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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→

Junta asks EU to 280M to finish off Almería’s motorways

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The Junta has said it will finish off all of the abandoned motorways in the province, if the EU stumps up 280 million euros to pay for it all. Well, that’s the essence of yesterday’s statement. The plan submitted to the EU is asking for Andalucia’s share of Presidents Juncker’s massive cash spend under the known “Plan Juncker”. The EU Prezzie, you will remember, has abandoned austerity and announced he’s spending hundreds of billions of Continue reading Junta asks EU to 280M to finish off Almería’s motorways→

Berja has erotic tapa route this weekend

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Berja (other side of Almeria city) is celebrating Valentines Day by organising an erotic tapa route. apparently it’s the second one – people were bored with the usual tapas route, so they changed the date to the weekend nearest the 14th and called it sexy tapas. It’s your usual townhall sponsored tapa route, with all the bars competing to come up with the best tapa, and a little guide, but with a sexy twist. Cue many Continue reading Berja has erotic tapa route this weekend→

Panther from Berja now spotted in mountains above Dalías

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The “Berja Panther”, a large black cat that has terrified the town since August, has now been spotted in the mountains above Dalías. A massive operation by the Junta de Andalucía, Tabernas Zoo, the Seprona arm of the Guardia Civil and specialists from the Ministry of the Environment has so far failed to catch the animal, although spoor has been found. The above photo is just one of the many teams sent out into the Continue reading Panther from Berja now spotted in mountains above Dalías→

Berja big cat scare

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Berja is in a state of panic after the Mayor hit the emergency button, after seeing a “panther” in the park. The small town (above and to the left of Almeria city) has been running around in a panic ever since residents started reporting a large feline roaming loose in the local park. The Mayor went down to investigate, claims to have spotted it, and reckons that it’s a large black panther. The local park Continue reading Berja big cat scare→

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→

Mayor of Berja agrees to pay ex head of local police severence pay himself after firing him for being “useless”

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<!– @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”→