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The Manifesto

There was no political colour behind the meeting at the offices of Aecost in Motril: everybody present had one purpose in mind; protect and promote Costa Tropical.

The business sector, workers unions, farmers – you name it – one by one they put their names to a document that has now been passed on to every town hall on the coast for signatures of their mayors, as well.

Pesticide in Drinking Water?

The new conservative administration in charge at the Diputacion de Granada (provincial council) has denounced that the domestic water supply of three towns in the province contained pesticide during a whole year.

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.

Suckered Studs

(Fuengirola) The Policia Nacional have arrested a woman in Fuengirola for allegedly swindling 380, gigolo hopefuls.

Supreme Court Finds Against Almuñecar

This time it wasn’t Benny that received a knuckle rapping from the Supreme Court, but the PSOE-PP coalition council from the year 2000, who the court considered had abused their municipal prerogative over minor changes to the standing PGOU. The way the system works is that a town will draw up an urban development plan,…

Serial Killer Caught?

The man who was arrested in the province of Malaga for the murder of two women could be a serial killer with other victims.

How Low Can You Get?

A man and his two sons stand charged with beating handicapped man to death. The Public Prosecutor is recommending 15 years’ imprisonment for each one.

Dangerous Brick

In the old days, los cortijeros would build their homes with anything to hand – even with unexploded, civil-war shells, it would seem.