Poetry in Motion
Granada’s International Poetry festival revs into its fourth year with novel ways of promoting the event VERSE will be reeled on wheels over the coming
Junta to invest in Alhama
THE Junta de Andalucía has announced plans to invest in the Granada Poniente. Teresa Jiménez, a provincial delegate from the regional government told an audience
Botellón or Botelloff?
Granada braces itself for May madness as thousands expected at mass open-air drinking session IN the run up to the Día de la Cruz, drinkers
Spain mayor in double “illegal” election campaign storm
ALMUNECAR mayor Juan Carlos Benavides is at the centre of an election controversy after allegations the council leader has been involved in two separate accounts
Spurs riot in Spain sparked by attack on female supporter
The British fan, Chloe Hayes, 22, who had travelled to Seville with her father Paul, was clubbed over the head with a riot baton for
Army deployed to fight pollution in Spain
In the face of rising air contamination in the Andalucia city of Cordoba, 80,000 troops have been enlisted to collect atmospheric data
Controversial Granada councils in spotlight… again
URBAN development in Spain is once again in the legal spotlight after further developments in the two high-profile building scandals to hit the Granada province
Hunger strike in Spain over restaurant refusal
Protestor claims mayor will not sign works licence A SPANISH woman has started a hunger strike at a local mayor’s refusal to allow her family
Spain hunger strike ends as accusations of double standards fly
Residents claim transfer project is “ridiculous.” SIX opponents to a controversial water transfer project in Spain have ended their six-day hunger strike. The six, all
Spain’s Black Gold
Deep in Andalucian olive country, expert olive oil producers perform their age-old alchemy, turning black fruit into gold. by Arpi ShivelyTHE charmed life of a
Double Easter tragedy hits ‘hippy’ commune
Two babies among four dead as Junta launches probe TRAGEDY has hit a traveller’s camp in La Alpujarra, Spain after four people – including two
Alien Nation
They came by night. They came by day. Silently slipping over borders, stealthily avoiding detection. Some came by boat, others by plane. Only a few
The Amputee – Issue 21
Raising the steaks A FRIEND of mine was found positive for the performance-inhibiting drug butane. “A load of anabolics,” he claimed in our local bar,
Spain loses more virgin coastline as councils declassify protected land
THE largest purpose built tourist resort in Europe is to be constructed on unspoilt coastline in Murcia, Spain. Politicians from the region’s ruling Partido Popular
Natural park under threat from town council
Cabo de Gata set to reduce in size after Carboneras motion
Indian women expelled from convent for “being foreign”
Archbishop claims he acted to “protect the vocation” TWO women have been expelled from a Granada convent because they were foreign, according to claims.