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Two Thieves Jailed For 14 Years After Committing Four Robberies In A Day In Spain's Mallorca

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Two young men in custody for sexually assaulting a woman and leaving her half-naked in Adra (Almeria)

Alberto Lejarraga - 26 May, 2023 @ 14:15

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Two PSOE candidates for Mojacar (Almeria) detained for allegedly buying votes

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EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: PP candidate for mayor in Mojacar (Almeria) allegedly misused municipality funds to benefit his father’s business

Oldest Candidate In Spain Photo By Ayuntamiento De Chercos

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Oldest mayor in Spain (97) to stand for election again in Chercos (Almeria)

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Weakened griffon vulture rescued in Spain’s Almeria

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Football president sacked over child porn charges

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 11 Aug, 2009 @ 19:22

Child porn scandal for football president

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Ecologists sue over Algorrobico hotel

- 15 Jun, 2009 @ 17:46

Ecologists are taking legal action against the illegal Algarrobico hotel

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Double Standards

- 1 May, 2009 @ 19:23

While the nearby Priors home was knocked down, the Olive Press can reveal that this enormous 420m villa - owned by local politicians - was built with just a 'renovation' licence

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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

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HELP! Lennon statue defaced

- 3 Apr, 2009 @ 12:19

Monument moved after glasses ripped off and Spanish colours daubed on Beatle idol

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Rubbed out

- 3 Mar, 2009 @ 17:49

After our report last issue about villas being built 20 metres from the beach in Mijas, activists demand date for Algarrobico hotel demolition in Almeria

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Greenpeace victory

- 25 Jan, 2009 @ 00:10

Judges in Almeria have thrown out a case against Greenpeace by the developers behind the illegal Algarrobico hotel

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Junta faces criminal charges over falsifying documents

- 25 Jan, 2009 @ 00:03

The Junta is facing criminal charges for falsifying documents over the controversial Algarrobico hotel affair

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No home, no compensation

- 24 Jan, 2009 @ 23:57

Hundreds of demonstrators mobbed the offices of Almería's town planning chief in a protest against planned demolitions.

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Illegal homes protest

- 12 Jan, 2009 @ 17:42

Hundreds of British demonstrators demand an end to sleight of hand, trickery and fraud

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Hotel saga takes another twist

- 18 Aug, 2008 @ 13:28

Directors from Azata del Sol claim to have accepted 100 million euros from central government for the Algarrobico hotel, built upon virgin sands inside the Cabo de Gata Natural Park

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A tale of two gulls

- 30 Jul, 2008 @ 12:20

Almería protects rare bird while Cádiz launches gull cull following invasion

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Illegal hotel negotiations break down

- 17 Mar, 2008 @ 10:35

Government fails to agree multi-million-euro compensation package with developers Azata del Sol

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Son of Algarrobico in legal probe

- 10 Mar, 2008 @ 15:24

A Mojacar hotel slammed as being “worse than Algarrobico” is under investigation by an Almería court

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UK couple have home demolished in Almeria

- 27 Jan, 2008 @ 12:46

Len and Helen Prior stand on the site of their former dream home putting a brave face on the wreckage that regional politics and municipal corruption have made of their retirement.

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Saved!

- 13 Nov, 2007 @ 18:16

Junta stops construction plans for Europe’s largest land-maritime nature reserve

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PSOE slams cemetery plaque honouring murdered priests

- 12 Oct, 2007 @ 11:12

Socialists in Almería have demanded the removal of a plaque from a local cemetery that commemorates Catholic victims of the Civil War

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Victory for green groups as EU investigates park constructions

- 1 Oct, 2007 @ 09:45

Cabo de Gata urban plans in spotlight while UN renews Biosphere Reserve status

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Algarrobico: The never ending story

Staff Reporter - 9 Aug, 2007 @ 19:23

As Greenpeace claims work on the Algarrobico Hotel continues, the Olive Press charts the controversial history of the edifice that has become a symbol of rampant coastal destruction

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Illegal Hotel” daubed on illegal hotel

- 20 Jul, 2007 @ 10:54

In letters three storeys high and covering 1,200 square metres, Greenpeace used 250 kilograms of black paint for its latest protest against the controversial El Algarrobico hotel.

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PP president resigns in illegal pesticide scandal

- 16 May, 2007 @ 05:13

Thehead of the Partido Popular in Vícar (Almería) has resigned after being caught red-handed with more than 1,000 kilograms of a banned pesticide.

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Natural park under threat from town council

- 9 Apr, 2007 @ 10:04

Cabo de Gata set to reduce in size after Carboneras motion

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Almuñécar PGOU unviable – regional government

Amie Keeley - 22 Feb, 2007 @ 04:23

Water infrastructure “insufficient” for Almuñécar expansion plans

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Sun, Sea and Sabrina at El Chambao de Joaquín

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 4 Jan, 2007 @ 05:14

SOMETIMES dining out can be all about timing. Choose a restaurant where the regular chef has just quit - and they are placing ads...

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The Plastic Greenhouse Effect

Staff Reporter - 3 Jan, 2007 @ 05:19

Bob Maddox asks if the environmental cost of producing cheap, year round vegetables for the northern European market is really worth it.

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Court forces work to stop on Armilla shopping centre

Karl Smallman - 6 Nov, 2006 @ 06:57

Judges in Granada have ordered construction work on the Parque Nevada shopping centre in Armilla to be stopped after a request by building officials from the regional government.

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