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Eugenio Cabezas
Vélez-Málaga town hall announced on Wednesday that this year's day feria will take place in the Paseo de Andalucía, instead of the area around La Carmelitas square and the town hall, due to the ongoing pedestrianisation works. The night feria
Sport
ALBERTO GÓMEZ
The success of the latest edition of Andalucía Valderrama Masters has given its organisers a taste for even more. They are now considering knocking at the door of the American Tour in a bid to attract better players. This is an ambitious ... objective, but the organisers of the Andalucía Masters want to take the tournament forward. The agreement reached with Estrella Damm as principal sponsors guarantees the presence of the tournament on the calendar for at least the next four years. However, ... incorporation of the World St Jude Invitational during the first week of July. As a result, there won't be any space for the Andalucía Masters in the summer and it could instead be played from 28 to 31 May - dates compatible with the calendars of golfers such as
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CHARO MÁRQUEZ
The Junta de Andalucía's Health service has said that it plans to have Estepona's new local hospital up and running by the end of the year. The date comes after the town hall finished the building work on the long-awaited complex in December last ... administration was in power at the Junta de Andalucía, before the PP and Ciudadanos took control in Seville. Malaga PP president Elías Bendodo said that García Urbano had taken "the right decision" to fund the hospital when "he got no response from the
LifeStyle
Ash Bolton
...cyclists of all levels throughout the country. Professional races include the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) in September and October, which is one of the most important cycling events in the world, and usually includes some stages in Andalucía; and the ... Ruta del Sol Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalucía), held in February. Luckily for this sun-drenched region, the climate offers ideal weather conditions for cycling all year round. What’s more, this two-wheeled past time is a unique and healthy way ... to discover Andalucía, allowing you to sightsee while enjoying your favourite sport. An important point to note is that during the summer temperatures in Andalucía can top 40ºC, so many cyclists set off before the sun rises and are back by midday.
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Eugenio Cabezas
...systems." The project, which is waiting for the go ahead from the regional Junta de Andalucia, is set to receive four million euros from the EU. There is no agreement between the two parties that make up the coalition formation at Vélez-Málaga town hall
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Pilar Martínez
Campsites in Andalucía have asked the Junta regional government to lift a ban on stays longer than six months. The Andalusian campsite federation says that the ban goes against the Junta's stated aim of reducing the seasonality of regional
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NURIA TRIGUERO
The Costa del Sol is not only the favourite destination for tourists who come to Andalucía, but for entrepreneurs and investors as well. The province of Malaga received 51 per cent of foreign investment into the region in 2017, which was 0.84 per ... foreign-investment cake grew considerably compared with the previous year (31 per cent). Gross foreign investment increased by 38 per cent compared with 2016, to 205 million euros, while in Andalucía as a whole it reduced slightly. Analysis of investment value ... held in the province, (rather than what comes in and out over time), shows that Malaga was the province in the region with the highest growth between 2013 and 2016, at more than 64.7 per cent, compared with 34.1 per cent for Andalucía. This and other
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Different public authorities have been exchanging accusations this week over who could have done more to avoid and contain an outbreak of listeriosis in Andalucía that has turned into Spain's worst. One 90-year-old woman died in hospital in ... Seville on Tuesday, and on Thursday, 82 were in hospital, including 28 pregnant women. In total, 161 cases had been identified in Andalucía, mostly in Seville, and several more elsewhere in Spain . Listeriosis is a bacteria particularly dangerous for
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FERNANDO TORRES
...breeding pairs. The minister of the Environment for the Junta de Andalucía, Carmen Crespo, explained that despite the fact that the hydrological year had not been the most abundant, circumstances for breeding in the lagoon were very good, resulting in a
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MARÍA GONZÁLEZ
This week in Marbella, the Spanish cancer association, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC), inaugurated its first "active space against cancer" in Andalucía. Marbella has now joined Madrid and Barcelona, the only two other cities to possess ... Andalucía, one of which is in Malaga province.