Tag Archive for andalucia

Burglaries at Restaurants

Salobreña has suffered from a series of break ins at restaurants on the paseo since summer. A total of 13 establishments have been targeted; twelve restaurants and one supermarket.

Salobreña Expired Food Problem

After complaints by several locals in Salobreña that food distributed by Amigos solidarios de Salobreña had expired use-by dates, the Town Hall has informed both this organisation and the Food Bank to cease this practice, otherwise they would revise its collaboration with them.

Motril’s Controversial Dog Shelter

The Town Hall calls it an albergue, which translates as hostel or shelter, whilst the socialist opposition leader, Flor Almón called it an extermination camp for abandoned dogs. Both terms are probably inaccurate, one more than the other.

La Herradura Street Improvements

The stone steps up in the old town of La Herradura have long been a bit tricky, especially when they are slippery from rain, which is why the Town Hall maintenance crews have been hard at work, sorting them out.

Unimpressive Bank Holiday

The early December, bank holiday, El puente de la Constitución, was not good for trade on the coast, but then again, it rarely is as it falls at the end of the Autumn rainy season.

Unlucky Rosa Gets A Break

There is a lot more to Rosa Panadero’s case than just being another potential eviction candidate in Salobreña; life has been cruel and only a week before the eviction case she had buried her 16-year-old daughter, who had died in a car crash. Rosa had already lost her 18-year-old son five years previously.

Junta Fine Annulled

The Nerja Councillor for Commerce Nieves Atencia, has announced that the Junta’s Tourism and Commerce Board has shelved the 3,000-euro fine that it had levied on the Asociación de Empresarios de Nerja.

Tunnel Accident Exercise

Volunteers from the Protección Civil de Nerja staged an emergency exercise to approve their rapid response to a hypothetical car accident inside a motorway tunnel.