A 41-year-old Belgian man was arrested in the early hours of the 10th after allegedly painting on the facade of the Iglesia San Justo y Pastor, the Colegio Mayor Bartolomé y Santiago and on the steps of La Plaza de las Pasiegas in Granada. Both the church and the college are listed as national heritage buildings.
City & Metropolitan
News from Granada city and its surroundings
Knock Knock…
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional arrested a man when they caught him trying to smash a door down with a lump hammer; he claimed that it used to be his flat.
Not Much Fe in Santa Fe
by Martin Myall •
The couple who hold the contract for running the municipal tow truck are set to lose their house to the bank because the Town Hall hasn’t paid them.
Granada Firemen and Police Rebel
by Martin Myall •
The Granada-city municipal police and fire service picketed the city hall to complain over increase in their working week, imposed by a central-government decree.
Left to Starve
by Martin Myall •
Twenty abandoned dogs, seven of which had already starved to death, were discovered in an empty, luxury villa near in the Urbanización Cortijo del Aire in Albolote.
Local Policeman Murders Female Lawyer?
by Martin Myall •
A 51-year-old lawyer from Granada was allegedly murdered by a municipal policeman, who was on long-term, unpaid, leave.
Noisy Nuns
by Martin Myall •
The nuns belonging to the Zafra convent in Albaicín in Granada city won’t be receiving any Christmas cards from the locals after they woke everybody up at 06.30h, one fine Tuesday morning by knocking the stuffing out of their convent bells.
Crafty Councillor
by Martin Myall •
On the 9th of September there was a new article in the Ideal about how a three young men had allegedly faked an armed robbery. The following day the same paper revealed that one of them was the Youth Councillor and Vice-Mayor in Píñar.
48,000-Euro Payout?
by Editor •
A 74-year-old woman has sued the Junta de Andalucia for 48,000 euros in compensation after she tripped over a protruding bolt-head on a temporary pedestrian path through the metro roadworks in Granada in 2010.
Another Fine Mess
by Martin Myall •
The City Hall of Granada is set to take less than half of the amount that they hoped to rake in through traffic fines; the 2011 budget had made provisions for an income of 14 million euros, whereas it ‘only’ saw 6.7m.