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Winter ‘cruel’ allowance

Rob Horgan - 15 Jan, 2015 @ 10:00

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Continually breaking boilers

Tom Powell - 6 Mar, 2014 @ 10:37

The Olive Press has a history of exposing and fighting boiler room crime

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Greedy bankers

Rob Horgan - 20 Oct, 2014 @ 11:00

Bankers embroiled in the expenses scandal at Caja Madrid and Bankia should really come as no surprise

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The Olive Press scoops Costa Press Club awards

Eloise Horsfield - 9 Mar, 2012 @ 14:00

Reporters pick up southern Spain's key journalism prize

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Animal rescue crisis

Tom Powell - 17 Sep, 2014 @ 14:03

The Olive Press is giving its full support to whatever is now deemed best for the animals at Kim's Animal Rescue Centre

andalucia countryside before construction

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Rubbish idea

Rund Abdelfatah - 25 Aug, 2012 @ 10:00

The Olive Press weighs in on the new construction projects tearing through the Spanish countryside

Spanish naval ship entered Gibraltar waters e

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Will UKIP Rock the Rock?

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 3 May, 2013 @ 10:56

Gibraltar has been a melting pot of nationalities and faiths through the centuries

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Nigel Goldman: Responsible reporting

Claire Wilson - 9 Jan, 2014 @ 17:57

The paper that REALLY cares... now with added moral fibre

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False Maddie trails

Rund Abdelfatah - 27 Aug, 2012 @ 10:00

The Olive Press considers the impact of the publicity surrounding the toddler's disappearance

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Travelodge mafia

- 2 May, 2009 @ 11:22

The old adage of ‘one rule for one, and one rule for another’ has never been truer in Loma de Vera

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David’s in the dog house

Tom Powell - 26 Jun, 2014 @ 13:31

Klein cannot deny the embarrassing irony of this whole affair

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Best of British expat writers

Rob Horgan - 12 Nov, 2014 @ 12:18

The Olive Press celebrates expat writers Gerald Brenan and Chris Stewart

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Was Amy Abandoned?

- 27 Jun, 2009 @ 20:18

It is with heavy hearts that we publish the investigative piece on Amy Fitzpatrick

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Charity starts at home on the Costa del Sol

Rund Abdelfatah - 15 Jul, 2012 @ 16:45

We consider the issue of homelessness on the Costa del Sol

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Marbella’s got talent

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Jul, 2009 @ 10:55

The coast’s most irritating lounge lizard is back for a summer missive... wearing just his Dolce & Banana thong

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Going for gold

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 30 Sep, 2009 @ 13:29

A great passport scandal is causing unnecessary suffering for expatriates in Spain... and making the UK government millions each year

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This week’s most read news (30 November – 6 December 2013)

Karl Smallman - 8 Dec, 2013 @ 17:58

Take a look at the five most-read stories on the Olive Press website this week

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Spain’s still glorious!

Rund Abdelfatah - 9 Aug, 2012 @ 15:30

Spain is off to a slow start in the Olympic standings but maybe we should cut them some slack

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Olive Press new year predictions

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 10 Jan, 2013 @ 17:59

The Olive Press has a lighthearted look at the year ahead

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This week’s most read news (28 December 2014 – 3 January 2014)

Karl Smallman - 4 Jan, 2014 @ 09:51

This week’s most read news (28 December 2014 - 3 January 2014)

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The Ramsay effect!

Tom Powell - 3 Oct, 2014 @ 14:00

Foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay works his magic at Jack's Chicken Shack in Fuengirola

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Nightmare for Amy

Tom Powell - 8 Feb, 2014 @ 15:00

Police are to begin searching for Amy's body following a tip-off

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The Olive Press becomes leading English website in Spain

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 10 Sep, 2012 @ 17:00

Web information source Alexa.com ranks the OP as the most important English language site in Spain

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Online victory for Olive Press website

Karl Smallman - 1 Sep, 2013 @ 21:52

We have become THE key local news website for many expats around Spain

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British Consul backs the Olive Press’ Andalucian Expat 100 campaign

James Bryce - 4 Aug, 2011 @ 17:07

Steve Jones says it is important to celebrate the success of expats in Andalucia

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Playing the game

Gemma Wilson (Reporter) - 14 Oct, 2012 @ 11:00

New 'prostitution school' raises questions over how best to help vulnerable women forced onto the streets

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Protect Andalucia

Rob Horgan - 19 Dec, 2014 @ 12:32

Those entrusted to protect Andalucia's natural heritage are pushing their power to the limit

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