2015: A game-changing year
The Olive Press round up of the highlights and low points of another year in southern Spain
Dig for Roman Empire ‘nerve-centre’ begins in Spain
Archaeologists have begun digging in Jimena de la Frontera where they think a Roman ‘nerve-centre’ could be waiting to be discovered
Enrique Iglesias Sri Lanka gig organisers should be ‘whipped with toxic stingray tails’
President makes remarks after women throw knickers and bras onstage during Love and Sex tour concert
PP proposes end to foreign film and television dubbing
Mariano Rajoy’s PP party wants to end dubbing for all film and TV shows
First tango in San Roque
Tom Powell takes his two left feet to dance school in the Campo de Gibraltar to see if Andalucia’s top flamenco star can teach him
Miguel de Cervantes to have star named after him
Campaign also proposes to name the four planets revolving around the star after characters from the novel
Rock legends AC/DC return to Andalucia for only Spanish concert in 2016
Hellraisers hit the highway to Sevilla again
Stunning 100-year-old Spanish church converted into skatepark
Church Brigade group use funds to restore disused place of worship
Iberico hams are becoming increasingly sought after worldwide
Spain's prized Iberico hams can’t cure fast enough for China
Sevilla town featured in hit series opens Game of Thrones museum
The permanent exhibition at Osuna Museum opened on November 28
First five albums of flamenco star Enrique Morente to be re-issued
Granada-born Morente, who died at the age of 67 in 2010, released his first recording, Cante Flamenco, in 1967
Film, music, theatre and art worlds unite to battle PP’s tax on tickets
Mariano Rajoy’s party raised the tax from 8% to 21% in 2012
New collectors attracted by Spain’s affordable art
A NEW wave of frugal art collectors is changing the art landscape in Spain. Young people and new collectors are foregoing trips and meals out
VIDEO: Spanish Affair 2 is Spain’s highest grossing film of 2015 so far
The controversial comedy streaks ahead of James Bond on the big screen
Bishop Auckland to house Spain’s greatest golden age masters in €7.6m renovation
Barrington House will become an art gallery and research institute housing work by El Greco, Ribera and Velazquez
Estepona exhibition for Dutch expat artist
Cathrin Boer’s exhibition was launched on December 4 and runs until January 5
Major Andrzej Wroblewski exhibition in Spain
The Palacio de Velazquez in Madrid is presenting 150 of the Polish artist’s works until February
Toledo Army Museum gives poignant insight into Spain’s military past
A poignant exhibition of wartime paraphernalia offers an insight into Spain’s military past
IN BOCA: La Sala restaurant in Puerto Banus still ticks the boxes
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Solea Morente, daughter of Enrique, earns rave reviews for her first solo album
SOLEA Morente, the daughter of Enrique, is earning rave reviews for her first solo album, Tendra que haber un camino. After singing with the band
Titanic relic found in Spain is declared fake
Relic which surfaced in Spain a century after ship sank is FAKE, claims designer
Spanish singer flogs Warhol ‘piss paintings’ given to him by artist as birthday present
The paintings go under the hammer at Christie’s auction house in Paris in December
Malaga’s Picasso Museum enjoys best visiting figures in history
With thousands more art lovers coming through the door, the museum’s 2016 budget has been raised
Spanish public offered rare glimpse of Rubens’ King Felipe portrait
The privately-owned painting is going on sale and can be seen at the Madrid Ifema Fairgrounds until November 29
British historian Julius Ruiz addresses Republican Spanish civil war atrocity
British writer exposes Spanish Civil war ‘slaughter’
Wassily Kandinsky collection of paintings in Madrid exhibition
It takes place at CentroCentro until February 28