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BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY: Iberian wolves expected to return to Spain’s Valencia region within the next five years

WOLVES are expected to return to the Valencia region. Leading biologists believe that the combination of dwindling population figures in rural areas and the increasing

11 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Nature·Valencia

Spain’s Ministry of Health warns of possible link between COVID-19 and minks

A RECENT case in the Netherlands has shed new light on the possible source of coronavirus as minks have been confirmed as hosting the COVID-19

21 May, 2020 @ 10:54

Lead·National News

COVID-19: Lack of migrant workers puts Spain’s supermarket fresh food stocks in jeopardy

This year, due to coronavirus and the closure of national borders, the agricultural industry has lost an estimated 75,000 workers

15 Apr, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Scientists compile first ever census of DEADLY BACTERIA which is killing trees in Spain’s Andalucia

128 different parasites have been discovered lying in Andalucia's soil

21 Dec, 2019 @ 12:00

Cordoba·Lead

Man suspected of stealing 1,200 kilos of avocados arrested in Spain’s Granada

The farm’s owner was alerted by a neighbour during the theft, who spotted the youngest of three suspects

2 Dec, 2019 @ 10:25

Granada·Lead

Nine arrested over 11 separate forest fires in six different provinces in Spain

Police data has revealed that over the last 15 years almost all forest fires in Spain are in some way sparked by human activity

17 Aug, 2019 @ 12:32

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

BEAST FROM THE EAST: Andalucia’s Christmas chestnut crops DESTROYED by wasp from China

SWEET chestnut harvests in Andalucia have been decimated by insects from the Far East this Christmas. The chestnut gall wasp from China is thought to

30 Dec, 2018 @ 12:30

Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Nature

Hundreds of piglets drown at farm in Teba during Malaga floods (WARNING: Distressing image)

The animals drowned after the town of Teba, north of Marbella was hit by over 400 litres of rain per square metre in just 24

24 Oct, 2018 @ 17:54

Environment·Lead·Malaga

How an Andalucian weed promoted literacy in Victorian Britain

“THE English ceased to be one of the most aggressive, brutal, rowdy, outspoken, riotous cruel and bloodthirsty nations in the world and became one of

16 Sep, 2018 @ 11:38

La Cultura·Lead

Frost and drought causing widespread shortages in Spanish vegetable crops

FROSTS across Spain are causing widespread shortages of vegetables with suppliers scrambling to find alternatives to avoid a repeat of last year’s crisis. The January

29 Jan, 2018 @ 11:18

Environment·Food & Drink·Lead

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‘Ecocide’: Super-intensive olive farms fingered for water shortages in Almeria

Now 400 times more water is being taken from an important Almeria aquifer than enters, an alarming situation that is being blamed on a surge

29 Apr, 2017 @ 10:00

Almeria·Environment·Lead·Nature

Spain urged to improve treatment of farmed rabbits

The EU parliament is asking Spain to introduce legislation that will end ‘cruel’ practices inflicted on rabbits

1 Apr, 2017 @ 09:00

Food & Drink·Lead

Property focus: Idyllic Genal Valley finca up for sale

The owners would like to pass the finca on to a younger, more energetic family who hanker after ‘the good life’

11 Mar, 2015 @ 12:00

Property

NGOs say no to poisonous pesticides in Spain

Environmental groups lobby Spanish government to cut down by 30%

11 Jul, 2014 @ 12:00

Environment·Other News

Spain becomes wolf stronghold

Wolf numbers on the up in Spain after years of absence

25 Jan, 2014 @ 08:30

Environment

Huge guacamole factory planned for Axarquia

The new 700sq m factory will be close to Velez-Malaga

17 Jan, 2014 @ 18:04

Food & Drink·Granada

Drought destroys cereal crop

Dry weather has played havoc with cereal production in Malaga province

4 Apr, 2012 @ 16:00

Malaga

German bean sprouts not Spanish cucumbers to blame for deadly E.coli outbreak

Spanish farmers could now see millions in compensation after they were wrongly blamed

6 Jun, 2011 @ 12:43

National News

Spanish cucumbers are not to blame for the E.coli outbreak

Spain is now seeking compensation

3 Jun, 2011 @ 12:02