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Junta promises more funds to protect Doñana after 50 years as National Park

JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA

The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, said this week that the regional government is completely committed to preserving the Doñana National Park and will be investing 17.5 million euros in it this year. He also proposed that a ... Junta will work to raise awareness of the values of the National Park, and wants to forge close links with towns and villages in the area. He promised that "nothing that damages Doñana is going to be done", referring to the proposed motorway between

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Mijas hospitality school will be up and running by the beginning of 2020, says Junta

A. M. ROMERO

The budget plan for next year envisages the reopening of the CIO Mijas elite hospitality school next year. A sum of nearly half a million euros will be spent on refurbishing classrooms and communal areas so the school can start teaching courses su

National

Junta thinks Trump's new tariffs could cost Andalucía 315 million euros a year

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1.14 billion euros. The Junta de Andalucía said this week that the new tariffs could cost the region 315 million euros, although it admitted that it was hard to be precise. From 18 October, US Customs will apply extra import tax of up to 25 per cent

Local

Agreement reached over underground metro line for Malaga's new hospital

M. D. TORTOSA

The Junta de Andalucía and Malaga city council have reached agreement on the location of the city's new main hospital and said that a new metro line to it will go underground. Meeting in Seville, Francisco de la Torre, city mayor, met regional ... which the last Socialist-party-run regional government had been in favour of. Now with the mayor and Junta leader from the same conservative PP party, both sides see eye-to-eye. The metro and regional hospital should be started by 2022, they said this

National

Junta takes big step towards regularising many more of the 327,000 illegal homes in Andalucía

MARÍA DOLORES TOLOSA

The Junta de Andalucía regional government approved on Tuesday a decree to regularise homes built with illegal planning permission. There are an estimated 327,000 properties in this precarious position in Andalucía, with thousands owned by foreign ... short of what's needed The last decrees in 2012 to 2018 only managed to remove some 1,500 homes from the legal stalemate, says the Junta, but now Tuesday's new decree should resolve the vast majority of the cases by trying to reduce bureaucracy and ... However the Junta explained that this is not an amnesty for homes built in environmentally-sensitive areas. The main thrust of the new decree is that to regularise a home, a time period has to have passed so there is no illegal judgement pending, which

Local

Junta plans to improve safety at Caleta de Vélez harbour

EUGENIO CABEZAS

The Junta de Andalucía has put out to tender a contract worth 42,229 euros to supply and install handrails and other safety and accessibility features along the coastal path of Caleta de Vélez harbour. The contract forms part of the ongoing project

Local

Junta releases 75 million euros to repair storm damage across Andalucía

IGNACIO LILLO / FERNANDO TORRES

The Junta de Andalucía has released a sum of 75 million euros to help clean up and repair damage caused by the 'Dana' storm last weekend. The funds will be shared by the provinces of Almeria, Granada and Malaga and will go towards repairing roads ... damage. The Fuengirola road was closed after La Tejá stream broke its banks. Alhaurín was visited on Sunday by the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, who announced that on Tuesday emergency funds would be released to help the 133

Local

Benalmádena-Fuengirola border dispute focuses on 1874 document

ALBERTO GÓMEZ

The dispute over the boundary between Benalmádena and Fuengirola will be resolved by the Junta de Andalucía in the near future, probably by the end of this month, but it looks as if the regional government will base its decision on the document from ... says he will take the matter to the courts if the Junta decides in Fuengirola's favour.

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Regional government of Andalucía reassures worried owners that a solution will be found for their irregular homes

AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ / JENNIE RHODES

The president of the Junta de Andalucía was in the Axarquía on Thursday, 5 September, to speak about a planned new regional government decree on illegal homes. Juanma Moreno said it should help many of the 22,000 homes in the east of Malaga province ... many years there is a government in the Junta de Andalucía that is ready to look for a solution to the problem". According to Moreno, the problem of the irregular housing doesn't just affect the homeowners who have been living with the threat of ... that not all houses will be included in the forthcoming Junta decree and that "not everyone will be satisfied" with the outcome. Moreno explained that planning law is complicated, with rules on a European, national and regional level that still had

Local

Still "no news" on the Alhaurín de la Torre access road, a year and a half on

FERNANDO TORRES

When approached, a spokesperson at the Ministry for Public Works (Fomento) said that there was "no news" on this project but that conversations between Malaga city hall and the Junta de Andalucía regional government were "ongoing". The national PSOE

National

Junta prepares for losses of 1.2 billion euros due to Brexit's effects on Gibraltar

JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA

The Junta de Andalucía is anticipating the effects of Brexit on the region and has drawn up a plan to minimise the consequences of Britain withdrawing from the European Union. The regional government calculates that Brexit could cause losses of

National

The Junta is thinking about a no-deal scenario too

SUR

At the next regional cabinet meeting, president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, will approve a series of measures designed to alleviate the effect of any hard Brexit. Moreno stated that Andalucía is especially vulnerable to any negative

Local

Intu to build a 5,000-seater auditorium as part of new shopping and leisure complex

ALBERTO GÓMEZ

...paperwork in the Official bulletin of the Junta de Andalucía.

