The local residents and P-4 Fígares invaded by excrement flowing from the drains after rains on Friday. “The stench is unbearable because the droppings are walking down the street and piled up a mess.” Just a rainy afternoon has helped some areas of Almuñecar flood water, forming puddles that looked more like swimming pools. But not only the rain has caused pools of water in the area... 

The economic situation has resulted in austerity in all sectors, but many unscrupulous business owners are taking this as an excuse to break the law. Figures from the Work Inspection department of Malaga show that up until Christmas 2011, more than 2,100 companies were committing irregularities when contracting their workers and this is 28 per cent of the 7,671 companies which were visited by inspectors.... 

Salobreña are running a competition for short films made with mobile equipment, “Short-minute.” The  Black Film Shows I, are to be held in Salobreña from 6 to March 10, 2012. The winner and a cash prize, will receive a scholarship to a filmmaking workshop. As explained the Councillor for Culture, Antonio Rabaneda, “the purpose of the competition is to provide participants... 

Troubled Spanish Airline, Spanair, announced that it would cease trading on Friday after the arrival of it’s last flight. The airline was already in financial difficulties when in 2008 one of their flights between Madrid and the Canary Islands crashed on take-off, resulting in the worst Spanish avitation accident in recent decades. The regional government of Catalonia, who had been investing... 

Almuñécar Civil Guardia brought to justice a man for causing the death of a cat used for whipping his dogA couple of neighbors saw the cat-dog aggression and reported the facts.The Civil Guard has been brought the neighbour of Almuñecar, sixty years old, for an alleged crime on the protection of domestic animals by causing your dog to attack a cat in the street and caused the death of the cat . However,... 

Planned attractions for the new Paramount Pictures Theme Park in Murcia will be at the cutting edge of technology, including 3D, 4D and 5D special effects. The attractions will be themed around Paramounts previous blockbuster films, and will be zoned into five seperate areas : Paseo Paramount; Woodland Fantasy; Adventure City; Plaza Futura and Rango’ West. In the ‘Adventure City’... 

Thousands of police, firefighters, teachers and other civil servants marched through Barcelona Wednesday to protest against spending cuts made by the regional government of Catalonia. The demonstrators marched behind a large black and white banner that read “No to the cuts. Save Public Services” from the central Plaza Sant Jaume to the Catalan parliament, where lawmakers were debating... 

The Federation of Independent Users and Consumers (FUCI) estimates that this year taxpayers will face paying an extra 679 euros due to rises in income tax, property tax, mortgages and utilities, such as natural gas and water. Specifically, FUCI estimated that each taxpayer will face an average annual rise in income tax of 222 euros, which is in addition to the average 360 euros per year increase in... 

Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) have published statistics earlier today, depicting a worrying state of the economy of the country. Increasing levels of unemployment, which are teetering around 21.5% with little signs of improving in the near future, together with an industrial output, which was shown to have fallen 7% year-on-year in November, are compounded by the economy as whole... 

IN the past two years, Spain has become one of the main marihuana growing areas in the EU, according to the Guardia Civil. Plantations are now found in Andalucia, Murcia, Cataluña, Aragon and mainly the Valencia region. There are plantations in almost every town in Alicante, mainly because of the climate, they say. The main plantations are controlled by the Dutch ‘mafias’ the police report, who... 

AS OF January 1, 2012, people who employ cleaners or other domestic help must register the workers with the social security and pay contributions for them. They have six months to come into compliance. The amount to be paid is based on the worker’s monthly pay, not the number of hours he or she is employed. In 2012 contributions for domestic workers will be at a rate of 22 per cent, with the... 

Spain’s new centre-right Government has confirmed the first round of its new spending cuts and tax rises in an unprecedented raft of austerity measures that should total 16.2 billion euros this year. The Cabinet says that the plan will meet the eurozone pact and will allow the country to avoid being attacked further by the financial markets. Spain’s higher than expected year-end deficit, which...