Welcome to my prison office
Disgraced mayor is ‘running town hall’ from his jail cell. Here, Juan Enciso is seen leaving court.
Lucky trousers
Winning lottery ticket put in the wash
Double tragedy needs averting
The PP backs plans to save historical site that inspired Garcia Lorca's masterpiece
Noise does pay
Family win 45,000 euros after having to put up with noisy pub for 15 years
El Ejido Mayor Arrested
Juan Enciso Ruiz suspected of money laundering and bribery
Battle Over Blood Wedding
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
Fight over Algarrobico goes on
The long-running saga continues
Football president sacked over child porn charges
Child porn scandal for football president
Ecologists sue over Algorrobico hotel
Ecologists are taking legal action against the illegal Algarrobico hotel
Double Standards
While the nearby Priors home was knocked down, the Olive Press can reveal that this enormous 420m villa - owned by local politicians - was
Demolished homeowners can rebuild their lives
An order to demolish the home of an English couple in Spain last year has been overruled as illegal
HELP! Lennon statue defaced
Monument moved after glasses ripped off and Spanish colours daubed on Beatle idol
Rubbed out
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
Greenpeace victory
Judges in Almeria have thrown out a case against Greenpeace by the developers behind the illegal Algarrobico hotel
Junta faces criminal charges over falsifying documents
The Junta is facing criminal charges for falsifying documents over the controversial Algarrobico hotel affair
No home, no compensation
Hundreds of demonstrators mobbed the offices of Almería's town planning chief in a protest against planned demolitions.
Illegal homes protest
Hundreds of British demonstrators demand an end to sleight of hand, trickery and fraud
Hotel saga takes another twist
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
A tale of two gulls
Almería protects rare bird while Cádiz launches gull cull following invasion
Illegal hotel negotiations break down
Government fails to agree multi-million-euro compensation package with developers Azata del Sol
Son of Algarrobico in legal probe
A Mojacar hotel slammed as being “worse than Algarrobico” is under investigation by an Almería court
UK couple have home demolished in Almeria
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
Saved!
Junta stops construction plans for Europe’s largest land-maritime nature reserve
PSOE slams cemetery plaque honouring murdered priests
Socialists in Almería have demanded the removal of a plaque from a local cemetery that commemorates Catholic victims of the Civil War
Victory for green groups as EU investigates park constructions
Cabo de Gata urban plans in spotlight while UN renews Biosphere Reserve status
Algarrobico: The never ending story
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