Columnists News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

As well as expertise in eye care, what other support does Specsavers Opticas provide to the visually impaired in Spain?

IN March Specsavers Opticas announced the launch of its national fundraising campaign in aid of ONCE Foundation for Guide Dogs

14 Mar, 2020 @ 10:00

Ask the Optician

Specsavers Opticas in Spain launches national fundraising campaign in aid of ONCE Foundation for Guide Dogs

Vision loss can be incredibly isolating, leading to feelings of loneliness and depression

9 Mar, 2020 @ 10:04

Ask the Optician

Lawbird’s Antonio Flores reveals the ‘must-knows’ for S.L. company owners in Spain

SETTING up a Spanish Limited Company is a relatively straightforward process

8 Mar, 2020 @ 17:00

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Business & Finance

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Javea Connect admin Loraine Gostling reveals her moonlighting as a pantomime actress as Adrian: A Fairytale of Happing Endings is set to infect the Costa Blanca with laughter

This week, I am removing my Javea Connect hat and becoming a little more fruity with you all! When I say ‘fruity’, I am actually

8 Mar, 2020 @ 16:34

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

As miracle pig Rupert falls ill with cystitis, a vet brings an importance message to pot-bellied pig owners in Spain, write Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre

RUPERT the miracle pig, who made frontpage of the Olive Press last August, fell ill with cystitis, and by pure chance his vet has issued

8 Mar, 2020 @ 15:35

Columnists·Costa Blanca

Just as Mallorca’s property market was picking up after Brexit, coronavirus came along, writes real estate expert Amanda Butler

So far the Balearics are low risk, with only six known people diagnosed with the virus, but no deaths, thank heavens!

7 Mar, 2020 @ 17:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

Fake news, cocaine and 70s rock – the Costa del Sol really has gone coronavirus crazy, writes Giles Brown

The fact that coronavirus had finally reached Marbella was worthy of a report on my news blog

7 Mar, 2020 @ 12:30

Columnists·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear

Property prices in the Balearic Islands maintain their steady surge, while sales are down across Spain, writes Amanda Butler

This decline in sales in the Balearic property market is being attributed to there being fewer resale homes on the market, as well as high

1 Mar, 2020 @ 13:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Property

Happy Couple Shaking Hands With Real Estate Agent At Home

Spanish property expert Adam Neale explains why the first offer is always the best offer

As sellers on the Costa del Sol know only too well, selling takes time, not because the market is rubbish but because this is typical

10 Feb, 2020 @ 19:19

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Malaga·Property

IT’S JITTERY: Campbell Ferguson gathers evidence to forecast the market trends for 2020 in Spain and further afield

Brexit, the climate crisis, world conflict, but also some good news

2 Feb, 2020 @ 10:02

Business & Finance·Campbell Ferguson: Survey Spain·Lead

DEAR JENNIFER: What does Recommended Garages mean to me?

Further to my previous article last month, of why Jennifer Cunningham Insurances is special, I felt it was important to provide some more information. Our

28 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Columnists·Costa Blanca

A yellow weather alert is on the horizon for several provinces across Spain.

Javea Connect admin Loraine Gostling tries to keep her mind off the weather… but can’t find anything positive about January

Weather has been awful, eh? Yes I know an understatement – so I have decided to leave that subject to those braver than I, who

27 Jan, 2020 @ 18:30

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

These areas of Spain offer the best 'quality of life', according to latest study

Sexually-transmitted diseases skyrocket among over-50s as medical columnist Jeremy Kenton says ’60 is the new 20′

With an increase in the divorce rate in the over-50s, sexual promiscuity is on the increase. On par with this increase, there has also been

27 Jan, 2020 @ 17:14

Columnists

As Spain shut down for the festive period, the Hacienda still had a last-minute gift for Giles Brown

The noble men and women of Hacienda and Social Security who, in a pincer movement of ruthless efficiency and deadly timing that would have made

11 Jan, 2020 @ 10:30

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear

PAWS FOR THOUGHT: Olive Press columnist Eddie the hotel hound passes away

Thanks for everything Ed – for your adopted family you were one mighty special pooch

11 Jan, 2020 @ 09:30

Columnists·Other News

A tangle of red tape in Spain’s holiday lettings sector is leading some landlords to take the law into their own hands, writes Antonio Flores

Penalties could amount to €3,000 on average (and potentially up to 18k on this specific infringement and a rental ban of up to 6 months)

28 Dec, 2019 @ 14:27

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Travel News

The Tories’ victory has Remainer in Spain Giles Brown battling trolls and stockpiling for the Brexit apocalypse

Spanish citizenship might be tricky and I’m loathe to get a green card by an arranged marriage in Lepe

26 Dec, 2019 @ 09:02

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Malaga

Boris Johnson is up to his butt in a scatological Catalan nativity tradition, writes Belinda Beckett

This year Boris is among 40 new famous faces along with climate activist Greta Thunberg, PP President Pablo Casado and tennis ace Novak ?jokovic

23 Dec, 2019 @ 10:03

Barcelona·Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle·Politics

A goodwill adoption of two cats turns sour as the creatures terrorise columnist Loraine Gostling’s Christmas decorations

So this is Christmas, and what have I done? The truth is… not much. You see, something dreadful happened to us that stopped me getting

22 Dec, 2019 @ 10:30

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

Amanda Butler’s Christmas has come early, with the election of Boris Johnson helping Mallorca’s property market get moving again

I guess Boris really was the best outcome with at least one decision being firm

22 Dec, 2019 @ 10:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Lead·Mallorca·Property

The shocking tale of how the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre evaded ‘gypsy’ owners hunting down a rescued horse, writes Susan Weeding

WE lost our Sophia a few days ago. We’ve had many dramatic rescues over the years, but Sophia was the start of it all. Nine

21 Dec, 2019 @ 17:30

Columnists·Environment

As the dreaded ‘C’ word rears its festive head, Loraine Gostling reminds us that C also stands for Charity

The ‘C’ word is just around the corner and, for the past couple of weeks on Javea Connect, the annual appeals have started to help

8 Dec, 2019 @ 21:25

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

Dramatic rescue of a badly beaten horse required TWO armed police and an ambulance on standby, writes columnist Susan Weeding

FORGET what you’ve heard. The Spanish police do care for animals. My husband Rod has been there on the front line with Policía Nacional, their

8 Dec, 2019 @ 21:18

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Environment

As Boris Johnson sets his sights on No 10, Amanda Butler looks towards the sale of one of Mallorca’s grandest homes

Having performed a market appraisal, I would have valued it last year somewhere in the region of €9m

8 Dec, 2019 @ 16:47

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

Adam Neale discusses Plusvalia and how land is valued and taxed in Spain

It is important to note that the tax is only applied to the value of the land, and not to the property on it

8 Dec, 2019 @ 15:55

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Property

After two more gangland killings, Giles Brown calls for end to violence in Marbella and on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Marbella needs to take a long, hard look at the problem before it spirals any further out of control

8 Dec, 2019 @ 11:59

Crime & Law·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Malaga

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