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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the movement that wants to make Leon Spain’s 18th autonomous community, letting the independence genie out of the bottle as Granada watches closely

A LITTLE-KNOWN independence movement is trying to take root in Spain’s southern province of Granada. A rabble of rambunctious rebels are seeking to cleave the

27 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

EXCLUSIVE·EXPLAINER·Lead·Other News

Benicassim review: Spain’s legendary music festival may have lost its former glory – but it still offers a magical three days

ONCE upon a time, a weekend at Benicassim festival was the stuff of legend. I myself have heard many a tale – via my party-animal

27 Jul, 2024 @ 12:37

EXCLUSIVE·La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: The Olive Press takes a tour of some of the Costa de la Luz’s under-the-radar spots, as the largely unheralded coastal gem girds itself for discovery by British tourists

PERCHED upon the highest point in Chiclana de la Frontera sits the round cupola of the Ermita de Santa Ana. The church is located on

13 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Olive Press Travel

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Tourism has gone too far’ – hundreds of protestors target F1 roadshow in Barcelona city centre ahead of Spanish Grand Prix

HUNDREDS of protestors attempted to disrupt a Formula One roadshow in Barcelona on Wednesday afternoon ahead of this weekend’s F1 Spanish Grand Prix. Tens of

19 Jun, 2024 @ 21:43

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Politics·Sport

EXCLUSIVE: Explosive allegations against gaming firm Mansion shake Gibraltar and raise questions about business links with former finance minister

A GIBRALTAR gaming firm whose name was emblazoned on various Premier League shirts has been accused of operating illegal online gambling in over a dozen

12 Jun, 2024 @ 19:47

Business & Finance·EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

Brexit deal latest: Many complex hurdles for Fabian Picardo to overcome as UK fears losing sovereignty and Spain worries ‘tax haven’ Gibraltar will ‘colonise’ el Campo

AS Chief Minister Fabian Picardo jets off to Brussels once more to wrangle a post-Brexit treaty on Gibraltar’s border with Spain, both sides’ fears of

15 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: This billionaire’s paradise ‘loved by Vladimir Putin’ could be the new home of Spotify founder Daniel Ek, 41, after he is spotted shopping for villas around Marbella

DANIEL Ek could soon join a growing list of the super rich who have snapped up property on the Costa del Sol in recent years.

26 Apr, 2024 @ 20:06

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Property

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘wanted to take in young foster children’ in Portugal, paedophile’s ex-girlfriend tells court

By Jon Clarke and Rainer Burkard in Braunschweig “CHRISTIAN wanted to take in little girls in Portugal… he wanted to foster children.” This is what

24 Apr, 2024 @ 11:12

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’m a British expat and started my own football club in Spain…we’ve rocketed through the leagues and now we’re playing at a national level – this is our winning formula’

SEAMLESSLY switching between fluent Spanish and English, George Jermy barks orders to his players on a sun-drenched training ground on the Costa del Sol. Whilst

15 Apr, 2024 @ 20:00

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga·Sport

EXCLUSIVE: Meet one of the stars of Netflix’s new reality property show Making It In Marbella

NETFLIX has announced a new reality show following the lives of Marbella property brokers and we met one of the stars. Just four years after

14 Apr, 2024 @ 10:00

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Marbella

EXCLUSIVE: Father of Christian Brueckner’s ex-girlfriend fears Madeleine McCann could be buried at his daughter’s former home in Portugal – as he pleads with police to dig up the garden

THE father of the ex-girlfriend of Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner has pleaded with police to search her former home in Portugal. Dieter F, a

11 Apr, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Tributes pour in for ‘beloved’ US tourist, 44, who died in a holiday apartment in Malaga – as ex-partner remains locked up in Spain

TRIBUTES have poured in for an American tourist who was found dead inside a holiday apartment in Malaga at the weekend. Bianca Pitman, 44, was

11 Apr, 2024 @ 13:30

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Ending the golden visa in Spain is a ‘big blow’ to British and US buyers, say property experts – as political leaders brand it ‘senseless’ and ‘anti-business’

THE ending of the golden visa scheme in Spain has been met with a wave of criticism, particularly in high-value areas like the Costa del

9 Apr, 2024 @ 11:20

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Property

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the young British expat behind ‘Guiris de Mierda’ – a successful lifestyle brand in Spain which reclaims the ‘offensive’ term for foreigners

