Spain’s south-east Murcia region sizzles to a new high to beat 1994 record
MURCIA logged record high temperatures yesterday(August 15) to beat figures recorded 27 years ago. The Alcantarilla Air Base hit 47 degrees Celsisus to overtake the
TENTH ANNIVERSARY of Spain’s biggest earthquake since the mid-fifties to be commemorated in Lorca
LORCA will commemorate the tenth anniversary this Tuesday(May 11) of an earthquake that took nine lives. The Murcia region town will hold a memorial event
Man jailed over drugs ‘revenge’ execution of woman on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Murcia couple have been arrested after a woman was fatally shot in the head at a Torrevieja property. Two people from Lorca were detained
Phase 1 return discussed in Spain’s Costa Calida as Mayor admits ‘nothing is ruled out’
LORCA, in the Region of Murcia, is suffering such a spike in Covid-19 figures, that it has refused to rule out a return to Phase
Migrant saved from gruesome death as he stowed in back of Costa Calida dustcart
A KEEN-EYED pedestrian saved an African migrant from a likely gruesome death in Lorca, 20 miles from Spain’s Costa Calida coast. The 44-year-old had taken
Why you shouldn’t write off Algeciras just yet
If Lonely Planet authors had been passing through during Algeciras Entremares earlier this month, they’d be in a flurry to update
DIVIDED: Experts and locals on digging up dictator Franco from the Valley of the Fallen in special Olive Press report from Madrid
Spain is a country still divided between those nostalgic for the Franco days and those who abhorred El Generalisimo
Late Leonard Cohen’s 40-year love affair with Spain
After nearly four decades touring in Spain, Leonard Cohen’s love affair with his ‘second home’ ran as deep as his musical poetry, writes Chloe Glover
New dig for murdered Spanish Civil War poet Federico Garcia Lorca begins near Granada
Team hopes to uncover answers to one of Spain's greatest mysteries
Spanish festival in Minack-inspired amphitheatre gears up theatrical summer
Theatre festival heads to Granada for its encore
How to escape Spain’s midsummer madness: Head to Almeria and the Cabo de Gata
Fancy escaping the queues and hassle of the Costa del Sol this August, take Jon Clarke’s advice and head to hauntingly stunning Cabo de Gata
Wildfires see thousands evacuated and roads cut off in Spain
Already 12000 hectares destroyed this year in Andalucia - well over the average
New Lorca centre in Granada opens without manuscripts
The architects of the Federico Garcia Lorca Centro de Granada are fighting with the Garcia Lorca Foundation to prove that the conditions of the library
Poet Lorca named one of seven most important Spaniards in contemporary history
Fuentes Vaqueros receives award for Lorca's selection to list of seven top Spaniards
The show must go on for Andalucian amphitheatre
Time is running out for the revolutionary theatre project
School book accused of airbrushing Franco’s rule
The children's history book brushes over the real details of Spain's civil war
Book review: Sketches of Spain
Sketches of Spain by Federico Garcia Lorca (translated from Spanish by Peter Bush with illustrations by Julian Bell) - review by Ian Gibson
Rare Lorca book goes on sale in London
The unopened first edition copy of 'Impressions and Landscapes' is expected to fetch between €7,500 and €9,500 at auction
Lorca earthquake caused by human activity
Deathly Spanish tremor which killed nine last year was triggered by groundwater extraction, find experts
Request for dig to find poet’s remains denied in Granada
A plea was denied by the Granada Town Hall to dig for poet Federico Garcia Lorca's remains in a historic field used during the Spanish
Nijar town hall joins with owners of Cortijo del Fraile to save farmhouse which inspired Lorca’s Blood Wedding
Mayor accuses Junta of 'showing no interest' and playing 'tricks' when it comes to saving the building
Review of 2011… from the mountains
Here’s Paul Whitelock’s personal review of the year – of events which have affected Spain in general and the SerranÃa de Ronda, where he lives,
Thousands spend the night in the streets after Spain’s worst earthquake in 50 years killed eight people
Up to 20,000 people slept in squares, parks and nearby countryside as concerns are being raised over the standards of building
Saved at last?
Spanish farmhouse that inspired poet Lorca's Blood Wedding may now have been saved from collapse
No more Lorca hunts
Hunt for dead poet's remains to end despite new key report claiming he is buried 400 metres away
Boneheads!
After years of speculation, months of investigations and weeks of digging, Spanish poet Lorca's remains are nowhere to be found. A big mistake, or did