OLIVE PRESS OPINION: Luis Rubiales comes from a long tradition of Andalucian entitlement and impunity
THE Rubiales-in brigade like to wring their hands and ask – what is the world coming to? What is Spain coming to if, in this
Former Andalusian premier convicted in so-called ERE case escapes jail due to cancer diagnosis
THE FORMER regional premier of the Andalusia region, Jose Antonio Griñan, will escape jail for now after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The politician
Doctor tells court that disgraced politician José Antonio Griñán should not go to jail
A DOCTOR has told the Seville High Court that former Andalusian president José Antonio Griñán should not go to jail due to the prostate cancer
EXPLAINER: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public money corruption case
OVER €25,000 per month on cocaine, €400,000 for a fake chicken farm and thousands on bottomless gin and tonics
Brothel creeping politicians of Andalucia – funded by the EU!
IT was a fund set up to stimulate employment in Andalucia, the region with the highest jobless total in Spain. But in reality it did
GUILTY: Ex-president of Junta de Andalucia gets six years in prison for role in historic ERE corruption case in Spain
EX-Junta de Andalucia president Jose Antonio Grinan has been sentenced to six years in prison for his role in the ERE scandal. He has also
SHAMEFUL: Spain loses €90 BILLION per year due to corruption while UK among LEAST corrupt in EU, study reveals
SPAIN loses a staggering €90 billion a year because of political corruption, new figures have revealed. It is the fourth most corrupt country
Susana Diaz denies illegal funding of PSOE and refuses to apologise in fiery argument with PP
Diaz constantly interrupted the Senator and managed to evade the most controversial questions about corruption on Andalucia
‘They knew all along’: Police insist leaders of the Junta were behind ERE scandal
The four policemen told Sevilla court how the so-called ‘cupola’, or leaders of the Junta, ‘knew about and protected the system’
Defences laid out in second day of historic ERE trial
THE second day of the long-awaited ERE trial has concluded. Today saw ex-presidents of the Junta Manuel Chaves and Jose Griñan lay out their defence.
ERE WE GO: Spain’s biggest corruption trial EVER to begin in Andalucia tomorrow
THE biggest corruption case in Spanish history will finally begin this week. Seven years after judge Mercedes Alaya first began investigating the more than 200
FIVE year investigation into Spain’s biggest ever public money fraud scandal sees 275 people probed but NOT ONE charged
THE investigation into Spain’s biggest ever public money fraud, the ERE scandal, is now into its fifth year…but the authorities have yet to prosecute one
Six Junta de Andalucia bosses stand accused of embezzling €2.6 million in ERE fraud case
Those benefiting included two relatives of the officials, who got paid while not even working for the company
Ex-Junta bosses Chaves and Grinan set to be prosecuted in €855 million ERE fraud scandal
Junta heads on the block
Former Junta heads probed over role in multi-million euro ERE fraud
Chavez and Grinan to be grilled over their links to corruption
Ex-Junta de Andalucia presidents in ERE probe
Maria Nunez will probe the exact involvement of former leaders Manuel Chaves and Jose Antonio Grinan
Judge Alaya attacks replacement Bolanos in ERE case
Judge Mercedes Alaya criticized her replacement after demotion from head judge to reenforcement on the ERE case
Junta de Andalucia’s university chief sacked in ERE scandal latest
Francisco Triguero is the latest high-profile casualty in the ERE case
New Sevilla anti-corruption judge Maria Bolanos questioned about connections
Mercedes Alaya's replacement Maria Nuñez Bolaños is already in hot water
Supreme Court drags ex-Junta heads Chaves and Griñan into ERE case
They are both under suspicion of being involved in the multi-million euro scam which has rocked Andalucia’s political scene
I know nothing: Chaves plays dumb in ERE scandal
Just like his famous comedy name-sake from Fawlty Towers, Manuel Chaves insisted this week: ‘I know nothing’
Ex-Junta de Andalucia president Manuel Chaves claims ignorance on Spain’s biggest public money scandal
Ex-Junta president insists he ‘would have acted’ had he known about €855 million ERE fraud
Judge Mercedes Alaya fights to keep Andalucia ERE fraud scandal under her control
The Supreme Court demands enormous trial to be divided
New year in Spain opens with 150 corruption cases in the courts
Court dates loom for several high profile trials
BREAKING: Ex-Junta de Andalucia bosses to be probed over links to ERE fraud scandal
Manuel Chaves and Jose Antonio Grin to be investigated by the Supreme Court
The Olive Press celebrates 200th issue
Eight years and 200 issues ago the very first Olive Press hit the streets