Half of the staff at the Baza Unemployment Office have lost their jobs, which doesn’t sound reassuring, to say the least.
BA Connects Granada to London
by Martin Myall •
British Airways has announced that it will be running four flights a week between Granada and London from the 25th of July.
Carchuna-Calahonda Facelift
by Martin Myall •
The First Councillor for Carchuna-Calahonda, Concepción Abarca, has visited the Paseo Marítimo de Calahonda where a facelift is being carried out and new park benches installed.
Almuñécar Girl on National TV
by Martin Myall •
One of the national independent TV channels, Cuatro, will soon be screening a reality show called, Un Príncipe para Corina, and the star is Almuñequera.
Church Hill No Longer?
by Martin Myall •
At a recent Plenary Meeting of the Almuñécar Town Council, the ruling party forwarded a motion to change the name of a street…
No-Food for Thought
by Axel E. Thieke G.P. •
Food is a potent inducer of metabolic responses (and pleasure ). Specific nutrients enhance muscle action, while others boost appetite or modulate inflammatory responses. On the other hand, caloric restriction under normal conditions ( 20 to 40 % fewer calories than required ) has been shown to protect against the development of chronic diseases. ( To highlight this : there was hardly any diabetes or gout in post-war Germany ) Exploiting the differential effects of food or its absence during disease may be one strategy to enhance the efficacy of drug therapies.
Estonian Swedes
by Marianne Lindahl •
At Los Nordicos last week we had the privilege to listen to an interesting lecture by historian Bengt Kummel, PhD, from Finland. The topic was “The dramatic circumstances around the transfer of Estonian Swedes to Sweden in 1944”. Dr. Kummel started by giving some historic data on the Swedish population of Estonia, a linguistic minority residing in the coastal areas and islands of what today is western and northern Estonia.
Salobreña Road Accident
by Martin Myall •
Another road accident on the N-340 between the Granada junction and the Salobreña junction, which is a straight piece of road with clear visibility.
Foreign Language Cinema
by Martin Myall •
Here is the programme for foreign-language films to be shown at the Nerja Casa de la Cultura during April, which was kindly sent in by Radio Sol de Almijarra FM.
Exotic Birds Shot
by Editor •
Somebody has shot three Grey Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum) belonging to Almuñécar Loro-Sexi Bird Park. Nine pigeons there have also gone the same way. The Seprona department of the Guardia Civil is investigating the deaths.
Cita Cítrica
by Vanessa Bosch •
El Valle de Lecrín is hosting their yearly Feria Citrica from today to the 23rd of this month. This year is the eleventh annual event.
Film Noir Festival in Salobreña
by 1616books •
During the first week of March, from 4th to 10th, Salobreña celebrated the II Film Noire Festival Villa de Salobreña. A whole week full of screenings, discussions and other activities related to the Spanish black cinema.
302-Year Sentence for Pedophile
by Martin Myall •
The Caso Karate is without doubt the biggest scandal involving pedophiles in Spain and the trial which has just concluded, reflects this.
Deadly Dolphins
by David Darby •
Many of us have been lucky to see dolphin along our coast, and some may remember the 1960’s TV series called Flipper. Well, if certain media sources are to be believed, your next encounter with a dolphin could prove fatal!
Iberia Strikes Called Off
by Martin Myall •
The airline and the unions reached a deal on layoffs on Thursday the 14th and this agreement appears to be holding, so there will no more strike action.