https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/andalucia/almeria/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:50:22 +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/andalucia/almeria/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/exclusive-its-disgusting-brits-mother-accuses-sloppy-police-in-spanish-tourist-town-of-brushing-my-sons-murder-under-the-carpet/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/exclusive-its-disgusting-brits-mother-accuses-sloppy-police-in-spanish-tourist-town-of-brushing-my-sons-murder-under-the-carpet/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:35:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407912 THE mother of a Brit who died in a Spanish resort has slammed the police for caring more about protecting the town’s reputation than catching her son’s killers. Brett Dryden,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/21/exclusive-its-disgusting-brits-mother-accuses-sloppy-police-in-spanish-tourist-town-of-brushing-my-sons-murder-under-the-carpet/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/exclusive-they-tried-to-make-it-as-difficult-as-possible-for-us-family-of-murdered-brit-set-to-protest-the-guardia-civil-in-spanish-holiday-town/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/exclusive-they-tried-to-make-it-as-difficult-as-possible-for-us-family-of-murdered-brit-set-to-protest-the-guardia-civil-in-spanish-holiday-town/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:06:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=407000 THE family of a Brit who died under mysterious circumstances in an Andalucian holiday town last summer is set to launch a protest against the local authorities’ handling of the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/17/exclusive-they-tried-to-make-it-as-difficult-as-possible-for-us-family-of-murdered-brit-set-to-protest-the-guardia-civil-in-spanish-holiday-town/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/young-baby-dies-after-illegal-botched-circumcision-with-parents-arrested-in-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/young-baby-dies-after-illegal-botched-circumcision-with-parents-arrested-in-spain/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406492 AN ALMERIA baby died on Sunday after a ‘botched’ home circumcision demanded by his parents. His mother and father- originally from Mali- and a third person who performed the procedure]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/young-baby-dies-after-illegal-botched-circumcision-with-parents-arrested-in-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/watch-the-once-peaceful-cove-in-spains-almeria-that-has-been-consolidated-as-a-people-smuggling-corridor-channelling-hundreds-of-illegal-migrants-from-algeria/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/watch-the-once-peaceful-cove-in-spains-almeria-that-has-been-consolidated-as-a-people-smuggling-corridor-channelling-hundreds-of-illegal-migrants-from-algeria/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:07:19 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404939 IT’S been reported more than 700 migrants have arrived on the Spanish shores of Almeria this year, paying up to €10,000 to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa, chasing dreams]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/watch-the-once-peaceful-cove-in-spains-almeria-that-has-been-consolidated-as-a-people-smuggling-corridor-channelling-hundreds-of-illegal-migrants-from-algeria/feed/ 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/20/urgent-search-for-missing-girl-16-in-spains-almeria-siodbh-caitlin-clifford-stirling-vanished-two-days-ago/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/20/urgent-search-for-missing-girl-16-in-spains-almeria-siodbh-caitlin-clifford-stirling-vanished-two-days-ago/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:37:27 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=401296 Do you know more about this case? Email tips@theolivepress.es AN ‘urgent’ search is underway for a missing 16-year-old girl in Almeria, southern Spain. Siodbh Caitlin Clifford Stirling was last seen]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/20/urgent-search-for-missing-girl-16-in-spains-almeria-siodbh-caitlin-clifford-stirling-vanished-two-days-ago/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/03/watch-elderly-expat-couple-and-dogs-are-rescued-from-caravan-during-flash-floods-in-southern-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/03/watch-elderly-expat-couple-and-dogs-are-rescued-from-caravan-during-flash-floods-in-southern-spain/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:46:56 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=397561 THIS is the moment an elderly couple had to be rescued from their caravan amid flash floods in southern Spain. The French residents, aged 78 and 79, were almost carried]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/03/03/watch-elderly-expat-couple-and-dogs-are-rescued-from-caravan-during-flash-floods-in-southern-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/02/12/british-family-demand-answers-over-murder-of-father-at-his-seaside-home-in-spains-andalucia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/02/12/british-family-demand-answers-over-murder-of-father-at-his-seaside-home-in-spains-andalucia/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:54:50 