Tag Archive for Andalusia

The Spanish region of Andalucia (Andalusia)

Boat People Rescued

It has been a busy Semana Santa for the Guardia Civil’s maritime rescue service, having intercepted two separate craft crammed with illegal immigrants.

Fish Farm Restarts

Owing to the crisis, the Salobreña and Carchuna pisifactorias (fish farms) have slowly shut down, at first not breeding any more fish and just raising the ones already in the system, and when that concluded, by shutting down the pens as well. They ceased to exist within a year of each other; 2010 & 2011. Now a new company has stepped in to put both farms back into action.

Best Not Annoyed

A woman was arrested by the Policía Nacional for assaulting her boyfriend with her telephone. It was only when she knocked him out with a blow to he back of the neck, rendering him unconscious, that she decided to call it a day and phone 091 for help.

Itrabo Before the Judge

If you want a case of people building what they like, were the hell they like, then you need only take the back road between Ítrabo and Jete; You climb past multi-storey houses, some looking more ornate than a wedding cake.

Two Electricians Injured

Two electricians in Almuñécar were injured when they received a high-voltage discharge whilst working on a fuse box in the garage of a 4-storey building on Avenida Don Juan Carlos, just before five in the afternoon.

Underhand Dealings

It was meant to be a straight forward drug deal, with nearly a kilo of cocaine changing hands for just over 60,000 euros, but it in fact changed hands in exchange for an discharge from an tazer and a spot of good old fashion aggression in general.

Blue Zones Extended

If you asked people in Almuñécar how the new Mayor was doing, most would have given her a pass mark; as soon as she came into office she reduced blue-zone hours, injecting some common sense into the affair. The same could be said for other issues. Which is why her latest decision on extended blue zones has taken everybody aback, not least, the Fermín Tejero of the IU party.

Gazette Weather Report

We’ve just added this feature to our header section, entitled, “The Weather,” which has a drop down list for individual weather reports for Almuñécar, La Herradura, Salobreña and Motril.