VIDEO: Guardia Civil smash car window to rescue dog
Officers had no choice but to save the dog from heat exhaustion
€4.7 million to be spent in 2023 removing biomass from polluted Mar Menor in Murcia
THE Murcia regional government has authorised €4.7 million to be allocated next year to continue the process of removing biomass from the Mar Menor...
Ecologists blast new coastal path on Spain’s Costa del Sol for ‘bringing more litter’ and ‘damaging natural habitats’
ECOLOGISTS have blasted the highly anticipated coastal path for 'bringing more litter' to the beachfront and 'damaging natural habitats'.
Ecologistas en Accion claim the ambitious...
Radioactive row: Town halls stripped of right to block nuclear waste disposal facilities
By Nickacia Forrester
LOCAL town halls will no longer be allowed to block plans to build or extend radioactive waste storage facilities.
It is one of...
WATCH: Panic-stricken passengers break train window to escape as wildfire engulfs tracks in eastern Spain
AROUND a dozen passengers on a train travelling through a wildfire zone in Castellon province of eastern Spain suffered burns after they feared the...
‘Car-free Day’ backfires in Spain after closing of streets leads to traffic jams
Cities across Spain closed their busy streets
Estepona signs off on land for Russian Orthodox church
Decked out in traditional onion-domed architecture, the building will also have a cultural centre next to it in the Arroyo de las Canas area.
Golf complex work halted after rare bird threatened
PLANS to build a luxury golf complex on protected woodland have been temporarily postponed after a legal order was issued banning the felling of...
Algeciras Town Hall face tough questions about ‘sewage waste’ on beach
While the town hall insists the runoff water at El Rinconcillo is ‘just rainwater’, Algeciras Sí Se Puede claims it is sewage discharge
Colour-coordinated bins installed at playgrounds to help kids with recycling on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA has now installed 68 colour-coordinated bins to help promote and simplify recycling throughout the city.
Children’s play-parks in the area will feature the bright...
Spain’s bird population in free fall
Industrialisation and urbanisation are the primary causes of the decline
Huge €75 million emergency fund announced for Spain’s Andalucia after EU chips in to help clean up aftermath of...
The huge cash injection, from the Junta's own coffers and partly from the EU, will go towards restoring roads, homes, farmland and more
SHINE ON ME: Tax cuts announced for fitting solar panels on houses in Valencia city
In addition, property owners who fit the panels will also be able to apply for grants covering 95% of the so-called ‘Icio’ tax, payable upon installing solar power systems.
WATCH: Freak hailstorm lashes southern Spain on first day of July
The weather in Murcia is expected to return to normal from today
WATCH: Heartwarming moment firefighters give water to young deer trapped by wildfires in Spain
FIRES are devastating vast swathes of woodland across northern Spain in what authorities predict will be the worst year for at least a decade.
But...
Leading energy company in Spain is facing court action over electrocuted birds in Barcelona area
ENERGY company Endesa is being prosecuted in Barcelona over hundreds of birds dying after making contact with the firm's high voltage power lines and...
Malaga scientists determine how dogs became man’s best friend
Man's best friend was turned from predator to pooch thanks to climate change
Solitary bees encouraged to reproduce in fight against climate change on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ROJALES City Council, in the Vega Baja region of Alicante province, has just launched a second project to fight climate change along with the...
Three dead from ‘cold water shock’ as heatwave grips Europe and Spain
TWO pensioners and a 62-year-old have died from cold water shock in France as Europe continues to be gripped by a heatwave.
According to reports,...
Europe’s first fire ants that make cats and dogs go blind found in Marbella and could take TWO YEARS...
The finding of the invasive creature, published in the journal Iberomyrmex, is thought to have been in part due to increased temperatures on the Costa del Sol
Dinosaur footprint uncovered in Spain
Researchers in the region have taken the print for further examination
Andalucia’s solar plant at the centre of million-euro legal battle
Andasol investors are suing Spain following solar subsidy cuts
Poo power: Barcelona buses to run on biomethane made from sewage sludge
BOSSES of Barcelona’s transport system are looking at ways of running the city’s buses on sewage.
They want to turn sewage sludge left over from...
Yellow weather alerts issued for Ronda and Antequera
A YELLOW weather alert has been issued for Ronda and Antequera.
The alerts, issued by weather agency AEMET, are in place from midnight tonight until...
Two thirds of Olive Press readers disagree with dog ban on ALL beaches
Expats slam decision to ban dogs from Costa beaches
Traffic pollution motors in Spain
Brussels' emissions targets set nine years ago set to be broken