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May 2010


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Yacht owners reap Gib’s bounty

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 28, 2010

Better rates on the Rock has forced Spain to walk the plank


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Amy: Mystery theft in Spain

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 28, 2010

Lawyer’s documents raided after bizarre Costa del Sol house burglary


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Zapatero’s cuts passed in knife-edge vote

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 27, 2010

Spain’s drastic budget cuts get go ahead in the closest of decisions


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It all began with a German!

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 27, 2010

How the ruthless efficiency of organic winemaker Federico Shatz made Ronda wines great again


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Saved at last?

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 27, 2010

Spanish farmhouse that inspired poet Lorca’s Blood Wedding may now have been saved from collapse


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Cat killer on the loose in Andalucian village

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 27, 2010

EXCLUSIVE by Andrew Pearce and Paul Whitelock: Sleepy mountain enclave shocked by spate of pet deaths


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Spain’s gold rush

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 26, 2010

It may not be full of gun slingers and wagon wheels, but the 21st Century gold rush is still turning Andalucia wild, writes Andrew Pearce


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Driven barking mad

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 26, 2010

Spain still clings onto second place in world’s noisiest country awards thanks to its over-zealous dogs


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Zorro goes back to his wild roots

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 26, 2010

Spain’s Hollywood finest team up for first time in 20 years


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‘Godfather’ arrested in huge Spain raid

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 25, 2010

Record police operation sees more than 30 criminals arrested across Europe


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Judge ruling threatens Andalucia’s coastline

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 25, 2010

Spain’s coast in danger of more development after court decision


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Bad girls

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 25, 2010

Spanish prison for women embroiled in sex scandal


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Dumb and dumber

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 25, 2010

No less than 12 per cent of British holidaymakers still think Spain has the peseta


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Saved by skin of teeth

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 24, 2010

Maimed Spanish bullfighter now out of intensive care after horrific throat goring


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Make or… break

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on May 24, 2010

Thinking about heading back to the UK for the sake of family, job prospects or good old home comforts? In the first of a two-part serialisation of Paul Allen’s book Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Tessa Norman weighs up the pros and cons of this big decision


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Andalucia, Granada, Lead »

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British father and son drown in holiday tragedy

September 9, 2010

In a double tragedy a man has died near the seaside town of Almuñecar in a failed attempt to rescue his drowning father


Features »

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How we created hero cop Max

September 9, 2010

A husband and wife writing team based in Granada explain how they have managed to get a trilogy of crime books commissioned and onto the shelves in the UK… with a little help from The Olive Press and a large round-topped bath

Andalucia, Lead2 »

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We’re just arse-ing around!

September 9, 2010

Princess Eugenie in ‘moonie’ shocker

Andalucia, Lead, Malaga »

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Lawyers ‘laundered’ 60m euros

September 9, 2010

Law firm Cruz Conde used a web of 800 fake companies to undertake dealings, discovers the Hidalgo investigation

Features »

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Tom Cruise?

September 8, 2010

What was Tom Cruise doing attending Ronda’s famous bullfighting festival?

Andalucia, Gibraltar, Lead »

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Gib toll protests

September 8, 2010

Locals are vowing not to spend money in the neighbouring town


“The best English newspaper in southern Spain,” according to the Rough Guide. 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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Think yourself thin

February 10, 2009 | Health

Costa del Sol clinic claims to have found a cheap miracle cure for obesity. It’s all in the mind

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Holiday fears

February 15, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga

Pay strike looms as “intolerable” air traffic controllers refuse salary cut

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My guardian angel on the 64 bus

November 14, 2009 | Lead2, National News

Stranger diagnoses rush hour passenger with tumour on bus

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We’re happy here in Spain

May 12, 2010 | Andalucia

Despite PM Zapatero’s drastic budget cuts a new study has confirmed that nine out of ten expats still prefer it in Spain

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Gangland Axarquia

May 19, 2009 | Malaga

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

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Journey to the Imperial City

October 16, 2007 | Travel

Jason Heppenstall travels to Toledo – the “Rome of Spain” – and ends up in a Brit bar like no other

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Noisy neighbour kicked out

February 23, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2

A man has been ordered to leave his house for being too loud

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Orphans just a splash away from new pool

May 3, 2009 | Malaga

Children at Malaga’s Ciudad de los Ninos hope to get new pool by the summer