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April 2013


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UKIP launch on The Rock

By on April 30, 2013

The UK Independence Party has held its first official meeting in Gibraltar


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Second tragedy for Malaga Three Kings family

By on April 30, 2013

The mother of a boy crushed under the wheels of a float during a Christmas Three Kings parade in Malaga has died


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Spanish director predicts Mayday mayhem

By on April 30, 2013

Police braced for trouble as film director Pedro Almodovar believes violent clashes more likely this year


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Andalucia to offer poor pupils three meals a day at school

By on April 29, 2013

Andalucía is one of the regions worst hit by Spain’s economic crisis, with six out of every 100 of its children currently thought to be living below the poverty line


Tourists to Spain spent 3.28 billion euros in March, an increase of 13.7% thumbnail

Tourists to Spain spent 3.28 billion euros in March, an increase of 13.7%

By on April 29, 2013

According to the Tourist Expenditure Survey (EGATUR) the average spend per person was 963 euros and the average spend per day was 110 euros


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Use your mobile phone to help detect skin cancer

By on April 28, 2013

New app will help give early warning of skin cancer


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Woman jailed for throwing a dog out of a third storey window

By on April 28, 2013

Woman threw a neighbour’s Chihuahua out of a window in Jaen


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BA in Vueling takeover

By on April 28, 2013

Barcelona-based airline has been successfully taken over in a €123,5 million deal


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Spaniard hacked off hand to claim €2.4m insurance

By on April 27, 2013

Spaniards suffering during the country’s recession have been caught hacking off part of their own bodies to claim insurance payouts


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ElBulli at home?

By on April 27, 2013

New app provides menus chosen by renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria


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Bankia back on track

By on April 27, 2013

Spanish bank announces a return to profit following a disastrous 2012


Marbella regular Max Clifford charged with sex offences thumbnail

Marbella regular Max Clifford charged with sex offences

By on April 26, 2013

PR Guru who spends much of the year in Marbella is charged with 11 indecent assaults on women and girls


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Protestors clash with police in Madrid

By on April 26, 2013

Violence broke out during demonstrations outside the parliament building


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Spanish unemployment soars to record high

By on April 25, 2013

The number of jobless Spaniards has topped the six million mark


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Junta de Andalucia accused of human rights abuses

By on April 25, 2013

A BRITISH family whose home is at risk of being demolished is taking the Junta to court.


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Mammoth wasp nest found in abandoned property

By on April 25, 2013

A 22ft wasp nest has been discovered by police in an abandoned home in the Canary Islands


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Al-Qaeda terror suspects detained in Spain

By on April 24, 2013

Two men with links to the North African branch of Al-Qaeda are being held by Spanish police


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British man drowns in Lanzarote sea

By on April 24, 2013

Tourist got into difficulties while swimming in the sea off the Canary Islands


50,000 cigarettes seized at Gibraltar’s Eastern Beach thumbnail

50,000 cigarettes seized at Gibraltar’s Eastern Beach

By on April 23, 2013

Eight men detained in Spain following disrupted cigarette exportation operation


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Spain’s population falls as foreigners flee eurozone crisis

By on April 23, 2013

Spain is experiencing a mass exodus of immigrants due to economic hardship


Malaga coach to replace Chelsea’s Benitez? thumbnail

Malaga coach to replace Chelsea’s Benitez?

By on April 22, 2013

Speculation is rife that Manuel Pellegrini will be the successor to Rafael Benítez at Stamford Bridge


UK actress and ‘Mr Spain’ win property fraud battle thumbnail

UK actress and ‘Mr Spain’ win property fraud battle

By on April 22, 2013

Lynda Bellingham was the victim of an internet troll who wrote defamatory blogs under a fake name


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‘Bomb vest’ kidnap ringleader arrested in Costa del Sol

By on April 22, 2013

Spanish police have smashed a kidnap ring that used fake bomb vests to net more than €3 million


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Riding Mr Henderson’s railway with his titled descendants

By on April 21, 2013

My brief encounter with two British peers on a rainy day in Ronda has rekindled my sizzle


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Spain raises minimum marriage age

By on April 21, 2013

The Spanish government increased the minimum age for marriage from 14 to 16


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 »

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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 »

Spanish fishermen reach their bluefin tuna quota in record time

June 17, 2012 | Lead2

Further fishing of the endangered species has now been halted this season in line with new international rules

Hundreds caught in holiday lets scam

July 29, 2009 | National News

PO box thought to be key to European-wide holiday letting scam

Gun shot

April 15, 2012 | News in Brief

Bonhams auctioneers are searching for the descendants of a Spanish merchant who was given two pistols, now worth 6,000 euros, by the Prince Regent in the 19th century.

Spanish unemployment falls in December

January 3, 2014 | Andalucia, Lead

Number of registered jobless in Spain fell by 2.24% in December from a month earlier

The Amputee – Issue 19

March 7, 2007 | The Amputee

Year of the golden porker LET a hundred flowers bloom. The Chinese have said goodbye to the Year of the Dog and welcomed in the Year of the Pig. Oink! The Golden Pig to be exact, something that happens only once every 60 years. Apparently, in the Year of the Pig everyone has a chance […]