The criminal court in Motril has sentenced a man from Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) to three years’ imprisonment, as well as a fine of three million euros after it was found that he had just over two metric tonnes of hasish onboard his yacht at berth in Marina del Este
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Ballet at the Botanical
by Editor •
The Russian National Ballet, directed by Ivan Gromakov will be performing in the Majuelo Botanical Park in Almuñécar on Saturday the 8th of September at 22.00h. The performance is entitled, Los Cosacos de Taras Bulba.
Bay Race Next Sunday
by Martin Myall •
The postponed XIII Travesía a nado de la Bahía de La Herradura will finally go ahead on the 9th of September.
Korea & Salobreña
by Martin Myall •
Salobreña has played host to a South Korean documentary crew filming for a programme about Spain and its gastronomy. They have also been in Granada, Sevilla, Toledo and Jerez de la Frontera.
The Empire Strikes Back
by Martin Myall •
The Town Hall, through the Public Administrator of the Motril cleaning firm has responded to the workers committee’s accusations, published in the Seaside Gazette and Spanish newspapers.
Expensive Water
by Martin Myall •
Sometimes we only react to the price of electricity as end consumers; but that is only one place where it hits us. It also hits us indirectly when when we go out and buy something. Take the case of the Almuñécar farmers in the vega…
Still Going Up
by Martin Myall •
Anybody who’s put some petrol or diesel in their car tank doesn’t need to be told that the price has gone up again, but did you know that the provinces of Granada and Huelva have the highest pump prices in Andalucía?
Blasting Boob
by Vanessa Bosch •
People were astounded to hear that workers on the high-speed-train line outside Loja managed to seriously weaken a standard railway bridge during blasting operations.
Increased Vehicle Tax
by Martin Myall •
The Salobreña Town Hall has announced that it intends to raise the tax on vehicles registered in the municipality; i.e., el impuesto sobre vehículos de tracción mecánica.
Roman Well Recovered
by Martin Myall •
Do you remember when the Hotel Cotobro Playa was under construction, how ecologists and archaeologists tried to block the project because of the presence of the Roman well on site?