August 2007

Across the line: Cocaine takes hold of Granada’s youth

By Dan Myers on August 31, 2007

As figures reveal that the number of children using cocaine has quadrupled in a decade, local government begins to fortify the classroom battle against drugs

Land Grab Scuppered

By Dan Myers on August 31, 2007

Despite hard-hitting Junta report rejecting “unsustainable” Parchite Golf, Ronda mayor Antonio Marin Lara insists the scheme is legal and still goes ahead THE Junta has thrown out a plan for another golf course scheme in Ronda.

Brothels for the disabled!

By Dan Myers on August 30, 2007

Spain is probably the most permissive and sex obsessed country in Europe, discovers Tremlett WHEN it comes to sex surveys, I am used to Cosmopolitan or its glossy equivalents. Spain, however, has the state-run National Statistics Institute. The instituto has discovered the following: more than one in four Spanish men under 49 have had sex [...]

The Ghosts of Spain

By Dan Myers on August 30, 2007

Here, in our first exclusive extract from Guardian correspondent Giles Tremlett’s incisive, ground-breaking book Ghosts of Spain, we relive the tragic “secret” events that led to the murder of three innocent, educated women near Avila SITTING in the late autumn sun, in what had once been the Generalísimo’s plaza, it was not difficult to imagine [...]

My collision with Spain’s troubled history

By Dan Myers on August 30, 2007

One of the longest serving foreign correspondents in Spain, Giles Tremlett delivers an almost daily slice of Iberian news to the pages of The Guardian. LISA TILLEY spoke to him about his best-selling, insightful new book Ghosts of Spain HE has spent most of the last two decades covering events around Spain for the anglosajón [...]

From raisins to rebels

By Dan Myers on August 30, 2007

Theresa O’Shea takes a tour of Malaga’s bandit country – the Axarquia range of mountains. Instead of highway robbery, she falls prey to the charms of the region’s white villages

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By Dan Myers on August 9, 2007

“We don’t want a Millennium Dome”

By Dan Myers on August 9, 2007

Judiciary investigates golf project designed by Sir Richard Rogers Olive Press Exclusive A GOLF course complex designed by the architect behind the controversial Millennium Dome in the UK is being investigated by police. The public prosecutor in Granada has ordered the probe following allegations multiple illegalities surround Milenarium Coto de la Macairana, the proposed leisure [...]

Algarrobico: the never ending story

By Dan Myers on August 9, 2007

As Greenpeace claims work on the Algarrobico Hotel continues, the Olive Press charts the controversial history of the edifice that has become a symbol of rampant coastal destruction

It stinks!

By Dan Myers on August 7, 2007

The stench of corruption takes a break as Almuñecar binmen go on strike and methane gas escapes from Granada landfill site

Eta extortion letters demand 400,000 euros

By Dan Myers on August 7, 2007

SEPARATIST group Eta has sent out extortion letters to Basque businesspeople demanding “economic help.” The letters, written in both Spanish and Basque, were sent to regional companies in late July asking for 400,000 euros in 20, 50 and 100-euro notes.

Britons largest minority in Andalucia

By Dan Myers on August 7, 2007

BRITISH nationals have overtaken Moroccans as the largest foreign population in Andalucia. Figures released by Junta de Andalucia show 88,188 Britons now live in the region – compared to only 26,665 in 2000.

Junta stops 1,500 Alhaurin homes

By Dan Myers on August 7, 2007

THE regional government has vetoed plans to build a 1,500-home development on EU-protected land. The town hall of Alhaurin el Grande wanted to build the Barranco Blanco estate five kilometres from the Malaga town.

Could semi-arid region be set for golf course project?

By Dan Myers on August 6, 2007

Councillor claims to have seen golf course and residential project for Ugijar as developers advertise new homes on internet A GOLF course along with 2,000 homes is set to be built on semi-arid land in La Alpujarra, according to a local councillor.