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    British couple killed in Granada house collapse

    It happened on Monday night in the village of Rubite
    A British couple has died overnight when the roof of the cortijo rural house they were visiting collapsed in Granada.
    It happened in the village of Rubite, and Motril firemen at the scene said that a landslide caused by the recent rains was the probable cause of [...]

    Spanish Sports News

    Spain Football Results – Monday February 22 2010

    Two points remain between Real Madrid and Barcelona
    It was a 6-2 thrashing for Real Madrid against Villarreal on Sunday, with Cristiano Ronaldo on top form, scoring a great goal from a free kick and taking part in three more. It means the gap at the top of the table remains two points after Barcelona found [...]

    Spanish Sports News

    Spain Weekend Football Results – Monday February 8 2010

    Spain has a good draw in the 2012 European Cup
    Spain now knows her rivals in the classification phase of the 2012 European Cup, and will meet the Czech Republic, Scotland, Lithuania and Liechtenstein. It’s regarded as an easy start for the team which will be defending its victory in the tournament in 2008.
    Spain remains ranked [...]

    Spanish Sports News

    Spain Weekend Football Results – Monday January 25 2010

    Cristiano Ronaldo sent off after breaking Mtiliga’s nose
    Two goals and a red card for Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2-0 win for Real Madrid against Málaga. The red card came 20 minutes from the end of the game for an aggression by Ronaldo on Patrick Jan Mtiliga who was elbowed in the face and has a [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Costa Tropical Business News – March 2010

    Despite the awful weather conditions our students have been very active this term In early February 32 students spent 4 days in the Sierra Nevada skiing and snowboarding. They greatly enjoyed both the sporting activities and the possibility of socialising across year groups and with accompanying staff.  Fourteen sixth formers and two staff spent 5 [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Costa Tropical Business News – February 2010

    Toddlers on Tour Spain (T.O.T..S.) has a new weekly feature on their website , Starting from this month – a  different product from the rental range will be on promotion and a discount will apply if it´s booked during that week. (an advance booking for the promoted item will be accepted).
    The newly promoted product will [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Spanish banks obliged to tell the taxman of every movement over 3000 Euro

    The obligation, set in a new Royal Decree, applies to cash and credit card payments
    Friday’s cabinet meeting in Madrid saw a new Royal Decree approved in the fight against fiscal fraud.
    Under the new legislation the banks will have to systematically inform the Spanish tax authorities every year of any movements of cash or credit card [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Art exhibition by artist Anna DiGesu

    “Life in Color”  :: “La Vida en Color” - an art exhibition by artist Anna DiGesu

    When trying to describe Anna Digesu’s work, the word that springs to mind most is ‘color’. Anna is a master colorist, using her expressive, fluid style to capture her figures in fleeting moments and with gentle poise. Working in [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Shakespeare in the Costa Tropical

    TheTrentham Shakespeare Company is coming to our area to perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
    The company was formed in 2006 and the company’s first production was in fact A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and included many of the actors who will be performing here in Spain.
    Director and founder of thge company is Brian Rawlins, who began his [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Salobreña in November

    3rd to 13th: Romania Exhibition, Municipal Library, Monday to Friday 17.00 to 20.00h
    Friday 6th: Cinema: Vacaciones de Ferragost (Romanian film), Auditorium 21.00h, entrance 3 euros.
    Saturday 7th: V Autumn Polyphonic Conference 2009, Motril Choir, La Maison de France and Salobreña Choir. Auditorium, 21.00h Free admission.
    Friday 13th: Road Show, (theatrical representation of a road accident, Auditorium, 12.30 [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    What are Tapas

    Tapas is the name of a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold (such as mixed olives and cheese) or warm (such as puntillitas, which are battered, fried baby squid).
    In North America and the United Kingdom, tapas have evolved into an entire cuisine. In these countries, patrons of tapas restaurants can [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Feeling a bit Chilli?

    Hidden down a backstreet but only 20 metres from the beach is a little gem.  I’m not sure I should tell everyone as I feel I want to keep this to myself for fear of spoiling things.  There is, in Castell de Ferro a renaissance happening.  The big wide wide world has finally getting a [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Pork Kebabs and Moroccan Style Dining

    The Costa Tropical News – No.1 for News and Information on  the Costa Tropical.
    One of my local bars Torrera Alta is just off the main road from Castell de Ferro toward Lujar in the Costa Tropical. Now wait for it…. run by a South African (Leon) and his Spanish wife (Anna) they have a [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    The internet leaving Spain behind

    Does Spain have the slowest and most expensive internet broadband service in the whole of Europe? According to a group who should probably know better than most, the Spanish Association of Internet Users, it certainly does. In the first month of this year, the Association complained about the declining number of ADSL connections (the most [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    How Sweet is my life?

    Motril and sugar are synonymous.
    Now I don’t consider myself obese but at 19 stone I am considered morbidly obese on the BMI index.  A few to many years without a gym, too much amber nectar and a perchance for a curry could have contributed to my needing to “lose a bit” I agree.
    It doesn’t help [...]

