(Andujar, Jaen) One of the biggest headaches for the Junta de Andalucia at the moment is the scandal that is developing concerning the accusations launched by a chauffeur for one of the governmental top dogs.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Los Corrales Dead in the Water?
by Martin Myall •
The Izquierda Unida councillor, Fermín Tejero, has denounced the fact that the Los Corrales project in La Herradura has not stirred in five years. According to the said councillor, the inactive state of the project is down to bad management on the part of the previous municipal administration under Juan Carlos Benavides.
The Feminine Touch
by Marianne Lindahl •
As far as I can remember, Almuñécar has never been as beautifully adorned for Christmas as this year. The spectacular Christmas tree at the Town Hall square, with hundreds of poinsettias in a 7 metre high structure, and the fabulous decorations of the many roundabouts, especially the one at Avenida Carlos I, with a huge cello in the middle.
International Club’s New Swings
by Martin Myall •
Thanks to the efforts of the Salobreña International Club, children can now enjoy the new swings in the Parque La Fuente.The play apparatus was purchased by the club as part of their collaboration with the Department of the Environment belonging to the Salobreña Town Hall.
Teacher Basher Released
by Martin Myall •
Estefana C.F. has been released from prison on parole after serving five months of her 3-year prison sentence for striking a female school teacher. The 24-year-old mother from Fuente Vaquero in central Granada was the first woman in Spain to be sent to prison for physically assaulting a school teacher.
Stable Government in Salobreña
by Martin Myall •
With the official incorporation of the ex-PSI councillor into the municipal governing council, the Mayor, Gonzalo Fernández Pulido, now controls a majority government, which will make his life a lot easier when it come to getting things passed by the councillor plenary meetings.
Swiss Tourist Defaces Alhambra
by Martin Myall •
When it isn’t Jordanian Air Force personnel, it’s Swiss tourists that think that their scratched-on initials are more decorative than the original walls with exquisite Islamic calligraphy adornment. Is nothing sacred?
Ticketless Salobreña
by Martin Myall •
For a time, three or four years ago, before the crisis struck, Salobreña was looking forward to the long-promised bus station – something that the town has never had. Yet now…
Que Pollas Pasa con Google?
by Martin Myall •
Most foreigners have enough Spanish to recognise the second word in title as an offensive name corresponding to a male bodily appendage… or is it?
Frenchman Stabbed Defending Girlfriend
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional in Granada arrested a North-African man, accused of sexually assaulting a woman and attacking her boyfriend.