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British insurance company to pay part of €1.8 billion in damages to Spain government for disastrous 2002 oil spill

A SPANISH court has ordered a British insurance firm to cough up part of €1.8 billion in damages to the Spanish government. The A Coruña

15 Nov, 2017 @ 14:57

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Nature·Politics

High hopes for 2020 closure of Mallorca’s most polluting power station

ALCUDIA’S Murterar centre, the most polluting power station in Mallorca, is up for debate in Madrid, with local governments hoping for its closure. The coal

15 Nov, 2017 @ 10:02

Environment·Mallorca

Thousands of olives planted by Mallorcan scientists to discover the best strain

SCIENTISTS from Mallorca university UIB are joining forces with engineers to determine the best strain of olive. Researches want to create an olive that can

14 Nov, 2017 @ 15:00

Environment·Food & Drink·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Tourist tax set aside for the urgent conservation of the posidonia plant

A HUGE chunk of money from the controversial tourist tax is to be spent on replenishing the Balearics’ underwater posidonia plant. Around one million euros

13 Nov, 2017 @ 16:00

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Shock as resident finds dead boar while walking along the beach in Almunecar

They quickly alerted the Guardia Civil and local police who sent a cleaner to retrieve the boar.

13 Nov, 2017 @ 11:37

Environment·Nature

Government spends fortune on new treatment plant in Almeria

The small towns of Bajo Andarax and El Bobar will have new plant to help cater for the growing population of Almeria and help solve

12 Nov, 2017 @ 20:32

Almeria·Environment·Nature

Spain is not doing enough to combat climate change as globe reaches ‘point of no return’

It currently ranks at 21st out of the 28 countries of Europe in its policies to combat climate change.

12 Nov, 2017 @ 17:26

Environment·Lead·Nature

Remorseless Spanish fishermen refuse to acknowledge Gibraltarian waters as they continue to fish

A SPANISH fisherman was unrepentant today about fishing illegally in British waters. He and two other fishing captains from the Puerto de La Atunara port

10 Nov, 2017 @ 17:59

Environment·Food & Drink·Gibraltar·Lead

IN PHOTOS: Snow covers northern Spain as temperatures fall below 1C and orange alerts issued for Balearics

SNOW has begun to fall across northern Spain as temperatures have reached as a low as 0.2C. Asturias and Leon got the brunt of the

7 Nov, 2017 @ 10:27

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News

Junta backtracks on major mining plans in protected region near Merida

Junta says the plans were a necessary part of the area’s petition for protected status and they expected no company to come forward.

5 Nov, 2017 @ 11:00

Environment·Lead·Nature

ON-THE-UP: Residential homes are filling the skies as property market grows in Spain

More properties are being completed now than any other time since the crash totalling 33,085 residential homes.

4 Nov, 2017 @ 17:25

Environment·Lead·Property

Earthquake rocks Andalucia: Residents report feeling tremors across the region

THE emergency services received dozens of calls from concerned Malagueños after an earthquake struck the Alboran Sea yesterday evening. The quake was recorded at 6.19pm

4 Nov, 2017 @ 15:34

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Nature

Massive amount of fires across Spain were the result of arsonists, new figures reveal

The Guardia Civil has investigated 387 fires across Spain, 53 fires of which were caused by negligent behaviour.

4 Nov, 2017 @ 11:00

Environment·Health·Other News

Four earthquakes in 48 hours in Gulf of Cadiz

AN earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale has been recorded in the Gulf of Cadiz this morning. The quake struck at 12.10am but

31 Oct, 2017 @ 14:44

Cadiz·Environment·Lead

Breaking misconceptions: Monkeys don’t eat bananas

The sugar in bananas can end up giving monkeys health problems like diabetes.

27 Oct, 2017 @ 16:16

Environment·Nature

Dead dolphins found off Spain’s southern coast ‘had Alzheimer’s’

The study reveals that dolphins were found to have the same protein clusters found in Alzheimer patients.

26 Oct, 2017 @ 17:15

Education·Environment·Lead·Nature

Andalucian reservoir levels have SHARPLY decreased since last year

New statistics reveal reservoir stocks have decreased from 48% to 36% since this time last year.

26 Oct, 2017 @ 15:01

Cordoba·Environment·Nature·Sevilla

Regional government’s mining plans threaten Sierra de la Utrera’s protected status

Controversial plans to mine for precious metals in the northern part of the park have come under scrutiny.

