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March 2014


WhatsApp and Facebook’s big night out in Barcelona thumbnail

WhatsApp and Facebook’s big night out in Barcelona

By on March 8, 2014

Jan Koum celebrated his app’s birthday with Mark Zuckerberg and singer Psy


Niza Car Hire returns deposits after Olive Press report thumbnail

Niza Car Hire returns deposits after Olive Press report

By on March 8, 2014

Deposits are finally being returned to customers following the Olive Press’s exclusive investigation last issue


Spanish investors use London’s booming property market to protect savings thumbnail

Spanish investors use London’s booming property market to protect savings

By on March 7, 2014

New research reveals correlation between Spanish and British housing markets


Truth of Spanish gender-violence revealed in ground-breaking survey thumbnail

Truth of Spanish gender-violence revealed in ground-breaking survey

By on March 7, 2014

Disturbing stats and spate of Andalucian domestic murders casts a dark shadow over International Women’s Day


Gibraltar government launches investigation into bullying accusations thumbnail

Gibraltar government launches investigation into bullying accusations

By on March 7, 2014

A civil servant accused of bullying a group of graduates


Estepona grand boulevard project to begin this summer thumbnail

Estepona grand boulevard project to begin this summer

By on March 7, 2014

The €30 million project will include a shopping centre, cinema and 4-star hotel


McDonalds extends breakfast hours in Spain thumbnail

McDonalds extends breakfast hours in Spain

By on March 7, 2014

The fast-food chain hopes to lure in more Spanish customers


Teacher murdered in Torremolinos after ‘throat slit’ by partner thumbnail

Teacher murdered in Torremolinos after ‘throat slit’ by partner

By on March 7, 2014

The murder is the second domestic attack in two days in Andalucia


Expats exposed to identity theft as public wi-fi ‘hands over’ information thumbnail

Expats exposed to identity theft as public wi-fi ‘hands over’ information

By on March 7, 2014

Rise in European cybercrime leads to warnings against wi-fi


Bilbao metro station praised for its architecture thumbnail

Bilbao metro station praised for its architecture

By on March 7, 2014

Fosteritos Station ranked eighth in the continent for architecture


Sotogrande killer found dead in cell thumbnail

Sotogrande killer found dead in cell

By on March 7, 2014

The man arrested for murdering his partner and their child in a Sotogrande home was found dead today


Santander fined €16.9 million for ‘grave infraction’ thumbnail

Santander fined €16.9 million for ‘grave infraction’

By on March 7, 2014

Spain’s biggest bank was slammed for giving insufficienct information before financial crisis


Massive boost for disabled entrepreneurs thumbnail

Massive boost for disabled entrepreneurs

By on March 7, 2014

Number of disabled people setting up their own businesses soars


African migrant smuggled in a suitcase thumbnail

African migrant smuggled in a suitcase

By on March 7, 2014

Border police spotted his friend struggling with the weight of the bag


Spain to fortify North African borders to deter more migrants thumbnail

Spain to fortify North African borders to deter more migrants

By on March 7, 2014

The Spanish government has announced a €2.3 million plan to fortify the borders of Ceuta and Melilla


Deals to be had at Marbella property show thumbnail

Deals to be had at Marbella property show

By on March 7, 2014

Showcase of luxury properties at Villa Padierna Palace Hotel next week


Outrage at skatepark built just metres from deadly A7 Costa del Sol main road thumbnail

Outrage at skatepark built just metres from deadly A7 Costa del Sol main road

By on March 7, 2014

A father has slammed the decision to build a skatepark just metres from the busy A-7 road, where his daughter was tragically run over in 2002


Olive Press on Talk Radio Europe – Issue 182

By on March 6, 2014

OLIVE PRESS editor Jon Clarke on Talk Radio Europe chatting with Kenny Jones about the latest issue of the newspaper


Spaniards are still the world’s most fervent homeowners, despite the crisis thumbnail

Spaniards are still the world’s most fervent homeowners, despite the crisis

By on March 6, 2014

Despite high unemployment and five-year housing crisis, Spain still has more homeowners than any other country


Twitchers are all of a flutter over new bird-watching app thumbnail

Twitchers are all of a flutter over new bird-watching app

By on March 6, 2014

The app includes videos, birdsong and a series of maps and walks for spotting the best of Spain’s birds


The Script to headline Gibraltar Music Festival thumbnail

The Script to headline Gibraltar Music Festival

By on March 6, 2014

This year is set to be even bigger than the last


Planned €48 million development for Gibraltar’s Caleta hotel thumbnail

Planned €48 million development for Gibraltar’s Caleta hotel

By on March 6, 2014

The hotel has released ambitious new plans for its future


Supersol customers get their daily bread for free thumbnail

Supersol customers get their daily bread for free

By on March 6, 2014

The supermarket is offering vouchers for free bread to customers


Trial of celebrity PR guru Max Clifford begins today in the UK thumbnail

Trial of celebrity PR guru Max Clifford begins today in the UK

By on March 6, 2014

Max Clifford, host of celebrity golf tournament in Marbella, denies 11 counts of indecent assault


Scientists begin the hunt for Cervantes in Madrid thumbnail

Scientists begin the hunt for Cervantes in Madrid

By on March 6, 2014

Hunt for the Don Quixote author’s body gets the go-ahead at the Las Trinitarias convent


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 »

Taking flight

July 11, 2012 | News in Brief

BRITISH Airways is to introduce up to 10 new weekly flights between Gatwick and Malaga.

Step back in time

October 23, 2010 | Travel

Jon Clarke follows in the footsteps of Michelle Obama… and the Moors and the Romans through historic Ronda

Contraception made easy in Spain

June 22, 2011 | Andalucia, Cadiz, National News

Multi-million selling new condom design was invented in Cadiz

Stay resolute

February 17, 2012 | Health

Dr Raymond Prats from Simplecare looks at healthy habits to keep up this year

Thief shops suspected paedophile after stealing videos from his house

December 20, 2013 | Andalucia, Jaen, Lead

Suspected paedophile in Jaen arrested after being handed in by thief