The latest date given by this Swedish furniture giant for the opening of the Granada branch in Pulianas is summer 2013, according to the mayor of the town.
City & Metropolitan
News from Granada city and its surroundings
A Warning for ‘Home Farmers’
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A couple were arrested for growing marijuana on their roof terrace. Now, more than a few people grow wonky weed at home, in planters or flower pots, which is legal, as long as the quantity can be interpreted as ‘personal consumption,’ but the couple had taken the interpretation a little too far.
Released Pending Trial
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Two adolescents were arrested in Granada, charged and released, pending trial, over an incident in which an elderly man suffered a heart attack and died following a mugging.
Pesticide in Drinking Water?
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The new conservative administration in charge at the Diputacion de Granada (provincial council) has denounced that the domestic water supply of three towns in the province contained pesticide during a whole year.
How Low Can You Get?
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A man and his two sons stand charged with beating handicapped man to death. The Public Prosecutor is recommending 15 years’ imprisonment for each one.
Dangerous Brick
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In the old days, los cortijeros would build their homes with anything to hand – even with unexploded, civil-war shells, it would seem.
Well Off But Stupid?
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Blaming your driving offence on somebody else by giving the police their details instead of yours has its pitfalls, as four wealthy businessmen have discovered.
Catheter Catastrophy
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Having a catheter introduced into something more accustomed to expelling urine is painful and guaranteed to make even a saint irritable at the mere thought of having one inserted, but punching the nurse is a tad overboard.
Lawyers on Strike
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(Province of Granada) Granada’s lawyers have decided to suspend their services to the state as abogados de turno de servicio; i.e., defence lawyers appointed and paid for by the state where the defendant is unable to pay his own legal fees.
Wrong Car; Wrong Person
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Luis García Díaz is not a happy bunny after receiving a traffic fine… for a car that isn’t his and for a traffic incident in a place where he hadn’t set foot in the last ten years.