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Teenage air steward saves woman’s life on Spanish flight thumbnail

Teenage air steward saves woman’s life on Spanish flight

Andalucia, Lead, Sevilla  •  3 Comments

A teenager has been praised for his actions after he gave life-saving CPR to a female passenger when she suffered a heart attack

Newspaper clipping reveals expat link to Spain’s oldest football club thumbnail

Newspaper clipping reveals expat link to Spain’s oldest football club

Andalucia, Sevilla  •  3 Comments

A 123-year-old clipping from a Scottish newspaper documents the beginnings of Sevilla FC

Scientists discover porn loving chimp in Sevilla thumbnail

Scientists discover porn loving chimp in Sevilla

Andalucia, Sevilla  •  2 Comments

A professor in Sevilla believes he has found a link between sexual interest in both human and non-human primates in Gina the chimpanzee

Have you seen Robert Golden? thumbnail

Have you seen Robert Golden?

Andalucia, Lead, Sevilla  •  1 Comments

UK police appeal for safe return of Andalucian holiday hiker

Strange winds in Sevilla thumbnail

Strange winds in Sevilla

Photo, Sevilla  •  0 Comments

This shot by Don Ablett shows a rare funnel cloud above the city

Fatboy Slim flies in to Sevilla thumbnail

Fatboy Slim flies in to Sevilla

Andalucia, La Cultura, Sevilla  •  2 Comments

Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim, is to headline this year’s Territorios Festival tomorrow

Pensioner dies in Legionnaires outbreak in Spain thumbnail

Pensioner dies in Legionnaires outbreak in Spain

Andalucia, Health, Sevilla  •  2 Comments

Sprinkler systems and cooling towers linked to spread of the disease


Baby’s grave to be dug up next week in Spain thumbnail

Baby’s grave to be dug up next week in Spain

Andalucia, Lead, Sevilla  •  1 Comments

Investigation launched after family express doubts over death of baby born in 1974


TripAdvisor on trial: Sevilla thumbnail

TripAdvisor on trial: Sevilla

Andalucia, Features, Sevilla, Travel, TripAdvisor  •  3 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: The Olive Press takes an objective look at the phenomenal success of TripAdvisor…with some surprising results


Sevilla bids farewell to new €4 million library thumbnail

Sevilla bids farewell to new €4 million library

Andalucia, Lead, Sevilla  •  1 Comments

The university building is being demolished and will be gone by the end of September


Donana UNESCO Biosphere reserve to triple in size thumbnail

Donana UNESCO Biosphere reserve to triple in size

Andalucia, Cadiz, Huelva, Lead, Sevilla  •  2 Comments

UN votes to make Spain’s most important reserve three times larger as sewage battle hots up


Four arrested in Sevilla for trying to sell fake Picasso thumbnail

Four arrested in Sevilla for trying to sell fake Picasso

Andalucia, Lead2, Sevilla  •  0 Comments

Antiques dealer attempted to flog the painting for €1 million several times


Lioness found living in Spanish urbanisation thumbnail

Lioness found living in Spanish urbanisation

Andalucia, Lead2, Sevilla  •  0 Comments

The nine month old lioness was being kept as a pet


A to F of Seville

Blogs, Scribbler in Seville, Sevilla  •  2 Comments

Our new Olive Press blogger Fiona Flores Watson tries to single out the aspects which she thinks are unique to southern Spain’s main metropolis


Dentist forced to sleep in his car in Spain thumbnail

Dentist forced to sleep in his car in Spain

Andalucia, Lead2, Sevilla  •  0 Comments

He only gets a contract for a few days and cannot afford his rent


Four arrested in Sevilla for trying to sell fake Picasso thumbnail

Four arrested in Sevilla for trying to sell fake Picasso

Andalucia, Lead2, Sevilla  •  0 Comments

Antiques dealer attempted to flog the painting for €1 million several times

Andalucia, Lead2, Photo, Sevilla »

Sevilla residents take to the streets to protest against budget cuts thumbnail

Sevilla residents take to the streets to protest against budget cuts

Up to 500 demonstrators shouted slogans, as similar marches took place across the country

Inland Andalucia

Andalucia, Lead2, Sevilla »

Explosion spews out enormous plume of black smoke near Sevilla thumbnail

Explosion spews out enormous plume of black smoke near Sevilla

The flames caused by the explosion have affected a nearby ship and railway line

Andalucia, Environment, Features, Sevilla »

Sevilla escapes UNESCO’s World Heritage black list thumbnail

Sevilla escapes UNESCO’s World Heritage black list

The Pelli Tower does not threaten the city’s World Heritage status, apparently

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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 »

Embattled Spanish PM Zapatero to stand down at next election

April 3, 2011 | National News

Economy and rising unemployment given as reasons to hand over to likely successors including either Rubalcaba or Chacon. By Jon Clarke

Assistance sought for homeless British expat

July 18, 2012 | Andalucia, Lead, Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: James Bryce investigates the desperate situation of Patrick Burke, a British man driven out of his home and onto the streets

Human rights judge on trial at Supreme Court

January 18, 2012 | National News

Judge Baltasar Garzon has three separate cases against him

Let there be light

November 21, 2010 | Andalucia

Expat family cut off for weeks despite paying the bills

Pay late

August 11, 2012 | News in Brief

Mijas Town Hall has established a 10-year payment plan for residents faced with fines for having illegal homes.

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