Archive for August, 2011

The Almunecar cultural agenda for September giving all activites and events. »

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. »

You often hear about referees coming off the worse for wear in confrontations with irate football players or their fans, but it’s not very often that the referee in question is a woman. »

A woman, who probably fancied herself as Boadecia on a war chariot, rocketed across the water off Playa La Araña on a jet-ski, armed with ambition but lacking experience or a licence. »

When was the first time you came across a green scorpion in Spain – bit of a shock, wasn’t it? It doesn’t matter that the locals say that it isn’t deadly, unless you’re very young, old or have a weak heart; it’s a bloody scorpion! Mind you, they aren’t for the Spanish; they’re alacranes... »

What about the burglar that hid under the bed and pretended to be unconscious when the police discovered him? Ragingly optimistic of him, no doubt. You can almost imagine the conversation, can’t you? »

The Spanish term, el Cuento de la Lechera roughly corresponds to 'building castles in the sky,' and that is the expression that the Ecologistas en Accion have used to describe Motril's plan to build an inland marina. »

When you hear about squatters you would normally think of hippies/anarchists moving into abandoned or condemned properties, but this is not the case in Atarfe, just to the north east of the city of Granada. »

Five Dutch youngsters have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing street accessories (benches & litter bins etc) in Motril. Locals alerted the police to say that the youths, four of whom were minors, were damaging litter bins and emptying the contents onto the paseo. »

Medium-to-strong earth tremor was felt this morning in Almunecar at around 08.50h. No data is yet available. Article will be updated when more details are known. »