The Junta de Andalucia is allocating €2,598 euros to the Second Integrated Plan for Youth, to be known as Plan Gyga, to improve the opportunities for training and emancipation of young people in the region.
Police in Vélez-Málaga recover stolen fruit
During the past three months, Local Police in Vélez-Málaga have recovered around 500 kilos of fruit and vegetables stolen from local farmers, making four arrests in the process.
Fruit fair in Berlin
Representatives from 41 horticultural businesses in Andalucia are currently in Berlin to display their wares at the Fruit Logística, the world’s leading trade fair for fruit and veg. After Cataluña, Andalucia is the largest exporter of fruit and veg in Spain, generating €5.514 million during the period January to November 2010, 10.4% up on the previous year.
Barbate anchovy fishermen remain in port
Fishing boats in Barbate will now remain in port for at least two months as the obligatory halt to fishing for anchovy off the coast of Morocco, part of the fishing agreement between Spain and Morocco, comes into effect.
Five fatalities in road traffic accidents in Andalucia over the weekend
Five people lost their lives and three were seriously injured in road traffic accidents in Andalucia over the weekend. During the same weekend last year, the death toll was three.
Fourth quarter unemployment in Andalucia
Unemployment in Andalucia fell by 2,200 people during the last quarter of 2010, although over the year as a whole it rose by 93,400, an increase of 9.3% compared to 2009.
Demand for investigation into ‘stolen babies’
More than two hundred people turned up on Thursday at the State Attorney General’s Office to request the opening of a criminal investigation into the so-called ‘stolen babies’, denouncing the existence of some 300,000 such cases in Spain.
Storm damage and weather alerts
The first winter storm in Málaga province, with winds up to 70 kph, has resulted in substantial damage to a number of beaches, most notably in Torrox and Manilva.
Fires in Andalucia claim three lives
Three people have died Today, Monday, in Andalucia as a result of fires in their homes.
New green areas in Campillos
Campillos Council is carrying out improvements to the avenida de Peñarrubia entrance to the town.