Jaén
News from the province of Jaen in Andalucia, Spain
Police Station Chaos in Andújar
On the 14th of September 2009, the Policia Nacional in Andújar received a new boss, Jose Mariano Olivares. The Chief of the provincial headquarters had personally appointed him, which raised more than a few eyebrows. »
British Consulate Newsletter
Monthly Newsletter from the British Consulate in Malaga, containing news on pensions, The Royal British Legion and Age Concern, amongst other points. »
Missing Money Not Funny
Hundreds of locals from the hamlet that has grown up around the Linares-Baeza railway station woke up one morning to find their bank accounts empty. As the news spread, more and more cases were reported. »
Struck By a Lightning Bolt
A 16-year-old lass was unlucky enough to be struck by a bolt of lightning, whilst she was working on an ecological vegetable garden. »
British Consulate Newsletter – September
The monthly newsletter for September, sent out by the British Consulate in Malaga, Spain, giving advice and information for the British expat population. »
Here’s A Surprise!
Whilst los autonomos (self-employed workers) struggle to pay their social security and workers are laid off, our dear politicians don’t appear to have twigged that there’s an economic crisis with its teeth sunk into the average person’s jugular vein. »
Heart-Attack Lorry Driver
(Regional News) The worse place to have a heart attack is probably at the wheel of a juggernaut along the deadly bends of Despeñaperros. Thankfully, the driver managed, in his dying moments, to get the lorry off the road and parked, so as not to cause an accident. »
A Pension from Hell
(Regional News) The only photograph that Juana Ruiz has of her father was taken in 1936, when he was a young soldier in uniform – she was only one when he disappeared from their lives forever. Now she has 27,440 euros to remember him by, thanks to the Republic of France. »
Impersonating A Policeman
This piece of regional news come from the province of Jaen and deals with a man who, impersonating a policeman, allegedly kept a woman locked up for three days in her house, sexual abused her, and for good measure, robbed here. »
Costa Tropical’s Seaside Gazette
The online version of the Seaside Gazette has been going for two years and already has 1,650 articles, some of them being multiple ones. »
