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June 2013


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Untimely death of Books4Spain owner Rod Younger

By on June 30, 2013

Owner of Books4Spain, specialising in English language books about Spain or books set in Spain, passed away suddenly at the weekend


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Marbella’s annual art festival in danger

By on June 30, 2013

Organisers fear this year could be the last for FIAM


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Ombudsman outrage in Andalucia

By on June 30, 2013

Parties unite to oppose government austerity plan to scythe the public defenders


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Hurray for Alhaurin

By on June 30, 2013

Top turn out to hear Joanna Eden’s ode to Alhaurin


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Malaga hospital Carlos Haya must change its name

By on June 29, 2013

Popular Malaga hospital Carlos Haya must change its name due to Fascist connections


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Mojacar’s dry beach

By on June 29, 2013

First it was dominoes, now Mayor Cano bans boozing on the beach


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Let them come home

By on June 29, 2013

Pensioners kicked out of their own flats after care home probe is launched following the death of an elderly expat


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Mass grave excavated in Ronda

By on June 28, 2013

3,000 could lie in new communal grave as Junta announces that it is to set up a series of Civil War ‘memorial routes’ around Malaga


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Outrage after top bullfighter posts pit-bull attack on Facebook

By on June 28, 2013

Joao Moura Jr posted pictures showing a pack of pit bulls attacking a calf at his finca


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Health cuts could cost lives warn Spanish doctors

By on June 28, 2013

Healthcare cuts could be leading to spiralling medical problems, claim experts


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UK government to strip expats of Winter Fuel Allowance

By on June 28, 2013

The move will affect over 60,000 pensioners living in Spain


EXCLUSIVE: Family found dead in Mijas were killed ‘up to two days apart’ thumbnail

EXCLUSIVE: Family found dead in Mijas were killed ‘up to two days apart’

By on June 27, 2013

Neighbours reported hearing two sets of gunshots at the Mijas urbanisation separated by ‘at least’ a day


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Picardo calls on Cameron over Gibraltar jet ski shooting

By on June 27, 2013

The Chief Minister has written to the Prime Minister to express his frustration at the incident


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‘We need real warriors’

By on June 27, 2013

Gibraltar pressure groups are demanding both Britons and Gibraltarians stand up to fight the Spanish incursions into the waters


EXCLUSIVE: First picture of tragic triple murder suicide in southern Spain thumbnail

EXCLUSIVE: First picture of tragic triple murder suicide in southern Spain

By on June 27, 2013

Sheila Wood, 54, apparently shot by her husband Philip could have been planning her suicide for months a sad Facebook posting shows


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Three family members found shot dead in Mijas on the Costa del Sol

By on June 27, 2013

Sources close to the investigation suspect the man shot his wife and disabled daughter before turning the gun on himself


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Spanish police make a second incursion into British waters as more evidence of shooting emerges

By on June 26, 2013

Guardia Civil are said to have entered waters around the Rock again following jet ski shooting incident


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Spain denies Gibraltar jet ski shooting

By on June 26, 2013

Despite growing evidence Spain has officially denied that a patrol boat fired at a Gibraltarian on a jet ski this weekend


VIDEO: Guardia Civil fires shots at jet ski in Gibraltar waters

By on June 26, 2013

Video evidence of Guardia Civil firing shots at Gibraltar jet ski


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Costa del Sol journalist faces new sex charges

By on June 26, 2013

Mike Souter was already awaiting trial for alleged sex offences against children


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Messi in tax mess

By on June 26, 2013

The footballer is accused of evading payment of €4.1 million in taxes


‘I was very shaken and furious,’ says Gibraltar jet skier Dale Villa shot at by Guardia Civil thumbnail

‘I was very shaken and furious,’ says Gibraltar jet skier Dale Villa shot at by Guardia Civil

By on June 26, 2013

The jet skier shot at by the Guardia Civil speaks exclusively to the Olive Press


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Toni Muldoon’s right-hand men convicted of money laundering

By on June 25, 2013

Former UK police detective and a Fuengirola expat convicted for Costa del Sol mega-scam


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Millions of moths descend on Madrid

By on June 25, 2013

A combination of spring rains, summer heat and winds are being blamed for the arrival of the flying insects


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Gibraltar – (Little) Britain in the Sun

By on June 24, 2013

Channel Five’s new series Gibraltar – Britain in the Sun is causing quite a stir on the Rock


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 »

Computer theft could be linked to Arriate murder

January 27, 2011 | Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Computers stolen from the town hall may have been kept in the same shed where the body of the 13-year-old was discovered

Sweet music in Almunecar

April 21, 2012 | Almeria, Andalucia, Entertainment, Lead2

Swedish musician Janett Jensen is hosting a songwriting camp in Almunecar

Gwyneth Paltrow: The ‘adopted daughter’ returns to Spain

June 2, 2012 | Features, La Cultura, Lead2

The fluent Spanish speaker will star in the film 33 Days, which hinges on the making of Picasso masterpiece Guernica

Heading for the heights!

February 26, 2012 | Gibraltar, Travel

A new walking book Coastal Walks of Andalucía charts 50 great walks along the Costa del Sol, the Costa de la Luz and Gibraltar. Here, Guy Hunter-Watts offers a fabulous alternative look around the Rock

Spain’s credit rating downgraded

January 14, 2012 | Business & Finance, Lead2

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor downgrade rating on Spain’s debt from AA- to A