Everything Brits can do to avoid getting caught out by 90-day rule as March 31 looms
OUR new relationship with Europe means different rules for British citizens in Spain – here’s what you need to know to avoid being caught out
POST-BREXIT GOLDEN VISA ADVICE FOR BRITISH PEOPLE AND PROPERTY INVESTORS IN SPAIN
Since the start of 2021, following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, Britons who wish to live, work or buy property in Spain
The age of print!: From the UK to Spain, Terenia reflects on a career in the media
IT’S great that any newspaper is still being printed in our age of the internet and it’s something we should always try to support and
CROWN IMPERIAL as Bronze Age burial area in Murcia suggests that women could have ruled ancient Spain
AN ancient burial site in the Murcia region suggests that women may have ruled the roost in the early Bronze age. That possibility is being
Living the dream? A new book reveals the difficult truths behind expat life
MOVING abroad can indeed be exciting, stimulating, enthralling and glamorous but it can also be isolating, confusing and challenging. The lockdown made Barcelona-based writer Carrie
Spain approves €7 billion aid package for coronavirus-hit businesses
THE Spanish government has approved a relief package that includes €7 billion in direct aid to small and medium-sized companies hit by the coronavirus crisis.
OLD HACK IN THE SUN: Benny Davis with the 80-something ramblings of an expat in Spain
V-DAY SPECIAL JUST been informed my COVID vaccination will happen tomorrow. Wow! Haven’t been so excited since my first sexual experience, handling a set of
Acing it in a man’s world: Our Kate shares her journey from poker player to webmaster extraordinaire
OLIVE PRESS webmaster Kate Langshaw is thankfully used to the late nights of the media from her poker tournament days in Las Vegas. Most of
EXCLUSIVE: How a British expat pensioner took a horse destined for the knackers yard and made him a champion
CHRISTINE Hartfield, from the UK, is no stranger to the horse world, a former eventing champion, she has dedicated the last 13 years caring for
Fresh bid fails to get iconic ‘Lady of Elche’ back to her home turf on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SPAIN’S Culture Commission in the national senate has rejected a motion that wanted the government to permanently transfer an iconic statue back to Elche. The
A 1.2 million Picasso on sale at the first Mayoral gallery exhibition in Spain’s Madrid
THE first exposition from the Mayoral gallery in Madrid, ‘Zóbel and great postwar artists’, inaugurated this Thursday, March 11. The display runs until March 21
Council to spend over €9,000 a day controlling beach access for next two years on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TORREVIEJA has approved a contract worth nearly two million euros for access to its beaches to be controlled until the end of 2022. The Ordinary
NO LIMITS IN SIGHT: Blind cyclist from Valencia’s Xativa to compete in 600km race through Morocco
Although he is partly there, having secured €5,000 of the necessary €11,000, Javier needs more help to realise his dream.
Must read: Updated COVID-19 restrictions for Spain’s Mallorca
These restrictions will stay in force until at least April 11
SHOCKING BLUE as Europe’s first ‘narco-sub’ is discovered at San Roque warehouse in Spain’s Andalucia region
EUROPE’S first ‘home-built’ narco-submarine has been seized by the Policia Nacional from a San Roque warehouse in southern Andalucia. Officers stumbled on the nine-metre-long craft
Curfew to be lifted as lockdown rules are relaxed again in Gibraltar
THE curfew in Gibraltar will be relaxed on Sunday and lifted completely on March 25, its government announced today.
COVID-19 infections continue to be squeezed down in latest figures from Spain’s Valencian Community
LATEST COVID-19 infection figures from the Valencian regional health ministry have recorded another week-to-week fall today(March 12). 310 new cases have been reported, compared to
Abortion referendum in Gibraltar: The facts and issues on the table
WITH the abortion referendum now to be held on June 24, The Olive Press decided to review the main points of view in this national
Disabled man asked for ‘new look’ with levels of tests and punishments before being tortured in Spain’s Mallorca
Investigators say the victim, who has an intellectual disability, had asked on his social media account for a new look to which he would pay
Woman at the helm: Introducing new digital editor at The Olive Press
THE Olive Press has a new centre forward. Seasoned journalist Fiona Govan joins the group as our new Digital Editor in, fittingly, International Women’s week.
OPINION: It’s the little things I’ll miss most about Spain
IT’S the jingles at Mercadona, a short stroll to his padel club and, of course, the goldfish bowl g&ts which will be sorely missed when
COSTA BLANCA CON as woman fleeces insurance company over bogus home robberies in Spain
A Costa Blanca woman conned an insurance company out of €3,000 on a bogus home burglary claim but her luck ran out when she was
Spain’s RENFE agrees new deal to transport organs on high speed AVE trains after successful trial
SPAIN’s high speed train operator RENFE has agreed to renew a deal with the Organ Transplant Association (ONT) to provide rapid transport solutions for life
THE POWER GAME as Murcia’s Partido Popular president Fernando Lopez Miras overturns next week’s likely ousting
A move to oust the Partido Popular-led Murcia government next week has unexpectedly collapsed this morning(March 12). Today’s shock development came after three Ciudadanos members
Balearic Islands among regions of Spain removed from coronavirus risk list by Germany
GERMAN travellers will now be able to visit some regions of Spain without the need for quarantine on their return, authorities in Berlin announced on
TORN DOWN: Illegal homes in Spain’s Andalucia targeted for demolition
OWNERS of illegal homes have started to tear them down to try and escape massive fines of over €600,000. It comes after the Junta finally