PRADO IN YOUR PJ’S: The 13 virtual museum tours you can do FROM BED amid Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

Stuck at home and not sure what to do with yourself? Beat the coronavirus lockdown with these virtual museum tours you can take while tucked

18 Mar, 2020 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Lead

Costa Blanca landmark to go into public ownership ahead of €300k restoration project

EL CAMPELLO’S famous Barranc d’Aigües Tower will soon be brought into public ownership to protect the 16th-century landmark from further damage. The city council’s plans

18 Mar, 2020 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

LONG READ: You won’t believe these multi-million euro property empires of the British Dukes of Wellington and Westminster in Madrid and Spain’s Andalucia

The Sunday Times named him the world’s richest man under 30. Now Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster is investing his millions in Madrid and he’s

15 Mar, 2020 @ 11:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s work going on sale in London for as little as €6,300

PICASSO’S works have gone on sale for as low as €6,300.

12 Mar, 2020 @ 12:17

La Cultura·Lead

Malaga Film Festival postponed over coronavirus fears

The Malaga Film Festival has been postponed due to the spread of coronavirus and the risk to the thousands of people who will attend

10 Mar, 2020 @ 17:04

La Cultura·Malaga

New York suffragettes, Charing Cross station and Annie Lennox – the surprising history of International Women’s Day

International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since the early 1900's - a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialised world

8 Mar, 2020 @ 12:15

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International Women’s Day: We sit down with a feisty Franco survivor honoured for her heroics in fascist, male-dominated Spain

‘TO tell a woman everything she cannot do, is to tell her what she can’ is a Spanish proverb that perfectly fits Isabel Marquez Fexias

8 Mar, 2020 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s Rosa Pich, a mum of 18 children, has THIS advice on International Women’s Day

“The future of young women now looks very bright,“ she told the Olive Press

7 Mar, 2020 @ 13:32

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Over a century after International Women’s Day first started, Karen Livermore asks, are things really any better in 2020?

Let's celebrate us and what we have achieved and what we can continue to achieve. There’s still a lot to do

7 Mar, 2020 @ 13:01

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FALSE FRIENDS: Beware these linguistic enemies which trick many a Spanish student, warns Charlie Smith

These are not the mates who bitch about you behind your back or slink off without paying for their share of the bill

7 Mar, 2020 @ 11:09

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Spain’s Andalucian Parliament supports law recognising importance of gypsy population in flamenco

The gypsy population has a ‘central role’ in the birth and current formation of flamenco

6 Mar, 2020 @ 12:06

La Cultura·Lead

Open invite to one of the world’s Top 10 St Patrick’s Day Celebrations – here on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA COSTA hosts one of the biggest St Patrick’s Day Celebrations in the entire world, and Olive Press readers have an open invitation from local

3 Mar, 2020 @ 14:44

Costa Blanca·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s Alhambra sells 12,590 tickets in eight hours with new ticket sales system

THE Alhambra Palace in Granada has sold 12,590 tickets in the first eight hours of its new ticketing system.

2 Mar, 2020 @ 12:56

La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

Cinema ticket sales increase in Spain by 37% in the last six years

ATTENDANCE in Spanish cinemas has grown by 37% in the last six years.

28 Feb, 2020 @ 13:37

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead

Big win for young Gibraltarian artist at annual art competition

Zulaika Vallance wins top prize in Gibraltar Young Art Competition 2020 with her piece, 'How People With Dwarfism Were Represented In The 1600s'

26 Feb, 2020 @ 12:39

Gibraltar·La Cultura

British Expats are Keeping their Traditions Alive in Spain

It’s a traditionally British thing to uphold traditional British activities regardless of where in the world the British find themselves. As such, it shouldn’t come

26 Feb, 2020 @ 11:06

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

IN PICS: Fiesta season kicks off in Spain’s Costa Blanca with free fun in the sun

FORMENTERA DEL SEGURA was one of many places on the Costa Blanca that enjoyed a carnival atmosphere, this weekend. Joining Torrevieja, Orihuela, and many other

24 Feb, 2020 @ 15:41

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Granada’s Alhambra Palace offers FREE craft workshops on Nasrid history THIS WEEK to celebrate Dia de Andalucia

The Nasrid dynasty was the last Moorish Muslim dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula, ruling the Emirate of Granada from 1230 until 1492

24 Feb, 2020 @ 11:56

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

IN PICS: Spectacular 15,000-year-old carvings uncovered in Spanish cave

They are said to be extremely fragile and can be damaged by merely being touched

22 Feb, 2020 @ 13:00

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead

Are books losing out to video games and films in Gibraltar?