Local

Judge embargoes land where Julen died to pay rescue costs and fines

EFE

Andalucía's regional government, the Junta de Andalucía, cost 663,982.45 euros. Asking for the three-year prison sentence, the judge said Serrano was "the only person aware of the presence of the borehole and knowing about the lack of protection, failed to

Local

Regional budget for 2020 includes funds for city's new hospital as well as roads around the province

ANTONIO M. ROMERO

The Junta de Andalucía has revealed details of its new budget for 2020, approved by the regional cabinet last Friday. The spending plan, which the regional government hopes will be passed by the Andalusian parliament by the end of the year, was ... plan. Mijas hospitality school will be up and running by the beginning of 2020, says Junta The Education department in Andalucía has been assigned more than 6.8 billion euros for 2020, 3.6% up on this year. Malaga province On a local level, ... specifically mentioned in the budget details released last week is the completion of the Costa del Sol hospital extention as well as other health centres in the town. On a visit to Marbella this week, however, Junta delegates said that the completion of the

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New Estepona hospital should be open by the end of the year, says Junta

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

Local

Residents brave thunderstorm threat to protest over services

Eugenio Cabezas

...to fruition. The town hall has said they are awaiting a response from the Junta de Andalucía for the coastal path project.

Local

Hundred kilometres of old water pipes which supply the western Costa del Sol are to be replaced

FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ

...euros, although the Junta de Andalucía has agreed to cover the works in Casares, Manilva and Estepona, which are estimated to cost about 30 million euros. Extra charge on water bills The rest of the cost will be paid by the Mancomunidad, and it is

Opinion

Why scrap the toll?

Héctor Barbotta

Just under two years ago, the Junta de Andalucía, then still governed by the Socialist Party, launched its Plan de Ordenación Territorial for the Costa del Sol, which proposed scrapping the toll on the AP7. That idea was received with mockery and

National

Junta leader crosses the Strait

The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, made an official visit to Morocco this week, where he met with several officials to discuss trade, the economy, immigration, cooperation and other issues affecting both countries. During the

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Junta de Andalucía considering expropriating land affected during rescue

JUAN CANO / ALVARO FRÍAS

The Junta de Andalucía has said that it is considering expropriating some of the land affected in the search for Julen in January. Over 20 plots of land were affected during the search, meaning that other landowners should be compensated. The Junta ... for its original purposes. Large areas are considered unsafe due to the holes that were dug and machinery used during the rescue efforts. The Junta needs to reach a financial settlement with the affected landowners, but through conversations between

National

Junta activates new incentives to encourage more self-employed

SUR

The Junta de Andalucía regional government has launched extra incentives to encourage residents to start their own entrepreneurial projects as self-employed workers. As of this week, people setting up as 'autónomo' (self-employed) for the first ... Junta explained, and 24,000 are expected to benefit.

Local

One million euros set aside for works on San Pedro-Ronda road

VANESSA MELGAR

Junta has also been looking into the possibility of creating a third climbing lanes, with Carazo saying that a project of this kind was in the pipeline.

Local

Junta authorises new stretch of coastal path in Estepona

C. MÁRQUEZ

The regional government has authorised work to start on a new stretch of the coastal path known as the Senda Litoral in the Riviera Andaluza area of Estepona. The 150-metre footpath will run parallel to the residential development, linking the rece

Local

Junta promises funds for new Fuengirola-Mijas hospital

SUR

...town hall had been submitting the same plans to the Junta for the last 40 years and they had been "falling on deaf ears". However, that is to change, he says, promising to be an "ally" for the town. For Bendodo the priority is the new ... Fuengirola-Mijas hospital and the Junta has already taken control of the project even though the town hall is yet to formalise the transfer of the land. He also announced that the plans would the project would be drawn up in 2020 and that the project would be

Local

Boost for new Golf Valley project near La Cala as it is declared of strategic importance for tourism

P. MARTÍNEZ / I. GELIBTER

...the longest golf course in Andalucía, a 350-room hotel and an equestrian centre on one million square metres (248 acres) of land in the Entrerríos area of Mijas municipality, inland from La Cala de Mijas. Now the Junta has decided to designate the

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Junta could issue fines of up to one million euros against Serrano and well-digger

ÁLVARO FRÍAS

While judicial proceedings follow their course, the Junta de Andalucía regional government are involved in the administrative side of the 'Julen case'. Specifically, the department of Industry, Energy and Mines has opened two disciplinary

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Junta de Andalucía has 2019 budget approved at last as Vox agrees to give its support

M. DOLORES TORTOSA

It was a struggle to the end but the coalition of Partido Popular (PP) and Ciudadanos(Cs) at the Junta de Andalucía won approval for the 2019 budgets from the regional parliament at last on Wednesday. The Junta needed the support of the regional

