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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


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Holy guacamole

March 12, 2010

Police arrest two over record avocado thefts

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Do it for Rocky

March 12, 2010

After Rocky’s mother made a fresh appeal to catch the suspected killer of her son Olive Press readers can help catch Jimbles

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Oscar glory for Spain

March 12, 2010

Spanish success in foreign language film but Penelope Cruz misses out on successive Oscars

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Afflatus: An outsider’s Andalucia

March 12, 2010

Part One: An introduction to Arriate by Olive Press writer A.N. Maier, describing his version of the hillside town

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Crushed

March 12, 2010

EXCLUSIVE By Andrew Pearce: British couple recall the moment the roof caved in on their close friends


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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Cash boost for Málaga beaches

January 3, 2008 | Andalucia

THE Goverment has announced a six-million-euro regeneration plan for 27 Costa del Sol beaches.
The Ministry of the Environment will spend the money on 630,000 cubic metres of sand after low rainfall in recent years has resulted in the destruction of many beaches along the Málaga coast.
Marbella is set to benefit the most with five of [...]

Granada budget allocation “not enough”

October 3, 2006 | Uncategorized

OPPOSITION politicians have slammed Madrid’s decision to give little more than 400 euros per person for Granada in next year’s budget allowance – 250 euros less than the national average.

The PSOE socialist government has earmarked 343 million euros for Granada in 2007 – the majority of which will be spent on the transport infrastructure of [...]

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Amy probe demand

July 11, 2009 | Andalucia

Letter to Irish ambassador insisted she was “in danger”

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Gay haven set for Spain

December 9, 2009 | Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga

Spain’s first retirement complex aimed at gays and lesbians set to get underway

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Madoff to Gibraltar

April 16, 2009 | Andalucia

Disgraced broker Bernard Madoff transferred 150 million dollars to Gibraltar a month before his arrest last year