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One person dead and another seriously injured following multiple New Year road collisions in Spain’s Andalucia

COPS in Andalucia have appealed to road users to take greater care following a number of serious road traffic collisions during the festive period. Police

3 Jan, 2022 @ 16:16

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Granada’s most talked about restaurants and bars of 2021

CONSIDER this your go-to source for the best restaurants and bars in Granada. We’ve have had the pleasure of eating out at Granada’s finest

2 Jan, 2022 @ 15:30

Granada·Lead

Viable alternative: A look at the ‘hippy’ communities around Orgiva in Spain’s Alpujarras

Forget mystery skulls, the Madeleine McCann prime suspect and expat extraditions, Orgiva’s celebrated alternative community is bustling and counts cultural links to Robert Graves, Genesis,

2 Jan, 2022 @ 10:30

Granada·Lead

Group of 19 immigrants rescued off Spain’s coast and taken to Granada

A GROUP of 19 desperate refugees have been rescued off Granada this morning. It comes after a dinghy boat was spotted southeast of Cape Sacratif

31 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Granada·Lead

Telemark: Guided ski adventures in the Spain’s Sierra Nevada

While Sierra Nevada ski school Telemark hits its 30th anniversary this year, its roots go back to 1912, writes Jon Clarke

26 Dec, 2021 @ 14:00

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Georgina Simon and Nathan Merchant English Ski School

English Ski School: Meet the British couple who swapped the London rat race for high life on the slopes of Spain’s Sierra Nevada

THEY could have become a successful London power couple when they met in 2008, but both preferred to swap the rat race for the outdoor

25 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Piste to plate! The best places to dine in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

No uphill battle to find good places to eat in the Sierra Nevada, writes Jon Clarke

19 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel

EXCLUSIVE: Incredible survival movie about Andes plane crash to be filmed on location in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

IT is one of the most harrowing tales of survival ever told. The incredible 1972 ordeal of the Uruguayan rugby team who managed to survive

18 Dec, 2021 @ 09:15

Entertainment·Granada·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Case of skull dug up by dog whips up storm of rumours among expats in Spain’s Alpujarras

A SERIES of foreigners have been suggested as the victim, in the case of a head found in the Alpujarras south of Granada last month.

17 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Granada·Lead

Calls for man to be imprisoned for life after wife found stabbed to death in Granada

A ‘MISERABLE’ man who allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death with a knife in a frenzied attack is facing a life sentence for murder after

11 Dec, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Granada·Other News

Woman threatened to kill neighbour in Spain’s Granada over ‘cat murder’

A DELUSIONAL Granada woman threatened to murder her neighbour after she believed they killed her cat. The woman from Atarfe hurled abuse at neighbour at

11 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

Cuddly Canine in pet therapy program helps reduce stress in children having blood drawn in Spain’s Granada

AT the Virgen de las Nieves Hospital in Granada therapy dog Niebla has an important mission, to bring smiles and comfort to children in need

1 Dec, 2021 @ 08:45

Granada·Health·Lead

Head found in new age community near Granada is not a missing Dutch woman, ‘but a man in his 40s’

POLICE have denied that the skull found in a new age community near Granada belongs to a Dutch expat. It comes after expats in Beneficio,

30 Nov, 2021 @ 17:00

Granada·Lead

Granada: The ultimate student guide to the city in southern Spain

IF you were to visit just one city in Spain, Ernest Hemingway wrote, it should be Granada – and there are few student cities to

28 Nov, 2021 @ 18:30

Education·Granada·Olive Press Travel·Other News

Victory for the valley as Junta kick starts process to reclaim heritage status for Valle del Darro in Spain

A DRAMATIC last-minute intervention by local activists was vital in persuading the Junta to reverse a bureaucratic error that stripped an ancient valley near Granada’s

26 Nov, 2021 @ 17:30

Environment·Granada·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Skull found at alternative community near Orgiva, in Granada, is now being investigated in Sevilla

IT was during a short walk with her dog before taking the kids to school that an expat got the shock of her life. The

25 Nov, 2021 @ 15:01

Granada·Lead

Doctor battling terminal disease opens up free centre for cancer patients in Spain’s Granada

A GRANADA doctor who is battling terminal cancer is urging fellow sufferers not to fear the disease and put their faith in science. Jesus Candel

24 Nov, 2021 @ 15:30

Granada·Health·Lead·Other News

Partido Popular’s Pablo Casado criticised for attending Andalucia church service in memory of Spain’s dictator General Franco

The leader of Spain’s conservative Partido Popular has been criticised for attending a church service in memory of the dictator General Franco. Pablo Casado attended

22 Nov, 2021 @ 18:22

Granada·Lead·National News

View of Alpujarras and Orgiva Miguel Ossorio/Flickr

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Decapitated head’ found by dog walker in popular expat haunt of Orgiva, near Granada in southern Spain

By Jon Clarke and Elena Gocmen Rueda

22 Nov, 2021 @ 15:06

Granada·Lead

IN PICS: Snowfall in Sierra Nevada promises great start to ski season in southern Spain

THE slopes of Spain’s Sierra Nevada are covered in a healthy amount of the white stuff promising great conditions for the start of the ski

22 Nov, 2021 @ 10:00

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel

EXCLUSIVE: Protected valley near Granada in southern Spain faces destruction by motorway and new homes after administrative blip

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are up in arms after the swish of a pen left an ancient valley near Granada’s Alhambra stripped of protective status. They claim the

20 Nov, 2021 @ 10:42

Environment·Granada·Lead

IMAGES: First snow of the season falls in Sierra Nevada in southern Spain

The peaks of Spain’s Sierra Nevada received their first dusting of snow during the night on Friday, as the weather turned colder across the peninsula.

23 Oct, 2021 @ 17:03

Granada·Lead·Weather

Christopher Columbus statue splattered in red paint in Spain’s Granada in ‘colonization’ protest

TWO women have been arrested in Granada accused of vandalising a statue of Christopher Columbus. The suspects, aged 29 and 24, were cuffed for allegedly

13 Oct, 2021 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Politics

Plans for multi-million euro investment at Malaga Airport will include terminal and airfield improvements

MALAGA Airport has unveiled plans for improvements on the airfield and the terminal as part of a wider scheme of works aimed at reducing congestion

6 Oct, 2021 @ 18:35

Almeria·Cordoba·Granada·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

EXCLUSIVE: The run down East German box factory where ‘evil’ Maddie McCann suspect Christian B kept 20,000 sick videos and films

In a second extract from his new book My Search For Madeleine Olive Press editor Jon Clarke tracks chief suspect in the Maddie McCann case

3 Oct, 2021 @ 13:20

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Frightened Couple Watching A Horror Movie

Scaremongering! Spanish Wealth Tax – your Pensions & Investments.

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Without fail, every time there’s a new piece of legislation or an update that

20 Sep, 2021 @ 16:27

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