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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 with [...]
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 what [...]
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 and residential project [...]
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.
Granada constructor paid for Marbella building licenses
By Dan Myers on August 6, 2007
A GRANADA housing developer arrested during the Malaya investigation paid Juan Antonio Roca vast sums for three building licenses.
Andalucia, Cadiz, Huelva, Jaen, Lead2 »
Beach rescue
March 13, 2010
The Spanish government has stepped in to help out battered beaches
Andalucia, Lead2 »
Marks and Spencer regret
March 13, 2010
LEAVING Spain ten years ago is a big regret for the long-serving boss of Marks and Spencer.
Chief executive Sir Stuart Rose sold all stores on the Spanish mainland for 150 million euros in 2001 but admits he made an error.
Sir Stuart closed all outlets in seven European countries for what he called internal “political not [...]
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Gibraltar rocks
March 12, 2010
Forget sunburned ex-pats and cheap booze, Jon Clarke discovers that the Med’s little Britain has had a makeover
Lead2, Sport »
The ‘Special One’ backed for Madrid role
March 12, 2010
Portuguese boss Jose Mourinho favourite to replace under fire Madrid boss
Andalucia, Lead2 »
Going Gaelic
March 12, 2010
Andalucia is being represented by a new Gaelic football team, Eire Og Seville, in a Costa del Sol tournament this Saturday





