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September 2009


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Sheep ravage vegetable plot

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

In the first of our exclusive excerts from Chris Stewart’s latest book on life in Andalucia, The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society, he reveals how his organic sheep destroyed his organic vegetable garden


Going for gold

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

A great passport scandal is causing unnecessary suffering for expatriates in Spain… and making the UK government millions each year


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Go Bananas in the Axarquia

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

The land of rebellion, resistance and renaissance – where bananas, mangoes and just about anything else grows


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Opus Dei unleash the dragons

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

As a new film is to be released on shady Catholic organisation Opus Dei, why it is unlikely to be popular in Spain


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I have a dream

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

Village has started workshops to teach locals how to orate like Martin Luther King


Dead healthy!

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

Doctor ordered to a morgue to check whether relative had come back to life


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AVE Maria for Sagrada Familia

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

Engineers check whether new AVE tunnels could endanger cathedral


‘Club Med’ blocks Tuna ban

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

SPAIN has refused to back plans to introduce a worldwide ban on bluefin tuna fishing.


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Sex fiends and criminals loose on the Costa del Sol

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 30, 2009

Just a week and Crimestoppers Most Wanted campaign snares dangerous drug dealer Michael Eddleston


Lars tries to crack Spain

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 27, 2009

Top Danish film director Lars Von Trier launches new Spanish movie company


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Battle Over Blood Wedding

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 27, 2009

As debate rages about the exhumation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s body will the chapel that inspired his most famous work be allowed to sink into the ground?


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Gaucin goes bust

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 18, 2009

Town hall reportedly on the brink of closure


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Gazza’s one day Costa break

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 17, 2009

Former footballer star shows his sensitive side by cutting short Marbella holiday


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Spanish suffer most from back to work blues

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 17, 2009

Millions of Spaniards could be suffering from post-holiday syndrome


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Pensioners’ Lifeline

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on September 16, 2009

Will proposed measures improve pensioners’ plight?


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Bar wars

March 13, 2010

Expatriate-run bar comes under attack from rival kiosk owner, who threatens to ‘burn down’ bar


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Beach rescue

March 13, 2010

The Spanish government has stepped in to help out battered beaches

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Marks and Spencer regret

March 13, 2010

LEAVING Spain ten years ago is a big regret for the long-serving boss of Marks and Spencer.
Chief executive Sir Stuart Rose sold all stores on the Spanish mainland for 150 million euros in 2001 but admits he made an error.
Sir Stuart closed all outlets in seven European countries for what he called internal “political not [...]

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Gibraltar rocks

March 12, 2010

Forget sunburned ex-pats and cheap booze, Jon Clarke discovers that the Med’s little Britain has had a makeover

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The ‘Special One’ backed for Madrid role

March 12, 2010

Portuguese boss Jose Mourinho favourite to replace under fire Madrid boss

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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


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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Los Merinos golf is “a horror story,” says famous MEP

March 2, 2007 | News Feature

Euro MP Michael Cashman has joined the battle to save a huge area of Unesco-protected woodland threatened by a controversial golf macro-project

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Pair jailed for vicious burglary

March 4, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga

Argentinians sentenced to ten years in prison after violent attack on British couple

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Stern Review – The Economic Truth

January 2, 2007 | Environment

When an e-mail arrived from The Climate Project team in Nashville, a tingle went down my spine. I had a feeling my life was about to change. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, had offered me a place on his Climate Project programme

The Collar tightens

October 30, 2008 | Andalucia

Environmentalists slam plans to develop ‘Special Protection’ zone above the A7 motorway
THE Collar of Concrete strangling inland Andalucia is pulling tighter.
The once-sacrosanct area inland from the A7 motorway is under threat of mass development.

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Swine flu strikes down Big Brother star in Spain

July 26, 2009 | Andalucia

Imogen Thomas contracts swine flu in Andalucia