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PICTURED: Volunteer firefighter, 35, perishes trying to save his village as record-breaking forest fires devastate Spain

A VOLUNTEER firefighter has lost his life to the wildfires sweeping across Leon and Zamora provinces after being engulfed by flames whilst battling to save

14 Aug, 2025 @ 09:25

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Royal Navy thanks crew of Spanish frigate for role in British carrier strike group as Spain proves its military credentials

THE Royal Navy has praised the crew of Spanish frigate Mendez Nuñez following the completion of a four-month joint operation with the UK’s Carrier Strike

13 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

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Spain’s suspicious blazes: Fires at Tarifa and UNESCO site Las Medulas declared ‘intentional’ while firefighter started separate inferno ‘to give himself more work’

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

13 Aug, 2025 @ 13:00

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Record-breaking Mediterranean heatwaves risk marine ecosystem collapse

THIS year’s ocean heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea have been the hottest to date, sparking concern among scientists about the potentially devastating consequences on marine

12 Aug, 2025 @ 14:48

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Rafael Nadal’s long-time tennis mentor joins Emma Raducanu’s coaching team

AHEAD of this month’s US Open, the Spanish tennis player’s former coach, Francisco Roig, has joined Emma Raducanu’s team on a full-time basis. The British

5 Aug, 2025 @ 14:55

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Pleno ordinario del mes de julio de la Diputación SER

Town in northern Spain votes to revoke honours handed to fascist dictator Franco – despite opposition from far-right Vox

A FULL provincial council meeting in Palencia has approved the proposal to withdraw all honours and recognitions given to Francisco Franco and his associates. All

1 Aug, 2025 @ 16:53

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Palestinian Children Arriving in Spain Video: Ministry of Health Spain

Over a dozen injured Palestinian children arrive in Spain for urgent medical care

SPAIN’S Ministry of Health has led a humanitarian mission to evacuate children with heart conditions from the conflict zone to hospitals in the Basque Country,

1 Aug, 2025 @ 11:13

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Costa del Sol faces growing concern over unreported spiking and assaults

NATIONAL Police officers in Malaga are awaiting toxicology results for an alleged spiking and sexual assault of a foreign tourist. The incident took place at

30 Jul, 2025 @ 16:03

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Airbnb begins removing holiday rentals in Spain without a rental registration number

SPAIN’S Airbnb crackdown has officially begun, with a July directive from government officials ordering the removal of all unregistered holiday rentals. The American rental giant

30 Jul, 2025 @ 10:32

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La Linea mayor: Spanish police carrying out dual checks at Gibraltar airport once treaty is signed ‘doesn’t make sense’

THE mayor of La Linea has cast doubt on whether Spanish police will actually carry out double passport checks on passengers arriving at Gibraltar airport

25 Jul, 2025 @ 18:31

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Donald Trump threatens 25% tariffs on the EU and says bloc is 'designed to screw the US'

Trump threatens EU with fresh tariffs despite claiming ‘they’re finally treating us nicely’

DONALD Trump has announced that the European Union will receive a tariff letter ‘in a couple of days’ threatening to reopen his trans-Atlantic trade war.

10 Jul, 2025 @ 09:58

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Here’s how Spain would be impacted if eight million immigrants were deported – and it isn’t pretty

SPAIN’S far-right party Vox was on the receiving end of a powerful backlash after it outlined a radical plan to deport all eight million immigrants

9 Jul, 2025 @ 12:30

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Valencia planning two huge parks to absorb future flood surges

By Brandon Cheevers THE Valencia government has announced the creation of two huge parks on the outskirts of the capital to mitigate the future effects

3 Jul, 2025 @ 18:15

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Spanish and British navies ‘learning to integrate’ as frigate captain reveals role in defending carrier

A SPANISH naval captain has revealed how his frigate is tasked with protecting Britain’s HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier from attack whilst sailing through

2 Jul, 2025 @ 18:30

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WATCH: Calls in Spain to leave ‘criminal alliance’ NATO and cut military ties with the USA

A SPANISH Member of the European Parliament has ignited a debate on Spain’s military alliances by demanding that the country withdraw from NATO and sever

23 Jun, 2025 @ 13:17

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Spain’s infamous summer colds – and how to avoid catching them

EVEN the word ‘cold’ gives the game away. We British people can’t shake the belief that the illness we know so well – blocked up

22 Jun, 2025 @ 11:20

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Spain officially rejects NATO’s demand of spending 5% GDP on defence ‘to protect welfare state’

SPAIN has formally told NATO it will not commit to spending 5% of GDP on defence, with Pedro Sanchez warning the alliance that such demands

19 Jun, 2025 @ 15:45

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LIFE IN SPAIN: Why are expats called ‘guiris’? It seems a Spanish Queen liked Scottish soldiers

HAVE you ever heard the term, ‘guiris’? It’s a slang term, and it means us. Foreigners. Specifically, the anglo-saxon type of foreigner. Spanish people know

15 Jun, 2025 @ 15:10

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez refuses to speculate on cause of the unprecedented blackout and urges the public to behave ‘responsibly’

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has refused to rule out ‘any possibility’ for what was behind the massive nationwide power cut. Speaking at La Moncloa

28 Apr, 2025 @ 18:30

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Spain makes fresh plea for EU to do more to fight rising energy prices

Power starts to return to parts of Spain as national grid claims ‘exceptional and totally extraordinary’ blackout will take six to 10 hours to repair

SPAIN experienced a massive, nationwide power outage at around 12.30pm today. Reports came in from Madrid, Malaga, Sevilla, Bilbao and Cadiz and even Portugal, while

28 Apr, 2025 @ 13:06

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WHAT A PAIR OF MELONS!: Duo jailed after £1.5M of weed was found hidden in fruit lorry from Spain

TWO drug smugglers who tried to sneak more than £1.5 million worth of cannabis into Scotland disguised as a watermelon shipment from Spain have been

26 Apr, 2025 @ 12:15

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The Olive Press gets crafty: a new approach to our social media platforms sees 375% growth and the winners of our Tom Jones and David Walliams competitions

THE Olive Press social media platforms have spiked by 176% this year. The combined outlets of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube have never been performing

25 Apr, 2025 @ 12:38

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Woman on trial for causing Marbella scrub fires

A WOMAN stands accused of allegedly setting two fires in the Málaga municipality of Marbella. One of them forced the evacuation of homes in a

14 Apr, 2025 @ 17:26

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Bank boss warns of ‘high probability of recession in Spain’ due to Trump’s erratic tariffs

THE boss of Spanish bank Unicaja has warned of a likely recession both in Spain and globally, citing growing economic instability and unpredictable financial conditions

11 Apr, 2025 @ 13:30

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Will Spain’s hallowed Semana Santa be another washout? Storm Olivier brings orange alerts to Andalucia

AEMET, the Spanish meteorological office, is predicting “certain” rainfall, at least for the first few days of Holy Week. Semana Santa starts on Sunday 13

9 Apr, 2025 @ 13:30

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