stolen in 29 May, 2023 @ 18:45 Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community Cala Millor Robbery With Violence Story Photo By Guardia Civil Man imprisoned for alleged violent robbery in a hotel in Cala Millor (Mallorca) A 38-YEAR-OLD accused of committing a violent robbery in a hotel in Cala Millor (Mallorca) has been sent to prison. The alleged hooded thief is 6 May, 2023 @ 14:15 Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca Travelling gang in Benidorm hotel room robbery spree on Spain's Costa Blanca Travelling gang enjoy Benidorm hotel room robbery spree on Spain’s Costa Blanca A man and woman have been arrested after robbing 55 Benidorm hotel rooms since July. They have also been charged with possessing fake documents and 24 Aug, 2022 @ 11:36 Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community Important advice to UK tourists over preventing mobile phone robberies in Benidorm Robbery warning to Brits in Spain’s Benidorm: Police recommend avoiding ‘pickpocket alley’ TOURISTS in Benidorm have been warned by the Policia Nacional not to keep their mobile phones in back or easily accessible pockets following yet another 9 Apr, 2025 @ 16:15 Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead Brit, 36, arrested on arrival in Spain’s Tenerife over 2019 cocaine deal outside a hotel in Portugal A BRITISH national has been arrested on arrival in Tenerife in connection with a 2019 drug trafficking charge. Policia Nacional officers were waiting for the 24 Mar, 2025 @ 09:32 Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead Thief travelled by bus to steal from tourists staying at Costa Blanca hotel Thief travelled by bus to steal from tourists staying at Costa Blanca hotel AN ALICANTE thief took the bus to rob a hotel and other premises at a Costa Blanca resort. The offender aged 50 and an Algerian 17 Mar, 2025 @ 11:39 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead British band Clean Bandit are robbed of €40,000 in Spain’s Ibiza after thieves broke into their hotel room British band Clean Bandit are robbed of €40,000 in Spain’s Ibiza after thieves broke into their hotel room BRITISH chart-topping band Clean Bandit were robbed of equipment and cash totalling €40,000 on Ibiza last weekend. The trio known for number one UK hits 9 Aug, 2024 @ 14:05 Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead Major Spanish hotel chain blasts Brexit for ‘forcing it to raise salaries’ as it struggles to find workers for its UK businesses BREXIT might finally be seeing some green shoots as one of Mallorca’s flagship companies has had to raise wages for their workers in the UK. 24 Jan, 2024 @ 15:30 Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Travel News Hotel worker, 24, 'stole cash and valuables from guests' on Spain's Costa Blanca by 'using universal code to raid safes while they were out' Hotel worker, 24, ‘stole cash and valuables from guests’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca by ‘using universal code to raid safes while they were out’

Spanish influencer and friend of ‘the bad boy of Spain’s royal family’ is arrested in scheme to rob Mexican businessman at five-star hotel in Madrid

SOCIAL media influencer, Marta Hermoso, has been arrested with three others over a Madrid hotel robbery last September. Hermoso from Sevilla counts a number of

23 Apr, 2025 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

SPAIN’S HIDDEN GEM IN MADRID: Out-of-bounds royal park El Pardo could be set to open to the public

MADRID’S best-kept secret could soon be open to the public in a move that could ruffle a few feathers at the royal palace. El Pardo,

18 Apr, 2025 @ 11:45

Environment·Lead·Madrid

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