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JAVIER ALMELLONES
...of Malaga. From the coveted 'Huevo de Toro' tomato to the avocados of the Axarquía, it is now possible to purchase them with just one click from an online shop. Although not all have the different systems of payment implemented (PayPal or credit
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The process to have the body of dictator General Franco removed from its ceremonial resting place moved an important step closer on Thursday. MPs gave majority approval for the law change that allows the body to be taken out of Valle de Los Caídos, ... parties justified their vote by saying they didn't see the removal as urgent government business. Franco is the only one of the 20,000 people buried in the Valle de Los Caídos, which was excavated in a mountain from 1941 to 1959, who didn't die in the
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Julio Rodríguez
Following two consecutive defeats, Marbella got back on the right track with a 4-0 thrashing of Sevilla Atlético on Sunday. It didn't start well, however, with the hosts at the Estadio Antonio Lorenzo suffering a few scares against a side for whom
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Daryl Finch
...las Cuevas, 81'), Jovanovic (Erik, 58'), Andrés Martín. Javi Ontiveros engineered the first chance of the game, striking the outside of the post from a tight angle after working some space for himself on the left wing. Then with just 15 minutes on the ... clock, Malaga took the lead. A long throw from Luis Hernández from the right picked out an unmarked Gustavo Blanco Leschuk on the goal line, who flicked the ball on for Adrián in the centre who had no trouble heading past Carlos Abad in the visitors' ... goal. Slack marking cost Cordoba again just six minutes before half time when Jack Harper squeezed a cross into the box from the left, Blanco Leschuk's header was saved by the keeper and Hicham followed in to nod home his first senior goal for the
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J. C. / Á. F.
A group of illegal street vendors last week grouped together to turn on police who had confiscated the handbags, wallets and belts that they were trying to sell on Rodeíto beach between Puerto Banús and Estepona. The three police officers were outn
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Tony Bryant
Malaga is fast becoming celebrated as a city famed for its art and its reputation will be boosted this weekend when the city hosts the fifth edition of the Malaga Tattoo Convention. Held in the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos in Malaga, from Friday ... (today) until Sunday, the event is expected to attract hundreds of tattoo and body piercing fans from around the world. The convention, which has become a popular gathering of European tattooists and piercing specialists, will also offer live music and
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The Fuengirola Lions started their preseason last weekend with victory at the inaugural tournament at Chiclana, where a new rink, brought from Finland with the help of the Lions organisation, was installed during the summer. Victory for the Lions ... was perfect preparation for the International Inline Hockey Tournament which will take place in Los Boliches from 21 to 23 September.
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Debbie Bartlett
...union movement in Spain practically disappeared from the scene altogether. However, by 1947 there was growing unrest in the country and in that year workers at a metal factory in Vizcaya bravely went on strike, the first to take place during the ... dictatorship. It marked the start of a new era, because it was organised in spite of repression from the authorities, and it resulted in a new workers' movement which then continued to grow. Another historic year in the incipient union movement was 1951, when ... transformed from a clandestine and spontaneous movement into an organised group of commissions and it largely coordinated the entire workers' movement in Spain despite the Franco regime. It extended almost simultaneously in Madrid, with the Comisión Obrera
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IGNACIO LILLO
...the cars' central computers, using OBD (On Board Diagnostics). From now on vehicles will have to be connected to a computer such as the one used by mechanics, to detect internal breakdowns in the anti-contamination systems, the poor functioning of the ... central computer system itself or the deliberate switching-off of warning lights, which some owners do to get the car through its obligatory ITV test. It is important to point out that these tests only apply to cars and motorcycles registered from 2011 ... onwards, in other words under the Euro 5 and Euro 6 regulations; and heavy Euro 6 vehicles (from 2015 onwards). This has been stressed by sources at Veiasa, the public company which is part of the regional government's Ministry of Employment, Companies and
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OPTA
...resulting in an own goal from Richi. Marbella continued to attack with long balls, but the second goal of the game went the hosts' way when Mahanan converted Ruano's corner to the back post. Melilla picked up where they left off in the second half and ... grabbed their second in the 50th minute when Yacine converted Iñigo Martínez's cross. Defeat leaves Marbella 14th in the table with just three points from three games.