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Royal commentator in Spain, journalist, translator, voice over artist. @thetimes @lasextatv @antena3com @La1_tve @cuatro, among others. Brit, Irish, Madrileño

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Journalist, translator and voice over artist based in Madrid, Spain since the year 2000. For 15 years I worked at Spain's biggest daily, EL PAÍS, at their English Edition. I'm also an experienced podcaster and broadcaster. Very high level of Spanish and a wealth of knowledge and contacts across Spain.

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Spanish council digs up Roman road

Spanish council digs up Roman road

The Roman road in the northern Spanish province of León had remained untrodden for more than 2,000 years - a …

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Spain's young stand up and fight against 'ninini' slur

Spain's young stand up and fight against 'ninini' slur

When Bruno reached 17, his teachers discouraged him from staying at school, telling the teenager he should gi…

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Mexican beauty queen a suspect in Madrid vintage wine heist

Mexican beauty queen a suspect in Madrid vintage wine heist

The story has all the hallmarks of a heist movie. In 2021, a couple managed to walk out of Atrio, a Michelin-…

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Mexican chefs beat the Spanish competition to win best paella award

Mexican chefs beat the Spanish competition to win best paella award

When Jamie Oliver added chorizo to Spain's traditional paella, he suffered a culinary backlash from Spaniards…

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Experts offer sound advice to prevent mistrials in Spanish courts

Experts offer sound advice to prevent mistrials in Spanish courts

The Madrid government is looking for sound technicians to repair recordings of court sessions to prevent mist…

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Investors snap up entire villages in empty Spain

Investors snap up entire villages in empty Spain

If you happen to have €223,000 lying around and want to invest it in property abroad, that sum would cover th…

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Articles

At least nine killed and 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands

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By Simon Hunter 
| The Olive Press
AT least nine would-be migrants were left dead in the early hours of Saturday morning after their boat capsized during an attempted rescue off the coast of the Canary Islands. Some 48 more migrants were missing after the incident, which could prove to be the deadliest seen in the 30 years that such crossings have been a regular occurrence. Rescue services did, however, manage to save 27 of the total 84 migrants who were on the boat.
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Man accused of kidnapping his missing wife Ana Knezevich in Spain is kept behind bars in the US after a Florida judge declared him a 'serious flight risk' - Olive Press News Spain

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By Simon Hunter 
| The Olive Press
A JUDGE in the American state of Florida has denied bail to David Knezevich for a second time, as the court proceedings against the Serbian native on the suspicion that he kidnapped and possibly murdered his wife Ana Knezevich in Madrid continue. Judge Edwin Torres ruled on Monday that there is ‘ample evidence’ to support the kidnapping case against the 36-year-old, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
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Spain's foreign minister on Venezuelan elections: 'We do not recognise Nicolas Maduro’s victory'

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By Simon Hunter 
| The Olive Press
SPANISH Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has made his government’s position clear on the recent elections in Venezuela: “We do not recognise the victory of [Nicolas] Maduro.” The minister’s comments, made during an interview with Spanish daily El Pais, came after it emerged that Spain had granted political asylum to opposition candidate at the recent polls, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

That's how I learned to type

How is social media changing news?

By enabling journalists to get real-time news and views but also by taking eyes away from print editions and media websites

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Tintin (even though he never wrote a single word of copy through all the books)

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