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By Dan Myers on July 24, 2007


What did the vulture have for breakfast?

By Dan Myers on July 24, 2007


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Deia dreaming in Mallorca

By Dan Myers on July 23, 2007

Jason Heppenstall spends an idyllic few days on the island of Mallorca – and comes home without his hubcaps


Report claims Aifos offered gifts to politicians and judges

By Dan Myers on July 23, 2007

Police believe the developer wanted to “buy support” A HOUSING DEVELOPER at the centre of the investigation into Marbella council corruption offered gifts worth more than 60,000 euros to politicians and judges. According to a police report, Aifos wanted to “create favourable conditions in municipalities in which the company had interests.” Among the gifts, which [...]


Judge suspended for bribery

By Dan Myers on July 23, 2007

Marbella Judge Francisco Javier de Urquia has been suspended for allegedly taking bribes. The High Court is investigating whether he accepted money from developers and even Juan Antonio Roca, the mastermind behind the long-running Malaya corruption investigation.


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Beautiful… but beware

By Dan Myers on July 23, 2007

Clive Muir and Sue Eatock tell us hidden dangers lurk behind the beauty of the plant that lines Spain’s dry riverbeds and motorways – the oleander


Police report brings to light extent of Marbella corruption

By Dan Myers on July 23, 2007

As the investigation into town planning corruption comes to an end, the Olive Press untangles the web of corruption woven by Juan Antonio Roca IT was St Valentine’s Day, 2006 and Juan Antonio Roca – the then chief of urban planning at Marbella’s town council – was speaking on his mobile telephone to businessman Manuel [...]


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“Illegal Hotel” daubed on illegal hotel

By Dan Myers on July 20, 2007

In letters three storeys high and covering 1,200 square metres, Greenpeace used 250 kilograms of black paint for its latest protest against the controversial El Algarrobico hotel.


Motril man in child porn arrest

By Dan Myers on July 20, 2007

A MOTRIL man arrested as part of a police crackdown on peodophilia had 300 pornographic photos on his computer, according to police. The man, whose initials have been given as HPL, was among 66 people detained throughout Spain during Operation Penalty.


Junta delays golf plans

By Dan Myers on July 20, 2007

THE regional government has delayed its announcement on its new golf legislation until after the summer. The Olive Press understands the new plans could put into doubt the projected 100 new golf courses for the region.


Olive theft gang busted

By Dan Myers on July 20, 2007

A GANG that stole more than one and a half million tonnes of olives has been broken up. Police from Spain and Italy arrested 18 people in a joint operation. The gang is accused of stealing the olives from trees in the provinces of Granada, Malaga, Jaen and Cordoba.


Feast of the Virgin of the Snows

By Dan Myers on July 20, 2007

Novice Maria Carreras hikes to the top of mainland Spain’s highest peak to attend mass – at the second attempt! “WELL?” Joe fights to be heard against the howling weather. “So where exactly IS this VIRGIN?” It is 2:30 am. We are in the mountains of the High Alpujarra in the midst of a lashing [...]


Forest Buyers Rage in Galicia

By Dan Myers on July 20, 2007

Lisa Tilley reports on a new breed of “green speculator,” who are buying forest land in Galicia to protect it from the encroaching concrete A NEW breed of rural speculators has purchased three million square metres of O Ribeiro in Galicia, in order to preserve a Mediterranean forest there and allow for further reforestation. For [...]


Ex Government minister arrested for mafia links

By Dan Myers on July 19, 2007

Planells accused of bribery after giving immigration documents to Russian gangs THE Government’s former number two in Catalunya has been arrested on suspicion of involvement with an Eastern European mafia gang. Eduard Planells, who was the government’s subdelegate in the region, is accused of misuse of position and bribery after he knowingly gave immigration documents [...]


Retailer in green move

By Dan Myers on July 19, 2007

EUROPE’S biggest clothing retailer has announced plans to make its stores and factories more environmentally friendly. Spanish company Inditex, which owns High Street stores Zara and Pull and Bear, will install energy efficient lighting and heating systems in the 3,200 stores it owns worldwide.


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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 »

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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 »

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Alisha’s guitarist gets career out of attic

September 2, 2010

80s guitarist Marcus Myers is back on the Spanish music scene

Andalucia, Lead »

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Negative salary

September 2, 2010

Police investigate cruel scam where (un)lucky job applicants end up in the red

Property »

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Home or away?

September 1, 2010

Seven out of ten ex-pat pensioners do not miss home, according to a survey

Andalucia, Lead2 »

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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


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 - 29,000 copies printed monthly with an estimated readership, including the website, of more than 170,000 people a month.

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Andalucia – A model of tolerance

June 15, 2009 | Andalucia

President Obama has cited Moorish Spain as a good example of peaceful co-existence

Win a Christmas Hamper!

December 22, 2006 | Uncategorized

The Olive Press, in association with the advice and help company SOLVE and Orce Serrano Hams, is offering you the chance to win a hamper packed with Spanish goodies in time for Christmas. Orce Serrano Hams is run by Iain Macdonald (familiar to Olive Press readers with his ’Diary of a Cave Dweller’) and his [...]

Developers move in on Civil War mass grave

October 20, 2008 | Andalucia

Building work begins on top of communal tomb of Franco’s victims DESCENDENTS of those killed by supporters of the military uprising that led to civil war in Spain have reacted angrily to plans to build a housing development on top of a mass grave.

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End of the love affair? Not likely

February 15, 2010 | Features

A recent poll claimed that up to three quarters of British expatriates in Spain have considered moving home in the current downturn. Andrew Pearce and Jon Clarke discover that the truth is actually rather different

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A breath of death air in Spain

June 25, 2010 | Andalucia, National News

Prehistoric caves reopen despite “immeasurable” risks