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JUAN SOTO
The construction industry is thriving on the Costa del Sol, to the point that Malaga province has more building going on than anywhere else in Andalucía. A third of all the new development projects completed in Andalucía in the year from March 2018
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P. MARTÍNEZ / I. GELIBTER
...project as of "interés túristico" (tourist interest), a legal definition for what ministers consider to be strategically valuable projects in a particular area. It is the first time since 2012 that the Andalusian regional government has made a similar ... declaration. The status is given to projects that help lengthen the tourist season and expand the leisure and sporting offer, and, in theory, it makes the project easier to carry out. The developer currently also owns popular hotels in Fuengirola
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JENNIE RHODES
...artists to do a project with his students, to teach them about the consequences of throwing rubbish into the seas and not recycling. The pair had worked on similar projects with children in Madrid, where they lived for a while before coming to Granada ... run the same project at a summer camp earlier this month near Ronda and they hope to take the project to other summer camps and schools in the future. "We want to leave a footprint with the projects, so that there is continuation and kids and parents
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SUR IN ENGLISH
Volunteers are being sought to help local people in Mijas and Benalmádena improve their English. If you have native-level English and have some spare time to give back to your local community, two initiatives are ongoing. In Mijas, the I SPEAK ENGL
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IVÁN GELIBTER
...by the Planning councillor, José Sánchez, and other local government representatives. According to Mula, it is one of the most important infrastructure projects in recent years, owing to the complex location of the underpass beneath a busy railway
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The incidence of diabetes is continually increasing and it is fast becoming a worldwide epidemic. To combat it, research is vital and at present the Andalusian health service is carrying out 43 different research projects. There are also 87
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CHARO MÁRQUEZ.
Estepona is currently working on four projects, costing around 2.5 million euros paid mostly by EU development funds, the town's mayor has said. Current projects include the first phase of improvements to Avenida Andalucía; a roundabout at the
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A. M. ROMERO
...of Malaga) as well as its previous criticism of the progress and direction of projects already started by the PSOE government. In the city of Malaga these include the completion of the metro lines. Juanma Moreno has already announced the scrapping ... Torremolinos and Marbella; the extension of the Costa del Sol hospital; and the regularisation of rural properties in Mijas, among other projects. Road improvements in the Serranía de Ronda, Antequera's dry dock project, the opening of operating theatres and
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P. MARTÍNEZ / J. ALMELLONES
...their new projects and successful results. One firm to take advantage of this was BlueBay, which announced the opening of a new hotel on the Costa del Sol. The company's director general Ramón Hernández, said that the group's growth plan up to 2020
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Ivan Gelibter
With just five months left of the legislature, Mijas town hall is to set in motion some 30 new infrastructure projects at a cost of 700,000 euros. According to SUR sources, half of these projects will be put out to tender in the coming weeks, and