| Andalucian Socialist Party hold their conference in Marbella
The Andalucian Socialist Party are holding their congress in Marbella over the weekend, and had sustainable development at the top of the agenda. While in the Basque Country and Catalua the owners of empty property face fines, in Andaluca the Socialists are proposing tax breaks for those who rent out empty accommodation. The party also wants to establish a fund from which local town halls can draw, in order to expropriate land for the building of more council housing. A party document on the increase in building along the coastline makes no mention about the demolition of those buildings already put up illegally. The Marbella conference today sees the visit from the Deputy Prime Minister, Mara Teresa Fernndez de la Vega. She, and Regional President, Manuel Chaves, gave their support to the Socialist candidate for Mayor of the town, Paulino Plata.
Police success against organised violent crime
A National Police operation against organised violent crime has arrested six members of what is believed to be a much larger organisation. They carried out violent robberies in homes and warehouses in three provinces of Andalucía: Málaga, Sevilla and Cádiz. The six suspects taken into custody this weekend belonged to two different groups of the organisation, and are from Serbia-Montenegro, Kosovo and Albania. It appears they were based in Málaga province, with property searches being made in Torremolinos, Benalmádena and Marbella. The operation, dubbed ‘Lexus,' recovered 6,000 € in cash, valuable jewellery, electronic goods and a stolen vehicle. Several of the detainees had previous warrants issued for their arrest and now face possible charges of fourteen counts of violent robbery and forgery.
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