THE reasons behind Tom Hopcroft’s move to Spain would not appear out of place in the pages of a romantic novel. “Many years ago, I

31 Mar, 2024 @ 07:00

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: Locals in Spain give their verdict as wave of anti-tourism reaches Tenerife – after Malaga, Valencia and Palma – but residents are divided on the issue

By Laurence Dollimore and Walter Finch in Tenerife IT began in Mallorca in the summer of 2017, quickly followed in Barcelona and Valencia and now

23 Mar, 2024 @ 06:55

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

READ IN FULL: Letter from British campaigner Peter Tatchell to Spain’s first LGBT+ matador

BRITISH LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on Spain’s first openly pansexual matador to ‘turn his back’ on the ‘cruel bloodsport’. Mario Alcalde, a 31-year

7 Mar, 2024 @ 10:48

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: British LGBT+ rights campaigner Peter Tatchell urges Spain’s first pansexual matador to ‘turn his back on bloodsport’

BRITISH LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell has urged Spain’s first pansexual matador to ‘turn his back’ on the ‘oppressive’ bullfighting industry. Mario Alcalde, a 31-year-old matador

7 Mar, 2024 @ 10:13

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: Footballer Steven Caulker speaks on addiction, regret and his new life on Spain’s Costa del Sol after becoming player-manager of FC Malaga City

WIPING the sweat off his brow after a gruelling two-hour training session as player-manager, Steven Caulker reflects on his new life on the Costa del

6 Mar, 2024 @ 15:07

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Sport

Court in Spain demands re-opening of legal probe into deadly Valencia fire that claimed 10 lives

EXCLUSIVE: Building gutted in deadly Valencia fire ‘was potentially clad with material banned in the UK after Grenfell horror’ – these are the other buildings at risk in Spain

THE deadly fire that killed 10 residents of a Valencia apartment complex may have been spread by the use of a highly flammable cladding banned

5 Mar, 2024 @ 12:04

Costa del Sol·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Property·Valencia

EXCLUSIVE: The hunt is on to reunite mystery woman with the camera she lost on a beach in Spain’s Costa del Sol containing photos of epic ‘once-in-a-lifetime luxury trip through Europe’

A MISSION is underway to return a camera containing photos of a mystery woman’s once-in-a-lifetime European trip to its rightful owner. The thousand-plus photo gallery,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Costa del Sol·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: Chaos on first day of Christian Brueckner trial: Madeleine McCann suspect, 47, sees court case postponed over a judge’s bizarre tweets

By Jon Clarke in Braunschweig A TECHNICALITY over a rogue tweet of a lay judge has postponed the opening day of the trial of Madeleine

16 Feb, 2024 @ 15:44

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Terrifying moment expat brothers are arrested inside their own flat in Spain after the SQUATTERS they kicked out called in police

TWO expat brothers claim they have been let down by Spanish police as a horrifying two-month ordeal with violent squatters remains unresolved. Siarhei and Aleh

15 Feb, 2024 @ 15:09

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Why did a building in Spain’s Estepona collapse and are other properties at risk?

A SOUVENIR shop in central Estepona is set to be demolished completely after the building suddenly collapsed on Wednesday. The property, located on Avenida de

15 Feb, 2024 @ 13:42

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Estepona·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

PICTURED: British expat and urbanisation president who ‘paid himself more than the deputy PM of SPAIN’ – as neighbours on the Costa del Sol defend his character

THIS is the British expat who has gone viral in Spain after allegedly giving himself a salary of more than €86,000 – for a job

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:22

Estepona·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: British expat ‘pays himself €86,700 for being president of his urbanisation’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol – as fuming residents take him to court

Know more about this story? Email me at laurence@theolivepress.es A BRITISH expat is under fire after allegedly paying himself €86,700-a-year for being the president of

5 Feb, 2024 @ 14:38

Estepona·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Other News·Property

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We opened our own SURF camp in a little-known town in southern Spain – now business is booming and we’re appearing on A New Life In The Sun next week’

THE latest series of A New Life In The Sun is in full swing, featuring a surf camp run by a British expat and his

5 Feb, 2024 @ 13:43

Andalucia·Cadiz·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Olive Press Travel

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