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‘Call me Pepe’: Exclusive interview with new Marbella mayor Jose Bernal
The Olive Press meets Marbella’s new headbanging mayor Jose Bernal, after sacking his predecessor’s FIVE bodyguards, €20,000 in personal parking spaces and iron-fisted press control
What a Twit Zapata has been…
The Madrid councillor slammed for anti-semitic tweets years ago should know better, writes our man in the capital, Mario Alegria
FINAL ANDALUCIA ELECTIONS ROUND-UP: Back to the day job
After the most hotly contested local elections in recent memory, pact-negotiations have ceased and mayors across the country have been unveiled
Mario Blancke’s reaction on becoming Mayor of Alcaucin
The new Belgian Mayor of Alcaucin, Mario Jean Baptiste Blancke gives the low down on feeling Spanish and his route into local politics
Mayor of Marbella to remove all signs of Franco and corruption
All street names that refer to Spain's past dictator will be removed from the town
Toe-tal nightmare! New mayor of Spanish town Jerez has a footwear disaster as she gives inaugural speech
The PSOE's Sanchez was invested as mayor after agreeing a pact with Ganemos Jerez and Izquierda Unida
Former Granada mayor banned from office for urban abuse
Otura's ex-mayor received a 16 year ban and a €4,000 fine for approving infrastructure works at illegally built properties
Mayor of Benamocarra used public funds for personal lawsuit
A judge ruled that claims brought about against Abdeslam Lucena are ‘justified’
Spain’s local elections: OUR turn to make a difference
In this country full of nepotic town halls and scandal-ridden politicians, the time is ripe for a new dawn
Mayor in the capital: Madrid local elections look set to crown a new mayor
Esperanza Aguirre looks unstoppable in her pursuit of Ana Botella’s mayorship
VIDEO: Manilva Mayor candidate dad-dancing in Duquesa Port
But Diego Urieta is leader of Compromiso Manilva and hoping to be elected as Mayor on May 24
Local election special: The ins and outs of the May 24 vote
As politicians up and down the country are gearing up for battle at the ballot boxes in May 24’s local and regional elections, Rob Horgan examines how the X-factor could play out on voting slips along the Costa del Sol and beyond
Benalmadena mayor Paloma Garcia sets out projects planned for year ahead
The Olive Press meets mum-of-two Paloma Garcia Galvez, Benalmadena’s PP mayor, who is dreaming big for the town’s future
Heroic mayor saves Moroccan man from drowning in Huelva bog
The mayor of San Juan del Puerto saves life of Moroccan stranded in boggy marshland in Huelva
Manilva residents demand greater police presence
Town Hall urge residents to sign up to the Padron in order to receive greater police presence on the streets
Benidorm seeks Unesco world heritage status
The land of package holiday heaven wants to become a cultural wonder of the world
Police arrest the Axarquia golden sprayer in Rincon de la Victoria
A 20-year-old from La Cala del Moral has been arrested and is suspected of giving several items of street furniture a golden makeover
The mayor of Mijas: an international man
Mijas mayor Angel Nozal talks to the Olive Press about nature, tourists and hobbies, but not his favourite bar…
Ex-mayor of Tolox facing two years behind bars in Malaga trial
Urban-planning licences gave 'free rein' to build on non-urbanised land
VIDEO: Spanish politician faints during speech
The former mayor of Sueca was forced to cut his speech short and needed medical care after becoming dizzy
Torrox mayor in speeding ticket fiasco
The mayor is refusing to say which of his staff was driving the offending car at the time
Medina Sidonia ex-mayor stands for re-election despite pending court case
Carrera is one of four of the 44 socialist candidates standing for local elections with unresolved court cases against them
VIDEO: Wife of Mayor of Mijas goes viral with song of support for May re-election
IT could have been love or political ambition that led the wife of the mayor of Mijas to make her singer-songwriter debut in a...
Malaga bans animal circuses and pony attractions
It follows the decision of Mijas town hall who last year said it would not allow horses or ponies to be used in fairground rides
PSOE mayoral candidate wants to outlaw diesel cars in Madrid
Antonio Miguel Carmona has promised that, if elected, he will ‘eliminate’ diesel vehicles in the country’s capital by 2020
Mayor of Marbella’s husband set to build 50 luxury homes on land given to Benahavis
Furious residents have launched a petition against the agreement
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