All about Almería and...
Almería Restaurants | Almería Blog | Articles | Books I like | Links | Almería History | RSS

Posts Tagged ‘macael’

No Taliban in Macael, admits Mayor

Posted Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

“He wants Taliban? We’ll give him Taliban” growls local businessmen.
Open warfare in Macael, as local marble businessmen brought the village to a halt in a general strike yesterday. They claim that the proposed solar energy plant will not only block access to new deposits, but also block off the only tipping ground for their mines, [...]

[Read full post]

Taliban spotted in Macael, claims Mayor

Posted Friday, May 16th, 2008

The mayor of Macael is involved in a spat with local marble companies, who are protesting against the installation of a large solar energy plant on top of a large deposit of “prime white marble”. The marble companies (20 of them) say that the plant will affect their mine in the area, the town hall [...]

[Read full post]