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Tanning: The bare essentials

Scientists have discovered why your inside arm and bottom just do not tan, while parasols may not be giving you the protection you expect

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Home or away?

Seven out of ten ex-pat pensioners do not miss home, according to a survey

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Spain leads the world in organ transplants

With over 4,000 organ transplants conducted in 2009, Spain is the world leader in the field

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These streets were made for walking

Nicola Cowell takes to the narrow lanes of Jimena to discover why the town is such an
enchanted retreat for tourists and expats

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A lot of stress over what exactly?

Olive Press finance writer Ian Le Breton on how the vast majority of Spanish banks have passed the so-called “stress tests”

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Out of the sewers

Campaign launched to stop nine towns from continuing to pour sewage into Guadalhorce river


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Yes, Prime Minister

Despite being discovered by British leader David Cameron, few people have unearthed the true secrets of the Guadiaro Valley


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Waking the dead

They are taken in Taiwan, Serbia, Slovenia, and Bangladesh, and, according to NASA, invigorate the body and soul. The word comes from the Latin for ‘sixth hour,’ and is intended to occur roughly six hours after one wakes up… But why is the siesta culture dying out in Spain? Sara Wallace finds out


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Find true charm in Marbella’s old town

While Marbella has thousands of hotels, the best place to stay is in the Casco Historico


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Tower gets go-ahead

Sevilla’s controversial Torre Pelli gets approval


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A tale of two cities

Bad boys, IT Girls and Wags… but for those in the know, like Kate Moss, Simon Cowell and Prince Harry, there is a lot more to discover in the heart of Andalucia’s most maligned resort, writes Jon Clarke


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The crumbling empire of Marbella’s ‘King of Clubs’

Former playboy Prince Alfonso de Hohenlohe’s mountain retreat is now being bulldozed – a far cry from the glitzy, star-studded lifestyle he enjoyed with the jet set during Marbella’s zenith

Property »

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MRI petition launched

Hundreds join attack on beleaguered property firm

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Putting on the Ritz

Nicola Cowell takes her first ever stroll around Puerto Banus, Europe’s number one haven of ostentatious wealth

Property »

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Bribes inspector faces jail

He was meant to stop illegal construction, but took thousands to allow it

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The Costa Nostra

LIFTING THE LID ON MAFIA SPAIN: After a spate of gangland-style shootings and the high profile arrests of three dozen Irish mobsters, the Olive Press takes a closer look at why the Costa del Sol is said to have become the world’s centre for organised crime

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Bulldozing a piece of history

Two listed buildings have been demolished in Mijas to the dismay of local residents

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.