The Association of Market Traders (AVAM) intends to continue its protests outside the Town Hall and on the streets of Nerja. The traders are unhappy that no dialogue has been offered regarding their proposal to use the Parque Verano Azul as a site for the weekly market. The traders made the proposal to the Town Hall around one month ago, …
Market traders hoping for meeting to resolve dispute
The market traders have welcomed the offer of mediation from the mayor of Vélez-Málaga, María Salomé Arroyo, in their long-running dispute with the Nerja Council, and are now hoping that a meeting can be arranged with all concerned to discuss the Carabeo /Los Huertos and Parque Verano Azul options for siting the market.
Strange thoughts from cloud cuckoo land…
It is now 24 weeks without a market….so here’s a radical thought, which would not only be useful in this case, but also perhaps in other instances where there are major disputes or contentious issues between the people and the ruling municipal authority. The Council, or any Council for that matter, is elected into office by the people of the …
Nerja market
The socialist mayor of Vélez-Málaga, María Salomé Arroyo, is asking the Nerja market traders to give up their protests, now in their 24th week, and engage in dialogue with the local political groups. The mayor has offered to mediate in the dispute as 60% of the traders are from Vélez-Málaga. According to the latest reports, the owners of the Los …
Market protests resume
The Market Traders resumed their protests yesterday, marching through the streets before congregating outside the Town Hall. It is now 18 weeks without a weekly market in Nerja and no sign of an end to the dispute, both sides equally determined not to give in. The Market Traders Association. AVAM, has obtained permission to stage weekly protests throughout November. They …
Nerja market dispute
A meeting is planned for today between the Council and the Market Traders Association as the dispute continues. Protesters once again gathered outside the Town Hall yesterday as Nerja suffered its fifteenth week without a Tuesday market. The head of the Market Traders Association (AVAM), Juan Rojas, is thought to be preparing a proposal whereby the market moves back to …
Three times ‘no’
According to the Nerja Council, the owners of the plot of land ‘Los Huertos de Carabeo’ have, for the third time, refused permission to allow the land to be used as a site, permanent or temporary, for the weekly market. This means it’s all back to the site in Almijara. In a press release, the Council has expressed a willingness …
Court rejects Market Traders appeal
The judge at the Administrative Court in Málaga has rejected the latest appeal by the Market Traders Association (AVAM) against the proposed move to the site in Almijara. The traders were also demanding the suspension of the Council decision to transfer the market.
Nerja market, rumours and a cynic’s view…
There are totally unconfirmed rumours, as there always are, that there will be a market in Nerja next Tuesday, the first time for thirteen weeks. Not only that, but another rumour says that it will be market traders from Sevilla, and not Vélez-Málaga, who will occupy the Almijara site.
Nerja Council reaffirms its market standpoint
The Nerja Councillor for Tourism and spokesman for the Partido Popular, José Miguel García, has reiterated the Council standpoint on the market issue in response to various remarks made by the head of the Market Traders Association (AVAM), Juan Rojas.