Granada Costa
news from the Costa Tropical (Granada): Almunecar, La Herradura, Motril & Salobrena
Conflict of Interests?
It appears that the majority of orders sent out to printers by the Town Hall during the last municipal administration (Juan Carlos Benavides 2007-2011) went to just one printer, Graficas Seximar S.L., which would not be questionable in itself, if it were not for the fact that the printer concerned belongs to the family... »
Plaza de la Tranvía Parking
For those of you who are not sure where this underground car park is, it's the one in the square just on the opposite side of the main roundabout from Plaza Las Esplanadas. OK, so it wasn't exactly a GPS-rivalling indicator, as far as explanations go, but you know where we're talking about. »
Salobreña Time Saver
Do you remember when we ran the article about the inauguration of the Citizen Information Office at the Salobreña Town Hall? I don't, but it's a great way to start an article, anyway... Just joking. »
Cine Negro
There is no consensus on whether Cine Negro (Film Noir) is a genre, or just a mood, or even just a lack of studio lighting, but everybody loves it. The general ingredients for the Cine-Negro cocktail are the strange, the erotic, the ambivalent, and the cruel. Hell, imagine half of Humphrey Bogart's face in... »
Motril’s neighbourhood Associations Meet
The Councillor for Cooperation & Relations, Inmaculada Torres, together with Concepción Abarca, who is the First-Councillor of semi-autonomous council (ELA) Carchuna Calahonda, held the first combined meeting of 20 asociaciones de vecinos at the Matraquilla Centre - nobody was killed and eaten. »
Motril Fishermen Uneasy
When the Motril fishermen spotted a ship belonging to the gas-prospecting company, Chinook, making its way repeatedly between Nerja and Adra, they feared the worse, so they were soon hammering on the Mayor's door. »
Saving the Castle
The castle at Castell de Ferro, which was originally built around 1300, is very much the worse for wear - some believe that it is on the point of collapsing, thanks to a sizable crack through one of its three remaining walls. »
Tardy Protection for the Coast
The Junta has finally got its act together (after ten years), regarding the protection of what little unspoilt space is left, whilst at the same time giving some coastal towns a little more leeway over their beaches. »
Sudden Death at Santa Ana
An Almuñequero, Antonio Miguel Aneas Vigo, died at the area hospital of Santa Ana in Motril from causes that can only be clarified by an impending autopsy. Sr Aneas, who was in his fifties, had not been feeling well for several days and had decided to go to Santa Ana. »
Making Illegal Houses Legal
The new decree issued by the Junta de Andalucia has the Motril Town Hall scratching its collective head - they see it as difficult to apply. But it's not only the Town Hall, but the ecologist group, Buxus, too. »
