Has Andalucía gone insane?!
EXCLUSIVE by Andrew Pearce: A skyscraper threatening Sevilla’s UNESCO status, a golf course for the Cape of Trafalgar, Picasso’s name erased from the airport... now, tourist wonks plan to develop Ronda’s sacred
‘Des Res’ since Roman times
Jon Clarke takes a trip into the geographical heartland of Andalucia
Cameron’s ‘secret’ trip to Andalucia
In the run up to UK elections Tory leader recalls 'secret' holiday to Spain - the one we wrote about a year ago!
We should AVE it first
Marbella and Ronda square up over who should get the AVE high-speed train link first
Smugglers’ train back on the run
It was once used by bandits and drug smugglers. Now, after a six-month upgrade, the Algeciras to Ronda line is about to reopen, reawakening memories of its turbulent past, writes Tessa Norman
Let battle commence!
Jailed expatriate owner draws swords over ongoing Ronda hotel dispute
We should AVE it first
Marbella and Ronda square up over who should get the AVE high-speed train link first
Bar Wars: Part II
EXCLUSIVE by Andrew Pearce: Rampaging kiosk owner set to be closed down after expatriate-run bar receives death threats
Jamie’s silly Spanish spoof
Celebrity chef Oliver dons prawn costume in wacky advert to promote Andalucia cooking show
Future of Moorish King’s Palace crumbling away
EXCLUSIVE: An acrimonious legal battle is turning attention away from the fact that a historical landmark is on the brink of collapse
‘Protected’ building demolished
Ronda mayor used employment funds to demolish 'protected' building
Afflatus: An outsider’s Andalucia
Part One: An introduction to Arriate by Olive Press writer A.N. Maier, describing his version of the hillside town
Only good for firewood
EXCLUSIVE: Two years ago the Olive Press revealed how developers had transplanted thousands of ancient oaks to make way for a golf course. Today it is clear what they only good for,
Developers lose six million libel battle
Bosses lose law suit against green, campaigning magazine
We’ll drink to that!
EXCLUSIVE: In-depth Olive Press study proves that Spain floors UK when it comes to basic essentials and our perennial vices
Does it costa bit more in Spain?
For most people, living in Spain certainly trumps life back in the UK, but is it still as cheap as we once thought it was? Andrew Pearce and Asha Stuttard whipped out
Slithering inland…
Life finds a way as rare species of snail found near Ronda
What a wash out
Costly damages after floods decimated a trio of hotels and put a dampener on their best-laid Christmas plans
Floody hell
Junta chiefs blasted for lack of action after thousands of homes washed away in heaviest rainfall on record
Mass graves to be excavated in Ronda
Civil War victims will be exhumed in the Serrania
Four houses and a hotel!
How one Andalucian estate agent has sold four properties and become a part-owner of a Dream Hotel in just one week. It’s an excellent sign for the property market.
Don’t be naïve (Evian spelt backwards) – give up the bottle
Since the Olive Press launched a campaign to cut back on plastic two years ago, plenty of town councils, companies and individuals around Andalucia have got the message, at least with plastic
‘Like being accused of Hiroshima bomb’
Ronda mayor compares Los Merinos accusations to H-bomb, while calling environment boss ‘incompetent’ and ecologists ‘terrorists’
Los Merinos would ‘gravely endanger’ local ecosystem
As Ronda mayor appears in court for corruption, new report slams the golf project which he controversially passed
‘Like being accused of dropping the Hiroshima bomb’
Ronda mayor compares Los Merinos golf accusations to Second World War bomb
Full Speed Ahead
AVE line underway between Algeciras and Antequera via Ronda