Ronda Town Hall supports revival of doomed Los Merinos golf project
The Los Merinos project, struck down by Spanish courts in March, shows signs of revival
Press power prevails: Common sense at last over Los Merinos saga
For 20 years the Los Merinos saga has rumbled on
AT LAST: Los Merinos project bunkered after decade of legal warfare
In a victory for common sense, Ronda’s ill-conceived Los Merinos double golf course macro-project has been finally scrapped
Supreme Court scraps Andalucia’s most controversial golf macroproject Los Merinos near Ronda
Ronda’s Los Merinos golf macroproject has been scrapped by the Supreme Court after almost a decade of legal warfare
Ronda’s Los Merinos golf developers probed
Son of disgraced Catalan leader Jordi Pujol ‘made millions’ from controversial Ronda golf project
Los Merinos golf course green for go on UNESCO-protected area in Ronda
Eight years of legal wrangling and the planned development might still come to pass
Los Merinos golf was legal… BUT morally, environmentally and ethically wrong!
Ronda mayor Antonio Marin Lara not guilty of corruption
Protests over Los Merinos Golf project
Monthly demonstrations to demand the opening of closed public footpaths are planned
Los Merinos would ‘gravely endanger’ local ecosystem
As Ronda mayor appears in court for corruption, new report slams the golf project which he controversially passed
BUNKERED: Lack of licences and economy blamed by developers for halt at Los Merinos scheme
Olive Press praised for bringing controversial scheme to “international audience”
The history of Los Merinos, as told in a dozen plus stories since November 2006
IT has been a long and drawn out saga, which goes back to the re-zoning of the area of Los Merinos in 1992. While the plans by Ronda town hall were later
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 than 100 rare and endangered birds are
Junta appeals court decision to back Los Merinos developers
THE regional government has appealed the decision to allow developers to continue works at controversial Los Merinos golf course, near Ronda.
Son of Los Merinos criticised
THE mayor of a small Malaga town has come under attack for allowing the construction of nearly 200 homes alongside a celebrated nature reserve.
Los Merinos golf is “a horror story,” says famous MEP
Euro MP Michael Cashman has joined the battle to save a huge area of Unesco-protected woodland threatened by a controversial golf macro-project
Developers lose six million libel battle
Bosses lose law suit against green, campaigning magazine
Fincas to farms in Ronda
Following the decision to stop work at the controversial Los Merinos site the value of legal property is now heading in the right direction
Judge nails Andalucia golf project
Ronda may have to return €14 million to developers over controversial Los Merinos scheme
How a shady Swiss fraudster and 50 secret societies managed to turn a UNESCO protected area near Ronda into a golf macro-project…
A new book proves the Los Merinos project was set up illegally with Swiss financier Werner Rey at the helm
‘Like being accused of Hiroshima bomb’
Ronda mayor compares Los Merinos accusations to H-bomb, while calling environment boss ‘incompetent’ and ecologists ‘terrorists’
‘Like being accused of dropping the Hiroshima bomb’
Ronda mayor compares Los Merinos golf accusations to Second World War bomb
Romantic writer dies after stressful battle with developers
'Gentleman scholar' Alastair Boyd became the victim of a "mafia-style" campaign by golf developers after opposing the controversial Los Merinos scheme
David ‘Dave’ Cameron’s common touch on holiday
As new demonstration demands definitive end to Los Merinos golf, celebrities and the future Prime Minister of England enjoy walking and nature holidays in the Serrania de Ronda
Ronda town hall facing €2.8m legal battle with supermarket as corruption case rumbles on
By Jon Clarke and Anthony Piovesan A leading supermarket group is demanding €2.8 million from Ronda town hall. The move comes after Eroski pulled out of a giant commercial centre project that
The Olive Press celebrates its 15 year anniversary
FROM its very first issue in 2006 the Olive Press was campaigning for its community. Whether fighting for the environment or digging into crooks, we have grabbed some big scalps. Starting from
LONG READ: Nature lovers are waging war against barbed wire fences and locked gates to keep public trails open in Spain’s Andalucia
IMAGINE the scenario: You are walking on one of Andalucía’s beautiful public trails, it’s a walk you have enjoyed many times, but today is different