Costa Tropical Regeneration Plans.
Major plans have just been unveiled for substantial investment into the Eastern Costa Tropical coastline. Twenty four areas in seventeen municipalities of the region have been earmarked for regeneration, and it has been stated that these ambitious projects over the next decade “will completely change life in this region”. Recent studies have revealed a very [...]
Rainfall in Andalucia
With quite a numbers of years with low levels of rainfall in Andalucia, December 2009 really made a dramatic change. In December Andalucia saw the most rain in 60 years. Following this now Granada has accumulated enough rain for 2 years. In 12 days there was 238 litres for each square metre giving rise to [...]
Costa Tropical Motorway Progress
The Costa Tropical stretch of the new A7/E15 coastal motorway is well underway, as can be seen from the photographs taken in November 2009. The two new tunnels sitting between La Mamola and Haza de Trigo are now completed, and works is also at a similar stage above Melicena.
New Spanish Mobile Phone Numbers
It was recently announced that the next batch of mobile telephone numbers to be released in Spain will start with the number “7″. This will provide a additional 80 million telephone numbers.
Sierra Nevada Motorway
A government bill was passed tis week announcing that the current name of the Sierra Nevada Motorway (the A44) be changed to “Costa Tropical@ motorway. Hoteliers and the board of Tourism welcomed the change and it is hoped that this will in turn improve the profile of Tourism in the area.
Skiing Season Soon Opens!
For all those keen skiers, it has been reported today in the local newspaper for Granada that the Sierra Neveda skiing region will be opening its doors from the beginning of the second week in Novemeber 2009.
32,000 Less Unemployed in June 2009
The number of registered unemployment in the office of Services Public Employment (SPE) declined in June (in conjunction with May) for the second consecutive month. The fall was 32,000 people in the last 29 days of the month. Unemployment is indicative of the SPE. The only report valid for comparisons is the European Survey of [...]
Falling Unemployment Levels In Spain.
It’s been announced that for the 1st time in 13 months, the registered level of unemployed has fallen by 0.68% which equates to 24,741 in the month of May 2009. However in the 12 months leading up to this period, the number of people out of work had risen by 1,266,564 which was was an [...]
Salobrena Town Hall Siege!
A local shepherd turned up in Salobrena town centre with 200 of his goats, and let them loose in front of the town hall. He took this line of action in protest to the town hall putting an embargo on his property, due to the shepherd allegedly building an illegal construction without the necessary permissions.
Albondon With Bread & Wine
Albondón village, nestled in the Sierra de la Contraviesa, is famous for its wines and for its culinary delights such as Migas. Saturday 30th May is the day of San Isidro, who blesses each year the land of the area, and natives and visitors alike enjoy the Festival with Wine and tradtional food followed by a Procession, then [...]
