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Health and safety

Malaga airport staff complain of the presence of bugs via social media

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

Airport employees speak of being bitten and having to apply insect repellent before going to work, while Aena's pest control unit talks of possibly a "very minor" infestation; SUR went to investigate

Vandalism

Granada declares war on graffiti

Jorge Pastor | Granada

The city and regional authorities have set up a special task force to erradicate the vandalism from the city and the Alhambra

Sports

Green light for construction of new stadium in Marbella after land allocation

María Albarral | Marbella

The town hall has granted an area of 45,000 square metres to the Marbella FC Foundation for a period of 75 years

Simona with her dog Maco inside the shop. Migue Fernández

Business

Pampered pooches in Malaga: launch of first specialist shop for home-made dog food

Juan Soto | Malaga

The new business is located on Avenida de Los Guindos and offers different menu options depending on the age and breed of dog

Quick links

Alcaraz celebrates after securing victory in Rome.

Tennis

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz topples world tennis number one in Rome thriller

Enric Gardiner

Huijsen was a standout performer in his only season at Bournemouth.

Football

Two Costa del Sol clubs to receive windfall from Dean Huijsen's Real Madrid move

Pedro Luis Alonso

Environment

When will the Gran Parque open in Mijas?

Lorena Cádiz | Mijas

Animal welfare

Images of basking shark spotted off Marbella coast go viral

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The cyclists set off on their route from the start line in Torremolinos.

Costa del Sol

Hundreds of cyclists saddle up in Torremolinos for healthy lifestyle event

Tony Bryant

The building which once housed the Narixa nightclub in Nerja

Tourism

Costa del Sol town announces plans for a second viewpoint

Eugenio Cabezas

Revellers dance to sevillanas during the town's festivities at the weekend.

Malaga town honours patron with four days of festivities and a traditional pilgrimage

Tony Bryant

Forensic science

The art of solving crime with a drop of blood

Police collecting evidence and searching for DNA. SUR Archive

María José Díaz Alcalá

Malaga's crime scene investigation unit collects evidence crucial to cracking the most violent cases on the Costa del Sol

Procession in Rome

La Esperanza's grand tour of Rome - in pictures

Salvador Salas / Daniel Maldonado

Malaga's most famous image of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Hope, was carried through the streets of Rome on Saturday as part of the Jubilee of Confraternities

112 incident

Driver dies after swerving off road and falling 100 metres near Malaga town

Irene Quirante

The event was inaugurated by mayor Ana Mula on Friday.

Fuengirola

Women entrepreneurs showcase their services during Fuengirola business fair

Tony Bryant

Tourism

Popular eastern Costa del Sol hotel is upgraded and awarded four stars

SUR | Rincón de la Victoria

Recreation of one of the integrated golf course developments currently underway.

Housing

Golf course properties in Marbella exceed price of town centre housing by 20%

María Albarral | Marbella

Senda Litoral as it passes through Mijas.

Infrastructure

Mijas finally awards contract for pedestrian link between La Cala and Fuengirola

Lorena Cádiz | Mijas

File photograph of a previous Lions' fashion show.

Fundraiser

La Cala de Mijas Lions will be in fashion at annual spring fair

Tony Bryant

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Housing prices in Malaga are rising three times faster than wages

Off-duty police officer rushed to hospital ICU after being found unconscious with serious head injury in Benalmádena

More than 400 nurses have left Malaga to work in other provinces in last 16 months

Fore! Costa del Sol residents wage war over stray golf balls

Wild boar on A-7 Costa del Sol motorway causes traffic accident that leaves two people in hospital

The mayor of Manilva, Mario Jiménez (left); and the councillor for Foreign Residents, Tourism and Commerce, Agustín Vargas (right).

Extra Ayuntamiento de Manilva

"Manilva is a place that belongs to the world"

SUR in English | Manilva

Eurovision

Spain's public broadcaster TVE scores record number of viewers with Eurovision, but Melody drops to bottom of ratings

J. Moreno

Spanish broadcaster asks Eurovision to reconsider audience voting after it benefited Israel

Extra Allianz

Drive without limits: Car insurance that understands the expat journey

SUR in English | Malaga

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Opinion

The Music Maker

Peter Edgerton

Intelligence Agency

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Mark Nayler

Dear Ursula

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David Andrews

Lowest common denominator

A look at La Liga

Rob Palmer

Summer holidays

Food & Drink

A.J. Linn

France still reigns

The Art Critic

Georgina Oliver

Arty tutti-frutti and Kandinsky sets the tone

Costa del Sol / Malaga province

Road signs of the future north access to the airport from the Hiperronda. SUR

Road infrastructure

Green light for new northern access to Malaga Airport works

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

The entrance from the outer ring road at Alhaurín de la Torre, which has been in the pipeline for years, has just received environmental approval

Blasting in the mountain to repair the A-397 road between Ronda and San Pedro Alcántara has already begun.

