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De la Torre and Vázquez, during their meeting in the Salón de los Espejos. Salvador Salas

Politics

Never too old or too young: mayors at 81 and 29

Antonio M. Romero | Malaga

SUR brings together these two council leaders, Francisco de la Torre of Malaga city, and Isabel Vázquez of Igualeja, the oldest and youngest mayors in the province

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Police called in after waitress finds severed finger wrapped in knapkin at bar in Spain

Sara Rubio | Pontevedra

Employment

Earn 300 euros a day eating burgers... restaurant chain in Spain launches tasty job offer

La Voz | Cadiz

Grillaera, with branches in Malaga city and Algeciras (Cadiz), has launched a curious promotion that is getting people talking

Travel

There's a waiting list for berths at Malaga's megayacht marina

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

All you need to know about six of the luxury megayachts in Malaga marina

Opinion

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Spanish Navy's bomb squad deactivates 60-millimetre mortar shell found on Andalusian beach

La Voz | Cadiz

The Casa de la Cultura in Arroyo de la Miel is where the Más Madera film club's weekly screenings take place.

Cinema

Más Madera: the film club that lives on in Benalmádena

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

Festivals

Wakana Reunion 2024 line-up: the festival that brings together nature, music, art and people

La Voz de Cádiz | Cadiz

Health

Working out to lose that belly fat

Marta Fernández Vallejo | Madrid

Food and drink

Malaga province's hidden larder offering sausages, cheeses, oils, sweets and honey

Javier Almellones | Colmenar

This village in the upper Axarquia boasts a wide variety of gastronomic products

Sandra García Sanjuán is the founder and CEO of Starlite Occident.

Entertainment

Countdown to Starlite in Marbella as selection process for 1,000 jobs begins

María Albarral | Marbella

One of the most famous music festivals in Spain has begun the recruitment of people who will help make "the magic" happen this summer

Courts

Search and arrest order cancelled for British and Irish suspects after Marbella restaurant sprayed with bullets

Irene Quirante | Malaga

La Misericordia is one of those that has achieved Blue Flag status.

Environment

These are the 50 beaches, marinas and tourist boats on the Costa del Sol that will fly the blue flag this summer

Chus Heredia | Malaga

Buildings in the area of La Malagueta, where there are numerous tourist flats.

Tourism

Could this be the beginning of the end of the proliferation of holiday lets in Malaga?

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

Entertainment

Watch: Eurovision 2024 – 'Zorra' song divides Spain

Manuel Meyer | Madrid

Image of the new racks (white) of the desalination plant.

Drought crisis

Upgrades to Marbella desalination plant could be finished earlier: This is what the new timetable looks like

Chus Heredia | Malaga

An Aita Mari crew member spots a vessel during a mission in the central Mediterranean.

Spain

Saving lives in the Mediterranean for 2,000 euros a day

Doménico Chiappe

More

Employment hits record high in Malaga province for April with more than 710,000 workers

Give geocaching a go and get to know more about Malaga province at the same time

These are the 30 best beaches in Andalucía's Cadiz province, according to Condé Nast's Traveler magazine

Tourism numbers continue to soar with Spain on track to beat last year's all-time record of 85 million foreign visitors

Local Police in Malaga get a new look with short-sleeve polo shirts and berets for some

La Concepción reservoir, between Marbella and Istán, is currently at 75% of its capacity.

Drought crisis

Main reservoir that supplies western strip of Costa del Sol with tap water surpasses last year's levels

Chus Heredia | Malaga

Upgrades to Costa del Sol's main desalination plant could be finished earlier: This is what the new timetable looks like

The team of professionals who work with the Da Vinci System.

