Marbella mayor joins environmentalists to oppose oil and gas exploration off the Costa del Sol
Marbella Mayor, Angeles Muñoz, has said the plans to search for oil and gas off the Costa del Sol are ‘diametrically opposed to tourism’
Spain’s Andalucia launches €30 million tourism plan in bid to keep Brits keen on Costa del Sol after Brexit
There is also more of a cultural tourism focus under this plan, which includes a new initiative to promote flamenco
New €10 million shopping centre coming to Fuengirola and Mijas
WORK on a new €10 million shopping centre will begin on the border between Mijas and Fuengirola next summer.
The project has been privately funded...
Olive theft gang busted
A GANG that stole more than one and a half million tonnes of olives has been broken up.
Police from Spain and Italy arrested 18...
Pensioner outwits gas conmen… but police don’t judge using fake ID and false uniforms as a crime
EXCLUSIVE: By Giles Brown... Swedish granny captures pair of fraudsters as they try to fleece her of €300
Spain is more corrupt than Uruguay, Chile and the United Arab Emirates
Transparency International puts Spain as the 31st least corrupt country in the world
Making the news on the Costa del Sol
Sky News presenter Jeremy Thompson enjoys a holiday in San Pedro
Olive Press new year predictions
The Olive Press has a lighthearted look at the year ahead
La Linea cops use own cars to attend crime scenes
Police in La Linea are forced to use their own vehicles - and even the bus - while on duty
Earthquakes hit Costa del Sol and Cordoba this morning
ANDALUCIA has experienced three earthquakes this morning.
According to the National Geographic Institute, the biggest was in Baena in Cordoba, which had a magnitude of...
Green group gives eight Granada beaches “black flag”
EU withdraws Blue Flag award from two Costa Tropical beaches
JUST days after the European Union stripped two Granada beaches of their Blue Flag status,...
Homeless couple receive much needed financial help from Olive Press reader
Paul will put the money towards a deposit for a flat
EXCLUSIVE: Missing Andy Cunningham arrives in England safe and sound
Father thanks Olive Press after his son arrives home safely, after weeks of police searching
Sold out fashion show raises more than a thousand euros for Estepona animal charity
Models strutted in nearly-new designer ladieswear
130,000 people visit Malaga to learn Spanish each year
Over 130,000 budding linguists touch down in Malaga each year to brush up on their Spanish
Martin Scorsese and HBO team up for new series about conquistador Hernan Cortes
The new series will focus on Cortes' expedition throughout the Aztec Empire and its fall
Killer of Spanish teenager María Esther left fingerprints
EXCLUSIVE: Fingerprints on a padlock could be the key to the brutal murder of Arriate teenager María Esther Jiménez Villegas
Convicted former Marbella mayor hospitalised in Algeciras
The court granted special exemption to Munoz given the severity of his health
Tourism industry officially Spain’s biggest employer, outpacing construction
THE tourism industry is now the biggest employer in Spain.
Figures show more than 2.65 million people – 2.17 million waged workers and 483,861 private...
Truth, Lies and Diana play reignites rumours that Marbella ‘cad’ is Prince Harry’s dad
Former Polo House boss James Hewitt wishes rumours would 'go away'
Andalucia’s historical dune gardens on verge of disappearing
Coastal allotments will disappear completely within two years if more is not done to preserve them warns academic Ruben Sanchez
Timeshare Toni defiant amid claims he’s fleeing Spain
Costa crook Toni Muldoon rumoured to be selling up and heading to Eastern Europe
Woman in Spain who put boyfriend’s head in a box and gave it to friend claiming it was sex...
She allegedly used his phone to text his family saying he was fine and staying in Asturias and Galicia.
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