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Andalucia on alert for severe weather

Karl Smallman - 30 Jan, 2015 @ 14:38

Business & Finance

Isis and al-Qaeda funded by 250 Spanish businesses

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Operation Edu seizes 15 people for fraud in Andalucia

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EXCLUSIVE: Expat property fraudster jailed after long Spanish spree

Almeria

Nigel Goldman fraud case moves to Fuengirola court

Almeria

Naturist hotel in Almeria among world’s best nudist spots

Rob Horgan - 20 Dec, 2014 @ 11:00

Hotel Vera Playa Club has been named as the sixth best nudist hotel in the world

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40,000 sign petition for Palomares nuclear clean-up

Iona Napier - 2 Mar, 2015 @ 16:32

Ecologists and locals unite against government failure to remove highly radioactive matter from Almeria

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Campaign to save Almeria’s ‘most famous tapas bar’

Rob Horgan - 29 Jan, 2015 @ 17:35

Casa Puga will be forced to shut in March due to a change in rental laws

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Seven years since demolition of British couple’s Almeria home

Tom Powell - 9 Jan, 2015 @ 18:06

The Priors have lived in the garage ever since their home was bulldozed over 'planning irregularities'

Food & Drink

Almeria paints town red for tomato festival

Iona Napier - 25 Feb, 2015 @ 13:26

With music, live cookery shows and tomatoes galore, Almeria's tomato festival reminded participants just how vital the crop is to Andalucia

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Don’t make us homeless in Almeria!

James Bryce - 8 May, 2012 @ 09:30

Mobile home owners call in police over plans to force them to move

Almeria

VIDEO: Two more British-owned homes to be demolished in Almeria

Rob Horgan - 9 Nov, 2014 @ 10:00

The Junta has ordered the demolition of two more British-owned homes in Cantoria

Almeria

Law amendment to regulate Spanish 25,000 properties put on fast-track by Junta de Andalucia

Jacqueline Fanchini (Reporter) - 18 Oct, 2014 @ 14:00

Junta to legalize 25,000 irregular homes, just in time for the elections

Almeria

TV executive resigns after New Year’s Eve broadcast blunder in Almeria

Tom Powell - 5 Jan, 2015 @ 13:37

The countdown clock chimes were interrupted by commercial adverts. Watch the video here

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Spain’s most expensive petrol station in Almeria, reveals study

Tom Powell - 18 Nov, 2014 @ 17:40

While the cheapest place to fill up on the Costa del Sol is in Estepona...

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DISGRACE: El Algarrobico hotel declared legal…. Have your say, legal or not?

Tom Powell - 2 Apr, 2014 @ 11:46

Green groups shocked as Algarrobico hotel is deemed legal while expats, such as the Priors, see their disputed homes bulldozed

Almeria

Hollywood director Ridley Scott blames Spain for allegedly racist casting

Imogen Calderwood - 2 Dec, 2014 @ 17:22

His forthcoming biblical epic features Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver

Almeria

Spanish supermarket dog food link to expat pet deaths in Almeria

Wendy Williams - 24 Feb, 2012 @ 19:46

EXCLUSIVE: Mercadona's own brand Compy has been withdrawn from the shelves around Almeria, after expats complaints. BY WENDY WILLIAMS

Almeria

The Great Train Robbery ‘mole’ finally identified

Rob Horgan - 29 Sep, 2014 @ 16:44

The 'insider' behind Great Train Robbery has been identified by criminal mastermind Gordon Goody at his house in Almeria

Almeria

Demolished homeowners can rebuild their lives

- 16 Apr, 2009 @ 14:27

An order to demolish the home of an English couple in Spain last year has been overruled as illegal

Almeria

Radio frequency war leads to diplomatic incident

Giles Brown - 7 May, 2014 @ 13:44

Spectrum FM and Smooth FM's battle over a radio frequency disrupted an official Moroccan national station

Almeria

British actors Tom Felton and Joseph Fiennes ‘inspired’ in Andalucia

Rob Horgan - 19 Nov, 2014 @ 17:52

While Clavius directors admit Almeria was chosen mainly for tax purposes

Almeria

Work to resume at controversial Algarrobico hotel

Imogen Calderwood - 5 Oct, 2014 @ 16:00

The 'hotel ilegal' saga has taken another twist

Almeria

Spider bite nearly kills holidaymaker in Spain

Frances Leate - 27 Mar, 2013 @ 11:32

A mum of three became gravely ill after being bitten by a spider while sunbathing

Almeria

Mojacar: The Corner of Enchantment

Wendy Williams - 16 Jun, 2012 @ 12:03

Long-time resident Lenox Napier recalls the good old days of Mojacar when his dad played checkers with Orson Welles and kicked a young Dennis Hopper up the backside

Almeria

British expats win landmark victory in illegal property hearing in Almeria

Tom Powell - 2 Oct, 2014 @ 16:19

Four British couples have been awarded almost €150,000 in compensation between them

Almeria

Lenox Napier found guilty of defaming the Euesdens

Claire Wilson - 20 Mar, 2014 @ 10:28

Blogger convicted in Almeria court after posting a series of online articles

Almeria

Battle Over Blood Wedding

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 27 Sep, 2009 @ 19:14

As debate rages about the exhumation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s body will the chapel that inspired his most famous work be allowed to sink into the ground?

Almeria

Spanish man beats elderly neighbour’s dog to death in Almeria

Tom Powell - 17 Nov, 2014 @ 08:30

The dog had belonged to the elderly woman's deceased grand-daughter

Almeria

Dragon washes up on Andalucian beach… or does it

Alex Iszatt (Reporter) - 23 Aug, 2013 @ 14:59

A 13ft monster washed up on a beach this week, and experts have discovered its true identity

Almeria

Expat pensioner seeking ponzi victims to get Axiom crooks in court

Imogen Calderwood - 6 Sep, 2014 @ 08:30

Estimated 12,000 victims worldwide

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Spanish pharmacies report long delays in hundreds of medications amid Europe drug shortage

Anthony Piovesan - 4 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Spanish pharmacies have reported long delays in hundreds of different kinds of medication as Europe grapples with a drug shortage. Spanish pharmacies had a hard...

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How British expat turned land rover into luxury home ahead of ‘mammoth’ road trip through Africa

4 Feb, 2023 @ 13:30

CHILLING OUT: Living on the snowline in Spain’s Granada region

4 Feb, 2023 @ 12:19

Amazon ‘Flex’ couriers were falsely self-employed, Spanish court rules

4 Feb, 2023 @ 12:15

2 bedroom Flat for sale in Elche / Elx – € 270,000

4 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

Spain’s Andalucia contemplates reactivating works on high-speed rail track Malaga-Sevilla—which would connect the two cities in less than an...

4 Feb, 2023 @ 10:30

Online scammers sold fake tickets to festivals and shows in Spain

Online Costa Blanca scammers sold fake tickets to festivals and shows in Spain

4 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

The A-395 access road to the Sierra Nevada Ski resort in Spain’s Granada temporarily reopens for peak winter sports...

4 Feb, 2023 @ 01:35

Gibraltar leader blasts customs Eastern Beach landing as ‘most serious and dangerous incident’ in years

3 Feb, 2023 @ 19:01

Easyjet cabin crew in Spain reach pay deal and call off strikes

Best time to book cheap flights new Skyscanner data reveals

3 Feb, 2023 @ 18:45

Gibraltar’s answer to TED talks, Gibtalks, offers this weekend 17 speakers from diverse areas of life

3 Feb, 2023 @ 17:57

Top Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies, aged 88

3 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

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