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
The princes’ secret Spanish playground
They killed 740 partridges in one day at the Duke of Westminster’s exclusive hunting reserve
Ski season starts on December 1
HEAVY snowfall on the Sierra Nevada mountain range has resulted in an early start to the ski season. Pistes at Europe’s most southerly ski resort
Oil spillage poisons aquifer
A GRANADA court is investigating how 120,000 tonnes of a vegetable-based contaminant was allowed to enter underground water supplies. Mayor of Atarfe Víctor Sánchez and
Dining with Lorca, Gilbert & George
Painters, musicians and writers pay homage to the Granada poet at his summer retreat
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Junta stops construction plans for Europe’s largest land-maritime nature reserve
PP to support Granada cable car
Granada will play home to the world’s longest cable car if the Partido Popular wins next year’s regional elections
Dancing bears in Spain cause public outcry
In today’s Europe, Lisa Tilley asks should it be legal to force a wild animal to perform human tricks
Coin toss mayor in corruption probe
The mayor who won election by the toss of a coin is facing calls for his resignation after the state opened a corruption investigation in
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
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
Hollywood star’s Marbella home closer to demolition
It appears the Spanish justice system has finally caught up with actor Antonio Banderas
Victory for green groups as EU investigates park constructions
Cabo de Gata urban plans in spotlight while UN renews Biosphere Reserve status
Jailed: The two men found guilty of “protecting the environment”
The charges, which both men claim “fictitious,” relate to a protest at the Ismael quarry close to Órgiva, when 30 worried residents attempted to block
EU takes regional government to court over Iberian lynx
The European Union is taking the Junta de Andalucia to court for building a road that cuts through one of the few remaining habitats of
Corruption in the classroom: the head, the thief, his wife and her cuñada
Granada primary school faces legal battle and one million euro fine after an investigation found nine unqualified teachers, eight falsified salaries, and one imaginary class
Immigrant found wandering on Spain’s highest peaks
POLICE have arrested an immigrant who was found wandering without food or water in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. 27-year-old Tony Brascons, who immigration officials
“New city” set for Malaga
ONE of the country’s biggest housing developers is planning 70,000 new homes next to Malaga’s technology park. Martinsa-Fadesa has designed plans for the macro-development just
Malaga mass graves grow
Exhumation reveals remains of 900 Franco victims
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
Did Junta ignore Marbella corruption?
Roca insists regional government “knew” of his activities
Illegal Hotel” daubed on illegal hotel
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
More than 200 involved with illegal building in Jaén
Guardia Civil implicate five current and former mayors in investigation
Fury as coin toss mayor takes post
Between shouts of “corruption” and banners protesting against alleged illegal building in the village, the mayor who won a municipal election by the toss of
The Mayor and the Property Developer: What happened in Alhama de Granada?
Across Spain the mayor/property-developer relationship has become infamous – but what happened in Alhama? As Lisa Tilley discovers, allegations that the mayor of the town
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