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Economy

Reduced working hours and minimum wage increase could cost companies in Spain around 25 billion euros

Lucía Palacios | Madrid

The Spanish government plans to reduce the working week to 37.5 hours and increase the minimum wage by 50 euros a montht

Economy

Business growth in Malaga keeps the province in top spot in Andalucía

Cristina Vallejo | Malaga

The construction and services industries are driving the most growth

Malaga

This is how the Port of Malaga will improve the environmental quality of its waters and seabed

Chus Heredia

The port has contracted specialised company Dnota Medio Ambiente for four years and will use hybrid boats for cleaning the water surface

Current state of the Willow, semi-submerged in Benalmádena marina. L. Cádiz

Environment

Scrapping of legendary Mississippi steamboat finally gets under way in Benalmádena marina

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

The work to dismantle and remove the semi-submerged Willow will cost around 300,000 euros and may take a month. Its removal will allow the recovery of nineteen moorings

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A young girl waits for a school bus in a file image.

Education

School transport supervisors relieved of their duties after leaving four-year-old girl on a bus in Spain

Sergio García | Valladolid

Property

How will Spain's hefty new property purchase tax for non-EU buyers affect the Costa del Sol?

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

Animal welfare

Jail sentence for drowning and causing 'slow and painful' death of girlfriend's dog in Spain

Europa Press | Vigo

Crime

Malaga metro security guard suffers broken nose after late-night assault by complete stranger

Irene Quirante | Malaga

Tourism

Watch as Costa del Sol pays tribute to hospitality workers in its new tourism campaign

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

Bernal presents Andalusia's strategy at Fitur.

Tourism

Andalucía will celebrate its best year for tourism ever at international travel trade fair in Madrid

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

New tourism campaign invites visitors to 'surrender' to Andalucía

Tourism

Record-breaking year for tourism in Spain with 94 million foreign visitors in 2024 who spent a whopping122 billion euros

Edurne Martínez | Madrid

Food and drink

Healthy and vegan products made in Malaga: from traditional canned foods to spirulina

Javier Almellones | Malaga

From organic products to innovative foods or sophisticated but healthy preparations, there is plenty of choice in the province

Politics

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez's 12 housing crisis pledges including 3,300 affordable rental properties and homeowner tax breaks

Cristina Cándido | Madrid

These are the measures put forward to face the challenge of "not becoming a society divided between rich landlords and poor tenants", in the prime minister's own words

Employment

Workers in Spain will be able to take these five paid leaves of absence during 2025

Susana Zamora

Motoring

The rumour going around about the ITV sticker in Spain: is it compulsory to display it on the windscreen?

J. Bacorelle | El Barco de Ávila

Technology

Still getting spam telephone calls? Police explain how to block unwanted numbers

SUR | Malaga

Health

Andalucía needs 30,000 more nurses to reach European average, according to WHO

Iván Gelibter | Malaga

José Coronado, Milena Smit and Javier Castillo, at the Malaga premiere of the first season.

Film and TV

Netflix Snow Girl 2 premiere in Malaga coming soon: watch the trailer now

Paco Griñán | Malaga

View of the terrace of a tourist apartment in the city.

Housing regulation

Tourist housing ban in force in 43 areas of Malaga city

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

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Four of the Malaga municipalities most affected by 'Dana' floods join forces to access funding

Malaga man acquitted in wife's death after tollbooth crash in north of Spain

Young woman dies in car crash on A-7 motorway in Marbella

Public holidays, long weekends and local days off during 2025 for every city, town and village in Malaga province

What did Richard Gere eat in Malaga? This was on the menu at Doña Inés

Travel

Breathalysers at the airport? Ryanair calls for alcohol restrictions to stop drunk passengers boarding flights

José A. González | Madrid

Extra Lipoline

Skin Cancer Onco-Plastic Surgery: A Smart Step to Stay Healthy!

Sur in English | Marbella

Tourists take a dip at La Malagueta beach, in a picture taken this December.

Climate change

Malaga is warming up more than other areas: 2.5 degrees on average in the last 50 years

Ignacio Lillo | Málaga

Top 50

Opinion

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Mark Nayler

What's in a name?