Extra Premium Clinic

Premium Clinic incorporates innovative robotic surgery techniques

SUR

Drought crisis

Water supply companies in agreement with Junta regarding filling private swimming pools and emergency irrigation this summer

Chus Heredia / Héctor Barbotta Malaga / | Seville

Junta de Andalucía gives green light to the filling of all swimming pools this summer in Malaga and on the Costa del Sol

Top 50

Opinion

The Music Maker

Peter Edgerton

Water carriers who prove invaluable

Food & Drink

A.J. Linn

Costa del Sol escape room scoops silver at prestigious awards ceremony

Eugenio Cabezas | Torre del Mar

Torrenigma in Torre del Mar came runner up at the gala in Valencia, which is described as the Goyas of the sector

View of the municipal plot where Cala Mijas was held for two years.

Events

What will happen with the Cala Mijas site now the music festival won't go ahead?

Lorena Cádiz | Mijas

Breeder Álvaro Escalante with four of his podencos

Archidona

Archidona dog show attracts breeders from all over Spain

Alba Tenza

The new car park is due to open in June.

Town planning

As opening date is announced, around 40% of long-term spaces in new Benalmádena car park already snapped up

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

Adolfo Jaime shows the last gazpachuelo he prepared at the Balneario.

Interview

Adolfo, the veteran chef from Malaga, retires after almost 70 years in the kitchen and serves up his last gazpachuelo

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Property

Housing in Malaga now costs almost double the Andalusian average

Cristina Vallejo | Malaga

Crime

Security technician who did some work at Malaga bank arrested for allegedly stealing 110,000 euros

Irene Quirante | Malaga

The suspect, detained in Mijas, allegedly disabled the cameras and stole the cash from a safe, stored in a restricted-access area

Thousands of visitors enjoyed the festival.

Community spirit

Fuengirola's international fair hailed a huge success due to big influx of visitors

Tony Bryant | Fuengirola

Dutch cosmetic company Rituals has opened at El Ingenio in Vélez-Málaga.

Retail

Cosmetics company Rituals opens at Costa del Sol shopping centre

Eugenio Cabezas | Vélez-Málaga

The mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, this Tuesday with one of the white owl chicks.

Nature

Costa del Sol school unveils pioneering project to reintroduce barn owls into the local area

Eugenio Cabezas | Torrox

Archidona

Archidona dog show attracts breeders from all over Spain

Alba Tenza

Police officers at Antequera hospital this Monday afternoon.

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Several suffer gunshot injuries after rival clans clash in Malaga province town

Antonio J. Guerrero / Irene Quirante / Juan Cano | Antequera / Malaga

Spain

A waitress serves customers on a cafe terrace in Valencia. EFE

Employment

Half of all new permanent jobs in Spain go up in smoke before the first year is out

Lucía Palacios | Madrid

The Bank of Spain warns that the turnover in workers on permanent contracts has doubled after the most recent labour reform while it admits there is now slightly more job stability

Retail

Spain's ministry for consumer affairs opens proceedings against major online retailers for fictitious Black Friday sale prices

Alfonso Torices | Madrid

Arrest of the parents of the child abandoned in Murcia.

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Two-year-old boy found wandering the streets alone in Spain while his parents were out partying

Andrea Gantes | Madrid

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Two die after 8-tonne floor slab collapses onto workers at a building being refurbished in Madrid

Melchor Sáiz-Pardo | Madrid

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Champion aerobatic pilot dies after mid-air collision with a vulture in Spain

Colpisa | San Javier

Sport

Sport

Nine thousand athletes set to tackle Spanish Legion's 101-kilometre race this weekend

Vanessa Melgar | Ronda

The race starts this Saturday and the times have brought forward this year to 8.45am for cyclists and 9.30am for runners, all of whom need to produce a medical certificate to participate

The official presentation of the Malaga Legends match on Thursday.

Football

La Rosaleda to host Malaga CF Legends match as climax to 120th anniversary celebrations

Borja Gutiérrez | Malaga

Jannik Sinner celebrates winning the 2023 title with Italy in Malaga.

Tennis

Tickets go on sale for Davis Cup tennis finals in Malaga

Pedro Luis Alonso | Malaga

The devastated CAB Estepona players at the final whistle.

