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Telefonica has started its 60 million euro upgrade of landlines and mobiles across the province. The first phase of fibre optic will only be in the capital city, but then the major population centres around the city will be connected to the new and faster Telefonica network.
Ignoring the current geopolitical situation, Almeria Uni has gone ahead and signed a cooperation and friendship agreement with a major Moscow education network. Rector of A.U. Pedro Molina and Valentina Komleva, Vice-President of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, RANEPA, signed the agreement yesterday in Almeria. The idea seems to be to send students off on jollies to each other universities. The Ruskies come here with their sun towels and the Continue reading Almeria Uni snuggles on up to the Ruskies
The tiny village of Bayárcal, up above Almeria in the Alpujarras, has seen its population dip below the level deemed necessary to keep the village school open. There are only 360 people in the village, most of them elderly, and just 14 children.