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UK’s rape warnings silenced by Ibiza’s tourist industry

Imogen Calderwood - 30 Jul, 2014 @ 12:58

'Don't walk home alone or it could cost you your life'

Andalucia

Costa del Sol one of Europe’s bargain holiday hotspots

Imogen Calderwood - 29 Jul, 2014 @ 17:28

Spain matched only by Bulgaria

Andalucia

Poverty-stricken families make new homes of Spain’s abandoned holiday flats

Imogen Calderwood - 28 Jul, 2014 @ 16:21

An estimated 700,000 properties are lying dormant across the country

Andalucia

Where there’s a Will…

Imogen Calderwood - 28 Jul, 2014 @ 10:00

Will Smith gets his chiseled chest out in Ibiza

Andalucia

Spain is Europe’s most likely place for tourist illness

Imogen Calderwood - 27 Jul, 2014 @ 11:00

Level with Egypt and Turkey for health insurance claims

Columnists

Summertime, and the livin’ ain’t easy

Giles Brown - 27 Jul, 2014 @ 09:00

Columnist Giles Brown on tourist woes on the coast

Andalucia

Even sun cream can’t protect from cancer

Imogen Calderwood - 26 Jul, 2014 @ 17:00

According to shocking new study

Andalucia

Exclusive Olive Press investigation sparks changes for foreigner safety

Imogen Calderwood - 23 Jul, 2014 @ 12:12

Steps are now being taken in Marbella, and even across Spain

National News

Spain cracks down on Airbnb accommodation website

Imogen Calderwood - 17 Jul, 2014 @ 17:41

Hoteliers claim the holiday accommodation website is bad for business

Lead

Crackdown on Magaluf pub crawls after mamading oral sex video scandal

Imogen Calderwood - 11 Jul, 2014 @ 11:13

Boss of bar crawl Carnage Magaluf refuses to apologise to sex video girl's family

Andalucia

Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell strut their stuff in Ibiza

Imogen Calderwood - 10 Jul, 2014 @ 16:06

The bikini-clad models raise the heat on the holiday island

Andalucia

Marbella businesses can now open on Sundays and holidays

Carey Camel - 5 Jul, 2014 @ 12:58

A new law will allow 10 more cities to delineate holiday business zones

Food & Drink

Do you remember the first time?

Tom Powell - 16 Jun, 2014 @ 12:30

Professor reveals how to recreate that delicious taste of a holiday wine... at home

Andalucia

Sleepwalker left fighting for life after falling 50ft from Malaga hotel room

Imogen Calderwood - 12 Jun, 2014 @ 13:20

She now faces a huge hospital bill as she had no travel insurance

Andalucia

Holidaymakers in Spain ripped off by grocery prices

Imogen Calderwood - 23 May, 2014 @ 17:25

Resort shops charge up to 53% more than out of town supermarkets

Columnists

A weaker euro…to boost the Spanish economy!

Imogen Calderwood - 20 May, 2014 @ 09:00

Olive Press columnist Mark Rickard, of HiFX, on the upsides of a weaker euro

National News

British PM David Cameron in Lanzarote for Easter

Imogen Calderwood - 13 Apr, 2014 @ 09:00

After a ‘difficult week’, Cameron will be able to kick back on the beach or take advantage of the island’s excellent surfboarding, cycling and hiking

Andalucia

Andalucia scoops five of Spain’s top 10 tourist destinations

Imogen Calderwood - 10 Apr, 2014 @ 13:27

Sevilla, Marbella and Malaga were all among TripAdvisor's top destinations

Other News

Valley of calm at La Cala Resort

Imogen Calderwood - 3 Apr, 2014 @ 16:10

Olive Press editor Jon Clarke spends a weekend at Spain’s leading golf hotel

Crime & Law

UK cop paid €90 for duty-free designer watch he never wanted

Imogen Calderwood - 2 Apr, 2014 @ 13:15

The police officer unwittingly 'bought' the Swatch watch at Alicante airport's duty-free

