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May 2009


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Snapshop of Real Life

By Dan Myers on May 23, 2009

Sevilla is converting itself into an enormous, open-air photography gallery


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Mayor in Trouble

By Dan Myers on May 23, 2009

Antequera mayor Ricardo Millan is in trouble after his fragile coalition broke down last week


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Chiringuito beach bars to stay open for now

By Dan Myers on May 23, 2009

The chiringuito beach bars on Spain’s southern coasts have won a reprieve and will not be removed after all


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I aim to make the best wine in the World, says Andaluz winemaker

By Dan Myers on May 23, 2009

Geoff Garvey visits Cadiz bodega Huerta de Albala


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Expats Against Corruption

By Dan Myers on May 22, 2009

Britons to fight against corrupt town halls in European elections


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Spain joins Carbon Capture trio

By Dan Myers on May 22, 2009

Spain is joining the UK, Germany and Canada in investigating the potential of carbon capture as a means of fighting global warming


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World’s largest solar tower switches on

By Dan Myers on May 22, 2009

The World’s largest solar power tower went into use near Sevilla last week


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Oh I do like to be beside the lakeside

By Dan Myers on May 22, 2009

Fancy somewhere different to lay down your towel this weekend? Is the Costa del Sol just too busy and the Costa de la Luz too windy?


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British Buyers Trump Germans and Irish

By Dan Myers on May 22, 2009

British buyers accounted for 58 per cent of all European purchases of property in Spain last year


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Malaga Virgin

By Dan Myers on May 22, 2009

Sir Richard Branson is in a bidding war over the running of an exclusive 20million euro spa retreat in Malaga province


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Gangland Axarquia

By Dan Myers on May 19, 2009

Attack on policemen and shooting of a couple on a bench in two days are not related, claims town hall


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Superjudge takes on the US

By Dan Myers on May 19, 2009

Judge Garzón prosecutes Bush lawyers over torture claims


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Sell an organ to beat La Crisis

By Dan Myers on May 19, 2009

Investigation launched after Spaniards look to sell organs to make ends meet


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Bun Fight!

By Dan Myers on May 19, 2009

A Burger King advert, which features a squat Mexican draped in his country’s flag and an American cowboy, has offended Mexican officials in Spain


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No Enigma!

By Dan Myers on May 19, 2009

Multi-millionaire musician’s mansion torn down for failing to get licence


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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 »

Top award for UK director

December 16, 2007 | National News

BRITISH film director Ken Loach has won a key Spanish award for his latest film It’s a Free World. Loach, who won plaudits for his 1995 film Land and Freedom which depicted events in the Spanish Civil War, has now been awarded the prestigious Giraldillo de Or at the Sevilla film festival. It’s a Free [...]

Cobbles to tradition

August 28, 2008 | Andalucia

‘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 [...]

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Future of Moorish King’s Palace crumbling away

April 2, 2010 | Andalucia

EXCLUSIVE: An acrimonious legal battle is turning attention away from the fact that a historical landmark is on the brink of collapse

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Iglesias marries lover

August 28, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga

Legendary crooner weds girlfriend of 20 years

Alhama urban plans scrapped

October 3, 2006 | Uncategorized

Plans to build more than two thousand new homes on land around Alhama de Granada have been shelved following a regional government preliminary report. And the company that had intended to build a golf course, hotel and housing on 900 hectares outside the town have pulled the plug on the deal following threats by the [...]