New techniques for the production of olive oil and olive paste were described at a seminar held in the conference centre of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICH) on Thursday 27th March. The research was carried out under the EU-funded OliveTech programme by the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory of MAICH and the Institute of Agricultural Product Technology of the Hellenic Agricultural Organisation, ELGO-Dimitra, with the participation of local agricultural organisations in Rethymnon and Sitia on Crete, and Lakonia and Messinia in the Peloponnese. With one of these techniques, better quality oil, with much higher polyphenol content, is produced by the use of a new type of press.