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Leading infrastructure and transport operator, Acciona, has told regulators that it has teamed up with Ilsa, owners of Iberia regional franchisee, Air Nostrum, to be the first private operators to compete with state-owned Renfe when Spain's rail
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IGNACIO LILLO
...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
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The Costa del Sol didn't have to wait very long for the first birth of 2019. Little Lucas wasn't able to hang on until the champagne corks had finished popping and came into the world at just five minutes past midnight on 1 January. He was also the ... first baby of the new year in the whole of the Andalucía region, and was born at the Materno, Malaga city's children's hospital. The second baby in Malaga was Sheila, born at 3.24am across the city at the Hospital Clínico. Elsewhere on the coast, the ... Hospital Costa del Sol maternity ward also sprang into action in the early hours and a boy, Luka, was born at 6am. Lucas in Malaga won first prize FIRST-BORN OF THE YEAR Lucas Born at 12.05am Sheila Born at 3.24am Luka Born at 6.00am "We'll take
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FERNANDO TORRES
Alhaurín de la Torre has announced one of the most important sports projects in the municipality in recent years. The town is set to welcome the first Wavegarden Spain inland professional surfing pool to be installed in Andalucía. The new 2.2 ... skateboard park, an artificial beach, restaurants and bars, and a store where equipment can be purchased or hired. Josema Odriozola, founder and CEO of Wavegarden Spain, said: "We are very pleased to open the first installation in Andalucía. Andalucía
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IGNACIO LILLO
Work on the new Hard Rock Café in Malaga is now in the final stages and sources close to the project claim that it will be finished in February 2019. Owned by the world renowned music café franchise, Hard Rock Malaga is situated in front of the Pompi
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Tony Bryant
The launch of the airline Iberia's first commercial flight from Madrid to Barcelona on 14 December 1927 was Spain's first foray into commercial aviation. Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S. A. was founded in June 1927 by Horacio Echevarrieta, a ... concession to establish regular flights between Madrid and Barcelona. Founded during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, with a capital of 1.1 million pesetas, its first commercial flight took off from the airport in Carabanchel (current Cuatro Vientos ... Airport) and landed in Barcelona three hours later. The official flight on the ten-seater Rohrbach Roland monoplane included among its passengers the Spanish king, Alfonso XIII. Prior to the official flight, a plane first flew from Barcelona to Madrid
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OPTA
...direct from a corner kick to level the scores. This was Malaga's first point away from home since match day six and helps to stave of relegation trouble for the time being at least.
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ANTONIO M. ROMERO
It was 12.35 on Saturday morning when one of the singing lottery number announcers pulled out El Gordo. The first prize in Spain's annual Christmas lottery, whose minor prizes had been sung out by children from the San Ildefonso choir since 9am, had
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Daryl Finch
...the World Cup, finished ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (476 points) and Antoine Griezmann (414). With 753 points, the Croatian became the first player other than Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to win since 2007. Messi came fifth with 280 points. This year saw ... the first women's version of the prize and its first ever recipient was Lyon's Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg. Hegerberg's side won the treble last year with the forward scoring 13 goals in nine games on the way to Champions League victory. She
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The restaurant in La Cónsula catering college in Malaga reopened this week with 300 reservations on its books, around half made in the first 48 hours. The restaurant has space for 40 diners and offers varied menus with wine for 20 euros. The dishes