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THOUSANDS OF farmers from all over Spain protested in Madrid following the EU’s landmark agreement with a group of South American nations. More than 350 honking tractors rolled down the capital’s main thoroughfare, Paseo de la Castellana, as protesters waved placards reading ‘the Spanish countryside is not for sale’ on Wednesday. After an hour-long traffic standstill, the 2,500 protesters ended …

A SPANISH landowner began bulldozing houses on protected farmland in order to build a golf project on the Costa del Sol. Sociedad Azucarera Larios demolished a home in Vega de Maro near Nerja to build a new luxury tourism complex. However, Olive Press sources suggest that ‘as many as five’ may have already been targeted, knocked or partly demolished. Today, …

Thursday, 27th March 2025 at 14:09 The French authorities, in collaboration with Guardia Civil and National Police, as well as the Mossos d’Esquadra, (Catalonia Police Force), have arrested Allal El Mourabit. He was a jihadist convicted on charges of glorifying terrorism. While serving his sentence, he escaped after removing his electronic tags. He then murdered three farmers with a machete …