The Collar tightens

By Dan Myers on October 30, 2008

Environmentalists slam plans to develop ‘Special Protection’ zone above the A7 motorway THE Collar of Concrete strangling inland Andalucia is pulling tighter. The once-sacrosanct area inland from the A7 motorway is under threat of mass development.

From Jete to El Bulli

By Dan Myers on October 23, 2008

It is classed as one of the best wines in Spain and is served in some of the nation’s top restaurants. MARK ROULSTON heads to the modest village of Jete to revisit the even more modest bodega of Calvente

Law threatens Albariño wine

By Dan Myers on October 23, 2008

Draft law proposed by the region’s health authority could effectively outlaw wine production.

God in urban row

By Dan Myers on October 23, 2008

Family claims mayor ‘stole land to build illegal’ chapel A VICIOUS row has broken out over the “illegal” construction of a mountain chapel in La Alpujarra.

Promoter offers 2 for 1 home deal

By Dan Myers on October 23, 2008

A DESPERATE housing developer is offering a two-for-one offer on its homes. Salsa Inmobiliaria is giving away a one-bedroom apartment on a golf complex to those who buy one of its townhouses in the city of Málaga.

The great emasculator

By Dan Myers on October 23, 2008

Spanish men lose their mojo as pollution plays havoc with the male gender

Guilty

By Dan Myers on October 23, 2008

A British woman accused of allowing 16 horses to starve to death in Cadiz has been found guilty of cruelty in the UK

“The dead are so many here”

By Dan Myers on October 20, 2008

MARK ROULSTON travels to Órgiva to hear the history of what could be Spain’s biggest mass grave

Developers move in on Civil War mass grave

By Dan Myers on October 20, 2008

Building work begins on top of communal tomb of Franco’s victims DESCENDENTS of those killed by supporters of the military uprising that led to civil war in Spain have reacted angrily to plans to build a housing development on top of a mass grave.

Here lies Lorca?

By Dan Myers on October 20, 2008

Farmer claims mass grave skeletons were dug up and thrown away in the 1950s DOUBTS have been cast on the whereabouts of the remains of murdered poet Federico Garcia Lorca. In an interview with newspaper El Pais, a retired agricultural labourer said that a colleague found and disposed of human remains while working in Granada [...]

Let the people decide!

By Dan Myers on October 20, 2008

Landmark ruling puts controversial urban plans to the vote IN the first referendum of its kind in Spain, the residents of Almuñecar are to be asked to vote for or against urban growth in the town.

Return of the cat

By Dan Myers on October 20, 2008

Twelve generous landowners in Andalucía have signed away swathes of their property to make way for two new reserves for the World’s most endangered feline.

Michelin-starred chef arrested

By Dan Myers on October 20, 2008

A leading female chef has been accused of selling toxic shellfish A FEMALE chef has been accused of selling shellfish from dangerously contaminated rivers. Toñi Vicente, owner of the same name Galician restaurant has been detained along with nine others for allegedly selling scallops illegally harvested from Ferrol’s busy port estuary.

WWF begs end to motorway madness

By Dan Myers on October 20, 2008

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have demanded the end to a motorway project that will destroy the habitat of some of the World’s rarest animals.

Lights, camera… fallout

By Dan Myers on October 20, 2008

Hollywood bases melodrama around Almeria nuclear accident A COLD War nuclear incident that almost resulted in Andalucía being wiped off the face of the Earth is to be the subject of a Hollywood film.

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