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=393670 A BRITISH family are demanding answers following the mysterious death of a father-of-one in Andalucia last summer. Brett Dryden (pictured above), 35, from County Durham, was found dead with a]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/02/12/british-family-demand-answers-over-murder-of-father-at-his-seaside-home-in-spains-andalucia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/01/17/when-atom-bombs-fell-on-andalucia-palomares-will-celebrate-the-58th-anniversary-of-the-day-the-americans-dropped-four-nuclear-bombs-on-it/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/01/17/when-atom-bombs-fell-on-andalucia-palomares-will-celebrate-the-58th-anniversary-of-the-day-the-americans-dropped-four-nuclear-bombs-on-it/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=386161 By Michael Coy PALOMARES doesn’t stand out in any way. It’s just a typical Andalucían village beside the sea. Halfway between the Cabo de Gata and the port of Cartagena,]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/01/17/when-atom-bombs-fell-on-andalucia-palomares-will-celebrate-the-58th-anniversary-of-the-day-the-americans-dropped-four-nuclear-bombs-on-it/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/01/02/tinder-date-horror-in-spain-woman-is-strangled-to-death-with-a-dog-leash-and-set-on-fire/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/01/02/tinder-date-horror-in-spain-woman-is-strangled-to-death-with-a-dog-leash-and-set-on-fire/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=384920 A MAN has been arrested in Almeria after confessing to strangling a woman with a dog leash before setting fire to her body. The 28-year-old went to the Policia Nacional]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/01/02/tinder-date-horror-in-spain-woman-is-strangled-to-death-with-a-dog-leash-and-set-on-fire/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/12/21/this-overlooked-gem-in-spains-andalucia-could-be-a-hit-with-brits-next-year-as-easyjet-launches-new-flights/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/12/21/this-overlooked-gem-in-spains-andalucia-could-be-a-hit-with-brits-next-year-as-easyjet-launches-new-flights/#respond Sat, 21 Dec 2024 06:02:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=381827 EASYJET has launched new flights to this hidden gem in Spain’s Andalucia- and it’s set to be a hit with Brits. Budget airline Easyjet has launched new flights to undiscovered]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/12/21/this-overlooked-gem-in-spains-andalucia-could-be-a-hit-with-brits-next-year-as-easyjet-launches-new-flights/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/11/09/pictured-hunter-poses-with-enormous-wild-boar-in-southern-spain-after-spending-over-a-year-tracking-it-down/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/11/09/pictured-hunter-poses-with-enormous-wild-boar-in-southern-spain-after-spending-over-a-year-tracking-it-down/#respond Sat, 09 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=373410 A PATIENT hunter who spent ages trying to track down a wild boar has finally got his prey in Almeria’s Sierra de Gador. Francisco Rodriquez admitted that the boar had]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/11/09/pictured-hunter-poses-with-enormous-wild-boar-in-southern-spain-after-spending-over-a-year-tracking-it-down/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/11/03/end-of-el-horrible-the-411-room-illegal-algarrobico-hotel-in-almeria-that-could-be-demolished-within-months-after-20-years-of-campaigning/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/11/03/end-of-el-horrible-the-411-room-illegal-algarrobico-hotel-in-almeria-that-could-be-demolished-within-months-after-20-years-of-campaigning/#respond Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=372122 GREEN groups are coming closer to celebrating a two decade battle against one of the worst environmental abuses in Spanish history. Ecologistas en Accion and Greenpeace – along with the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/11/03/end-of-el-horrible-the-411-room-illegal-algarrobico-hotel-in-almeria-that-could-be-demolished-within-months-after-20-years-of-campaigning/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/10/29/road-is-split-in-half-by-extreme-weather-in-spains-almeria-as-egg-sized-hail-stones-damage-dozens-of-cars/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/10/29/road-is-split-in-half-by-extreme-weather-in-spains-almeria-as-egg-sized-hail-stones-damage-dozens-of-cars/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:01:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=371083 A MAJOR road in Almeria has become the latest victim of the extreme weather currently affecting southern and eastern Spain. The A334 in Seron was pictured cut in half after]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/10/29/road-is-split-in-half-by-extreme-weather-in-spains-almeria-as-egg-sized-hail-stones-damage-dozens-of-cars/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/10/01/protests-erupt-over-plans-for-luxury-hotel-in-protected-natural-park-and-last-untouched-stretch-of-coastline-in-spains-andalucia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/10/01/protests-erupt-over-plans-for-luxury-hotel-in-protected-natural-park-and-last-untouched-stretch-of-coastline-in-spains-andalucia/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:09:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=364465 THOUSANDS of locals and expats have mobilised against plans to build a luxury hotel in the heart of a protected natural park in Andalucia.  