https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/must-read/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:19:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oplogo-favicon-150x150.png https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/must-read/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/05/half-decade-milestone-since-christian-brueckner-was-named-prime-suspect-in-the-madeleine-mccann-case-where-are-we-now/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/05/half-decade-milestone-since-christian-brueckner-was-named-prime-suspect-in-the-madeleine-mccann-case-where-are-we-now/#respond Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:10:48 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=417523 Olive Press editor Jon Clarke recalls the week he started probing the German paedophile during the Covid lockdown in June 2020 IT is exactly five years ago this week that]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/05/half-decade-milestone-since-christian-brueckner-was-named-prime-suspect-in-the-madeleine-mccann-case-where-are-we-now/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/28/its-not-all-doom-and-gloom-spains-economy-slips-into-hyperdrive-as-it-transforms-into-the-poster-child-of-europe/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/28/its-not-all-doom-and-gloom-spains-economy-slips-into-hyperdrive-as-it-transforms-into-the-poster-child-of-europe/#respond Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=363588 IT could be easy to find oneself overwhelmed with the constant drum beat of bad news and terrible prognostications. If it’s not the threat of (or actual) war, the terrible]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/09/28/its-not-all-doom-and-gloom-spains-economy-slips-into-hyperdrive-as-it-transforms-into-the-poster-child-of-europe/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/07/14/conflicted-euro-2024-loyalties-olive-press-editor-and-long-term-spain-resident-jon-clarke-on-the-perils-of-family-feuds-ahead-of-the-big-final/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/07/14/conflicted-euro-2024-loyalties-olive-press-editor-and-long-term-spain-resident-jon-clarke-on-the-perils-of-family-feuds-ahead-of-the-big-final/#comments Sun, 14 Jul 2024 12:59:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=342481 IT’S coming home, that’s 100% certain. But to which home?  The one where I’m born and bred, or the one where I’ve lived – and loved – for two decades?]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/07/14/conflicted-euro-2024-loyalties-olive-press-editor-and-long-term-spain-resident-jon-clarke-on-the-perils-of-family-feuds-ahead-of-the-big-final/feed/ 2 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/07/12/must-read-unwanted-developments-touristification-and-greedy-politicians-are-responsible-for-destroying-spains-coastline-and-selling-the-country-out-new-report/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/07/12/must-read-unwanted-developments-touristification-and-greedy-politicians-are-responsible-for-destroying-spains-coastline-and-selling-the-country-out-new-report/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:15:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=342197 THE latest Blue Flag report offered a dazzling reporting on Spain’s beaches. The Foundation for Environmental Education created a map that blanketed the country’s coastlines in blue dots, indicating beautiful]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/07/12/must-read-unwanted-developments-touristification-and-greedy-politicians-are-responsible-for-destroying-spains-coastline-and-selling-the-country-out-new-report/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/05/31/is-iptv-illegal-in-spain-all-you-need-to-know-after-british-expat-is-arrested-for-breaking-intellectual-property-laws/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/05/31/is-iptv-illegal-in-spain-all-you-need-to-know-after-british-expat-is-arrested-for-breaking-intellectual-property-laws/#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 15:50:00 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/?p=309592 EXPATS across Spain enjoy watching their favourite UK channels, movies and sports through what’s known as an IPTV service – but are they breaking the law?  