PSOE - Olive Press News Spain

‘Call me Pepe’: Exclusive interview with new Marbella mayor Jose Bernal

The Olive Press meets Marbella’s new headbanging mayor Jose Bernal, after sacking his predecessor’s FIVE bodyguards, €20,000 in personal parking spaces and iron-fisted press control

10 Jul, 2015 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·Politics

Supreme Court drags ex-Junta heads Chaves and Griñan into ERE case

They are both under suspicion of being involved in the multi-million euro scam which has rocked Andalucia’s political scene

26 Jun, 2015 @ 13:28

Lead·Politics

PSOE mayor inaugurated in Benalmadena after agreeing four-party pact

A four-party pact has placed Victor Navas in the hot seat

15 Jun, 2015 @ 16:42

Malaga·Politics

Toe-tal nightmare! New mayor of Spanish town Jerez has a footwear disaster as she gives inaugural speech

The PSOE's Sanchez was invested as mayor after agreeing a pact with Ganemos Jerez and Izquierda Unida

15 Jun, 2015 @ 11:42

Cadiz·Entertainment·Lead·Politics

Marbella’s four-party pact edges closer to ousting PP

The four left-wing parties have been negotiating since results were announced

2 Jun, 2015 @ 13:52

Lead·Malaga·Politics

Podemos vows to defeat PP after election triumph

Two new political groups inspired by the indignados protests made huge impacts in Madrid and Barcelona

26 May, 2015 @ 16:39

Lead·National News·Politics

ELECTIONS: AUAN president becomes councillor in Albox

In Albox, 98% of foreign residents who voted were AUAN members

26 May, 2015 @ 10:11

Lead·Politics

British expat becomes first ever foreign councillor in Manilva

British expat Dean Tyler Shelton is ‘over the moon’ after he was voted in as a councillor in the May 24 local elections

25 May, 2015 @ 13:32

Lead·Politics

Voters head to the polls in Spain

VOTING is underway in municipal elections across Andalucia today. There are also regional and municipal elections across much of Spain that could challenge the grip

24 May, 2015 @ 16:48

Lead·Politics

Mayor of Benamocarra used public funds for personal lawsuit

A judge ruled that claims brought about against Abdeslam Lucena are ‘justified’

22 May, 2015 @ 13:44

Crime & Law·Malaga·Politics

Local election special: The ins and outs of the May 24 vote

As politicians up and down the country are gearing up for battle at the ballot boxes in May 24’s local and regional elections, Rob Horgan

18 May, 2015 @ 09:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Meet the expats standing in the upcoming local elections

THE expat vote could have X-Factor repercussions in town halls up and down Spain, raising foreigners themselves to the hot seats of power. With the

17 May, 2015 @ 09:00

Politics

Female mayoral candidates outnumbered three-to-one in Andalucia’s town halls

In total, 430 candidates are standing for mayor in the province with an alarming 318 (74%) being men

16 May, 2015 @ 13:07

Lead·Politics

PP spend more on local election campaigns than all other parties put together

PP party budget stretches to a huge €20.5 million

16 May, 2015 @ 09:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Andalucian re-election looming as Diaz fails to claim presidency

After almost two months of negotiations Diaz has failed to convince any of the other political parties to support her

15 May, 2015 @ 09:00

Featured·Politics

Politicians strip off in campaigns to seem more ‘transparent’

The trailblazer in this bizarre stunt was no less than Ciudadanos’ leader Albert Rivera

2 May, 2015 @ 12:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Judge Alaya orders arrests of 16 Junta politicians in Andalucia fraud probe

Susana Diaz's PSOE party facing scandal just three days after winning the elections

25 Mar, 2015 @ 10:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

PSOE Junta boss Susana Diaz: ‘I am going to govern alone’

Despite not taking a majority, Diaz has ruled out the possibility of a coalition government in Andalucia

23 Mar, 2015 @ 15:12

Featured·Opinion·Politics

PSOE win Andalucia election with worst showing for two decades as Podemos come third

Podemos win an incredible 15 seats

22 Mar, 2015 @ 23:33

Featured·Politics

PSOE win – but without overall majority – in Andalucia elections

The PSOE party got just 35% of the vote as new anti-corruption party Podemos gained an incredible 15 seats

22 Mar, 2015 @ 23:27

Lead·Politics

A new dawn for Andalucia

Andalucia should wake up to an entirely new political scenario on Monday morning

21 Mar, 2015 @ 10:30

Columnists·Mario Alegria - Our Man in Madrid·Politics

Andalucia’s chance for a bright new dawn

Andalucia needs change, in any shape or form

18 Mar, 2015 @ 13:52

Lead·Opinion·Politics

Andalucia Elections: Time for change?

All eyes are on Andalucia in the lead-up to the most fiercely-contested regional elections in decades, with new parties Podemos and Ciudadanos threatening three decades

18 Mar, 2015 @ 13:15

Lead·Politics