News from Nerja and Axarquia
If you have ever been hospitalised in a public hospital in Andalucia, or visiting a patient, you will have seen that you had to pay to be able to watch TV. Well, that’s changed in the province of Málaga, at least.
A Day of Joy at Moto Rock Bar HS: the air at Moto Rock Bar HS, usually thick with the growl of engines, hummed with a different kind of energy on February 27th.
The new parking area, near the western entrance to Maro, is now finished after years of bureaucratic wrangling and six months of construction work.
Many consumers in the Axarquia are going to see a rise of 35% in their water bills after it was approved by the Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Oriental-Axarquía.
It was almost four years ago that Nerja demolished the old school building Giner de los Ríos which had been converted into a social and cultural centre. Since then it has been a parking area.
There was a bit of a drama in Vélez-Málaga in the early hours of today outside a block of flats next to the Parque María Zambrano; two burning cars outside were pumping out black smoke that was entering the building.
Dogs have the unfortunate habit of trying to catch wild mountain goats, but they are simply not built with the same 4×4 potential that goats have, which gets dogs into trouble.
A car burst into flames on the road connecting Frigiliana to the autovía and Nerja yesterday around 15.00h causing a considerable hold up.
The Torrox Policía Local found two German-Shepherd dogs in a lamentable state, suffering malnourishment, scabies (mange) and leishmaniosis in Torrox.
On the 14th, 15th & 16th of this month, there will be a beer festival in Vélez-Málaga, which, for those that enjoy all kinds of beer, is a weekend not to be missed.