OPINION: Coronavirus is a real threat, but we can’t let it take over our lives
CORONAVIRUS is the word on everyone’s lips at the moment, no matter where you are.
OPINION: If everyone understands how important protecting our planet is, then let’s just do it
IN a world where recycling plastic is becoming all the more popular, scientists at Mallorca’s University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) have provided Mother Earth
OPINION: Now that we have our first case of Rothschild justice, is this just a one off or will things change?
IT has been nearly six years since the Olive Press first demanded answers from the Rothschilds for their expat loan scam.
OPINION: The case of British pet transport scammer Jeremy Griffiths shows just how easy it is to set up a company in Spain
Companies such as Pet Taxi Transport highlight the ease with which anybody in the digital world can set up a ‘company’ and charge for services
OPINION: Now that Brexit is finally done, we can all look forward to our blue passports
Brexit… well it’s finally happened.
OPINION: Spaniards and expats can breathe a sigh of relief with the formation of a new government in Spain
Another month, another election.
OPINION: Swimming pool expert calls deaths of British family who drowned on Spain’s Costa del Sol ‘an accident waiting to happen’
“Swimming pools are dangerous ‘f**king machines”
OPINION: Spain may be hosting the pivotal COP25 climate conference, but Madrid may need to rethink its approach to sustainability
“People are lazy about not using their cars,” says volunteer Cristina Gomez. “There’s no excuse. We have a very good public transport system”
OPINION: Diners at THIS restaurant in Spain knew about its underwhelming food, but not about its ‘slave labour’ and owner’s arrest
Why then did it take until just over a month ago for someone to finally tip off police?
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: 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: 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
Amanda Butler explains the mysterious ‘Beckham Rule’ and looks at developments in Mallorca’s property market
It was of course given its name by David Beckham, one of the first high profile sports people to use it when he signed for
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
I have never felt more proud of my Burlesque-dancing goddaughter, writes Giles Brown
As part of her Burlesque act, Ziggy uses a chair, but we discovered to our horror that none of the chairs at the venue would
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