The “poverty complex” destroying Spain
The Olive Press’ JON CLARKE talks to Greenpeace director Juan Lopez de Uralde HE is lost for words when asked why Spain does not value
“Granada is a great example of the Alliance of Civilisations”
Both Turkey’s Prime Minister and CARLOS PRANGER believe Granada symbolises harmonious co-existence between different cultures. However, the latter is not as confident as the former
Spanish study confirms Climate Change predictions
Levels and temperature of Mediterranean have risen over 60 years
Language lessons
WE at the Olive Press have a predilection for new words. Every time new lingo enters the lexicon we hurriedly make a note for future
The idylls of Nerja
MARY ROULSTON takes a stroll around Nerja – the place mass tourism forgot. In this pleasant coastal town, she discovers a surge in the buy
Granada top of the table for wines
Despite the heavy storms in May that battered La Alpujarra, laying waste to hundreds of hectares of vines, two of that region’s signature bodegas had
Making a difference in 2008
Tired of mundane New Year resolutions? Instead of giving up smoking why not make some small lifestyle changes and help to save the planet. The
Planet saved!
Jason Heppenstall argues that we must not rely on the politicians and big business to solve the global warming crisis
Sun, Sea & Sadness
The Olive Press launches a Christmas appeal for the forgotten street children of Andalucia
Bah, humbug!*
*Or how to see the night sky and save the planet in the process Could the innocent fairy light be the reason Spain is struggling
Climate Change will see the “Africanisation” of Spain
Study warns of environmental catastrophe before the end of the century as Spain struggles to meet Kyoto demands
Olive Press news review of the year
Twelve months of corruption, environmental matters and the best English-language coverage of the local issues that matter, the Olive Press brings you an indispensable guide
An island of cold in a sea of warmth
Home to mainland Spain’s highest peaks, the Sierra Nevada is a treasure trove of rare plant life and animals
“Only ghosts will live there”
Dream homes left unfinished in La Alpujarra as agent refuses to return deposits
Predatory behaviour and the destruction of Iberia’s coast
Charles Schoengrund draws interesting parallels between the twin disappearances of Madelaine McCann and the coastline of Iberia
The true cost of being cheap
As the furniture superstore opens in Málaga, the Olive Press asks if Ikea goes far enough to combat the exploitation of child labour in its
Oil spillage poisons aquifer
A GRANADA court is investigating how 120,000 tonnes of a vegetable-based contaminant was allowed to enter underground water supplies. Mayor of Atarfe Víctor Sánchez and
The gentle giants of the wasp world
Man’s misunderstanding of the hornet has led to the insect becoming almost extinct in certain parts of Europe
The man who changed history
Emilio Silva laid the foundations for the recent law which denounces Franco – his uprising and his dictatorship – and recognises the Republicans who were
“My grandfather was buried in a roadside ditch”
Emilio Silva, director of the ARMH (Association for the Recovery of Historic Memory) shares the Civil War story of his own grandfather with Lisa Tilley
It’s in the climate, stupid
Following last issue in which Fiona Flores Watson attacked the slick, corporate image of the Climate Project, after meeting him in Nashville this year, Rosie
Andalucia and the Strategy for Coastal Sustainability
AT the end of October, Madrid made an announcement of a radical change in the policy that has seen Spain’s coast become saturated in concrete.
Remembering Franco
Writing exclusively for the Olive Press, Franco biographer Paul Preston claims the legacy of the dictator’s rule has come to nothing as Spain embraces democracy.
Justice defeats the conspiracy
As those responsible for the train bomb attacks in Madrid are brought to justice, Carlos Pranger believes Spain’s politicians should respect the victims and stop
Drowning in a desert of plastic
There is a certain irony, claims Bob Maddox, that not only do the plastic greenhouses of the coast of Almería and Granada suck the land
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Climate Change*
With the news that up to 85 per cent of Andalucia is under threat from desertification, in this simple Q&A scientist AZZAM QASRAWI explains the