Developers are set to construct a]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/10/01/protests-erupt-over-plans-for-luxury-hotel-in-protected-natural-park-and-last-untouched-stretch-of-coastline-in-spains-andalucia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/16/body-is-found-floating-in-the-sea-off-popular-beauty-spot-in-spains-andalucia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/16/body-is-found-floating-in-the-sea-off-popular-beauty-spot-in-spains-andalucia/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:31:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=360749 A BODY has been found floating in the sea off a beauty spot in southern Spain. The corpse, described by police as belonging to a 49-year-old ‘foreign’ man, was spotted]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/16/body-is-found-floating-in-the-sea-off-popular-beauty-spot-in-spains-andalucia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/10/spains-sea-of-plastic-in-almeria-wins-nasa-prize-of-being-the-most-visible-man-made-object-from-the-international-space-station/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/10/spains-sea-of-plastic-in-almeria-wins-nasa-prize-of-being-the-most-visible-man-made-object-from-the-international-space-station/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=359473 IT is a grand prize but won for the wrong reason. The notion that the Great Wall of China is the only human-made structure visible from space has long been]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/10/spains-sea-of-plastic-in-almeria-wins-nasa-prize-of-being-the-most-visible-man-made-object-from-the-international-space-station/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/07/brit-killed-by-local-with-a-gardening-hoe-in-spain-is-branded-a-hooligan-by-the-suspects-lawyer-in-extraordinary-outburst-against-a-certain-type-of-expats/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/07/brit-killed-by-local-with-a-gardening-hoe-in-spain-is-branded-a-hooligan-by-the-suspects-lawyer-in-extraordinary-outburst-against-a-certain-type-of-expats/#respond Sat, 07 Sep 2024 11:04:43 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=358939 A SPANISH lawyer defending a man accused of killing a British expat with a gardening hoe insists the victim was a ‘hooligan’ who ‘provoked the incident’ that led to his]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/07/brit-killed-by-local-with-a-gardening-hoe-in-spain-is-branded-a-hooligan-by-the-suspects-lawyer-in-extraordinary-outburst-against-a-certain-type-of-expats/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/05/suspect-in-garden-hoe-attack-in-spain-charged-with-murder-spaniard-objected-to-brit-walking-his-dog-too-close-to-his-home/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/05/suspect-in-garden-hoe-attack-in-spain-charged-with-murder-spaniard-objected-to-brit-walking-his-dog-too-close-to-his-home/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=358582 THE Spanish man who allegedly killed a Brit with a garden hoe has been charged with murder and locked up in jail. Martin Allwright, 59, was attacked by a neighbour]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/05/suspect-in-garden-hoe-attack-in-spain-charged-with-murder-spaniard-objected-to-brit-walking-his-dog-too-close-to-his-home/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/02/earthquake-on-the-coast-of-southern-spain-rattles-a-dozen-towns-in-andalucia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/02/earthquake-on-the-coast-of-southern-spain-rattles-a-dozen-towns-in-andalucia/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 13:32:30 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=357788 A 3.7 MAGNITUDE earthquake struck the coast of Spain early on Monday. According to the National Geographic Institute (IGN), the epicentre of the tremor was located five kilometres below the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/02/earthquake-on-the-coast-of-southern-spain-rattles-a-dozen-towns-in-andalucia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/01/fears-for-biodiversity-and-sea-life-after-waters-in-spains-andalucia-record-high-temperature/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/01/fears-for-biodiversity-and-sea-life-after-waters-in-spains-andalucia-record-high-temperature/#respond Sun, 01 Sep 2024 11:58:55 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=357498 THE waters of the Mediterranean have reached record temperatures off Andalucia, the latest analysis suggests. A bouy in the sea off Cabo de Gata (pictured above), in Almeria, constantly records]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/01/fears-for-biodiversity-and-sea-life-after-waters-in-spains-andalucia-record-high-temperature/feed/ 0