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Situated some 2000kms south of Britain, it sometimes makes you wonder how
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
OLIVE PRESS OPINION: No justice as ‘extremely dangerous’ man set free by Spanish court
NEWS that a judge bailed a British gangster described as ‘extremely dangerous’ by police after he was already on bail for a separate murder attempt
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IT is a question every sales rep fears asking. And the answer is not an exact science. But, every once in a while you have
Olive Press Opinion: Here we go again!
THE Costa del Sol has worked hard to shake off its image as a hotspot for criminals and scammers. But the fact is there are
Sunny year ahead for Spain’s real estate market
THE property market finally exploded in 2022. After two years of relative stasis, it picked up massively as Covid restrictions came to an end. Almost
Shell shocked!: Oil companies making mega profits out of Putin’s Ukraine war
WHEN it comes to environmental news there are always surprises. Sadly some are not pleasant. Shell, the oil and gas giant, has reported outrageous annual
OLIVE PRESS OPINION: It should be a basic no-brainer to run reliable buses up and down the coast
IT simply beggars belief the state of public transport along the Costa del Sol. Buses that don’t run on time, drivers who don’t wait at
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: The controversy in a small Valencian village over plans for a massive solar power array
IT was described as ‘the first and only solar extracting and pumping station in Europe’ and, from the moment it was operational, it was a
Calorie counting: The difference between the UK and Spain
As calorie counting gains momentum in the UK, Susannah Grant takes a look at how Spain is battling the bulge.
Justice needed for Amy Fitzpatrick who disappeared from Spain’s Mijas 15 years ago
CHRISTMAS and New Year should be a happy time of the year, but instead it’s the most dreaded time of the year for the Fitzpatrick
The power of the press!: Expat dogs in Granada rehomed after Olive Press story
IT is always satisfying for journalists when they feel that they actually do make a difference. And one story on the Olive Press online gave
The problem with Andrew Tate, the “king of toxic masculinity”, and adolescent males in Spain
RECENTLY, a British teenager showed me a YouTube video of a “kickboxer and influencer” called Andrew Tate. Apparently, the man – a butch type –