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Business seminar to be held in Mijas

Business & Finance, Malaga  •  3 Comments

The British Chamber of Commerce is set to talk tax laws, money laundering and data protection next week

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Boost for Spanish motor industry

Business & Finance, Lead  •  12 Comments

Government pledges to invest a further €1 billion in Spain’s auto sector

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Benefits bonanza

Business & Finance  •  5 Comments

You can now claim UK sickness/disability benefits in Spain, writes Kim Clark

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Banks skip community fee payments

Andalucia, Business & Finance, Property  •  2 Comments

The non-payment is causing upkeep and maintenance service problems

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Forced evictions and mortgage debt leads to suicides

Andalucia, Business & Finance, Cordoba  •  10 Comments

Protesters have stepped up the campaign to reform Spain’s strict mortgage laws after four suicides in just one month

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Spanish bosses are among highest paid in Europe

Business & Finance  •  3 Comments

Spanish CEOs defy crisis with second highest wages at €788 per hour

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Anger as cash-strapped Valencia government takes over football team

Business & Finance, Sport  •  3 Comments

Club failed to pay off €68 million loan guaranteed by regional authorities


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Worse to come for Spanish economy

Business & Finance, National News  •  5 Comments

IMF predicts fall in GDP but it’s better news for 2014


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Expats warned not to miss tax deadline

Business & Finance  •  1 Comments

Assets worth more than €50,000 must be declared


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Spanish non-disclosure no-nos

Business & Finance  •  17 Comments

Expat residents in Spain face huge fines for failing to declare overseas assets over €50,000


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A wintry outlook for UK economy

Business & Finance  •  0 Comments

Continued uncertainty over Britain’s future in the EU has affected value of the pound, writes Keith Spitalnick


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Minimising tax the legitimate way!

Business & Finance  •  1 Comments

Road to riches, by Richard Alexander


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Taxman clamps down on residents of Spain with overseas assets

Business & Finance, Features, National News  •  5 Comments

Hacienda closes in on tax evaders, requiring all residents to declare offshore assets over €50,000 by the end of March


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They are kicking us in the teeth, says expat businessman in Spain

Andalucia, Business & Finance, Features, Malaga  •  12 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Irrational’ demands for breastfeeding and maternity information not helping small businesses, insists expat company owner


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Offshore tax probe comes to Spain

Business & Finance, Features, National News  •  0 Comments

Sir Mark Thatcher among expats in Spain named as part of investigation


Minimising tax the legitimate way! thumbnail

Minimising tax the legitimate way!

Business & Finance  •  1 Comments

Road to riches, by Richard Alexander

Business & Finance, Features »

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Know your status

Antonio Flores from Lawbird looks at 10 important indicators to consider when paying tax in Spain

Business & Finance, National News »

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Spanish airline slashes jobs

Iberia to reduce workforce by a quarter as it struggles with record loses

Business & Finance »

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Euro resurgence

Keith Spitalnick looks at how the recent measures put in place to address the eurozone crisis have helped boost the value of the euro against the pound

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“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. 33,000 issues a fortnight are printed plus up to 100,000 downloaded online giving an estimated readership of around 300,000 people per month.

From The Archives »

IRA bomb ‘could have killed 100′ in Gibraltar

September 10, 2011 | Gibraltar

Controversial terror plot would have caused massacre, according to Wikileaks

Red kites up by 50% in Spanish national park

November 25, 2012 | Andalucia, Cadiz, Nature

The Junta de Andalucia has recorded sightings of 74 red kite pairs, compared to just 40 in 2011

Illegal Hotel” daubed on illegal hotel

July 20, 2007 | Almeria

In letters three storeys high and covering 1,200 square metres, Greenpeace used 250 kilograms of black paint for its latest protest against the controversial El Algarrobico hotel.

The Queen of Spain’s literary past

October 15, 2007 | Features

Hemingway for lunch, fascists hiding in the bathroom, beatnik blondes staying for years. After the Olive Press reported that Gerald Brenan’s house is in danger of collapse, Carlos Pranger and Jon Clarke tell the wonderful story of the Reina de Los Angeles, which is one of the last anchors to Andalucía’s important literary past IT [...]

Cave approval

June 9, 2012 | News in Brief

Gorham’s Cave in Gibraltar is one of only two UK sites to be put forward for consideration as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015, alongside Scotland’s Forth Bridge.

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