Now nearly two decades old, The Olive Press responds to the need for a proper hard-hitting medium to represent and serve the huge and growing expatriate community in Spain.

Launched in May 2006, it is Spain’s only English newspaper and website written by real investigative journalists, professional food, travel and art correspondents and with contributions from many of Spain’s top foreign writers.

Most of our journalists have worked at UK national newspapers or TV networks, and all of them have done regular work for international titles in the field. In addition over a dozen of our previous journalists are now working in prestigious roles at organizations such as the Washington Post, ITV or Netflix.

Growing from strength to strength, we saw a staggering 1000% growth online in 2024 with an average of 1 million visits a month.

We also count on nearly 70,000 registered users and nearly 5% of them now paying to subscribe. This avoids adverts and gets them our daily newsletters and regular weekly mail outs on property, travel, and health, plus other member benefits, such as Exclusive offers and competitions.

Meanwhile our printed paper’s distribution is well over 100.000 copies a month – and most importantly, unlike most of our rivals, our returns are less than 0.5%.

The printed paper has expanded geographically, covering all of Andalucian region, the Valencia region, as well as the Balearics and Gibraltar, while we have specific and growing sections on Catalunya and Madrid. In 2023 we added a new German edition to cover the Costa Del Sol.

Content that goes into making The Olive Press unique…

• Exclusive investigations and reporting on both a regional and national level
• In-depth features and news reports from our network of correspondents
• Regular campaigns on issues including the environment, nature and wildlife
• Resources for learning Spanish and integrating into the culture in large culture section
• Regular food and drink articles with recipes and restaurant reviews, plus many hotel reviews
• Business profile section, expert legal, financial and property advice columns
• Important sections on crime and politics
• Dedicated home and garden, travel, sport and property sections
• The ALL ABOUT series spotlighting various towns and areas around the country

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Alternatively call: (0034) 951 15 48 41 or email sales@theolivepress.es or newsdesk@theolivepress.es if you have a story

Our Team

Jon Clarke
EDITOR
Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist.

Laurence Dollimore
DIGITAL EDITOR
Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.

Dilip Kuner
NEWS EDITOR
Dilip Kuner is a NCTJ-trained journalist whose first job was on the Folkestone Herald as a trainee in 1988.

Walter Finch
SENIOR JOURNALIST
Walter Finch is keen on reporting on and investigating organised crime, corruption and abuse of power.

Yzabelle Bostyn
SENIOR JOURNALIST
Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.

Alex Trelinski
SENIOR JOURNALIST
Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager covering sport, news and politics.

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