Outdoor exhibition

A NEW photography exhibition has arrived at the central open­air museum in the capital of Almeria, Paseo de Almeria. The exhibition can be seen on the panels installed next to the alternative lane of the main artery of the city.

The councillor for City Promotion, Jesus Luque, visited the photographs taken by the students of the Carlos Perez Siquier Art School in Almeria and confirmed: “We are in this city centre in the development of the FOCAL programme, which aims to bring photography to the street.

“In this exhibition, we see the talent of the students who are studying and who have recently completed the Higher Level Training Cycle in Photography who, despite their short trajectory, already have an artistic quality that makes them worthy of this exhibition space.”

The councillor added: “There are many analogue photographs that have a very good quality to them and meritorious to be in this space.”

The FOCAL programme began in January 2021 on the initiative of Almeria City Council and the involvement of the Desencuadre Photographic Collective.

Big time

ALMERIA’S Football Club, UD Almeria, were back in the big time last season with 17 players out of 25 who had never played in the Primera Division. It is the team with the most Spanish top­flight debutants surpassed only by Valencia CF.

Six times faster

THE province of Almeria gains 19.3 foreigners and 3.3 Spaniards per day. Foreigners are growing six times faster than natives in Almeria according to the National Statistics Institute. During the first three months of 2023, the province gained 2,040 inhabitants, of which only 298 are Spaniards.

Finished early

THE Swedish furniture and home decoration giant has practically completed the construction of its new shop in the capital of Almeria. The new construction of IKEA will be completely finished this week and will open its doors to customers on July 5.

Expensive knee

THE Andalucian Health Service must pay €15,000 in compensation to a woman who underwent knee surgery because the consent document she signed before the operation did not warn of the ‘danger involved’ due to ‘previous pathologies’.

Seeing seagulls

IN Almera, an increase in the presence of gulls in urban areas has been observed in recent years. This is due to several factors, such as the availability of food as well as the proximity of the coast which provides suitable habitats for these seabirds.

Fountain cost

WITH around 100 ornamental fountains dotted about Almeria, the cost to maintain them does not come cheap. For supervision, maintenance and cleaning a bill of €727,624 is forecast from August 1 to July 31, 2024.