Maddie taken to Morocco by paedophiles
Majority of Spaniards believe McCanns are lying after TV appeal A TOP Spanish detective agency believes Maddie McCann was kidnapped to order by a gang
Opponents question water plans for “semi-desert” Granada
Junta backs project to drill mineral water from Sierra Nevada DESERTIFICATION, land erosion and the loss of the province’s only wetlands are just three consequences
Reclaiming the coasts
Government spends five billion euros in demolishing coastline constructions
Under Extremeño Skies
The reputations of Pizarro and other conquistadores left a legacy for the mother of an extremeño to worry about
Horsing around in the hills
Pale rider Jason Heppenstall does his best Clint Eastwood impression and convinces his family that he is not in fact a cowboy
Moorish mausoleum uncovered in Berja
Outrage as Junta allows housing development to go ahead despite “important” find A HOUSING development is going ahead despite it being built on the site
From squatter camp to theme park: is there no middle way for the Sacromonte?
Ten months after eviction of artists’ community, Granada City Hall announces luxury tourist development for “dangerous” caves – Lisa Tilley
Drowning in a desert of plastic
There is a certain irony, claims Bob Maddox, that not only do the plastic greenhouses of the coast of Almería and Granada suck the land
“Carcogenics are pumped into the atmosphere”
AS long ago as 2005 did environmentalists warn of the potential damage wrought by plasticultra. And for almost three years, regional authorities have been aware
Another nail in cable car coffin
Government believes ecosystem of Sierra Nevada will be “irreversibly transformed” PLANS to build the world’s longest cable car between Granada and the Sierra Nevada National
New lynx population found in Spain
Hopes for the future survival of the world’s most endangered cat species have been raised after the discovery of an unknown population of Iberian lynx.
Chains of shame
Dog left to die and then summarily burnt next to neighbour’s plot
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Climate Change*
With the news that up to 85 per cent of Andalucia is under threat from desertification, in this simple Q&A scientist AZZAM QASRAWI explains the
Climate undergoes sea change
Bob Maddox assess the findings of a report claiming the oceans are not absorbing as much carbon dioxide as they once did
Saints and souls and modern day ghouls
For Theresa O’Shea, Halloween in Spain is a time for visiting departed loved ones and eating roasted chestnuts
The dehesas of Extremadura
The size of Switzerland, the region of Extremadura is home to farmland unique to Spain and endangered animals such as the lynx and imperial eagle
“The countryside is dead”
Following our exclusive pictures last issue showing the destruction caused when golf developers move in, the Olive Press reports on a scheme in the north
Law restricts future golf courses in Andalucía
Draft could end golf-urban development links
Illegal constructions pose threat to human life
URBAN growth has increased the risk of flooding in Andalucía to such an extent that human life is at risk. Those are the findings of
Controversial road gets thumbs up
MADRID has given its backing to a motorway that will cut through one of the region’s areas of outstanding beauty. Almost ten kilometres of the
A local paedophile, not the McCanns killed Maddie
As the parents of Missing Madeleine claim their innocence on Spanish TV, the Olive Press’ Jon Clarke – the first British newspaper journalist on the
A fairway to treat nature?
Olive Press Exclusive Text and photographs: Jon Clarke AN ecological nightmare, hundreds of ancient oaks apparently stand dead. Pulled up for a huge golf macroproject,
Costa del Con
A MÁLAGA based holiday company has been accused of conning tens of thousands with promises of cut-price holidays in exotic locations.
Dancing bears in Spain cause public outcry
In today’s Europe, Lisa Tilley asks should it be legal to force a wild animal to perform human tricks
Dispatches from a place long lost
In the 50th anniversary since its first publication, Carlos Pranger looks at the events that led to seminal book, South from Granada
Journey to the Imperial City
Jason Heppenstall travels to Toledo – the “Rome of Spain” – and ends up in a Brit bar like no other