Green energy giant Abengoa sells off four solar energy plants
Abengoa’s solar sell off
EXCLUSIVE: Animal activists support raid on Triple A sanctuary
Expat president, secretary and vet arrested in controversial animal shelter raid
Dog trafficking allegations lead to arrest of three people at Triple A animal shelter in Marbella
Seprona officers have seized computers, hard drives and documents in a raid on the premises in Marbella after single denuncia was filed
Ronda Town Hall ordered to repay €650,000 in yet another golf course planning farce
Yet another case of poor management from the town hall’s planning department
European Commission concerned over Spain’s nuclear power stations
Issues surrounding the safety of older reactors were raised by climate and energy commissioner Miguel Cañete
Lynx cats may be reintroduced to the UK following successful Spanish breeding programme
THE tripling of Spain’s Lynx cat population following a successful captive breeding program might see them reintroduced to the UK. The 15-year project saw the
Salamanca town fined for ‘slippery swine’ race
Town fined for competition that sees children chase after pigs
Kick in the teeth: Expat in Alicante arrested and forced to buy pregnant donkey he rescued
The sanctuary owner was attempting to rescue the pregnant mule who was close to death
Marbella seeks mini world peace at community summit
Residents, charities and businesses met on the 5th April to discuss sustainability, community and integration
Animal rights protest planned for Sevilla’s ‘April Fair’
Animal rights group says millions are spent by the Andalucian government to subsidise bullfighting
23-stone man accused of squashing donkey to death in Spain did not commit a crime, judge rules
A judge has thrown out the case at a preliminary trial, ruling that there is ‘no evidence of a criminal offence’
End of the line for Spain’s most notorious illegal fishing family
A brave pursuit by ecologists could finally spell the end of one of Spain’s top fishing gangs, writes Joe Duggan
Eco-car designers launch startup campaign for new Evovelo model
Gonzalo and Alfredo Chomon’s Evovelo ‘Mo’ has been described as the first fully-enclosed, solar-powered urban transport
€3 million car park shut on Costa del Sol after just one year over ‘safety and instability’ concerns
Continual flooding in the Burriana underground car park forced town hall officials to shut it
Stricter punishment in place for horse hobblers in Andalucia
Horse hobblers nobbled
Post-Fukushima safety updates made at Spain’s nuclear power stations
Nuclear activity
Supermarkets unite to stop Spain’s strawberry fields sucking Doñana wetland dry
Spain’s strawberry industry generates around €400m a year
Chased by men with machetes in Mexico, mugged in Peru and arrested in Iran for taking a selfie, Spaniard completes three-year walk around world
Quitting his job as a lifeguard, Malagueno Dean totted up 33,000 kms documenting climate change as he went
USA will not negotiate Palomares clean-up until Spain has government
Clean-up on hold
FEATURE: After the Algarrobico, the fight to protect Spain’s wild spaces wages on
The Supreme Court ruling over the Algarrobico was a great victory for environmentalists, but the fight to preserve Spain’s wild spaces goes on. Rob Horgan
Nerja draws up plans for first underwater museum
What lies beneath...
Sad Spain ranks below Saudi Arabia and Qatar in World Happiness Report 2016
Denmark emerged as the happiest country in the world
Spanish fishing family arrested for poaching Patagonian toothfish in Antarctic waters
Vidal family put behind bars for poaching Patagonian toothfish
Estepona Town Hall pledges to clean up disease-riddled rivers
Estepona Town Hall has pledged to eliminate waste water from beaches and rivers
Carbon emissions increase faster in Spain than anywhere else in Europe
CO2 emissions rose by 4% last year in Spain with a 23% increase in the use of electricity
No victors in the Algarrobico ruling in Almeria
There are no victors in Almeria’s infamous battle of the Algarrobico … except, perhaps, the local rabbits, writes Lenox Napier, who lives in nearby Mojacar