Two local businesses have apparently questioned the specifications for the tendering of works to furnish the Nerja Museum and have written to the president of the Nerja Caves Foundation, Hilario López Luna, warning her of their concerns.
Another day, another motion
At the full plenary session of the Council, a motion was approved expressing full institutional support for the Nerja Museum and requesting the president of the Nerja Caves Foundation, Hilario López Luna, to put someone competent in charge so as to ensure the viability of the project and to get the museum included in the Andalucia Museum Network.
Nerja Caves Foundation begins preparation for museum exhibits
The Nerja Caves Foundation has begun to make an inventory of excavated relics to be displayed in the new museum and locating various items currently distributed in various other regions such as Madrid and Valencia.
Court rejects Nerja Council application
The Court of Contentious Administrative No. 6 in Málaga has rejected the application by Nerja Council for an interim halt to proceedings relating to the completion of the Nerja Museum on the grounds that it would be against the public interest and result in lengthy delays.
Council to pledge support for museum
At the next Council session, the ruling Partido Popular government is to present a motion expressing full support for the Nerja Museum project after the Junta de Andalucia, for a second time, has refused to include the museum in the Andalucian Museum Network. The Council, however, has no plans to withdraw its legal action against the Nerja Caves Foundation, despite …
AEN requests withdrawal of legal proceedings
The AEN (Asociación de Empresarios de Nerja) is asking the Council to withdraw legal proceedings against the Nerja Museum relating to possible irregularities in the financing of the last phase of the project. The AEN believes that the question of any irregularities in procedures should be handled internally, and not through the courts, in the interest of getting the museum …
Museum tender process suspended
The tendering process for furnishing the History Museum has been suspended following allegations of ‘serious irregularities’ in the administrative process and the acquiring of loans for the work.
New museum in Almería
A new museum in Almería is to devote a section to Beatle John Lennon.
More museum squabbling
The PP Council has branded the Opposition PP spokesman, Ángel Ramírez, as ‘incompetent’ in his role as manager of the Nerja Caves Foundation and intend to seek his removal.
Phase Two of the Nerja Museum set to begin in the near future
The Nerja Caves Foundation is set to adopt a proposal to put the project to complete the interior of the new museum out to tender and, barring any technical difficulties, it is thought that the museum could be open to the public at the end of 2010 or the beginning of 2011.