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Jetting from Africa to Europe

November 25, 2009 | Andalucia Cadiz

Jetman attempts record-breaking jet-powered flight

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Lucky trousers

November 24, 2009 | Almeria Andalucia

Winning lottery ticket put in the wash

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Cadiz housing protest

November 20, 2009 | Andalucia Cadiz

Huge demonstration planned in Chiclana

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Mass graves to be excavated in Ronda

November 17, 2009 | Andalucia Malaga

Civil War victims will be exhumed in the Serrania

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Eta youths arrested

November 24, 2009 | 0 Comments

Young people suspected of links to terrorist group

Fresh campaign to boost Amy hunt thumbnailFresh campaign to boost Amy hunt

November 17, 2009 | Andalucia Malaga

New billboards erected in Mijas Costa

Brits Costa-bound again! thumbnailBrits Costa-bound again!

November 17, 2009 | Andalucia

The British are investing in Spanish properties again

Four houses and a hotel! thumbnailFour houses and a hotel!

November 14, 2009 | Andalucia

How one Andalucian estate agent has sold four properties and become a part-owner of a Dream Hotel in just one week. It’s an excellent sign for the property market.

Double tragedy needs averting thumbnailDouble tragedy needs averting

November 11, 2009 | Almeria Andalucia

The PP backs plans to save historical site that inspired Garcia Lorca’s masterpiece

Flagging up the good times in Spain thumbnailFlagging up the good times in Spain

November 10, 2009 | Andalucia

Bidders fought bitterly to secure the famous flag, which flew over fleet that defeated Napoleon

Fears for Andalucia olive trade

November 3, 2009 | Cordoba

Growers are getting 40 cents lower than the break even point

Noise does pay thumbnailNoise does pay

November 3, 2009 | Almeria Andalucia

Family win 45,000 euros after having to put up with noisy pub for 15 years

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Sport »

Brits reign in Spain

November 12, 2009

Double delight for Murray and Fisher

Andalucia in Pictures »

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Modern architecture meets Spanish wine

July 28, 2009

As Bodegas Protos is nominated for the Sterling Prize, Kevin Guyan looks at the relationship between modern architecture and Spanish wine

Regional News »

Wrecking ball swings again

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November 3, 2009 | Andalucia Malaga

New three storey property gets demolished in Alhaurin el Grande


The world’s healthiest pork

The world’s healthiest pork thumbnail

November 2, 2009 | Features Food & Drink Huelva Sevilla

Thirsty, acorn-feeding black pigs produce Spain’s most famous gourmet product which is also good for your health, writes Anne Manson


UK bank in Spanish property kickback scandal

UK bank in Spanish property kickback scandal thumbnail

November 2, 2009 | Andalucia Malaga

Executives at RBS creamed off commissions from estate agents fees


Exclusive: England soccer star buys €3.5m mansion

Exclusive: England soccer star buys €3.5m mansion thumbnail

November 2, 2009 | Andalucia Cadiz Sport

Liverpool ace buys a plush Sotogrande villa


An abortion protest that shrank in size

An abortion protest that shrank in size thumbnail

October 29, 2009 | Andalucia National News

Organisers claimed millions of protesters, while the media and police insisted there were 250,000. The truth, it emerges, is much less


Not our problem!

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October 28, 2009 | Andalucia

Expat writes to 70 British MEPs to save his home from demolition – while Junta rules that Priors home was illegal


Scalpel tourists

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October 20, 2009 | Andalucia

Expats accused of abusing Spanish health service


Our Dream Hotel

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October 18, 2009 | Andalucia Malaga

How hotelier got 93 mates – including the odd celebrity – to help buy medieval manor house


Full Speed Ahead

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October 15, 2009 | Andalucia Malaga

AVE line underway between Algeciras and Antequera via Ronda


Ronaldo to model his own golden balls

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October 14, 2009 | Andalucia

Real Madrid star to be new face of fashion giants


Swine flu cover up?

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October 14, 2009 | Andalucia

With Jerez death hushed up, it is unclear how many people may have contracted the virus in Andalucia


Boyzone star ‘died in prayer position’

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October 13, 2009 | Andalucia

Post mortem confirms Stephen Gately died of natural causes


A new ruse over homes

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October 13, 2009 | Andalucia Malaga

After the controversial Barranco Blanco housing scheme is shelved, now Alhaurin mayor looks
for new ways to concrete over his countryside


National News »

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Parties unite over corruption

November 13, 2009

PSOE and PP join together to fight problem

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An abortion protest that shrank in size

October 29, 2009

Organisers claimed millions of protesters, while the media and police insisted there were 250,000. The truth, it emerges, is much less

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Los Merinos would ‘gravely endanger’ local ecosystem

October 16, 2009

As Ronda mayor appears in court for corruption, new report slams the golf project which he controversially passed

Avoid that morning after feeling

October 1, 2009

Morning After pill available around Spain

Lars tries to crack Spain

September 27, 2009

Top Danish film director Lars Von Trier launches new Spanish movie company

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Scythed by a kite surfer

September 2, 2009

AN unsuspecting pensioner diced with death after tangling with a reckless kitesurfer

