How Spanish gypsies are merging with mainstream society after 600 years of persecution
DURING the 1990s, I lived amidst a large Roma community in La Latina, Madrid, close to the gypsy flea market. My next-door neighbours were the
CAMPAIGN: Help quadruple amputee Sarah Almagro raise €200,000 for prosthetic limbs at Specsavers Marbella
A MARBELLAN surfer has tragically lost her hands and feet and needs your help to recover. Specsavers Opticas Marbella is asking Olive Press readers to
Andalucia bird sanctuary under threat from drought and wild boars
THOUSANDS of waterfowl are at risk in the Donana National Park due to a series of management blunders that are seeing eggs and chicks being
Find out what is attracting people to the town of Manilva
AT Kinsale restaurant in the heart of Duquesa port you can order a fantastic homemade pie washed down with Guinness, while almost next door is
IN PICS: Spain’s five major landscapes and how their gardens grow
SPAIN is a rainbow nation of biodiversity offering Med sunshine and snow, desert and rain belt, lush river valleys and soaring mountain peaks all within
Campaign launched to save oldest tree in Malaga
The chestnut tree, in the Sierra de las Nieves natural park, needs decking to protect its roots
Gareth Bale criticised for speaking no Spanish and not socialising after SIX years at Real Madrid
IT should have been the opportunity of a lifetime. A big money move from the Premiership to the heady heights of Spain’s capital city, famous
ANOTHER Spanish warship faces off with tiny British Royal Navy boat in Gibraltar
The Royal Navy HMS Sabre pursued the Spanish warship, which is armed with guns, torpedos and mortar weapons
British expat pensioners warn of motorbike Rolex robbers on Spain’s Costa del Sol
TWO British pensioners have had their Rolex watches violently ‘ripped’ from their wrists while seated outside cafes in broad-daylight in Spain’s Costa del Sol. Both
Marbella seize huge estates worth €6.5 million from disgraced Malaya town planner Roca
One of the properties, the 30 acre Finca Siete Colchones, could now become a sports complex for local residents
CAR JACKER: Mystery sicko in Mallorca breaking into vehicles, masturbating and leaving his semen all over seats
On no occasion was anything stolen from the cars
Gibraltar ’50 years behind’ on abortion and women’s rights, slams local campaigner
The Gibraltarian, who helps run the Breast-Feeding Association, made the comments ahead of International Women’s Day of March 8
Celebrities join thousands of expats and locals battling ‘ugly’ and ‘devastating’ electricity pylons planned for Granada’s iconic Lecrin Valley and Alpujarras region
The Di No A Las Torres (Say No To The Towers) group argues high voltage towers would have a ‘devastating effect’ on tourism and agriculture,
British holidaymakers help smash January tourism record in Spain
The largest portion of tourists came from the UK with over 800,000 visitors, followed by Germany with over 500,000 and France with a little under
Spain to protect access to healthcare and pensions for British expats in no-deal Brexit with ROYAL DECREE
Under the plan, expats will have guaranteed healthcare provision until at least 2020 and continued access to unemployment benefits and pensions
UK rejects Spain’s claims that it owns the land Gibraltar airport built on
Spain refuses to acknowledge the UK’s sovereignty over the strip of land in the north of Gibraltar on which the airport sits
Spanish Catholic group under fire AGAIN after comparing feminists to Hitler on side of campaign bus
HazteOir is an ultra-Catholic organisation that has faced similar controversy before
‘DADDY STABBED MUMMY THEN STABBED HIMSELF’: Gibraltar man facing life for murdering ‘beautiful’ wife also stabbed himself, daughter says
“Daddy was stabbing himself, mummy on the floor, daddy on the floor”
WARNING: Five dogs poisoned and one dead in Marbella as local vet thinks pet poisoner may be back
Owners have now been warned not to walk their dogs in La Campana
Spain probes break-in at North Korean embassy in Madrid as staff ‘tied up and gagged’
A group of unknown assailants entered the embassy last Friday and tied up staff, before making off with a number of computers
ANOTHER two people poisoned by carbon monoxide JUST DAYS before Belgian billionaire couple found dead in Mallorca, Police reveal
POLICE have revealed that a mother and son were also poisoned by carbon monoxide just TWO DAYS before a billionaire beer heiress and her partner
British grandad in coma after Benidorm holiday faces 24-hour drive home and insurer WILL NOT pay
A 'slight mistake' on the family’s insurance policy has meant insurers won't pay out for the trip, which can cost around €12,800
GAS HORROR: Billionaire beer heiress and partner killed by noxious gas in €8 million Spain finca
The family of Philippine - a professional osteopath and generous benefactor - are the third largest shareholders of multinational Ab Inbev, based in Belgium
Spain WILL prosecute racist British man who called woman ‘ugly black b******’ on Ryanair flight
Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau confirmed, this week, that Spain would continue with charges against Mesher
England’s Nathaniel Clyne flew eight girls out to beachfront villa in Spain for ‘booze-fuelled hippy crack party’
Clyne reportedly invited the group out for the all-expenses-paid trip after meeting them on nights out
€200k effigy of King Felipe VI of Spain that buyer ‘must burn within a year’ on sale in Madrid gallery
The towering statue features the Spanish monarch in a blue suit and gallery staff even periodically spray it with Hugo Boss ‘Dark Blue’ cologne