    Costa Tropical Business News

    Service Please!

    I have just read that visitor numbers are down by about a quarter, recently Sevilliana got everyone’s bills wrong and  Iberbanda lost service for weeks on end.
    So what is the common denominator between these events?
    Lack of service (in the case of Iberbanda, in more ways than one).
    It just seems that the Spanish in general either
    1) [...]

Costa Tropical News

British couple killed in Granada house collapse

It happened on Monday night in the village of Rubite A British couple has died overnight when the roof of the ...

New Community Forum Launched

The Costa Tropical News have launched a new community forum www.costatropicalinfo.com. The forum is open to anyone, anywhere who has an ...

Win great prizes with the Costa Tropical News

In the February Edition there are two great prizes to be won. A FREE Spanish will provided by Marbella Solicitors and ...

Win a Free meal for 2 people including Wine – Competition Closed

Cafe Bar Garcia in Castell de Ferro are offering the chance to win a free meal for 2 people including ...

Jet2 Competition Winner – Peter Halatyn

As a result of the success of Jet2.com’s loyalty scheme, myJet2 has also been extended to expats living in Spain ...

Missing British climber found in the Sierra Nevada

The 44 year old had suffered a broken leg and had been reported missing by his wife on Sunday A 44 ...

Talks underway to increase passenger volume at Granada airport

Seven companies are being approached by the provincial government The Diputación provincial government in Granada wants to see more flights operating ...

The Costa Tropical News is 3 years old

I have a dream.... Not just a life changing speech from Martin Luther King Jr but something akin to that happened 5 years ago when ...

Drunk driver arrested after fatal accident in Almuñécar

His teenage passenger died when the car crashed down a ravine A 19 year old driver injured in a fatal traffic ...

Two brothers killed in shootout in Granada restaurant

It happened in Ogíjares at Monday lunchtime The triple murder in a shooting outside a prison in Cantabria on Monday morning ...

Trial by jury for brutal murder of Granada student

Lamyae was found dead in March last year with more than 20 stab wounds in her body A 52 year old ...

Costa Tropical Business News

Costa Tropical Business News – March 2010

Despite the awful weather conditions our students have been very active this term In early February 32 students spent 4 days in the Sierra Nevada skiing and snowboarding. They greatly enjoyed both the sporting activities and the possibility of socialising across year groups and with accompanying staff.  Fourteen sixth formers and two staff spent 5 [...]

Costa Tropical & Spanish Property News

The sales of house’s in Spain fell by 24.9% in 2009 compared to 2008, with a total of 414,811

In fact, in December 2009, the sale of homes fell 0.3% on-year rate, its lowest descent of the latest figures, launched in January 2008
The sales of house’s in Spain fell by 24.9% in 2009 compared to 2008, with a total of 414,811
In 2009, the sale of new homes fell by 20.6% over the previous year, [...]

Spanish News

Youngsters drinking more at the weekends

Overall drinking levels among the young are stable
The Ministry of Health is drawing up a new plan, in coordination with the autonomous regions of Spain, to reduce alcohol consumption among the young.
Latest data shows that while under-age alcohol consumption has stabilised, youths are tending to concentrate their drinking into more intensive and hence drunken sessions [...]

Ex-Pat Information

Changes to EHIC regulations affect British pensioners in Spain

The UK will be responsible for issuing the cards to UK state pensioners resident in other EU countries from next May
Changes are underway to the system of issuing the European Health Insurance Cards to British expatriates living in Spain who are in receipt of a UK state pension. UK state pensioners are eligible for free [...]

Newspapers

Spain Papers Review – Monday February 22 2010

It’s mostly politics again on the front pages of the Spanish papers today
El País has a front page photo of a street full of rubble after the flooding on Madeira. The paper says that the search for the dead is underway after the 15 hours of torrential rain has called at least 42 deaths and [...]

The Stupid side of Costa Tropical Life

No clean hands in Extremadura as masturbation given the thumbs up!

Legal action against a masturbation workshop has been thrown out of court in Extremadura
Clean hands no, Masturbation yes.
The Prosecutors’ Office of the High Court in Extremadura has archived the case brought by the far right wing group ‘Manos Limpias’ (Clean hands) against masturbation classes being promoted by the Junta de Extremadura.
The classes aimed at adolescents, [...]

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Art exhibition by artist Anna DiGesu

“Life in Color”  :: “La Vida en Color” - an art exhibition by artist Anna DiGesu

When trying to describe Anna Digesu’s work, the word that springs to mind most is ‘color’. Anna is a master colorist, using her expressive, fluid style to capture her figures in fleeting moments and with gentle poise. Working in [...]

Spanish Sports News

Spain Football Results – Monday February 22 2010

Two points remain between Real Madrid and Barcelona
It was a 6-2 thrashing for Real Madrid against Villarreal on Sunday, with Cristiano Ronaldo on top form, scoring a great goal from a free kick and taking part in three more. It means the gap at the top of the table remains two points after Barcelona found [...]