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May 2009


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Snapshop of Real Life

By on May 23, 2009

Sevilla is converting itself into an enormous, open-air photography gallery


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Mayor in Trouble

By on May 23, 2009

Antequera mayor Ricardo Millan is in trouble after his fragile coalition broke down last week


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Chiringuito beach bars to stay open for now

By on May 23, 2009

The chiringuito beach bars on Spain’s southern coasts have won a reprieve and will not be removed after all


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I aim to make the best wine in the World, says Andaluz winemaker

By on May 23, 2009

Geoff Garvey visits Cadiz bodega Huerta de Albala


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Expats Against Corruption

By on May 22, 2009

Britons to fight against corrupt town halls in European elections


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Spain joins Carbon Capture trio

By on May 22, 2009

Spain is joining the UK, Germany and Canada in investigating the potential of carbon capture as a means of fighting global warming


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World’s largest solar tower switches on

By on May 22, 2009

The World’s largest solar power tower went into use near Sevilla last week


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Oh I do like to be beside the lakeside

By on May 22, 2009

Fancy somewhere different to lay down your towel this weekend? Is the Costa del Sol just too busy and the Costa de la Luz too windy?


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British buyers trump Germans and Irish

By on May 22, 2009

British buyers accounted for 58 per cent of all European purchases of property in Spain last year


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Malaga Virgin

By on May 22, 2009

Sir Richard Branson is in a bidding war over the running of an exclusive 20million euro spa retreat in Malaga province


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Gangland Axarquia

By on May 19, 2009

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


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Superjudge takes on the US

By on May 19, 2009

Judge Garzón prosecutes Bush lawyers over torture claims


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Sell an organ to beat La Crisis

By on May 19, 2009

Investigation launched after Spaniards look to sell organs to make ends meet


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Bun Fight!

By on May 19, 2009

A Burger King advert, which features a squat Mexican draped in his country’s flag and an American cowboy, has offended Mexican officials in Spain


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No Enigma!

By on May 19, 2009

Multi-millionaire musician’s mansion torn down for failing to get licence


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Briton breaks speed record

By on May 19, 2009

A British driver is thought to have broken the Andalucian speeding record


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Desperate Housewives get close to Nervous Breakdowns

By on May 16, 2009

Almodovar comes up trumps with film being made into US TV series


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Spanish link to UK expenses saga MP

By on May 16, 2009

Three second homes and a luxury escape in Spain – the Labour MP who ‘acts like an English imperialist from the days of the Raj’


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My Off-Plan property nightmare

By on May 16, 2009

Buyer loses tens of thousands after buying unbuilt property through complex web of agents and a lawyer who wasn’t interested


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Amis’s mountain break

By on May 16, 2009

Bestselling author Martin Amis has been on holiday in Ronda after starring at this year’s Hay literary festival in Granada.


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King of Sushi on the critical list

By on May 4, 2009

EU’s fishing industry on ‘brink of suicide’ as Bluefin tuna face extinction in just three years


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Bargain break? Come to Spain

By on May 4, 2009

Forget England, Spain is still cheapest holiday destination in Europe


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Spanish war hero dies

By on May 4, 2009

One of Britain’s key heroes from the Spanish Civil War has died at the age of 96. Jack Jones fought in a number of key battles against Franco’s fascist forces


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La Cala Murder Mystery

By on May 4, 2009

Not Amy, but macabre discovery has similarities to the Rocio Wanninkhof case


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If you are fat, don’t fly Ryanair

By on May 4, 2009

Not one to miss out on a big opportunity, Ryanair is thinking of charging obese passengers more to use their flights


Next Page »

Lead2, National News »

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WhatsApp and Facebook’s big night out in Barcelona

March 8, 2014

Jan Koum celebrated his app’s birthday with Mark Zuckerberg and singer Psy


Andalucia, Lead, Malaga »

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Niza Car Hire returns deposits after Olive Press report

March 8, 2014

Deposits are finally being returned to customers following the Olive Press’s exclusive investigation last issue

Property »

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Spanish investors use London’s booming property market to protect savings

March 7, 2014

New research reveals correlation between Spanish and British housing markets

Andalucia, Lead »

Truth of Spanish gender-violence revealed in ground-breaking survey thumbnail

Truth of Spanish gender-violence revealed in ground-breaking survey

March 7, 2014

Disturbing stats and spate of Andalucian domestic murders casts a dark shadow over International Women’s Day

Gibraltar, Lead2 »

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Gibraltar government launches investigation into bullying accusations

March 7, 2014

A civil servant accused of bullying a group of graduates

Lead2, Malaga »

Estepona grand boulevard project to begin this summer thumbnail

Estepona grand boulevard project to begin this summer

March 7, 2014

The €30 million project will include a shopping centre, cinema and 4-star hotel


“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 – 200,000 copies distributed monthly (120,000 digitally) with an estimated readership, including the website, of more than 500,000 people a month.

From The Archives »

SAVED!

September 30, 2008 | Andalucia

Victory for common sense as a trio of controversial projects are shelved … while one – the famous Tajo of Ronda – is under threat from an urbanisation of 120 homes and a luxury hotel

A haunted house, visits from Ringo and a trademark Rolls-Royce:

April 20, 2009 | News Feature

the mystery of Lennon’s Strawberry Fields Forever trip to southern Spain

VIDEO: Spanish school enacts mock invasion of Gibraltar and shooting dead of ‘Brits’

September 28, 2013 | Andalucia, Gibraltar, Lead, National News

Giggling Spanish students wearing military fatigues and carrying plastic guns shoot dead Union Jack-wearing ‘Brits’

Spanish breastfeeding baby doll in paedophile row

April 22, 2011 | National News

Spanish doll allows young girls to imitate breastfeeding has sparked controversy in the UK and America

Naomi Campbell hits Puerto Banus after break-up

July 4, 2013 | Celebrity

Model has been seen soaking up the sun on the Costa del Sol