Andalusia

Regional news from Andalucia

The Rubbish Wars

Even as Granada groaned under the weight of 4,000 tonnes of accumulated rubbish, two other Andalusian cities were going through the same calvary: Loja and Sevilla.

A Question of Priorities?

The leader of IU, whose party forms part of the ruling coalition of the Regional Government has been busy explaining why he spent public funds on a journey to Palestine; or better said, what the hell the Middle East had to do with his charge as Vice First Minister of the Junta de Andalucia.

Young Mother on the Run

A 17-year-old mother fled the hospital where she had just given birth, taking her baby with her, when she learnt that she and her child would be taken into care.

Eulogio, The Antipode of the Banks

In these times when we hear of banks in Spain, some even after being bailed out with taxpayers’ money, evicting families from their homes, it is reassuring to read about the case of Eulogio Carmona.

Baby in the Freezer

On the 9th of November, in a house in the nearby town of Pilas, near the City of Sevilla, the tiny corpse of a newly born child was found in a domestic freezer.