IPTV – or Internet]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/05/31/is-iptv-illegal-in-spain-all-you-need-to-know-after-british-expat-is-arrested-for-breaking-intellectual-property-laws/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/14/exclusive-child-victim-of-a-sex-assault-in-portugal-recognises-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-in-the-courtroom/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/14/exclusive-child-victim-of-a-sex-assault-in-portugal-recognises-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-in-the-courtroom/#respond Sun, 14 Apr 2024 19:32:57 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=322951 By Jon Clarke and Rainer Burkard, in Braunschweig IT was something of a seminal moment in the mammoth ongoing trial of seasoned sex offender Christian Brueckner. But it was missed]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/14/exclusive-child-victim-of-a-sex-assault-in-portugal-recognises-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-in-the-courtroom/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/09/exclusive-ending-the-golden-visa-in-spain-is-a-big-blow-to-british-and-us-buyers-say-property-experts-as-political-leaders-brand-it-senseless-and-anti-business/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/09/exclusive-ending-the-golden-visa-in-spain-is-a-big-blow-to-british-and-us-buyers-say-property-experts-as-political-leaders-brand-it-senseless-and-anti-business/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:20:06 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/09/exclusive-ending-the-golden-visa-in-spain-is-a-big-blow-to-british-and-us-buyers-say-property-experts-as-political-leaders-brand-it-senseless-and-anti-business/ THE ending of the golden visa scheme in Spain has been met with a wave of criticism, particularly in high-value areas like the Costa del Sol. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/09/exclusive-ending-the-golden-visa-in-spain-is-a-big-blow-to-british-and-us-buyers-say-property-experts-as-political-leaders-brand-it-senseless-and-anti-business/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/06/court-sensation-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-told-me-how-he-tied-up-a-teenager-for-four-days-and-burgled-homes-on-the-algarve-while-naked/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/06/court-sensation-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-told-me-how-he-tied-up-a-teenager-for-four-days-and-burgled-homes-on-the-algarve-while-naked/#respond Sat, 06 Apr 2024 18:03:21 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/06/court-sensation-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-told-me-how-he-tied-up-a-teenager-for-four-days-and-burgled-homes-on-the-algarve-while-naked/ MADELEINE Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner bragged to a friend how he tied up and sexually assaulted a young teenager over a ‘four day’ horror ordeal. Michael Tatschl, 50, told a]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/06/court-sensation-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-told-me-how-he-tied-up-a-teenager-for-four-days-and-burgled-homes-on-the-algarve-while-naked/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/04/gibraltar-holds-its-breath-as-the-mcgrail-corruption-inquiry-finally-gets-underway-next-week-with-the-eyes-of-the-world-watching/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/04/gibraltar-holds-its-breath-as-the-mcgrail-corruption-inquiry-finally-gets-underway-next-week-with-the-eyes-of-the-world-watching/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:15:00 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/04/gibraltar-holds-its-breath-as-the-mcgrail-corruption-inquiry-finally-gets-underway-next-week-with-the-eyes-of-the-world-watching/ AMID a swirl of accusations and recriminations that have seen the Rock likened to a ‘banana republic’, the long-awaited McGrail Inquiry is finally set to go ahead next week. The]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/04/gibraltar-holds-its-breath-as-the-mcgrail-corruption-inquiry-finally-gets-underway-next-week-with-the-eyes-of-the-world-watching/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/01/excellent-service-very-clean-and-rooms-well-thought-out-wanted-irish-mafia-leader-christy-kinahan-outed-as-prolific-google-reviewer/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/01/excellent-service-very-clean-and-rooms-well-thought-out-wanted-irish-mafia-leader-christy-kinahan-outed-as-prolific-google-reviewer/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:35:00 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/01/excellent-service-very-clean-and-rooms-well-thought-out-wanted-irish-mafia-leader-christy-kinahan-outed-as-prolific-google-reviewer/ THE leader of one of the most violent drug trafficking cartels in the world may have revealed his movements by posting a slew of restaurant reviews from around the world.