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Slurry bad news: Across Spain, dubious industrial and agricultural methods have continued to pollute this beautiful nation

A LEGION of politicians piled fury on Alberto Garzon’s comments about the quality of Spanish meat because he criticised their two most important loves: gammon and patriotism. But no-one should ignore his

15 Jan, 2022 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Opinion

REVIEW: One year since Brexit… still not ‘done’

Bremain in Spain campaigner Sue Wilson takes a look back at the first year since Brits were stripped of their EU citizenship and asks ‘Have you been mis-sold Brexit?’

8 Jan, 2022 @ 09:15

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·Opinion

Year of decision beckons for Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez

Is Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez enjoying a New Year’s Day glass of cava as he mulls calling an early General Election in 2022? The leader of the coalition PSOE-Unides Podem government has

1 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·Opinion·Politics

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Don’t look back: A year of ‘thank heavens we live in Spain and not the UK’

Jo Chipchase, a Brit living in Spain, looks back on 2021, a year marked by the continued pandemic and the fallout from Brexit.

31 Dec, 2021 @ 10:15

Lead·Must Read·National News·Opinion

Covid cancelled Christmas: One reader’s experience of a rather different celebration in Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands

Faced with spending Christmas alone in a cold flat in Madrid after Covid scuppered a return to see family in Scotland, Sarah Crozier made the last minute decision to book a trip

28 Dec, 2021 @ 14:15

Canary Islands·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Opinion

Despite the bright lights of Malaga, searching for that ‘Christmassy feeling’ in Spain seems harder than ever this year

IT’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The tell tale signs are all here- cosy coats, the kitsch jumpers, lots of lights, bows, Santa hats and, er, face masks. This year

25 Dec, 2021 @ 16:15

Featured·Lead·Malaga·Opinion·Other News

Olive Press writer, Alex Trelinski, says 2026 Gay Games coming to Valencia is a deserved acknowledgement of life in Spain for LGBTQ people

CONGRATULATIONS to Valencia for becoming the hosts of the 2026 Gay Games, which were first staged in San Francisco back in 1982. They were created to allow openly gay athletes to compete

13 Nov, 2021 @ 09:15

Opinion

Adventures in Brexitland: How a bid for Spanish nationality turned in a Kafka-esque nightmare

A bid for Spanish nationality leads to a Kafka-esque scenario involving inaccessible authorities and missing documents of an undefined nature, write Heather Galloway.

24 Oct, 2021 @ 13:15

Brexit·Lead·Opinion

OPINION: Never Mind the Boris

BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent break to Marbella – or more accurately Benahavis – seems to have divided the Press and public back in the UK. His supporters said that he

23 Oct, 2021 @ 14:15

Columnists·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Lead·Opinion

MIJAS MATTERS: Nobody’s perfect

By Bill Anderson I HAVE been off the Olive Press radar for a little while, and was reprimanded by the editor Jon Clarke when he came on my radio show recently. I

9 Oct, 2021 @ 14:30

Lead·Opinion

OLD HACK IN THE SUN – Benny Davis with the ramblings of an 80-something ex-pat in Spain

AFTER drinking three cocktails in a seafront trendy bar, I nonchalantly threw a €50 note on the counter. ‘Sorry, nothing smaller,’ I declared. The young bartender looked at the note, then with

26 Sep, 2021 @ 11:35

Lead·Opinion

OPINION: Fire and brimstone brings out Spain’s ‘Blitz Spirit’

IN Britain we call it the ‘Blitz Spirit’- that sense of community that brings people together in the face of great adversity, not just to make the best of it but to

25 Sep, 2021 @ 16:15

Canary Islands·Lead·National News·Opinion

COLUMN: Winter is Coming!