The Bottom Line

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Rob Palmer

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Food & Drink

A.J. Linn

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Costa del Sol / Malaga province

Leisure

This is what the Gran Parque de Mijas will look like, in pictures

Lorena Cádiz | Mijas

With 90 per cent of the work complete, the amphitheatre, artificial lake and pavilion can already be seen: the last leg of the work will include the planting of 2,900 trees and shrubs

Comares councillor Manuel Robles being photographed at a wine tasting event by British artist Steph Huang.

Art

Malaga village to be on display at London's Tate Modern

Eugenio Cabezas | Comares

Postal services

Post office service returns to popular inland Malaga town

Eugenio Cabezas | Frigiliana

History

Experts look into huge underground cave uncovered by construction work in Benalmádena Pueblo

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

Image of migrants at Malaga airport on Sunday

Immigration

Government transfers 360 migrants to Malaga who arrived in the Canaries by small boat

Juan Cano | Malaga

Photo of the guests at the civil ceremony held a month ago at the Balcón de Europa.

Weddings

First wedding ceremony held at iconic Costa del Sol viewpoint

Eugenio Cabezas | Nerja

The two hooded men inside Pastelería Ruiz in Nerja. SUR

Crime

Businessman offers big reward in effort to find thieves who robbed his Costa del Sol bakery

Eugenio Cabezas | Nerja

Two men broke into his premises late on Saturday 11 January before ransacking the place and making off with around 30,000 euros

Queues at the check-in desks at Malaga Airport.

Travel

Malaga Airport welcomed close to 25 million passengers by end of record 2024

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

Weather

Costa del Sol temperatures expected to plummet this week

Rossel Aparicio | Málaga

The Hotel Don Carlos is currently undergoing a complete refurbishment.

Tourism

Emblematic Marbella hotel receives 1.3 million-euro state grant for refurbishment

María Albarral | Marbella

People sunbathing on the beach in Malaga

Weather

25 degrees in January: Malaga scores highest temperature in mainland Spain

Enrique Miranda

Image of work on the Balcón de Europa in Nerja.

Tourism

Work starts to modernise iconic Costa del Sol attraction

Eugenio Cabezas

Spain

Travel

Airports in Spain handled a record 310 million passengers in 2024

Edurne Martínez | Madrid

State operator Aena is already investing heavily to ensure that its 46 sites around the country can handle the growing demand

Malaga Airport welcomed close to 25 million passengers by end of bumper 2024

An ambulance outside A&E at the October 12 Hospital in Madrid.

Health

Flu epidemic: numbers soar with peak infection rate to arrive late January

Álvaro Soto | Madrid

Royals

Princess Leonor sets sail aboard Spanish Navy training ship

C. P. S.

112 incident

Man dies after becoming trapped under a pile of manure in northwest Spain

Isabel Jimeno | Castilla y León

Minimum wage

Minimum wage in Spain set to rise by between 39 to 50 euros a month

Lucía Palacios | Madrid

Sport

Runners taking part in last year's event. Marilú Báez

Record numbers for the Malaga Half Marathon as entries sell out early

Marina Rivas

With still over two months to go, the race has already attracted 8,000 participants from 75 countries, breaking records and showcasing its growing international appeal

Tennis

Carla Suárez named captain of Spain’s Billie Jean King Cup team

Enric Gardiner

Davidovich in action at the ATP 250 in Adelaide this week.

Tennis

Malaga's Alejandro Davidovich returns to the fold as he earns Davis Cup recall

Enric Gardiner | Malaga

Antequera CF claim unofficial 'winter champions' title with yet another win

Antonio J. Guerrero

Malaga CF

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Chupete, soon after scoring on Saturday.

Malaga CF

Young substitute Chupete bags late equaliser in yet another draw for Malaga CF

Daryl Finch

Marbella FC stage thrilling comeback to snatch a point

Juan Ramón Padilla

2024 review

Cars piled up in Picaña, one of the towns near Valencia hit by the floods at the end of October.

2024 review

Questions with no answers: tragic storms and sleight of hand in politics

Neil Hesketh

One of the protests in Malaga city calling for affordable housing.

2024 review

Housing crisis and tourism-phobia

Jennie Rhodes / Tony Bryant / Rachel Haynes

Thousands of people turned out to welcome the Malaga CF players home.

2024 review

A year for the history books in elite-level sport

Daryl Finch | Malaga

A farmers' protest in Malaga in February.

2024 review

Lemons, demolition and new attractions

Jennie Rhodes, Tony Bryant, Rachel Haynes

Passengers wait outside the local train station at Malaga Airport.

