https://www.theolivepress.es/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:14:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oplogo-favicon-150x150.png https://www.theolivepress.es/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/barcelona-balkan-mafia-timeline/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/barcelona-balkan-mafia-timeline/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:12:57 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497854 THE latest shooting in Barcelona in Calle Balmes has seen a man take a bullet to the head at point-blank range in the city’s commercial heart just metres from a]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/barcelona-balkan-mafia-timeline/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/alicante-hits-two-million-residents-and-gdp-doubles-in-25-years-but-still-ranks-45th-out-of-52-spanish-provinces-for-wealth-per-capita/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/alicante-hits-two-million-residents-and-gdp-doubles-in-25-years-but-still-ranks-45th-out-of-52-spanish-provinces-for-wealth-per-capita/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497781 A STUDY says that Alicante province’s population is now over two million people and its economy is growing at a record rate- but the area lags nationally for wealth per]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/alicante-hits-two-million-residents-and-gdp-doubles-in-25-years-but-still-ranks-45th-out-of-52-spanish-provinces-for-wealth-per-capita/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/four-in-ten-brits-pass-on-holiday-to-spain-over-ees-border-queues/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/four-in-ten-brits-pass-on-holiday-to-spain-over-ees-border-queues/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:21:59 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497776 EUROPE’s entry and exit system (EES) is causing frustration for global travellers with 3+ hour lines, making Brits most likely to reconsider trips into the Schengen Area for holiday. Vacationing]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/four-in-ten-brits-pass-on-holiday-to-spain-over-ees-border-queues/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/welcome-to-barcelona-leo-man-is-gunned-down-in-the-street-as-pope-prepares-to-inaugurate-sagrada-familia-tower/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/welcome-to-barcelona-leo-man-is-gunned-down-in-the-street-as-pope-prepares-to-inaugurate-sagrada-familia-tower/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:13:25 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497764 A MAN was shot dead on a Barcelona street on Wednesday close to the Policia Nacional station while events in the Catalan capital are dominated by Pope Leo’s visit. The]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/welcome-to-barcelona-leo-man-is-gunned-down-in-the-street-as-pope-prepares-to-inaugurate-sagrada-familia-tower/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/pope-barcelona-itinerary-sagrada-familia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/pope-barcelona-itinerary-sagrada-familia/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:44:33 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497750 POPE Leo XIV will tonight hold his first mass at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia, blessing the basilica’s towering new spire on the 100th anniversary of Antoni Gaudi’s death. The 7.30pm service]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/pope-barcelona-itinerary-sagrada-familia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/popular-costa-blanca-street-market-raided-with-12-traders-arrested-for-selling-fake-football-shirts-ahead-of-the-world-cup/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/popular-costa-blanca-street-market-raided-with-12-traders-arrested-for-selling-fake-football-shirts-ahead-of-the-world-cup/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:32:23 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497740 12 PEOPLE have been arrested for selling fake goods at the weekly Torrecremada Park street market in Denia. The Policia Nacional and Denia’s Policia Local seized 2,277 counterfeit items that]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/popular-costa-blanca-street-market-raided-with-12-traders-arrested-for-selling-fake-football-shirts-ahead-of-the-world-cup/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/spain-fire-biggest-2026-andalucia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/spain-fire-biggest-2026-andalucia/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:43:03 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497719 SPAIN’S biggest wildfire of 2026 has torn through Andalucia, burning more than 36 square kilometres — an area five times the size of Gibraltar — in Huelva province. The blaze]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/spain-fire-biggest-2026-andalucia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/fuengirola-police-blitz-drug-driving/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/fuengirola-police-blitz-drug-driving/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:19:09 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497712 NINE OUT OF 11 drivers stopped for roadside drug testing in Fuengirola last weekend have tested positive. It makes for a remarkable 82% positive rate — among the most striking]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/fuengirola-police-blitz-drug-driving/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/antoni-gaudi-centenary-death-sagrada-familia-pope-leo-barcelona/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/antoni-gaudi-centenary-death-sagrada-familia-pope-leo-barcelona/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497689 THE month of June is inextricably linked with Barcelona’s Antoni Gaudi. This year will be extra special as a host of VIPs – including Pope Leo XIV and King Felipe]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/antoni-gaudi-centenary-death-sagrada-familia-pope-leo-barcelona/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/right-wing-vox-pp-coalition-in-castilla-y-leon-rules-foreigners-must-live-in-spain-for-10-years-to-buy-subsidised-housing/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/right-wing-vox-pp-coalition-in-castilla-y-leon-rules-foreigners-must-live-in-spain-for-10-years-to-buy-subsidised-housing/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:15:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497679 A RIGHT-WING coalition expected to take power in Castilla y Leon has vowed to introduce strict residency requirements for access to key public services, mirroring what may happen nationwide