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Report from the Mojacar ballet

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:02:33 +0000

Roving Reporter Hudson Stubbs has reported back from the recent Mojácar ballet – the Gran Ballet Las Cuentas – which he attended over the weekend: I attended this my first Mojacan cultural experience yesterday evening (Saturday 4th) at the Multi use wotsit centre. The ticket said 9...

Macael mayor denounced for stealing street lights

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:58:46 +0000

The opposition PP party in the marble town of Macael have denounced the PSOE mayor in the courts for stealing “up to” 12 street lights. The denuncia says that a government grant was given to the town earlier this year in order to improve street lighting in a part of the town. The...

Unemployment jumping back up

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:45:53 +0000

According to INEM – the government work people- after four months of slow job creation, unemployment figures in August suddenly jumped by 61,083, or 1,5% of the total, almost wiping out the job creations of the last four months. Unemployment in Spain – ie, people who are registered as...

Property Post closes its doors

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:18:48 +0000

After the excitement with the Sol Times van on the motorway this morning, I hear that the Property Post has also announced that they are closing with immediate effect. A brief note from Ashley said that: Due to the Economic Climate,I regret to inform you that The Property Post is no longer trading....

Sol Times catch fire

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:22:24 +0000

It seems that the truck carrying this weeks “Sol Times” caught fire on transit and so all copies were burnt to a crisp, so we won’t get any this week. (not that we ever do, of course, in this neck of the woods). Rumours that a rival organisation flipped a match into the back of...

Griñán: 2011 budget “very restricted”

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:54:03 +0000

President Griñán of Andalucía has warned that due to falling tax revenues, the 2011 budget of Andalucía will be “not happy, and extremely restrictive”. He said that certain ministries must expect “sweeping” budget cuts. He made the comments in a press meeting today after...

29 illegal taxis seized in province

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:07:22 +0000

A police swoop over the weekend has resulted in 29 illegal taxi drivers having their vehicles confiscated, and receiving severe fines of between 1,500€ and 6,000€. These taxi drivers, who mainly take people to the airport and bus station, have all been the subject of a series of complaints from...

US ends Palomares nuclear cleanup payments

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:50:47 +0000

El Pais has discovered that the US government will not continue to pay for cleanup efforts or continuing blood tests for the 1,500 people who live in Palomares. The US government pays some 314,000€ a year to the Spanish government to control the effects of the nuclear spill in the village, caused...

Nobody wants to audit El Ejido townhall accounts

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:46:03 +0000

The townhall of El Ejido has (quietly) confirmed that no one single private company has tendered a bid for an independent audit of the townhall accounts with the municipal mixed services company ElSur. You will remember that the public prosecutor has claimed that the townhall of El Ejido channeled...

Almeria feria

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:27:25 +0000

Almería feria has kicked off in full style, and fun is being had by all. Lots of happy photos here, in case you can’t attend in person: http://www.ideal.es/almeria/multimedia/fotos/almeria/61567-inauguracion-feria-mediodia-almeria-0.html. No need to worry about the food, seven full time food...