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A new town is born: Balanegra splits from Berja

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The village of Berja has been split off from the town of Berja by Ministerial decree today, and becomes the 103’rd municipality in Almería. There are now 778 municipalities in Andalusia, despite an earlier attempt by Rajoy to reduce the number of townhalls. Balanegra has been autonomous from Berja for the last 28 years as an “entidad de ámbito territorial inferior al municipio (EATIM)“, or territorial entity inferior in size to that of a municipality. Continue reading A new town is born: Balanegra splits from Berja→

Juan Enciso confirmed as mayoral candidate for El Ejido

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Despite being tried for massive theft from municipal coffers (150 million euros and counting), Juan Enciso continues to run El Ejido with a hand of terror, and has just confirmed he will be standing -for the sixth consecutive time- as Mayor in the next elections, under his PAL banner. This year will be his 20th year in office as Mayor of the striken town. His PAL party will be fielding candidates in 7 towns across Continue reading Juan Enciso confirmed as mayoral candidate for El Ejido→