At 08:29, in the middle of the morning rush hour, ten metro trains in various stations in Madrid were effectively out of action for 9 minutes after protesters activated the ’emergency’ alarms.
EQUO march
EQUO, the Nerja Green Party, is holding a second rally and march to protest the continued lack of a sewage facility in Nerja. The march starts at 12:00 on Sunday April 15th and the meeting place is the roundabout by the Narixa college.
Torrox taxi drivers unhappy about licence renewal fee
The eighteen taxi drivers in Torrox are not happy at the Council’s decision to enact a Municipal Ordinance from 2006 and charge them €601 per year to renew their licences.
Farmers protest in El Ejido
Around 200 farmers, members of COAG, took part in a protest on Saturday in El Ejido, Almeria province, against the continuing fall in prices of Spanish fruit and vegetable products.
Municipal employees in Barbate stage protest
Workers at Barbate Town Hall and employees of the municipal companies took to the streets today to protest at the irregular payment of salaries for the past four months.
ASAJA handing out olives in Sevilla
At 10:30 today, Wednesday, the agrarian association ASAJA will be giving away 5,000 kilos of table olives in Sevilla as a protest against prices and the general state of the industry.
Farmers protest in Granada
The Farmer’s Union UPA yesterday handed out 4,000 kilos of tomatoes outside a large supermarket in Granada as a protest against the low prices being set by retail outlets, a policy the farmers describe as ‘abusive’.
Farmers distribute free fruit and veg as a protest
A caravan made up of musicians and vehicles drove through the streets of Granada today to distribute over 15,000 kilos of fruits and vegetables, a protest at the low prices of horticultural products as a result of the so-called ‘cucumber crisis’.
10,000 kilos of agricultural produce given away in Torrox
Farmers in Torrox yesterday handed out 10,000 kilos of horticultural produce, mainly cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes, in front of a supermarket frequented by many of the numerous German residents of the town, a deliberate ploy to convey their annoyance with the German government over the handling of the E.coli outbreak.
Protest by miners
Four miners have now been locked inside an abandoned mine for five days as part of their industrial action demand the immediate reopening of the facility.