ENVIRONMENTALISTS are up in arms over a new law that could allow golf courses and other urban developments in protected natural spaces. Both Greenpeace and Ecologistas en Accion fear that projects, like the controversial El Algarrobico hotel, could be legalized by the back-door with the new law. The Junta decree, which both groups have been [...]

LOOKING for somewhere to explore this weekend? There is nothing better than having all the latest insider knowledge to pinpoint the hottest new restaurant, or most charming local hotel. Written exclusively by our team of local journalists and writers – including celebrities such as Driving Over Lemons author Chris Stewart (‘All about the Alpujarras’) or [...]

HOUSEHOLDS  joined a protest against rising electricity costs last week. Thousands of people joined the blackout protest on February 15. Consumers were asked to turn off lights and all other appliances at the same time from 10pm to 11pm. The idea was to send out a strong message to big electrical companies, such as Iberdrola and Endesa, [...]

THE European Commission is being called in to inspect pollution levels in the Bay of Gibraltar. The demand comes after the CEPSA refinery in San Roque doubled its output in a year. Gibraltar MEP Ashley Fox asked that the EC looks at pollution levels after “years of concern”. “There have been repeated concerns about the [...]

THE Spanish government is demanding that America pays to remove 50,000 cubic metres of contaminated plutonium from a site in Almeria. It comes after waiting over four decades since a series of nuclear bombs accidentally fell near Palomares in 1966 when US air force planes collided with a refuelling aircraft. The worst nuclear accident of [...]

IT is not just fun in the sun… it is good for your health as well. The British medical establishment insists that living in the sun can help to ward off certain cancers. While the dangers of sunburn are acknowledged by everyone – Mediterranean countries fare better than their northern counterparts as regards prostate, colon [...]

THE European Parliament has approved a new law allowing patients to receive medical care in another EU country. The new legislation, which will be adopted by all member states by 2013, has only one condition; that the treatment and costs would normally be covered in their own country. Any objections to treatment must be justified [...]

A GROUP of journalists were attacked by hunters as the annual fox hunting championship in Galicia turned violent. At least two protesters were also attacked as over 120 hunt saboteurs descended on this year’s festival in Pontecaldelas. The annual championship, which is supported by the Galician government, has been going for seven years. “The protest [...]