Saucy behaviour
La Tomatina, as usual, went off with a messy bang...
Union enters final stages of three week march across Andalucia
Around 1,300 members of the Andalucian Workers Union have arrived in Sevilla to attend a public meeting
Gibraltar bite attack sailor charged
The drunk US Navy member hit a police officer and bit an innocent bystander
Swingers hotel
Hotel Castillo in Monda is allegedly being run as a private swingers club, which includes 83 British members.
‘Healthcare must be free for all’, says Andalucia Junta
Junta refuses to bow to ‘xenophobic’ rules forcing foreigners to pay for treatment
Scorched earth… but the Costa will rise again
In her final dispatch for the Olive Press, Wendy Williams meets some of the victims of Malaga’s worst fire in history and finds many poignantly
Andalucia requests €1 billion bailout
Mounting debts force regional bosses to take begging bowl to Madrid
Volunteer valour on the Costa del Sol
Hundreds of expats offer their support to those affected by the devastating fires
Fire fall-out
Hundreds left homeless after Malaga fire
Maximilian Bartie
Our resident columnist, formerly of Royal Tunbridge Wells, puts the world to rights
ERE release
Former Junta employment boss Antonio Fernandez, who is being tried on fraud charges in the ERE scandal, has left prison after raising the €450,000 needed
Expats in Spain to benefit from winter fuel payment following EU ruling
A ‘genuine and sufficient link to the UK’ will now be enough for thousands of British pensioners to claim payment
Tax reform for Spain’s energy sector
Spanish government to raise tax in bid to reduce energy industry's €24 billion tariff deficit
Detective praises reporting of ‘Maddie’ sighting in Ibiza
Several national newspapers, including Bild in Germany, the Mirror in the UK and Diario de Noticias in Portugal follewed up an Olive Press exclusive on
Ruth and Jose’s bodies ‘found cremated at finca’
Tests will confirm whether missing Ruth and Jose's bodies were burnt on bonfire
Expats recount horror of Costa del Sol fires
Spanish government expected to declare region a disaster zone as clear-up operation begins in earnest
The Best Places to Make a Splash in Andalucia
Rund Abdelfatah explores some of the region's finest spots for getting wet
Golden steal
A person has been arrested after jewellery worth €100,000, thousands of euros in cash plus weighing equipment was found at a house in Nerja.
Bike arrest
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident involving a motorbike which left a Gibraltar man with a broken wrist and
Andalucia’s open-air cuisine
Nothing beats alfresco dining, writes Dining Secrets of Andalucia editor Jon Clarke
Unfair exports
Argentina has filed a complaint to the EU against Spanish rules on biodiesel imports, which it claims breach world trade laws.
Corruption probe over illegal licence for Benalmadena apartment complex
Three-year planning investigation led to 10 arrests
Classes for parents aim to combat fatigue in children
More and more pupils are struggling to stay awake during their lessons
Obama exposed
Spanish magazine Fuera de Serie has stirred up controversy by revealing a photoshopped picture of the First Lady bare breasted
Two dozen Britons arrested in Ibiza drug raid
Authorities seized nearly 23,000 doses of party drug ecstasy along with sizeable quantities of cocaine, ketamine and crystal meth, €100,000 in cash and stolen goods,
Fire help
The village of Arriate is collecting funds to help reforest the Catalan town of La Junquera following four major fires in July. The two towns