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Beware of car reverse scam in Spain

January 27, 2012 | Crime & Law

A new scam sees thieves trying to fool drivers into getting out of ther cars

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Bringing you the first Olive Press podcast

January 27, 2012 |

You can now download our fortnightly chats with Talk Radio Europe!

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Family fun on the coast

January 27, 2012 | Malaga

Living on the Coast lifestyle exhibition will cater to a wide range of interests

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Leapfrogging the competition

January 27, 2012 |

Olive Press website grows by 20 per cent in just two months – sending our rival papers into cyberspace

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BAFTA hope for Pedro Almodovar

January 27, 2012 | La Cultura

Spain’s most famous director could be in with a shot for a BAFTA

Rafa beats Federer for a place in the Australian Open final thumbnail

Rafa beats Federer for a place in the Australian Open final

January 26, 2012 | Sport

The Spaniard will play Murray or Djokovic in Sunday’s final

British prisoner put on suicide watch in Spanish jail thumbnail

British prisoner put on suicide watch in Spanish jail

January 26, 2012 | National News

Mother awaiting trial for murdering her two children now under 24-hour surveillance after paedophile partner found hanged

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Driving away the January blues in Spain

January 26, 2012 | National News

Car specialist Glass’s guide says January is the best time to buy a new car

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Heroic pets save family of eight from devastating house fire in Granada

January 27, 2012 | 3 Comments

The pair of dogs woke up the family one by one and led them to safety

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Lawyers in the dock in Spain

January 27, 2012 | 6 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: Legal watchdog comes under fire for failing to deal with bent solicitors

Welcome to Cortijo Putin, comrades! thumbnailWelcome to Cortijo Putin, comrades!

January 25, 2012 | Andalucia Lead Malaga

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is rumoured to be buying a property in Marbella

Spain holds golden ticket to London Olympics thumbnailSpain holds golden ticket to London Olympics

January 24, 2012 | Lead Malaga National News

Highly-prized tickets available over the counter in Marbella and Malaga

Life’s a boar for Princes William and Harry in Spain thumbnailLife’s a boar for Princes William and Harry in Spain

January 20, 2012 | Andalucia Cordoba

Princes spend weekend hunting wild boar and stags on exclusive Andalucian estate

Pelli tower must be stopped, says UNESCO thumbnailPelli tower must be stopped, says UNESCO

January 20, 2012 | Sevilla

The 42-storey building is an eyesore, according to officials

TripAdvisor makes La Villa Marbella a big winner thumbnailTripAdvisor makes La Villa Marbella a big winner

January 18, 2012 | Malaga

The hotel in Marbella’s old town has won Top Hotel for Service in Spain in TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice awards

Vest practice

January 18, 2012 | Andalucia

Police officers in Gibraltar have been ordered to wear stab-proof vests during night patrols following a rise in violent crime on the Rock.

They’re risking our coastline! thumbnailThey’re risking our coastline!

January 18, 2012 | Environment Malaga

Controversial oil project set to begin off the coast of Nerja

Snowstorms close 11 roads in Andalucia thumbnailSnowstorms close 11 roads in Andalucia

January 17, 2012 | Almeria Cadiz Granada

Roads in Almeria, Cadiz and Granada are affected by snowstorms

Smuggling on the rise between Gibraltar and Spain thumbnailSmuggling on the rise between Gibraltar and Spain

January 16, 2012 | Andalucia Gibraltar

EXCLUSIVE: Cigarette smuggling on the Rock triples in just three years

Nearly spliced on the Costa del Sol thumbnailNearly spliced on the Costa del Sol

January 16, 2012 | Malaga

Expat restauranteur narrowly avoided losing 7,500 euros in credit card scam

Dragnet clampdown proves a success thumbnailDragnet clampdown proves a success

January 15, 2012 | Malaga

Days of the Costa del Crime could soon be over thanks to spot checks, claim police

Yellow peril! thumbnailYellow peril!

January 14, 2012 | Almeria Environment

Innovative hybrid solar power station opens in Almeria

The Axarquia proposes a unique way to solve the euro crisis thumbnailThe Axarquia proposes a unique way to solve the euro crisis

January 14, 2012 | Malaga

For the last 24 years the Malaga region has used its own currency which is worth its weight in silver

‘Child pornography’ doctor removed from post thumbnail‘Child pornography’ doctor removed from post

January 13, 2012 | Almeria

A number of disturbing pieces of equipment were seized

Gallery gets going thumbnailGallery gets going

January 13, 2012 | Granada

Galeria del Marco opens in Orgiva, showcasing local and international talent

Help find our dad! thumbnailHelp find our dad!

