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February 2013


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Coastline FM forced off air by Junta

By on February 28, 2013

Expats horrified after 24-year-old radio station is forced into a temporary shutdown


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Yes, Costa women know how to socialise

By on February 28, 2013

Expat group wins ‘Best Social Club’ in Best of British Awards 2012


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Paintings of town residents to go on display

By on February 28, 2013

Illustrator, Christine Ellingham, has painted the faces of residents living in her home town


Paul McCartney’s ‘Fame School’ launched in Spain thumbnail

Paul McCartney’s ‘Fame School’ launched in Spain

By on February 28, 2013

A Spanish version of the successful fame school in Liverpool has opened in Spain


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Former treasurer to sue PP for ‘unfair dismissal’

By on February 27, 2013

Luis Barcenas has filed a lawsuit against his former party claiming he was only sacked when the ‘slush-fund’ ledgers were published


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Forced evictions and mortgage debt leads to suicides

By on February 27, 2013

Protesters have stepped up the campaign to reform Spain’s strict mortgage laws after four suicides in just one month


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Campaign to change Religious Education in Gibraltar

By on February 26, 2013

Gibraltar government insists Religious Education will still be a core subject but is considering allowing pupils to take an alternative


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Restorers discover new Picasso piece hidden on cardboard

By on February 26, 2013

Experts believe the charcoal portrait could be one of the artist’s earliest known works


Princess Cristina’s involvement in royal fraud case questioned thumbnail

Princess Cristina’s involvement in royal fraud case questioned

By on February 26, 2013

King Juan Carlos’ daughter could be named as suspect


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Help for expats using the EHIC card

By on February 26, 2013

New campaign aims to educate expats on how to access healthcare while living in Spain


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No more monkey business

By on February 26, 2013

Government crackdown to stop Barbary Macaques gathering in urban areas of Gibraltar will involve loud noises going off


Mediterranean diet could reduce risk of heart-related illnesses by 30% thumbnail

Mediterranean diet could reduce risk of heart-related illnesses by 30%

By on February 26, 2013

New Spanish trial cut short after ‘amazing’ results


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Expats urged to become official

By on February 26, 2013

Manilva Town Hall official says ‘foreigners should no longer be a burden’


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You bunch of twits!

By on February 25, 2013

Olive Press Twitter family reaches 2000… Thanks for your support!


Olive Press on Talk Radio Europe – Issue 155

By on February 24, 2013

OLIVE PRESS reporter Kathryn Richardson talks to Hannah Murray on Talk Radio Europe about the 21 February 2013 issue of the newspaper


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Bumpy ride in Andalucia

By on February 24, 2013

Motorists more likely to damage their car in this region than anywhere else in Spain


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Expat ‘going round in circles’ to become road legal

By on February 24, 2013

Expat spends €1,500 on ITVs, tyres and duty only to be told his motorhome is NOT legal


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Spanish fiesta heads to Britain

By on February 23, 2013

A play based on Earnest Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises, has now opened in the UK


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Expat mother fights for Britons’ right to vote

By on February 23, 2013

Deputy Mayor of Parcent to speak at European Parliament on Tuesday


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Mercedes has six €75,000 cars impounded after Cataluna press trip blunder

By on February 23, 2013

A party of 20 American journalists were found to be driving illegally in the region


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Digging for victory in Gibraltar

By on February 22, 2013

A remarkable 30 mile tunnel network which housed 5,000 soldiers during the war offers a fascinating glimpse into the past, discovers James Bryce


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Art lovers in for a treat on Costa del Sol

By on February 22, 2013

Two new art exhibitions are set to hit the coast next month


Corrupt ex-mayor avoids four-year jail sentence for granting an illegal licence thumbnail

Corrupt ex-mayor avoids four-year jail sentence for granting an illegal licence

By on February 22, 2013

Jose Manuel Aranda fined €3,600 and banned from office for ten years


Muslims avoid jail after praying in Catholic cathedral thumbnail

Muslims avoid jail after praying in Catholic cathedral

By on February 22, 2013

Nine men freed after being arrested for praying in the Mesquita in Cordoba in 2010


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Neighbours left to foot swimming pool electricity bill

By on February 22, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Tenants demand refund after paying bill for ten years


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 »

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

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 »

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A new study has found grandparents are contributing to the survival of mankind

Santa versus the Three Kings

December 22, 2010 | Blogs, Hannah's España - An American in Spain

No presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Spanish children are gifted with small presents from the Three Wise Men who visited the Christ child more than a week after his birth

New-style Spanish practical driving tests

December 31, 2012 | Andalucia, Lead2

Drivers will also be given the option of using a GPS system to help them during their practical test

Oiling the wheels

July 5, 2007 | Features

Following news Spain will introduce an 8 per cent minimum use of biofuels in vehicles by 2008, fast-food chain McDonalds has scored PR points by announcing its vehicles will run on recycled cooking oil. But will it save the planet? Fat chance, claims Tony Juniper. THE fast-food chain McDonalds has said it will convert its […]

UNESCO officials arrive in Sevilla to assess controversial skyscraper

November 8, 2011 | Andalucia, Sevilla

Officials call for a report as Pelli Tower threatens to lose the city its world heritage status