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Spanish painting attracts worldwide attention

Andalucia, Jaen, La Cultura  •  0 Comments

Artwork donated to church in Andalucia auctioned to raise much-needed funds

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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

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Andalucia workers are worst paid in Spain

Andalucia, Jaen, Lead2  •  1 Comments

Earnings in Andalucia hit rock-bottom, with workers in Jaen on the lowest salaries of all

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Junta authorises deer hunts in nature reserve

Andalucia, Environment, Jaen  •  5 Comments

Four deer were killed in Cazorla natural park, making €8,000 which will be used to buy fodder

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Spanish olive farmers feel the squeeze from supermarkets

Andalucia, Jaen, Lead  •  4 Comments

Competition from emerging countries has also contributed to a 50 per cent drop in market value

Woman jailed for throwing a dog out of a third storey window thumbnail

Woman jailed for throwing a dog out of a third storey window

Andalucia, Jaen, Lead  •  8 Comments

Woman threw a neighbour’s Chihuahua out of a window in Jaen

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Earning your lunch!

Food & Drink, Jaen  •  0 Comments

Jon Clarke builds up an appetite on a spring walk with his family in the Aracena Natural Park and picks Andalucia’s Top Five best Spring Dining Secrets


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Parents investigated for grounding teenage daughter

Andalucia, Jaen  •  1 Comments

The 16-year-old girl, who had a ‘complicated’ relationship with her parents, was apparently left inside a country house


Earthquake shakes Jaen, Granada and Cordoba thumbnail

Earthquake shakes Jaen, Granada and Cordoba

Cordoba, Granada, Jaen, Lead2  •  2 Comments

The quake meaured 4.4 on the Richter Scale


On a turkey hunt in Jaen thumbnail

On a turkey hunt in Jaen

Jaen, Lead2  •  1 Comments

Town transformed by series of giant sculptures from recycled materials


Cupboard corpse found in Jaen thumbnail

Cupboard corpse found in Jaen

Jaen, Lead2  •  0 Comments

Woman believed to be the mother of a new born baby whose corpse was found in a cupboard has been arrested


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Game over for tomb raiders

Andalucia, Crime & Law, Jaen  •  2 Comments

A massive ring of Andalucian treasure looters and gold smugglers has been busted by the police


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Oily business

Andalucia, Jaen  •  19 Comments

Andalucian olive oil is being diluted to save costs


Builder crumbles thumbnail

Builder crumbles

Crime & Law, Jaen  •  4 Comments

Holidays cancelled after 75 per cent of tools are stolen


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Just a*sing around

Andalucia, Jaen, Lead2  •  1 Comments

Investigation into ‘Jackass’ style air-pump prank concludes no-one is to blame


Game over for tomb raiders thumbnail

Game over for tomb raiders

Andalucia, Crime & Law, Jaen  •  2 Comments

A massive ring of Andalucian treasure looters and gold smugglers has been busted by the police

Andalucia, Jaen, Lead, Sevilla »

Green groups slam ‘dead end’ project to prospect for oil in inland Andalucia thumbnail

Green groups slam ‘dead end’ project to prospect for oil in inland Andalucia

Junta backed project to search for oil and gas deposits in Jaen and Sevilla comes under fire

Casa Andaluza

Andalucia, Cadiz, Huelva, Jaen »

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Beach rescue

The Spanish government has stepped in to help out battered beaches

Andalucia, Jaen »

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Turkey tossing

A Jaen town defies the law to continue its 19th-Century tradition

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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 »

How to beat the shopping trolley blues

January 27, 2009 | News Feature

You can get Don Simon orange juice and Mahou beer at own brand prices if you know where to shop. The Olive Press sent Paul Whitelock to investigate why shoppers are switching supermarkets and choosing different brands

Celebrity Golf Classic comes to Marbella

May 10, 2013 | Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga

Former Republic of Ireland footballer will be hosting a celebrity golf day this month

Spring comes to Almerimar – but no green shoots of recovery?

March 8, 2012 | Blogs, John Woodhead’s Almería Almanac

Hopefully the overnight temperatures will continue to rise and the summer growing grass on our golf course will start to flourish again. However, perhaps these are the only green shoots we will see this year?

You’ll Novelli guess who’s moving in

February 10, 2009 | Property

Famed TV chef opens new restaurant on the Costa del Sol and goes house hunting in Ronda

I aim to make the best wine in the World, says Andaluz winemaker

May 23, 2009 | Food & Drink

Geoff Garvey visits Cadiz bodega Huerta de Albala

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