January 13, 2012 | Malaga

Fears grow for expat not seen since June

Government tightens grip on Spain thumbnailGovernment tightens grip on Spain

January 12, 2012 | Andalucia

Regions are to be forced to submit their spending plans to Madrid, as Rajoy clamps down on mass overspending

Rafa beats Federer for a place in the Australian Open final thumbnail

Sport »

Rafa beats Federer for a place in the Australian Open final

January 26, 2012

The Spaniard will play Murray or Djokovic in Sunday’s final

Andalucia in Pictures »

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Stop the drilling!

January 27, 2012

Over 100 protesters have gathered to protest against a ‘damaging’ oil and gas drilling scheme planned off the coast of Nerja and Torrox

Regional News »

Nearly spliced on the Costa del Sol

Nearly spliced on the Costa del Sol thumbnail

January 16, 2012 | Malaga

Expat restauranteur narrowly avoided losing 7,500 euros in credit card scam


Dragnet clampdown proves a success

Dragnet clampdown proves a success thumbnail

January 15, 2012 | Malaga

Days of the Costa del Crime could soon be over thanks to spot checks, claim police


Yellow peril!

Yellow peril! thumbnail

January 14, 2012 | Almeria Environment

Innovative hybrid solar power station opens in Almeria


The Axarquia proposes a unique way to solve the euro crisis

The Axarquia proposes a unique way to solve the euro crisis thumbnail

January 14, 2012 | Malaga

For the last 24 years the Malaga region has used its own currency which is worth its weight in silver


‘Child pornography’ doctor removed from post

‘Child pornography’ doctor removed from post thumbnail

January 13, 2012 | Almeria

A number of disturbing pieces of equipment were seized


Gallery gets going

Gallery gets going thumbnail

January 13, 2012 | Granada

Galeria del Marco opens in Orgiva, showcasing local and international talent


Help find our dad!

Help find our dad! thumbnail

January 13, 2012 | Malaga

Fears grow for expat not seen since June


Government tightens grip on Spain

Government tightens grip on Spain thumbnail

January 12, 2012 | Andalucia

Regions are to be forced to submit their spending plans to Madrid, as Rajoy clamps down on mass overspending


Junta de Andalucia chief ‘spent EU grants on cocaine’

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January 11, 2012 | Andalucia

Driver to ex-employment minister squandered up to 900,000 euros of ERE subsidies


Ready Steady Caught

Ready Steady Caught thumbnail

January 11, 2012 | Malaga National News

Antony Worrall Thompson busted for shop lifting five times over Christmas


Dead body found in Fuengirola

Dead body found in Fuengirola thumbnail

January 9, 2012 | Andalucia Malaga

The woman was thought to have been in her 30s


Manilva bank robber arrested

Manilva bank robber arrested thumbnail

January 7, 2012 | Andalucia Malaga

The man used a fake tattoo to confuse police


Spanish forgery gang get canned

Spanish forgery gang get canned thumbnail

January 7, 2012 | Andalucia Crime & Law

Police made 25 arrests after discovering a gang printing fake 50-euro notes in a building disguised as a canned food depot


Cristiano Ronaldo’s girl: I’ll never do Playboy

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January 5, 2012 | Andalucia

Irina Shayk says she is not planning to pose for this ‘cheesy’ men’s mag


National News »

PSOE airport plan grounded thumbnail

PSOE airport plan grounded

January 21, 2012

Zapatero had planned to privatise Barajas and El Prat, but PP have decided against it

Brit arrested following Spanish machete attack thumbnail

Brit arrested following Spanish machete attack

January 19, 2012

Three Brits injured following argument in busy Tenerife bar

Human rights judge on trial at Supreme Court thumbnail

Human rights judge on trial at Supreme Court

January 18, 2012

Judge Baltasar Garzon has three separate cases against him

Kate Middleton urged to boycott Zara thumbnail

Kate Middleton urged to boycott Zara

January 14, 2012

Demands come after two workers die in fashion sweatshop accident in Bangladesh

Darragh MacAnthony brought to book! thumbnail

Darragh MacAnthony brought to book!

