9 - 15 AUGUST 2012
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ALBTOTXO
ISSUE NO. 1414
Premiership Special
FRONT EXTRA
High ratings ALMERIA was the second best rated city in Andalucia, earning 8.1 for tourist satisfaction in the second quarter of 2012.
Marilyn on show A MULTI-ARTIST exhibition tribute to Marilyn Monroe began last Sunday in the Casa de la Cultura in Antas. It will move to Vera on Saturday. EMBLEMATIC: The mineral loading platform in Almeria.
Cable Ingles work on hold after six months THE project to restore the ‘Cable Ingles’ in Almeria is at a standstill six months after the first renovation works concluded. After many years of
neglect, work on the emblematic mineral loading platform in Almeria finally began. However, the work has been discontinued due to financial issues. The Cable Ingles, which was declared a Cultural Heritage Site (BIC) in 1998, was constructed by the Gustave Eiffel architecture school at the beginning of the 20th century. Talks to renovate the site and transform it into
an exhibition centre, a restaurant and entertainment complex have been going on for years. The current problem has arisen because it is not clear where the rest of the project’s funds are going to come from. The initial work, which required a €2.7 million investment, was paid for by the Ministry of Public Works with the government’s ‘1 per cent cultural programme’ and the Junta de Andalucia.
Now, a joint commission will have to decide how they will fund the remaining €3 million which is needed to complete the delayed project. “The Cable Ingles is as much of a priority as it has been for years,” Provincial Culture Councillor Antonio Lucas announced, adding: “To this date we do not know the joint commission’s decision and we will have to wait and see what happens.”
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Fire scare A FAMILY of three had to be evacuated from their Carboneras home after a fire broke out in the kitchen.
Minors at sea AT least 12 of the 22 North African immigrants rescued from an open boat 10 miles off San Jose, Nijar, may be minors.