The hotel chain that was going to build a 7-star hotel, Bahía Fenicia – its first in Spain – has gone ahead with one but in neighbouring Málaga, instead.
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News that has been published in the paper edition but not online until now
Almuñécar’s Population Grows
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Mayor Juan José Ruiz Joya, had a butcher’s (look) through the town’s population figures provided by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística… gleefully.
Costa Train
by Editor •
The business sector on the Costa Tropical is mightily miffed with the socialist Central Government over a possible Granada-to-Motril rail connection.
Water Shortage
by Martin Myall •
Apart from December, there has been no rain to speak of and the forecast for spring is a dry one, which spells disaster for the Axarquia, both for farmers and domestic supplies.
Herradura’s Luxury Apartments
by Martin Myall •
Electoral promises are coming thick and fast and towns are turned upside down with road works as municipal elections approach!
Fugitives in Salobreña
by Martin Myall •
The motorcycle Club Fugitivos Granada has had a club house in Salobreña for the last three years and has 15 members, although with their partners and children included, they number more.
La Caleta Work Concludes
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Mayor, María Eugenia Rufino and the councillor in charge of La Caleta, Ignacio Trujillo, went for a pre-election photo op to see the completed street work.
Lecrin Valley News
by Martin Myall •
Three Valle de Lecrin article concerning a mugging in el Pinar, a missing man in Nigüelas and three fires in Ízabor
Stealing The Glory?
by Martin Myall •
Francisco Sánchez-Cantalejo from the Motril PSOE accuses the Mayor, Luisa García Chamorro of claiming a PSOE achievement as one of her own – is nothing sacred?
Motril Murder Sentence
by Martin Myall •
Yasmina M. R. has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment for the murder of her girlfriend, Marina Díaz Vallecillos, who had just turned 18.