Follow Olive Press News Spain, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/olive-press-news-spain Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:22:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsbG7Iy_4u0x9 SPAIN has announced it will immediately roll out plans to administer a third dose of Covid-19 vaccine to those considered the most vulnerable. Elderly people in care homes as well as those with compromised immune systems such as cancer and transplant patients, will be eligible for booster dose, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday. Health […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsbG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktscfGo0LrnZNO WITHIN days of the ADANA animal shelter evacuating 60 dogs into the care of volunteers after a fierce wildfire, people have started dumping unwanted pets nearby. With parts of the countryside still smouldering, from the smoke has appeared the rescue centre’s latest recruits – aptly named Phoenix and Pegasus. They were found tied up on […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:15:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktscfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsUGT5aWO9DEx ALTHOUGH it has been catastrophic, the wildfire which raged through the Sierra Bermeja fire for six days ravaging close to 10,000 hectares before it was brought under control, has by no means been the biggest fire in Spain’s recent history. The blaze, which authorities believe was started deliberately on the evening of September 8 by […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsUGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsYvmyuk5fxzE RELIGIOUS processions will be taking place across Andalucia following the Bishop’s decision to lift the ban.  Bishop of Malaga, Jesus Catala signed a decree this Wednesday remove the veto he issued in January for public celebration of acts of worship.  Marches are allowed to go ahead across Malaga once they are granted personal approval by […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsYvmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsYIAmcWJ0TmB RECENT seismic activity detected on the Spanish island of La Palma have raised fears that a volcano which last erupted 50 years ago  could be about to blow. The Teneguia volcano located in La Cumbre Vieja national park dominates the south of the island of La Palma and is described as active, although dormant. It […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:58:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsYIAmcWJ0TmB https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsQC0qH-r7xlT LIVING in Spain for nearly two decades I didn’t think I could improve my Spanish much. How wrong could I be? While understanding most of a newspaper article or a film or TV programme, it turned out my own grammar needed more than a brush up. While I was happy to grill a mayor, or […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:15:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsQC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsQaB2UxGNFpJ ALMOST all of Andalucia’s remaining COVID-19 restrictions are to end from this Thursday, the Junta has confirmed. Full capacity will be allowed cinemas, churches,  theatres and sports venues in areas that are at health alert Level 1 from Thursday September 16. . Social distancing will not be dropped in these settings as  ‘personal distance and […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:33:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsQaB2UxGNFpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsRKeetMRuZbW Car lovers from all over Malaga will be zooming up to Estepona for Premiers’s first ever annual classic car open day. Vehicle repair specialist, Premier Bodyshops, has organised the open day event on Saturday, September 25 from 12 am–3 pm (possibly later) at their workshop on Calle Juan de Herrera 23, in Estepona’s Poligono industrial […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:09:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsRKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsQBC78OgjhDM SPAIN has its fair share of world-class museums and galleries to visit, but look beyond the major tourist attractions and you will find some small and sometimes frankly bizarre collections dotted across the country. Here are ten of the most unusual and fascinating museums to seek out if you are travelling off the beaten track. The […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsQBC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsZ8v71dCn6bG The 40,000 square metre island is only a short boat ride from Mahon and now home to an extraordinary art centre featuring works by acclaimed artist Mark Bradford]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:48:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsZ8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsbDXWBZfdr71 HAVE you seen them? Strange square road surface marks that are often mistaken for patches of roadworks and seem to appear overnight. The mysterious square marks can be found almost equally on avenues and streets in the capital of Valencia and they are not pothole repairs, rather something a bit more high tech—modern day technologies […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoT1FxHUh5ktsbDXWBZfdr71 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA0TXPGaG87AR ORIHUELA City Council are planning two huge outdoor concerts to mark the end of the season of fiestas in the Vega Baja municipality. The city’s Department of Festivities, led by Mariola Rocamora, has organised what she describes “two formidable concerts occasion of the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Monserrate.” The first, on […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA0TXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA1Lv-B9hV9S2 TWO men from the USA fell to their death whilst rock climbing without a rope in Cala Mitjana and Cala Sa Nau coves in Portocolom.  Mark Anthony Bacolod Stiles, 35, and Brandon Scott Burns, 25, both of Baltimore, Maryland, were pronounced dead at the scene after medics performed CPR on the pair but were unable […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:51:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA1Lv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA7DXWBZfdr71 An avant-garde new tourism project has opened in the heart of the Gorafe desert in the Granada. In a world first, District Hive aims to change the current concept of luxury accommodation and offers a total disconnection from the outside world, through a deep immersion with the environment.  The project features the first 100% self-sufficient […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA7DXWBZfdr71 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA3tuT6pSmY81 RESEARCHERS in Valencia have registered the first clinical case in the world for video game addiction. A team of specialists from the Provincial Hospital of Castellon, the Jaume I University and the General University Hospital have recently made public the first clinical case in the world of a child seriously addicted to a video game. […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA3tuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEAyoxzwoq1nFt FINANCIAL AID for businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic on the Costa Blanca has been severely affected by the price rises for fuels and energy. This was the claim by Orihuela’s Department of Industry, led by Víctor Bernabéu, as he announced the successful completion of the Resistir Plan’s first phase. Compensation aimed at 200 self-employed […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEAyoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEAxtLdxSOwF-n Amazon will begin accepting payments via bitcoins and cryptocurrencies in late 2021, according to the official, who did not want his name to be disclosed by Amazon executives. According to the same source, Amazon will release its own cryptocurrency in 2022. Following the news of Amazon and a series of discoveries, needles were raised in […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:45:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEAxtLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA-4sICfMfkNm TYPICAL autumnal downpours and sunny days will mark the weather for the rest of the week in Valencia. The instability, caused by an Atlantic storm which placed 20 provinces in Spain under yellow alert for storms on Tuesday, has spread showers and winds throughout Spain. And although the storm hasn’t hit Spain as severely as […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:15:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA-4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA_nNuMIJyU22 VALENCIA’S new Coexistence Ordinance will oblige pooch owners to act responsibly and clean up after their dogs. The city expects dog owners to clean up any mess, including urine deposited on lampposts, walls and pavements. In fact, the future ordinance will establish that pet owners must ensure that their animals defecate in designated places, where […]]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQtcwlgJZXEA_nNuMIJyU22 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQ400EPGMzLrcqq6eZJzUh9 THE boss of the Costa del Sol’s most famous animal rescue centre has recalled the dramatic moment she and her husband had to evacuate their shelter as Andalucia’s biggest wildfire for decades raced towards them. Overcome with emotion, Susie Brown, the president of ADANA (Association for the rights of abandoned animals), revealed how they had […]]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/GJma3U32DoQ400EPGMzLrcqq6eZJzUh9