BEAST FROM THE EAST: Andalucia’s Christmas chestnut crops DESTROYED by wasp from China
HAVOC: A chestnut plant destroyed by Chinese wasps SWEET chestnut harvests in Andalucia have been decimated by insects...
WATCH: Hunter in Spain throws injured fox through air and repeatedly STAMPS on its head (WARNING: distressing images)
https://twitter.com/alfonslopeztena/status/1079033354819944453 SHOCKING images have shown a Spanish hunter chase a fox and then smile to the camera after...
ORANGE and YELLOW weather alerts for Costa del Sol as 80km/h winds and four metre waves expected
WARNING: AEMET predict strong waves and winds across Costa del Sol PARTS of Andalucia are on orange and...
WATCH: ‘Abusive’ Andalucia car park which kept caged camels for Christmas rides slammed by PACMA
https://www.facebook.com/517782191624562/videos/279438579426529/ DISGRACE: Footage of camels trapped in an Andalucian car park where they were used for Christmas rides SPAIN'S...
Spanish city to banish 5,000 pigeons for ‘driving away’ tourists
PESTS: Cadiz set to banish thousands of pigeons from city centre AN Andalucian city has pledged to banish...
ORANGE ALERT: Balearics and Andalucia on standby for strong winds and rain tomorrow while snow predicted across Spain
AT RISK: AEMET'S map of Spain showing the Balearics and parts of Andalucia on orange alert tomorrow SPAIN'S...
Specsavers and Plastic Free Seas charity join forces on Costa del Sol for mammoth beach clean up
POLLUTED: Plastics are poisoning the world's oceans A COSTA del Sol beach clean up is set to take place this...
Environmentalists call for huge expansion of the Cabrera National Park
MALLORCA environmentalists want to expand the Cabrera National Park TENFOLD to 100,000 hectares. The Ministry of Ecological Transition...
NOT PEAKED: Pensioner mountaineer in Spain gets new KNEE in bid to break incredible world record
Brought up in Spain’s post-war era, human dynamo Carlos Soria has only two ‘eight-thousanders’ to summit before becoming the oldest man in history to conquer all 14
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
Blowing in the wind: Does pollution on Gibraltar’s border with Spain cause increased cancer rates?
Black clouds of pollution billow daily from the industrial chimneys of the Campo de Gibraltar. Is it all merely hot air or a smoking gun for cancer? The Olive Press investigates
ROCKY ROAD: Drivers in Spain’s Andalucia narrowly escape falling five-tonne boulder
With a history of rock falls in the area the mayor took no chances in sealing off the highway ahead of heavy rain forecasts
DROP OF COMMON SENSE: Are humans to blame for the floods that have ravaged Spain’s Costa del Sol?
Heavy rainfall is not a recent phenomenon, but Mediterranean sea warming and building in the wrong places is adding to the recent flooding problems, writes Harry Ward
WATCH: Elephants playing in the rain in Spain will be the cutest thing you see today
AS many take shelter to escape the storms and heavy rain engulfing Spain today, this herd of elephants has a different idea. Instead of ducking...
Five dead – including British tourists – and dozens still missing in Mallorca’s biggest flood in decades
AT least five people including two British tourists have been killed in the storm that flooded all corners of Mallorca. The east coast of the...
Hooked on Barbate the world’s tuna capital
In an unsuspecting little town in Andalucia a Phoenician fishing technique is keeping the Japanese sushi market afloat
Whale of a time in the deepest part of the Straits of Gibraltar
WE are about between Spain and Morocco in the deepest part of the Straits of Gibraltar. Flying fish, turtles and two types of whale...
Brit rushed to hospital after falling down Spanish cliff while taking selfie
A BRITISH tourist is in ‘serious condition’ in hospital after falling down a cliff while taking a selfie. The unnamed 38-year-old holidaymaker is believed to...
Protected Posidonia grasslands to receive million Euro funding
THE MINISTRY of Environment has agreed to give almost €2 million in funding to the Balearic Institute of Nature (Ibanat) to control and protect...
Tax dodgers beware! Inspections of tourist rentals to begin in May
DOOR-TO-DOOR inspections of unlicensed tourist rentals are set to kick off next month. Popular tourist spots will become the target of agents from the Agencia...
Protests held over contaminated ‘brown water’ on Mallorca beach
A GROUP of neighbours has protested over contamination of one of the island’s most popular bathing spots. Dozens held up placards to demand action after...
The UK joins the battle against the ‘olive ebola’ as it spreads through Europe
PRINCE Charles is pleading with the UK government to ban the import of plants that might have the ‘olive Ebola’ virus that has wreaked...
BIRD CALL! Mallorca wetlands are home to 30,000 birds this winter
NEARLY 30,000 birds are wintering in the Balearic wetlands. Some 73 separate species are staying in 35 different wetlands around the islands, according to green...
Raining Renaults: Don’t be alarmed at the largest student rally in Morocco
We’re talking a pandemic of dinky French hatchbacks plastered with sponsorship stickers, travelling along the highways and byways of Spain in a contest to find the shortest route to Marrakesh.
WINTER IS COMING: So you better wrap up or face the cold
It even snowed on the beach in Barcelona and I’m surprised that Carles Puigdemont didn’t blame that as some sort of underhand tactic by Madrid, ‘freezing out’ an independent Catalunya.
Madrid’s firefighters go green to reduce pollution in the city
It is estimated the move will save €18,000 and reduce emissions by 50 tonnes while the total cost of the fleet came in at €660,000.
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