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June 2009


Diamond robbers were ‘polite young men’

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on June 29, 2009

British Gang, who robbed 30 businesses, including Mijas jewellers, were ‘well-mannered’ and lived low-key lives


One-way ticket home

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on June 29, 2009

A total of 70,000 unemployed Romanians will be targeted


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Lets AVE it!

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

As President Obama congratulates Spain on its fast track railways, self-confessed trainspotter Ray Ward licks his lips even as plans to bring a new AVE line from Antequera to Algeciras might come right through the middle of his back garden


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AVE link to all cities by 2013

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

The AVE will soon be flying through Andalucia’s regional capitals – despite a few glitches


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Two charged with murder of balcony fall dad

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

11 people have been arrested over the tragic death of the British man who was hurled 25ft from his holiday home balcony


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On me ‘ead minotaur

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

They have painted the town blue in Jerez after the town’s football team got promoted to the Spanish first division


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ELECTRIC SHOCKER

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

Homeowners will be forced to pay five per cent more than necessary for their electricity from July 1 – that is unless you contract one of the new free-market companies


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Sun, sea and insemination

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

British lesbians heading to Spain are not just coming for the sangria


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I love Andalucia

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

I love Andalucia says bar owner Bentley as he confirms possible move from Spurs to Villa


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Can’t swashbuckle his way out of this one!

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

Zorro star Antonio Banderas has been ordered to hand over a huge chunk of his Marbella garden


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I’m NOT Amy!

By Dan Myers on June 28, 2009

An alleged sighting of Amy Fitzpatrick by Irish builder George O’Neill turns out to be a lookalike


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Was Amy Abandoned?

By Dan Myers on June 27, 2009

It is with heavy hearts that we publish the investigative piece on Amy Fitzpatrick


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Amy’s sad and lonely existence

By Dan Myers on June 27, 2009

The Olive Press delves deep into the teenager’s troubled life


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Amy mum’s agony

By Dan Myers on June 27, 2009

Amy’s mother Audrey has confirmed that her daughter was not enrolled for any school in the term leading up to her disappearance


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THE SAD TRUTH

By Dan Myers on June 26, 2009

This week the Olive Press can exclusively reveal new and troubling information about the lifestyle of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick


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Going Gaelic

March 12, 2010

Andalucia is being represented by a new Gaelic football team, Eire Og Seville, in a Costa del Sol tournament this Saturday


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Holy guacamole

March 12, 2010

Police arrest two over record avocado thefts

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Do it for Rocky

March 12, 2010

After Rocky’s mother made a fresh appeal to catch the suspected killer of her son Olive Press readers can help catch Jimbles

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Oscar glory for Spain

March 12, 2010

Spanish success in foreign language film but Penelope Cruz misses out on successive Oscars

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Afflatus: An outsider’s Andalucia

March 12, 2010

Part One: An introduction to Arriate by Olive Press writer A.N. Maier, describing his version of the hillside town

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Crushed

March 12, 2010

EXCLUSIVE By Andrew Pearce: British couple recall the moment the roof caved in on their close friends


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

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Dead baby found in rubbish

February 8, 2008 | Granada

Street cleaners in Santa Fe, Granada, have found the remains of a new born baby in a waste disposal unit

WWF begs end to motorway madness

October 20, 2008 | National News

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have demanded the end to a motorway project that will destroy the habitat of some of the World’s rarest animals.

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Spain wakes up from its archetypal slumber

February 10, 2009 | National News

Survey shows that only 40 per cent of Spaniards are still taking a siesta

PNV leader resigns

September 17, 2007 | National News

THE resignation of a moderate nationalist politician has led to fears of a urge in pro-independence feelings in the Basque Country.
Josu Jon Imaz stepped down as leader of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) after claims of divisions within the party.

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UK couple have home demolished in Almeria

January 27, 2008 | Almeria

Len and Helen Prior stand on the site of their former dream home putting a brave face on the wreckage that regional politics and municipal corruption have made of their retirement.