The Guardia Civil in Órgiva arrested a 69-year-old man for allegedly attacking another man with a clasp knife. The 45-year-old victim received three stab wounds. The attack took place in the town square during festival activities, starting off as a heated argument before going nuclear.
Granada Inland
News from inland Granada: Alpujarra, Lecrin Valley,Alti-plano & Poniente
Musical Murtas
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Just about anywhere else, young kids learn musical instruments to play in a rock band – not so in Murtas, where they are having classes to become wandering minstrels, or troubadours.
VPO’s for Órgiva
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Órgiva will have its first VPO’s next year. VPO stands for Vivienda de Protección Official; i.e., government subsidized housing for low-income families.
Forgotten Bargis
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Ever heard of a hamlet called Bargis? Well, it’s in the Alpujarra – in fact, it lies within the municipality of Órgiva, although, arguably, it is lost in the 19th Century.
Miffed Tíjola
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Another forgotten municipal annex of Órgiva is Tíjola, whose inhabitants are demanding that their access road be repaired. Some years ago, the Town Hall of Órgiva had half the 10-kilometre road metalled, i.e., covered with asphalt. The remaining four kilometres of the lane continues to be a dirt track, which has the 150 members of the Asociación de Vecinos de Tíjola pretty cheesed off (angry).
August New Year
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New Year celebrations came and went in Bérchules, but during August, as has become the much-popular custom there. On the said Saturday the festive activities accrued a profit of 2,500 euros, thanks to the sale of marketing products; i.e., baseball caps. These funds will be handed over to the charity Ciudad de los Niños, which…
Publication Update – September
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Publication info for the September edition of the Seaside Gazette.
1001st Post
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Well, we have just clicked up our thousandth post on the new Seaside Gazette website, making this article the 1001st post, which is not bad, seeing as this online version of the Seaside Gazette has only been going since April 2009 – a little over a year. At the moment we have around 1,700 visits…
British Embassy Newsletter – August
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The monthly newsletter from the British Embassy in Madrid with useful information for British residents in Spain
Back in Time
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(SP) Lanjarón Town Hall invites you to take a break to let your imagination go back to the times when Spain was the home of three cultures