Thanks to an agreement between the Motril Town Hall and the Junta the Paseo de Carchuna will have parking space. What’s more, two-way traffic will be maintained during the summer.
Tag Archive for Motril
Salty Sallies
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Jan Forstendorfer, a 60-year-old German sailor with no legs, made Motril a port of call on his single-handed voyage from Mallorca to Hamburg. Less prepared marine voyagers are also mentioned in this article…
Motril Air Fair
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The 6th Annual Motril Air Show went off very well – around 10,000 spectators turned up, according to the organisers. It didn’t seem like that many to me, but it was certainly packed.
80 Missing Packages
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The Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (the briny branch of the Guardia Civil equivalent to Customs and Excise) has been busy looking for 80 parcels of hashish that was thrown overboard by smugglers during a chase just off Almunecar.
Carlos Rojas Sworn in as Mayor of Motril
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Carlos Rojas was sworn in for his second term, pledging in his acceptance speech several key issues.
Unfair Dismissal
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A Judge has found the Town Hall guilty of contravening the constitutional rights of a worker when it fired him for asking to be paid what he considered to be a just amount. The dining-hall scene from Oliver Twist comes to mind… What! More?
Trouser Theft!
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The Motril law courts sentenced a woman from Salobreña for the theft of a pair of trousers containing 900 euros. Some further explanation is obviously required.
Venezuelan Expulsion
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A Motril law court has sent three men and two women back to their country of origin – Venezuela, on a 10-year minimum expulsion order. The reason for it is that firstly they were here illegally, and secondly, they had tried to get hold of 1,800 euros that a sub-manager of a savings bank in…
Gushing Success
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El Parque de la Americas, in other words, the main park next to the church, is now sporting a geyser in the middle of the large central pond.
Lost at Sea
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A very tragic shipwreck occurred of the Motril coast, involving a boat full of illegal immigrants, with pregnant women and children amongst them.