Road infrastructure

Watch as explosives are used on closed road as work continues apace to reopen key link between Ronda and Costa del Sol

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Reservoir levels

La Concepción reservoir near Marbella is full

Chus Heredia | .

Computer generated image of the new library.

Culture

Work on new library in San Pedro to start in June

María Albarral | Marbella

The red flag indicates that bathing is prohibited.

Environment

Burst sewage pipe forces flying of red flag and closure of popular Mijas Costa beach

Tony Bryant | Mijas

Passengers queue at the check-in desks at Malaga Airport.

Air travel

Record number of passengers at Malaga Airport demonstrates urgent need for expansion

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

Junta de Andalucía demands 'immediate' expansion of Malaga Airport

The Canal Sur tower is to be reduced in height to benefit the airport. Ñito Salas

Infrastructure

Demolition starts of part of Canal Sur TV tower to improve operations at Malaga Airport

Ignacio Lillo | Málaga

More than a decade after its inauguration, the second runway will be able to cope with landings and take-offs from all directions

Animal welfare

Is the end of the road for donkey taxi and carriage rides in Mijas becoming closer?

Lorena Cádiz | Mijas

Historic photograph of the Castillo del Inglés and the gazebos on the beach.

Heritage

Torremolinos to reconstruct one of the beach gazebos of historic Castillo del Inglés

José Rodríguez Cámara | Torremolinos

File photo of a wild boar on a roadside.

112 incident

Wild boar on A-7 Costa del Sol motorway causes traffic accident that leaves two people in hospital

Eugenio Cabezas | Rincón de la Victoria

Innovation

Malaga to play key role in Vodafone's plans for satellite network that will bring internet access to every corner of the planet

Nuria Triguero | Malaga

Felipe Sánchez sitting next to his dog, now renamed Tano.

Animal welfare

Dog that sneaked into commuter line carriage is adopted by passenger on same Malaga train

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Spain

Consumer affairs

Spanish government blocks 66,000 illegal ads for holiday flats advertised by Airbnb

Edurne Martínez | Madrid

The ministry of consumer affairs has sent three decisions to the multinational company, imposing the withdrawal of these tourist homes from the platform

Archive image of beef cattle on a farm in the province of Segovia.

112 incident

Woman dies after being rammed by cattle in Segovia village

Ana María Criado

Health

'Serious' listeria warning concerns well-known Spanish cheese

Rossel Aparicio | Málaga

During the celebration in El Campanario.

Foreign residents

The three Little Norways of Spain

Alekk M. Saanders

An auxiliary helps a person in a nursing home to choose the food she is going to eat.

Health

Spanish government to introduce healthy meals in hospitals, care and nursing homes

Alfonso Torices | Madrid

Sport

The Antequera players celebrate the achievement on the pitch after the game. A. J. Guerrero

Football

Hat-trick hero fires Antequera CF into promotion play-offs

Antonio J. Guerrero

Álex Rubio starred in a 4–1 thrashing of Betis Deportivo which sealed a top-five finish with a game to spare

José Callejón attempts a head for the visitors.

Football

Costly collapse leaves Marbella FC's survival hanging by a thread

Juan Ramón Padilla

Balbuena, right, with the rest of the winning team.

Karate

Malaga karateka strikes gold in European team triumph

Marina Rivas | Malaga

The young forward removed his shirt to celebrate his two goals.

Football

Chupete leads stunning turnaround as Malaga CF close in on safety

Daryl Finch

Alejandro Navarro among other competitors at the start line.

101K

Fast times and powerful stories define landmark edition of Ronda race

Julio J. Portabales

Final Four Basketball Champions League

Malaga basketballers reign in Athens with another Champions League title (67-83)

Juan Calderón | Athens

Education and Learning 2025

Education

Teaching in an international environment, the SUR in English education forum

Jennie Rhodes

Education and Learning 2025

Uncovering new talent and creativity

Harry Lawley

Education and Learning 2025

Schoolwork showcase: primary short stories

Education and Learning 2025

Schoolwork showcase: secondary short stories

Education and Learning 2025

Schoolwork showcase: primary poems

Education and Learning 2025

Schoolwork showcase: secondary poems

Education and Learning 2025

Schoolwork showcase: secondary artwork

Education and Learning 2025

Schoolwork showcase: primary artwork

Andalucía

Interior of the Mina Rica mine that houses the Pulpí Geode in Almeria. ABC

Nature

These are the natural monuments you really must visit in Spain's Andalucía region

R. Pérez | Almeria

Mountains, canyons, coastlines, geological formations or important enclaves for fauna show the richness of Andalucía's heritage

112 incident

Tragedy as three young men die after their vehicle plunges into canal in south of Spain

José Luis Piedra | Huelva

Workers from the Patronato de la Alhambra y el Generalife during the process of erasing the graffiti.

Monuments

Spain's famous Alhambra palace targeted by vandals

Javier F. Barrera | Granada

Juanma Moreno and Eric Beiwenger, meeting at the Bavarian delegation's HQ in Brussels.