Basketball

Late heartbreak for Estepona basketballers who miss out on historic promotion

Marina Rivas | Malaga

Bea González and Delfi Brea, alongside the men's winners, Fede Chingotto and Ale Galán.

Padel

Malaga padel star secures first-ever win on home turf

Nacho Carmona / Marina Rivas | Malaga

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Malaga conceded an early goal and found it difficult to mount a comeback.

Football

Another bad day at the office for Malaga CF

Daryl Finch | Malaga

Tourism and leisure

The Montfalcó walkways zigzag up the rock face.

Leisure

Do you have a head for heights? This is the imposing zigzagging walkway clinging to a vertical rock face in Spain

Mar Ramírez | Huesca

Tourism

Here's how to get the most out of visits to Andalucía's main cities

Diego Callejón | Granada

The Hundidero cave mouth from a nearby viewpoint (for scale note the roadway running just above it).

Picture special

This is the spectacular cave near Ronda with an entrance standing over 50 metres high that will soon receive another boost from rural tourism

Javier Almellones | Montejaque

Cadiz

Unique in Andalucía, this is the Trafalgar sand spit - a jewel of Mother Nature

La Voz de Cádiz | Barbate

Animal welfare

These are the beaches in Andalucía's Cadiz province that you can visit with your dog

La Voz de Cádiz | Cadiz

Image of Güéjar Sierra after the last rains

Social media

'It's not Norway, it's Güéjar Sierra': the image of the south of Spain after the rains that has gone viral

Alberto Flores | Granada

Andalucía

The headquarters of Thielmann Portinox in Pulianas. Ideal

Business

Steel shortage forces closure of Granada's beer barrel factory for two days at busiest time of year

Mercedes Navarrete | Granada

The Acerinox strike in Cadiz has affected the supply of the Portinox factory, causing uncertainty among the 300-strong workforce

Drought crisis

Granada prepares for drought crisis with 280m-euro investment

Pilar García-Trevijano | Granada

Juan Pedro Ortiz, chef from Granada at the Faralá restaurant.

Food and drink

These are the best places for breakfast, lunch and tapas in Granada, according to a top local chef

Alberto Flores | Granada

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Bull run event in Spain leaves two people injured, one hospitalised in a serious condition

La Voz | Cadiz

Finance

37% of people in Andalucía have no way of cooling their homes in summer

Nuria Triguero

Property

Heirs and foreigners: the profile of home buyers in Granada

Mercedes Navarrete

Gibraltar

The garden party at Buckingham Palace. HM Gov. Gibraltar

Politics

Spanish foreign minister summons mayors of Campo de Gibraltar to talks update

SUR | Malaga

The Rock's chief minister, Fabian Picardo, has told King Charles the latest on the negotiations this week at a garden party at Buckingham Palace

Travel

New step-free ramps in operation at Gibraltar airport

SUR | Gibraltar

Health

Work under way on lab to improve cardiac care in Gibraltar

SUR | Gibraltar

Courts

Swift justice for man found with no passport on the Rock

SUR | Gibraltar

Politics

Chief minister of Gibraltar supports Spanish PM's decision to stay on in the role

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Brexiteer UK MPs express worries over border controls at Gibraltar Airport

I. Gurruchaga / N. Hesketh | London / Malaga

Lifestyle

Isabel Díaz Ayuso, during the Gran Cruz de la Orden del Dos de Mayo awards. EP

Fashion

From Madrid's president to Queen Letizia: famous faces wearing the same outfit

Sara Rubio

Isabel Díaz Ayuso, president of the Madrid regional government, and Noelia Núñez, deputy secretary of the PP, both chose a dress by influencer Rocío Osorno for the 2 May celebrations

Hiking

The Malaga river that marked a 'royal route' under Carlos III: from mountain top to hell's pool

Javier Almellones

Gordon and Grace with other fairground workers in front of their virtual reality pods.

