Olive Press

Spanish judge ‘asks UAE to arrest couple’ suspected of ordering execution of Marbella’s infamous BBL surgeon Dr ‘Buttman’

Investigators believe a former patient and her husband hired a teenage hitman after Dr Alexander Aslani refused to return her ...
Olive Press

Political round-up: Puente’s exit clears the tracks for Spain’s election battle as general strike looms

In his weekly political round-up Barry Tabrizi explains how rail safety took centre stage in the Spain election campaign ...
Olive Press

Shipwrecked, naked and posing as a healer – the incredible eight-year odyssey of Jerez conquistador Cabeza de Vaca

Cabeza de Vaca, or 'Cow's Head' in English, was left shipwrecked in Galveston, a popular modern-day holiday resort loved by ...
Olive Press

Turn over a new page: Escape to Andalucia’s mountains for a writing and wellbeing retreat

An Andalucia writing retreat brings writing workshops, individual mentoring, meditation and mountain walks to Murtas in ...
Olive Press

Horror in northern Spain as body of newborn baby found in freezer by woman clearing out late mother’s home

The woman had been going through her recently deceased mother’s belongings on Monday when she opened the freezer and found ...
Olive Press

The life and loves of Francisco de Zurbaran: How a boy from Extremadura became one of Spain’s greatest painters

The Italian word for Zurbaran's painting technique is ‘chiaroscuro’. Figures are painted in sharp, almost photographic detail ...
Olive Press

BREAKING: Ryanair plane from Manchester to southern Spain grounded after ‘bomb threat’

Murcia's Corvera airport was closed after a bomb threat against a Ryanair flight to Manchester this morning. Credit: Wolfgang Weiser/Pexels A BOMB warning on a Ryanair flight has brought Murcia’s ...
Olive Press

Andalucia is suffocating from poverty: Three million people struggle to make their ends meet, new report shows

Figures reveal that nearly 3 million people face poverty or social exclusion, with rising housing costs adding to the ...
Olive Press

Zaragoza’s Goya Museum reopens after nearly two years with new and rare works by the Spanish master

The Goya Museum in Zaragoza has reopened with bigger galleries, new digital displays and an exhibition featuring more than 40 ...
Olive Press

12 silly laws in Spain that will leave you baffled (and possibly fined)

10. Watch what you name your baby Spain doesn’t have an approved baby name list like Denmark, but it does have a banned list.
Olive Press

EXCLUSIVE: Forged signatures, unwanted procedures and trainee surgeons: Unravelling the medical practices of ‘Dr Frankenstein’ – aka ‘the Buttman’ – Marbella…

More patients have come forward to allege that slain surgeon Alex Aslani forged signatures on patient consent documents and ...
Olive Press

Man gored in the chest by bull at Cadiz street festival dies in hospital after days in intensive care

A MAN has died after being gored in the chest by a bull during a street bull run in Arcos de la Frontera. The local man, from ...