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EXC: Why Spain’s Marbella desperately needs a new urban plan to help the town thrive – and deal with...
EIGHT years on and there is seemingly no end in sight for Marbella's attempts to update its urban planning scheme.
In an effort to bring...
New bid to finally solve Marbella’s illegal housing crisis
Four of Spain’s top urban planners hope to draft a new urban plan (PGOU) for the town, which still has to rely on an outdated plan from 1986
The top-ten corrupt mayors in Spain’s turbulent political history
There were a lot to choose from...
Ex Marbella mayor Julian Munoz sentenced to house arrest for fraud
Former Marbella head Julian Munoz was convicted for fraudulently helping to subvert 6.7m of public funds by a Malaga judge, who believes he is too ill to serve his term in prison
British property scam victims to get €227,000 refund from bank
A Malaga court judge said Banco Popular was responsible for making the payment to the unnamed pair, who found out too late that their dream property in Los Lagos de Santa María Golf in Marbella did not have planning permission
Brits on the pistes
British ski teachers Giles Birch and Jonathan Buzzard still love the Sierra Nevada two decades on
Sean Connery: I didn’t bribe Marbella town hall
Sean Connery helps with police enquiries into Goldfinger case
Go back to your tractors!
A generation of labourers who took control of town halls has helped create Spain’s corruption problems
Where justice meets farce: Garzon, the Spanish ‘superjudge’
Selfless human rights crusader, or show-off with a warped sense of his own powers? Eloise Horsfield takes a look at the controversial career of Spanish ‘superjudge’ Baltasar Garzon
Police report brings to light extent of Marbella corruption
As the investigation into town planning corruption comes to an end, the Olive Press untangles the web of corruption woven by Juan Antonio Roca