WITH children playing more video games and watching films than ever, World Book Day will try to put reading back on the map with activities

21 Feb, 2020 @ 16:38

Gibraltar·La Cultura

QUÉ? 13 Spanish language facts expats in Spain should know

Here are some facts to remind us why we want to belong to this growing list of speakers

21 Feb, 2020 @ 15:41

La Cultura·Lead

How to Move to Spain from the UK

Starting a new chapter in any country can be an exhilarating prospect. With a high number of British expats already doing so across various European

19 Feb, 2020 @ 10:40

La Cultura·Travel News

EXPLAINER: Why Spain is searching for €1 billion of gold and precious stones in the Gulf of Mexico

ON the night of October 31, 1631, the ruin of the Spanish kingdom arrived

15 Feb, 2020 @ 13:20

La Cultura·Lead

Vaso Cruzcampo Session Ipa Con Mangos De Malaga

Humble Spanish beer brand Cruzcampo has gone hipster, as it launches its new fruity pale ale.

THE world famous brewery in Malaga is courting beer aficionados and gastronomy lovers with the creation of its ‘Mangos de Malaga’ pale ale. Flavoured with

14 Feb, 2020 @ 11:23

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

The history behind Valentine’s Day and why it’s celebrated today

ONE of the most commercial days of the year has arrived.

14 Feb, 2020 @ 10:59

La Cultura·Lead

Tree planted to recall 50 years since original Gibraltar parliament began

A tree was planted in the Governor's residence to celebrate 50 years since the first meeting of Gibraltar's former House of Assembly.

11 Feb, 2020 @ 22:21

Gibraltar·La Cultura

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PRADO IN YOUR PJ’S: The 13 virtual museum tours you can do FROM BED amid Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

Costa Blanca landmark to go into public ownership ahead of €300k restoration project

LONG READ: You won’t believe these multi-million euro property empires of the British Dukes of Wellington and Westminster in Madrid and Spain’s Andalucia

Legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s work going on sale in London for as little as €6,300

Malaga Film Festival postponed over coronavirus fears

New York suffragettes, Charing Cross station and Annie Lennox – the surprising history of International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day: We sit down with a feisty Franco survivor honoured for her heroics in fascist, male-dominated Spain

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s Rosa Pich, a mum of 18 children, has THIS advice on International Women’s Day

Over a century after International Women’s Day first started, Karen Livermore asks, are things really any better in 2020?

FALSE FRIENDS: Beware these linguistic enemies which trick many a Spanish student, warns Charlie Smith

Spain’s Andalucian Parliament supports law recognising importance of gypsy population in flamenco

Open invite to one of the world’s Top 10 St Patrick’s Day Celebrations – here on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Spain’s Alhambra sells 12,590 tickets in eight hours with new ticket sales system

Cinema ticket sales increase in Spain by 37% in the last six years

Big win for young Gibraltarian artist at annual art competition

British Expats are Keeping their Traditions Alive in Spain

IN PICS: Fiesta season kicks off in Spain’s Costa Blanca with free fun in the sun

Granada’s Alhambra Palace offers FREE craft workshops on Nasrid history THIS WEEK to celebrate Dia de Andalucia

IN PICS: Spectacular 15,000-year-old carvings uncovered in Spanish cave

Are books losing out to video games and films in Gibraltar?

QUÉ? 13 Spanish language facts expats in Spain should know

How to Move to Spain from the UK

EXPLAINER: Why Spain is searching for €1 billion of gold and precious stones in the Gulf of Mexico

Humble Spanish beer brand Cruzcampo has gone hipster, as it launches its new fruity pale ale.

The history behind Valentine’s Day and why it’s celebrated today

Tree planted to recall 50 years since original Gibraltar parliament began

Police probe whether Marbella cosmetic surgeon shooting was ‘ordered by unhappy female patient with mafia connections’

Swede, 18, held over murder of Marbella plastic surgeon is latest horrifying case of gangs recruiting teenage hitmen in Spain

Spain is named Europe’s top retirement destination as British buyers return to the Costa del Sol

Alicante airport to lose Eindhoven and Bremen flights as Ryanair abandons the German city

Spain’s ‘Walter White’ arrested after cops seize 16 kilos of cocaine in a Granada drug laboratory

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