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June 2011


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Hillary Clinton to visit Spain

By on June 30, 2011

The US Secretary of State will meet officials in Madrid as part of European tour.


Milk quality report: Consumer group slammed by Spanish government thumbnail

Milk quality report: Consumer group slammed by Spanish government

By on June 30, 2011

Huge row as government and consumer association lock horns over quality of Spanish milk


Moroccan man remanded after Swedish student death thumbnail

Moroccan man remanded after Swedish student death

By on June 30, 2011

A man accused of killing a Swedish student has been remanded in custody


Spanish cycling legend Alberto Contador stopped by French police thumbnail

Spanish cycling legend Alberto Contador stopped by French police

By on June 30, 2011

The three-time Tour de France winner was pulled over while training


Former Ronda mayor’s trail of debt thumbnail

Former Ronda mayor’s trail of debt

By on June 30, 2011

Ex-mayor faces prosecution over 30m euro shortfall


Yellow Elephant hotel falls victim to recession thumbnail

Yellow Elephant hotel falls victim to recession

By on June 30, 2011

Unusual ‘shareholder’ hotel purchase, involving pop band Belle & Sebastian, finally falls victim to the recession


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Wilshere treats his mates… and a bodyguard to a lads holiday in Spain

By on June 29, 2011

The England star enjoyed a week in Marbella


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Safe and dry in Spain

By on June 29, 2011

EXCLUSIVE:Missing expat had checked herself into a rehab clinic


Spain’s El Deliciano charms Andy Murray’s mum thumbnail

Spain’s El Deliciano charms Andy Murray’s mum

By on June 29, 2011

Judy Murray won’t know where to look when her son plays Lopez today


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What is a guiri?

By on June 29, 2011

We all know the term guiri, or, if not, we should – it’s what the Spanish call us foreigners


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British woman robbed in Benidorm

By on June 29, 2011

Gang caught with 300,000 euros worth of gold in their car


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Costa del Sol hen party with a difference

By on June 28, 2011

No L-plates, nor drunken antics as 400 Arab princesses jet in for unusual Costa hen night. EXCLUSIVE By Wendy Williams in Marbella


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Gay pride flying high in Spain

By on June 28, 2011

‘Gay pride’ flag flew over the Andalucian parliament for the first time this weekend to mark the annual Gay Pride festivities.


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Lots of Lopez in Spain

By on June 28, 2011

Jennifer Lopez suffered a wardrobe malfunction while wearing a low cut dress in Mallorca.


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Wimbledon on high alert amid Spanish protest threat

By on June 27, 2011

Democracy campaigners 15M denied entry to All England Club following protest plot


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Spain win Under-21 Championship

By on June 27, 2011

Youngsters help continue Spanish domination of world football


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Hackers target Spanish phone companies

By on June 27, 2011

Hacker group Anonymous hit Movistar and Telefonica in protest over ‘massive sackings’


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Spanish motorway speed limit to return to 120kph

By on June 26, 2011

New limit will be enforced from July 1 after government decided not to extend the reduced limit


Andalucia’s true Frontera of Food thumbnail

Andalucia’s true Frontera of Food

By on June 26, 2011

Why Vejer de la Frontera has become the dining room of the Costa de la Luz…


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Riding the wind on the Costa de la Luz

By on June 25, 2011

JON CLARKE takes a trip along the Costa de la Luz, Andalucia’s most unspoilt, if sometimes rather breezy, coastline


Liver-dwelling parasite infects 400 in Spain thumbnail

Liver-dwelling parasite infects 400 in Spain

By on June 25, 2011

Type of liver fluke is usually only found in more deprived countries


Russian master unearthed in Marbella thumbnail

Russian master unearthed in Marbella

By on June 25, 2011

Rare painting found in Marbella sells for triple its estimate


In Boca: Casamono thumbnail

In Boca: Casamono

By on June 24, 2011

Casamono is really pushing the boundaries in Marbella


Overbuilding in Spain causes further drop in prices thumbnail

Overbuilding in Spain causes further drop in prices

By on June 24, 2011

‘We must learn from this lesson’, says Bank of Spain boss


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Spanish footsteps of the gods

By on June 23, 2011

JAMES BRYCE took a trip to Chiclana and Sancti Petri, where it is said that the Temple of Hercules once stood and Roman leaders Hannibal and Caesar took their hols


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Blogs »

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Lawyers suing lawyers

March 8, 2014

Our regular Olive Press legal column by lawyer Antonio Flores


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 »

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Gibraltar government launches investigation into bullying accusations

March 7, 2014

A civil servant accused of bullying a group of graduates


“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 »

Spain’s longest-serving prisoner a free man at last

February 21, 2012 | National News

Miguel Montes Neiro had been in prison almost continually since 1976

Taek that!

March 21, 2012 | Sport

Kieran Taylor, 17, is the first Englishman to make the Spanish National Taekwondo Team

An Inconvenient Truth

November 3, 2006 | Uncategorized

by Rosina Sinclair  {mosimage} We sat in stunned silence as the credits rolled by in the darkened cinema. Nobody seemed to want to move, to break the bond between us and what we had just seen. When I did rise to walk down the aisle, it was to a world that would never look the […]

Car hire deposit row in Spain

November 7, 2012 | Andalucia, Travel

EXCLUSIVE: Britons claim Benalmadena rental firm took money for damage they did not cause

TV village

April 18, 2012 | News in Brief

THE first episode of a new TV series focusing on the lives of locals is being filmed in Frigiliana. It will be aired on TVE in the spring.