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March 2011


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Take a walk in the Axarquia for Alzheimers

By on March 31, 2011

It’s the seventh annual fundraising walk in aid of the Axarquia Association AFADAX


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Prince Charles discusses Spanish green options

By on March 31, 2011

His Royal Highness discusses low carbon economy with business leaders.


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On the up for olives

By on March 31, 2011

Healthy Mediterranean snack now set to pip the peanut with UK consumers


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The carnaval is over…

By on March 30, 2011

‘Pirate’ Hannah participates in her local celebrations


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Wining and dining with Kofi Annan in Spain

By on March 30, 2011

Former UN secretary general will be the key note speaker at the Third World Conference on Climate Change and Wine in Marbella


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British contract killer arrested in Spain is now in court

By on March 30, 2011

James ‘Jimbles’ Tomkins is on trial for the murder of 24-year-old Rocky Dawson


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Spanish executive salaries increase

By on March 30, 2011

Top managerial salaries have increased by 12 per cent in Spain


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Gibraltar’s stinking sands

By on March 30, 2011

Government must act over Western Beach sewage issue


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Gualchos: Back on the track

By on March 29, 2011

So I’ve started running again after my initial nervousness: The calf injury made me cautious eventually turning inertia into a habit.


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USA choir to hit high notes in Andalucia

By on March 29, 2011

Harvard-Westlake Chamber Singers from California to perform free concerts in Cordoba and Seville


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Prelude to Semana Santa

By on March 29, 2011

Annual procession in honour of La Virgen del Espino


Ronda’s Casa del Rey Moro saved! thumbnail

Ronda’s Casa del Rey Moro saved!

By on March 29, 2011

Listed Ronda building finally gets a licence after 14 years of acrimony


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EU supports CEPSA refinery pollution probe

By on March 29, 2011

Gibraltar’s MEP Graham Watson has voiced concerns over increased pollution from the CEPSA oil refinery


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Gualchos: Silent waters!

By on March 28, 2011

It has rained all night. The house, which is old, cowers beneath the battering downpour


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Spanish MEP gets stung

By on March 28, 2011

Pablo Zalba Bidegain is the fourth MEP to be caught up in controversy


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Extra time for Spain vote registration

By on March 28, 2011

Deadline extended for foreign residents wanting to vote in May elections


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Brit bleeds to death in Spain

By on March 28, 2011

Gary Vigors died after allegedly having his throat slashed with a broken bottle in Magalluf


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James Hewitt bounding back in Spain

By on March 28, 2011

Five years after fleeing the UK for southern Spain, Lady Di’s former lover James Hewitt is proud of the successful restaurant Polo House he has set up in Marbella, a place where he feels he has finally put down roots


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Spain is lacking in girl power

By on March 28, 2011

Number of senior female executives have plummeted despite Zapatero’s aim to promote women


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Pensioner leaves fortune to town hall in Andalucia

By on March 28, 2011

The only condition: The town hall must use the money ‘for the good of others’


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Further fight for homeowners in Spain

By on March 28, 2011

Judges and consumer groups unite to fight 150 year old mortgage law


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Don’t trust the politicians!

By on March 27, 2011

After the authorities legalised 11,000 homes with the swish of a pen in the Axarquia, lawyer Adolfo Martos Gross offers a stern warning on building on rustic land


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110km/h?… I’m getting a new road angel!

By on March 27, 2011

The Olive Press’s very own Clarkson of the South, Richard Brooks, on why the new limit is merely a plan to raise more revenue in fines


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The only way is… eating less in Spain

By on March 27, 2011

James Argent is hoping to lose weight before filming in Marbella


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Prince Charles charges into Spain controversy

By on March 27, 2011

The maligned millionaire’s playground and hunting estate – one of Spain’s largest – where the Prince and Camilla are set to stay on their official tour


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 »

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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 »

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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 »

Monarch says adios to Granada

October 1, 2007 | Andalucia

Second-home owners threaten to sell up as airline pulls Gatwick-Granada route – Exclusive by Jo Chipchase USERS of Monarch’s Gatwick-Granada route have been angered at the low-cost airline’s decision to cancel the service. From November 4, visitors to Granada will have to face a four-hour round commute as Málaga becomes the airline’s sole south of […]

End of the road?

November 28, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga

Ronda’s countryside could lose its public transport once subsidies end

Evergreen in Spain!

June 23, 2010 | Andalucia, National News

The Olive Press proudly announces the launch of two green projects

Expat rescues over a dozen dogs in Malaga flood drama

November 14, 2012 | Andalucia

Expat saves 13 dogs as parts of Andalucia get a tenth of annual rainfall in just half an hour

A busman’s break for Bollywood cast

August 26, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2

Bollywood film crew were made to feel right at home while filming in Andalucia