Expats’ healthcare should be a right not a privilege
Many expats have paid their taxes for years and rightly expect affordable care as they age.
Thomas Cook’s collapse shows the sun has set on the golden age of package holidays
Clean but bland hotels, a little extra legroom and the convenience of airport transfers were not enough.
OPINION: Britsh expats would have made the difference if given choice to vote in Brexit Referendum
The burning truth is most of us could not vote despite the fact we stood to be most affected.
OPINION: Answers needed over Spain’s ‘werewolf’ drug contamination scandal
It is also incredibly worrying how such a contamination could have gone unnoticed for so long
OPINION: Something is clearly wrong at the sushi restaurant that infected over 50 people
THE poisoning of at least 51 people from just one restaurant is both shocking and scary
OPINION: Unmaintained pool pumps are an ‘accident waiting to happen’
In many urbanization, they leave this job to a gardener, left in charge of the pool with little understanding of how powerful these pumps can
OPINION: Government plans to demolish Gibraltar’s Queen’s Cinema building mark the loss of a cultural hub on the Rock
This latest attempt to encourage car use on Gibraltar’s already congested roads will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of many
OPINION: We need answers on why British vet was denied hospital trip – on 3 occasions
TOWN halls need to break their silence on why a British war veteran was denied a trip to the hospital on three separate occasions. The
OPINION: Anti-tourism groups in Mallorca need to drop the spray can and talk to holidaymakers
Holidaymakers are essential to Mallorca’s economy, and don’t let Government officials or the media tell you otherwise
OPINION: The ruling that Javier Sanchez is Julio Iglesias’ third-born son is about more than money – it’s about vindication
“For so long, hiding the truth with lies.” These are the words to one of Julio Iglesias’ most enduring anthems, ‘Se Me Olvide de Vivir’.
OPINION: Justice at last!
British engineer Robert Mansfield-Hewitt has been released from prison this month
OPINION: War on Terraces
As the Olive Press highlighted last year the stark truth is up to 42% of all the 1,650 terraces in Palma are at risk
OPINION: Is it any wonder racism flourishes in Spain, when a teacher of all people, feels she can call black men ‘monkeys’?
With a teacher now caught on camera peddling the same old racist stereotypes of ‘monkeys’, is it any wonder racism continues
OPINION: Vulnerable people being robbed in hospital beds on the Costa del Sol is an absolute disgrace
The hospital also make it more difficult to report thefts to the police as they have refused to document the crimes
OPINION: After it emerged taxi rapist John Worboys is learning Spanish in prison, we must not let him into Spain
Worboys would be among the sickest and most dangerous expat criminals to have ever inhabited this country
OPINION: The Junta de Andalucia’s budgets which benefit residents are a welcome sight after decades of corruption
This could go some way to undermining the grip of the local drug cartels, who benefit from grinding youth poverty and a lack of opportunity
OPINION: Locking British man Robert Mansfield-Hewitt up with terrorists in Spain is disgusting
Where is the outcry from other media outlets, especially back in the UK? Or in Gibraltar?
OPINION: The news that a British boy’s death in Mallorca ‘could have been prevented’ is both shocking and sad
THE news that a British teen’s death in Mallorca ‘could have been prevented’ is both shocking and sad. Thomas Channon, 18, died after he fell
OPINION: Amid Champions League final ecstasy and agony, Brit fans in Madrid did us proud
Thousands of rival fans full of booze showed that English hooliganism is hopefully a thing of the past
OPINION: Authorities in Alicante must make property developers follow safety rules without harming the promising market
The ‘save 100 lives’ petition launched in Balcon al Mar, in Javea, concerns 100 residents whose homes are literally on a cliff-edge
OPINION: Celebrities are pushing Mallorca’s positive image at the moment and the season has not even started
Celebrity DJ Idris Elba was over last month, along with Katie Price and Jamiroquai, and of course, Caroline Flack and the Love Island gang are
OPINION: Accusing a Benidorm bar of a ‘hate crime’ for renting out a midget is political correctness gone mad
If an upcoming investigation finds their dwarf to be proud of his work, and doing it without any coercion or humiliation, then we should crouch
OPINION: The shock verdict that sees Westley Capper and Craig Porter ‘walk free’ is an insult to Agnese Klavina’s family
The crux of the case rested on the lack of evidence and the prosecution’s inability to provide a clear narrative of what happened to Agnese
OPINION: Expats will make all the difference in tomorrow’s elections, both as candidates and in the polling booths
Above all, ensure you vote for the local team that best understands the wealth and diversity we bring to their towns
OPINION: Desperate British families losing thousands in Spain villa scams show that we need more dedicated fraud officers
Dedicated police officers need to be made available for these crimes, or at the very least a cyber crime hotline promising rapid action
OPINION: Are storm drains to blame for the severity of damage to British expat businesses in the Costa Blanca floods?
While many of us are still dealing with damp basements and insurance claims, we should take note of the municipal elections coming up on May