Coin toss mayor in corruption probe
The mayor who won election by the toss of a coin is facing calls for his resignation after the state opened a corruption investigation in
Sick safari hunters named
The group all from Madrid - David Jimenez, his wife Basilia Toledano and friend Tomas Jose de la Flor - travelled to Extremadura to shoot
Why do some want us to forget?
If Spain’s judges can chase, hound and illegitimise Latin American dictators, why can’t they do the same to their own asks Carlos Pranger WITH the
The Queen of Spain’s literary past
Hemingway for lunch, fascists hiding in the bathroom, beatnik blondes staying for years. After the Olive Press reported that Gerald Brenan’s house is in danger
Drought to continue as water year ends
THE region has officially entered its fourth year of drought but water shortages next summer are unlikely. That was the message from the regional government
Court stops Cádiz golf course extension
A COURT in Cádiz has refused planning permission for an extension to a local golf course. The Partido Popular council of El Puerto had originally
Drowning in water, bricks and mortar
As the big clean up of Almuñecar begins, Bob Maddox draws parallels between the flood destruction wrought in the town and that in sleepy Lynmouth
Brussels investigates “illegal” Spanish tax breaks
SPANISH companies could be forced to hand back billions of euros in tax breaks used to help them take over foreign companies after the European
The Search for Lorca’s Grave
Carlos Pranger WHEN the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, Gerald Brenan was living with his wife Gamel Woolsey in Churriana, a village west
PSOE slams cemetery plaque honouring murdered priests
Socialists in Almería have demanded the removal of a plaque from a local cemetery that commemorates Catholic victims of the Civil War
Lorca remains could be exhumed under new law
Government promises financial aid to unearth mass graves SPAIN’S darkest secrets, which have largely remained untold for 70 years, could soon be uncovered after a
Hollywood star’s Marbella home closer to demolition
It appears the Spanish justice system has finally caught up with actor Antonio Banderas
La Cala Cougar
Is a wild cat on the loose in Mijas Costa? FOR decades there have been countless sightings of wildcats inside London’s M25, but on the
Antequera golf course in court
A COURT case has begun against the constructors behind a golf course in Villanueva del Rosario. Among a litany of crimes, the developers Aifos and
Spain remembers “forgotten” past
MORE than 30 years after his death, Francisco Franco’s dictatorship is a step closer to being officially condemned. After a draft was agreed last week
Mystery deluge of sewage from Ronda massacres thousands of fish
Could malfunction of new Ronda sewage works be behind leak that has snuffed out all life in the Guadiaro in Jimera?
The goats of Spain
The wild mountain goats frequently found in herds across the mountain ranges of Andalucia are Spanish Ibex
Brussels to the rescue
EC and UN to have final say as Junta expresses concerns over Sierra Nevada cable car PLANS for the world’s longest cable car have received
Digs, not dig it up!
Demonstrators protest to save history of the Antequera vega threatened by AVE
Junta to pay the mortgage as 700,000 new homes planned
Regional government to pay families up to 1,000 euros per month for a “dignified home” The regional government of Andalucia is pioneering a scheme to
Bogus police gang busted
Modern day highwaymen posed as police officers to rob unsuspecting travellers – Olive Press exclusive A GANG that passed themselves off as police officers to
Monarch says adios to Granada
Second-home owners threaten to sell up as airline pulls Gatwick-Granada route – Exclusive by Jo Chipchase USERS of Monarch’s Gatwick-Granada route have been angered at
Almuñecar “like Third World” after flooding
Was damage worsened by riverbed construction? SCENES of devastation likened to a Third World country and 70 million euros of damage are the results of
Works begin on “unsustainable” golf course
Residents claim electricity cables are laid at Parchite Golf
Victory for green groups as EU investigates park constructions
Cabo de Gata urban plans in spotlight while UN renews Biosphere Reserve status