Across the line: Cocaine takes hold of Granada’s youth
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
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
Brothels for the disabled!
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
The Ghosts of Spain
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
My collision with Spain’s troubled history
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.
From raisins to rebels
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
“We don’t want a Millennium Dome”
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
Algarrobico: The never ending story
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
It stinks!
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
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
Britons largest minority in Andalucia
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
Junta stops 1,500 Alhaurin homes
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
Could semi-arid region be set for golf course project?
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
Granada constructor paid for Marbella building licenses
A GRANADA housing developer arrested during the Malaya investigation paid Juan Antonio Roca vast sums for three building licenses.
Did Junta ignore Marbella corruption?
Roca insists regional government “knew” of his activities
Court declares Lanzarote hotel “illegal”
Canary ‘Algarrobico’ built on virgin shores A 747-bed hotel built on virgin sands on Lanzarote is illegal, according to the Supreme Court of the Canary
Has freedom of speech gone to the dogs?
Carlos Pranger analyses the sinister implications after the judiciary started legal proceedings against a newspaper and a magazine for their satirical swipes at Spain’s Royal
Blas Infante: Father of Andalucia
As the anniversary of Blas Infante’s assassination is commemorated, Lisa Tilley finds out about the man who is officially recognised as el Padre de Andalucia.
Málaga dreaming
Bob Maddox stops off in the capital of the Costa del Sol and strolls arounds the city’s peculiar – yet spectacular – cathedral
Olympic escape for Russian athlete trafficked into Spanish sex trade
THE growing problem of sex-trafficking to Spain is in the spotlight after police broke up a gang that trafficked an Olympic star and 300 others
Developers call new land regulations “illegal” as court dismisses appeal
THE Supreme Court of Andalucia has dismissed an appeal to suspend radical new land laws. Officals from Fadeco, a collective of regional housing developers and
Developer more important than public interest, says judge
Judge throws Junta’s suspension appeal at Los Merinos Golf out of court as public warned not to buy at golf complex A MALAGA court has
Housing developers “funded Marbella election campaign”
Roca received one million euros for 2003 GIL election campaign SIX housing developers implicated in the Marbella council corruption scandal bankrolled a municipal election campaign,
“Bonnie and Clyde” of Baza face jail terms
Prosecution seeks ten-year jail term for film star’s step-daughter THE step-daughter of a Spanish film actress faces up to ten years behind bars for her
Incey Wincey spider
Clive Muir and Sue Eatock go peering under rocks and stones to tell us all about the only protected spider in the EU – the