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/01/excellent-service-very-clean-and-rooms-well-thought-out-wanted-irish-mafia-leader-christy-kinahan-outed-as-prolific-google-reviewer/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/01/rip-british-toddler-robin-loses-his-battle-to-cancer-after-chemotherapy-in-spain-stopped-working-as-tributes-pour-in-for-brave-and-beautiful-boy/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/01/rip-british-toddler-robin-loses-his-battle-to-cancer-after-chemotherapy-in-spain-stopped-working-as-tributes-pour-in-for-brave-and-beautiful-boy/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:51:33 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/01/rip-british-toddler-robin-loses-his-battle-to-cancer-after-chemotherapy-in-spain-stopped-working-as-tributes-pour-in-for-brave-and-beautiful-boy/ TRIBUTES are pouring in for Robin, a British toddler who lost his battle to cancer after chemotherapy stopped working. The two-year-old was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma last year.  After it]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/04/01/rip-british-toddler-robin-loses-his-battle-to-cancer-after-chemotherapy-in-spain-stopped-working-as-tributes-pour-in-for-brave-and-beautiful-boy/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/31/exclusive-meet-the-young-british-expat-behind-guiris-de-mierda-a-successful-lifestyle-brand-in-spain-which-reclaims-the-offensive-term-for-foreigners/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/31/exclusive-meet-the-young-british-expat-behind-guiris-de-mierda-a-successful-lifestyle-brand-in-spain-which-reclaims-the-offensive-term-for-foreigners/#respond Sun, 31 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/31/exclusive-meet-the-young-british-expat-behind-guiris-de-mierda-a-successful-lifestyle-brand-in-spain-which-reclaims-the-offensive-term-for-foreigners/ THE reasons behind Tom Hopcroft’s move to Spain would not appear out of place in the pages of a romantic novel. “Many years ago, I moved for love. I moved]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/31/exclusive-meet-the-young-british-expat-behind-guiris-de-mierda-a-successful-lifestyle-brand-in-spain-which-reclaims-the-offensive-term-for-foreigners/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/26/exclusive-wanted-accomplice-and-friend-of-christian-brueckner-speaks-out-hes-a-monster-and-im-sure-he-knows-what-happened-to-madeleine-mccann/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/26/exclusive-wanted-accomplice-and-friend-of-christian-brueckner-speaks-out-hes-a-monster-and-im-sure-he-knows-what-happened-to-madeleine-mccann/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:50:00 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/26/exclusive-wanted-accomplice-and-friend-of-christian-brueckner-speaks-out-hes-a-monster-and-im-sure-he-knows-what-happened-to-madeleine-mccann/ By Rainer Burkard and Jon Clarke in Braunschweig A CLOSE friend of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner sought by police as a witness in the case has finally broken his]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/26/exclusive-wanted-accomplice-and-friend-of-christian-brueckner-speaks-out-hes-a-monster-and-im-sure-he-knows-what-happened-to-madeleine-mccann/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/23/exclusive-locals-in-spain-give-their-verdict-as-wave-of-anti-tourism-reaches-tenerife-after-malaga-valencia-and-palma-but-residents-are-divided-on-the-issue/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/23/exclusive-locals-in-spain-give-their-verdict-as-wave-of-anti-tourism-reaches-tenerife-after-malaga-valencia-and-palma-but-residents-are-divided-on-the-issue/#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2024 05:55:00 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/?p=321109 By Laurence Dollimore and Walter Finch in Tenerife IT began in Mallorca in the summer of 2017, quickly followed in Barcelona and Valencia and now it has spread around almost]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/23/exclusive-locals-in-spain-give-their-verdict-as-wave-of-anti-tourism-reaches-tenerife-after-malaga-valencia-and-palma-but-residents-are-divided-on-the-issue/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/22/maddie-link-is-new-hunt-for-missing-inga-gehricke-linked-to-white-van-once-leased-by-chief-suspect-christian-brueckner/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/22/maddie-link-is-new-hunt-for-missing-inga-gehricke-linked-to-white-van-once-leased-by-chief-suspect-christian-brueckner/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:10:40 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/22/maddie-link-is-new-hunt-for-missing-inga-gehricke-linked-to-white-van-once-leased-by-chief-suspect-christian-brueckner/ FOR five days this month, around 70 police officers have scoured deep woodland around a charity facility that ran programmes for sex offenders in Germany. They hope to find