A judge has ordered the City Hall of Granada to pay out 2,500 euros in damages, after a woman tripped over the stump of a missing road sign. The victim had asked for 5,000 but the judge considered the accident was her fault too.
City & Metropolitan
News from Granada city and its surroundings
Granada Rubbish Strike Continues
by Martin Myall •
The provincial capital is awash with accumulating rubbish, left uncollected by striking workers. If that were not bad enough, the city’s firemen have had to extinguish 23 rubbish hoppers over the weekend that have been deliberately torched.
Not Only The Sewage Stinks
by Martin Myall •
Granada’s Technological Park was to be the showroom of modernity, yet it lacked sewage disposal – everything ended up in an irrigation channel.
A Second Chance
by Martin Myall •
Not many people throw prize money into a wastepaper bin unless its still in the form of a lottery ticket and you thought it was worth nothing, which is what happened to Zaidin, Granada.
Is Nothing Sacred?
by Martin Myall •
There are certain things that a gentlemen does not subject a young lady to; namely a firework rocket to the buttocks.
Thoughtful Thief?
by Martin Myall •
A man who had just robbed two bars, popped into the kitchen of the second one and asked them how much they earned for a day’s work, which he handed back.
The Attila Awards
by Martin Myall •
The Ecologistas en Accion, Granada, have published the results of the annual awards that are dedicated to pointed out who has acted done the most to destroy the environment during the year, whose aim is to shame the prize winners. The prizes go to: Rector’s Board of the Universiada, comprising of the City Hall of…
Forced to Demolish Own Home
by Martin Myall •
A man from Albolote, Granada decided that it was better to demolish than to go to prison. Francisco Rodríguez has spent all his savings on having a modest cortijo and a vegetable plot, but it wasn’t to be.
Missed Booty
by Martin Myall •
A builder was having a coffee in a small bar in Colomera with some friends when he decided to go to the toilet, but absentmindedly left his wallet on the counter – so far, not good. Moments later another local from the town came in, saw the wallet, picked it up and exited rapidly.
High Tension: Very High & Very Tense
by Martin Myall •
The sight of a motorized paraglider pilot dangling from high-tension cables was enough to cause traffic jams – it also didn’t do wonders for the man’s underwear.