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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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The return of Zorro

March 29, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2

Antonio Banderas is coming home to Malaga for his annual role in the Easter celebrations

Hitler’s Spanish sojourn

August 18, 2008 | National News

Investigator claims Nazi leader fled to Barcelona instead of committing suicide in Berlin bunker NAZI leader Adolf Hitler spent a month in Spain before fleeing Europe for South America, according to an Argentine investigator. Abel Basti claims to have found an FBI document, which states Hitler did not commit suicide in his Berlin bunker. Instead, [...]

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Capital link threat

March 29, 2010 | Andalucia, Gibraltar, Lead2

Airline uncertainty has cast a shadow on Gibraltar’s direct flight to Madrid

Fore Seasons!

December 16, 2007 | Andalucia

Luxury hotel group is slammed for links to controversial golf project as properties are marketed despite Junta stop order Jon Clarke LUXURY hotel chain Four Seasons has been linked to Ronda’s controversial Los Merinos golf development. The award-winning company – recently voted best hotel group worldwide – apparently plans to build a hotel inside the [...]

Illegal builder goes to jail

March 28, 2008 | Andalucia

A MAN who built an illegal house in Velez Malaga has been sent to prison. The builder, who constructed the home in Almayate, has been handed a year sentence, plus a 3,600 euro fine. The constructor, who has also been banned from working for six months, submitted an application to build a tool shed in [...]