Fly ban

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

A 62-year-old British grandmother has been banned from flying with easyJet after a flight attendant claimed she ‘assaulted’ her while boarding a flight in Murcia.

Costa journalist Mike Souter appears at UK court on 18 child sex offence charges

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Travel writer’s case referred to the Crown Court, where he will appear on December 14

Learn about España with Books4Spain

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

To mark 100 years of Spanish anarchism, the Olive Press lets you in on a valuable source to read-up on the subject and many other Spanish topics

Book review: Sketches of Spain

By Mason Jones (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Sketches of Spain by Federico Garcia Lorca (translated from Spanish by Peter Bush with illustrations by Julian Bell) – review by Ian Gibson

Plane pain

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

A Swiss woman has been taken to hospital in Madrid after being stung by a scorpion on an Iberia flight.

Spain remains top of the props

By James Bryce (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Costa del Sol still popular with foreign property buyers

Coastal plan to prevent building within 500m of sea in Andalucia

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Under the protection plan, launched this week, no new building projects can be launched and all existing plans will need to go through rigorous tests

Judge nails Andalucia golf project

By James Bryce (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Ronda may have to return €14 million to developers over controversial Los Merinos scheme

A century of Spanish anarchism

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

It is exactly 100 years since an anarchist shot dead Spain’s prime minister. As Eloise Horsfield discovers, the anarchist movement once counted over two million members and is still very much alive today

Olive Press golf competition!

By James Bryce (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Enter for a chance to win a free golf lesson

6,000 job cuts and 1,100 Bankia branches to close in €36.9 billion bailout

By Frances Leate (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Struggling banks hoping to return to profit in 2013 by slashing jobs and closing branches

Ten Brits arrested in Spain for €8 million ‘boiler room scam’

By Mason Jones (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Ten British nationals are among 22 people arrested in a multi-million-euro fraud investigation

Picasso camera snapped up for €1.7 million

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

World’s most expensive camera produced hundreds of pictures of famous Spanish artist

Mentally ill Briton faces prison in Spain

By James Bryce (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Holidaymaker with mental age of seven facing nine years for Benidorm blaze

Spain’s only circular cemetery set to boost tourism

By Mason Jones (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Built so the dead would not turn their backs on each other, locals in Sayalonga now hope the cemetery can become a tourist attraction

Taxman clamps down on residents of Spain with overseas assets

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 30, 2012

Hacienda closes in on tax evaders, requiring all residents to declare offshore assets over €50,000 by the end of March

Spanish flamenco star fronts food campaign

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 29, 2012

Estrella Morente will help in bid to collect 150 tons of food this weekend

Spain’s multi-million euro mission to Mars

By Frances Leate (Reporter) on November 29, 2012

Spain set to spend €66.6 million on red planet trip

Spain’s €10,000 poetry book

By James Bryce (Reporter) on November 29, 2012

Rare first edition by Federico Garcia Lorca fetches eye-catching amount at auction in London

Passionate Women in Spain

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 29, 2012

British artists’ work celebrating the female spirit goes on display in Andalucia

OP blogger is on a slippery slope

By Josh Taylor on November 29, 2012

Ski-bums from all over Spain will flock to Europe’s southernmost ski-resort in huge numbers this weekend, after seven long, snow-deprived months

UK sex offenders check launched in Spain

By Mason Jones (Reporter) on November 29, 2012

A new police check has been put in place to ‘help identify and screen out those who are unsuitable to be working with children’

Kept apart

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 29, 2012

UEFA has decided Gibraltar cannot be drawn in the same group as Spain for the Rock’s first official international matches.

Ryanair axes 12% of Spanish routes, including over a third of its Madrid flights

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 29, 2012

Enormous job losses as airline struggles with increased airport taxes in Madrid and Barcelona

We will continue to fight until Nerja sewage plant is built, say EQUO

By Eloise Horsfield (Reporter) on November 29, 2012

Green party are encouraged by contract award but warn not to ‘get excited’ until building actually starts

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