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Recriminations in Madrid over Spain’s ‘business environment’ as giant Ferrovial plans Holland move

Walter Finch - 3 Mar, 2023 @ 16:45

The proposed departure of Spanish construction conglomerate Ferrovial to Holland for ‘a better business environment’ has set off a firestorm of finger pointing in...

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CHINWAG OVER THE CHORIZO! EXCLUSIVE: ‘Like any normal couple’ the King and Queen of Holland booked a restaurant and...

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 10 Feb, 2022 @ 10:34

IT was a usually busy Saturday night in one of Ronda’s most popular restaurants. As the noise levels were shifting up a gear in came...

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Celebrity

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Like normal tourists’ Dutch King and Queen make incognito visit to romantic Ronda in Spain’s Andalucia to...

George Mathias - 7 Feb, 2022 @ 18:30

RONDA has had a royal visit. The King and Queen of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander and Maxima, visited the iconic Andalucian town to celebrate their 20th...

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Celebrity

ENTIRE village in Spain on Gwyneth Paltrow’s Christmas wish list snapped up by EXPATS for just €150k

Staff Reporter - 13 Jan, 2019 @ 10:00

Buying up an entire Spanish village is a craze sweeping Hollywood and beyond but you’ll have to be quick to bag a bargain

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Crime & Law

Judas Priest drummer dies in exile in Spain after attempted rape of British teenage boy over a decade ago

Laurence Dollimore - 26 Jan, 2018 @ 12:00

EX-Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland has died in Spain more than 15 years after receiving an attempted rape conviction in the UK. The 69-year-old was...

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Sport

World Cup 2018: Italy and Holland fail to qualify in major footballing upset

Joe Wallen - 23 Nov, 2017 @ 10:08

The process appeared to demonstrate a changing of the guard, with unfancied Iceland qualifying, while footballing superpowers Italy and Holland missed out.

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Entertainment

WATCH: ‘America first, Spain second?’ Hilarious video message to US president Donald Trump

Laurence Dollimore - 9 Feb, 2017 @ 09:56

The clip attempts to 'appeal' to Trump by highlighting its racist history and insisting that the Spanish are 'definitely not Mexican'

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Crime & Law

EXCLUSIVE: Suspected Costa del Sol expat conman may have links to Dutch crime family with hundreds of victims

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 7 Jul, 2016 @ 09:11

String of victims come forward after Olive Press exposes film conman

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Sport

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde aims to be oldest Giro D’Italia winner

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 12 May, 2016 @ 11:01

Valverde performed strongly in the Giro’s first time trial in Holland

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Crime & Law

AWOL Dutch estate agent wanted for a hit and run and stealing a million euros tracked down to the...

Rob Horgan - 31 Mar, 2016 @ 10:03

EXCLUSIVE: Olive Press tracks down rogue estate agent wanted for a string of crimes in Holland

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Crime & Law

Operation ‘Davy Jones’ captures Dutch fraudster ‘the Pirate’ on Costa del Sol

Tom Powell - 6 Feb, 2016 @ 09:58

The aptly-named ‘Davy Jones’ police operation culminated in the arrest of the alleged tax evader, who amassed a €25 million fortune

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Education

Spanish children encouraged to cycle to school

Rob Horgan - 15 Jan, 2016 @ 11:17

Biker generation

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National News

Missing Dutch 14-year-old could have run away to Spain

Rob Horgan - 7 Jan, 2016 @ 10:54

Basiel de Gouw from Spanje, Holland, has been missing since January 4

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Crime & Law

Eight Brits arrested in Malaga as €681 million cocaine shipment is seized

Rob Horgan - 5 Jan, 2016 @ 12:05

Worth €681 million, the Class A drug load was seized in Galicia

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Crime & Law

Scottish drug lord Roy ‘Mr Big’ Dunstance jailed after running operations from Spain

Rob Horgan - 30 Dec, 2015 @ 16:12

Drug boss Roy ‘Mr Big’ Dunstance was sentenced to 11 years in jail on drugs and weapons-related charges

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Crime & Law

Notorious British crime boss Patrick Adams and wife arrested in Amsterdam

Rob Horgan - 11 Aug, 2015 @ 15:44

Wanted in connection to a gangland hit in 2013, 'Patsy' Adams' €4 million villa in Mallorca was stormed by police in June

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Other News

French are the new kids on the block in Spain’s property market

Imogen Calderwood - 13 Sep, 2014 @ 09:00

Buyers from France accounted for 18.2% of overseas enquiries

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Sport

Xavi: We’ll live and die playing the ‘Spanish way’

Tom Powell - 13 Jun, 2014 @ 11:12

Biggest clash of the group stage - Spain V Holland - taking place tonight

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Tax inspectors uncover missing ‘Van Gogh’ painting in Spain

Tom Powell - 12 May, 2014 @ 18:35

The painting reportedly disappeared from a Vienna museum 40 years ago, but some experts aren't convinced

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Lead

Police close 15 marijuana farms on the Costa del Sol

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 18 May, 2013 @ 08:00

Police make two record drug hauls in one week

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‘I was a little stupid’ admits Dutch woman lost in Spanish mountains for 18 days

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 11 Jul, 2011 @ 19:56

Mary Anne Goossens, who spent 18 days lost on hillside near Nerja, survived by thinking of her favourite dishes and family

Sport

‘Oracle Octopus’ says ¡Viva La Furia Roja!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 9 Jul, 2010 @ 15:47

German octopus correctly predicted all six outcomes of Germany's World Cup matches. Now, he's picked Spain to lift the cup

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Supermarket strike is announced in Spain over the crucial Christmas period

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SUPERMARKET and grocery shop workers in the Madrid area are set to strike over Christmas over wage rise demands. The UGT trade union has announced...

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Exposed: How a gang paid Spanish women to marry foreign expats in bid to gain them residency

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Imam and Arabic teacher who ‘tried to turn children into jihadists’ is arrested in Spain

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