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Hollywood hunk George Clooney buys luxury home in Marbella

Andalucia, Entertainment, Malaga  •  37 Comments

One of America’s hottest actors, George Clooney, plans to buy property in Marbella

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There’s only one direction for boy band fans

Entertainment, National News  •  2 Comments

The biggest British band since the Beatles is set to play to hoards of Spanish fans during two gigs in Spain this summer.

Are you ready for the ‘Big TV Switch Off’ in Spain? thumbnail

Are you ready for the ‘Big TV Switch Off’ in Spain?

Entertainment, Features, La Cultura  •  29 Comments

Internet TV specialist Michael Coard explains why and when you will be losing your British TV this year

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British and Spanish actors trade places

Entertainment, National News  •  2 Comments

Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Javier Bardem nominated for awards in opposite countries

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Get the party started in Spain!

Entertainment, Features, National News  •  3 Comments

It’s a massive year for music fans around Spain

Javier Bardem forced to close family restaurant thumbnail

Javier Bardem forced to close family restaurant

Entertainment, Food & Drink  •  1 Comments

Oscar-winning actor has closed his Madrid based eatery ‘after two years of prolonged losses’

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Bar Refaeli feels at home Barcelona

Entertainment, National News  •  0 Comments

The 27-year-old bombshell explains her love for the Spanish city


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Stars come out for Vogue in Madrid

Entertainment, National News  •  0 Comments

Model Irina Shayk and photographer Mario Testino among the guests at launch of magazine’s latest issue


Spain’s Javier Bardem: I will not go to the US thumbnail

Spain’s Javier Bardem: I will not go to the US

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Bond star Javier Bardem has snubbed a move to America, saying it is ‘unpleasant’ to be a celebrity in the US


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Tribute to Spanish film legend in London

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Famed director Pedro Almodovar will be honoured with a retrospective of his work at London’s Curzon Soho Cinema next week.


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Australian model new face of Spanish fashion giant Mango

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Miranda Kerr will front the store’s campaign throughout Spain and across the world


Expat masseuse turns down One Direction in Marbella thumbnail

Expat masseuse turns down One Direction in Marbella

Andalucia, Entertainment, Features, Malaga  •  2 Comments

27-year-old Michelle Honeker refused to give the world’s biggest boyband a massage because ‘they looked too young’


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Lingerie collection lauched by Cruz sisters

Entertainment, Lead2  •  1 Comments

Penelope and Monica Cruz have worked with Agent Provocateur to create the luxury range


Review: Substation’s ‘Terror Bass Planet’ thumbnail

Review: Substation’s ‘Terror Bass Planet’

Entertainment, Granada  •  0 Comments

If ever the expression ‘it does exactly what it says on the tin’ could be used more fittingly then I’d like to hear some suggestions please


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Licence to chill in Spain

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Former 007 actor Pierce Brosnan takes a dip in the Med while filming A Long Way Down


Expat masseuse turns down One Direction in Marbella thumbnail

Expat masseuse turns down One Direction in Marbella

Andalucia, Entertainment, Features, Malaga  •  2 Comments

27-year-old Michelle Honeker refused to give the world’s biggest boyband a massage because ‘they looked too young’

Entertainment, National News »

Kylie Minogue spotted at exclusive Spanish spa thumbnail

Kylie Minogue spotted at exclusive Spanish spa

EXCLUSIVE: Pop princess takes her Spanish beau Andres Velencoso for romantic break near Alicante

Entertainment, National News »

Bond film Skyfall lands in Madrid thumbnail

Bond film Skyfall lands in Madrid

Stars come out for Spanish premiere of latest 007 flick

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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 »

Dangerous liaisons

January 22, 2010 | Andalucia, National News

Pay-out for Spanish actress whose dreams of a night of romance with Jeremy Irons came crashing down

Dating agency Ashley Madison facing Spanish lawsuit

July 16, 2011 | Lead2, National News

A controversial advert showing Prince Charles and King Juan Carlos – and encouraging people to have affairs – could land US dating agency with huge lawsuit

Cameron’s ‘secret’ trip to Andalucia

April 29, 2010 | Andalucia, Malaga

In the run up to UK elections Tory leader recalls ‘secret’ holiday to Spain – the one we wrote about a year ago!

Best budget royals

October 12, 2010 | News Feature

The King has been voted ‘Greatest Spaniard of all time’ while his son is married to the divorced daughter of a nurse. With new austerity measures firmly in place, Wendy Williams investigates why Spain’s monarchy are now definitively Europe’s best budget royals

Basque drug club

December 20, 2011 | News in Brief

The Basque Country could be set to legalise cannabis. The Socialist government wants to establish regulated clubs where people can smoke the drug grown by other members.

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