Granada Costa

news from the Costa Tropical (Granada): Almunecar, La Herradura, Motril & Salobrena

Casas Con Encanto

Now, you can tell that it is coming up to the elections, because everybody is coming up with impressive ideas to improve the lives of residents. One such idea comes from the PP, who want to promote a network of ‘charming houses’ for rent.

Facebook Lynching

Social networking creates a parallel society that operates with almost impunity. Normal circumstances regarding presumption of innocence are disregarded, and in the case of an incident concerning a lass from Salobreña, online lynching.

Understanding Town Hall

The Town Hall has announced that it will reduce the fees on bar terraces, as compensation for the loss of trade thanks to the new anti-tobacco law. Bar & Restaurante owners can have their tables and chairs out all year round, but only pay the summer months.

Wifi in Hospital

More on wifi: Motril’s Santa Ana Hospital is also now offering a free wifi service for its patients.

Not Quite Guns

The Policía Local in Motril, together with the Guardia Civil, have confiscated seven replica guns, which are identical to the real thing, other than in their capacity to fire live ammunition.

Maids and Jewels

The Policía Nacional arrested two women over the theft of jewels worth 40,000 euros from a house. One of the two women, aged 31 & 24, worked as domestic help in the house where the theft took place. The police tracked down several items that had subsequently been sold at an establishment that buys gold…

Motril and Helicopters

Beat the traffic jams travelling by helicopter! Yeah, why not the Space Shuttle, for all that your beset personal economy will permit, but it’s not that expensive

Publication Update: March

We go to the printer Tuesday the 1st, meaning that hardcopy distribution begins Wednesday3rd March in the evening. We missed getting to the printer on Friday the 25th of Feb because my main computer went down and I am now using a back up one… Don’t you just love it when that happens on the…