OPINION: Now that Brexit is finally done, we can all look forward to our blue passports
Brexit… well it’s finally happened.
OPINION: As the Queen ‘supports’ Harry and Meghan, it’s clear that the Megxit crisis began in Spain
With backing from the British Monarch, surely we have to support them as well
OPINION: Spaniards and expats can breathe a sigh of relief with the formation of a new government in Spain
Another month, another election.
OPINION: Swimming pool expert calls deaths of British family who drowned on Spain’s Costa del Sol ‘an accident waiting...
“Swimming pools are dangerous ‘f**king machines”
OPINION: Like turkeys voting for Christmas, Britain has dished up Brexit into Boris Johnson’s greedy hands
Britain's Christmas number one!
OPINION: Spain may be hosting the pivotal COP25 climate conference, but Madrid may need to rethink its approach to...
“People are lazy about not using their cars,” says volunteer Cristina Gomez. “There’s no excuse. We have a very good public transport system”
OPINION: British conman David Klein moved to Spain’s Costa del Sol but couldn’t move on from his criminal past
And like any stray mutt, it seems you couldn’t teach ‘David the dogman’ new tricks
OPINION: Diners at THIS restaurant in Spain knew about its underwhelming food, but not about its ‘slave labour’ and...
Why then did it take until just over a month ago for someone to finally tip off police?
OPINION: Predictions that Spain’s far right Vox party could become kingmakers in today’s elections are worrying for expats and...
In 2016, their current leader controversially unfurled a giant Spanish flag on the rock of Gibraltar, an act he was willing to be arrested for
OPINION: ‘Stick to plagiarism and prostitutes, leave the actual journalism to real newspaper groups like ours’
When it comes to an issue as serious as killing pets improperly, fraud and worse, it takes a proper paper to understand the issues.
News round-up: Oct 23rd – Nov 5th 2019
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OPINION: Franco’s last day in the spotlight let Spain breathe clearly again
Finally a mass murderer has been moved away from the 30,000 he killed.
After a 30-year hiatus, it’s time to get the band back together for a birthday party in Marbella, writes...
In the meantime, I struggled to fret a B chord.
Belinda Beckett reveals the jargon which makes her stomach turn
Had Shakespeare himself been around today, he would be having a Twelfth Nightmare trying to fit sayings like ‘the feel-good-factor’ into a rhyming couplet.
Expats’ healthcare should be a right not a privilege
Many expats have paid their taxes for years and rightly expect affordable care as they age.
Thomas Cook’s collapse shows the sun has set on the golden age of package holidays
Clean but bland hotels, a little extra legroom and the convenience of airport transfers were not enough.
OPINION: Britsh expats would have made the difference if given choice to vote in Brexit Referendum
The burning truth is most of us could not vote despite the fact we stood to be most affected.
OPINION: Answers needed over Spain’s ‘werewolf’ drug contamination scandal
It is also incredibly worrying how such a contamination could have gone unnoticed for so long
OPINION: Something is clearly wrong at the sushi restaurant that infected over 50 people
THE poisoning of at least 51 people from just one restaurant is both shocking and scary
OPINION: Unmaintained pool pumps are an ‘accident waiting to happen’
In many urbanization, they leave this job to a gardener, left in charge of the pool with little understanding of how powerful these pumps can be
OPINION: Government plans to demolish Gibraltar’s Queen’s Cinema building mark the loss of a cultural hub on the Rock
This latest attempt to encourage car use on Gibraltar’s already congested roads will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of many
OPINION: We need answers on why British vet was denied hospital trip – on 3 occasions
TOWN halls need to break their silence on why a British war veteran was denied a trip to the hospital on three...
OPINION: Anti-tourism groups in Mallorca need to drop the spray can and talk to holidaymakers
Holidaymakers are essential to Mallorca’s economy, and don’t let Government officials or the media tell you otherwise
OPINION: The ruling that Javier Sanchez is Julio Iglesias’ third-born son is about more than money – it’s about...
“For so long, hiding the truth with lies.” These are the words to one of Julio Iglesias’ most enduring...
OPINION: Justice at last!
British engineer Robert Mansfield-Hewitt has been released from prison this month
OPINION: War on Terraces
As the Olive Press highlighted last year the stark truth is up to 42% of all the 1,650 terraces in Palma are at risk
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