Reservoir levels fall
WATER levels in reservoirs in Andalucia have fallen by 115 cubic hectometres (hm3) – in spite of August’s record high rainfall. Reservoirs in the Guadalquivir
“New city” set for Malaga
ONE of the country’s biggest housing developers is planning 70,000 new homes next to Malaga’s technology park. Martinsa-Fadesa has designed plans for the macro-development just
Expert numbers Granada Franco victims at 10,000
A LEADING expert has claimed the remains of more than 10,000 victims of General Francisco Franco are lying under the soils of Granada. Maribel Brenes,
Malaga mass graves grow
Exhumation reveals remains of 900 Franco victims
Catalan party wants Republican massacres included in historical memory law
THE introduction of a law granting financial compensation to victims of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship could be delayed following calls for it to cover victims
No tears left to shed
This mass grave by the roadside was not the first in Spain to be unearthed in the past four years and it wouldn’t be the
Colombian drug barons use Spain to launder money
CIA report claims Spain is safe haven for cocaine money NOT only is Spain the gateway for cocaine into Europe but Colombia’s drug barons use
In search of Sylvania
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Groucho Marx’s death, Paul Read travels to Loja to find out why the town was chosen to feature in
Spain slammed by EU for not protecting birds
SPAIN is facing punishment from the EU for ignoring its responsibilities to endangered birdlife. The European Courts of Justice has found the country guilty of
Crushed by a lift: the immigrant who lived like a slave
The death of a Romanian worker on an illegal Madrid building site reveals conditions of “semi-slavery” in Spanish construction A 50-year-old Romanian man was crushed
Alhambra rambled
The secret walks led by the superb Alhambra Rambler are nothing to be scared of - as Lisa Tilley finds out
From bikinis to zimmer frames
In the final part of our exclusive serialisation of Ghosts of Spain, Giles Tremlett explains how British buyers are closely tied to the sewer of