Happy New Year from the Olive Press!

By Web Manager on December 31, 2010

Exciting year ahead for the newspaper and our websites

OAP… one amazing purchase

By Web Manager on December 31, 2010

Successful care home up for sale on new property website

Turkish delight

By Web Manager on December 31, 2010

It’s hugely rewarding when a newspaper’s story ends up with results

A gold shower?

By Carolyn Emmett on December 31, 2010

With all the walls in place, Calliope was able to make interior design decisions at the new house

El Cable Inglés, mines and railways in Almería

By John Woodhead on December 31, 2010

John Woodhead takes look at mining and railways in the Almería province

Malaga port snubs French food giant Carrefour

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 31, 2010

French supermarket will not be allowed into the new high-profile port development

High speed train testing track goes off the rails

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 31, 2010

Mass opposition to ‘destructive’ scheme to bring world’s biggest train testing track to Antequera

Dance group La Fura del Baus cooks up a storm

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 31, 2010

An ingenious production of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus will see top dance company La Fura dels Baus cooking up a storm on stage in Malaga

Bale makes it to the Spanish dream team

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 30, 2010

Tottenham’s Gareth Bale was the only Brit to have made it into La Marca’s annual dream team selection.

Georgian mafia henchman extradited to Spain

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 30, 2010

The main money launderer for the Georgian mob is being extradited to Spain

Andalucia postpones green tax on plastic bags

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 30, 2010

The Junta’s green credentials are put in question following a delay in the long-awaited green tax

Nick Clegg’s mobile Christmas

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 30, 2010

El Clegg goes for gingerbread men in for his festive greeting

Great Esc-APE for orphaned orangutan

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 30, 2010

An orangutan born in Spain sails to England in a first class cabin

Turkish property scam exposed in Spain

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 30, 2010

Police are clamping down on a Turkish property scam that cost dozens of people across Europe their life savings

Search for Spain’s ‘lost babies of Franquismo’

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 29, 2010

Police have opened an investigation into the newborn babies who were lost in 1960s-70s across Spain

Spanish banks long way from health

By Anatoly Kurmanaev on December 29, 2010

More banking downgrades are on the way

Andalucia castles to get a facelift

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on December 29, 2010

Malaga province is restoring its castles

Murcia shepherd derails golf course

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on December 29, 2010

After years of legal battles a shepherd wins a right to keep his land from developers

Spanish salaries hold up

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on December 29, 2010

Spanish salaries are rising despite the downturn

Cats and dogs drown in Mijas rescue centre flood

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on December 29, 2010

Numerous animals are killed after a flood sweeps through animal shelter

Christmas 2010 – normal service has been resumed

By John Woodhead on December 28, 2010

The forecast is good as John Woodhead enjoys Christmas in Almería

Live Belén in Jimera de Líbar

By Web Manager on December 27, 2010

One symbol of Christmas that still maintains great importance throughout Spain is the belén – a Nativity scene. Photographs by Karl Smallman

Jamon bubble bursts

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on December 27, 2010

The price of Andalucian pork products is plummeting this festive season

Muslim ham complaint thrown out

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on December 25, 2010

A Muslim family who complained about the mention of ham in class will not get redress. Spanish judges are having none of it

Curtain falls on more British criminals

By Jon Clarke (Publisher) on December 25, 2010

A most wanted drug trafficker is snatched in a bar in the latest Captura swoop

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