Níjar police face abuse charges
By Emma Randle
The case of a German resident of Nijar who alleges he was beaten up by local police officers has been re-opened by...
Albox council accused of cronyism
By Richard Torné
Albox council is in hot water following last week’s decision by the public prosecutor to investigate the local authority in connection with...
Millions stolen from local water infrastructure contracts
By David Jackson
The Guardia Civil fiscal crimes unit have swooped onto the offices of the state owned water management company Acuamed after a judge...
Regeneration project under fire
By Richard Torné
Granada’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts has waded into the debate on the highly controversial Mesón Gitano restoration project at the foot...
Palomares bombshell
By Richard Torné
The state prosecutor has shelved a complaint by environmentalists against the Spanish government over the 1966 Palomares nuclear accident.
The Ecologistas en Acción...
42 arrests in abortion insurance scam
By David Jackson
Police have arrested a criminal gang who involved pregnant women in minor traffic accidents after they had consumed drugs to force an...
Turre’s ‘power to the people’ gambit flops
By Richard Torné
Turre’s participatory budget scheme appears to have failed after fewer than 80 residents submitted proposals to the council, Costa Almería News can...
Millennium commemorative stamp issued two years late
By Emma Randle
Almería’s celebration postage stamp commemorating 1,000 years since the founding of the city in 1014 was launched with much pomp and ceremony...
Bogus sales markdowns
By Dave Jamieson
A Spanish consumers group says nine out of 10 people have detected fake discounts on goods in the January sales. Facua -...
Nigel Goldman given suspended jail term
By David Jackson
Costa conman Nigel Goldman has been handed two suspended prison sentences after being found guilty on two counts of fraud at Reading...
Flu grips Almería
By David Jackson
Doctors fear there could be a flu epidemic on the way in Almería after it emerged that the infection rate across the...
Somos Mojacar lodges objections to anti-social ban
By Emma Randle
Opposition party Somos Mojacar has lodged objections to Mojacar council’s recently announced by-laws restricting “anti-social behaviour” in the town.
The party, led by...
Mojacar’s oldest resident dies
Mojacar’s oldest resident Colonel Herbert Finch TD passed away this weekend after a short illness. Bertie, who had lived in Mojácar for the past...
New Palomares books slam 1966 US clean-up
By Richard Torné
The Palomares nuclear accident is the subject of two controversial new books which are being published to coincide with the 50th anniversary...
COSTA ALMERIA NEWS
R.I.P Jack Troughton – a journalist and a gentleman
Messages of condolence have been flooding in for Jack Troughton, who tragically passed away yesterday (Friday).
Jack was a campaigning journalist who made his name...