Andalucia

Brits to jet into Malaga

Claire Wilson - 8 Nov, 2013 @ 16:01

British Airways and Jet2 to expand routes from UK to Malaga

Andalucia

Costa del Sol hotel voted the best in Spain

Claire Wilson - 16 Oct, 2013 @ 18:00

Villa Padierna Palace claimed top gong at the International Hotel Awards

Andalucia

Mountain of repose

Claire Wilson - 6 Oct, 2013 @ 06:00

You are spoilt for choice with romantic and hip places to stay around the Serrania

Andalucia

Marbella regular Max Clifford charged with sex offences

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 26 Apr, 2013 @ 20:25

PR Guru who spends much of the year in Marbella is charged with 11 indecent assaults on women and girls

Andalucia

Possible pickpocking plot linked to mobile phone shop in Spain

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 24 Nov, 2012 @ 08:07

EXCLUSIVE: Holidaymakers claim phone shop is linked to pickpocketing gang

Andalucia

Hidden horrors of Spanish car hire firms

James Bryce - 15 Nov, 2012 @ 13:00

As a growing number of complaints are made against car hire firms holding customers to ransom, James Bryce investigates the pitfalls that holidaymakers should look out for

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Top Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies, aged 88

Alex Trelinski - 3 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

SPANISH fashion designer Paco Rabanne, known for his eccentric clothing designs and for founding one of the world's best-known fragrance brands, died on Friday,...

Developer submits slightly-changed new home plan for unspoilt section of Spain’s Costa Blanca

3 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

SHOTS FIRED: Spanish customs injured by stones while chasing smugglers onto Gibraltar beach

3 Feb, 2023 @ 16:20

Sweet deal: Marbella’s old sugar factory to be restored

3 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

WATCH: Choke hold bandit: Police hunt violent mugger in Spain’s Sevilla after choking woman out and robbing her

3 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

‘Wobbling’ lorry stopped with driver six times over alcohol limit in Spain’s Murcia

3 Feb, 2023 @ 14:17

Police expose Almeria port base that smuggled migrants into Spain, drugs across to Africa

3 Feb, 2023 @ 13:30

Honest Woman Finds €500 In The Street And Hands It Back To Owner In Spain's Costa Blanca

Honest woman finds €500 in the street and gives it to police on Spain’s Costa Blanca

3 Feb, 2023 @ 13:08

Gibraltar speakers to take part in climate change conference at Sunborn Hotel in March

3 Feb, 2023 @ 12:32

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Los Alcazares with pool – € 95,000

3 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

Man arrested restaurant fraud Costa Blanca

Man arrested 15 times for not paying restaurant bills is jailed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

3 Feb, 2023 @ 12:00

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Fears grow for missing teenager last seen boarding bus to La Linea Concepcion

3 Feb, 2023 @ 11:30

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Wolfgang on OLIVE PRESS OPINION: It should be a basic no-brainer to run reliable buses up and down the coast: “As long as tickets for a bus ride are so cheap, the private bus companies will not change that situation.” Jan 28, 21:07
Wolfgang on ‘Disgusting, frustrating, nightmare, shambles:’ Residents in Spain’s Costa del Sol vent their feelings at the region’s public transport: “The buses in Estepona only serve the main road along the coast. I live on top of a hill just…” Jan 20, 15:01
Paulinho on Barcelona raises tourist tax again in bid to boost coffers and chase ‘quality tourism’: “It would be great to do something to improve security in Barcelona. Almost every week someone I know experiences a…” Jan 17, 22:34
Wolfgang on CASH BID: €2bn asked for to expand Costa del Sol railway to Marbella, Estepona and Algeciras: “2 Billion versus 43 Billion Euros from the EU taxpayer’s pocket. Isn’t that quite a difference? Therefore again I assume…” Dec 26, 20:22
Wolfgang on Environmentalists oppose big construction plans for unspoilt section of Spain’s Costa Blanca: “Another dull project with hundreds of white holiday homes in ‘northern’ style. Spain reveals its beautiful domestic architecture. Only money…” Dec 14, 10:51
Wolfgang on British man left stranded at Valencia airport after dog ate his passport: “Another way to avoid your passport being eaten by your dog: Don’t take your dog with you when you visit…” Dec 14, 10:42
Righteousindignation on LISTED: Popular animals that can no longer be kept as pets in Spain under new Animal Welfare Law: “This has nothing to do with protecting the eco-system. Removing companion animals using the pretext of fraudulent environmental programmes such…” Nov 20, 21:59

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