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Some of the adulterated olive oils seized Guardia Civil

Police seize more than 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oils in Spain

J.M.L. | Ciudad Real

Eleven people have been arrested after raids in Italian firms and oil cooperatives in Ciudad Real, Jaén and Cordoba in a joint operation carried out by the Spanish and Italian police

Spanish media file 550-million-euro lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta

E. Martínez

Haizea in the hospital bed after the operation

How a Spanish woman swallowed a toothbrush while chocking on a slice of ham

Bruno Vergara

The plastic brush was used in a desperate attempt to force the food down the right way, but she didn't expect what happened next

Fuengirola pledges support for Cudeca Sunflower Movement campaign

Tony Bryant

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The World Cup trophy has been on display in Muelle Uno.

Malaga gears up to host Spain's women's football team for the first time

Marina Rivas

Scammers pretending to be Denzel Washington or Hugh Jackman target women in Malaga

Juan Cano | Málaga

Rafael was 39 years old and lived in the town of Maliaño with his family

'He was given enough anaesthetic for a horse': relatives of a man who died during a hair transplant speak out

David S. Olabarri

The handmade brick mural is made by the Malaga firm Todobarro.

Eight surprising quirks in Google's Malaga office

Nuria Triguero | Malaga

Sierra Nevada opens its ski resort this Tuesday 5 December

Ideal

The resort starts off the winter season as it opens up its slopes in the area of the Emile Allais chairlift

Malaga's Christmas video mapping story: a little angel chases a star

Juan Soto | Malaga

The new show on the cathedral will be screened every day at 6.45pm, 8pm and 10pm in Calle Molina Larios

Property sales in Malaga province fall by 30%, more than in the rest of Spain

Cristina Vallejo | .

t A view of Los Baños del Carmen, an iconic location in Malaga city.

The hidden secrets of Malaga's Baños del Carmen

Matías Stuber

Progress on the project was explained to officials.

Urgent call for rail improvement as major Antequera logistics hub takes shape

Ignacio Lillo/SUR | Malaga

Malaga the only Andalusian province to record a rise in unemployment in November

Malaga the only Andalusian province that records a rise in unemployment in November

Nuria Triguero | Malaga

Nolotil is one of the most prescribed medicines in Spain.

Spanish government sued over deaths of dozens of Britons who took Nolotil

Álvaro Soto | .

A photo of Sabrina and Pepi with the jewellery the crooks stole from her

Woman conned into handing over jewellery after believing daughter was in prison in Granada

Juan Cano and Laura Velasco | Malaga

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Marbella businessman's nightmare: extortion, beatings and kidnappings

Last month one of the driest Novembers in history in Malaga province

Police searching for hit-and-run driver after cyclist killed in Malaga

Watch as anti-terror police arrest two alleged jihadists on the Costa del Sol for distributing bomb making and suicide attack manuals

Plainclothes police officers catch pickpockets who stole purse with 2,000 euros in Malaga city

Axarquía village offers viewing platform for giants

Extra PROINSERMANT

Comfort engineering in luxury villas bears the PROINSERMANT hallmark

Glenn Close, in front of José Luis Puche's painting at the Soho Caixabank Theatre.

Glenn Close pays a surprise visit to Malaga

Francisco Griñán | Málaga

Extra El Gaucho de Banús

El Gaucho de Banús, celebrating the flavours of exquisite meat

Top 50

The Music Maker

Peter Edgerton

Local Heroes

The Euro Zone

Mark Nayler

Return to form

The Bottom Line

Rachel Haynes

Tourism up, water down

Food & Drink

A.J. Linn

Adapting to Spanish ways

The Bottom Line

Juan Carlos Viloria

Turbulent times

The Bottom Line

Ignacio Lillo

The Estepona solution

Costa del Sol and Malaga province

Work for the hotel on the plot occupied by the old Andalucía cinema Migue Fernández

Work starts on Gerard Piqué's new five-star hotel project in Malaga city

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

Construction has begun at the site of the former Andalucía cinema to build the luxury accommodation, which will have five floors, a penthouse and 128 suites

The Casares waste recycling centre, which treats waste from the Costa del Sol (archive image).

Costa towns' rubbish disposal fee set to rise

Chus Heredia

An artist's impression of the new walkway.

Tourism

Town hall gives green light to second phase of new tourist attraction at foot of Ronda gorge

Vanessa Melgar | Ronda

A truck removes the remains of the drug boat, which has been put into safekeeping by the town hall.

The latest chapter in the abandoned drug boat story

Lorena Cádiz

Christmas 2023

Watch as Malaga's spectacular Christmas lights dazzle big crowds at this year's official switch on

SUR | Malaga

Malaga switches on its sparkling 2023 festive lights, in pictures

An artist's impression of Malaga's planetarium project.

