Monday, October 2, 2023

Cordoba

Gang rape horror

Girl, 12, attacked on beach, while 13-year-old assaulted by ex and five friends in Cordoba

The artists’ way in Andalucia

Fundraising gala organised by expatriates to raise money for disadvantaged youths in Iznajar

Riddle as body of missing five-year-old found in Spain

German boy found after huge police operation scoured the mountainous area of north Cordoba

British choir on song in Andalucia

Exultate Singers from Bristol to perform a series of free concerts across the region

Don’t hook a big ’un in Andalucia!

Junta set to prosecute anyone caught trying to reel in invasive catfish that threatens area

Hunter killed 71 rare birds

Police believe illegal traps were used to snare the birds

Life’s a boar for Princes William and Harry in Spain

Princes spend weekend hunting wild boar and stags on exclusive Andalucian estate

Cadiz Carnival 2012 in pictures

The Olive Press editorial team headed to Cadiz to check out the carnival

Sharp shooters in Andalucia

New novel depicts romance between Spanish Civil War snappers

Forced evictions and mortgage debt leads to suicides

Protesters have stepped up the campaign to reform Spain’s strict mortgage laws after four suicides in just one month

Andalucia welcomes Valverde at the Vuelta a Espana

Alejandro Valverde sits in overall third place as the Vuelta a Espana is in Andalucia

Vuelta a Espana: Reynes pipped to the line in Cordoba

Spain's Reynes finished the latest stage in second place while compariot Valverde remains in contention for the red jersey

Ancient Roman mill accidently found by farmer in Spain’s Andalucia

A CORDOBA area farmer doing work on uprooting an olive tree in a field has stumbled on a large ancient Roman artefact. Working in a...

Army deployed to fight pollution in Spain

In the face of rising air contamination in the Andalucia city of Cordoba, 80,000 troops have been enlisted to collect atmospheric data

Safari Spain – Olive Press Investigation

On the Cordoba-Extremadura border, a businessman is to be tried for charging 30,000 euros to allow hunters the chance to shoot lions, tigers and even perhaps lynxes

Sick safari hunters named

The group all from Madrid - David Jimenez, his wife Basilia Toledano and friend Tomas Jose de la Flor - travelled to Extremadura to shoot two tigers and a lion bought from zoos and circuses

UNESCO affiliate demands disappearance of illegal urbanisations

A damning report from a UNESCO advisory body has demanded that the 240 illegal houses on the protected Medina Azahara site in Córdoba should “be demolished.”

Owner of illegal Medina Azahara home acquitted

Judges in Córdoba have acquitted the owner of one of the 240 illegal homes on the protected Medina Azahara site for extending the property even though it faces demolition

What lies beneath

Córdoba’s Medina Azahara holds many more secrets of the first Islamic rule of Spain

Priceless war photos may come home

The remarkable story of how some of the world’s most famous war photographs have only recently emerged after a tortuous journey from Spain, via...

Energy-conscious Granada and Córdoba launch Christmas illumination crackdown

The battle against light pollution in Andalucía has taken somewhat of a seasonal turn after council authorities in Granada delayed the switching on of the annual Christmas illuminations.

So sweet a Spanish Christmas

Forget Lapland... Andalucians all head for Rute, where even the world's sweetest tooth can be satisfied. Here, the three chocolate kings arrive in time to meet marzipan Jesus

Top of the Pops

A look at this week's music in Andalucia

Rain claims lives

Three people killed in storms in Andalucia

A riot of coloured umbrellas

Dozens of giant coloured umbrellas have been installed in Cordoba

What a cultured bunch!

Next week a shortlist will be drawn up to decide on which Spanish city will become Europe’s City of Culture in 2016. Nicola Cowell takes a look at what is on offer

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