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January 2014


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British TV satellite switch due soon

By on January 31, 2014

Expat nightmare about to become a reality as satellite arrives at its destination


Real Madrid unveil £330m stadium redesign thumbnail

Real Madrid unveil £330m stadium redesign

By on January 31, 2014

Spanish giants plan magnificent stadium redesign with the help of a Barcelona season ticket holder


Malaga CF sign Moroccan international Amrabat from Galatasaray thumbnail

Malaga CF sign Moroccan international Amrabat from Galatasaray

By on January 31, 2014

Fans are hoping the attacking midfielder will provide the goals needed to move them up the table


Controversial El Mundo editor steps down amid political row thumbnail

Controversial El Mundo editor steps down amid political row

By on January 31, 2014

Pedro J reportedly given multi-million euro severance pay


Racing Santander boycott cup match in protest over unpaid wages thumbnail

Racing Santander boycott cup match in protest over unpaid wages

By on January 31, 2014

The referee abandoned the Copa del Ray match after it became clear the players would not move


Spain’s shadow economy is the largest in western Europe thumbnail

Spain’s shadow economy is the largest in western Europe

By on January 31, 2014

Black market in Spain is the worst in western Europe, a study found


Oil’s not well in Valencia and Ibiza thumbnail

Oil’s not well in Valencia and Ibiza

By on January 31, 2014

Oil drilling plans spark protest across Ibiza and Valencia


School governor pays price for taking family to Costa del Sol during term-time thumbnail

School governor pays price for taking family to Costa del Sol during term-time

By on January 30, 2014

A school governor decided to break anti-truancy laws and take his daughter out of school for a fortnight in Spain


Fake El Greco to be included in exhibition thumbnail

Fake El Greco to be included in exhibition

By on January 30, 2014

Origins of ‘Lady in a Fur Wrap’ are unclear


Spain animal rights groups call for ban on hunting with dogs thumbnail

Spain animal rights groups call for ban on hunting with dogs

By on January 30, 2014

Half a million greyhounds are abandoned every year when they become too slow to hunt with


British fugitive who escaped to Costa del Sol back in jail thumbnail

British fugitive who escaped to Costa del Sol back in jail

By on January 30, 2014

A British prisoner who fled to the Costa del Sol is today back behind bars


Security couple mugged within a day of touching down in Spain thumbnail

Security couple mugged within a day of touching down in Spain

By on January 30, 2014

Thieves struck while holidaying couple were relaxing in hotel grounds


Jobs gloom as Coca Cola closes Spanish bottling plants thumbnail

Jobs gloom as Coca Cola closes Spanish bottling plants

By on January 30, 2014

Four of the company’s 11 bottling plants to close, resulting in more than 1000 job losses


Swine flu epidemic hits Andalucia thumbnail

Swine flu epidemic hits Andalucia

By on January 29, 2014

Five have died in one week in Malaga province as Andalucia feels the effects of swine flu


British police track Madeleine McCann suspects in Portugal thumbnail

British police track Madeleine McCann suspects in Portugal

By on January 29, 2014

Scotland Yard detectives have arrived in Portugal hoping to arrest three men in connection with Madeleine McCann’s disappearance six years ago


French entrepreneurs face fruit fraud allegations thumbnail

French entrepreneurs face fruit fraud allegations

By on January 29, 2014

Low French supplies have lead to apparent fruit fraud


Inquest into death of missing Amy Fitzpatrick’s brother adjourned thumbnail

Inquest into death of missing Amy Fitzpatrick’s brother adjourned

By on January 29, 2014

Dean Fitzpatrick had been stabbed by his stepfather Dave Mahon last year, allegedly by accident, he claims


Spanish toy company criticised over doll that refuses to eat thumbnail

Spanish toy company criticised over doll that refuses to eat

By on January 29, 2014

Nenuco Won’t Eat could promote eating disorders, according to campaigners


Over half million Spanish homeowners owe more than their property is worth thumbnail

Over half million Spanish homeowners owe more than their property is worth

By on January 29, 2014

Mortgages are worth more than many of the properties the loans were intended to pay for


Cash boost for Spanish road upgrades thumbnail

Cash boost for Spanish road upgrades

By on January 28, 2014

European funding will help boost infrastructure construction


Spanish apricots allowed into the US thumbnail

Spanish apricots allowed into the US

By on January 28, 2014

Regulatory reform means apricots can now be exported to the large US market


Trippy Vines tour: Little ‘ole wine drinker me! thumbnail

Trippy Vines tour: Little ‘ole wine drinker me!

By on January 28, 2014

Beginner’s luck on whirlwind wine-tasting trip to three vineyards… with a helping hand from an affable Argentinian architect


Spanish banking scam which left British pensioners destitute is discussed in Parliament thumbnail

Spanish banking scam which left British pensioners destitute is discussed in Parliament

By on January 28, 2014

British pensioners in Spain were the victims of a national equity scam


The Euesdens stole my newspaper claims British journalist thumbnail

The Euesdens stole my newspaper claims British journalist

By on January 28, 2014

Euro Weekly News publishers failed to pay monies due at conclusion of a three-year buyout deal, claims expat journalist


We were the victims of a ‘campaign of terror’, claim Spanish newspaper publishers Michel and Steven Euesden thumbnail

We were the victims of a ‘campaign of terror’, claim Spanish newspaper publishers Michel and Steven Euesden

By on January 27, 2014

Tearful Euro Weekly News owners tell court how journalist undertook hate campaign over claims they stole his newspaper


Next Page »

Blogs »

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Lawyers suing lawyers

March 8, 2014

Our regular Olive Press legal column by lawyer Antonio Flores


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


“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 »

Tragedy for Portuguese tourist

March 8, 2012 | Andalucia, Malaga

The 37-year-old jumped into the sea in Nerja – with tragic consequences

Marbella corpse found in car boot

March 30, 2010 | Andalucia, Lead2

Police are trying to find the identity of the pensioner and why he died

Deals on wheels

December 3, 2008 | National News

YOU can find anything on the internet nowadays – even Franco’s old car. One of the dictator’s old Cadillacs is now for sale for the bargain price of 25000 Euros.

TICK-TOCK, don’t forget to change your clock!

March 30, 2013 | National News

In line with other EU countries the clocks in Spain go forward one hour this weekend

Spain’s most feared family of crime

August 25, 2011 | Entertainment, Features, Lead

The bloody history of the Borgias is the subject of a new TV series starring Jeremy Irons