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Over at the homepage of the E.U., where they are twittering on about some election to the troughs of Brussels, there is a poll. The elections are next month. How much debate is there about them in your country? Plenty! I hear about little else. Some. I am starting to see more now Not nearly enough! More is needed What elections? Ignoring the fact that the questions sounds like it was posed for 6 year Continue reading EU election poll
While pouring over this weeks copies of La Voz de Almeria, our local version of Pravda, I noticed with interest, in the middle of an interesting article about how Almeria’s tourism services are the best ranked among all of Andalucia (May 7, page 21), the following phrase: Desgraciadamente, Ameria no fue una de las provincias andaluzas que mas guiris recibio… Now, “guiri”, I was always taught, has two meanings: A good old fashioned member of Continue reading Guiri – rascists use in La Voz de Almeria?
Here’s a good one – I’ve just read that Zurgena is known all over Spain because it is the last entry in any alphabetical guide or dictionaries to Spanish villages! People from Zurgen are called Zurgeneros, by the way.
<!– @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –> The mayor of Berja has voted in favour of a motion, together with all councilors, that he should pay out of his own pocket, the severance pay of his recently fired head of police. Antonio Torres, the mayor, fired the head of the Local Police as his first act after being sworn in after the last elections, claiming that he was corrupt and Continue reading Mayor of Berja agrees to pay ex head of local police severence pay himself after firing him for being “useless”