In the frame

'La vida loca' of an expat fairground worker in Andalucía is no easy ride

Jennie Rhodes | Malaga

Girl at Her First Communion (1914), a work that precedes the artist's post-cubist phase.

Art

Picasso museum revives enigmatic painter María Blanchard, the grande dame of cubism

Regina Sotorrío

Icon. Image of a womanwith the head of theStatue of Liberty.

A new voice for women of the 20th century

Francisco Griñán

Recreation of the Café de Chinitas project by Eduardo Criado.

Food and drink

Iconic Malaga café to reopen 87 years after it closed

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

Health

AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine discontinued in Europe from today

Olatz Hernández | Madrid

Brussels has given the green light to the UK-Swedish laboratory's application to withdraw it from the market, with the company saying it was "incredibly proud of the role Vaxzevria played in ending the global pandemic"

Health

Research shows link between heart disease and poor dental hygiene

Clara Alfonso | Valencia

Women suffering from endometriosis protesting in Malaga.

Health

Endometriosis, the invisible illness suffered by women

Matías Stuber | Malaga

Alejandro López de Murillas embraces his mother, Mónica Galilea.

Health

The story of Alejandro, the 13-year-old boy in Spain who has saved his mother's life twice

Roberto G. Lastra | La Rioja

Health

Five exercises to avoid cognitive decline

Solange Vázquez | Madrid

Health

One in four in Spain, around 12 million people, has private health insurance of some sort

Álvaro Soto | Madrid

What To Do

Organisers and councillors at the launch in Estepona. SUR

Community spirit

Darkness Into Light Costa del Sol walks raise funds for suicide prevention

Myrto Kaltsidou | Malaga

The annual 5km walks are taking place on Saturday 11 May in three locations: Benalmádena, Mijas and Estepona

Food and drink

This is where you can try craft beer on the Costa del Sol this weekend

SUR | Rincón de la Victoria

A previous Axarquía goats' cheese and wine festival in Torre del Mar.

Food and drink

A wine and cheese festival on the Costa del Sol? Yes please!

Eugenio Cabezas | Torre del Mar

Previous edition of the Festival of Legends in Benalmádena.

Music

Festival of iconic music rolls back into Benalmádena auditorium

Tony Bryant | Benalmádena

A file image of a performance of Alegría.

Entertainment

Iconic and well-travelled Cirque du Soleil show comes to the Costa del Sol in June

Víctor Rojas | Malaga

Inés Bacán will perform at the flamenco cycle in Malaga.

Art and culture

Intimate recitals tour through the main cradles of orthodox flamenco

Tony Bryant | Malaga

The story behind a place name

The remains of the tower from which Torre del Mar gets its name. J. R.

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Torre del Mar: A strategic military tower of the sea

Jennie Rhodes | Torre del Mar

The remains of the fortress can be seen on Plaza de la Axarquía where the roundhouse, which would have been a tower, still stands

The modern port of Sotogrande in San Roque (Cadiz).

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

San Roque: 'Well beloved' town loyal to King Felipe V

Tony Bryant | San Roque

Mini Hollywood film studios in Tabernas, Almeria province.

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Tabernas: An oasis for Greek soldiers in the desert

Jennie Rhodes | Tabernas

A view of Triana from the Puente de Isabel II (Triana bridge).

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Triana: Beyond the three-branched river

Tony Bryant | Seville

The Alhambra in Granada, one of Andalucía's most iconic images.

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Andalucía: Land of vandals or a mythical civilisation?

Tony Bryant | Malaga

Aerial view of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and its coastline.

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Sanlúcar de Barrameda: Sanctuary to Venus

Tony Bryant | Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Photo galleries

Photo special

In pictures, Labour Day rally takes to the streets of Malaga

Miguel Fernandez | Malaga

Photo gallery

Ronda's new gorge walk tourist attraction opens to public, in pictures

Migue Fernández | Ronda

How and when can I visit Ronda's new 1.6-million-euro gorge walk tourist attraction?

Photo gallery

Chefs for Children, in pictures

Josele | Marbella

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