Tag Archive for Axarquia

Dog Attack

An Alsatian dog attacked two women out walking a dog in the industrial estate area of Vélez-Málaga. One woman had her hand badly bitten whilst the other had to be treated for shock after her dog was killed. Both women were treated at the Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía.

Law-Court Project On Hold

The Torrox law-court building to remain on the back-burner because the Junta de Andalucía has no funds for it, explained José Luis Ruiz Espejo, when he paid a visit to the Torrox Town Hall.

Illegal Houses in the Axarquía

Many foreign residents have complained that the Decreto 2/2012 de la Junta de Andalucía which deals with houses built on green-belt land does not taking into account that their homes were built with town-hall-issue building permissions, adhering strictly to approved projects

Faint Hope for Nerja Golf?

After the local business association and the Nerja Town Hall had called upon the Junta de Andalucía to change its stance on the golf-course project the Delegate for the Provincial Council, José Luis Ruiz Espejo, promised to take the affair to the Consejería de Medio Ambiente y de Ordenación del Territorio in Sevilla; or in other words, the Junta.

Maroween

The Nerja municipal dependency of Maro, has combined the tradition of eating roasted chestnuts and sweet potato on All Saints Day with the ever-more-popular Halloween and come up with Maroween.

Bilingual Schools for Nerja?

The Councillor for Education, Gema García, has urged the Junta de Andalucia to take the necessary steps so that the junior schools in Nerja become bilingual centres, as are the schools in neighbouring towns.

Barrier in Place

The Nerja Councillor for the Environment, Nieves Atencia, has informed the Junta de Andalucía that the barrier to stop access for vehicles to Río Chillar (Los Cahorros) has been installed.

Sun Beds on Playa Cañuelo

The Nerja Councillor for Beaches and the Environment, Nieves Atencia, has passed on the news that the provincial delegate for the Junta de Andalucia has accepted the town’s request for the permanent placing of sun beds and sunshades on Playa Canuelo, which is a protected beach.

Nerja Sewage Treatment Plant

The Mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo, has announced that the Central Government is still behind getting the town’s sewage system sorted out. The Mayor said that Madrid has now opened the process for the selection of ‘economic proposals’ at the Ministry of the Environment.