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British expat burns to death in his car

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead2  •  0 Comments

A British pensioner has been found dead inside his car in Almeria

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Spider bite nearly kills holidaymaker in Spain

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead  •  7 Comments

A mum of three became gravely ill after being bitten by a spider while sunbathing

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Expats finally awarded “insulting” €30,000 compensation after home illegally bulldozed by council

Almeria, Andalucia, Property  •  19 Comments

EXCLUSIVE The Priors got the award after being forced to live in a converted garage for five years

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Almeria aquarium saved from switch off crisis

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead  •  4 Comments

An unpaid electricity bill which could have signalled the death of thousands of fish has now been paid

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Switch off crisis for biggest aquarium in Spain

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead  •  11 Comments

Fish and other marine life will die when electricity is switched off because of an unpaid bill

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Dominoes deemed too noisy in Mojacar

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead2  •  7 Comments

Mayor of Mojacar threatens to ban the game of dominoes in her town

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Mugger who used Yorkshire terrier to scare victims arrested in Spain

Almeria, Andalucia, Crime & Law  •  3 Comments

A man has been arrested in Almeria after commiting a string of violent attacks with his pet dog


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Priors slam authorities on fifth anniversary of Spanish home demolition

Almeria, Andalucia, Property  •  14 Comments

‘A five-year-old would see this situation as crazy,’ Priors tell the Olive Press


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New book dishes the dirt on Hollywood divas

Almeria, Andalucia, Features, La Cultura  •  0 Comments

Written by an Almeria Film Festival insider, new book reveals all about the Hollywood stars that attended the event


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Spanish vegetable shortage

Almeria, Andalucia, Features, Food & Drink  •  5 Comments

Adverse weather along Spain’s east coast has led to a shortage of vegetables, producers have warned


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Sherif Ali returns to Spain

Almeria, Lead2  •  0 Comments

Lawrence of Arabia star returns to Almeria next month as film festival celebrates the movie’s 50th anniversary


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The End: Photography by Rodney Smith

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead2  •  0 Comments

The End is on at the Centro Andaluz de la Fotografia until 20 January 2013


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Titian found in Almeria church

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead  •  3 Comments

‘Anonymous 17th century’ artwork presented to Madrid Prado in 1872 turns out to be 16th century Titian


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Elderly British couple robbed and beaten in Spain

Almeria, Andalucia, Crime & Law  •  3 Comments

The 74 and 71-year-old husband and wife were attacked by robbers at their home in Almeria


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Algarrobico demolition to cost well under estimate

Almeria, Andalucia, Environment  •  3 Comments

Demolition costs for the illegal hotel have dropped from €300 million to just over €7 million


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The End: Photography by Rodney Smith

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead2  •  0 Comments

The End is on at the Centro Andaluz de la Fotografia until 20 January 2013

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New sighting of missing trekker in Almeria thumbnail

New sighting of missing trekker in Almeria

Robert Golden, who failed to return from a two week walking holiday, may be in the Alicante area

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead, Malaga »

A dozen die in Andalucia in worst floods for decades thumbnail

A dozen die in Andalucia in worst floods for decades

Death toll of weekend floods likely to reach 13 with millions of damage caused around region

Almeria, Andalucia, Lead, Malaga »

British woman dead after flash floods kill ten in southern Spain thumbnail

British woman dead after flash floods kill ten in southern Spain

Diana Dudas was reported missing in the town of Vera, Almeria, after torrential rain hit the area, leaving at least ten others dead

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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.

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The GITs and their Secret Andalucia

February 27, 2011 | Blogs, Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains

Paul Whitelock discovers who the GITs of the Guadiaro Valley are…

From bling to book

December 4, 2009 | Malaga

Marbella launches Andalucia’s first English-speaking university

Off our rock

October 27, 2010 | Opinion

Situated some 2000kms south of Britain, it sometimes makes you wonder how Gibraltar could be British – but British it most certainly is

“Bonnie and Clyde” of Baza face jail terms

August 2, 2007 | Andalucia

Prosecution seeks ten-year jail term for film star’s step-daughter THE step-daughter of a Spanish film actress faces up to ten years behind bars for her part in a string of armed robberies in the Granada province. Diana Patricia Martín Romhild, 38, was arrested in October last year after four raids on banks in the Baza [...]

Expats in Spain battle the banks

September 12, 2011 | Andalucia, Malaga

New expat association formed to fight the banks

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