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Take me to Marbella

May 18, 2013 | Andalucia Malaga

The Lecheritas are preparing to release their first record

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Expats demand Hispania refund

May 17, 2013 | Andalucia Granada

Angry punters demand action after defunct airline fails to offer refunds

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La Linea cops use own cars to attend crime scenes

May 15, 2013 | Andalucia Cadiz

Police in La Linea are forced to use their own vehicles – and even the bus – while on duty

Marbella marina dead in the water? thumbnail

Marbella marina dead in the water?

May 15, 2013 | Andalucia Malaga

A Sheik’s promise of a €400 million glitzy marina in Marbella has all but died, writes Giles Brown

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Artists open studios in Gaucin

May 14, 2013 | Andalucia Malaga

Open studio weekends will take place on May 24 – 26 and May 31 – June 2.

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Terrific for tots!

May 12, 2013 | Andalucia Malaga

British couple become first expats to open a non-Spanish business at Malaga airport

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Fernando Alonso accused of smashing snapper’s camera

May 12, 2013 | Sport

Spanish Ferrari driver is said to have ‘manhandled’ a photographer in Barcelona

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EHIC health card warning for tourists

May 18, 2013 | 0 Comments

Holidaymakers are being warned that their EHIC health card may not work in Spain this year

Police close 15 marijuana farms on the Costa del Sol thumbnail

Police close 15 marijuana farms on the Costa del Sol

May 18, 2013 | 0 Comments

Police make two record drug hauls in one week

Community spirit in Jatar thumbnail Community spirit in Jatar

May 17, 2013 | Andalucia Granada Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Locals gather to help elderly British expat after mystery house-fire

Hotel halt in Estepona thumbnail Hotel halt in Estepona

May 16, 2013 | Andalucia Lead Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Homeowners win first battle against ‘Algarrobico of Estepona’ after courts order halt

Costa conman Toni Muldoon ‘aggressive’ and ‘bullying’ thumbnail Costa conman Toni Muldoon ‘aggressive’ and ‘bullying’

May 15, 2013 | Andalucia Lead Malaga

Fraud king Muldoon was ‘aggressive’ and ‘bullying’ and ran his business with a climate of fear

We are fighting tax evasion says Gibraltar’s Picardo thumbnail We are fighting tax evasion says Gibraltar’s Picardo

May 14, 2013 | Andalucia Gibraltar Lead

Picardo insists the Rock is happy to help the Spanish authorities to root out tax evasion

Boost for Spanish motor industry thumbnail Boost for Spanish motor industry

May 14, 2013 | Business & Finance Lead

Government pledges to invest a further €1 billion in Spain’s auto sector

Four arrested in Nerja shooting case thumbnail Four arrested in Nerja shooting case

May 12, 2013 | Andalucia Lead Malaga

Four people have been arrested over a violent botched drugs deal

Second school strike hits Spain thumbnail Second school strike hits Spain

May 11, 2013 | Andalucia Lead National News

Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets to in protest against educational reforms

Spaniards flock to Germany to escape recession thumbnail Spaniards flock to Germany to escape recession

May 10, 2013 | Andalucia Lead

Soaring unemployment has driven a record number of Spaniards to leave the country

Controversial yacht hotel plan for Gibraltar thumbnail Controversial yacht hotel plan for Gibraltar

May 7, 2013 | Gibraltar Lead

Residents and government at odds over huge five star floating hotel project

Spanish anti-abuse poster ‘only visible to children’ thumbnail Spanish anti-abuse poster ‘only visible to children’

May 7, 2013 | Lead National News

Charity has used special technology to empower abused children to seek help

Child attacked in Rincon de la Victoria thumbnail Child attacked in Rincon de la Victoria

May 5, 2013 | Andalucia Lead Malaga

Seven-year-old hospitalised after being thrown down stairs during screening of Iron Man 3

Doping doctor convicted of endangering public health thumbnail Doping doctor convicted of endangering public health

May 4, 2013 | Lead Sport

Spanish doctor receives one year suspended sentence after being found guilty of endangering public health

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Sport »

Fernando Alonso accused of smashing snapper’s camera

May 12, 2013

Spanish Ferrari driver is said to have ‘manhandled’ a photographer in Barcelona

Spain in Pictures »

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The unmistakable image of Margaret Thatcher

April 9, 2013

Olive Press web manager shares a photograph from his meeting with the former PM

Andalucia News »

EHIC health card warning for tourists

EHIC health card warning for tourists thumbnail

May 18, 2013 | Andalucia Lead

Holidaymakers are being warned that their EHIC health card may not work in Spain this year


Take me to Marbella

Take me to Marbella thumbnail

May 18, 2013 | Andalucia Lead2 Malaga

The Lecheritas are preparing to release their first record


Police close 15 marijuana farms on the Costa del Sol

Police close 15 marijuana farms on the Costa del Sol thumbnail

May 18, 2013 | Andalucia Lead Malaga

Police make two record drug hauls in one week


Expats demand Hispania refund

Expats demand Hispania refund thumbnail

May 17, 2013 | Andalucia Granada Lead2

Angry punters demand action after defunct airline fails to offer refunds


Community spirit in Jatar

Community spirit in Jatar thumbnail

May 17, 2013 | Andalucia Granada Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Locals gather to help elderly British expat after mystery house-fire


