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June 2008


Beaches beaten black and blue

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

As EU withdraws 13 Blue Flags from Andalucian beaches, a Black Flag list puts the whole Axarquia in the dead zone and lists Cadiz at particular risk of destruction


Paradise Lost?

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

As Tarifa gets a double black flag for its new urbanisation policy, the Olive Press explores its plans for sleepy Atlanterra By Jenny Kean ACCORDING to estate agents’ blurb Atlanterra is a lost paradise. But if two major schemes get the go-ahead it is more likely to be a case of paradise lost.


New costa corruption scandal

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

20 arrested as Costa del Corruption investigation begins again this time in Estepona A NEW corruption investigation has engulfed the Costa del Sol. The multi-million euro investigation in the popular resort of Estepona is understood to centre on real estate corruption.


David ‘Dave’ Cameron’s common touch on holiday

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

As new demonstration demands definitive end to Los Merinos golf, celebrities and the future Prime Minister of England enjoy walking and nature holidays in the Serrania de Ronda EXCLUSIVE – By Jon Clarke in Ronda IT is anything but the Barbados home of some A-list celebrity or the private island of one of his Italian [...]


Extorsion-air

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

Ryanair demands bigger kickbacks to prevent cancellation of Granada-London route


Truckers cause chaos and death

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

Food shortages a reality as thousands rush to the pumps in panic for petrol


The Developer Vanishes

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

Developers disappear after court rules that they unlawfully pocketed 50,000 euro deposit from English man, whose home will never be built


Sunny Delight for Malaga

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

It’s official: Malaga resort of Torrox has Europe’s best climate


Shepherd fights to save his flock

By Dan Myers on June 18, 2008

‘This is war!’ declares Granada farmer as Junta orders 55 goats to be put down A SHEPHERD is fighting to save his flock after the regional government ordered the animals be put down. Francisco Justo Vallejo is facing the loss of his 50 goats and five kids after the Junta de Andalucía declared the animals [...]


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‘Stonehenge of Sevilla’ to become a burial site

By Dan Myers on June 2, 2008

Copper Age burial site is ‘just a pile of stones’ and not worth saving, claims local mayor


Priceless war photos may come home

By Dan Myers on June 2, 2008

The remarkable story of how some of the world’s most famous war photographs have only recently emerged after a tortuous journey from Spain, via France, to Mexico and finally the US. With the Olive Press’s help they could now be coming back to Spain THEY wanted their photographs to record the truth about a vicious [...]


Here is your Rute home!

By Dan Myers on June 2, 2008

THEY have left a trail of angry people choking on their exhaust fumes. Now, the Olive Press has finally traced the Petrol Thieves back to their mountain lair in Rute.


Andalucia, Gibraltar, National News, Property »

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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.

From The Archives »

Works begin on “unsustainable” golf course

October 1, 2007 | Andalucia

Residents claim electricity cables are laid at Parchite Golf

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Naked Spain

July 5, 2007 | Travel

The Olive Press guides you around some of Spain’s best naturist resorts. Factor 30 sun cream a must!

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I have a dream

September 30, 2009 | Andalucia, Malaga

Village has started workshops to teach locals how to orate like Martin Luther King

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The idylls of Nerja

January 10, 2008 | Property

MARY ROULSTON takes a stroll around Nerja – the place mass tourism forgot. In this pleasant coastal town, she discovers a surge in the buy to let market

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Festival faces storms

July 26, 2009 | National News

Benicassim headliners cancel due to dangerous winds