Sent to their death
As 29 immigrants die, Mafias “knew” ill-equipped boats would never reach Spain
The new El Dorado
Five hundred years after Spanish conquistadors scoured the Andes in search of El Dorado, that fabled city of gold, MARK EVELEIGH reports on the Ecuadorians
Madrid seeks Nazi extraditions
Supreme Court wants to include the Butcher of Mauthausen in lawsuit THE Supreme Court is to investigate four alleged former Nazis over the deaths of
Last Granada survivor of Nazi camps dies
THE last Granada-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps has died. José María Villegas, 91, passed away during his sleep at his Baza home. A committed
More flights enter Granada departure lounge
Spanair, Vueling and Clickair cancel Granada flights as Ryanair stays – at a price GRANADA is feeling the strain of Spain’s economic crisis and rising
A tale of two gulls
Almería protects rare bird while Cádiz launches gull cull following invasion
Agave a day…
… helps us work, rest and play claims prickly BOB MADDOX, who takes a peek at one of Andalucía’s most iconic plants
Over my dead body
Despite being paralysed down one side and losing an arm in a tractor accident, Jose Moreno, 68, is hell bent on keeping open an ancient
Blocked
‘A shameless neglect of duty,’ says local walking group as an incredible 30 public footpaths are cut off around Ronda alone
Save our paths
Andalucia has some of the best – and most scenic – walks in Spain. But hikers and families out for a countryside stroll are increasingly
Shameless
THE warped logic of many councils around Andalucia is stunning. While tourists are the main source of income to the region their interests are often
Rail link gets go-ahead
A RAIL connection between the Costa de la Luz and Jerez airport has finally been given the green light.
It’s All Right, says Dylan
Bob Dylan ignores Green lobby to play concert where Sting refused to play for environmental reasons BOB Dylan has faced the ire of ecologists, unions
Spain’s coastal woes head north
NOW it is the turn of Green Spain to feel the full weight of cement. According to Greenpeace’s annual coastal report the Basque Country, Asturias
Mark Thatcher’s Ronda hideout, a kidnap threat and an African overthrow plot
Sir Mark is hiding out in fear of being seized to face trial in the Equitorial Guinea plot, now linked to Spain’s ex-PM Jose Maria
It makes you sick
Private healthcare company Sanitas sends patient to the ‘wrong’ hospital to die, and then refuses to pay the bill OLIVE PRESS INVESTIGATES
Free healthcare clampdown
British pensioners could be about to lose free healthcare under new Spanish rules THOUSANDS of British expatriates will be forced to foot the bill for
Wash out at Expo
Water water everywhere… just when the Expo water festival was preaching on saving dwindling resources IT was the last thing organisers were expecting at the
When ‘Take Off’ could mean ‘Taken off’
Minister for Public Works sues pressure group as courts investigate whether Antequera airport plan should be taken off national priority list A HUGE legal row
The battle of Lake Zahara
After their stunning home appeared in the Olive Press, the owners of Finca Pantano found a trio of buyers in a bidding war. Who said
Zen and the art of fuel efficiency
After the fuel crisis of a fortnight ago many people will be looking for more economical ways to remain on the road. Here are our
More arrests in chiclana building scandal
Over 100 Britons affected in fraud, which involved false certificates to obtain mortgages and hundreds of illegal constructions By Jenny Kean in Chiclana CHICLANA has
People power saves tortoise lake
A CAMPAIGN to save a local beauty spot near Marbella has proved successful… and all because of People Power. As the Olive Press reported in
Red card for celeb homes?
The Valle Romano development - where leading Premiership football stars Paul Robinson, Michael Brown and David Bentley have homes - is being investigated as part