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Nijar town hall joins with owners of Cortijo del Fraile to save farmhouse which inspired Lorca’s Blood Wedding

Wendy Williams - 7 Feb, 2012 @ 15:28

Mayor accuses Junta of 'showing no interest' and playing 'tricks' when it comes to saving the building

Corrupt mayor

Eloise Horsfield - 30 Jan, 2012 @ 14:17

Alhaurin's mayor Juan Martin Seron has been fined 200,000 euros and banned from public office for a year for granting building licences in exchange...

Malaga

Don’t ruin Ronda’s valley, says former mayor

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Dec, 2011 @ 11:33

New mayoress insists that new freight line will not carve its way through Llano de la Cruz valley but stay on existing line

Sevilla

Own goal for Sevilla FC President

Wendy Williams - 20 Dec, 2011 @ 16:54

Jose Maria Del Nido jailed for perverting the course of justice

Malaga

Hundred million euro plan to expand Marbella port gets go ahead

Wendy Williams - 2 Dec, 2011 @ 15:37

Work will begin within six months after the Junta de Andalucia, Marbella town hall and The Nasir Bin Abdullah & Sons Consortium officially sign contract to get things underway

Huelva

Former Spanish Mayor resigns amid allegations he used town hall credit card in brothel

Wendy Williams - 25 Nov, 2011 @ 17:17

Miguel Angel Dominguez quits post as Provincial Delegate for Public Works and Housing but maintains he is innocent

Malaga

Planning probe halted in Estepona

Wendy Williams - 25 Oct, 2011 @ 10:48

Town hall has a backlog of more than 3,200 planning investigations which have not been processed

I did not take backhanders, says Alhaurin mayor

Wendy Williams - 5 Oct, 2011 @ 11:43

Juan Martín Seron in the dock

Malaga

‘They’ve opened a Pandora’s Box’ – Lifting the lid on Ronda corruption

Wendy Williams - 5 Oct, 2011 @ 11:26

Ronda corruption probe could look into 62 different cases

Malaga

Former Ronda mayor released on bail

Wendy Williams - 30 Sep, 2011 @ 11:06

Antonio Marin Lara given 15 days to pay 150,000

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Former Ronda mayor could be investigated for up to a dozen cases

Wendy Williams - 28 Sep, 2011 @ 11:33

Ecologistas en Accion has highlighted a long list of urban projects that have been ‘plagued by irregularities’

Cadiz

Spanish summer beach ban U-turn

Wendy Williams - 11 Aug, 2011 @ 10:14

Shutting two beaches was a huge ‘error’ according to mayor

Cadiz

Costa de la Luz mayors strike a blow for offshore wind farm projects

Wendy Williams - 7 Aug, 2011 @ 09:20

Costa de la Luz mayors oppose wind farm scheme

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Living the high life in Spain

Wendy Williams - 29 Jul, 2011 @ 09:09

Wendy Williams explores a magical region of myths, mountains and sleeping mayors

€14,000 pay cut for Antequera mayor

Wendy Williams - 2 Jul, 2011 @ 10:38

Manuel Baron takes 22 per cent pay cut (yes, you read it correctly)

Malaga

Russians eye Spanish golf venture

Wendy Williams - 11 Jun, 2011 @ 07:14

A massive golf development has moved a step forward in the Guadalhorce Valley

New pact sees corrupt former mayor banished

Wendy Williams - 3 Jun, 2011 @ 13:20

The PP, PA and Green Party in Alcaucin have come together to block the PSOE party and cut any ties to former mayor Jose Manuel Martin Alba

Malaga

Ronda mayor ousted from Spanish politics

Wendy Williams - 2 Jun, 2011 @ 09:07

Controversial Ronda mayor to be kicked out after tactical union, while pacts and deals are being struck to take control of town halls around Andalucia

John Woodhead’s Almería Almanac

El Ejido has a new mayor

John Woodhead - 28 May, 2011 @ 14:41

But will it make a difference?

Spanish municipal elections: You hold the key

Wendy Williams - 20 May, 2011 @ 09:00

Wendy Williams on how the expat vote should have a big influence this weekend

Environment

Los Merinos golf was legal… BUT morally, environmentally and ethically wrong!

Karl Smallman - 19 Mar, 2011 @ 18:37

Ronda mayor Antonio Marin Lara not guilty of corruption

Cordoba

From Malaya to Mayor

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 15 Jan, 2011 @ 09:00

Corrupt developer Rafael Sandokan in bid to run the city of Cordoba

Environment

Marbella mayor joins environmentalists to oppose oil and gas exploration off the Costa del Sol

Wendy Williams - 13 Jan, 2011 @ 12:00

Marbella Mayor, Angeles Muñoz, has said the plans to search for oil and gas off the Costa del Sol are ‘diametrically opposed to tourism’

Sevilla

What a moron!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 12 Jan, 2011 @ 13:52

Mayor of Moron de la Frontera investigated for building home without a licence

Sevilla

Spanish mayor calls it quits

Anatoly Kurmanaev - 10 Jan, 2011 @ 18:40

A mayor faces jail for racking up a 6,000 euro phone bill while talking to his girlfriend on work phone

Gibraltar

Gibraltar airport in limbo

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 17 Nov, 2010 @ 12:11

Local Spanish mayor is refusing to sell land for the new cross-border airport

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Restraining Order For Young Troublemaker In Esporles

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