Sustainable Spanish retreats
Are you concerned about the environment? Would you rather take the train than travel by aeroplane, or car? As the Copenhagen earth summit looms, Asha
Young boy dies from swine flu
Sudden swine flu death hits Torrevieja
A need for stamina in town with big heart
A white town with a buzzing social scene, Andrew Pearce gets in shape and explores the vibrant streets of Jimena de la Frontera and neighbouring
Wild goose chase to Extremadura
Andrew Pearce explains why these geese are by foie the happiest in the world... just ask President Barack Obama!
Save our dunes
Bird group pleads with developers to save last wild dune area on Costa del Sol
The writing was on the wall
Olive Press editor Jon Clarke recalls his visit to witness the fall of the Berlin wall 20 years ago and what the implications would be
I was a fifth wheel
Matthew Pritchard reflects on his sense of uselessness becoming a father
In a big flap!
Couple return home to find a rare Griffon vulture on their bed, while second family find another on balcony
Don’t be naïve (Evian spelt backwards) – give up the bottle
Since the Olive Press launched a campaign to cut back on plastic two years ago, plenty of town councils, companies and individuals around Andalucia have
Wind record blown away
Spain's turbines set new record for electricity generated
Sexy Beast makes Andalucia return
British acting legend to visit Sevilla film festival
A bottomcough…or simply a fart!
Michael Raphan gives a hilarious account of his trip to Almeria with his girlfriend and with pungent ramifications. This, and many other stories based upon
Demolition nightmares
As Dan Thorneycroft tries to garner support from MEPs in a desperate bid to save thousands of households facing the axe, Andrew Pearce speaks to
The world’s healthiest pork
Thirsty, acorn-feeding black pigs produce Spain’s most famous gourmet product which is also good for your health, writes Anne Manson
Between a rock and a hard place
Why everyone should take a butchers inside the privileged world of the Bishop’s Avenue of Andalucia, where the average house price is 1.5m euros, writes
Why the witches like to fly high
With Halloween looming, Asha Stuttard discovers why Spanish witches rubbed a hallucinogenic mould from rye bread onto their broomsticks
Tom and Cameron set for Cadiz
Hollywood duo are dropping in to shoot fast-paced film finale
Los Merinos would ‘gravely endanger’ local ecosystem
As Ronda mayor appears in court for corruption, new report slams the golf project which he controversially passed
Riddle of Nazi photos
EXCLUSIVE: Rare German photo album found in Costa rubbish bin
Go with the wind…to Tarifa
From Arabic stronghold to Mecca to winsurfers, Tarifa offers a fabulous break all year round
An electric car deal!
Electric car initiative sparked by government subsidies
Sheep ravage vegetable plot
In the first of our exclusive excerts from Chris Stewart's latest book on life in Andalucia, The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society, he reveals how his
Day Trip from Malaga: Go Bananas in the Axarquia
The land of rebellion, resistance and renaissance - where bananas, mangoes and just about anything else grows
Opus Dei unleash the dragons
As a new film is to be released on shady Catholic organisation Opus Dei, why it is unlikely to be popular in Spain
Sex fiends and criminals loose on the Costa del Sol
Just a week and Crimestoppers Most Wanted campaign snares dangerous drug dealer Michael Eddleston
Spanish suffer most from back to work blues
Millions of Spaniards could be suffering from post-holiday syndrome