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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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Muslims avoid jail after praying in Catholic cathedral

Andalucia, Cordoba  •  10 Comments

Nine men freed after being arrested for praying in the Mesquita in Cordoba in 2010

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Traditional Cordoba patios on display until January 4

Andalucia, Cordoba  •  1 Comments

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

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Spanish prosecutors drop olive oil scam case

Cordoba, Jaen, Lead2  •  0 Comments

Gang had been accused of elaborate scheme to pass off cheap oils as olive oil

Jose Breton’s family exercise right not to testify against him thumbnail

Jose Breton’s family exercise right not to testify against him

Cordoba, Crime & Law, Lead2  •  0 Comments

The sister, brother and parents of Breton – accused of murdering his two children – refused to give evidence in Cordoba yesterday

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Double drugs haul in Andalucia

Andalucia, Cadiz, Cordoba, Lead2  •  4 Comments

A record-breaking amount of hashish has been found in Cordoba and Algeciras

Spanish olive oil receives top marks thumbnail

Spanish olive oil receives top marks

Cordoba, Lead2  •  0 Comments

Product from Andalucia recognised at UK’s international food show


Ruth and Jose’s bodies ‘found cremated at finca’ thumbnail

Ruth and Jose’s bodies ‘found cremated at finca’

Andalucia, Cordoba, Lead  •  2 Comments

Tests will confirm whether missing Ruth and Jose’s bodies were burnt on bonfire


‘Hang the bankers’ as Gordillo leaves Cordoba thumbnail

‘Hang the bankers’ as Gordillo leaves Cordoba

Andalucia, Cordoba, Lead2  •  6 Comments

‘Spain’s Robin Hood’, along with nearly 500 followers, will now continue their march across Andalucia


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Sharp shooters in Andalucia

Andalucia, Cordoba, Lead2, National News  •  1 Comments

New novel depicts romance between Spanish Civil War snappers


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Happy at La Haza in Spain

Cordoba, Travel  •  0 Comments

Expat-run Cortijo voted among 25 best B&Bs in Spain


Dramatic rescue saves 40 dogs from certain death in Spain thumbnail

Dramatic rescue saves 40 dogs from certain death in Spain

Andalucia, Cordoba, Lead2  •  1 Comments

Animal charities have worked together to save nearly 40 dogs from being put down after they were found in squalid conditions


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Animal charity pleads for help to save 38 dogs from being put down

Andalucia, Cordoba, Lead  •  6 Comments

The animals were found living alongside the rotting corpses of eight dogs after the owners were evicted


Roman statues rescued in Spain thumbnail

Roman statues rescued in Spain

Andalucia, Cordoba  •  10 Comments

The bronze figures were about to be sold on the black market


Eyesore ruins view over Spanish lake thumbnail

Eyesore ruins view over Spanish lake

Andalucia, Cordoba  •  12 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: Calls for action to remove illegal home on Iznajar lake


Dramatic rescue saves 40 dogs from certain death in Spain thumbnail

Dramatic rescue saves 40 dogs from certain death in Spain

Andalucia, Cordoba, Lead2  •  1 Comments

Animal charities have worked together to save nearly 40 dogs from being put down after they were found in squalid conditions

Andalucia, Cordoba, Lead »

Jose Breton calls toxicology reports ‘a lie’ thumbnail

Jose Breton calls toxicology reports ‘a lie’

The father accused of murdering his two children Ruth and Jose Breton claims that the remains belong to animals he burnt

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Primark comes to Cordoba

The new store is to open on March 21

Andalucia, Cordoba »

Top prize for Sotogrande sculptor thumbnail

Top prize for Sotogrande sculptor

Marco Augusto Duenas picked up the prestigious Club de Medios prize in Madrid

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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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February 14, 2013 | Andalucia, Lead2

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August 12, 2011 | Business & Finance

Speculation France could suffer a credit rating downgrade given the country’s exposure to Greek debt

Pope’s queer kissathon

November 5, 2010 | National News

Thousands of gay people set to welcome the Pope with a kiss

Mother gives birth in Spanish job centre

June 3, 2012 | Lead2, National News

Mother names baby after Spanish unemployment office where she gave birth

Fall in book sales as Spanish-language publishers head to Latin America

December 21, 2012 | National News

Countries such as Chile are becoming a new source of revenue for publishers

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