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In his latest column for the Olive Press, ex-Gibraltar Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva supplies his personal impression of the sprawling McGrail inquiry. THERE are vital matters appertaining to Gibraltar’s democratic administration and separation of powers, above and beyond the…
IT was one of the most pivotal events in world history unfolded—a moment whose 220th anniversary has just passed. The Battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of France and Spain on October 21,…
SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez has outlined plans to tax private jets in a move backed by environmental activists. Speaking at the United Nations COP30 climate conference in Belem, Brazil, Sanchez told delegates: “We are working together with other countries…
In a new column for the Olive Press, ex-Gibraltar Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva supplies his musings on the long-running McGrail saga. AS the McGrail report is finally delivered today, it is time to reflect on what an unprecedented exercise…
THE Spanish government has announced that up to 170 descendants of volunteers in the International Brigade will receive citizenship in recognition of their ancestors’ fight against the fascism of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. During the Spanish Civil War, an estimated 35,000…
THREE bodies have been found in less than a day across Malaga province in what police are calling an ‘unprecedented’ 24 hours of unexplained deaths. The first was discovered on Sunday evening, a man found beaten and abandoned on a…
A POLICIA Nacional border guard admitted to the Olive Press they were very much ‘in a trial stage’ at Malaga airport with their Entry/Exit System (EES) digital passport machines this week. It comes as some British travelers forced into the…
A GROUNDBREAKING treatment based on research by Spanish scientists has helped children born with incurable deafness hear for the very first time – a discovery hailed as a breakthrough toward curing genetic hearing loss. In a clinical trial involving 12…
AMAZON is going to make up to 1,200 staff redundant at its corporate offices in Barcelona and Madrid. The worldwide giant employs 28,000 people within its Amazon Spain division and logistics staff will not be affected. The move is part…
SPAIN, Portugal, and the European Commission (EC) have struck a deal for a high-speed train link between Madrid and Lisbon to launch by 2034 with a journey time of just three hours. A ‘conventional’ five-hour link between the two capitals will…