January 13, 2012

Property mogul Darragh MacAnthony searches for writer to pen memoirs

‘Thatcher’ wows audiences in Spain thumbnail

‘Thatcher’ wows audiences in Spain

January 13, 2012

The Iron Lady is a box office hit – but it’s got nothing to do with politics

‘Barbarians’ hack up Roman mosaic thumbnail

‘Barbarians’ hack up Roman mosaic

January 12, 2012

Thieves steal priceless fifth century mosaic


   

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Blogs, Calliope's Musings on Spain »

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My knickers are not wet!

January 26, 2012

Up the hill and down the dale, I walked the rocky mountain trail; I saw the plains… I’ve got the pains to prove it.

News in Brief »

Plain sailing

January 27, 2012

A 16-year-old Dutch girl has completed a solo sailing trip around the world, six months after setting off from Gibraltar.

Podcasts »

Olive Press on Talk Radio Europe – 26 January 2011

January 27, 2012

News editor Wendy Williams talks to Steve Gilmour on Talk Radio Europe about the latest issue of the newspaper including our front page story Lawyers in the Dock

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Crime & Law, Lead2 »

Beware of car reverse scam in Spain thumbnail

Beware of car reverse scam in Spain

January 27, 2012

A new scam sees thieves trying to fool drivers into getting out of ther cars

Crime & Law, News Feature »

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Complaints against lawyers ignored in Spain

January 27, 2012

Numerous cases are being ‘buried and unheard’, claims lawyer

Olive Press Food & Drink, Opinion »

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The Dining Secrets of Andalucia

January 5, 2012

A brand new website is using an army of local critics to help foodies pinpoint the region’s best places to eat


Holiday homes in Spain

New method for English speakers to learn Spanish

Health »

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Raymond Prats’ health trends for 2012

January 27, 2012

Raymond Prats looks at what health trends the coming year will bring

Andalucia, Crime & Law, Lead, Malaga »

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Lawyers in the dock in Spain

January 27, 2012

EXCLUSIVE: Legal watchdog comes under fire for failing to deal with bent solicitors

La Cultura, Lead2 »

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BAFTA hope for Pedro Almodovar

January 27, 2012

Spain’s most famous director could be in with a shot for a BAFTA

Max Bartie »

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Maximilian Bartie

January 26, 2012

Bartie considers research studies and gun ownership


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“The best English newspaper in southern Spain,” according to the Rough Guide. 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. A campaigning, community newspaper, the Olive Press represents the huge and growing expatriate community in southern Spain - 52,000 copies printed monthly with 30,000 downloads per issue with an estimated readership, including the website, of more than 500,000 people a month.

From The Archives »

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British paedophile who fled to Spain is convicted of rape

December 16, 2010 | Crime & Law, National News

A British TV Psychic who fled to Spain after being charged with child rape is convicted in the UK

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Wildfire kills six

July 27, 2009 | National News

Greenpeace warns that fires are ‘habitual’ due to global warming as one fire in Mojacar sees 1,500 evacuated including Coronation Street’s Deidre Barlow

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Zapatero stung by land-grab criticism

January 21, 2010 | Andalucia, National News

Spanish leader’s trip to Strasbourg mired by Euro MP’s warning

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Four lynx “starve to death” in National Park

April 15, 2008 | Huelva

EU ignored advice before three cubs and one adult die in Doñana National Park

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Irish rapist not living in Spain

October 1, 2010 | Crime & Law, Malaga

New reports confirm convicted rapist Larry Murphy has moved to France

Tragedy after Spain gallery owner killed partner and child thumbnail

Tragedy after Spain gallery owner killed partner and child

June 21, 2010 | Andalucia, Malaga

Unhinged Andrew Cairns killed former Ascari race track employee before killing himself

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My vow to beat motorbike muggers

November 9, 2009 | Andalucia, Cadiz

Expat in bid to halt recent rise of high-speed robberies

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British Consulate in Spain: We’re not directory enquiries

November 11, 2011 | Andalucia, National News

Recent enquiries received by Foreign Office staff in Spain include a request for Phil Collins’ telephone number, whilst a man asked staff to contact his dominatrix after she had left him stranded at the airport

Budget down

January 5, 2012 | News in Brief

Fuengirola has managed to slash over 21 per cent from its budget this year.

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Wacky Andalucía!

January 26, 2012 | La Cultura, News Feature

After the Olive Press reported how one local town created the world’s longest chocolate bar and another prepares to vote to become ‘gay’, James Bryce takes a look at the region’s quirkier side of life