The Andalusian health service, SAS, spent two million euros treating foreigners, either residents or tourists, during 2010 in Granada alone. Mind you, they passed it on to the private insurance companies or the countries of origin of these patients.
Andalusia
Regional news from Andalucia
Looking for Trouble…
by Martin Myall •
A young girl made the mistake of recriminating a 40-year-old man for spitting on the ground outside a discotheque in Antonio Millón in Nerja. His response was to walk up to her and spit in her face, but it didn’t stop there.
Poppy Appeal Final Count
by Martin Myall •
The Nerja Branch of the Royal British Legion has now finished counting the contents of 45 poppy, collection boxes that have been in place in various bars and restaurants in and around Nerja. The amount raised is in excess of €2,000.
Paternal Last Act
by Martin Myall •
Firemen from Baena managed to rescue a 3-year-old boy from a crashed car, whose father managed to comfort moments before dying. The child only had a cut to his forehead – the father died soon after the impact.
CAS November Press Release
by Martin Myall •
Over the past decade, animal lovers in Comares have endured a continual stream of poisonings in the town. An estimated 200 cats and dogs have died painful deaths in that time after eating contaminated meat deliberately left out in the street.
Tango in Armilla
by Martin Myall •
The nexts concerts of the theatre company, Arcos de Buenos Aire take places in Armilla (Granada) and Marbella:
CAS Events for December
by Martin Myall •
Costa Animal Society’s events agenda for the month of December, with three dates for your diary.
British Consular Newsletter – November
by Martin Myall •
What is Benefit Theft? The vast majority of people who claim UK benefits are honest, law-abiding citizens. But there are those who try to cheat the system. People who are in receipt of UK benefits have a responsibility to keep the authorities informed of any change in their circumstances, as this can affect their claim…
2000th Post!
by Martin Myall •
This website came into existence in April 2009 and by the 15th of August 2010 we had reached our 1001st post and were pretty chuffed, but today we’re proud to register our 2,000th post!
Breakdown Lorry Law Breaker
by Martin Myall •
How many of you have walked up to where you had parked your car to find it missing, replaced by a sniggering sticker on the kerb, informing you that your 4-wheeled sweetheart now nestles in the dungeons of the municipal compound? More than a few.
But then again, how grateful we are to see a breakdown lorry appear when we are stranded on the hard shoulder with an inert and sulking car?
But there is now a third kind of breakdown lorry – or there was until the police arrested its owner/driver: a man who has spent recent years picking up legally parked cars and taking them off to a scrapyard to collect between 100 and 150 euros for each one from an equally crooked scrap-yard owner.