Day: May 6, 2015

Algarrobico building license declared legal

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The Supreme Court of Andalucia has ruled that the building license of the Algarrobico hotel was issued legally, confirming an earlier decision, and overturning an appeal of nullity by the Junta de Andalucia, Ecologista en Accion and Salvemos Mojacar who all wanted it thrown out. However, because the Junta de Andalucia did not formally appeal an earlier decision by a lower court, instead contenting itself to questioning some of the evidence the ruling was based Continue reading Algarrobico building license declared legal→

30 spelling mistakes on a new monolith

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The townhall of Alzira (Alicante) is in hot water after it erected a 4.32 metre high monolith remembering a 1982 flood that devastated the town, but committed over 30 spelling mistakes on the engraving. Tous dam broke one day in 1982, and the river Júcar broke its banks, flooding the town. The monolith shows how high the flash flood was. Missing accents, bad punctuation, grammatical errors and spelling mistakes riddle the inscription. The townhall has Continue reading 30 spelling mistakes on a new monolith→

PSOE begs for support from PP ahead of Friday’s investiture

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Susana Diaz of the PSOE has been reduced to begging the PP to back her after Cuidadanos stormed out of a meeting today and announced they will be voting against her becoming President of Andalucia on Friday. Cuidadanos said that the PSOE was being evasive about signing an agreed anti-corruption pact which had been announced by Diaz, but not actually signed. “We new to politics, but not naive” said a furious Juan Marín (head of Continue reading PSOE begs for support from PP ahead of Friday’s investiture→

Spanish football goes on strike – all domestic matches cancelled

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The Spanish Royal Football Association (RFEF) has called an indefinite strike as from the 16th after a new law was signed by Congress reducing the royalties paid for audiovisual rights. The RFEF says football is under attack by the government, and that until certain questions are resolved, it is cancelling all domestic matches. The four main reasons given are: The withdrawal of the 4,55% royalty paid to the RFEF from all sales of the Quiniela, Continue reading Spanish football goes on strike – all domestic matches cancelled→

Spanish senate prepares to reject amendment to protect consumers who purchaser a property in good in good faith

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Spanish senate prepares to reject amendment  to protect consumers who purchaser a property in good in good faith   As Spain gears up for an influx of foreign visitors, many of whom succumb to the temptation to buy their dream home in the sun, the home owner’s campaign groups, AUAN and SOHA, reveal that, in the session of the Spanish Senate Justice Commission of 5th May 2015, the ruling PP party voted against all of Continue reading Spanish senate prepares to reject amendment to protect consumers who purchaser a property in good in good faith→