Granada bus company planning more strikes

Employees of the municipal bus concessionaire Rober in Granada are currently planning an indefinite strike in January 2013 if no agreement can be reached on redundancies.

Second bus strike in Granada

Employees of urban bus service in Granada, Rober, are engaged in their second partial strike today, the industrial action taking place from 06:00 to 09:00 with a minimum service of 30% in operation. The employees want the collective agreement to include a clause guaranteeing employment for the duration of the document.

Two die in hang glider crash

Two people died early on Friday afternoon after their powered hang glider crashed near the Colegio Granada in Atarfe, Granada. The reasons for the crash are not yet known.

Fatal case of gastroenteritis in Granada

In Granada, a 40 year old man has died from severe gastroenteritis after an outbreak affecting 42 people at a home for the intellectually disabled.

Bus strike in Granada

Workers at Rober, the transport concessionaire in Granada, have been carrying out strike action this morning from 06:00 to 09:00 in protest at possible job losses and a reduction in purchasing power. Minimum service levels were in operation.

Chinese entrepreneurs carry out very first industrial action

Chinese merchants on the Cobo Calleja industrial estate in Granada, the most important centre in Europe for the import of oriental goods, closed their businesses on Saturday as the first ever industrial action took place in the sector.

Human remains found on plot of land in Granada

The National Police are investigating the discovery of human remains, specifically a hand, on a plot of land at the intersection of Plaza de los Lobos and Horno de Abad in the centre of Granada.

Burning bus

A bus operating between Jaén and Granada and carrying thirty passengers caught fire on Sunday morning, the problem apparently originating in the engine, located at the rear of the vehicle.