Christmas train strikes in Spain
The CGT union has announced three strikes over the holiday period
Kind corruption
King Juan Carlos has excluded his son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin from official activities over a corruption scandal involving a company formerly run by the Duke of
A fishy tale in Andalucia
Experts discuss how to stop catfish threatening Andalucia's ecosystem
Cigarette smuggling crackdown in Spain
Expats are being offered cash rewards for information about suspected tobacco smugglers
Cruelty-free foie gras in Spain
The world’s best foie is nearly ready, just in time for Christmas
Gibraltar checks cleared
The European Commission has ruled there is no evidence that Spanish customs checks on the Gibraltar border are in breach of EU rules.
Gibraltar policeman dies in La Linea motorbike crash
The 30-year-old lost control of his bike and smashed into the central barrier
Path of no return in Spain
Family terrified of fire risk after being cut off from getting to their house due to row with neighbours
Anger in Spain after cops drag dog
A YouTube video showed the pooch being dragged along by a police vehicle
Spanish cucumber recovery
The Algarrobo cooperative which was wrongly accused of supplying contaminated cucumbers to Germany has fully recovered insisting it is putting the chapter behind it.
Tunnel vision in Ronda
Mayors and businesses fight to save Ronda’s ‘priceless’ tourist valley that brings in over five million euros to region per year
Going the extra mile for charity
A hundred people walked from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic for disadvantaged children in Nepal
Handing out hope in Spain
With Christmas approaching, James Bryce spends a night helping out on a soup run set up with an expat Englishwoman and local charity Caritas in
“To London, Jeeves!” barks Madrid pooch
A surprise canine cargo for one London cabbie
More prison
Dodgy developer Jose Avila Rojas has been given a three and half year prison sentence for selling homes that did not have an occupancy licence.
Eight new leads in the search for Maddie
Eight ‘very important’ new leads have been handed to Scotland Yard by Spanish police
Mission Improbable in Spain
Duquesa de Alba appears to have fallen for a Hollywood star
Getting off the slippery slope in Spain
Wendy Williams meets a woman helping to fight an alarming creep of desertification using rosemary, lantana and ‘a lot of shrubbery’
Funked again in Spain
EXCLUSIVE: Celebrated conman denounced after his usual tricks
No ta to toll
Junta boss Jose Antonio Grinan has slammed the A-22 toll introduced by the Portuguese government, labelling it as a ‘counterproductive’ measure that ‘does not stack
Sewage scare in Gibraltar
The Gibraltar Government has warned people not to swim in the harbour ‘until further notice’ after it emerged raw sewage was flowing into the sea
Super stylee skiing in Spain
Olive Press editor Jon Clarke hangs out in southern Europe’s top skiing resort
Unseen Picasso etchings to be shown in London
The Vollard Suite have never been seen in public before
10 years for Nerja murder
Hicham Bellasfer stabbed 25-year-old ex Cecilia Coria 18 times
New dawn for Gibraltar
PP party first to congratulate new Chief Minister Picardo after ousting 15 year leader Caruana
My haze of the Eighties
Rock legend Rick Parfitt doesn't remember a great deal from his days of fame