According to the municipal statistics, Almuñécar has 29,025 official inhabitants, However, the official figure, according to the Instituto de Estadística de Andalucía is only 27.696.
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Chinasol Chagrin
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Staff at Almunecar’s Chinasol apart-hotel have been on strike after, in some cases, not receiving their salaries for the last 11 months…
Naughty Brits
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Ouch! Three Brits face a total of 18 years’ imprisonment, after being ‘surprised’ in alleged possession of ecstasy, hashish, LSD and Marihuana… The gents, D.J.B, L.W.P and C.E.P., were in a Jaguar with UK plates when they saw a Guardia Civil road checkpoint on the N-340 where it passes through the township of Almuñécar. Of…
Illegally Elevated
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Are you sick and tired of raised zebra crossings across town, knocking the hell out of your car’s suspension? Well, you have every right to be as many of them are totally illegal, which is something that has not escaped the notice of the PP opposition party. The two-year grace period for townships to bring…
Poisoned Dog Mystery…
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The mystery of the poisoned dogs grips the upper part of the Río Verde; namely, Jete and Otívar! By the end of November past, over 20 pets had met their untimely end, thanks to poisoned bait. And we’re not talking about poison being put down in the plantations, but even within the streets of the…
Picadero Operative
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Keeping to the theme of animals, the Almuñécar, municipal horse stables are now open and functioning, following criticism from the PSOE opposition party, a couple of months ago, about the state the facilities were in, and how they had been inoperative for almost two years. The new leaseholder, Club Hípico Taramay, is offering riding classes…
Weather 1, Market 0
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The wind and rain made short work of the market stalls in the town-hall square, which is a pity, as it is a good festive idea.
Interview: Councillor Concerning Market
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I interviewed the Councillor for Citizen Safety, María Dolores Sánchez, who is also the head of the Almuñécar Local Police. The purpose of the interview was to ask her about the Sunday flea market, parking facilities on the Blas Infante (Market square) and blue-zone parking around town. There isn’t room to reproduce the interview here…
Passion for Paediatrics
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Anyone living here with children should be introduced to Alice Lauboeck. She is one of three paediatricians at the Almuñécar Health Centre (Centro de Salud). I was totally impressed with the passion she has for her profession, not to mention how sweet and utterly delightful she is.
Pampered But Wet
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As the UK trembles under a blanket of snow, nobody there could possible consider that down on the Costa Tropical of Granada are ‘suffering from bad weather. Well, to be honest, we’re not. What we are suffering from, in Almuñécar, especially, is lamentable infrastructure priorities.