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May 2007
Raging Bull in brothel brawl
By Dan Myers on May 29, 2007
“Savage” former WBO champ Scott Harrison arrested for a second time in Alhaurin after fight BOXER Scott Harrison and two friends have been arrested after attacking a trio of Spaniards with broken bottles and ashtrays. Harrison, 30, was detained along with two other British nationals after a row turned vicious at the Oxigeno club on [...]
The plots thicken: PP deputy in Castellón was “donated” 13 properties
By Dan Myers on May 28, 2007
NOBODY was in doubt of the popularity of Mayor Carlos Fabra. After 16 years in power, he united 70 per cent of the vote in the once sleepy hamlet of Vall d’Alba in Castellón.
Dying to Migrate
By Dan Myers on May 28, 2007
As unprecedented numbers of sub-Saharan Africans arrive on the Granada coast, Lisa Tilley looks at Spain’s waterborne immigration trends and considers the future for the “paperless ones.” They came from the sea…
Former Lanjaron mayor in census fraud investigation
By Dan Myers on May 28, 2007
“Innocent” Rubio claims socialists want to “crucify” him FORMER Lanjarón mayor José Rubio and three other Partido Popular councillors are being investigated for alleged census fraud and prevarication. Rubio, who lost control of the spa town in Spain’s local elections on May 27, ex deputy mayor María del Carmen Reyes and councillors Francisca Gallardo and [...]
Gibraltar rocks!
By Dan Myers on May 23, 2007
Forget sunburned ex-pats and cheap booze, Jon Clarke discovers the Med’s little Britain has had a makeover
Spain plumber sacked “for not voting PP”
By Dan Myers on May 23, 2007
A COUNCIL worker has been sacked for refusing to vote for the Partido Popular in the coming Spanish local elections. Carlos Jiménez, who worked for the PP run town hall of Molvízar for eight years, believes he was dismissed for “not accepting political coercion.”
A roving eye
By Dan Myers on May 22, 2007
Documentary photographer Jaine Laine is focusing on Spain’s past to create a legacy for the future. JAINE LAINE flings her trademark giant handbag on a chair, orders café con leche and rolls a skinny cigarette. We are sitting at a corner table in the bar of the Hotel Miramar in Lanjarón and she is telling [...]
It’s a stick up!
By Dan Myers on May 22, 2007
Viagra gang feels the long arm of the law A SPANISH gang that allegedly sold stolen tablets of male impotence drug Viagra has been arrested by police.
Ronda ramblers fight back
By Dan Myers on May 17, 2007
Part of pan-European footpath blocked in Spain by developers IT is the jewel in the crown of Spain’s network of footpaths. Crossing most of Andalusia, the Gran Recorrido 7 (GR-7) then skirts up through the country, though France and Italy and finally to Athens in Greece.
Spain bird group banned from Ronda fair over golf complex criticism
By Dan Myers on May 17, 2007
Mayor stops Spanish RSPB after hard-hitting report A WILDLIFE group has been banned from Ronda’s May feria after issuing a hard-hitting report on the destructive impact the luxury golf complex Los Merinos will have on the area’s wildlife.
Concreting over Lemons
By Dan Myers on May 16, 2007
CELEBRATED writer Chris Stewart has slammed the corrupt political system that is concreting over the natural environment of Spain at “an alarming pace.” Talking exclusively to the Olive Press, the Driving over Lemons author said he was disgusted with the current spread of urban developments in the interior of Spain. “I have seen what is [...]
Papaver – the heroic weed
By Dan Myers on May 16, 2007
Bob Maddox admits to his addiction as the south of Spain bursts into a riot of red and green
Lamb eternally shall be devoured
By Dan Myers on May 16, 2007
IN Spain, we have all become accustomed to eating pork. It always was a big favourite of mine, but it is starting to take its toll after ten years of Spanish restaurants and butchers. So, I have been eating more lamb of late. Lamb was little available many years ago and it is still hard [...]
Isabel Pantoja: gypsy, widow, queen (and criminal?)
By Dan Myers on May 16, 2007
As Isabel Pantoja – corruption suspect number 99 on the Operation Malaya list – returns to the stage while on bail, Lisa Tilley charts the rising and falling of a very Spanish survivor. ON Saturday night, the grandiose plaza mayor in Valladolid began to fill with spectators from the early hours of the afternoon. More [...]
PP president resigns in illegal pesticide scandal
By Dan Myers on May 16, 2007
Thehead of the Partido Popular in Vícar (Almería) has resigned after being caught red-handed with more than 1,000 kilograms of a banned pesticide.
Andalucia, Gibraltar, National News, Property »
A lot of stress over what exactly?
September 2, 2010
Olive Press finance writer Ian Le Breton on how the vast majority of Spanish banks have passed the so-called “stress tests”
Features, Health »
Tanning: The bare essentials
September 2, 2010
Scientists have discovered why your inside arm and bottom just do not tan, while parasols may not be giving you the protection you expect
Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga »
Alisha’s guitarist gets career out of attic
September 2, 2010
80s guitarist Marcus Myers is back on the Spanish music scene
Andalucia, Lead »
Negative salary
September 2, 2010
Police investigate cruel scam where (un)lucky job applicants end up in the red
Property »
Home or away?
September 1, 2010
Seven out of ten ex-pat pensioners do not miss home, according to a survey
Andalucia, Lead2 »
The farmers who cried wolf
September 1, 2010
A new law is being drafted to give cash to farmers whose animals are being killed by the wolves that have returned to Madrid