25 Oct, 2017 @ 15:01

Environment·Nature

Andalucia gets its first batch of SNOW as temperatures reach -2C

ANDALUCIA has received its first snow of the year. Sierra Nevada ski resort, in Granada, woke up to sheets of white yesterday after a day

20 Oct, 2017 @ 09:45

Environment·Granada·Lead

IT’S OVER: Warm sunny weather returning to Costa del Sol after two days of rain and storms, reservoir levels up

THERE will be no more rain on the Costa del Sol this week, according to weather agency AEMET. After two days of thunder and storms,

19 Oct, 2017 @ 12:57

Environment·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Malaga flooded after heavy rainfall and storms

ROADS across Malaga city have become flooded following heavy rainfall and storms overnight and today. Málaga con lluvia = caos!! #malaga#lluvia#inundaciones#malagaseinunda# pic.twitter.com/X0EHGSRcgJ — ??ßL? ?

18 Oct, 2017 @ 15:31

Environment·Lead·Malaga

STORMS-A-BREWING: Rain and thunder coming to Andalucia

THUNDERSTORMS and rain are coming to Andalucia. According to weather agency AEMET, more than one litre of rainfall per square metre will fall across the

17 Oct, 2017 @ 12:14

Environment·Lead·National News

ARSON TERROR: At least 39 dead in Spain and Portugal fires as suspects arrested

AT least 39 people have died in forest fires tearing through Portugal and Spain. Authorities said they were still battling 60 blazes in Portugal and another 50

17 Oct, 2017 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·National News

SEISMIC SWARM: Spanish volcano experiences ‘over 350’ tremors risking eruption and MONSTER tsunami

LA Palma has hit been shaken by HUNDREDS of earthquakes in the past few days, sparking fresh fears its active volcano is about to erupt.

17 Oct, 2017 @ 09:45

Environment·Lead·Mallorca·National News

RED ALERT: Spain’s forest fires and Hurricane Ophelia turn Britain’s skies yellow and sun blood red

THE UK has been hit with an eerie yellow sky and blood red sun today. People from the South of England to the North of

16 Oct, 2017 @ 17:06

Environment·National News

Nine dead and dozens injured in Portugal and Spain wildfires, two burned to death trapped in car

AT least nine people have died following the outbreak of wildfires in Portugal and Spain over the weekend. Hundreds of fires, which were made deliberately

16 Oct, 2017 @ 11:22

Environment·Lead·National News

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British insurance company to pay part of €1.8 billion in damages to Spain government for disastrous 2002 oil spill

High hopes for 2020 closure of Mallorca’s most polluting power station

Thousands of olives planted by Mallorcan scientists to discover the best strain

Tourist tax set aside for the urgent conservation of the posidonia plant

Shock as resident finds dead boar while walking along the beach in Almunecar

Government spends fortune on new treatment plant in Almeria

Spain is not doing enough to combat climate change as globe reaches ‘point of no return’

Remorseless Spanish fishermen refuse to acknowledge Gibraltarian waters as they continue to fish

IN PHOTOS: Snow covers northern Spain as temperatures fall below 1C and orange alerts issued for Balearics

Junta backtracks on major mining plans in protected region near Merida

ON-THE-UP: Residential homes are filling the skies as property market grows in Spain

Earthquake rocks Andalucia: Residents report feeling tremors across the region

Massive amount of fires across Spain were the result of arsonists, new figures reveal

Four earthquakes in 48 hours in Gulf of Cadiz

Breaking misconceptions: Monkeys don’t eat bananas

Dead dolphins found off Spain’s southern coast ‘had Alzheimer’s’

Andalucian reservoir levels have SHARPLY decreased since last year

Regional government’s mining plans threaten Sierra de la Utrera’s protected status

Andalucia gets its first batch of SNOW as temperatures reach -2C

IT’S OVER: Warm sunny weather returning to Costa del Sol after two days of rain and storms, reservoir levels up

WATCH: Malaga flooded after heavy rainfall and storms

STORMS-A-BREWING: Rain and thunder coming to Andalucia

ARSON TERROR: At least 39 dead in Spain and Portugal fires as suspects arrested

SEISMIC SWARM: Spanish volcano experiences ‘over 350’ tremors risking eruption and MONSTER tsunami

RED ALERT: Spain’s forest fires and Hurricane Ophelia turn Britain’s skies yellow and sun blood red

Nine dead and dozens injured in Portugal and Spain wildfires, two burned to death trapped in car

Fury as case is closed in killing of Brit expat in Andalucia tourist town

British pilot jailed for chemsex murder of boyfriend in drug-fuelled stabbing frenzy near Barcelona

Revealed: The location of British pub giant Wetherspoon’s first-ever bar in Spain

Bungled Malaga kidnapping exposes corruption plot within Marbella’s local police with links to a mysterious foreign national

‘Try putting a Spanish ad up in Barcelona’: Catalan-language billboard in Madrid backfires on 50th anniversary of Franco’s death