Planning

Biggest planetarium in Spain given the green light on site next to Ikea in Malaga

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

Costa del Sol and Malaga province

The road access to the Puerto Seco Antequera is in place. Antonio J. Guerrero

Antequera's giant 'dry port' logistics park is all set to be a mini-city

Ignacio Lillo

This central Andalusian goods hub next to the Malaga-Madrid Ave train line has all the basic infrastructure for phase one now in place

Urgent call for rail improvement as major Antequera logistics hub takes shape

La Viñuela residents who have receieved high water bills protested outside the town hall on Monday to demand a solution

‘The town hall isn’t listening to us’: Axarquía residents protest over water bills

Eugenio Cabezas

Charity musical evening raises funds for Aspire Mama Africa

SUR in English | Manilva

Garden and swimming pool meter sealed this week by Acosol in Marbella.

Costa del Sol water companies implement restrictions for communal gardens

Lorena Cádiz

The project plans, which includes a golfcourse.

Largest housing development in Malaga city set for site west of Churriana

Jesús Hinojosa

Overall view of the scheme with its two-storey shopping centre.

Planning

Major transformation project for Benalmádena marina unveiled

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

Spain

Conventional roads like the one in the image have the highest number of fatal accidents among motorcyclists. SUR

Four out of ten motorcyclists’ fines are for speeding

Antonio Contreras

Conventional roads are the worst for this type of dangerous offence

The scene of the delivery of the two kids and the officer who helped the animal.

Guardia Civil assist the delivery of a goat on a road in Valladolid

N.C.

Heathrow Airport share to be sold by Spanish firm

Europa Press

The helicopter crash-landed on the M-40 motorway in Madrid

Helicopter crash-lands on busy motorway in Madrid

Melchor Sáiz-Pardo | Madrid

Rail travel

Spain's national train operator Renfe offers interest-free rail ticket payment plan

Edurne Martínez | Madrid

Sport

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Malaga CF fail to convert golden chances in 0-0 draw

Max Ng | Malaga

Despite dominating possession for the entire game on Saturday, the Blue and Whites failed to score against Atlético Sanluqueño CF

Italy lift their first Davis Cup trophy in 47 years

Dominant Italy defeat Australia to lift Davis Cup trophy in Malaga

Anthony Piovesan | Malaga

Thousands packed Martín Carpena area for this year's Davis Cup in Malaga.

Tennis

Malaga confirmed to host Davis Cup tennis tournament for third year in a row

Pedro Luis Alonso | Malaga

A look at LaLiga

Rob Palmer

Drowning in Vigo

Football

Malaga CF's long-awaited sports city and academy finally opens

Antonio Góngora | Malaga

Ana Peláez on the course at Las Brisas in Marbella.

Golf

Local golf star Ana Peláez comes third in the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España

SUR | Marbella

Treasures of Malaga

TREASURES OF MALAGA

Malaga's Roman theatre: a walk back in time between the city centre and the Alcazaba

Javier Almellones | Malaga

The spectacular rocky landscape of El Torcal.

TREASURES OF MALAGA

Torcal de Antequera: a labyrinth sculpted by nature over millennia

Javier Almellones | Malaga

The gorge and the bridge that spans it make up one of the most photographed sights in the town..

TREASURES OF MALAGA

Ronda's Tajo gorge and Puente Nuevo: world famous icons of this mountain town

Javier Almellones | Málaga

Since 2015 this walkway has become the emblem of inland tourism in Malaga province.

TREASURES OF MALAGA

El Caminito del Rey: a dizzying walk through Los Gaitanes gorge

Javier Almellones | Malaga

The historic viewpoint of La Concepción is one of the most photographed places.

TREASURES OF MALAGA

La Concepción botanical-historical garden: Malaga's 19th-century collection of exotic species

Javier Almellones | Malaga

The defensive system of this fortress was complex in order to guarantee security.

TREASURES OF MALAGA

The Alcazaba: the Andalusian citadel with almost a millennium of history

Javier Almellones | Málaga

Andalucía

Moment in which the traffickers throw the migrants into the strong currents. R. C.

Four migrants drown after being thrown into the sea by traffickers

Melchor Sáiz-Pardo

Shocking footage captured the moment the traffickers ejected their human cargo of 27 migrants from a semi-rigid boat in strong currents off a Cadiz beach in front of onlookers

Have you received this text from the health service? Don't worry, it's not a scam

Europa Press

A giant purple ribbon remembering victims of domestic violence in Malaga on Thursday evening.

Gender violence

2023 has been 'a very black year' for gender violence in Andalucía

SUR | Malaga

Spanish government's Teresa Ribera and the Junta's Juanma Moreno at Doñana National Park on Monday. .

Environment

Spain's national government and Junta de Andalucía strike 1.4 billion deal to help protect endangered Doñana wetlands

Héctor Barbotta | Seville

Mutilated dogs in the province of Granada.

Animal welfare

Owners investigated after ears cropped and tails docked on 1,000 dogs in Andalucía

Colpisa | Malaga

The president, Juanma Moreno, in the Andalusian parliament on Wednesday.

