Local
E. C. / J. R.
Both Nerja and Almáchar will be holding virtual San Isidro celebrations this weekend. On Friday the Nerja town hall Facebook page will be showing a special mass and on Sunday the Almáchar town hall Facebook page will be showing the 1988 Romería,
National
MIGUEL ÁNGEL ALFONSO / Ángel Escalera
...registration of information at the weekend are usual, however, and the fatality figures are likely to rise over the next few days. Also on Monday, 71 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Spain, 25 fewer than in Sunday's figures. According to the official
Local
andrea jiménez
The weekly street market in Coín will reopen for the first time this weekend in three months. Only eighty per cent of the usual stalls will be allowed to open on Saturday and controls to prevent overcrowding will be put in place. All those wishing
National
MATEO BALÍN / ángel escalera
...positive cases (20). This data, nationally and regionally, should be read with caution, however, as the long holiday weekend will see some test results and death reports not processed until as late as Wednesday or Thursday.
Opinion
Mark Nayler
...that have been in place for three weeks and claims that the virus has peaked, daily fatality and infection rates remain extremely high. But if lockdown is extended again next weekend, the economic stagnation that's already begun will get worse. The
Local
SUR
Health minister, Jesús Aguirre said, “Neither Malaga nor Granada should stay one more day in Phase One.” Last weekend there was disappointment as both provinces once again failed to keep up with the rest of Andalucía as it moved to Phase Two. Less
National
SUR
...was designated as candidate by the King before Christmas having won November's election. Saturday's sitting is unusual because the parliament has never met at a weekend and neither at holiday time -parliamentary staff will unexpectedly have to come
What to do
JAVIER ALMELLONES
This weekend in Alozaina, and from Sunday until Tuesday in Tolox, the annual carnival celebrations take place. These two towns have a tradition which started in the nineteenth century but possibly dates back 400 years before that. In Alozaina ... is more usual to throw talcum powder and the festival has lost its amorous overtones in both towns. From midnight on Monday and throughout Tuesday in Tolox and throughout the weekend in Alozaina, residents and visitors of both sexes will be vulnerable
What to do
SUR
The biggest tourist attraction in inland Malaga province will open again on 12 June with adjustments for new heath and safety rules. Admission tickets for the Caminito del Rey gorge walkway went on sale today (22 May) for weekend visits only
Sport
Rob Palmer
For decades El Clásico was a showcase of the greatest footballers on the planet; now it's in danger of just becoming another game of first-class football. Every year since 1996, the FIFA World Player of the Year played for La Liga's big two or went