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July 2009


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ETA bombs kill two

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 30, 2009

Dozens injured as Basque separatist group marks 50th anniversary with two bombs – while third is expected


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Fires claim a further two lives

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 30, 2009

Arson thought to be the cause of further forest fires


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Splashing out on leisure port

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 30, 2009

Proposed marina in La Cala will be of ‘worldwide note’


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SOS! Our coast

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 29, 2009

As the hordes descend for their August break, Greenpeace announces that half of Spain´s last few areas of protected coastline are in grave danger


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Double death in Ronda

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 29, 2009

Bodies of husband and wife discovered in apartment


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Last port of call for Ambassador…but Hi de Hi for our new Consul

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 29, 2009

Denise Holt says goodbye from the bridge of the navy’s biggest ship, while Steve Jones says hello


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Bodega up for top architecture prize

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 29, 2009

Lord Rogers’ iconic Bodegas Protos nominated for the Stirling Prize


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Riverbank to be reclaimed

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 29, 2009

Hundreds of properties set to lose land as riverbank is reclaimed


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Marbella’s got talent

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 29, 2009

The coast’s most irritating lounge lizard is back for a summer missive… wearing just his Dolce & Banana thong


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After a fashion

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 29, 2009

Bartie takes a swipe at fashion choice and raises questions over economic migration


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Hundreds caught in holiday lets scam

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 29, 2009

PO box thought to be key to European-wide holiday letting scam


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Modern architecture meets Spanish wine

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 28, 2009

As Bodegas Protos is nominated for the Sterling Prize, Kevin Guyan looks at the relationship between modern architecture and Spanish wine


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You’re hired!

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 28, 2009

Lord Alan Sugar purchases cut-price Mijas hotel


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At home with Mr & Mrs Lemons

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 27, 2009

Jon Clarke visits Driving Over Lemons author Chris Stewart at his nearly-carbon neutral home


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The environment? It’s as muddy as earth

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on July 27, 2009

So you think you’re doing your bit for the environment? You might need to think again


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Jimenez in Andalucia

March 11, 2010

Spanish golfing great is getting involved in the Andalucian Open


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Female sexual conquest

March 11, 2010

Boffins try to unlock the secret behind female sexual desires

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Living under the axe

March 10, 2010

EXCLUSIVE: With the April 9 demolition deadline looming, the ‘Albox Nine’ were visited by MP Chris Bryant to discuss the crisis. However, amid the political furore, that is making headlines back home, Andrew Pearce discovers how easy it is to forget the real people, with real struggles at the heart of this wretched affair

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Horse owner sued

March 10, 2010

Legal action launched against stable owner whose horses died in floods

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Catch my son’s killer

March 10, 2010

EXCLUSIVE BY SAM DALE: A mother has made an emotional appeal to Olive Press readers to help track down the suspected killer of her son.

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Rooney’s Spanish battle

March 10, 2010

Rooney is among the Premiership stars considering legal action over Marbella property advice


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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“Illegal Hotel” daubed on illegal hotel

July 20, 2007 | Almeria

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.

Andalucia slammed in Greenpeace coast report

July 9, 2007 | Andalucia

THE coast of Andalucia is saturated by bricks and mortar and the situation worsens each year.
That is the conclusion of a Greenpeace report into the state of Spain’s coastline.
The authors of the Destrucción a Toda Costa (Destruction at all Co(a)sts) study claim more than 41,000 illegal buildings line the region’s 817 kilometres of coast, with [...]

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Saved!

November 13, 2007 | Almeria

Junta stops construction plans for Europe’s largest land-maritime nature reserve

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Expats Against Corruption

May 22, 2009 | National News

Britons to fight against corrupt town halls in European elections

No tears left to shed

September 3, 2007 | Features

This mass grave by the roadside was not the first in Spain to be unearthed in the past four years and it wouldn’t be the last. On each side were carobs and bright yellow and blue wild flowers, tranquil contrast to the macabre sight before us. Two men in the trench wore white overalls and [...]