AS I wrote recently in a news story, regional president Francina Armengol said that the Balearic Islands are recovering and will achieve a full economic and employment recovery during 2022. And that

25 Sep, 2021 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Opinion·Terenia Taras: Telling it like it is

COLUMN: September scribblings on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Giles Brown muses on the end of summer, and admits a lost in translation moment. You can take a deep breath now. It’s September and they have all gone. It is fair

19 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Columnists·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Lead·Opinion

ANALYSIS: Brexit has serious consequences for vulnerable Brits in Spain with untold numbers falling through the gaps

Sue Wilson of Bremain in Spain analyses the first report from the House of Lords European Affairs Committee which explores the issues surrounding the rights of citizens in Europe post Brexit. On

23 Jul, 2021 @ 12:17

Brexit·Lead·Opinion

OPINION: Green list for Mallorca was not just about holidaymakers

IT was great news when the UK government put the Balearic Islands on the Green list, especially as I’d booked for my son to come out on holiday, although it is disappointing

19 Jul, 2021 @ 09:59

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Lead·Mallorca·Opinion·Terenia Taras: Telling it like it is·Travel News

Judge in Spain says Real Madrid and Barcelona can be punished for trying to set up aborted European Super League

This Sporting Life

ENGLAND may have missed out in the Euro 2020 final, but performances of Gareth Southgate’s team have been described as one of the greatest English sporting moments since 1966 and all that.

18 Jul, 2021 @ 15:45

Columnists·Lead·Opinion

OPINION: Why Spain should bring back ‘botellon’ (and let young people meet in groups to drink outside)

Leah Pattem argues that the Spanish tradition of botellon, a practice that has become much maligned by authorities across Spain, is actually a really good thing.

3 Jul, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid·Opinion

‘Stop soliciting on our streets’: Why residents in Spain are right to speak out

ONE survey in 2008 found that 78% of Spanish people consider prostitution an inevitability in modern society. Nearly 15 years later, the debate for and against sex work roars on. Of course,

1 Jun, 2021 @ 22:00

Lead·Opinion

How the fight for the rights of British citizens in Spain continues after Brexit

From concerns about healthcare and residency to problems regarding work and keeping families together, a new European Affairs Committee this week heard from Bremain in Spain's Sue Wilson, about the biggest troubles

27 May, 2021 @ 11:08

Brexit·Lead·Opinion

THE OLIVE PRESS: We reach readers in Spain that others can’t

THE Olive Press has been in a continuous state of growth for the past five years – and there’s no secret to our success. We are the only English-language paper dedicated solely

16 May, 2021 @ 11:45

Lead·Opinion

Isabel Diaz Ayuso Sweeps The Mayoral Elections On May 4, 2021

OPINION: Why Madrid has rewarded the anti-lockdown right-wing leader Isabel Ayuso

Madrid-based Olive Press digital editor, Fiona Govan, explains how Madrid's incumbent leader, Isabel Ayuso, confounded the international consensus that lockdowns are overwhelmingly popular with the public when she secured a landslide win

6 May, 2021 @ 16:30

Lead·Madrid·Must Read·Opinion·Politics

OPINION: More needs to be done to tackle Spain’s air pollution problem

In this week’s ‘green column’, Martin Tye insists it time Spain tackled its air pollution problem. No smoke without fire – this is a well known idiom that is true. But replace

25 Apr, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Opinion·Other News

Food for thought: Is chorizo in paella really such a bad thing?

THE other day, while treating myself to a paella in Valencia’s Plaça del Mercat, I asked a passing waiter for alioli. The horror on the faces of my fellow diners was only

24 Apr, 2021 @ 11:30

Food & Drink·Lead·Opinion·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tourists arrive in Spain Coronavirus airport

OPINION: It’s time Spain opened up to British tourists

THE big question on all our minds, from hotel and restaurant staff who fear the tourist industry can’t survive another COVID summer, to those desperate to see and hug relatives that they

23 Apr, 2021 @ 20:30

Lead·Opinion·Travel News

Alex Trelinski looks back on a change for the better

I’M still a newbie compared to the Olive Press with just a dozen years of Spanish life under my belt. Those 12 years have whizzed by faster than the number of lawsuits

4 Apr, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead·Opinion

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