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August 2008


One man and his…

By Dan Myers on August 31, 2008

… wild boar? Granada shepherd uses jabali to control his sheep YOU could be forgiven for thinking it something from the nib of a Hollywood scriptwriter’s pen. A piglet roaming the hills keeping sheep and goats in check.


Cobbles to tradition

By Dan Myers on August 28, 2008

‘Great shame’ as repaving threatens Albaicín’s UNESCO status MAINTENANCE work in an historic quarter of Granada could lead to a double probe involving the United Nations and the state prosecutor. The city council is ripping up the cobblestones that line many streets and pavements in the Albaicín, a medieval Jewish and Moorish residential area which [...]


Hypocrisy?

By Dan Myers on August 28, 2008

Junta backs controversial golf project despite law restricting new courses THE regional government has left itself open to accusations of hypocrisy after giving its backing to a huge scale golf and residential project on protected land near Nerja.


Hitler’s Spanish sojourn

By Dan Myers on August 18, 2008

Investigator claims Nazi leader fled to Barcelona instead of committing suicide in Berlin bunker NAZI leader Adolf Hitler spent a month in Spain before fleeing Europe for South America, according to an Argentine investigator.


Forgive us for fishermen have sinned

By Dan Myers on August 18, 2008

Group seeks ‘divine intervention’ to save endangered marine grasslands POPE Benedict XVI is being asked to pray for an endangered marine species.


Hotel saga takes another twist

By Dan Myers on August 18, 2008

Directors from Azata del Sol claim to have accepted 100 million euros from central government for the Algarrobico hotel, built upon virgin sands inside the Cabo de Gata Natural Park


Veni, Vidi, Construxi

By Dan Myers on August 14, 2008

Roman and Celtoiberian settlement threatened by development plans IT was the scene of a great and bloody battle. In 134 AD, brave Celtoiberian warriors battled for 11 months to fight off the advancing hordes of Roman invaders.


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Forget climate change – the bees are buzzing off

By Dan Myers on August 14, 2008

If bees became extinct today, mankind would follow suit in 2012. Albert Einstein proclaimed this insect the most important factor in our food chain.


‘Our river will die’

By Dan Myers on August 12, 2008

Solidarity as public officials and locals come out against Granada water transfer


Goat attacks family at Murcia zoo

By Dan Myers on August 12, 2008

A BRITISH tourist is seeking tighter controls at Spanish zoos after he and his family were allegedly attacked by a loose animal.


Horse slaughter

By Dan Myers on August 8, 2008

British woman faces court as 16 thoroughbreds die in Spain, with 36 more facing death sentence EXCLUSIVE By Tony Jefferies and Jon Clarke in Medina Sidonia A BRITISH woman could face animal cruelty charges in Spain after 16 horses allegedly died of starvation.


The mad bell ringer who changed my life

By Dan Myers on August 8, 2008

In a competition earlier this year In the Write Light called for all Chris Stewarts. Along came Debora Garber who won the top prize with her dispatch on the people’s independent republic of Triana, in Sevilla. Here, the Olive Press runs it for the first time


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Hotels with the Mostest

By Dan Myers on August 8, 2008

The Olive Press asked seasoned travel writer Guy Hunter Watts to pick out his eight favourite hotels in Andalucia…. one for each province


Galloping Gourmet

By Dan Myers on August 8, 2008

THE culinary world is in a conundrum after the disappearance of one of Europe’s top gourmets.


Army in fire watch

By Dan Myers on August 8, 2008

Soldiers called onto the streets in battle with firebugs THE army has been called in on fire watch after a string of blazes were lit near Ronda. Soldiers were ordered to keep an eye out for pyromaniacs, after four fires were apparently started deliberately around the area.


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A lot of stress over what exactly?

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Olive Press finance writer Ian Le Breton on how the vast majority of Spanish banks have passed the so-called “stress tests”


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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

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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

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Negative salary

September 2, 2010

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

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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

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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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September 4, 2007 | Andalucia

A LEADING expert has claimed the remains of more than 10,000 victims of General Francisco Franco are lying under the soils of Granada. Maribel Brenes, who is in charge of detailing the former dictator’s repression during and after the Civil War, believes there could be as many as 10,000 bodies dumped in 57 mass graves [...]

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