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Inside ‘the worst hotel in Spain’

Andalucia, News Feature  •  14 Comments

With rooms that would ‘make a Travelodge look spacious’ and a dining room that has the ‘feel of a battleground’, our reporter Frances Leate didn’t exactly fall for ‘Spain’s worst hotel’ during a weekend…

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No pasaran

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After the death of Britain’s last Spanish Civil War hero David Lomon, Mason Jones looks at the incredible bravery and sacrifice the men of the rag-taggle army of the International Brigades made coming to fight Franco in Spain

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Raising the issue of fascism in Spain

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As Spain’s financial crisis continues to bite, James Bryce investigates whether the recession is fuelling a rise in far right extremism in Spain

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Thanks, Euro Weekly News… We’re flattered!

News Feature, Opinion  •  6 Comments

At least ten news stories have appeared on the EWN website – with almost exactly the same wording – within 36 hours of us posting them on here

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The recession session

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In a humerous look at the current crisis, no one can accuse Giles Brown of living on Planet Fluffy with his practical tongue-in-cheek ways to save money

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Slice of the action or Gift from the Gods?

Features, News Feature  •  1 Comments

Spaniard discovers his make-shift ham press could make him a multi-millionaire

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Happy sixth birthday to the Olive Press!

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The team refuses to get complacent as the Olive Press celebrates six successful years


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Hidden horrors of Spanish car hire firms

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As a growing number of complaints are made against car hire firms holding customers to ransom, James Bryce investigates the pitfalls that holidaymakers should look out for


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The Spanish Civil War… A conflict to remember or to forget?

Andalucia, News Feature  •  0 Comments

Row brews as the Junta tries to force town halls to take down all their fascist-era symbols, writes Dana Ferguson


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James Bond just isn’t the same in Spain

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Censored versions of Ian Fleming novels produced during chaste Franco era are still being reproduced today


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Marbella Film Festival… The next Cannes?

La Cultura, News Feature  •  7 Comments

Post-traumatic stress syndrome and the Moors murders are just two of the themes tackled at this international festival, now in its seventh year


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Bonkers bonuses for Spanish civil servants

Business & Finance, News Feature  •  1 Comments

As Jerez Town Hall addresses €1,000m of debt by scrapping staff bonuses, Eloise Horsfield considers some of the crazy payments still being offered to thousands of civil servants across Spain


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“We had to escape the fire like rats,” says Mijas mayor

Malaga, News Feature  •  1 Comments

Jon Clarke talks to Mijas mayor Angel Nozal about the ‘terrifying’ 36 hours that wreaked havoc along the Costa del Sol


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Costa del Sol fire: ‘It felt like a Spielberg movie’

Andalucia, News Feature  •  0 Comments

Paul O Connell describes the scene as he covered the fire for BBC radio and Mijas TV


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How one home owner saved his house from the Costa del Sol fires

Andalucia, News Feature  •  0 Comments

Polish homeowner Dr Matia Zanella needed some quick thinking to help save his block in Elviria


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Bonkers bonuses for Spanish civil servants

Business & Finance, News Feature  •  1 Comments

As Jerez Town Hall addresses €1,000m of debt by scrapping staff bonuses, Eloise Horsfield considers some of the crazy payments still being offered to thousands of civil servants across Spain

Andalucia, News Feature »

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A century of Spanish anarchism

It is exactly 100 years since an anarchist shot dead Spain’s prime minister. As Eloise Horsfield discovers, the anarchist movement once counted over two million members and is still very much alive today

Andalucia, News Feature »

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Daughter reunited with mother after Costa del Sol fire scare

Jackie McAngus on the panic of trying to locate her elderly parents who live in Elviria hills

Andalucia, Features, News Feature »

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Meeting the Spanish ‘Robin Hood’

With unemployment at 33% in Andalucia, and 5.7 million without work in Spain, the Olive Press meets the radical mayor who has become a cult figure by leading the mass food raids to feed the poor

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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 »

A needle in a haystack – hunt for the world’s rarest cat

January 12, 2012 | Features, Nature, News Feature

EXCLUSIVE: With some fanatics failing to spot a lynx in a dozen visits, wildlife photographer Simon Littlejohn was incredibly lucky to spot three of the endangered cats in just one day… Here are his remarkable results on a four-day adventure to the Sierra de Andujar

Traditional Cordoba patios on display until January 4

December 20, 2012 | Andalucia, Cordoba

Thousands of visitors are expected to take advantage of the opportunity to view the secluded courtyards

Marilyn Monroe dresses on display

February 27, 2011 | Granada, Lead2

Granada hosts an exhibition of 30 gowns worn by the iconic blonde

Taking the p***

October 21, 2011 | News in Brief

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary has revealed that he plans to remove two toilets from each aircraft in order to make space for six more seats. O’Leary said the move would mean a 5% reduction in ticket prices, and that the three toilets currently on each plane were very rarely used at once.

Start the day the right way

December 6, 2006 | Opinion

Fast food giants Burger King have become the latest victims of the Spanish government’s campaign for a fitter, healthier (happier?) nation. Health minister Elena Salgado Méndez said in October the chain of restaurants, the world’s second largest, should withdraw an advertising campaign for its Whopper XXL burgers (all 971 calories of them!). Apparently, the ad [...]

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