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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 »

Ex-pats sued for green views

January 8, 2007 | Uncategorized

Developers involved in a ‘mafia-style harassment ‘ campaign after launching 22 million euro lawsuit against the Ronda residents, including writer Alasdair Boyd Exclusive by Jon Clarke A TRIO of ex pats are being sued for opposing a huge golf course project on 800 hectares of virgin woodland inside a Unesco Biosphere Reserve. Developers behind the [...]

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IT STINKS!

June 12, 2009 | Andalucia

As we celebrate World Environment Day, it emerges that up to 300 towns and villages are still dumping sewage in rivers and the sea off Andalucia

Spain councillor charged with bribery and fraud

March 7, 2007 | Uncategorized

Judges release Alhendín town planning boss on bail THE Partido Popular councillor arrested at his home near Granada, Spain has been charged with bribery, deception and fraud. Judges in Santa Fe also charged Manuel Fernández – the chief of town planning at Alhendín council – with selling land in the Andalucia town for less than [...]

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Our Dream Hotel

October 18, 2009 | Andalucia, Malaga

How hotelier got 93 mates – including the odd celebrity – to help buy medieval manor house

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Speed Heist Gang Arrested

June 5, 2009 | National News

A gang that specialised in robbing moving trucks, has been rounded up in Madrid