Granada News & Information

Granada protests after 700 days without a train
Transport 13/03/2017
Granada protests after 700 days without a train

AN ESTIMATED 7,000 people took to the streets in Granada yesterday (Sunday) to protest over their rail connection having been disbanded nearly two years ago and to call for better infrastructure serving the Alhambra...

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BBVA sit-in ends peacefully
Education/Work 20/11/2008
BBVA sit-in ends peacefully

Around 300 protesters who camped out inside BBVA headquarters in Granada city centre last night in protest at the government's bank bailout scheme for banks and real estate companies, have now left the building...

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Body of missing jogger found at reservoir
Crime/Incidents 03/03/2006
Body of missing jogger found at reservoir

The young woman who was found dead at Cubillas reservoir near Granada has been identified by her parents as 27 year old Beatriz CR, who went missing when she went out for a jog on Wednesday night along the calle...

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So, what did the Catholic Monarchs do for Spain?
Politics 22/09/2005
So, what did the Catholic Monarchs do for Spain?

Well, apart from uniting Spain, completing the 700 year Reconquest by retaking Granada from the Moorish invaders in 1492 (main photo, the Patio de la Acequía in the Generalife Palace), funding the voyages of...

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Education/Work 08/07/2005
New hope for Granada prostitutes

A mobile Red Cross unit in Granada is slowly gaining the confidence of prostitutes and their customers by providing them with free condoms. So far this year, four former prostitutes have decided to stop what they are...

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Sierra Nevada threatened by climate change
Environment 28/06/2004
Sierra Nevada threatened by climate change

High temperatures derived from climatic change are threatening vegetation on Sierra Nevada, in particular its endemic flora, according to the yearly Environment report published by the Junta de Andalucía.

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Forest fire between Almuñécar and Nerja
Environment 15/01/2004
Forest fire between Almuñécar and Nerja

The forest fire which yesterday struck a natural park between Almuñécar (Granada) and Nerja (Málaga) is still active after having burnt 100 hectares of undergrowth and pine trees, although it is “almost under...

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