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FLAGS are flying at half mast in Viator, Almeria, after three soldiers died in an explosion at the town's army base. The explosion happened at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit at the Alvarez de Sotomayor camp in Viator and injured a further two soldiers including a sergeant. The three…
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CHILDREN at the Torrecardenas Hospital in Almeria received a special visit from characters from the Star Wars saga. This is part of a programme which aims to make the stay of children in hospital and their families more enjoyable. The visit was organised by the hospital and the ‘501st Legion’…
MEMBERS of the Guardia Civil Nature Protection Service, SEPRONA, seized five red tuna fish which had been caught illegally in Almeria. The fish weighed more than 357 kilos. The investigation began on suspicion that fish was being caught, delivered and sold illegally by crews using yachts which lack the required…
WINE exports from Almeria province have fallen in the first two months of this year. According to the Territorial Delegation of the Junta de Andalucia Council for Agriculture, Fishery and the Environment, exports fell by 2.6 per cent. Almeria’s wineries sold more than 32,000 litres in the first two months…
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ALMERIA Tourism Department, continues to promote the city as a tourist destination in national and international markets. Within Andalucia, the Tourism Department and the Almeria Turistica Municipal Company continues to promote the city in Cordoba, Sevilla, Malaga and Granada, holding meetings with members of the travel sector. The campaign is…
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THE popular culture of the Almanzora Valley is being studied in a project to record the areas crafts crafts, culinary art and festive practices. The initiative is known as The Atlas of Intangible Heritage, a project headed by a multidisciplinary team of anthropologists, and specialists in geography, graphic and audiovisual…
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MOJACAR mayor Rosa Maria Cano plans to increase the revenue from IBI (property tax) in order to balance the municipality’s books. “Since I took control in 2007 I have raised the number of properties liable for tax from 10,334 to 14,016” she stated. “In six years I have been able…
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A FORMER Wiltshire Mayor is running an Expert Patient Programme (EPP), course in Turre. The “Making a Difference,” course is designed to help people better manage their own health challenges. It is free and open to any English-speaking people with long-term chronic health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson’s,…
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THE funding row over the Calar Alto Observatory continues. In May 2011, a (PSOE) Central Government Council of Ministers authorised the National Research Council (CSIC) to commit more than €8 million of future expenditure, covering the period 2014-2018, to the project. The joint-venture funding agreement with the German Max Planck…
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FARMERS in Almeria have seen olive crops fall but income rise as olive oil exports to new world-wide markets have boomed. Forty-five per cent of the olive oil produced in Almeria is exported to Italy. The second biggest importer of Almeria oil is Switzerland, with 32.3 per cent, and Andorra,…
THE mayor of Arboleas has announced his five point plan for the future of the municipality. Cristobal Garcia, an engineer by profession, was one of the original politicians who shaped the town’s future more than 20 years ago, when the basic needs were electric power, drinking water, and communications. He…
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THE biggest construction project in Almeria for a decade has received the green light. Local government officials have signed a contract worth almost €5.5 million to develop the caves at the foot of the Alcazaba after considering 14 different proposals. The work, which will take 16 months to complete, forms…
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A JUDGE is investigating where €300,000 of taxpayers’ money got to. The cash is alleged to have disappeared from a government bank account. The allegations relate to an account held by the Almeria Delegation for the Environment between March 2009 and November last year. The current head of the group,…
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WHEN the mayor of Mojacar, Rosa Maria Cano, accused her opponents of depicting the town as a “Banana Republic” (her words not theirs) she may have been wise to have verified the meaning first. Councillor Jessica Simpson told EWN: “Had the mayor checked her facts, she would learn that the…
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THE provincial government has pledged to uphold a law that guarantees children from under-privileged backgrounds a fulsome diet. According to Equality Councillor Susana Diaz: “School children will be guaranteed three meals a day, consisting of breakfast, lunch and snack, because one in six children in the community is in a…
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