22nd - 28th September 2017
EST 2005
VANDALS spray-painted the Spanish flag on the car of an Armuña de Almanzora resident from Cataluña. The patriotic Catalan had recently hoisted the breakaway region’s flag on his terrace to voice his support for the independence movement. But that didn’t sit well with at least one of the town’s 300 residents. The very next day the man’s 4x4 had two large Spanish flags spray painted on the hood and door of the vehicle. The victim doesn’t have quite the Catalan heritage that might be expected. Both his parents are from Armuña. They moved to Cataluña before he was born, then returned when he was older. Nor is he the only Catalan with Almerian roots. Interestingly the president of Cataluña, Carles Puigdemont, who defied Madrid to call an independence referendum, is one quarter Almerian. Puigdemont is known for proudly listing no less than six surnames on
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Patriot vandals strike
FLAGGED UP: The car and offending Catalan flag. his official forms. All are classic Catalan names, helping promote his image as a pure-blooded son of Cataluña. But the reason there aren’t eight surnames, to include all of his great-grandparents, is because the missing two are Almerian. One greatgrandfather was from Dalias, and one great-grandmother from Cuevas del Almanzora.
Rural Generation Z YOUNGSTERS from Seron are taking part in a Youth Exchange project on Rural Development and Entrepreneurship. It is organised by the EU and also includes young people from Bulgaria, Italy and Ukraine. Held in Seron from Sunday until the end of next week, it is financed by the EU’s Erasmus Plus programme. Attendees will take part in workshops which offer a positive and creative vision for the future of local agriculture. Project manager Maria del Mar says that many young people from rural backgrounds are worried that they’ll never find jobs.
Older drivers know best DRIVERS aged over 65 across Almeria Province are far less likely to commit traffic offences than their younger counterparts. New data from Spain’s General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) conclusively shows that senior drivers are the safest around. There are just over 39,000 drivers aged over 65 throughout Almeria. Together they account for 11 per cent of all active drivers. Yet they are responsible for just 5 per cent of all traffic offences. The findings are supported by Linea Directa. “Despite social prejudices, drivers aged over 65 are the ones who have the least accidents at the wheel,” they concluded.