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WATCH: TORNADO destroys hundreds of hectares in Andalucia leaving €40 million in damages in its wake

FOOTAGE has emerged of a tornado tearing through southern Spain earlier this week. The column of swirling air ripped through greenhouses and crops in Ejido

12 Jan, 2018 @ 13:43

Environment·Lead

Alleged ‘environmental terrorist’ arrested after killing 15 Griffon Vultures in Granada

A SHEPHERD has been accused of being an ‘enivronmental terrorist’ following the deaths of 15 griffon vultures in Andalucia. It comes after the birds were

11 Jan, 2018 @ 17:18

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Sevilla mayor says he ‘wants to see Romanians shot’ while trying to calm racial tensions

A SEVILLA mayor has told residents he wants to see Romanians shot while trying to calm racial tensions in his town. Antonio Nogales was instructing

11 Jan, 2018 @ 13:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Pioneering laws for Andalucia restaurants as region wages war on obesity

NEW laws have come into effect this week in a bid to tackle Andalucia’s growing obesity problem. The region, with 16.6% of adults and almost

10 Jan, 2018 @ 17:32

Health·Lead

Dozens being probed in Andalucia for building their own urbanisation complete with swimming pools on protected land

SOME 34 people are being investigated for building an illegal urbanisation complete with water, electricity and even swimming pools. Residents of Molino Hondo, a settlement

10 Jan, 2018 @ 13:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Property·Sevilla

Missing British expat filed denuncia against husband for violence the day before disappearing from Marbella

A BRITISH expat who has been missing from Marbella for more than a week had filed a denuncia against her husband the day before she

10 Jan, 2018 @ 10:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Andalucia asks EU for post-Brexit fund to counter potential tourism losses and Gibraltar border woes

ANDALUCIA has called for the EU to create a fund for European regions especially affected by Brexit. Officials have raised fears of the impact on

10 Jan, 2018 @ 10:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Junta de Andalucia employees allowed 40 paid hours each ‘for buddhist meditation’

THE Junta has ruled that each of its employees is entitled to at least 37.5 hours of paid professional or personal development. The development includes

9 Jan, 2018 @ 17:25

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Hundreds of extra staff called in to battle flu epidemic in southern Spain

ALMOST 500 extra staff have been call in to tackle this year’s flu epidemic in southern Spain. The last week of 2017 saw more than

9 Jan, 2018 @ 17:09

Health·Lead

WATCH: ‘Snow’ falling on Costa del Sol beach

The amazing video shows snow falling and accumulating on the beach

8 Jan, 2018 @ 13:42

Environment·Lead·Nature

Major problems on Malaga roads after heavy snowfall

THE hail and snow is causing major complications on Malaga’s roads. The bulk of the problems are in the Serrania de Ronda region. Heavy traffic

8 Jan, 2018 @ 12:59

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Three days of mourning declared after Cadiz man stabbed to death

THREE days of mourning have been announced after a Cadiz man was stabbed to death yesterday. The unnamed 25-year-old succumbed to his wounds after being

8 Jan, 2018 @ 12:38

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Three-year-old dies after being hit by car in Marbella

A THREE-year-old has died after being hit by a car in Marbella. The toddler was struck down in San Pedro de Alcantara, according to the

8 Jan, 2018 @ 11:03

Lead·Malaga

IN PHOTOS: Red warnings as snow, rain and hail grips Malaga and Andalucia

AN orange alert has been issued for Ronda as 10 centimetres of snow is expected to fall today. The warning is in effect until 6pm

8 Jan, 2018 @ 10:53

Granada·Lead·Malaga

Spanish online paedophile ring smashed

SEVEN paedophiles have been detained by the Policia Nacional after sharing child pornography through video chat, including an 18-year-old boy from Granada. Further arrests are

3 Jan, 2018 @ 11:57

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Almost 500 people drowned in Spain last year, Andalucia second deadliest region

ALMOST 500 people drowned in Spain in 2017, new figures have revealed. According to the national lifeguard federation, 481 met their deaths in Spanish seas

2 Jan, 2018 @ 17:22

Lead·Malaga·National News

Toll road prices increase in Andalucia for first time in three years

TOLL road prices in Andalucia have been increased for the first time in three years. The Junta has bumped up the costs by an average

2 Jan, 2018 @ 15:08

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Moroccans, Romanians being recruited to fill thousands of fruit-picking positions in Andalucia despite high unemployment rate

ANDALUCIA farms are having to recruit Moroccans and Romanians to fill tens of thousands of positions due to a lack of Spanish applications. It comes

2 Jan, 2018 @ 14:14

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Huelva·Lead

Thousands raised to get body of ‘lovely and beautiful’ Brit home after she plunged to death from Costa del Sol hotel

THOUSANDS of euros have been raised to fly the body of a British woman home after she plunged to her death on the Costa del

2 Jan, 2018 @ 11:41

Lead·Malaga

Complete list of national and regional holidays in Spain for 2018

SPAIN has one of the highest amount of national and regional holidays in Europe. So you’re not caught by surprise we have compiled this year’s

2 Jan, 2018 @ 11:30

Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News

Investigation launched into ‘suicide’ of migrant being held in controversial Malaga prison

POLICIA Nacional have launched an investigation after discovering a dead migrant in Malaga this morning. The 36-year-old had been held in the Archidona prison since

29 Dec, 2017 @ 13:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Earthquakes hit Costa del Sol and Cordoba this morning

ANDALUCIA has experienced three earthquakes this morning. According to the National Geographic Institute, the biggest was in Baena in Cordoba, which had a magnitude of

29 Dec, 2017 @ 12:27

Cordoba·Lead

ERE WE GO: Spain’s biggest corruption trial EVER to begin in Andalucia tomorrow

Defences laid out in second day of historic ERE trial

THE second day of the long-awaited ERE trial has concluded. Today saw ex-presidents of the Junta Manuel Chaves and Jose Griñan lay out their defence.

14 Dec, 2017 @ 18:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News·Sevilla

ERE WE GO: Spain’s biggest corruption trial EVER to begin in Andalucia tomorrow

THE biggest corruption case in Spanish history will finally begin this week. Seven years after judge Mercedes Alaya first began investigating the more than 200

12 Dec, 2017 @ 12:39

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain announces its latest ‘most beautiful villages’ – and four of them are in Andalucia

SPAIN has added 11 new villages to its official ‘Los Pueblos mas Bonitos de España’ list. The picturesque additions will become part of the government

11 Dec, 2017 @ 17:18

Andalucia·Cadiz·Exploring Spain·Huelva·Jaen·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Andalucia nuns pay €100,000 fine to Junta for ‘illegal’ organ restoration

THE Junta culture ministry has fined Sevilla nuns €102,000 for restorating a 17th century organ without permission. It comes after the Santa Ines convent in

8 Dec, 2017 @ 10:33

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Sevilla

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