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Greenpeace scales parliament building in Madrid

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Three members of the organisation held a protest over modifications to Spain’s coastal law

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Second school strike hits Spain

Andalucia, Lead, National News  •  10 Comments

Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets to in protest against educational reforms

Former Real Madrid star, 86, to wed 36-year-old lover thumbnail

Former Real Madrid star, 86, to wed 36-year-old lover

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The Argentine football legend plans to marry his Costa Rican personal assistant this month

Spanish anti-abuse poster ‘only visible to children’ thumbnail

Spanish anti-abuse poster ‘only visible to children’

Lead, National News  •  10 Comments

Charity has used special technology to empower abused children to seek help

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Pilot dies at Madrid airshow

Lead2, National News  •  0 Comments

35-year-old Ladislao Tejedor Romero has died following an air crash

VIDEO: Andrew Moran – one of UK’s most wanted criminals – arrested in Spain thumbnail

VIDEO: Andrew Moran – one of UK’s most wanted criminals – arrested in Spain

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One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been captured on Spain’s Costa Blanca

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BA in Vueling takeover

Lead2, National News  •  6 Comments

Barcelona-based airline has been successfully taken over in a €123,5 million deal


Spaniard hacked off hand to claim €2.4m insurance thumbnail

Spaniard hacked off hand to claim €2.4m insurance

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Spaniards suffering during the country’s recession have been caught hacking off part of their own bodies to claim insurance payouts


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Bankia back on track

Lead2, National News  •  0 Comments

Spanish bank announces a return to profit following a disastrous 2012


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Protestors clash with police in Madrid

Lead, National News  •  1 Comments

Violence broke out during demonstrations outside the parliament building


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Mammoth wasp nest found in abandoned property

Lead2, National News  •  4 Comments

A 22ft wasp nest has been discovered by police in an abandoned home in the Canary Islands


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Al-Qaeda terror suspects detained in Spain

Lead, National News  •  1 Comments

Two men with links to the North African branch of Al-Qaeda are being held by Spanish police


British man drowns in Lanzarote sea thumbnail

British man drowns in Lanzarote sea

Lead, National News  •  1 Comments

Tourist got into difficulties while swimming in the sea off the Canary Islands


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Spain’s population falls as foreigners flee eurozone crisis

Lead, National News  •  16 Comments

Spain is experiencing a mass exodus of immigrants due to economic hardship


UK actress and ‘Mr Spain’ win property fraud battle thumbnail

UK actress and ‘Mr Spain’ win property fraud battle

Lead, National News  •  6 Comments

Lynda Bellingham was the victim of an internet troll who wrote defamatory blogs under a fake name


Al-Qaeda terror suspects detained in Spain thumbnail

Al-Qaeda terror suspects detained in Spain

Lead, National News  •  1 Comments

Two men with links to the North African branch of Al-Qaeda are being held by Spanish police

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Thousands turn out for Mayday protests across Spain thumbnail

Thousands turn out for Mayday protests across Spain

The demonstrations were largely peaceful across Spain

Lead, National News »

‘Bomb vest’ kidnap ringleader arrested in Costa del Sol thumbnail

‘Bomb vest’ kidnap ringleader arrested in Costa del Sol

Spanish police have smashed a kidnap ring that used fake bomb vests to net more than €3 million

Lead2, National News »

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Spain raises minimum marriage age

The Spanish government increased the minimum age for marriage from 14 to 16

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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 »

‘Help us access our homes’, plead pensioners

April 13, 2013 | Andalucia, Cadiz, Lead

Families forced to wade through mud to get in and out of their small village are begging the authorities to take action

Spanish waterworld

July 31, 2011 | Features

James Bryce gets pulled around at an incredible ‘secret’ centre for waterskiing and wakeboarding

Artists open studios in Gaucin

May 14, 2013 | Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga

Open studio weekends will take place on May 24 – 26 and May 31 – June 2.

Orange severe weather alerts in Andalucia

December 21, 2010 | Andalucia

Up to 90mm of rain could fall in a 12 hour period in the Serrania de Ronda, Guadalhorce and Costa del Sol

Feared and celebrated bull in Spain has died

March 30, 2013 | Lead, National News

Spanish bull ‘Raton’ has died at the age of 12

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