Archive for October, 2011

There will be plenty of brains in La Herradura next year when scientists from over 30 countries will attend an international conference on physics, but you will have plenty of time to fit it into your schedule as it won’t be held until the third week of September 2012. »

La Herradura Diving Centre is conducting a professional diving course for the Granada Fire & Rescue Service, “after which all the participants will receive a certificate allowing them to perform rescues using diving equipment,” said the head of the centre, Luis Pellejero. The course is sponsored by the Junta de Andalucia through the provincial coordinator... »

The Province of Granada seems to be receiving one piece of bad news after another. First of all it was the negative from Brussels to route the Mediterranean rail-freight network via Costa Tropical, leaving Motril port without a rail connection, and then on the 26th of October, it was announced that the autovia construction... »

This date in the International agenda of La Herradura is one of the village's greatest achievements in self promotion. Young guitarists from all over the world put their names down for the arduous competition in the quest for international recognition and prize money. »

La Herradura marked the 449th anniversary of a naval disaster in 1562, when a storm claimed between 3,000 and 5,000 lives in the bay. »

November dates for Juventudes Musicales concerts in Almuñécar's Casa de la Cultura. »

The judiciary system often appears to be defective; too slow and often delivers controversial sentences. The case of a petty thief that has been arrested 21 times but still hasn't been brought before a judge is a classic example. »

A fall from a 1st-storey balcony might not seem very high, but when its a 19-month-old baby, the 7-metre drop should be fatal, but fortunately the child landed on the bonnet of a parked van. »

Finally, the powers that be in Brussels have decided that the Europe-wide, railway-freight network will not pass between Almeria and Malaga via the coast, giving Motril Port a rail connection at last. It seems that the Costa Tropical has been put on the back burner yet again. »

It was 9am one Saturday morning and the Emergency Department was already filling up - some people had been there hours, others were arriving. One patient, however, decided that her test results were taking too long... »