Tag Archive for Andalusia

The Spanish region of Andalucia (Andalusia)

Regional News May

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for making a false report to the police, claiming that he had been robbed; he did this to cover up having spent 3,000 euros in a brothel.

Pensioners Perish I

British pensioners, Christopher and Christine Martin, met a tragic end when the living room ceiling fell on them as they sat on a sofa at their friends’ cortijo in the Alpujarra village of Rubite.

Pensioners Perish II

We have all been witness to the very uncharacteristic rainfall this winter, which has been with us since the 18th of December on an off – more often ‘on’ than ‘off’. Whilst roads have subsided, houses flooded and crops ruined, up to the last week of February, there had been no fatalities in our neck of the woods. That all changed up in the tiny Alpujarreño village of Rubite on the Monday the 22nd February.

Avenida de Andalucía Adjustments

You will have noticed, perhaps, that there was a bit of work on the Avenida de Andalucía going on towards the end of February – this was repair work on a section that had already been finished.

Avenida de Andalucía Re-opened

Well, at last the business along the Avenida de Andalucía can take a small breather, thanks to this thoroughfare being opened again to traffic on the 13th of January, even though it was promised that this main traffic artery would be opened in time for Christmas.