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Picturesque village in Malaga with homes from just €35,000 is seeking new residents

A PICTURESQUE village in Malaga is seeking new residents as a part of a depopulation initiative. Alfarnate, some 55km from Malaga airport, boasts rolling green

3 Feb, 2025 @ 15:35

Malaga·Olive Press Travel

What is Nolotil? The painkiller sold in Spain that’s been linked to dozens of British deaths

Have you been affected by Nolotil? Email us: tips@theolivepress.es THE Olive Press recently revealed that campaigners are launching an official complaint with Spain’s public prosecution

26 Jan, 2024 @ 12:28

Health·Lead·Other News

Major blood donation campaign to take place in Malaga for the World Blood Donor Day

A MAJOR blood and plasma donation campaign for the World Blood Donor Day will take place in Malaga from 9am to 9pm on June 14

13 Jun, 2023 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Feel like waiting six months for your fast food? McDonald’s new ad campaign thinks you do

FAST food kings McDonald’s have launched an advertising campaign to illustrate just how long it takes to get your order so quickly. For – to

6 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Food & Drink·Lead

Mayoral hopeful on Spain’s Tenerife struggles to shake off sex shop photo controversy

TIME WAS when politicians on the campaign trail would resort to ‘handshaking and baby kissing’ in order to garner public support and get themselves voted

25 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics

Campaign calls for an end to Spain’s status as the ‘biggest dolphin prison in the world’

A YOUNG Spanish animal-rights activist has handed over to Congress a petition with 150,000 signatures calling for an end to the high number of dolphins

20 Apr, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead·National News

Spain’s Olympic swimming star Ona Carbonell makes BBC’s 100 Women List

SPANISH swimmer Ona Carbonell has made it onto the BBC’s 2022 100 Women list, which highlights ‘inspiring and influential women from around the world’. She

7 Dec, 2022 @ 18:45

Lead·National News·Sport

UK licence holders left unable to drive in Spain organise to ‘invade the British embassy’

HUNDREDS of UK driving licence holders are threatening to ‘invade’ the British embassy in Madrid next week. They are organising via social media in a

6 Oct, 2022 @ 17:30

Lead·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Anger over continued delays to UK-Spain driving licence agreement

THE British embassy in Spain has provided an update on the driving licence saga, with many angry that the announcement sounds like a broken record.

4 Aug, 2022 @ 14:30

Lead·National News

U-Turn Campaign: Everything you need to know about the driving licence exchange debacle for Brits in Spain

ONE of the biggest issues currently facing British expats resident in Spain or those hoping to relocate here is the failure between the UK and

22 Jul, 2022 @ 10:00

Brexit·Lead·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Radio silence from Spanish authorities on UK driving licences

BRITISH Ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott has been refused to provide any details on Brits driving in Spain, with an agreement still eluding both sides.

9 Jul, 2022 @ 12:00

Lead·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Gibraltar Government says no link between driving licence saga and Spain border issues

THE government of Gibraltar has denied that there is any connection between the border issue and the failure to reach an agreement on UK/Gibraltar driving

30 Jun, 2022 @ 17:15

Gibraltar·Lead

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Olive Press making big inroads with driving licence exchange petition

AN Olive Press campaign to allow resident Brits without a Spanish licence back on the road is gathering speed. A pair of expat councillors have

17 Jun, 2022 @ 19:15

Lead·Must Read·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: British expat behind driving licence petition speaks out

THE OLIVE PRESS spoke to Stuart Hudd, the man who started the parliamentary petition to reverse Spain’s decision to end an extension period on negotiations

15 Jun, 2022 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

‘No news isn’t bad news’: Latest update from British Ambassador on driving licence exchange in Spain

THE British Ambassador in Madrid has insisted that negotiations ‘continue to progress well’ on a driving licence agreement with Spain although there was little more

9 Jun, 2022 @ 14:15

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Councillor calls for longer extension period on UK driving licence swap as British Ambassador in Spain remains coy

AS the Olive Press continues to campaign for Brits to once again be allowed to swap their UK licence for a Spanish one and get

7 Jun, 2022 @ 19:15

Brexit·Lead·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: British fintech guru calls for Spaniards in the UK to have licences immediately revoked until driving fiasco fixed

A BRITISH fintech entrepreneur insists it is time to play hardball in negotiations with the Spanish government on driving licences. With Brits who have lived

4 Jun, 2022 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Woman forced to abandon home and move to campsite on Spain’s Costa Blanca because she can’t drive amid licence debacle

AS The Olive Press launches its campaign to allow Brits back on the road, our inbox is inundated with people whose lives are being torn

3 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Brits considering leaving Spain following driving licence saga

THE OLIVE PRESS is calling for a resolution to the ongoing saga of Brits who, since May 1, are no longer legally allowed to drive

3 Jun, 2022 @ 09:15

Brexit·Lead·National News

U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Ambassador gives update on Brits driving in Spain

THE OLIVE PRESS is campaigning for a U-turn on rules which, since May 1, mean anyone with a British driving licence who has lived in

2 Jun, 2022 @ 16:16

Brexit·Lead·National News

U-Turn Campaign: More support our fight to get Brit residents back on the roads in Spain

THE OLIVE PRESS’S campaign to allow Brits without a Spanish licence back on the road is gathering momentum. Scott Marshall, the Councilor of Tourism, Immigration,

2 Jun, 2022 @ 15:49

Brexit·Lead·National News

HORSEPOWER TO THE PEOPLE: Why the Olive Press has launched campaign to allow Brits in Spain back on the road

IT’S time to kick the mandarins into gear!

1 Jun, 2022 @ 07:00

Brexit·Lead·Opinion

Get This In Reverse: The Olive Press demands urgent action to restore driving rights to thousands of UK licence holders in Spain

THE OLIVE PRESS is launching a campaign to demand a U-turn in draconian new rules stopping thousands of British expats from driving in Spain. We

31 May, 2022 @ 19:45

Lead·National News

spainish driving test. Photo: Photo by Circula Seguro/Flickr

Brits in Spain launch petition to call for driving licence recognition

A PETITION has been launched by British expats calling for the Spanish government to recognise British driving licences. British and Spanish authorities have been involved

26 May, 2022 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Sherry producers in Andalucia’s Jerez area of Spain launch campaign to boost UK business

PRESTIGIOUS sherries from the Jerez area will feature in a new advertising campaign targeting UK drinkers after a recent sherry sales boost during COVID lockdowns.

15 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·Cadiz·Food & Drink·Lead

Victory for the valley as Junta kick starts process to reclaim heritage status for Valle del Darro in Spain

A DRAMATIC last-minute intervention by local activists was vital in persuading the Junta to reverse a bureaucratic error that stripped an ancient valley near Granada’s

26 Nov, 2021 @ 17:30

Environment·Granada·Lead·Other News