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December 2007
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By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
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By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
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Fore Seasons!
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
Luxury hotel group is slammed for links to controversial golf project as properties are marketed despite Junta stop order
Sun, Sea & Sadness
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
The Olive Press launches a Christmas appeal for the forgotten street children of Andalucia
An ideal con?
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
UK police investigate real estate company, whose directors have apparently ‘fled’ with clients’ money
Olive Press Exclusive by Mark Roulston
POLICE are investigating a real estate company after its four directors apparently fled owing clients thousands of euros.
Ideal Spain marketed off-plan property across Andalucia until the company’s mystery disappearance early this year.
Fired up for the marathon
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
FORMER fireman Tony Salter is stoking himself up for the challenge of a lifetime.
The Granada-based B&B owner has been spending hours training up for next year’s London marathon.
Salter, who moved to the village of Moclin four years ago, is raising money for The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (www.msrc.co.uk).
He was inspired to undertake the challenge by [...]
Is Murcia the next Marbella?
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
Mayors, councillors and property developers held in police investigation
Police raids against urban corruption in a small Murcia town have resulted in the arrests of 12 people.
Both the current and former mayors of Totana are at the centre of the police investigation, and have been charged with bribery, the falsification of public documents, fraud and money [...]
Almuñecar in the urban spotlight
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
Court investigates sports pavilion as judges declare Marina del Este apartments illegal
ALMUÑECAR mayor Juan Carlos Benavides faces two years behind bars if found guilty of irregular town planning offences.
According to newspaper Ideal, the public prosecutor will seek both a jail term and a suspension from holding public office for Benavides and six others – including [...]
What lies beneath
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
Córdoba’s Medina Azahara holds many more secrets of the first Islamic rule of Spain
Owner of illegal Medina Azahara home acquitted
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
Judges in Córdoba have acquitted the owner of one of the 240 illegal homes on the protected Medina Azahara site for extending the property even though it faces demolition
UNESCO affiliate demands disappearance of illegal urbanisations
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
A damning report from a UNESCO advisory body has demanded that the 240 illegal houses on the protected Medina Azahara site in Córdoba should “be demolished.”
Super Highway or Highway to Hell?
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
Junta announces new 350 million motorway to the coast – 1600 metres of tunnels, a huge span bridge and entirely on virgin land – a highway to hell, according to ecologists
Nineteen things you (probably) never knew about navidad
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
Dogs rescued from rescue centre
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
OVER 200 dogs were on the verge of being put down after a police raid on a farm in Sevilla.
Describing the scene as an “absolute tragedy”, animal charities battled around the clock to save the dogs from certain death.
Lorca’s Alpujarra
By Dan Myers on December 16, 2007
Carlos Pranger takes a step back in time to walk the hills of La Alpujarra with poet Federico Garcia Lorca and composer Manuel de Falla
Andalucia, Lead2, Sport »
Jimenez in Andalucia
March 11, 2010
Spanish golfing great is getting involved in the Andalucian Open
Lead2, National News »
Female sexual conquest
March 11, 2010
Boffins try to unlock the secret behind female sexual desires
Features, News Feature »
Living under the axe
March 10, 2010
EXCLUSIVE: With the April 9 demolition deadline looming, the ‘Albox Nine’ were visited by MP Chris Bryant to discuss the crisis. However, amid the political furore, that is making headlines back home, Andrew Pearce discovers how easy it is to forget the real people, with real struggles at the heart of this wretched affair
Andalucia, Lead2 »
Horse owner sued
March 10, 2010
Legal action launched against stable owner whose horses died in floods
Andalucia, Lead, National News »
Catch my son’s killer
March 10, 2010
EXCLUSIVE BY SAM DALE: A mother has made an emotional appeal to Olive Press readers to help track down the suspected killer of her son.
Andalucia, Lead2, Sport »
Rooney’s Spanish battle
March 10, 2010
Rooney is among the Premiership stars considering legal action over Marbella property advice





