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Granada International Festival of Music and Dance will open on June 25 and will be the first event worldwide to take place within the ‘new normal’

THE Granada International Festival of Music and Dance will open on June 25, it has been announced.

21 May, 2020 @ 14:57

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

Discovery of 40 Nasrid tombs reveals the major health issues suffered in Spain’s Granada some 800 years ago

40 tombs reveal life during the Nasrid kingdom before the conquest by the Catholic Monarchs.

21 May, 2020 @ 11:23

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s stunning Alhambra in Granada adapts spaces and hygiene conditions to reopen ‘as soon as possible’

The Alhambra is working on the adaptation of spaces for reopening.

19 May, 2020 @ 11:03

Granada·Lead

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Spain’s Health Minister says Malaga and Granada will remain Phase 1 for two weeks

Malaga and Granada will remain in Phase 1 for 14 days "unless there are very exceptional issues that would allow reconsideration," says Spanish Health Minister

18 May, 2020 @ 09:19

Granada·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Huge 8-metre shark spotted in Spain’s Andalucia in second such sighting in two weeks

DEEP sea divers have managed to film a ‘giant’ shark off the coast of Andalucia this weekend. The creature was spotted yesterday by the Guardia

17 May, 2020 @ 14:53

Granada·Lead

Spain’s Ministry of Health to decide whether Granada and Malaga move to Phase 1 by Friday

The decision will be taken this Friday, as reported by the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa.

13 May, 2020 @ 10:58

Granada·Lead·Malaga

Polish mob bosses target Andalucia as Policia crack down on Granada cartels

THREE police raids alone since November 2019 have disbanded a Polish drug network operating out of Granada. Swat teams from the Policia Nacional and the

12 May, 2020 @ 20:24

Granada·Lead

Andalucia president blasts decision to hold back Malaga and Granada from Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus deescalation plan while opposition says ‘trust the experts’

PEDRO Sanchez has caused ‘damage’ to the Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical by not allowing them to enter Phase 1 of the coronavirus deescalation

10 May, 2020 @ 15:01

Granada·Lead·Malaga

Parts of Spain’s Costa del Sol and Granada set to be prohibited from meeting up with friends in Phase 1 of deescalation plan due to higher incidence of coronavirus

THE Junta de Andalucia has asked Madrid to allow all eight of its provinces to enter Phase 1 of the deescalation plan on Monday –

7 May, 2020 @ 11:56

Granada·Lead·Malaga

Couple wheel dead body of mother into the street to hide their large scale marijuana drug den in Spain’s Andalucia

A TWISTED drug dealer has been arrested after faking the circumstances of her mother’s death in a bid to protect her illicit business. The 41-year-old

6 May, 2020 @ 21:26

Granada·Lead

Earthquake rumbles Spain’s Andalucia

A SMALL earthquake has struck Andalucia. The epicentre of the seismic event was in the tiny town of Iznalloz, 35 kilometres north of Granada. The

4 May, 2020 @ 12:34

Environment·Granada·Lead

WATCH: Large shark spotted off Spain’s Andalucia as it takes advantage of near empty shores amid coronavirus lockdown

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4w9B2Ri5Y[/embedyt] THIS is the moment a shark was spotted checking out the near empty shores of Andalucia at the weekend. According to Ideal, the

4 May, 2020 @ 08:00

Granada·Lead

Dad arrested after dumping son on motorway to divert police and flee COVID-19 roadblock in Spain’s Andalucia

A DAD has been arrested after dumping his son on the side of a motorway to divert police and flee a roadblock. The 36-year-old father

26 Apr, 2020 @ 20:37

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Granada players agree to take a 19% pay cut due to coronavirus

GRANADA players have agreed to take a 19% pay cut due to COVID-19.

17 Apr, 2020 @ 15:30

Granada·Lead·Sport

CHEERS: Whisky distillery switches production to anti-coronavirus alcohol disinfectants

A COMPANY in Granada has become the first booze distillery in Spain to start producing alcohol-based disinfectant sprays. Liber SL, in the municipality of Padul, has now received

11 Apr, 2020 @ 13:22

Granada·Lead