clues]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/22/maddie-link-is-new-hunt-for-missing-inga-gehricke-linked-to-white-van-once-leased-by-chief-suspect-christian-brueckner/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/21/gibraltar-chief-minister-admits-he-may-use-controversial-new-powers-to-restrict-public-access-to-blockbuster-corruption-inquiry-into-his-own-conduct/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/21/gibraltar-chief-minister-admits-he-may-use-controversial-new-powers-to-restrict-public-access-to-blockbuster-corruption-inquiry-into-his-own-conduct/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/21/gibraltar-chief-minister-admits-he-may-use-controversial-new-powers-to-restrict-public-access-to-blockbuster-corruption-inquiry-into-his-own-conduct/ THE Gibraltar Chief Minister has admitted that he may use new legislation being rushed through Parliament to withhold evidence from the public in an inquiry into his own conduct. The]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/21/gibraltar-chief-minister-admits-he-may-use-controversial-new-powers-to-restrict-public-access-to-blockbuster-corruption-inquiry-into-his-own-conduct/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/16/kate-middletons-disappearance-and-photogate-have-exposed-the-fragility-of-the-royal-family-while-prince-william-is-failing-his-first-litmus-test-as-heir-say-leading-publication/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/16/kate-middletons-disappearance-and-photogate-have-exposed-the-fragility-of-the-royal-family-while-prince-william-is-failing-his-first-litmus-test-as-heir-say-leading-publication/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:37:42 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/16/kate-middletons-disappearance-and-photogate-have-exposed-the-fragility-of-the-royal-family-while-prince-william-is-failing-his-first-litmus-test-as-heir-say-leading-publication/ SPANISH publications are continuing to weigh in on the dramatic events engulfing the British Royal Family. In January, it was revealed that the Princess of Wales had undergone an abdominal]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/16/kate-middletons-disappearance-and-photogate-have-exposed-the-fragility-of-the-royal-family-while-prince-william-is-failing-his-first-litmus-test-as-heir-say-leading-publication/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/11/spring-sale-enjoy-50-off-all-olive-press-subscription-packages-for-a-year/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/11/spring-sale-enjoy-50-off-all-olive-press-subscription-packages-for-a-year/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:10:28 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/11/spring-sale-enjoy-50-off-all-olive-press-subscription-packages-for-a-year/ THE Olive Press is launching a huge spring sale with an incredible 50% off all of our subscription packages. The huge discount is availble through the whole of March and]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/11/spring-sale-enjoy-50-off-all-olive-press-subscription-packages-for-a-year/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/08/exclusive-i-threw-80-sex-tapes-of-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckners-in-the-bin-in-praia-da-luz/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/08/exclusive-i-threw-80-sex-tapes-of-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckners-in-the-bin-in-praia-da-luz/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:30:53 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/08/exclusive-i-threw-80-sex-tapes-of-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckners-in-the-bin-in-praia-da-luz/ A FORMER friend of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has admitted he threw away up to 80 of his sick sex tapes. The potentially incriminating evidence was dumped after he]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/08/exclusive-i-threw-80-sex-tapes-of-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckners-in-the-bin-in-praia-da-luz/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/07/read-in-full-letter-from-british-campaigner-peter-tatchell-to-spains-first-lgbt-matador/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/07/read-in-full-letter-from-british-campaigner-peter-tatchell-to-spains-first-lgbt-matador/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:48:00 +0000 https://theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/07/read-in-full-letter-from-british-campaigner-peter-tatchell-to-spains-first-lgbt-matador/ BRITISH LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on Spain’s first openly pansexual matador to ‘turn his back’ on the ‘cruel bloodsport’. Mario Alcalde, a 31-year old matador from Madrid, became]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/03/07/read-in-full-letter-from-british-campaigner-peter-tatchell-to-spains-first-lgbt-matador/feed/ 0