Local

Junta's regional budget promises 153 million euros of new investment in Malaga province

ANTONIO M. ROMERO

The Partido Popular and Ciudadanos coalition government at the Junta de Andalucía last Friday gave details at last of its 2019 budget, which needs to be ratified by the regional parliament in Seville. THE JUNTA'S PLANNED NEW LOCAL INVESTMENT I ... 100,000 euros to promote temporary exhibits. Justice Renovating courts: 506,882 euros. New Torremolinos building: 118,460 euros. On Monday, the head of the Junta for Malaga, Patricia Navarro, explained how those spending plans would affect ... at a regional level is 36.5 billion euros, five per cent more than under the last administration. Almost half, 17.2 billion, goes on the usual big-spending departments of education and health, services which the Junta de Andalucía controls. In

Local

Initial green light given to shopping centre extension

AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ

A further two years of negotiations is expected before the work can get underway, including the project going back to the council twice as well as reports from the Junta de Andalucía.

Local

Way being cleared for Coín sewage to pass through treatment plant

F. TORRES.

The Junta de Andalucía has said that it is doing all it can to speed up the start "in the next few weeks" of repairs to piping due to bring sewage to be treated at the Guadalhorce valley's new wastewater plant. Álora and Pizarra are already

National

UK ambassador talks illegal homes and health in meeting with Junta boss

SUR IN ENGLISH

...in applying for the special public health insurance scheme in the region, the Convenio Especial. Moreno committed the Junta de Andalucía to resolving the issue. Moreno, who was accompanied by regional vice-president Juan Marín, also explained

Local

Owners of illegal homes say Junta's new measures won't go far enough

AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ

Owners of the estimated 22,000 homes built illegally on land not zoned for construction in the Axarquía and elsewhere in the Malaga area are calling on the Junta de Andalucía to be "braver" about dealing with the situation. Many are foreigners ... and members of SOHA (Save Our Homes in Axarquía) and other action groups. They want a definitive solution so that their properties can be legalised as well as connected to basic services where necessary. The SOHA statement comes after the Junta ... the status of homes. The Junta also wants to extend the range of the so-called AFO assimilated special status to more homes that will allow them to connect up their water and gas. A spokesperson explained it wasn't a case of "wiping the slate

Local

Junta announces plan to improve PTA access

ÁLVARO FRÍAS

The regional government has responded to recent warnings from companies about the congestion on roads into the PTA (Parque Tecnológico Andalucía) tech park by announcing an action plan to solve the problem. According to regional minister Elías Bend

National

Andalusian president meets Michel Barnier in Brussels to talk Brexit fallout

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The regional president of Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, spent over an hour with the EU's Michel Barnier on Monday, minutes before the chief Brexit negotiator started a meeting with the UK delegation. The head of the Junta was keen to express the concern ... caution; hoping, wanting, and trusting that the negotiation will be positive for Spain and Andalucía," said Moreno. The regional president also handed Barnier a copy of the Junta de Andalucía's 112-point action plan to inject extra economic stimuli and

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Junta promises a Silicon Valley of tourism tech innovation on the Costa

PILAR MARTÍNEZ

Juan Marín, vice-president of the regional government and regional minister for Tourism, has said that the Junta is to invest 650,000 euros over three and a half years in upgrading its Andalucía Lab innovation centre. It is hoped that the

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Junta boss: sewage gives shameful impression of Costa

SUR

The new Junta de Andalucía president, Juanma Moreno, was critical of the previous regional administration's behaviour over the dumping of sewage this week. On a visit to the Guadalhorce area on Monday, he said it was "shameful" the image that was

Local

Costa councils say they approve of banning smoking on some beaches

ÁNGEL ESCALERA

Most municipalities on the Malaga coast agree with the regional health authorities' proposal that there should be smoke-free beaches. However, they think the matter needs further study, especially regarding how the ban could be enforced. They would a

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New Junta de Andalucía government is sworn in

MARÍA DOLORES TORTOSA

The regional cabinet of the new Partido Popular (PP) and Ciudadanos (Cs) coalition in the Junta de Andalucía was sworn in this week. The ceremony took place in the seat of the regional government at the Palacio San Telmo in Seville on Tuesday ... Malaga in the fresh line-up at the Junta in Seville In his speech at the swearing-in ceremony, the PP's Juanma Moreno, said that "the ball has started rolling". He asked his ministers for "effort and hard work", adding that "tomorrow, make sure you come ... inside the striking Baroque building in the centre of Seville. Prior to being acquired by the Junta it had been a priests' seminary. The Junta now has the regional leader of Cs, Juan Marín, as its vice-president. However, in a relaxed atmosphere, both

Local

SOHA 2019 AGM to discuss Junta change

Jennie Rhodes

Save Our Homes Axarquía (SOHA) will be holding its 2019 AGM on Wednesday 23 January at the camping bar and restaurant in La Viñuela, starting at 7.30pm. On the agenda is how the recent change in government at the Junta de Andalucía is likely to