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July 2010


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Spain’s unemployment level hits a new high

By on July 31, 2010

With 4.65 million unemployed Spain has double the unemployment of the rest of the Eurozone


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On the loose in Spain

By on July 31, 2010

Dangerous Scouser O´Flaherty sought after the shooting of an Irish father-of-two in Spanish bar


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Spain to allow medicinal cannabis use

By on July 30, 2010

Spain is second country to approve the drug containing cannabis


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Thunderbirds are Go (ing to Spain)

By on July 30, 2010

The historic car — with a makeover — will be rolling into Spain to raise money for a children’s clinic


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A to Z: Secret Andalucian Summer

By on July 30, 2010

Take your Andalucian summer beyond the crowded Costa beaches with our 26 favourite spots


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Nuclear water

By on July 30, 2010

Locals in Almerían villages told their water is unfit to drink


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Shaken and stirred

By on July 30, 2010

Bond star Connery being investigated over new Costa fraud


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Bullfighting banned in Catalonia

By on July 29, 2010

A parliamentary vote makes Catalonia the first mainland autonomous region in Spain to ban the practice


As much use as a cardboard boat! thumbnail

As much use as a cardboard boat!

By on July 29, 2010

BUDDING sailors are hoping to keep their heads above water in the Gibraltar cardboard boat race


Oh, I do like to be beside the lakeside thumbnail

Oh, I do like to be beside the lakeside

By on July 29, 2010

Jon Clarke explains why the Andalucian lake district is a good alternative to the coast


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Planet of the Apes

By on July 29, 2010

Gibraltar’s monkeys facing new cull after learning to get room service


Irish holidaymaker slain in Costa killing thumbnail

Irish holidaymaker slain in Costa killing

By on July 28, 2010

The 41-year-old was on holiday with his family


Running the gauntlet as a solo blonde in Pamplona thumbnail

Running the gauntlet as a solo blonde in Pamplona

By on July 28, 2010

American journalist Sara Wallace, 20, is not as impressed as fellow writer Ernest Hemingway after spending 24 hours at Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls festival


Clock stops for timeshare king Garry Leigh thumbnail

Clock stops for timeshare king Garry Leigh

By on July 28, 2010

OLIVE PRESS EXCLUSIVE: Costa timeshare king Garry Leigh has been killed


British wife stabs husband to death on Costa thumbnail

British wife stabs husband to death on Costa

By on July 27, 2010

The woman was arrested on the scene in Benalmádena


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At the peak of creativity

By on July 27, 2010

Grazalema – a small mountain town in Andalucia – is fast becoming a big name in the art world


¡Hola, Obama! thumbnail

¡Hola, Obama!

By on July 27, 2010

Andalucia is gearing up for its most high-profile visitor in years


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Incredible relics

By on July 26, 2010

Unseen Bronze Age artefacts made by the Phoenicians are on display in Cadiz


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Crime free

By on July 26, 2010

Spain has only 44 offences per 1000 people


Road and rail projects cancelled thumbnail

Road and rail projects cancelled

By on July 26, 2010

Andalucia’s road improvements are halted as the government claws back cash


Spain still top place to move thumbnail

Spain still top place to move

By on July 24, 2010

Searches for property in Spain have more than doubled in one year


Riddle as body of missing five-year-old found in Spain thumbnail

Riddle as body of missing five-year-old found in Spain

By on July 24, 2010

German boy found after huge police operation scoured the mountainous area of north Cordoba


Scorching? Wanna Bet? thumbnail

Scorching? Wanna Bet?

By on July 23, 2010

Sevilla the favourite, as the world bets on which Spanish city will be hottest this summer


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Still Rocking the Boat

By on July 22, 2010

Tricky tensions between Gibraltar and La Linea continue


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Top of the Pops

By on July 22, 2010

A look at this week’s music in Andalucia


Next Page »

Lead2, National News »

WhatsApp and Facebook’s big night out in Barcelona thumbnail

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 »

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

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 »

Gibraltar government launches investigation into bullying accusations thumbnail

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 »

A landscape you’ll never forget

March 26, 2012 | Huelva, Travel

Guy Hunter-Watts, author of Walking in Andalucia, takes a look at the Sierra de la Aracena

Fat cat boss bagged

February 6, 2007 | Crime & Law, Malaga

A FAT-CAT boss who sacked his staff by text message when his compensation firm went bust has been tracked down to Marbella. Inland Revenue investigators hit Accident Group boss Mark Langford and his wife Debbie with writs totalling £4.1 million as they got onto their luxury yacht in Puerto Banus marina at the weekend. In […]

PP wedding scandal

June 14, 2013 | Lead, National News

New details of Gurtel ring emerge as judge demands more in Barcenas case

Photographs reveal uncertain future for Spain

November 13, 2007 | National News

A NEW book reveals Spain of the near future to be a desolate place, barely able to support its traditional industries of tourism and agriculture. In the Greenpeace publication, the computer-generated images compare Spain today to how the country will look in a few decades’ time if Global Warming continues unchecked. Groves of orange trees […]

Relentless heat

August 22, 2012 | News in Brief

40 provinces across Spain remain on high alert as the heat wave continues.