Look into the Olive Press crystal ball…
If only! Predicting the future is an art but here’s what we hope and dream 2016 will bring
Phil Neville desperate to get a manager’s job in Spain
No going back now
Spain’s savings banks turn to auctions to raise funds
Going, going, gone
Cancer survivor Ashya King returns to school full-time
His father Brett said he was ‘proud’ and that the six-year-old has been ‘doing very well’ since undergoing proton beam therapy
Santa’s don skis under the floodlights in the Sierra Nevada
Most wonderful time of the year
Christmas presents flying back ON the shelves
Return to vendor
Gambling in Spain
Statistics showed that the number of registered players to online gambling sites in Spain jumped from 2.2 million to 3.9 million
The Olive Press by numbers
They say a stat can be found to prove anything but it’s hard to argue with the soaring growth of theolivepress.es throughout 2015
97-year-old Spanish man invents system to collect water from mist
Tadeo Casañas came up with his plan after his small island of El Hierro in the Canaries went without rain in 1948
Ronda chosen as filming location for Swiss car firm’s new creation
The historic town has been used previously as a location in Playstation game Gran Turismo
Slow and steady
The giant tortoise, which can be found at Fuengirola’s Bioparc, can grow up to 1.3 metres long and weigh as much as 400kg
Solarpack restructures €94 million debt on five of its solar parks in Spain
The five parks include two in Sevilla, two in Badajoz and one in Caceres
Italian restaurant takes La Linea by storm
Benito Farsi, a former protégé of Jamie Oliver, launched Perejil Grill in spring of this year
Sabores Del Mundo: Special discount for Olive Press readers
Sabores Del Mundo online service caters for all types of gastronomic desires and, as its motto says, ‘we bring you the world on a platter’
Teenagers in Spain need to drink more water
Most adolescents do not meet the European Food Safety Agency’s recommendations
New dawn rising
Spain ‘is going through a new transition’, said the Podemos leader
Popular British grocery store in the Axarquia is up for sale
Arkwrights in Puente Don Manuel has become an essential part of life for expats in the area
Miguel de Cervantes to have star named after him
Campaign also proposes to name the four planets revolving around the star after characters from the novel
Ronda reigns supreme as Andalucia’s best hotels are announced
Andalucia’s outstanding hotels have something for everyone
The gift of life for Christmas
Spain has set a new record for organ transplants in one day
Student forecast Spain’s largest ever bankruptcy in economics paper
The world’s second biggest auditors had given the business the all-clear
Never give up
Christmas can be a time of great joy, but it is also about remembering what you have and what you don’t
Spain’s best decorated Christmas house
Three-bed house on the outskirts of Madrid has become a tourist attraction
Avoiding the pitfalls of buying second hand
A total of 81% of Spanish residents used the second-hand market last year
Garden restaurant in Frigiliana: Views and food to match
A distinct Arabic crossover of flavours with spices from all around the world
Pregnant Andalucian women rush for whooping cough vaccination after two babies die
One of the babies died in Sevilla in September with a second dying in Malaga in October