Fore Seasons!
Luxury hotel group is slammed for links to controversial golf project as properties are marketed despite Junta stop order
Sun, Sea & Sadness
The Olive Press launches a Christmas appeal for the forgotten street children of Andalucia
Fired up for the marathon
FORMER fireman Tony Salter is stoking himself up for the challenge of a lifetime. The Granada-based B&B owner has been spending hours training up for
Is Murcia the next Marbella?
Mayors, councillors and property developers held in police investigation Police raids against urban corruption in a small Murcia town have resulted in the arrests of
Almuñecar in the urban spotlight
Court investigates sports pavilion as judges declare Marina del Este apartments illegal ALMUÑECAR mayor Juan Carlos Benavides faces two years behind bars if found guilty
What lies beneath
Córdoba’s Medina Azahara holds many more secrets of the first Islamic rule of Spain
Owner of illegal Medina Azahara home acquitted
Judges in Córdoba have acquitted the owner of one of the 240 illegal homes on the protected Medina Azahara site for extending the property even
UNESCO affiliate demands disappearance of illegal urbanisations
A damning report from a UNESCO advisory body has demanded that the 240 illegal houses on the protected Medina Azahara site in Córdoba should “be
Super Highway or Highway to Hell?
Junta announces new 350 million motorway to the coast – 1600 metres of tunnels, a huge span bridge and entirely on virgin land – a
Dogs rescued from rescue centre
OVER 200 dogs were on the verge of being put down after a police raid on a farm in Sevilla. Describing the scene as an
007 banged up
EXCLUSIVE - Seven Britons detained after riot that began after a Spaniard insulted a British woman
Bah, humbug!*
*Or how to see the night sky and save the planet in the process Could the innocent fairy light be the reason Spain is struggling
Climate Change will see the “Africanisation” of Spain
Study warns of environmental catastrophe before the end of the century as Spain struggles to meet Kyoto demands
Gypsy heat
Spain’s oldest woman – a gypsy – has gone without heating all her life WHO needs central heating? Spain’s oldest woman Maria Diaz Cortes –
Los Merinos given the birdie!
According to report, up to five per cent of the world’s population of the extremely endangered Bonelli’s Eagle lives in controversial Ronda golf development MORE
They are out there
Were large grey cats seen near Monda a pair of lynxes or the La Cala cougar and mate? HORSERIDERS in Monda are convinced they saw
Anyone seem my cement lorry?
IT is one of the heaviest crimes Malaga province has seen for decades. But incredibly over one weekend two concrete lorries weighing 20 tonnes each,
Cash for permits scandal deepens
CASH payments in return for favours have come to light during bribary and corruption investigations in Alhaurin el Grande. It is understood that property developers
Málaga and Granada faces Christmas postal chaos
POSTAL workers in Spain are to stage a three-day walkout in protest at low salaries. The strike, which will run from December 23 to the
Sierra Nevada in bumper holiday weekend
ALMOST 30,000 visitors flocked to the ski resort of the Sierra Nevada during the recent early December holiday. According to ski management company Cetursa, the
Solidiers arrested in drugs raid
TWO soldiers have been arrested after police found four kilograms of cannabis in their car. Police in Almuñecar believe the un-named servicemen, who belong to
Top award for UK director
BRITISH film director Ken Loach has won a key Spanish award for his latest film It’s a Free World. Loach, who won plaudits for his
Building collapse kills three
THREE people died after a residential building collapsed in the northern city of Santander. Rescue workers found the body of a 70-year-old woman soon after
France and Spain unite in Eta fight
SPAIN and France will create a joint police unit to investigate the Basque separatist group Eta. Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero said the deal
Olive Press news review of the year
Twelve months of corruption, environmental matters and the best English-language coverage of the local issues that matter, the Olive Press brings you an indispensable guide
The princes’ secret Spanish playground
They killed 740 partridges in one day at the Duke of Westminster’s exclusive hunting reserve