Fatboy Slim flies in to Sevilla

Fatboy Slim flies in to Sevilla thumbnail

May 16, 2013 | Andalucia La Cultura Sevilla

Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim, is to headline this year’s Territorios Festival tomorrow


Hotel halt in Estepona

Hotel halt in Estepona thumbnail

May 16, 2013 | Andalucia Lead Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Homeowners win first battle against ‘Algarrobico of Estepona’ after courts order halt


Costa conman Toni Muldoon ‘aggressive’ and ‘bullying’

Costa conman Toni Muldoon ‘aggressive’ and ‘bullying’ thumbnail

May 15, 2013 | Andalucia Lead Malaga

Fraud king Muldoon was ‘aggressive’ and ‘bullying’ and ran his business with a climate of fear


La Linea cops use own cars to attend crime scenes

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May 15, 2013 | Andalucia Cadiz Lead2

Police in La Linea are forced to use their own vehicles – and even the bus – while on duty


National News »

VIDEO: Andrew Moran – one of UK’s most wanted criminals – arrested in Spain thumbnail

VIDEO: Andrew Moran – one of UK’s most wanted criminals – arrested in Spain

May 12, 2013

One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been captured on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Greenpeace scales parliament building in Madrid thumbnail

Greenpeace scales parliament building in Madrid

May 11, 2013

Three members of the organisation held a protest over modifications to Spain’s coastal law

Second school strike hits Spain thumbnail

Second school strike hits Spain

May 11, 2013

Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets to in protest against educational reforms

Former Real Madrid star, 86, to wed 36-year-old lover thumbnail

Former Real Madrid star, 86, to wed 36-year-old lover

May 11, 2013

The Argentine football legend plans to marry his Costa Rican personal assistant this month

Spanish anti-abuse poster ‘only visible to children’ thumbnail

Spanish anti-abuse poster ‘only visible to children’

May 7, 2013

Charity has used special technology to empower abused children to seek help


   



Environment, Features »

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Poisoned by planes?

May 18, 2013

After a heated debate about whether the Spanish authorities have been spraying toxic chemicals in the sky in a bid to stop global warming, Annabel Grossman investigates the strange phenomenon of ‘chemtrails’

Blogs, Mary Biles' Guiri Eye View »

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Sevilla’s indomitable spirit

May 4, 2013

Right now Sevilla, Andalucia and Spain at large is a place where you can feel the civil unrest bubbling underneath the surface




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Podcasts »

Olive Press on Talk Radio Europe – Issue 161

May 17, 2013

OLIVE PRESS reporter Annabel Grossman talks to Hannah Murray on Talk Radio Europe about the 16 May 2013 issue of the newspaper

Features, Travel »

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Sun, snow and spray

May 16, 2013

The Olive Press sent reporter Annabel Grossman to try out one of the most bizarre (and hardy) day out Andalucia can offer… bikini skiing in the morning and a Puerto Banus champagne party in the afternoon

Andalucia, La Cultura, Sevilla »

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Fatboy Slim flies in to Sevilla

May 16, 2013

Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim, is to headline this year’s Territorios Festival tomorrow

Olive Press Opinion »

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Will UKIP Rock the Rock?

May 3, 2013

Gibraltar has been a melting pot of nationalities and faiths through the centuries


Business & Finance, Lead »

Boost for Spanish motor industry thumbnail

Boost for Spanish motor industry

May 14, 2013

Government pledges to invest a further €1 billion in Spain’s auto sector

Crime & Law, National News »

VIDEO: Andrew Moran – one of UK’s most wanted criminals – arrested in Spain thumbnail

VIDEO: Andrew Moran – one of UK’s most wanted criminals – arrested in Spain

May 12, 2013

One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been captured on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Features, Gardening »

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Gardeners critique

May 8, 2013

He knows his onions! Peter Langdale gives us the lowdown on commercial crop production

Crime & Law »

Former British soldier arrested in Barcelona thumbnail

Former British soldier arrested in Barcelona

May 6, 2013

The ex-Special Forces member is believed to have used his military skills to carry out several armed raids in Spain


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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. 33,000 issues a fortnight are printed plus up to 100,000 downloaded online giving an estimated readership of around 300,000 people per month.

From The Archives »

The January hangover

January 19, 2010 | Features

As if the rains and floods weren’t enough, now we’ve got to face the ‘Cuesta de Enero’ or ‘January climb’, explains Gaspar Cuesta, of Hispalense language school

The geography and politics of Spain

September 3, 2011 | Blogs, Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains

Whilst the history of Spain is long and complicated, the geography and political set-up are fairly straightforward. Paul Whitelock takes a look.

IT STINKS!

June 12, 2009 | Andalucia

As we celebrate World Environment Day, it emerges that up to 300 towns and villages are still dumping sewage in rivers and the sea off Andalucia

Meet the man obsessed by money

December 28, 2009 | Features

EXCLUSIVE: Last month the Olive Press revealed that dozens of people are anxiously trying to chase millions of euros they invested with the services of Jose Luis Maseda. Here, Andrew Pearce, investigates the so called lawyer and estate agent, who has always been “utterly consumed with making money”

The little man keeping evil at bay

June 21, 2012 | Almeria, Andalucia, Features

The indalo is the symbol of Mojacar

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