if]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/right-wing-vox-pp-coalition-in-castilla-y-leon-rules-foreigners-must-live-in-spain-for-10-years-to-buy-subsidised-housing/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/brussels-rules-spains-tourist-data-grab-is-too-intrusive-including-handing-payment-data-to-police/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/brussels-rules-spains-tourist-data-grab-is-too-intrusive-including-handing-payment-data-to-police/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:15:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497675 THE way Spain collects personal data about foreign tourists has come under scrutiny after officials in Brussels suggested that legislation introduced less than two years ago may go beyond what]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/brussels-rules-spains-tourist-data-grab-is-too-intrusive-including-handing-payment-data-to-police/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/andalucias-rampant-narco-activity-moves-closer-to-gibraltar-after-nearly-two-tonnes-of-petrol-are-found-stashed-in-caves-high-up-on-the-rock/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/andalucias-rampant-narco-activity-moves-closer-to-gibraltar-after-nearly-two-tonnes-of-petrol-are-found-stashed-in-caves-high-up-on-the-rock/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497666 POLICE in Gibraltar have seized nearly two tonnes of petrol used to fuel notorious ‘narcolancha’ boats funnelling drugs into southern Spain in the latest sign that rampant drug trafficking in]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/10/andalucias-rampant-narco-activity-moves-closer-to-gibraltar-after-nearly-two-tonnes-of-petrol-are-found-stashed-in-caves-high-up-on-the-rock/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/spain-rolls-out-free-condoms-for-youngsters-as-officials-push-to-make-protection-the-norm/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/spain-rolls-out-free-condoms-for-youngsters-as-officials-push-to-make-protection-the-norm/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:15:05 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497627 SPAIN is rolling out free condoms for 16-22 year olds in pharmacies across the country in a bid to make protection the norm.  Spain’s Director of Public Health, Pedro Gullon,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/spain-rolls-out-free-condoms-for-youngsters-as-officials-push-to-make-protection-the-norm/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/british-and-american-tourists-heading-to-spain-must-be-able-to-prove-they-have-at-least-e1099-or-face-being-turned-away-under-tough-new-entry-requirements/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/british-and-american-tourists-heading-to-spain-must-be-able-to-prove-they-have-at-least-e1099-or-face-being-turned-away-under-tough-new-entry-requirements/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:00:35 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497619 HOLIDAYMAKERS from non-EU countries arriving in Spain must be able to prove they have at least €1,099 to enter Spain under border rules.  Under Spanish implementation of long-standing Schengen rules,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/british-and-american-tourists-heading-to-spain-must-be-able-to-prove-they-have-at-least-e1099-or-face-being-turned-away-under-tough-new-entry-requirements/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/spain-architecture-prizes-2026/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/spain-architecture-prizes-2026/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:53:09 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497577 A STRATEGIC renovation of a Balearic tourist zone and a Barcelona food market are amid the finalists of Spain’s top architecture awards The eye-opening Playa de Palma scheme in Mallorca]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/spain-architecture-prizes-2026/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/james-regal-column-1-pope-barcelona/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/james-regal-column-1-pope-barcelona/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:37:07 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497581 In a new regular column by stand-up comic and Barcelona resident James Regal (@baarelyregal), he wonders how Chicagoan pontiff will be treated by the Catalan capital’s love-hate relationship with Americans…]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/james-regal-column-1-pope-barcelona/feed/ 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/dog-walker-ear-half-bitten-off-dangerous-breed-attacks-four-people/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/dog-walker-ear-half-bitten-off-dangerous-breed-attacks-four-people/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:35:50 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497584 FOUR people were victim to a hazardous dog attack in Costa Blanca that ended with a 51-year-old woman losing part of her ear. A violent outburst from a dog deemed]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/dog-walker-ear-half-bitten-off-dangerous-breed-attacks-four-people/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/barcelona-bad-barrios-rava-barceloneta/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/barcelona-bad-barrios-rava-barceloneta/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:04:13 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497486 THE true jewel of the Mediterranean, it comes as a surprise that two of Barcelona’s best-known barrios also have the worst reputations. While full of gothic treasures and modernist miracles,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/barcelona-bad-barrios-rava-barceloneta/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/american-tourist-breaks-back-and-hip-after-falling-12-metres-from-ibiza-hotel/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/american-tourist-breaks-back-and-hip-after-falling-12-metres-from-ibiza-hotel/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:02:39 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497529 An AMERICAN tourist is the second person facing serious injuries after falling off the veranda of his Ibiza hotel, an act not covered by insurance when alcohol is involved. A]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/american-tourist-breaks-back-and-hip-after-falling-12-metres-from-ibiza-hotel/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/inside-tennis-star-novak-djokovics-e11m-marbella-mansion/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/inside-tennis-star-novak-djokovics-e11m-marbella-mansion/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:45:19 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=497517 WHEN he’s not training in pursuit of  a 25th Grand Slam title at Puente Romano, Novak Djokovic kicks back in a €11 million Marbella mansion – here we take you]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/06/09/inside-tennis-star-novak-djokovics-e11m-marbella-mansion/feed/ 0