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Andalucia on alert for severe weather

Karl Smallman - 30 Jan, 2015 @ 14:38

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Worst drought in 150 years hits Spain

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Andalucia workers are worst paid in Spain

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Andalucia stocks up on Cruzcampo beer for Christmas season

Jaen

Spanish TV chef Dario Barrio dies in skydive accident

Jaen

Local novelist pushes environmental cause

Claire Wilson - 13 Nov, 2013 @ 14:30

Local author pens novel with environmental message

Jaen

Jesus may have been clean-shaven!

Rob Horgan - 20 Oct, 2014 @ 15:30

One of the earliest depictions of Jesus has been unearthed in Jaen, and he doesn't have a beard

Jaen

Earthquake shakes Jaen, Granada and Cordoba

Eloise Horsfield - 31 Jan, 2012 @ 18:02

The quake meaured 4.4 on the Richter Scale

Jaen

Cazorla Blues festival a hit

Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) - 28 Nov, 2013 @ 06:30

Cazorla's annual BluesCazorla festival has won an award considered the Grammys of the Blues

Jaen

Poorest region in Spain scoops record lottery jackpot

Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) - 22 Dec, 2013 @ 12:11

The largest lottery in history has been won in part by groups of friends and families in Jaen, in southern Spain

Jaen

Andalucian olive oil firm crowned best in Spain

Claire Wilson - 6 Nov, 2013 @ 12:21

Castillo de Canena scoops accolade in Madrid awards ceremony

Jaen

Roman lion statue uncovered in Jaen

Claire Wilson - 5 Dec, 2013 @ 18:06

Spate of recoveries of roman remains in Jaen

Jaen

Thief shops suspected paedophile after stealing videos from his house

Claire Wilson - 20 Dec, 2013 @ 18:30

Suspected paedophile in Jaen arrested after being handed in by thief

Jaen

Spanish prosecutors drop olive oil scam case

James Bryce - 15 Dec, 2012 @ 11:00

Gang had been accused of elaborate scheme to pass off cheap oils as olive oil

Jaen

Builder crumbles

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 1 Sep, 2010 @ 09:56

Holidays cancelled after 75 per cent of tools are stolen

Jaen

Andalucia drone tests branded a success

Claire Wilson - 11 Nov, 2013 @ 18:17

Pilotless planes could come into service as early as Q1 2014

Jaen

IVF for man formerly pregnant with twins

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 1 Oct, 2009 @ 18:39

After a miscarriage saw him lose his twins in May, Ruben Coronado is trying again

Jaen

Wild horses come to Algeciras

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 10 Nov, 2009 @ 13:15

Galloping thoroughbreds cause mayhem

Jaen

Backfired!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 9 Jan, 2010 @ 00:01

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish youth in critical condition after air-up-the-backside prank goes wrong

Jaen

Turkey tossing

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 13 Feb, 2010 @ 00:01

A Jaen town defies the law to continue its 19th-Century tradition

Jaen

Woman jailed for throwing a dog out of a third storey window

Annabel Grossman - 28 Apr, 2013 @ 09:24

Woman threw a neighbour's Chihuahua out of a window in Jaen

Jaen

Spanish police bust sophisticated marijuana processing lab

Alex Iszatt (Reporter) - 17 Aug, 2013 @ 08:30

Spain's National Police have busted and dismantled a sophisticated laboratory with 900 marijuana plants in Andújar, Jaén province in southern Spain.

Jaen

Game over for tomb raiders

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 11 Dec, 2010 @ 20:27

A massive ring of Andalucian treasure looters and gold smugglers has been busted by the police

Jaen

Green groups slam ‘dead end’ project to prospect for oil in inland Andalucia

Wendy Williams - 13 May, 2012 @ 12:36

Junta backed project to search for oil and gas deposits in Jaen and Sevilla comes under fire

Jaen

Spanish olive farmers feel the squeeze from supermarkets

James Bryce - 9 Jun, 2012 @ 09:30

Competition from emerging countries has also contributed to a 50 per cent drop in market value

deer hunts authorised in cazorla natural park

Jaen

Junta authorises deer hunts in nature reserve

Eloise Horsfield - 17 Oct, 2012 @ 11:30

Four deer were killed in Cazorla natural park, making €8,000 which will be used to buy fodder

La Cultura

2016: What a year!

Staff Reporter - 4 Jan, 2017 @ 17:21

A look back at one of the most dramatic years in memory

Jaen

Two Policia Nacional officers arrested for bar brawl that caused weekend riot in Spain’s Jaen

James Warren - 16 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

TWO active Policia Nacional officers have been jailed for the bar brawl that led to last weekends riots in the Andalucian town of Linares,...

Malaga

Police arrest ‘the guardian’ of massive heroin trafficking ring in Marbella

Anthony Piovesan - 21 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

A heroin trafficking ring leader from Marbella who police have dubbed the 'guardian' of the drug has been busted. Policia Nacional and Guardia Civil Cordoba...

Jaen

Economic recovery in Spain failing to reach wage earners as poverty increases

Laurence Dollimore - 22 Mar, 2017 @ 11:57

Poverty has increased in the country despite its solid performance

Jaen

Yellow weather warning issued for southern Spain as thunderstorms get set to hit

Kirsty Mckenzie - 31 Aug, 2021 @ 17:00

SPAIN is set to be battered with rain as forecasters issue yellow weather warnings for parts of the country. A yellow weather warning for heavy...

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Smoking in bar terraces will be allowed again in Baleares

Alberto Lejarraga - 1 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

The current prohibition to smoke in bar and restaurant terraces in Baleares is set to come to an end soon. The measure took effect during...

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Woman admitted to hospital in Spain with Ebola symptoms

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1 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

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