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FERNANDO TORRES
The Malaga provincial government (Diputación) has unveiled its plans for the extension of the Camininto de Rey gorgeside walkway that has already attracted more than a million visitors to the El Chorro area. The new section of the path, explained b
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Mónica Pérez
A maintenance and repair contract for 15 of Marbella's public sports facilities is set to be put out to tender for 850,000 euros. The private company that wins the two-year contract will be responsible for fixing existing problems (such as roof
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Tony Bryant
Age Concern Fuengirola/Mijas has announced that last year's fundraising zip wire challenge netted the charity over 5,000 euros. The event, which took place last October, saw ten members and supporters of Age Concern participate in the only ... cross-boarder zip wire in Europe. The daredevil pensioners flew from Huelva to Portugal at speeds of around 80 kilometres an hour. The charity had set its sights on raising 3,000 euros, and a delighted secretary, Steve Marshall, declared this was the most the ... line challenge in October of last year. This challenge was not for the faint hearted and many of the participants had to face and conquer their fears. But thanks to their generous support, we raised the incredible sum of 5225 euros," Marshall told SUR
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Ivan Gelibter
The mayor of Fuengirola, Ana Mula, has announced that the council is setting aside two million euros to buy up homes to use as social housing. She said that the initiative was to "help the people of Fuengirola who are going through a difficult time, ... as they are the priority for this council team". Mula said that the list of conditions that would have to be met to get a home to rent would be announced shortly. The council will pay a maximum of 150,000 euros for each home and no more than ... 1,500 euros per square metre. The homes will have to be within the municipal boundaries, have no debt and a minimum of 40 square metres. Officials will also take into account the age of the property and its state of repair. Town hall officers will be
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Héctor Barbotta
...above ground. The project, launched on Monday, will cost 1.7 million euros. This money will come from funds recovered as part of several corruption cases ongoing into former town hall figures. The town's mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, said that the aim was to
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EFE
2016 3 billion euros will be the cost of healthcare in 2030 if the situation continues as at present Their report warns that if the present trend continues, in 2030 the figure will be three million higher. It also points out that whereas in 2016 ... the direct cost to the health system in attending to health problems caused by excess weight was 1.95 billion euros, if things continue as they are then it will rise to over three billion euros in the next 12 years. The study was drawn up from about ... increasing health care costs because of the comorbidities they suffer from, such as cardiovascular illnesses, diabetes or cancer associated with excess weight and obesity," says Hernáez. According to the study, in 2016 the direct cost was 524 million euros
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Ivan Gelibter
Parts of Mijas municipality, especially Mijas Pueblo, look set to see some improvements to their water supply network shortly. The local council has said that work will start in two months to spend just over seven million euros that has been ... Costa, and further improvements needed to the pipework were identified. Now the council has the green light to spend 7. 1 million euros. A tender process is expected to begin imminently and work should get under way in the spring. Mijas Pueblo will
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Eugenio Cabezas
Nerja painter, Juan Antonio Ortega Montesinar, has donated 413 euros to the children's oncology volunteer association (AVOI) in Malaga. The painter, who is known for his charity work and images of Holy Week, sold over 100 calendars with his
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Eugenio Cabezas
Thieves have stolen two safes containing around 50,000 euros from the offices of the Nerja Caves. The robbers broke into the offices in the early hours of Sunday morning and made off with the safes, which also contained 80 lottery tickets featuring
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IGNACIO LILLO
The Muelle Uno shopping centre in Malaga's port celebrated its seventh birthday last November and now looks set to announce it is in profit at last for 2018. Its earnings after tax were 80,000 euros last year. In 2017 it made a 390,000-euro loss. ... planned opening of the first Malaga branch of Hard Rock Café. Currently 734 people are employed at the mall and with Hard Rock 80 more jobs will be added. Pending the final accounts, income at Muelle Uno in 2018 was seven million euros from the rents ... at the shops, up from 6.3 million euros in 2017. The owners of the open-air mall have to pay more than two million euros in annual fees to the Malaga port authority for the land the shops are on. The operator, which is a company made up of Myramar,