Controversial El Mundo editor steps down amid political row
Pedro J reportedly given multi-million euro severance pay
How to beat the shopping trolley blues
You can get Don Simon orange juice and Mahou beer at own brand prices if you know where to shop. The Olive Press sent Paul Whitelock to investigate why shoppers are switching supermarkets and choosing different brands
Sad Spain ranks below Saudi Arabia and Qatar in World Happiness Report 2016
Denmark emerged as the happiest country in the world
Santa’s list of Christmas present dos and don’ts for adults
The Olive Press looks at the best and worst Christmas presents for you to get your loved ones this year
Stung into kitesurfing action in Tarifa
The art of kitesurfing gets Jon Clarke in a tangle, after the first morning started with a ‘shock’
DETECTIVE PERRO: Spanish dog can sniff out lung cancer with amazing accuracy
A Spanish Labrador has been trained to sniff out lung cancer with a 95% success rate.
Sky’s the limit for charity diver
Kim Edwards jumps in aid of the hospital that helped her through leukaemia
The generous expat Brit who changed the face of Torremolinos forever
The grandfather of Costa del Sol tourism, George Langworthy, died penniless and heartbroken - but much adored - writes Jacqueline Fanchini
“We had to escape the fire like rats,” says Mijas mayor
Jon Clarke talks to Mijas mayor Angel Nozal about the ‘terrifying’ 36 hours that wreaked havoc along the Costa del Sol
COVID-19 crisis: Economists predict Spain’s Balearic Islands will suffer biggest recession in its history
Economists predict the consequences of the health crisis will be catastrophic for the region
Slow silent suffering: So, what’s news?
Lisa Tilley asks why is news of drug-taking celebrities and Royals on the razz more important than famine, war and disease in the Third World.
Blackouts, debt and cops using dealers’ cars in Spain
The Olive Press looks at how Andalucia is struggling to deal with the recession
Limited edition olive oil now on sale
Mercadona to sell 400,000 bottles of new Andalucian oil
A swing to the right in Andalucia?
While most expats are ineligible to vote, Wendy Andersen looks at why tomorrow's regional elections are so important and wonders whether Andalucia is about to vote Conservative for the first time since the Junta was formed 30 years ago
Four years of change, four years of controversy
As the PSOE party retains power in Spain, CARLOS PRANGER analyses the socialist's first four years in government
Britain’s new Consul to Andalucia… my full circle to Malaga
In her first interview Charmaine Arbouin tells Olive Press editor Jon Clarke, about her fondness for the region and how she wants to best serve its expats
Joaquin Cortes: As big as a rock star
Joaquin Cortes tells Tom Powell how his celebrity status has helped send flamenco into the stratosphere
A lifetime’s odyssey helps Spain
Thanks to the painstaking work of Cabra historian Antonio Moreno, Spain has managed to recover the world’s biggest discovery of sunken gold
How one home owner saved his house from the Costa del Sol fires
Polish homeowner Dr Matia Zanella needed some quick thinking to help save his block in Elviria
Last British member of the Spanish Civil War’s International Brigade dies aged 98
Seaman Stan Hilton jumped ship in Alicante to fight for British Battalion
The patriotic playboy: Gibraltar’s famous estate agent
A Gibraltarian institution, estate agent Solomon Levy is well-known for his love of the ladies. But he’s ‘not all that bad’
Thanks, Euro Weekly News… We’re flattered!
At least ten news stories have appeared on the EWN website - with almost exactly the same wording - within 36 hours of us posting them on here
On Podemos’ march to power
With just six weeks to the Andalucian elections, the Olive Press joined the hundreds of thousands of men, women and children on Podemos’ March for Change to try to understand what makes the party tick
Town hall to use Twitter to resolve issues
Social media drive to improve transparency in Jun
A tale of two pueblos: Barbate and Zahara de los Atunes
While very different, the quirky towns of Zahara and Barbate are breath of fresh air from the manufactured charms of the Costa del Sol, writes Carey Camel
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The perverse twists and turns of politics inside the celebrated white town of Gaucín have led to the description as ‘El Culebron de Gaucín’, or The Gaucin Soap Opera.
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