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September 2013


Endangered animals in Gibraltar! thumbnail

Endangered animals in Gibraltar!

By on September 30, 2013

A new set of stamps featuring endangered animals has been issued in Gib


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Bloomberg 1, Rajoy 0

By on September 30, 2013

Bloomberg stands ground over corruption questioning


EXCLUSIVE: Satellite TV ‘Big Switch Off’ draws nearer thumbnail

EXCLUSIVE: Satellite TV ‘Big Switch Off’ draws nearer

By on September 30, 2013

British channels are one step nearer from disappearing from southern Spain after new satellite is launched


Malaga goes underground thumbnail

Malaga goes underground

By on September 30, 2013

Year long stand-off ends in decision to run line underground


Sevilla in bid to become air travel hub thumbnail

Sevilla in bid to become air travel hub

By on September 30, 2013

Minister is keen to establish the airport as a hub for tourists from Asia


Miss Gibraltar is the People’s Choice! thumbnail

Miss Gibraltar is the People’s Choice!

By on September 29, 2013

Miss Gibraltar won the People’s Choice Awards


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Driving instructor attacks test examiner in Granada

By on September 29, 2013

An instructor hit out at a driving examiner in Granada


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Google zoo view in Spain

By on September 29, 2013

Wildlife lovers in Spain no longer have to leave the comfort of home to visit the zoo


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Tourist leaves wallet and two million dollar cheque on train

By on September 29, 2013

American tourist leaves €2m US dollar cheque on Madrid-bound train


Bailed out Bankia axes external directors thumbnail

Bailed out Bankia axes external directors

By on September 28, 2013

External directors axed in €7 million cost saving drive


VIDEO: Spanish school enacts mock invasion of Gibraltar and shooting dead of ‘Brits’ thumbnail

VIDEO: Spanish school enacts mock invasion of Gibraltar and shooting dead of ‘Brits’

By on September 28, 2013

Giggling Spanish students wearing military fatigues and carrying plastic guns shoot dead Union Jack-wearing ‘Brits’


Green shoots of recovery sprout in Spain but crisis remains thumbnail

Green shoots of recovery sprout in Spain but crisis remains

By on September 28, 2013

Growth expected for Q3, but unemployment to remain high for a number of years


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La Sala enjoys World’s Largest Coffee Morning

By on September 28, 2013

Tea, coffee, cake and beauty treatments served at charity morning for Cudeca


Spanish step up Gibraltar border searches hours after the European Commission fact finding team left thumbnail

Spanish step up Gibraltar border searches hours after the European Commission fact finding team left

By on September 27, 2013

Spanish authorities stepped up searches at the border after the EC fact finding team left


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CEO to leave Talk Radio Europe

By on September 27, 2013

Steve Gilmour will be returning to his native Scotland in early October


Man was ‘stroked’ after play fights with Souter thumbnail

Man was ‘stroked’ after play fights with Souter

By on September 27, 2013

Victim alleges radio presenter’s tickles were more like strokes


International interior design firm Roche Bobois celebrates landmark in Marbella thumbnail

International interior design firm Roche Bobois celebrates landmark in Marbella

By on September 27, 2013

The company celebrated 30 years in Marbella with a cocktail party


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Spanish government officials face prison for corruption

By on September 27, 2013

Officials face up to 12 years in prison for embezzlement


VIDEO: Nerja’s polluted sea thumbnail

VIDEO: Nerja’s polluted sea

By on September 27, 2013

Brit posts video to YouTube and warns to “keep your mouth shut when you swim”


Princess Studios hosts Macmillan coffee morning thumbnail

Princess Studios hosts Macmillan coffee morning

By on September 26, 2013

Organisers have planned an afternoon of games, belly dancing and coffee


European Commission visit Gibraltar frontier thumbnail

European Commission visit Gibraltar frontier

By on September 25, 2013

Delegation take tour of queuing points during visit


UK cannabis couple jailed following extradition from Spain thumbnail

UK cannabis couple jailed following extradition from Spain

By on September 25, 2013

Cannabis growing ring leaders finally serving time


Web link providers face jail under new piracy law

By on September 25, 2013

Offenders face six years in prison and site closure under tougher law


Malaga man arrested on suspicion of murdering family thumbnail

Malaga man arrested on suspicion of murdering family

By on September 25, 2013

Mother and son asphyxiated in their Malaga family home


Rail infrastructure bosses under suspicion following fatal crash thumbnail

Rail infrastructure bosses under suspicion following fatal crash

By on September 25, 2013

22 Adif rail bosses will be questioned


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 »

Niza Car Hire returns deposits after Olive Press report thumbnail

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 »

No need to search for big cats in the mountains, they are in Estepona

September 16, 2013 | Andalucia, Pets & Animals

Selwo Aventura introduced two lynx last week and they are loving their new habitat

Green boost as car industry stalls

May 24, 2012 | Environment, Features, Lead2

Electric car sales in Spain rose by 91 per cent last month

Help please

December 17, 2012 | News in Brief

Torrox Town Hall has asked the Malaga County Council for help in repairing 19 rural roads damaged by the heavy rain in September and November.

Ecce Homo church priest faces sex charges

December 4, 2013 | Andalucia, Lead

70-year-old one of six arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and fraud

Police seek seventh in intimidation scam

October 26, 2006 | Crime & Law, Granada

Alleged case of real estate intimidation in Granada