2024 review

Transport on the drawing board - trains, buses or drones?

Jennie Rhodes / Tony Bryant / Rachel Haynes

Cars dragged along by the floods near the Guadalhorce in Álora.

2024 review

A year of extremes - from drought to floods and record temperatures

Jennie Rhodes / Tony Bryant / Rachel Haynes

Andalucía

Bricks used for construction in India. Armor Gutiérrez

Environment

UK researchers use sugar cane from Spain's Granada province to produce eco-friendly bricks

M.J. Arrebola | Granada

The University of East London boffins have created a building material that creators say stands out for its thermal and acoustic properties and low carbon emissions

Leisure

More ski slopes open in Granada's Sierra Nevada resort

Ideal | Granada

Workplace

Andalucía debunks the myth: it has the lowest work absence rate in mainland Spain

Nuria Triguero | Málaga

Crime

Foreign dating app killer asphyxiated female victim with dog leash in south of Spain

Nerea Escámez | Almería

Disabled parking

Andalucía to speed up 'blue badge' for disabled parking process

Raquel Merino | Malaga

Health

Junta extends discounts on optical items for the over-65s in Andalucía

Raquel Merino | Malaga

Gibraltar

Campo de Gibraltar

Mayor of La Línea on Brexit and Gibraltar: 'It has been nine years and still there is no answer'

L. V. | Cadiz

"I hope that we can continue to bring the voice of our town to all institutions," said Juan Franco this week

Crime

Gibraltar steps up fight against international crime

SUR | Gibraltar

The area of land to be reclaimed in the inner northern harbour.

Property

Gibraltar to reclaim part of harbour area

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Fabian Picardo will be one of the speakers at GibTalks.

What to do

Tickets go on sale for GibTalks event featuring wide range of local speakers

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Crime

Royal Gibraltar Police officers injured while making arrests

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Employment

Fourth generation firefighter joins the ranks on the Rock

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Lifestyle

The fishmonger's counter at Mercadona. J. M. Rodríguez

Retail

Mercadona rolls out major changes to its fish counters in stores across Spain

C. L. | Valencia

The Valencia-based supermarket giant aims to encourage more consumption of the product, which it says has dropped by 20 per cent

Paco Aguilar in the covered sports hall in Vélez-Málaga that was named after him in 2021.

Disabled sport

Paco Aguilar, champion of basketball and inclusion

Cristina Vallejo | Malaga

Richard Gere, Alejandra Silva, Brad Pitt and Inés de Ramón.

Celebrities

The Hollywood stars who have fallen in love with Spain

Daniella Bejarano | Madrid

Food and drink

The 'best burger in Europe' can be found at a Spanish restaurant chain from Malaga

SUR | Malaga

Gardening

Recommended for your garden in the south of Spain: Metrosideros umbellata

Denise Bush | Malaga

Retail

Spanish consumer group's top tips on how to avoid issues with sale item returns

Isabel Méndez | Malaga

Health

Health & Beauty

Lidl's new high-end-inspired hair care range that costs five times less

Ester Requena | Malaga

The German supermarket chain already has the new Secret Code professional hair care range in its 700 stores in Spain

Food safety

Health alert for frozen air fryer and oven chips sold in many parts of Spain

Rossel Aparicio | Malaga

Safety alert

Spanish health authorities issue alert over presence of cannabis in oil

Isabel Méndez | Malaga

Health

Why feeling a little chilly can boost your energy

Julia Fernández | Madrid

An elderly man receives a Covid vaccine jab during the first phase of vaccinations in Spain.

Health

WHO releases Covid data five years after first case with more than 7 million deaths reported

Álvaro Soto | Madrid

Health

Sleep: Is being a 'super early riser' an advantage?

Fermin Apezteguia | Madrid

What To Do

A previous Portovelis market. Ayunt. Vélez-Málaga

What to do

Costa del Sol street market back by popular demand

Eugenio Cabezas | Vélez-Málaga

Portovelis will bring together traders and artisans on Saturday 18 January with more than 40 arts, crafts, outlet and food exhibitors

British band Kaiser Chiefs are performing at the Weekend Beach festival.

Music festivals

Kaiser Chiefs confirm Costa del Sol summer music festival

Eugenio Cabezas | Torre del Mar