Man living in Spain’s Andalucia for 15 years denied citizenship for ‘inability to read and write Spanish’ and ‘not...
“Not only has he difficulty expressing himself in the official language of the State but he does not know how to read or write in it”
14 suspected smugglers arrested in a string of drug busts across Spain’s Andalucia as 11 tonnes of hash seized
Guardia Civil seized 10 drug smuggling boats and seven vehicles as part of operations along the coast of Huelva, Cadiz and Malaga
TO BOLDLY STOW: Six British people arrested with tonne of cocaine on Spanish boat named ‘Bold’
A gang of six UK drugs traffickers have been arrested by Spanish and British police
WATCH: Shocking moment street seller stabs police chief on beach in front of tourists in Spain’s Andalucia
Other officers and a holidaymaker then pounced on the man, before he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
Police seize bumbags, football shirts and Calvin Klein underpants in huge fake clothes bust in Spain’s Andalucia
“When summer arrives sales without licenses increase and that is when we are more attentive because of the fraud that can occur”
BUSTED: €600 million empire which trafficked drugs into the UK and laundered money into Spain’s property market
At least 22 other suspects have been arrested across the continent
REVEALED: Which Andalucian province saw a 56% boom in property sales while Costa del Sol, Alicante and Balearics suffered...
It comes after the Andalucian region saw a 26% year-on-year increase in property purchases in January and a 15% boost in sales for the whole of 2018 - almost double the Costa del Sol’s 8% increase last year
Two arrested in Spain’s Andalucia over violent drug deaths after bodies dumped down well and car burnt out
Autopsies are currently taking place on the corpses, while both those arrested are giving statements
International experts unlock secrets of ancient ‘Stonehenge’ in southern Spain
Experts have also found eight human remains in the monument, which has been dated back to the 4th millennium BC
Andalucia bird sanctuary under threat from drought and wild boars
THOUSANDS of waterfowl are at risk in the Donana National Park due to a series of management blunders that are seeing eggs and chicks...
Andalucia fruit farmers berry concerned as less than 1,000 locals apply for some 23,000 job vacancies, despite huge unemployment...
The work is mostly carried out by Moroccan women who work at least 39 hours per week, and sometimes 10 hours more
FALLING FOWL: Management crisis puts Andalucia bird sanctuary under threat from drought and wild boar
Donana National Park is Europe's most important wetland, but some birds are at serious risk of extinction
Police free pregnant teen sold by parents for €8,000 to Romanian family in Spain’s Andalucia
POLICE have freed a pregnant teen who was sold by her parents to a Romanian family in Andalucia. The 16-year-old’s mum and dad flogged her...
ELECTION SHOCKER: Spain’s far-right party Vox win first ever seats in Andalucia as PSOE decimated
It is the first time a far-right Spanish political party has gained seats in a regional election since 1975, when General Franco's death brought the return of democracy
Blowing in the wind: Does pollution on Gibraltar’s border with Spain cause increased cancer rates?
Black clouds of pollution billow daily from the industrial chimneys of the Campo de Gibraltar. Is it all merely hot air or a smoking gun for cancer? The Olive Press investigates
MUST READ: First look at Andalucia recipe book by famed British food writer Fiona Dunlop
"I breathe for Málaga…. for Cádiz, for Alcalá de los Gazules, for what is intimately Andaluz." Federico García Lorca, 1924
HAM HUNT: In search of the world’s best jamón in Spain’s Andalucia
The town of Jabugo is home to one of the oldest curing cellars of jamón, Spain's finest delicacy
Immigrant workers are ‘sexually abused and exploited’ at strawberry-picking farms in Spain’s Andalucia
There have been repeated reports of labour and sexual exploitation in Huelva's strawberry fields for years
Moroccans, Romanians being recruited to fill thousands of fruit-picking positions in Andalucia despite high unemployment rate
ANDALUCIA farms are having to recruit Moroccans and Romanians to fill tens of thousands of positions due to a lack of Spanish applications. It comes...
Spain announces its latest ‘most beautiful villages’ – and four of them are in Andalucia
SPAIN has added 11 new villages to its official 'Los Pueblos mas Bonitos de España' list. The picturesque additions will become part of the government...
Andalucia Junta under Susana Diaz has only recovered 0.5% of almost €1 billion stolen in ERE corruption scandal
SUSANA Diaz's Junta has only recovered €16.5 million from the ERE and training courses scandals. Money recovered from the ERE scandal totals €4.6 million, just...
INDIAN SUMMER: Spain’s autumn to be warmer than usual and with less rainfall, particularly in Andalucia
SPAIN'S autumn will be warmer than usual this year. It comes after a scorching summer which saw temperature records broken in Madrid and Andalucia as...
HOUSE OF DEATH: Four kids lived with rotting corpses of mum and partner for DAYS in Andalucia after thinking...
FOUR children lived with their mother and her partner's rotting corpses for days in Andalucia. The kids, aged between five and 13, thought the couple...
HUNDREDS evacuated across Andalucia as major wildfires blaze through the region
SOME 500 people have been evacuated from Andalucia as firefighters tackle three separate wildfires. It comes after a major blaze was declared La Granada Riotinto...
HEAT WARNING: Temperatures to reach into the 40s from Malaga to Sevilla
THIRTY-two provinces across twelve autonomous regions are on alert today for high temperatures. The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) reports that temperatures will reach between 39C...
Spain still fastest growing destination for package holidaying Brits as at least 270,000 MORE to arrive this summer
Its closest rival, up and coming Greece, paled in comparison
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