January 2024

Exclusive by Laurence Dollimore and Yzzy Bostyn A BRITISH expat has revealed how she almost died after being administered Nolotil in Spain – as a string of former ‘victims’ continue to reach out to the Olive Press. Doreen Hughes, 78, was given the ‘lethal’ painkiller following knee replacement surgery in September 2022 – despite nationwide […]

ANDALUCIA’S drought crisis might finally be coming home to roost as dozens of families in a small community on the Costa del Sol have been left without water for up to five days. Residents of Valle Romano, in the hills above Estepona, have complained of being unable to shower, use the toilet or even keep

55% of Group Instituto Bernabeu’s patients come from 137 different countries. The quality of reproductive medicine in Spain and the country’s advance legislation are the main reasons for their visit. Reproductive medicine in Spain is one of the most highly valued in the world. This fact is confirmed by the 13,588 women who came to

EIGHT years on and there is seemingly no end in sight for Marbella’s attempts to update its urban planning scheme. In an effort to bring clarity to Marbella’s legendarily dysfunctional planning regime – and legalise thousands of ‘illegal’ properties – the then council had drawn up a new Plan General de Ordenación Urbanística (PGOU or

DRIVING on some of Spain’s roads can be a stressful experience at the best of times. Having made it home safely in one piece, the last thing you want is to have your day ruined by a letter from the DGT, Spain’s traffic enforcement agency. While fines for common transgressions, such as speeding, are known,

WHAT’S going on in politics today? What are the latest law changes affecting expats? What are the travel trends for 2024 and where should I invest in property? If you’re not a subscriber to the Olive Press, then your answer to any of the above will likely be: ‘No idea!’ As the best English newspaper

ANDALUCIA has been snubbed in a listing of the 10 best restaurants in Spain, with just one eatery from the southernmost region making the list.  According to restaurant booking platform The Fork, the La Atxoeta Art Restaurant in Malaga city’s Soho district is the eighth best in the country.  It is the only restaurant in

AN AMERICAN fugitive who hired a teenage hitman to kill his three brothers has been arrested at Valencia Airport. The Policia Nacional and FBI cooperated to detain the man last Saturday morning. In December 2021, Samuel Huggler, 27, paid 5,000 US dollars to a friend of his- Daniel Alvey- to kill his siblings so that

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 office after a 42-year old British expat, Mark Brooks, died after taking the painkiller Nolotil. But what is Nolotil, the drug at the centre of controversy and potentially linked to

IT is not simply a question of aesthetics…Varicose veins are a health problem that, if left untreated, can progress to a much more serious disease. Called Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) its complications affect an increasingly younger segment of the population. Dr. Alfonso Martín, a specialist in Vascular Surgery at Hospiten Estepona, explains that varicose veins