Government reiterates coast battle

By on March 30, 2008

Cádiz coast first to benefit from construction crackdown

Suicide drama at “illegal” housing complex

By on March 30, 2008

Olive Press averts tragedy as man threatens to take his life FOR John Wilson it was supposed to represent an investment. Seven off-plan apartments in a complex in the scenic mountains of Granada that – once built – he could sell on for profit. But for him, it has turned into a nightmare. The apparent […]

Judge bails Malaya mastermind for one million euros

By on March 29, 2008

Police warn Roca will flee THE judge investigating the web of corruption at the town hall of Marbella has granted bail to the man considered to be its mastermind. Juan Antonio Roca, who amassed a 200-million euro fortune after allegedly awarding building licences in exchange for money, has been on remand since his arrest on […]

Dangerous shores for Jaws

By on March 28, 2008

It is official. The Mediterranean Sea is now the most dangerous place on Earth to swim – that is, if you are a shark

Is there soon to be no missing lynx?

By on March 28, 2008

Something in the air as two of the world’s most endangered feline give birth while third is expecting

Jaen boy does good

By on March 28, 2008

Ayub Khan Din has just won the most prestigious British theatre award for his comedy Rafta Rafta

Britons targetted in armed raid

By on March 28, 2008

A BRITISH family have been attacked during an armed raid on their exclusive home. The family were tied up and held at gunpoint during the attack in a private gated community where the Duchess of York is a regular visitor and footballer Glenn Hoddle owns a home.

Illegal builder goes to jail

By on March 28, 2008

A MAN who built an illegal house in Velez Malaga has been sent to prison. The builder, who constructed the home in Almayate, has been handed a year sentence, plus a 3,600 euro fine.

Five nations without a game

By on March 28, 2008

Despite local villagers taking to notion of organised violence with glee, new Cortes rugby team needs some opposition IT started as a drunken bet four years ago between a disgruntled Australian and an Englishman.

New Audi and 50,000 house bought in cash as Alhaurin mayor’s lifestyle analysed

By on March 28, 2008

THE mayor of Alhaurin el Grande spent over 80,000 in cash on property and a top of the range Audi in 2005, investigators have discovered.

Not so Lanzagrotty

By on March 28, 2008

On a recent trip to the most northern of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote, I was amazed at the breathtaking landscape and sheer diversity of food.

Axarquia mayors in urban crackdown

By on March 27, 2008

THE councils of two towns in the Axarquia mountain range are at the centre of state prosecutions into planning offences. Juan Millán, the PSOE mayor of La Viñuela, faces up to 18 months in jail for allegedly granting licences to build three homes on green-belt land.

Gaucin is cracking up

By on March 20, 2008

New development to blame as earth opens up to swallow the mountain town A HUGE series of cracks is threatening to sink Gaucin into the earth. A massive hole, the size of a tennis court, has opened up on the edge of town.

Bin the bag

By on March 19, 2008

Olive Press launches campaign to consign the plastic bag to the dustbin

Illegal hotel negotiations break down

By on March 17, 2008

Government fails to agree multi-million-euro compensation package with developers Azata del Sol

Superbug rescues plastic crops

By on March 17, 2008

Scientists create predator to destroy plagues as winds destroy greenhouses SCIENTISTS in Almería have created an environmentally-friendly superbug to protect salad crops grown under plastic. In a bid to reduce the use of chemical pesticides, the team from Almería University has made a genetically-modified ladybird specifically designed for invernaderos (plastic greenhouses).

Weather phenomena threatens Galicia seafood

By on March 17, 2008

SUCCULENT shellfish from the rias of Galicia could soon be as difficult to order in restaurants as a plate of roasted dodo. Due to an unexplicable drop in winds, numbers of clams, mussels, barnacles and octopus have drastically fallen in the flooded valleys of that north west region of the country.

Doñana migratory cycles affected by climate change

By on March 17, 2008

Higher temperatures, a gradual increase in both sea levels and salinity and a drying out of the park’s famous marshes are some of the effects of climate change on one of Spain’s largest nature reserve

Russia link to Málaga police corruption

By on March 17, 2008

TWO high-ranking members of the Costa del Sol’s crack anti-corruption police force have been arrested for alleged fraud and embezzlement.

Murder hunt as autopsy shows Mariluz did not drown

By on March 17, 2008

Police believe five-year-old was asphyxiated before being thrown into river AN autopsy on the body of Mariluz Cortes shows the five-year-old died only hours after she went missing on January 13.

Four years of change, four years of controversy

By on March 10, 2008

As the PSOE party retains power in Spain, CARLOS PRANGER analyses the socialist’s first four years in government

Son of Algarrobico in legal probe

By on March 10, 2008

A Mojacar hotel slammed as being “worse than Algarrobico” is under investigation by an Almería court

Foreigners, use your (neighbour’s) vote

By on March 4, 2008

Internet campaign gives immigrants their say in national elections FRUSTRATED at not being able to vote on March 9? Angry with the way the country is being run but feel powerless to affect change? Then fear not. An internet campaign is underway