Junta green-lights portable desalination plants for Marbella and La Axarquía

Ignacio Lillo and Héctor Barbotta

Gibraltar

The award winners pictured together. SUR

Gibraltar's arts and culture awards highlight achievement, ability and talent

SUR in English | Gibraltar

This year's Cultural Awards in Gibraltar took place on Thursday 29 November, broadcasted live on GBC

Poster advertising the order of events at the Gibraltar Museum Christmas Seminar.

Gibraltar National Museum to look at natural history at Christmas seminar

SUR in English | Gibraltar

A new definitive set of stamps released featuring King Charles III

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Lifestyle

The Castaño Abuelo, one of the oldest trees in Malaga's copper forest

Javier Almellones | Malaga

This ancient tree is located about four hundred metres from the centre of Pujerra in the Serranía de Ronda

David Olivas, whose restaurant Back in Marbella was awarded a Michelin star.

New Michelin star for Marbella's Back

Marina Martínez

Stefan Sagmeister includes Malaga and the Costa del Sol in his tour of talks in which he examines Beautiful Numbers.

Interview

Stefan Sagmeister: 'I enjoy things that have been deliberately created to be ugly'

Regina Sotorrío | Malaga

Sonia Ingriselli came to live on the Costa del Sol in 2010 and advises companies on SEO and AI.

In The Frame

Canadian tech guru makes it click on the Costa

Anthony Piovesan

Twin towns - and the little-known link between the Costa del Sol and Stockport

Alekk M. Saanders

Crowds gathered for the lights in Malaga's city.

Lights go on as Christmas countdown starts on the Costa del Sol

SUR in English | Malaga

Health

When noise can be deafening

Solange Vázquez

Negative effects. After being subjected to loud noise it is crucial to act fast if you have suffered hearing damage. Early treatment can prevent hearing loss

Less people aged over 60 are getting their Covid-19 jabs

Why people aged over 60 are not getting the Covid-19 vaccine in Malaga province

Iván Gelibter

The role of intensive care nurses is key, as in the case of this tracheotomy.

Health

ICU: The fine line between life and death

Iván Gelibter | Malaga

File photo of a young woman getting HIV tested at a local centre.

Early diagnosis of HIV is a key to fighting the virus

Álvaro Soto | Madrid

Health benefits were observed after just one month of consumption of the oil.

Extra virgin olive oil can help with weight loss and lower blood sugar new research in Spain reveals

Susana Zamora | Malaga

Three doctors from Malaga named among Spain's best in top rankings list

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Artist Emmanuel Lafont with some of his works in the exhibition. Ignacio del Río

Art and culture

Emmanuel Lafont's obsession with personal photos from a Nazi spy

Cristina Pinto | Malaga

The artist’s exhibition at the Ignacio del Río gallery in Malaga, reconstructs images of a family through collages, drawing, and lithographs

Exhibition

Ela Fidalgo’s works at Malaga's La Térmica break the norms of size and beauty standards

Francisco Griñán | Malaga

A festive performance during a previous fair in Benalmádena.

Christmas 2023

International Christmas fair kicks off Benalmádena's festive season

Tony Bryant | Benalmádena

The orchestra and choir will perform typical Christmas music.

Collegium Musicum get festive with two concerts

Tony Bryant

Last year's event attracted more than 1,000 runners.

Charity

New Year's Eve fun run in Torremolinos returns to help needy families

Tony Bryant | Torremolinos

Donald Brennan will unveil his latest collection in Estepona.

Art

Irish artist unveils his latest collection in Estepona

Tony Bryant | Estepona

The story behind a place name

Canillas de Aceituno: A land of silkworms and mulberry trees

Jennie Rhodes

Silk fetched high prices in Granada's Albaicín during Spain's Islamic period but the trade fell sharply after the Reconquista

One of the bell towers that gave rise to its affectionate name.

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Écija: From olive and cotton growing to a town full of towers

Tony Bryant | Écija

Located on the Andalusian coast near Cape Trafalgar (Cadiz).

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Barbate: From Phoenician to Franco's footprints

Tony Bryant | Barbate

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

La Viñuela: The tale of a small vineyard and an inn

Jennie Rhodes | La Viñuela

The Arabic Alcazaba fortress in Almeria.

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Almeria: The 'mirror of the sea'

Tony Bryant | Almeria

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Cútar: A pointed castle or a fountain of paradise

Jennie Rhodes | Cútar

Photo galleries

Google opens its new cybersecurity centre

Migue Fernández/SalvadorSalas/Chrisitan Franco | Malaga

Malaga switches on its sparkling 2023 festive lights, in pictures

Salvador Salas / Ñito Salas | Malaga

Italy are crowned Davis Cup Champions 2023.

The Davis Cup in Malaga

Marilú Báez / Migue Fernández

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