Free-range foie gras

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 31, 2013

A Spanish producer has produced an ethical goose foie gras

Careless talk costs car driver

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 31, 2013

Car driver fined in Gran Canaria for talking to passenger

Nothing to grouse about!

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 30, 2013

Andalucia’s Sandgrouse population has grown by almost 300 percent in the last three years

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 30, 2013

A new service has been launched in Andalucia giving people the chance to book a table at a complete stranger’s house

Ridley Scott gives Three Kings the hump!

By Web Manager on December 30, 2013

British movie director leaves locals fuming after he rented all the camels from a zoo for his latest film Exodus

OLIVE PRESS APPEAL: Surfing and salvation

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 30, 2013

Olive Press appeal to support Mision Mexico – a refuge providing children with an escape from the drug war horrors of their past… using surfing along the way

Fruit flop

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 30, 2013

Plans to introduce a new fruit shipping route from Spain to the UK have been shelved

Spain is a sex-pot hotspot

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 30, 2013

‘Self-confident’ Spaniards are world’s best lovers… beating ‘sweaty’ Turks, ‘hairy’ Russians, ‘selfish’ Welsh and ‘screaming’ Scots

A tale of pain and passion in the palace

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 29, 2013

New book by local author tells of the trials and tribulations of Alhambra heiress

Watching the birdies!

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 29, 2013

Junta called in to monitor Andalucian Royal Golf Federation vote after the previous two results were plagued by ‘irregularities’

State-of-the-art rugby academy for Axarquia

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 29, 2013

The academy will help children from all over the province

Arrest in La Cala pensioner murder

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 29, 2013

Motive for the crime is not yet known

New Year? No Fear!

By Giles Brown (Reporter) on December 28, 2013

Dinging his dong merrily on high, Giles Brown files his last column of 2013

Axarquia residents kept informed

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 28, 2013

Multi lingual info office opens up in Rincon de Victoria

Axarquia is lucky number 13

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 28, 2013

Employment service highlights hotspots of hope for the region

This week’s most read news (21 December – 27 December 2013)

By Web Manager on December 28, 2013

Take a look at the five most-read stories on the Olive Press website this week

Three Brits suffer burns in Tenerife hotel pool bar explosion

By Web Manager on December 28, 2013

One woman suffered serious burns to her face and scalp, while an eight-year-old British girl was treated for neck burns

Golden times for investors in Spain

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 28, 2013

The Golden Visa scheme has resulted in a 2,500% surge in interest from Middle Eastern property buyers in 2013-to-date

Spanish woman throws newborn baby from first floor window

By Web Manager on December 28, 2013

Incredibly the baby boy survived the seven-foot fall but was found by police suffering from hypothermia

Property business offload for Banco Popular

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 28, 2013

Bank plans to sell its property management business to two US investment firms in a bid to strengthen its capital

Sotogrande has got it down to a tee

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 27, 2013

La Reserva Club de Golf lands prestigious World Corporate Golf Challenge

Heard it on the grape vine

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 27, 2013

Spain has a new red wine to look out for in the form of Mencia

Ice and easy does it for the Junta’s snow squad

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 27, 2013

The Junta has launched its winter road maintenance plan to prepare for the coming chill

Andalucia battered by Christmas storms

By Web Manager on December 26, 2013

The province was lashed by gale force winds and torrential rain over the holiday period

Spanish car industry back in the driving seat

By Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) on December 26, 2013

The Spanish car manufacturing industry has continued to show signs of recovery

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