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Granada unites for DO fight

- 29 Jan, 2008 @ 18:04

Bodegas join forces to better ‘vino de la tierra’ category with prized Denominacion de Origen

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Granada top of the table for wines

- 7 Jan, 2008 @ 10:57

Despite the heavy storms in May that battered La Alpujarra, laying waste to hundreds of hectares of vines, two of that region’s signature bodegas had a bumper end to the year.

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Ski season starts on December 1

- 26 Nov, 2007 @ 15:44

HEAVY snowfall on the Sierra Nevada mountain range has resulted in an early start to the ski season. Pistes at Europe’s most southerly ski resort...

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Oil spillage poisons aquifer

- 23 Nov, 2007 @ 16:13

A GRANADA court is investigating how 120,000 tonnes of a vegetable-based contaminant was allowed to enter underground water supplies. Mayor of Atarfe Víctor Sánchez and...

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Dining with Lorca, Gilbert & George

- 23 Nov, 2007 @ 10:51

Painters, musicians and writers pay homage to the Granada poet at his summer retreat

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PP to support Granada cable car

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 9 Nov, 2007 @ 15:11

Granada will play home to the world’s longest cable car if the Partido Popular wins next year’s regional elections

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Dancing bears in Spain cause public outcry

Adam Neale (Columnist) - 16 Oct, 2007 @ 11:53

In today’s Europe, Lisa Tilley asks should it be legal to force a wild animal to perform human tricks

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Coin toss mayor in corruption probe

- 15 Oct, 2007 @ 14:06

The mayor who won election by the toss of a coin is facing calls for his resignation after the state opened a corruption investigation in one of Granada’s smallest villages

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Jailed: The two men found guilty of “protecting the environment”

- 18 Sep, 2007 @ 12:30

The charges, which both men claim “fictitious,” relate to a protest at the Ismael quarry close to Órgiva, when 30 worried residents attempted to block access to the works site.

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Corruption in the classroom: the head, the thief, his wife and her cuñada

- 17 Sep, 2007 @ 09:33

Granada primary school faces legal battle and one million euro fine after an investigation found nine unqualified teachers, eight falsified salaries, and one imaginary class

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Immigrant found wandering on Spain’s highest peaks

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 4 Sep, 2007 @ 09:19

POLICE have arrested an immigrant who was found wandering without food or water in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. 27-year-old Tony Brascons, who immigration officials...

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Fury as coin toss mayor takes post

- 26 Jun, 2007 @ 09:36

Between shouts of “corruption” and banners protesting against alleged illegal building in the village, the mayor who won a municipal election by the toss of a coin faced angry protestors as he officially accepted his post

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The Mayor and the Property Developer: What happened in Alhama de Granada?

- 25 Jun, 2007 @ 14:35

Across Spain the mayor/property-developer relationship has become infamous – but what happened in Alhama? As Lisa Tilley discovers, allegations that the mayor of the town allowed a property developer to set up an office in the town hall have still not been investigated

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Tails, mayor wins… But is it best of three?

- 12 Jun, 2007 @ 08:54

Toss of a 20-centimo coin decides who becomes mayor of small Alpujarra town

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Mayor and urban chief in Spain accused of five planning offences

Karl Smallman - 15 Mar, 2007 @ 08:08

Police recorded phone conversations of town planning chief councillor in Alhendin

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Spain councillor charged with bribery and fraud

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 7 Mar, 2007 @ 09:31

Judges release Alhendín town planning boss on bail

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Open: the most expensive road in history

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 2 Mar, 2007 @ 08:34

After two years of delays, the Nerja-La Herradura stretch of the A7 road finally gets its official opening

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Suspected rapist held in Órgiva

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 15 Feb, 2007 @ 08:55

Belgian man suspected of rape in his country arrested in Órgiva

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Tea of Tranquility

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 6 Feb, 2007 @ 10:12

In the narrow lanes of Granada’s Arab quarter, perfumed secrets wait to be revealed.

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UNESCO slams Contraviesa reservoir plans

- 6 Feb, 2007 @ 08:21

World heritage group UNESCO has condemned regional government plans to build a second reservoir on the Contraviesa mountain range in La Alpujarra

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Urban corruption conviction overturned

Karl Smallman - 1 Feb, 2007 @ 03:23

Socialist mayor vows revenge on “Taleban” Partido Popular

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A great way tapas the weekend

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 23 Jan, 2007 @ 12:09

Granada: home to the Alhambra palace, the Albaicín and thousands of tapas bars. In the name of research, Mark Roulston visits just a few...

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The search for Lorca’s Grave

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 23 Jan, 2007 @ 11:55

WHEN the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, Gerald Brenan was living with his wife Gamel Woolsey in Churriana, a village west of...

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Junta faces private lawsuit from residents’ group

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 23 Jan, 2007 @ 09:27

Reservoir will destroy local agriculture, farmers claim

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Broken ear-rings lead to fatal stabbing

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 8 Jan, 2007 @ 10:40

A VICIOUS three-year-dispute over faulty jewellery ended in tragedy after a man was killed in front of his wife and one-year-old son. Angel Luis...

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Junta announces cull of 1,767 natural park deer

- 5 Jan, 2007 @ 09:08

Regional government officials have announced a deer cull that will lead to the animals’ extinction in the Sierra de Baza.

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