Drought crisis

Andalucía gains allies to push for more EU investment in drought relief funding

Héctor Barbotta | Brussels

Energy

Andalusian government allocates 160 million euros in aid to boost efficient energy use

José Luis Piedra

Image of the plant popularly known as 'Nomevés', due to its small size and the brevity of its flowering season.

Nature

This is the plant rediscovered in Andalucía after vanishing for four decades

SUR | Malaga

Gibraltar

Spain's minister for foreign affairs, José Manuel Albares. Europa Press

Brexit treaty

Spain warns UK over unfinished EU deal on Gibraltar after Brexit

Europa Press

Ahead of a wider EU-UK summit next week, José Manuel Albares said Britain’s hopes of a reset with Brussels depend on the status of the Rock

Gibraltar

HM Customs Authority Gibraltar celebrates its 275th anniversary

SUR in English

Gibraltar

Police officers to appear in court for misconduct

SUR in English

Royal Gibraltar Regiment

A dinner and other events mark the Royal Gibraltar regiment's 86th year

SUR in English | GIBRALTAR.

Health

Minister unveils University of Gibraltar's cutting-edge nursing simulation suite

SUR in English | Gibraltar

One of the parades that took place during the week.

Heritage week

Gibraltar's heritage week hailed a successss

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Lifestyle

Swedish writer Anders de la Motte talks of his second novel in Spain SUR

Books

From police officer to Nordic noir phenomenon - Anders de la Motte finds inspiration in Malaga

Paco Griñán | Malaga

The Swedish writer, who has sold more than three million books, talks about his new detective novel set in the Department of Lost Souls

Food and drink

Malaga's frenzy for viral Dubai chocolate: where to try it

Almudena Nogués | Málaga

Crime

Have you been a victim of phishing? Top court rules that banks must pay back the money stolen

Almudena Nogués | Malaga

Karen and Juanita with the statue of Pablo Picasso on Plaza de la Merced in Malaga city centre.

In The Frame

'Within a couple of hours the other grandma and I had decided to come to Malaga'

Jennie Rhodes | Malaga

Gardening in southern Spain

Dianella longifolia

Denise Bush

Eurovision 2025

Spain's Melody wears a Malaga design on the Eurovision turquoise carpet

Almudena Nogués | Málaga

Health

Image of a person affected by the disease. SUR

Health

Two new drugs against Alzheimer's open horizon of hope for 10,000 patients in Malaga province

José Antonio Sau

The two drugs - lecanemab and donanemab, - which prolong life by three to five years if applied in the early stages, are expected to arrive in Spain

Health

Sexually transmitted infections in over-60s soar in Malaga

Susana Zamora

María del Mar Malagón, president of the Spanish obesity society.

Health

'Obesity is associated with 200 diseases. It basically affects everything'

José Antonio Sau | MALAGA.

Health

Stress is triggering inflammation in your brain...

Solange Vázquez | Madrid

Health

Costa del Sol healthcare workers pushed to the limit: 'The number of consultations and the population are increasing, but not the staff'

María Albarral | Marbella

Health

The food in your emergency kit to help with anxiety

Julia Fernández

What To Do

Michael Kevin Jones and Henry Wong Doe. SUR

What to do

International cello and piano duo to perform three concerts in Malaga and Cadiz provinces

Jennie Rhodes | Malaga

Cellist Michael Kevin Jones and pianist Henry Wong Doe will be performing classical music in Monda, Jimena de la Frontera and Cajiz

Presentation of FreakCon 2025, at the Palacio de Congresos de Torremolinos, with Jack Wise.

Entertainment

FreakCon Torremolinos offers around 500 activities to indulge in geek pride

José Rodríguez Cámara | Torremolinos

UK-based international standup comedian Nik Coppin.

Comedy

Top UK stand-up comedians head to the Costa del Sol

Tony Bryant | Costa del Sol

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Sketches of Ford wearing typical attire during his time in Spain. SUR

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Richard Ford Spain through the eyes of Romanticism

Tony Bryant

Among the places the Englishman visited on his extensive journeys, Ronda fascinated him; his visit is recorded on a ceramic plaque in the town

Sebastián Viberti during an interview with SUR.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Sebastián Viberti An Argentinian icon at Malaga CF

Tony Bryant | Malaga

The Osborne winery in the sherry capital, Jerez de la Frontera.

Thomas Osborne: A pioneering British 'Sherry Baron'

Tony Bryant

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Leopoldo O'Donnell A prime minister with Irish roots

Jennie Rhodes | Malaga

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel prize winner with ties to Marbella

Jennie Rhodes | Marbella

Juan Hoffmann (right) with Spanish general Emilio Esteban.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Juan Hoffmann: The name that was taken off the map

Jennie Rhodes

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Art and culture

Malaga's Noche en Blanco 2025, in photos

Ñito Salas | Malaga

The event attracted residents and tourists of a number of different nationalities

Nerja Residents Day - in pictures

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Robbie Williams' exclusive concert in Malaga port, in pictures

Francisco Griñán / Salvador Salas | Malaga

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