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Where is Amy Fitzpatrick: Irish officials contact Spain’s Guardia Civil about 15-year mystery

Irish officials are pressing Spanish police to step up investigations into the ongoing case of missing Amy Fitzpatrick.  The Olive Press has sparked renewed calls...

Long Read: The tragic story of the American woman compelling her Pakistani father to take a paternity test in...

FOR Tamara Hibbs, growing up in the 70s and 80s in a white family among white communities in Baltimore and Kentucky had always been...

LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT ON THE COSTA DEL SOL IS DRIVING TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS MAD

OVER half a million people live along the Costa del Sol, not counting Malaga city, a number that is said to triple during the...

‘Leave tourism alone!’ Spanish tourism boss demands compensation over EU’s new Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax 

Spain’s tourism industry is demanding compensation for the loss of competitiveness once the new European Union’s ETIAS tourist tax comes into effect at the...

‘It’s surreal’: Residents in shock after council cuts off water supply to Malaga homes

A Malaga council is facing a class action after it allegedly ‘cut off’ the water supply to dozens of homes in an idyllic white...

Otero begins mass lay-offs and blames war in Ukraine and inflation on construction company’s collapse

DISGRACED construction magnate Ruben Otero has blamed the collapse of his company on the war in Ukraine in a letter to employees. The embattled developer...

‘It’s a miracle’: How all 17 siblings of Turkish expat living in Spain survived horror earthquake

Turkish expat Refik Agri waited in quiet dread for five hours as he got nothing but radio silence from his family after a 7.8...

‘Like living in the wild west’: The Otero scandal that has hurt thousands

IT was marketed to high-earners from Northern Europe as the opportunity to come and live the Spanish dream. To escape the dreary weather and own...

RANKED: Top five ski resorts in Spain

WE love Spain for its sun and sand (and sangria, seafood, drool…) but who goes to ski in Spain?  If you’re flying to southern Spain...

OLIVE PRESS CAMPAIGN: Bus company Avanza promises to improve services along the coast if demand becomes clear

A MALIGNED transport company has vowed to increase the number of buses along the coast if it sees enough demand for it. It comes as...

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sharp’ and ‘shoddy’ practices in Spain land dozens of foreign off-plan villa buyers millions out of pocket as...

By Jon Clarke and Walter Finch LAWYERS have been joined by mortgage brokers and agents to slam a giant construction firm that has left up...

‘We are broken’: Family of missing Amy Fitzpatrick hope ‘new tactic’ will solve 15-year case

On the would-be birthday of missing Amy Fitzpatrick her ‘broken’ family have one wish. Instead of celebrating what would have been Amy's 31st birthday today,...

Family’s desperate pleas for answers after tourist in ‘perfect health’ found dead on Malaga beach

Spanish authorities closed the case of a missing man after he was found dead, but his family say the case should remain open The family...

EXCLUSIVE: Fury as buyers and staff left ‘in limbo’ over halted construction at key Costa del Sol luxury developments

DOZENS of foreign property buyers are feared to have lost their investments as a major construction firm fell into financial difficulties in Malaga. All projects...

Inside the Hippodromo: Urgent pleas to investigate Mijas raceourse where Amy Fitzpatrick could be buried

The Olive Press takes a look at the abandoned site where missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick could be buried. The old Hippodromo racecourse in Mijas used...

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Author’ of tweet that predicted horror Algeciras machete attack comes forward

A man claiming to be the ‘author’ of a shock tweet that predicted a fatal machete attack in Algeciras in southern Spain hours before...

Twitter hate page predicted horror machete attack in Algeciras with mystery tweet

Security forces are investigating an Algeciras hate page on Twitter after it shockingly published a tweet which pre-empted the horrific machete attack that occurred...

EXCLUSIVE: Mystery Cuban man arrested in case of decapitated woman washed up in Marbella

By Anthony Piovesan and Walter Finch A Mystery Cuban called Michael has been arrested alongside a man who murdered and decapitated a Colombian expat...

‘I was horrified’: Man’s desperate attempt to rescue neglected dog near Marbella

Dog-lover Adi Jain needed to stop and help as soon as he heard the desperate yelps of a dog trapped in a mangled metal...

EXCLUSIVE: Timeshare figure Mohamed Derbah could be exposed as aiding British killer Kenneth Noye claims explosive podcast 

Police are expected to interview a leading expat businessman for harbouring and helping British criminals on the run in Spain. It comes amid a UK...

‘Disgusting, frustrating, nightmare, shambles:’ Residents in Spain’s Costa del Sol vent their feelings at the region’s public transport

Costa del Sol residents are reaching the end of their tether with the disgraceful state of public transport in the region. With buses running roughly...

Birthday tears flow for Lisa Brown feared murdered in Spain, prime suspect still at large

Lisa Brown, feared murdered in Spain, would have celebrated her 40th birthday on Friday. Instead, tears flowed for the mother-of-one at the grave site of...

‘Dig it up’: Fresh calls to search Costa del Sol site where missing Amy Fitzpatrick allegedy buried

The aunt of missing Amy Fitzpatrick is demanding police dig up a derelict stable block where the teenager’s remains are allegedly buried.  She told the...

TRAVEL: A wild 36 hours in Morocco – via the disaster of public transport

With such quick and easy access to Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar, it’s something of a wonder that more people in the south...

NO LUCK: The village in Spain that refuses to see the New Year in until mid-summer

WHILE many people will have woken up across Spain this morning having partied into the early hours last night, there is one village in...

The Malaga winery making fine, dry, elegant mountain wine (just the way Catherine the Great liked it)

MALAGA’S hugely famous local dry wine enjoyed a 200-year boom until the early 20th century when it faded into obscurity. When winemaker Victoria Ordoñez...

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