Monthly Archives: May 2013

Salobreña Bottle-Top Appeal

Raúl is a 9-year old boy from Salobreña in urgent need of help. He has suffered from brain paralysis, West Syndrome and Lenno-Gastaut Syndrome since birth, but as he grows, life is becoming more and more difficult, especially to his family.

Small Ayuntamientos Emasculated

If the Central Government’s move goes ahead 92% of the villages with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants will lose the control over certain services. The provincial councils will be tasked with providing them.

Ramón and His Missing Mule

Anybody that had a pet dog for ten years or more knows what a blow it is to lose him, Well, imagine how 88-year-old Ramón from Cáñar in the Alpujarra felt when he lost his Mule after 22 years.

To Frack or not To Frack?

The Minister for the Economy and Industry at the Junta de Andalucia, Antonio Ávila, expressed his frustration at plans to allow fracking in Spain to go ahead. He had called for a moratorium whilst the concept and it consequences were studied more closely.

Infoca Worker Murdered by Jealous Wife?

A woman from Charches, (Guadix) has been remanded in custody without bail for the alleged murder of her husband. The couple had been married 30 years and the motive behind the act reportedly carried out by the The 45-year-old woman appears to have been jealousy.