Tag Archive for andalusia

Cheap Turns Out Expensive

Employing somebody illegally; i.e., without paying their Social Security monthly quota, is profitable, until you’re caught, and a sure way of getting caught is if the illegal worker has an accident requiring medical attention.

Sadistic Sons

Most people can only feel disgust when they hear of an elderly woman in her 80’s being sexually assaulted. Equally, when these same people hear that a mother’s own children mistreat her, they feel equal repulse. So how would they feel upon hearing that a man in his forties sexually assaulted his own elderly mother? That is precisely what occurred in the province of Almería.

Sexist Audacity

The Councillor for Justice and the Interior, Emilio de Llera put his foot in it over a ‘piropo’ (compliment) paid to the attractive female judge, Mercedes Alaya, who never smiles in public, it seems.

Justifying A Salary

At a time when many people have no job, no savings, no income, the fact that we have 445,568 politicians drawing salaries from public funds is beyond comprehension for the average Spaniard.

Packing Up and Moving Out

How many Brits decided to sell everything, pack up and move to Spain in the boom years? Thousands did, and it must be contagious because a young Spanish couple from Mijas has sold up, loaded the touring home and set off on a round-the-world adventure.

Seven-Star Contradictions?

When it was first announced that Almuñécar was to be the home of a 7-star hotel – only the second in Europe – the announcement was met with both expectation and incredulity.

Smugglers’ Narrow Escape

Police officers from the Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (SVA) based in Motril confiscated two tonnes of cannabis, found in a inflatable craft on a beach near the border between the municipalities of Torrox and Nerja.

Difficult Parking; No Tourists

The title of this article is a summary of the comment made by opposition councillor, Francisco Prados (PSOE): “If we don’t make it easy for people to park, they’ll stop coming here.”

Helicopter Service From Today

The Motril Port Authorities will inaugurate the port-based, privately owned, helicopter service today at 20.00h. The Helipuerto Puerto de Motril-Tropicopter is the first to offer tourist flights in Andalucía and only the second one in the whole of Spain. The helicopter is a Robinson R-66 with a Rolls Royce turbine engine RR300, state of the…

Video Clip shot on Nerja Beaches

The municipality of Nerja was chosen as the setting for a musical video clip, as well as a photographic report during the last week of April. The photographic report was shot on beaches, Las Alberquillas, El Pino and El Cañuelo., whilst El Cañuelo was also the setting of the musical video clip.