Malaga University begins blood donation campaign
MALAGA University has announced it will begin the first round of its blood transfusion campaign on Monday, November 7 which is scheduled to continue until
LESS MEAT, MORE LIFE: Spanish minister’s campaign to eat less meat receives a mixed response
HEALTH minister Alberto Garzon has launched a campaign encouraging Spaniards to eat less meat, after research revealed Spain chomps its way through more meat than
WATCH: Tik Tok used by Spanish police from today to reach teens and the young during pandemic
SPAIN’S Policia Nacional has released today, November 7, a new profile on the social media platform, Tik Tok. Arguably the most popular social network among
Andalucian Government invests €22.5 million in promotional campaigns to attract tourists, featuring Hollywood star, Antonio Banderas
THE Junta de Andalucia has announced that it will invest €22.5 million in promotional campaigns to attract tourists this summer.
Specsavers launches ‘food for those in need’ campaign on Spain’s Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca and in Mallorca
Bancosol are particularly in need of the following non-perishable foods – oil, milk, tinned foods and meals, beans and pulses
Teen activist Greta Thunberg asks for ‘lift to Spain’ for Madrid climate summit
“It turns out I’ve travelled halfway around the world, the wrong way, if anyone could help me find transport I would be so grateful”
‘Driving off the Brexit cliff edge’ – The main issues for Gibraltarians voting in today’s election
“With Brexit on the horizon, it's going to be very difficult for somebody to want to change drivers when you're in the middle of driving
Hero teen praised by Government after diving into sea to rescue sunfish stranded off Gibraltar
“He can be well proud, as I am of him and of all the youth who are so committed to the wellbeing of the environment
Residents light fires in homophobic protest at gay cruisers on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The most common form of homophobic protests has been residents setting fires in the woodlands, with the fifth one occurring this week.
‘SHAME ON YOU’: Plan to protect donkeys and ban larger riders REJECTED by politicians in Spain’s Mijas
“Shame on you all, you are the ones that should have ended this overnight"
Electrical giant brings in diggers for megaproject in Spain’s Driving Over Lemons country despite town hall bans
It comes after the Defensor del Pueblo Andaluz - the official that deals with public complaints - this month called on the Junta to express
EU Ministers to discuss the trade of dirty electricity between Spain and Morocco amid links to controversial REE project in Granada
It comes as anti-pylon campaigners wrote to the Minister of Ecological Transition and Spain’s European Commissioner to demand an end to all electrification projects
British expats in Spain among 100 homeowners to face compulsory purchases of land due to huge pylon network
The next step is for the Junta to declare the 182km route as a public utility and the process of expropriation will begin
FIGHT THE POWER: Olive Press launches campaign to stop network of 352 pylons ‘destroying’ Andalucia’s Lecrin Valley and Alpujarras
Thousands of people are affected and the proposed route, which begins in Conchar in the west and ends at Benahadux in the east, was approved
Spanish Catholic group under fire AGAIN after comparing feminists to Hitler on side of campaign bus
HazteOir is an ultra-Catholic organisation that has faced similar controversy before
Protesters SLAM €1 million relaunch of bullfighting in Marbella as petition reaches 80,000
HUNDREDS are set to protest against the planned €1 million relaunch of bullfighting in Marbella next week. Campaigners will take the streets on January 12
Let’s talk mental health: Why teenage suicide in UK and Spain is on the rise and what parents can do to help
The Olive Press investigates the surge in teenage depression and the role social media plays in self-harming
Young expat starts campaign to raise awareness against balconing in Spain
A BRITISH expat has started a campaign against balconing after her friend fell and died from a hotel room earlier this year. Georgia Hague felt
EXCLUSIVE: Southern Spain hospitals in British expat hotspot issue warning for ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil
After the drug claimed countless lives, a health network on the Costa Blanca has issued a recommendation to its medical staff to avoid prescribing Nolotil
ONTO THE STREETS: Business owners take to the streets over upcoming draconian pavement rules
PROTESTERS have taken to the streets as the fight for Palma’s terraces continues. Dozens of angry restaurateurs gathered on Calle Blanquerna to voice their disapproval
SAVE OUR TERRACES: The Olive Press stands with Santa Catalina to save vital terrace space
THE Olive Press is backing a campaign to protect the livelihoods of dozens of expat businesses in Santa Catalina. It comes after a draconian proposed
British homeless couple find new Costa del Sol home thanks to Olive Press campaign
Paul and Leslie Dunt from East London are now living in a finca in Cerralba, Malaga, after one month of living between a shed and
Home sweet home: The power of helping one another
Thanks to the Olive Press’s campaign and the charity of good samaritans, Paul and Leslie Dunt and their 17 dogs again have a place to
‘Ecocide’: Super-intensive olive farms fingered for water shortages in Almeria
Now 400 times more water is being taken from an important Almeria aquifer than enters, an alarming situation that is being blamed on a surge
Groundbreaking vegan poster campaign launched in Madrid
One sobering image features a lamb incarcerated behind bars, with the phrases ‘go vegan, be fair’
Top 10 Olive Press campaigns
Launched in 2006, the Olive Press is Andalucia’s only campaigning newspaper. Here we look back at some highlights from the first ten years...