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Eugenio Cabezas
Nerja businessman, Jonathan Méndez, has approached a company in Catalonia with the idea of constructing the world's longest zip wire along the town's Chíllar river. Méndez, who owns a firm called Meynber, has asked Zip-trans Systems S.L. to
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FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ
...authorities - and therefore the taxpayers - are paying 4.46 million euros a year towards the fine imposed by the EU on Spain in July 2018 for three places which were still failing to treat their waste: Coín, Alhaurín el Grande and Nerja. The historic court ... 738,290.98 euros to be paid. Between the four cases, the accumulated amount so far has risen to 10.61 million euros, of which 5.11 correspond to the two projects which are the responsibility of the State (Estepona and Nerja) and the remaining 5.49 million
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The Spanish Athletics Championships threw up two surprises for Nerja-based athletes Isidro Leyva and Ouassim Oumaiz. In the case of the former, it was a nice surprise as the pole vaulter claimed gold for the first time at senior level. What's ... Oukhelfen (13:47.26). Further success came for Nerja with the Cueva de Nerja-UMA team claimed bronze in the relay.
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Eugenio Cabezas
Catalan energy company Conecta2 has announced plans to build a solar farm in Nerja. The Nerja site forms part of a wider project to extend the production of photovoltaic energy across Spain, with a further four farms being built in Palamós
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Jennie Rhodes
Frigiliana, have introduced a QR code for visitors to find venue locations and information about the artists. The QR code is available at each of the venues, at the information booth, at Frigiliana, Torrox and Nerja tourist information offices and on social
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Eugenio Cabezas
Environmentalist group GENA - Ecologistas en Acción has reported to both the Junta de Andalucía regional government and Nerja town hall what they claimed was the presence of raw sewage at the mouth of the Chillar river in Nerja. They said that the ... "Without the need to run chemical or bacteriological tests, we can confirm that the water is contaminated." GENA has previously reported the presence of sewage in the Chillar river and other waterways in Nerja. Town hall reaction Reacting to GENA's ... statement, Nerja's environment councillor, Javier Rodríguez, said he was "indignant" over the accusations. He went on to say, "I must ask them once again to stop poisoning public opinion and causing unnecessary alarm." He called for the group to consult
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Eugenio Cabezas
Nerja's sewage treatment plant is to go into testing phase in the first half of July, according to secretary of state for the Environment Hugo Morán. During last week's video conference, the secretary of state said that the remaining work should ... be finished by the end of June. Nerja mayor José Alberto Armijo responded to the announcement by saying it was "excellent news" for the town.
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Eugenio Cabezas
UK supermarket chain Poundland, operating in Spain under the name Dealz, opened a store in Nerja yesterday, taking the total number of shops in Malaga province to three. A spokesperson for the store, which is on Calle San Miguel in the centre of
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Eugenio Cabezas
After advice not to visit the popular Chillar river nature hotspot went unheeded, Nerja town hall has now banned access altogether due to the risk of coronavirus contagion. The council has banned bathing in the area popular with young people and
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Eugenio Cabezas
Nerja town hall announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement with the local bus company allowing people over the age of 65 and under 12 to travel free on the town's buses, to start with immediate effect. The agreement forms part of a