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Three in court after yob attack

August 10, 2009

Welsh schoolboy’s condition stable but still critical

Environment, Features, Travel »

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Sustainable Spanish retreats

November 18, 2009

Are you concerned about the environment? Would you rather take the train than travel by aeroplane, or car? As the Copenhagen earth summit looms, Asha Stuttard finds ten eco-friendly options right on your doorstep around Spain

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Features, Travel »

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A need for stamina in town with big heart

November 16, 2009

A white town with a buzzing social scene, Andrew Pearce gets in shape and explores the vibrant streets of Jimena de la Frontera and neighbouring San Pablo de Buceite

Features, Food & Drink »

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Wild goose chase to Extremadura

November 15, 2009

Andrew Pearce explains why these geese are by foie the happiest in the world… just ask President Barack Obama!

Olive Press Opinion »

Going for gold

September 30, 2009

A great passport scandal is causing unnecessary suffering for expatriates in Spain… and making the UK government millions each year


Features, News Feature »

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The writing was on the wall

November 12, 2009

Olive Press editor Jon Clarke recalls his visit to witness the fall of the Berlin wall 20 years ago and what the implications would be on both his life and his belief in a united Europe

Features, Health »

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I was a fifth wheel

November 11, 2009

Matthew Pritchard reflects on his sense of uselessness becoming a father

Food & Drink »

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Don’t be naïve (Evian spelt backwards) – give up the bottle

November 10, 2009

Since the Olive Press launched a campaign to cut back on plastic two years ago, plenty of town councils, companies and individuals around Andalucia have got the message, at least with plastic bags. But when it comes to plastic bottles not everyone has, writes Josephine Quintero

Features, Travel »

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A bottomcough…or simply a fart!

November 3, 2009

Michael Raphan gives a hilarious account of his trip to Almeria with his girlfriend and with pungent ramifications. This, and many other stories based upon Spanish living, can be found in the new book ‘Courting the Bull’


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Latest Reader Comments »

Last of the frogmen

6 hours 32 minutes ago

Antonio Garcia: That’s kind of a funny story but a lot of people don’t know this but Popeye The Sailor Man was a real man and not just a fictitious cartoon character, For those who don’t know that but...

Not our problem!

19 hours 38 minutes ago

M: Requirements for solutions: 1. Expat news media. Box ticked. 2. Expat/foreign banks. Box ticked. 3. Expat radio/tv station. Box not fully ticked. Cheap to realise on internet. 4. Expat footbal club. Box not ticked....

A day out in the nude

20 hours 21 minutes ago

B.O.W: tell you the truth, have’nt read the article. like the photo though!

Demolition nightmares

1 day 8 hours ago

Christine Ferguson: Gerd:- Wordy Birdie You up in your tree Gerd? Perched, wild as an eagle? Find a computer and type in ‘BeLegal’ (.com) I’m sure they’ll confirm when you find you’ve...

Swine Flu Kills Three

1 day 10 hours ago

Antonio Garcia: I’d probably head to the local Hospital and ask for the H1 vaccine that there giving out, Some Hospitals even administer the vaccine for free with out charge. I remember i first started reading...

Cadiz housing protest

1 day 13 hours ago

Fred: Paul, I commented earlier on the terrible lack of EU decision making on this matter. It’s a disgrace. The mayor of Sayalonga is about to spend a year in prison btw.

Cadiz housing protest

1 day 13 hours ago

paul: To add, the Chiclana Council take our money for IBI for which we receive rubbish removal only.

Cadiz housing protest

1 day 13 hours ago

paul: Just for added info Fred & Lenox although you may both already know, Margarethe Auken MEP along with Michael Cashman MEP spent a large a large amount of time in Spain last year inspecting the many...



The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Andalucia. Local news from Costa del Sol and inland Andalucia plus national news from around Spain

From The Archives »

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Think yourself thin

February 10, 2009 | Health

Costa del Sol clinic claims to have found a cheap miracle cure for obesity. It’s all in the mind

The Final Dispatches of a Cave Dweller

January 5, 2007 | Uncategorized

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by Iain Macdonald
LIVING in a cave all year round is ultimately very different from living in a conventional house. Indeed, living in Spain is very different! Andalucía, particularly the Granada region, has been famous for its cave dwellings for decades. Now though, times have changed to such an extent many [...]

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500 and out

April 16, 2009 | Malaga

Traders and hoteliers are up in arms after Andalucia’s oldest agricultural fair has been cancelled

Earthquake in Granada leaves residents shaking

January 5, 2007 | Uncategorized

AN earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale rocked Granada at 12.32am on January 5.

The epicenter was located on the border between the towns of Santa Fe and Chauchina where the locals experienced what they thought was an explosion, including intense noise and movement of the ground.

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Dolphin beach tragedy

October 29, 2009 | Andalucia, Lead, Malaga

Fishermen blamed for dead dolphin, fish and birds