Olive Press Round-Up: The biggest stories in Spain - Sun 23rd Nov 25

From The Digital Editor

Walter Finch

Dear Olive Press readers,

We’re fresh off the back of recording yet another podcast, which should go live later on today so I definitely recommend you check it out when it goes live at 5pm today.

The podcast is where we delve in behind the scenes of the news, how we found the stories, how we investigated them – and what we weren’t able to publish. So there is where you might get the juicy source.

It’s hosted by Caroline Lips of Staysure Insurance and usually features myself and Jon Clarke the editor/owner of the OP. Sometimes we bring in a guest speaker.

Episode 9 was recorded but has never been released, very sadly, thanks to technical gremlins which chewed up the sound quality on one of the mics. And it was a doozy – we tackled the scourge of scoundrels taking over charities on the Costa del Sol and using them as their own piggybanks.

This week, which has been gremlin-free, we talked about the two big stories of the week, both which bring shame on the police but in very different ways.

Jon reported on a bigshot Costa del Sol lawyer who got randomly beaten up by police while on a night out in the Algarve (Portugal), while I covered the tale of how authorities in Almeria have closed the case on the murder of a Brit without chasing all the leads.

Shock as leading Costa del Sol lawyer is hospitalised in ‘vicious’ police beating outside notorious tourist bar on the Algarve

A WELL known expat lawyer has been hospitalised after police and bouncers attacked him on a night out in Portugal. The solicitor, based between Marbella and Alicante, needed treatment after…

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New blow against squatters in Spain as proposed law will finally allow homeowners to stop paying bills

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Donald Trump Jr holes up with new squeeze in Marbella for rainy weekend after business trip to Gibraltar

The Costa del Sol – and Gibraltar – received a surprising guest last weekend when Donald Trump Jr blew into town. He attended a mysterious business meeting on the Rock about the proposed €2 billion data centre they want to build there, and then hung out in the Puente Romano in Marbella with his new girlfriend.

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Enjoy the weekend folks. And please do get in touch with any thoughts or comments you might have!

Best,
Walt

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Olive Press Round-Up: The biggest stories in Spain – Sun 23rd Nov 25

From The Digital Editor

Walter Finch

Shock as leading Costa del Sol lawyer is hospitalised in ‘vicious’ police beating outside notorious tourist bar on the Algarve

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