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ELECTION 2019: Party campaigns gets into full swing with GSLP/Liberals on the front foot
The Olive Press gives you a rundown of the election goings-on in the run-up to October 17
Lies and damned statistics
‘LIES, damned lies and statistics,’ as former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said.
Anyone can throw claims and figures about.
It is what’s behind the...
British tourists ‘kicked out’ of popular hotel at 1.30am on Spain’s Costa del Sol after it allegedly goes into...
A BRITISH tourist has claimed she was kicked out of a popular hotel on Spain's Costa del Sol after it went into administration.
The family...
IN PICS: Inside the WOMEN ONLY hotel where men are banned in Spain’s Mallorca
A HOTEL in Spain has received global attention for banning men from its premises.
The Som Dona Hotel, in Mallorca, is a four-star resort featuring...
Reckless driver who put British expat in coma while driving without a licence in Javea could face up to...
THE RECKLESS driver who crashed into a British expat while he was trimming his hedge in Javea could face up to three years and...
Forest fire in hills of Casares has been ‘stabilised’ after dozens of families evacuated
THE forest fire in the Sierra Crestellina area has been stabilised after a night and morning of intense work from firefighters.
The Junta reversed the...
Brits applying for mortgages in Spain should not panic, but should be Brexit-ready, writes Tancrede de Pola
With the value of sterling plummeting to historic lows - even dipping below €1.10 in August - Brexit has the banks scared
Jonathan Holdaway recounts Harry Enfield’s shaky lesson in finance, while offering his rather better advice on a balanced investment...
‘Buy high sell low’, he confidently exclaimed, then adding ‘or have I got that the wrong way round? Course I have …sell low, buy high’
Woman in Spain who put boyfriend’s head in a box and gave it to friend claiming it was sex...
She allegedly used his phone to text his family saying he was fine and staying in Asturias and Galicia.
Police in Sevilla bust gang of robbers and seize five firearms, €1,550 and two luxury cars
Two men and one woman have been arrested in connection with the raids.
‘DON’T PANIC’: Gibraltar Government opens Brexit Information Office in bid to calm Rock ahead of October 31 departure from...
"Things will be very different, there are solutions, but the solutions will involve processes and procedures, which are more complicated"
Three of Spain’s wines are amongst the world’s best bottles for under $20
Eric Asimov of The New York Times included the Madrid Granito de Cadalso, the Grancanario Fronton de Oro and the Cadiz Vara y Pulgar in his top 20 wines for under $20 list.
New ‘wedding race’ sees brides and grooms run 5km to win their ‘dream’ big day worth €40,000 on Spain’s...
A RACE giving prospective couples the chance to win the ‘wedding of their dreams’ has been announced for the Costa del Sol.
The lucky winners...
WATCH: Huge forest fire rages behind homes on Spain’s Costa del Sol as authorities warn ‘winds not helping’
It comes after a level 1 emergency was declared after the fire broke out at around 7pm in Casares
Level 1 Emergency declared, homes evacuated as forest fire rages in hills of Spain’s Costa del Sol after one...
HOMES have been evacutated and roads cut off after a forest fire broke out in the hills of the Costa del Sol earlier tonight.
Some...
Valencian doctor specialising in facial surgery and reconstruction caught with half a kilo of cocaine in his backpack
A VALENCIAN doctor specialising in surgery of the face has been charged with a crime against public health after being caught with half a...
City in Spain’s Andalucia bans weddings outside of office hours
Town hall officials have also forbidden weddings from taking place anywhere but the City Hall, Palacio de Mondragon and Covent of Santo Domingo.
Spain among top 20 countries which try to censor online data the most
Data also showed the main reason behind removals was ‘national security.’
Lady Elizabeth School on the Costa Blanca joins global Greenpeace climate strike campaign
STUDENTS from a top British school on the Costa Blanca have marched on their town hall to demand collaboration in tackling environmental issues.
Lady Elizabeth...
Valencian government moves to exhume 500 mass graves scattered across the Community following the Spanish Civil War
A YOUNG girl shot and killed for holding a pamphlet in Dolores, a professor dispatched without prior trial in Alicante - these are the...
Brits help restore Costa Blanca community of 140 left with only ‘one working kitchen’ after September floods
CARING listeners of an English-language radio station have rallied round to donate furniture, electrical items and cleaning equipment to an urbanisation left with just...
REVEALED: When the clocks will change in Spain and why
THAT time of year is fast approaching, when the sun begins to set sooner and sooner as we wave summer goodbye.
Like every year, the...
WATCH: Huge designer fashion outlet opening on Spain’s Costa del Sol THIS MONTH with discounts of up to 70%...
https://vimeo.com/245923244
THIS is the designer outlet centre set to open on the Costa del Sol this month.
Located next to Plaza Mayor, in Malaga, the Mcarthurglen...
Pedro Sanchez calls for calm in Spain’s Catalunya as violence is feared in week of ‘illegal’ referendum anniversary and...
PEDRO Sanchez has warned Catalunya separatists not to encourage violence ahead of the conclusion of the trial of separatist leaders.
The prime minister's call for...
Evil stepmum who murdered little boy, 8, in cold blood in Almeria becomes first woman EVER to receive life...
Ana Julia Quezada was found guilty of murdering Gabriel Cruz, the son of her partner Angel Cruz, by a jury in Almeria last month
More tourists are visiting Spain’s Andalucia but they’re less willing to splash the cash
In August, Andalucia was the third most popular region in Spain for tourists.
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Giant German Hell’s Angel boss accused of running operations in Mallorca acquitted on all charged
AN infamous German Hell’s Angels boss has been acquitted on all charges of organised crime and drug trafficking between 2009 and 2013 after his...
