Tortoise under threat as super complex given go ahead
A POPULATION of endangered tortoise is under threat after work on one of the largest purpose built tourist resorts in Europe was given the greenlight.
U-turn over anthem lyrics
SPAIN’S Olympic Committee has backed down over proposed lyrics for the country’s wordless national anthem. In a volte face, Olympic officials discarded the winning lyrics
CIA reveals Franco nuclear plans
DICTATOR Francisco Franco wanted to develop a nuclear arms programme to consolidate Spain’s international standing, according to a declassified report by the CIA.
14 held in terror raids
SPAIN is on red alert after police arrested 14 people who were allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on Barcelona. Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba said
A Gallic put down for Spain’s chefs
SPAIN has been given a grilling in the latest Michelin guide. The French food bible reckons the country has hardly improved at all over the
Homes benefit from Green cash injection
Three billion euros is what it costs to make Spain more environmentally aware THE Government has announced a one-billion-euro package in its bid to make
Top award for UK director
BRITISH film director Ken Loach has won a key Spanish award for his latest film It’s a Free World. Loach, who won plaudits for his
Building collapse kills three
THREE people died after a residential building collapsed in the northern city of Santander. Rescue workers found the body of a 70-year-old woman soon after
France and Spain unite in Eta fight
SPAIN and France will create a joint police unit to investigate the Basque separatist group Eta. Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero said the deal
Pensioners stop Murcia urban plans
Court suspends road construction after octogenarians win land grab appeal PEDRO CAMACHO looks on victoriously. “If they have to knock down my house then so
Fun loving bears desperately seeking mate
Spain’s only captive Cantabrian brown bears, Paca and Tola, have been Asturias’ favourite sisters for the past decade – but now it is hoped they
Photographs reveal uncertain future for Spain
A NEW book reveals Spain of the near future to be a desolate place, barely able to support its traditional industries of tourism and agriculture.
Amateur film-maker causes stir with anti-construction video
Thousands see footage likening Spain to Palestine A MUEZZIN offers his call to prayer as the camera pans across a wasted desert landscape. In the
British cannibal jailed
Victim was sent by God, according to killer’s letters A BRITON who claimed to have killed and eaten his girlfriend has been sentenced to 12
A tale of two species
Spain’s government has contrasting opinions on the soaring numbers of Iberian wolf and lynx
Maddie taken to Morocco by paedophiles
Majority of Spaniards believe McCanns are lying after TV appeal A TOP Spanish detective agency believes Maddie McCann was kidnapped to order by a gang
Reclaiming the coasts
Government spends five billion euros in demolishing coastline constructions
New lynx population found in Spain
Hopes for the future survival of the world’s most endangered cat species have been raised after the discovery of an unknown population of Iberian lynx.
“The countryside is dead”
Following our exclusive pictures last issue showing the destruction caused when golf developers move in, the Olive Press reports on a scheme in the north
Lorca remains could be exhumed under new law
Government promises financial aid to unearth mass graves SPAIN’S darkest secrets, which have largely remained untold for 70 years, could soon be uncovered after a
Antequera golf course in court
A COURT case has begun against the constructors behind a golf course in Villanueva del Rosario. Among a litany of crimes, the developers Aifos and
Spain remembers “forgotten” past
MORE than 30 years after his death, Francisco Franco’s dictatorship is a step closer to being officially condemned. After a draft was agreed last week
Bogus police gang busted
Modern day highwaymen posed as police officers to rob unsuspecting travellers – Olive Press exclusive A GANG that passed themselves off as police officers to
Junta appeals court decision to back Los Merinos developers
THE regional government has appealed the decision to allow developers to continue works at controversial Los Merinos golf course, near Ronda.
Zapatero asks UN to lead climate change battle
But can Spain meet Kyoto and EU emissions targets as PM promises?
A fool shows his annoyance; a prudent man overlooks an insult
“Dictatorial” archbishop makes peace with revolting parishioners