Sotogrande: Why the A-lister playground should be next on your travel checklist
IT’S not a town, nor a village... and it’s definitely not a city. However, it boasts half a dozen championship golf courses, a top...
Despite the bright lights of Malaga, searching for that ‘Christmassy feeling’ in Spain seems harder than ever this year
IT’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The tell tale signs are all here- cosy coats, the kitsch jumpers, lots of lights, bows,...
Dental discovery in Granada shows textile work was done exclusively by women 4000 years ago
A NEW discovery from Bronze Age Spain reveals that women have never been afraid to sink their teeth into hard work.
Evavations of a 4,000-year-old...
With atheism on the rise in Spain, Maya Eashwaran checks out why the masses are deserting the church
Church marriages have also declined steeply; in a 27 year-long period, the percentage of religious marriages in Spain declined from 79% to 19.8%, a huge drop of nearly 60 percent.
Spain shutting the border would be like ‘cutting off its nose to spite its face’, slams Gibraltar’s deputy commander
Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia said that tightening frontier controls would hurt the Spanish as much as the Rock.
The British teenage anarchist who tried to kill Franco with explosives hidden under granny’s sweater
The scale of his repression, torture and murder made him a natural target for political campaigns and the morally aware, writes Alastair Stewart.
MC Hammered – trying something new every day
Giles breaks down the feelings of introducing the George Benson, Michael Bolton and Pink Purple Zepp Fest concerts.
Ode to autumn: 10 reasons to love the season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and effortless parking
With the summer season over, some may be upset others may rejoice. Here are the reasons why Spain is the gift that keeps on giving.
EXCLUSIVE: Suspected Costa del Sol expat conman may have links to Dutch crime family with hundreds of victims
String of victims come forward after Olive Press exposes film conman
Costa del Sol-based Kinahan clan begin relocation to Dubai
EXCLUSIVE: The Irish expat crime syndicate, based in Estepona, is ‘working out an exit strategy from Spain’
How the UK and expats will be affected in the 1,000 days after Brexit
With the polls neck-and-neck, Marbella lawyer Alex Radford takes a look at what a Brexit will mean in the days, months and years following an out vote:
Google lists controversial Costa del Sol car rental firm as ‘permanently closed’
EXCLUSIVE: Google 'closes' Costa del Sol car rental firm
Ex-Junta bosses Chaves and Grinan set to be prosecuted in €855 million ERE fraud scandal
Junta heads on the block
Huge cocaine haul hidden in bananas uncovered in Spain
The haul is said to have arrived from South America
EXCLUSIVE: Brits linked to Agnese disappearance went for curry after fatal hit-and-run in Marbella
Notorious Brit Westley Capper supped beers and chatted with pal Craig Porter just 30 minutes after knocking over the Bolivian mother of a two-year-old in San Pedro
75% of Brits back booze limits on planes to combat drunken holiday blunders
Four in ten Britons are in favour of a two-drink limit for aeroplane passengers
Deputy mayor in Axarquia accused of claiming three salaries
Deputy mayor accused of claiming three salaries in bitter political feud
The Olive Press voted the best expat paper in Spain
The accolade follows a poll of tens of thousands of expats from more than 90 different countries
Surgery addict whose new nose began eating itself saved by Malaga doctors
His septum had became loose and a hole appeared on the outside of his right nostril.
Dog owners battle Brittany Ferries after dogs banned from sailing from Spain to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Travel nightmare as pet owners ordered to renew passports as they board ferry home
Animal rights protest planned for Sevilla’s ‘April Fair’
Animal rights group says millions are spent by the Andalucian government to subsidise bullfighting
Eight victims report ‘sex lure’ gang in Marbella
When two of the women were arrested, one had a hand-held card reader in her bag
Young Irish tourist dies in Torremolinos swimming pool
Dragged out of the pool by a receptionist the man was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics attempted CPR
Spanish footballer stabbed by opposition fans during league match
Playing for Alhaurin de la Torre's B team, Samuel was rushed to hospital after he was stabbed in the chest by fans from El Palo's B team
Nerja expat desperately seeks support to get dogs back from Spain
Her pets were left at the mercy of police kennels and a rescue centre
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