Andalucia

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• ‘Narco-sub’ that got blown out of the water

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  IT was funded by two businessmen Tomas Bengoechea – aka El Grande – from Sevilla and Juan Serrano – aka El Apoderado – from Estepona, and was built by Manuel Clemente, or The Engineer, based in Galicia. But the ‘Narcosubmarine’ – which was sold for 100,000 euros to a Columbian drug cartel – was blown ...
  9 hours ago

• Ex-pat pop princess tipped for the top

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  EXCLUSIVE BY ANDREW PEARCE AN expatriate girl is set to become the UK’s next big pop princess. Ella Chi, 23, from Gaucin is poised to give current stars Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen a run for their money by taking the 2010 music charts by storm. After successful appearances at Glastonbury festival and The ...
  1 day ago

• Away in a manger, a sheep for a song

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  JUST in case you were thinking about lamb chops for Boxing Day, think again. While John and Sonia Orme have picked the festive season to sell half their flock of sheep, they are insistent they are not for the table. The Welsh couple, who moved to Spain 22 years ago, are selling some for just 50 euros each. The ...
  1 day ago

• Spanish santa brings floods and cold

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  FREAK flooding has led to the closure of hundreds of roads and railways around Andalucia. In total 24 major routes, including the N-IV in Cadiz were shut during Christmas Eve, due to some of the heaviest rain on record. In total up to 80 litres fell in Malaga in just 24 hours, with more than 30 litres everywhere ...
  2 days ago

• So sweet a Spanish Christmas

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  By Murri Little in Rute IT is the equivalent of Lapland to Spaniards around Andalucia. People travel for miles around to witness the work of the artisans at the three chocolate factories in Rute, Cordoba. Buses filled with eager sweet-toothed children and adults arrive on the hour to stock up on all the seasonal ...
  3 days ago

• The season of bad will

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  Exclusive by Jon Clarke TEN families have found themselves homeless just four days before Christmas, when their town hall moved in to demolish their homes. The owners of the ten illegal chalets in Chiclana had initially refused to leave while neighbours fought a pitched battle with riot police over the action. ...
  5 days ago

• “Tu futuro empieza hoy”. Superagencia86 pone en marcha lo nuevo de UGT Andalucía

  
  elrincondelpublicista — Authority: 141
  La joven agencia andaluza de nueva publicidad superagencia86 ha desarrollado bajo el optimista lema “Tu futuro empieza hoy”, una novedosa campaña multicanal para el sindicato UGT en Andalucía. El objetivo no es otro que promocionar el nuevo sistema de formación para el empleo. Parte de esta campaña la forman ...
  5 days ago

• Countdown to Christmas in Marbella

  
  Andalucia Travel Guide — Authority: 106
  Christmas is just around the corner and we are all looking around for the best places to enjoy the festive season. Over  the years one of the best places to enjoy the festivities is Marbella and this year is no exception. In and around Marbella there are numerous events taking place to suit all tastes Below is a ...
  5 days ago

• 20 teams seeking wildcard status

  
  Bike World News — Authority: 437
  The UCI announced on Friday that 20 teams are seeking wildcard status that will make them eligible to ride in Pro Tour events. For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.com
  1 week ago

• Too hot to handle?

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  HOLIDAYMAKERS and businesses will be in need of cool heads more than ever next summer. For the Spanish Cabinet has risked their wrath by limiting the use of air conditioning in a bid to reduce energy consumption.   In a bid to hit crucial emission targets, and as the climate summit landed in Copenhagen, the ...
  1 week ago

• Dozen dockers nicked in drugs swoop

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  OVER a dozen staff working at Algeciras port have been arrested as part of a huge anti-drugs operation. It comes after police seized a total of 213 kilos of cocaine from containers in the port. The Guadia Civil investigation was launched last year, and in total 24 people were arrested. Police also seized 26 ...
  1 week ago

• Brit developer in property scandal

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  THE disgraced ex-Alcaucin mayor and a British developer have been charged over land abuses. ‘Flamenco’ mayor Jose Manuel Martin Alba is accused of handing out illegal licenses for four houses to be built on protected land in El Espino. Seprona – the environmental protection arm of the Guardia Civil – also ...
  1 week ago

• First lynxes released in the wild

  
  Iberianature — Authority: 120
  An important step has been taken this week with the release into the wild of the first Iberian lynx bred in captivity. The two animals were set free in Guadalmellato, Cordoba in the Sierra Morena. Three more are to be released soon. Photo from El Mundo of one of the released lynx as it bounds into the freedoms of ...
  1 week ago

• Earthquake in Andalucia and Extremadura

  
  Iberianature — Authority: 120
  An earthquake of 6.3 on the Rictar scale with its epicentre 100km off Cabo de San Vicente, Portugal hit Andalucia and Extremadura. Although, there are no reports of injuries, its intensity is a reminder of the small potential of a large quake striking southern Iberia.See also earthquakes in Spain
  1 week ago

• Fishermen unite to protect tradition

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  IT IS an ancient fishing practice dating back to the Phoenicians times. Yet it is catching one of the most endangered fishes left in the world. With tuna stocks now dwindling across the globe it was inevitable that the thousand-year old fishing technique known as the almadraba would come under the spotlight. ...
  1 week ago

• Boneheads!

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  AFTER months of speculation, thousands of column inches and the forgotten pleas of a fearful family, the excavations to locate Lorca’s remains are yet to find one bone. The two-month exhumation process in Alfacar, near Granada, will come to an end this week with nothing having been found, apart from a “very big ...
  1 week ago

• Andalucia property market

  
  Costa del Sol property blog — Authority: 115
  After recently posting an article on the level of property transfers in October I thought I would do a bit a research to get a clearer idea of how Andalucía and hopefully the Costa del Sol has faired as general national information is only useful up to an extent.First a bit of background information, total [...]
  1 week ago

• Ronda Mayor U-turn

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  UNDER fire Ronda Mayor has called for the demolition of 17 illegal builds, some of which he may have given licenses for. The Mayor – who is being investigated over 12 illegal projects, including the controversial Los Merinos golf development – has apparently taken a U-turn in his new move. Green group ...
  1 week ago

• On the hunt!

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 135
  POLICE have appealed for more victims who may have lost money to missing Jose Luis Maseda. It comes as a group action called ‘Los Perjudicados’ was launched to spearhead finding up to 20 million euros that were invested through him. One lawyer Juan Carlos Carrasco this week filed a denuncia for five of his ...
  1 week ago

• Illegally built homes on Costa del Sol will be allowed to stay

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 152
  Thousands of Costa del Sol homeowners module be celebrating the long-awaited verdict on their homes which were shapely illicitly and then sold, and module now not be demolished. The 18,000 homes were shapely after debased councillors took pay money in mercantilism for ignoring thinking laws and letting the properties ...
  1 week ago

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