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June 2012


Pic talks

By on June 30, 2012

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has attended a series of meetings with potential investors in London and a Unite union conference in Brighton.


Expats launch action group after being ‘ripped off’ by Spanish-based financial services company thumbnail

Expats launch action group after being ‘ripped off’ by Spanish-based financial services company

By on June 30, 2012

Dozens of victims claim to have been mis-sold by David Driver


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Wonderful, wonderful watermelon

By on June 30, 2012

There is more to this delicious fruit grown in Andalucia than first meets the eye, discovers Wendy Williams


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New runway for Malaga airport tipped to create a tourism take-off

By on June 30, 2012

The new runway will double the capacity of the airport and accomodate state-of-the-art airplanes


Imogen Thomas shows off Spanish tan thumbnail

Imogen Thomas shows off Spanish tan

By on June 30, 2012

The Welsh beauty shows off her glow on Twitter


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Costa Women Marbella bound

By on June 30, 2012

Costa Women are launching a new group in Marbella! With 100+ members living between Marbella and Gibraltar, the group, run by Marina Nitzak, will hold monthly meet ups around the area


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Brit teen diver backs anti-’balconing’ campaign

By on June 30, 2012

Leave the pool jumping to the pros, says UK diving champ


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Vanishing act

By on June 29, 2012

Bartie questions what Greece did with the bailout money


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Orgiva art attack

By on June 29, 2012

Young expat artists, aged between six and 14, have put on a fabulous exhibition of their own work


British woman dies while bathing on Spanish beach thumbnail

British woman dies while bathing on Spanish beach

By on June 29, 2012

69-year-old British woman suffers a cardio-respiratory arrest at beach


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Shock at Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal ousted by world number 100

By on June 29, 2012

The Spaniard lost his round two match against Czech player Lukas Rosol


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Mummified body discovered near Malaga hospital

By on June 29, 2012

The mummified body of a man was found near Malaga hospital on Tuesday


Raymond Prats: A simple test could save your life thumbnail

Raymond Prats: A simple test could save your life

By on June 29, 2012

The Simplecare expert explains the risks of vascular disease and the importance of screening


Bruce Springsteen performs for four hours in Madrid thumbnail

Bruce Springsteen performs for four hours in Madrid

By on June 29, 2012

It was the longest concert of his five-decade career


American artist Bayard Osborn dies age 89 thumbnail

American artist Bayard Osborn dies age 89

By on June 29, 2012

He exhibited his work around the world and even sold his sculptures to the King of Spain


All aboard

By on June 29, 2012

A new high-speed train link between Sevilla and Valencia will cut the journey time from eight hours to four.


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EU wades into Gibraltar fishing row

By on June 29, 2012

Brussels warns that both sides must take responsibility over protected marine sites


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A backward glance

By on June 29, 2012

After four lessons to learn the ‘sevillana’ dance, I think I have finally mastered the steps. I’d been muddling my paso with my pasada, and turning right when I should have been turning left


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Nine per cent increase in Britons arrested in Spain

By on June 28, 2012

British Embassy urges Brits in Spain to take more care with the law


Sevilla escapes UNESCO’s World Heritage black list thumbnail

Sevilla escapes UNESCO’s World Heritage black list

By on June 28, 2012

The Pelli Tower does not threaten the city’s World Heritage status, apparently


Fernando Alonso criticised by pressure group in Valencia despite winning home Grand Prix thumbnail

Fernando Alonso criticised by pressure group in Valencia despite winning home Grand Prix

By on June 28, 2012

Street Circuit No want the Formula One star to speak out over the plans to host the European Grand Prix in the city


Pope visit

By on June 28, 2012

GIBRALTAR bishop Ralph Heskett has met with Pope Benedict XVI as part of his first Ad Limina visit to Rome, held every five years.


What to do with the kids this summer… thumbnail

What to do with the kids this summer…

By on June 28, 2012

Mother-of-three Wendy Andersen gives tips on surviving the long, hot Andalucian summer


Spanish superjudge fights back thumbnail

Spanish superjudge fights back

By on June 28, 2012

Garzon makes formal request for pardon


Toni Muldoon faces fraud charges thumbnail

Toni Muldoon faces fraud charges

By on June 28, 2012

Timeshare entrepreneur will appear before a judge in the UK today


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 »

Hitler’s Spanish sojourn

August 18, 2008 | National News

Investigator claims Nazi leader fled to Barcelona instead of committing suicide in Berlin bunker

New lacto

April 7, 2012 | News in Brief

Goats’ milk is to be bottled for sale for the first time in Malaga province at a new plant in Casabermeja.

Garzon goes

March 8, 2012 | News in Brief

Baltasar Garzon is to take on a role as a parliamentary advisor in Argentina after being banned from the bench in Spain for 11 years for illegal phone-tapping.

Spain’s football clubs cut their tax debt

February 13, 2014 | Sport

First and second division clubs have reduced their debts by 20%

Use your mobile phone to help detect skin cancer

April 28, 2013 | Features, Health

New app will help give early warning of skin cancer