September 2010

Alberto Contador tests positive for drugs

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 30, 2010

This year’s Tour de France winner has failed a drugs test

A tale of two towns

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 30, 2010

Success or failure? The impact of yesterday’s strike was felt in varying degrees across the country

Bronislava and Clyde

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 30, 2010

A British man and his Russian accomplice have been arrested near Marbella in connection with a string of 15 bank robberies

Flight chaos as General Strike hits Spain

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 29, 2010

Flights grounded as unions get 70 per cent support for the general strike

Our hospitals are unwell

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 29, 2010

Andalucia comes near the bottom for bed numbers and spending per patient

Land grab law may not breach EU legislation

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 29, 2010

Valencia’s notorious land grab law might be legal, according to lawyers in Brussels

A land of rebellion, resistance and renaissance

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 28, 2010

After spending a year living in the region, the Olive Press editor Jon Clarke explains why he identified with the Axarquia

Get a grip

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 28, 2010

Men and women with a firm handshake could outlive their weaker peers

Steaming on

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 28, 2010

From Indiana Jones and spaghetti westerns to the ‘Strawberry run’ in Madrid, the Baldwin is back on the tracks

Mr Marbella admits affair

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 27, 2010

Disgraced DJ, Maurice Boland, has admitted to an affair with a 16-year-old girl

SOS – Save our Sierras

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 27, 2010

Nature park plan to protect coastal hills from development

How the Axarquia awakened from its slumber

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 27, 2010

Novelist David Baird on why, having lived all around the world, he settled in this quiet corner of Malaga, known as a land of rebellion, resistance and renaissance

Marriage is a science

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 27, 2010

A new study shows couples still keep the romance alive after 21 years of marriage

La Bella Raquel

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 27, 2010

Sorolla’s painting of famous actress expected to fetch 250,000 euros at auction

A divided society

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 26, 2010

Less than one per cent of Malaga owns 8.3bn euros

Gorrillas in our midst

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 26, 2010

Almost a thousand ‘gorillas’ – who make you pay for finding a parking space – have had reports filed against them this year

Fly-away fashion

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 26, 2010

Spanish invention gives whole new meaning to the term skintight clothing… and it might even be useful

The sweet smell of success

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 26, 2010

Jon Clarke on the fall and rise of the sweet Moscatel wines from the Axarquia

The Pearls of Aphrodite

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 25, 2010

Andalucian firm first in Spain to produce white caviar

Our lives at risk

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 25, 2010

Beachgoers angry after no warnings just half an hour after double drowning

The Rock says ‘sorry’

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 25, 2010

Gibraltar government apologises to Spain for the actions of two policemen

Granny, drop the kids! It’s the national strike

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 25, 2010

The Unions are calling for grandparents to stop looking after their grandchildren on the day of the General Strike

The debt crisis could be over

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 24, 2010

Prime Minister Zapatero has declared the debt crisis is over in Europe

What a cultured bunch!

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on September 24, 2010

Next week a shortlist will be drawn up to decide on which Spanish city will become Europe’s City of Culture in 2016. Nicola Cowell takes a look at what is on offer