Six months on: Valencia still counting the cost of floods and leadership failures
IT HAS been six months since floods ripped through Valencia, killing 228 people and leaving entire communities drowning in grief. But while nature may have
Olive Press opinion: New Gibraltar police chief is gonna need a bigger boat
THE Olive Press did a story a few months ago suggesting that the McGrail inquiry would ‘have a chilling effect on law enforcement’ in Gibraltar.
OPINION: The Iberian Funeral scandal is a disgraceful betrayal of the British expat community in Spain
THE closure of Iberian Funeral Plans without any communication to customers is both a shocking and distressing abuse of the expat community, writes the Olive
Ambiguous and alarming: Marbella property expert Chris Clover insists the government’s proposed new controversial housing measures could create disruption and won’t solve the crisis
AS a real estate expert in Marbella with over five decades of experience, I feel compelled to respond to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’ plans for
How can I stick to my New Year’s Resolution?
WE all do it. Every January 1, we promise ourselves that we will lose weight, drink less alcohol, smoke less tobacco, read more books …
Othello Syndrome: When men display jealousy towards other men
By Michael Coy EARLIER this month in the village of Gerena (15 miles north of Sevilla), two teenage boys got into a fight and one
Cockfighting in Spain- the final frontier?
By Michael Coy BRITISH people often remark that bullfighting is cruel. Spanish fans point out that Britain is the home of fox-hunting. However, a Spanish
Mobile phone school in Spain for mum & dad – no, seriously!
By Michael Coy SPAIN is waking up to the true size of the mobile phone ‘problem’. The average age at which a child acquires a
Galgos and Podencos: The silent victims of Spanish hunting culture
By Sigrun Hvalvik ON a cold January morning a galgo named Luna limped into a village, her ribs protruding from weeks without food. Once prized
Snookered!: The employers’ scam that could leave you without a pension in Spain
We all know that 147 is the magic number if you’re Ronnie O’Sullivan, playing at the Sheffield Octagon: but sometimes the maths works against us.
Death of a local hero: Spanish environmental activist Juan Terroba dies
HE helped stop motorways, power lines and golf course developments. Through the course of a four decade battle as an environmentalist in Spain, Juan Terroba
OPINION: Dear Spain’s football team, Gibraltar is British and always be – so bin off the far-right rhetoric
WOULDN’T it be nice if Spain could celebrate a magnificent sporting success without ruining it all in the aftermath? Last year, former President of the
OLIVE PRESS COMMENT: Conduct forensic searches on the bank accounts of politicians who keep approving destructive tourist developments on Spain’s coasts
FOR those not aware, the annual Black Flags report details the true state of Spain’s beaches. It rips away the PR veil and calls out
OPINION: ‘Guiris’ should NOT go home… in fact most of us AGREE with the activists’ tourism and housing concerns
AS Spain enters the summer months, a wave of anti-tourism protests are popping up across the country. Some 10,000 locals took to the streets of
OPINION: Are British tourists on a mission to humiliate the UK this year? It’s no wonder locals say ‘guiris go home’ after string of vile incidents
READING the news as a Briton over the past few days has been nothing short of embarrassing. The summer season has not even begun and
OPINION: Don’t panic… Marbella is still a safe place to visit – unless you plan on becoming a drug lord
IF you happened to pick up the Sunday Times last week, you may have spotted an article declaring Marbella the epicentre of the ‘Costa del
OPINION: I’m so tired of ‘luxury’ venues on the Costa del Sol… is this REALLY what we moved to Spain for?
THE number of ‘luxury’ venues popping up along the Costa del Sol is becoming tiresome. You know the type, they have a weird one-word name
OPINION: Airbnb might be viewed as a menace in Spain – but if I owned a property it’s the first place I would list it!
AIRBNB and Booking.com are coming under fire for ‘forcing locals out’ of major cities across Spain. The problem, according to youngsters in Malaga, Barcelona, Sevilla
Spain’s mammoth, unregulated real estate sector is ‘crying out for better standards’, writes Adam Neale
A LOT has been written about the new housing law that was introduced at the beginning of 2023. I have offered my own take on
OPINION: How many more Brits need to die after taking Nolotil in Spain before PROPER legislation is actioned?
Have you been affected by Nolotil? Email us: tips@theolivepress.es THE recent shocking death of a British expat who became riddled with sepsis after taking Nolotil
OPINION: Tales of one-track scam artist Chris O’Hare’s cons are as old as the Costa del Sol itself
THE only thing surprising about the epic tale of Chris O’Hare’s constant scamming is that he got away with it for so long. What we
OLIVE PRESS OPINION: With residents being hit with ridiculous water bills of up to €70,000 in La Vinuela, Malaga, can sanity prevail?
THE insane water bills at La Viñuela seems like another fiasco that could have easily been avoided. New water rates designed to punish irresponsible users
OLIVE PRESS OPINION: Luis Rubiales comes from a long tradition of Andalucian entitlement and impunity
THE Rubiales-in brigade like to wring their hands and ask – what is the world coming to? What is Spain coming to if, in this
OPINION: Sunbed wars make beast of man
THIS summer, when you reserve a sunbed and then walk away, it seems that you scrape away the thin veneer of civilisation which separates us
Speaking English is still a pending subject for many of Spain’s politicians
PRIME MINISTERIAL hopeful Alberto Nuñez Feijoo of the conservative Popular Party (PP) made a candid confession on live television this week: with around 50 days
THE TIRED KING? Will Brits in Spain swear their allegiance to King Charles tomorrow, or do they have monarchy fatigue?
THE coronation of King Charles III, taking place tomorrow, is a historic event. It is also polarising opinion amongst Brits. Unless you’re over 70, this