Spain received a total of 5.3 million tourists during the first two months of 2010, a decrease of 1.5% compared to 2009. Although this is being seen as encouraging, it must be borne in mind that the same period in 2009 showed an 8.7% decline relative to 2008.
Fresh wave of illegal immigrants
The improvement in the weather has resulted in a number of illegal immigrants making the crossing to Spain in the past few days.
Electronic access saves one million paper copies
Modernisation and simplification procedures undertaken by the Junta de Andalucia have resulted in the issuing by electronic means of 820,000 DNI certificates and 190,000 certificates of registration, thus negating the need to present over a million paper copies of these documents.
Nine towns in Antequera without water treatment plants
Nine towns in the district of Antequera do not have water processing plants, which means that 50% of the municipalities are dumping untreated residual waters into the rivers in the area.
Industrial fatality in Villarrasa
An industrial accident in Villarrasa, Huelva province, on Saturday claimed the life of one person. The person, as yet unidentified, was spraying crops when their tractor overturned.
Woman dies in house fire in Tarifa
A 73 year old woman died in the early hours of Friday morning in a fire at her home in Plaza de San Martin in Tarifa, Cádiz province.
Illegal dwellings in Almuñécar
The High Court of Justice for Andalucia, the TSJA, is set to invalidate the licenses for 51 dwellings built in Almuñécar, Granada province, in 2002.
Phase Two of Vélez-Málaga Tranvia system still not operational
The second phase of the highly unsuccessful Tranvia tram system in Vélez-Málaga will definitely not be in operation by Easter, despite having been completed in March 2009.
3,000 attend the Día de la Sopa Mondeña
An estimated 3,000 people attended the Día de la Sopa Mondeña in the town of Monda yesterday, sampling vast quantities of what was once the staple diet of farm and mine workers in the area.
New Executive rubber stamped
Rather unsurprisingly, the PSOE-A Congress in Sevilla has endorsed the new Executive of the President of the Junta de Andalucia, José Antonio Griñán.