The City Hall of Granada has decided to do away with an embarrassing perk enjoyed by its department heads; unlimited phone credit on their work mobiles.
Granada Inland
News from inland Granada: Alpujarra, Lecrin Valley,Alti-plano & Poniente
The Reoccurring Six
by Martin Myall •
Six people were arrested for allegedly embezzling 9,700 euros from an elderly man, even going so far as to threaten his life. The six men, all from different villages around the Alpujarra, are aged between 21 and 40.
Teacher Basher Released
by Martin Myall •
Estefana C.F. has been released from prison on parole after serving five months of her 3-year prison sentence for striking a female school teacher. The 24-year-old mother from Fuente Vaquero in central Granada was the first woman in Spain to be sent to prison for physically assaulting a school teacher.
Swiss Tourist Defaces Alhambra
by Martin Myall •
When it isn’t Jordanian Air Force personnel, it’s Swiss tourists that think that their scratched-on initials are more decorative than the original walls with exquisite Islamic calligraphy adornment. Is nothing sacred?
Que Pollas Pasa con Google?
by Martin Myall •
Most foreigners have enough Spanish to recognise the second word in title as an offensive name corresponding to a male bodily appendage… or is it?
Frenchman Stabbed Defending Girlfriend
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional in Granada arrested a North-African man, accused of sexually assaulting a woman and attacking her boyfriend.
Bank Takes All
by Martin Myall •
It never crossed the mind of small businessman, Antonio Ruiz, that something like this could happen to him; but it has. One moment he was on top of the world, and the next he had been stripped of all he possessed – the bank took the lot: his business (Cuadros San Sebastian) his work shop, his house… and even the houses of his two offspring… they even took his grandchildren’s bicycles!
House Prices Continue Descent
by Martin Myall •
On a provincial level, the average price for dwellings is still falling. The average price per square metre over the province of Granada stood at 1,697 euros in November, which is almost 9% lower than November 2010.
Small Village, Big Lie
by Martin Myall •
When your home village has only 726 inhabitants, you can bet that everybody knows everybody, so when you tell a porker, nobody is going to believe it, because they know you. Well, one 54-year-old man in such a village, deep in the Alpujarra, decided to report that he had been mugged and kidnapped, as an explanation for being unable to pay a bar bill.
Jordanian Graffiti
by Martin Myall •
An NCO (below officer rank) serving in the Jordanian Air Force opted to visit the Alhambra whilst on holiday in Spain, and was so impressed by the architecture of the Alhambra that he decided to engrave his initials on one of the walls… and he was caught red handed.