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August 2009


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Britons Return to Malaga

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 24, 2009

Green shoots for Costa del Sol tourism


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Swine Flu Kills Three

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 24, 2009

Swine flu claims its first victims in Andalucia


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You’re taking the p***

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 22, 2009

Ryanair passengers faced with the number one ultimatum


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Immigrant dies on floating tyre

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 16, 2009

Extreme measures taken to reach Europe are highlighted once more


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Fight over Algarrobico goes on

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 15, 2009

The long-running saga continues


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Axarquia pressure group is in need of support

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 15, 2009

Pressure group requires urgent backing


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Nerja sleeping gas robbery

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 14, 2009

Couple get more than just 40 winks


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Greenpeace fears over Mijas Coast

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 14, 2009

Mijas Coast under Greenpeace spotlight


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YOUTH CRIME: WE MUST ACT

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 12, 2009

The youth crime wave which saw two underage girls gang raped last month has led to urgent calls for juvenile law changes


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Football president sacked over child porn charges

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 11, 2009

Child porn scandal for football president


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Prices drop

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 11, 2009

Reasons for optimism as cost of typical grocery shop falls


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Three in court after yob attack

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 10, 2009

Welsh schoolboy’s condition stable but still critical


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No sex on the beaches

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 8, 2009

Health and safety step in to clamp down on anti-social beach behaviour


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Was Maddie sold in Spain?

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 7, 2009

Could missing girl have been acquired by Victoria Beckham lookalike in Barcelona?


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Malaga pools fail safety checks

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on August 6, 2009

Poor water quality and lack of lifeguards are exposed


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Andalucia, Gibraltar, National News, Property »

A lot of stress over what exactly? thumbnail

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 »

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Muslim girl banned from school

April 21, 2010 | Lead2, National News

Girl excluded for wearing Islamic headscarf

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100,000 British arrive at wrong destination

June 15, 2009 | National News

A further 1.9 million bring the wrong currency, a survey has revealed

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Marta del Castillo killed for rejecting a kiss

April 28, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2, Sevilla

Ex-boyfriend of missing teenager accused of murdering her after she refused to kiss him

Kidnappers caged

November 30, 2008 | National News

Romanian and Spaniard jailed after British couple snatched at holiday home EXCLUSIVE BY JON CLARKE IN ALICANTE TWO violent thugs have been jailed for eight years each for the kidnap of a British couple in Spain.

Developers move in on Civil War mass grave

October 20, 2008 | Andalucia

Building work begins on top of communal tomb of Franco’s victims DESCENDENTS of those killed by supporters of the military uprising that led to civil war in Spain have reacted angrily to plans to build a housing development on top of a mass grave.