Almeria
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Almeria is a city in Andalusia in Southern Spain, founded by Arabs in 955, and the capital of the province of the same name. Since the 1950s, when Andalusia was declared a Centre of National Tourist Interest, it has been popular with national and international holiday makers. The Euro Weekly News is the longest running news source in Almeria, covering Berja, Huercal-Overa, Laujar de Andarax and Lucainena de las Torres breaking news.
Streets turn into rivers as DANA storm Adam dumps extreme rain on Almeria’s plastic sea of farms
One of the driest places in Spain and Europe was transformed into a scene of chaos on Saturday as more than 116 litres of rain...
Almeria floods: Red alert sent to phones as torrential rain hits
Residents in Almeria have been warned to avoid unnecessary journeys after Civil Protection sent an emergency alert to mobile phones as torrential rain raised the...
Vera’s Guardia Civil officers, changing in garages for six years, finally see new barracks move forward
Guardia Civil officers in Vera have spent more than six years getting changed in garages with no showers after cracks forced them out of their...
Record 570 riders make Mojácar home for Europe’s only Titan Desert race
A record 570 mountain bikers spent four days racing over the Sierra Cabrera, through the Tabernas desert and up to Velefique, and for the first...
Free yoga, volleyball and self-defence return to Vera’s beaches every weekend until June
More than 100 residents and visitors braved the rain to skate, stretch and play beach volleyball along Vera's seafront last weekend. Now the free programme...
John Lennon’s sister makes surprising discovery about his time in Almeria
John Lennon’s sister has discovered more about her brother’s time in southern Spain than she knows about his life in Liverpool, thanks to years of...
Mystery Albox player wins €107,334 on the Eurojackpot
A single Eurojackpot ticket sold in Albox matched all five main numbers in Tuesday's draw, and it was the only one in Spain to do...
Cuevas del Almanzora families take to the streets as 1,300 pupils cram into a school built for 500
Around 400 parents, teachers and pupils marched through Cuevas del Almanzora on Sunday, October 4, and stopped at an empty 10,000 square metre plot, bought...
Albox patients edge closer to a brand-new health centre after failed €2m revamp
Patients in Albox spent months putting up with curtained-off consultation rooms, blocked entrances and water cuts while their health centre was being expanded, only for...
Rada Rassimov returns to Tabernas 60 years after filming The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sixty years after Sergio Leone filmed her among the sets of the Tabernas desert, Rada Rassimov stood on a stage in the town on Thursday...
Vera says goodbye to the Belgian woman who helped bring water and light to Puerto Rey
A newspaper advert in Brussels brought Lucía Lemaitre and her young family to a barely built stretch of the Vera coast in 1967. Almost 60...
Man climbs into bin to relieve himself, then gets trapped in Almería recycling lorry
A man who'd climbed into a recycling bin near the bottom of Almería's Paseo ended up being emptied into the back of a bin lorry...
Mercadona worker fired after detectives uncover his secret during shifts
If you were earning more than €3,300 a month after tax, you might think you had found a job worth holding on to. Most people...
Eat your way around the Almanzora Valley
October is the perfect time to get out and discover more of the Almanzora Valley, and this year there is an especially tasty reason to...