Tag: Junta de Andalucía
Junta orders emergency intervention at the La Viñuela reservoir due to historically low water levels
For the first time, the La Viñuela reservoir is below nine percent capacity, raising alarms for the Junta.
The reservoir is important to agriculture in...
Reservoir levels continue to fall despite heavy rains on the weekend
LEVELS of reservoirs in Andalucia continue to fall despite the recent significant precipitation in several parts of the region.
It has been reported they are...
Andalucia’s reservoirs fall to 27.7% of their storage capacity
Andalucian reservoirs are currently at 27,7% of their total capacity, the Junta has reported.
This is an overall 0.34% decrease compared to last week, a...
Eye-watering figure needed to fix Andalucia drought crisis in Spain
WATER levels inside Andalucian dams are at record lows and the region’s government has a solution, but it won’t be cheap.
Andalucia needs €5 billion...
Andalucia spends €20 million to beef-up roadside crash barriers across southern Spain
THE Andalucian Junta is to spend an extra €20 million on replacing crash barriers in the region.
The region is famed for its winding roads,...
Spain’s Andalucia postpones COVID-19 de-escalation meeting due to rises in cases
THE meeting scheduled for tomorrow by the Andalucian Expert Committee to discuss its COVID-19 de-escalation plan has been postponed as they monitor a rise...
Spain’s Andalucia to study this Wednesday new measures to be implemented after the state of alarm ends
THE Junta has announced that the new measures to be implemented after the state of alarm ends will be discussed at this week's meeting...
TORN DOWN: Illegal homes in Spain’s Andalucia targeted for demolition
OWNERS of illegal homes have started to tear them down to try and escape massive fines of over €600,000.
It comes after the Junta finally...
Updated COVID-19 rules and restrictions for Spain’s Andalucia
THE Junta has updated its COVID-19 rules and restrictions and will allow extended operating hours in towns at COVID-19 risk level 2 or below.
Following...
Andalucians living outside the region allowed to return home for Christmas
JUNTA president, Juanma Moreno, has announced that Andalucians who live outside the community for work or studies reasons will be allowed to return home...
EXPLAINED: Will students have to wear masks for the entire school day in Spain’s Andalucia?
Experts warn that ‘children cannot be expected to wear masks of any kind for the duration of a school day' and that 'at some point, the mask has to come off'
British expats with dream homes built on illegal land may FINALLY be released from property limbo in Spain’s Andalucia...
THE Ecologistas en Accion platform has released a statement to publicly denounce the Spanish Government's plan to reopen rustic land to developers.
The bill, known...
Unions and parents in Spain’s Andalucia outraged by Junta’s proposal that schools re-open in May amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Junta’s proposal to open the schools in mid-May has been met by outrage from Unions and parents.
Schools, colleges, universities in Andalucia to remain open for now amid Spain’s coronavirus epidemic
The Junta de Andalucia reschedules the sitting of official examinations following the guidelines of the Spanish Government.
Huge blaze near Spain’s Malaga Airport that left firefighter burned in explosion is stabilised
The firefighter’s injuries, thought to be to his leg, were treated yesterday afternoon by the medical unit of the Bomberos de Malaga
Open date REVEALED for NEW hospital on Spain’s Costa del Sol
Work on the hospital had stopped in December after a Junta investment of €15 million
Power lines prevent wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol being extinguished as 290 hectares of land torched
“My husband and I have been coming to Estepona for eight years and we have seen fires before, but nothing like this”
Listeria outbreak infects 80 people including 15 pregnant women in Spain’s Andalucia after bacteria found in 2,000 packs of...
Healthy people may have mild symptoms, however listeria can be fatal for older people, newborns and patients with weakened immune systems
More than 50km of cycle lanes planned for Spain’s Costa del Sol SCRAPPED by Government
Meanwhile the regional budgets for this year have earmarked a further €8.7 million for cycling lanes in Cadiz
Julen’s parents seek three and a half years in prison for Malaga landowner after their son plunged to death...
Serrano, who is cousin to Julen’s father Jose Rosello, is alleged to have committed ‘extremely serious’ negligence, according to court documents
Costa del Sol beach SHUT DOWN after bacteria found in water pump
It comes just a week after Playa de Fuentebravia in Cadiz was also closed to the public by the Ministry of Health
Spain’s Andalucia SHUTS DOWN beach after E.coli found in water
The levels of ‘microbiological parameters’ exceeded those set out in Royal Decree 1341/2007, which covers the quality of bathing waters
OPINION: The Junta de Andalucia’s budgets which benefit residents are a welcome sight after decades of corruption
This could go some way to undermining the grip of the local drug cartels, who benefit from grinding youth poverty and a lack of opportunity
RING ROADS AND RUINS: Junta de Andalucia funding motorways, flamenco and sewage in NEW budgets
In total, Malaga is to get €153 million under the new regional budget
Everything you need to know about dangerous dogs in Spain’s Andalucia
Included in the Junta’s definition, is dogs that ‘due to their aggressive nature, size or jaw power have the capacity to endanger the life or physical safety of people’
Junta debating new law to foster entrepreneurs in Andalucia
The law would make Andalucia Spain's first region with a publicly-funded entrepreneurship fund
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