The owners of chiringuitos along the Costa Tropical continue to chew their fingernails over their future. A positive outcome appears closer, but far from certain.
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Citizen Advice Bureau Deficiencies
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At the moment, the Almunecar Town Hall has an Atención a Los Consumidores y Usuarias service, thanks to an agreement with the Unión de Consumidores de Granada (UCA). This service is basically a citizens’ Advice Bureau; i.e., somewhere where people can obtain information concerning their rights as consumers and lodge complaints against abuses.
Marina Playa Granada
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The company that intent to build a marina on Playa Granada has now presented its viability report to the Junta de Andalucia. There Project has a budget of 85 million euros and would make a huge change to the prospects for this part of the town and tourism in Motril in general.
Motril Fair’s Positive Appraisal
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According to the Vice-Mayor for Cultura y Gestión de Infraestructuras for Motril, Nicolás Navarro, despite the hard economical times the organisation behind the summer fair had doubled its efforts to provide more quality with fewer resources.
Sad New Record
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Perhaps the classic AC/DC number can best sum up where the A-7 peters out into the N-340… Highway to Hell.
Reina Sofia Invites Top Chef
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Miguel Castilla, owner of Restaurante Reina Sofia on the paseo of that same name, is always finding ways to bring new gastronomic ideas to Almunecar. For the second time, he has invited a top chef to come down to Almunecar and co-host a ‘gastronomic day.’
Police Search for Jewellery Thieves
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In the early hours of the 15th, a stolen 4×4 car was driven through a jeweller’s shop-front window to gain access. The robbery took place in the centre of Motril.
Desperate Arrivals
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More or less since the late spring the eastern coast of Andalucia, including the Costa Tropical, has been receiving dozens of illegal immigrants in desperate conditions striving to reach land – undetected.
Awe Inspiring
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I could have used the word ‘awesome’ but it has lost a lot of impact as an adjective due to overuse in everyday conversation. No, the only way to describe Almunecar’s annual firework display on the night of the 15th is that it inspired awe in just about everybody that witnessed it.
Dead Dolphin on Salobrena Beach
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The carcass of a large dolphin was washed up onto one of Salobrena’s beaches yesterday. The Spanish name is delfin calderon but is known as a Risso’s dolphin, (grampus griseus) after the chap who first described them in 1812.