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Weather

Andalucía temperatures to soar in final stretch of Holy Week

Almudena Nogués

A subtropical ridge will settle over Spain, causing a new temperature spike that, especially noticeable in places like Seville where temperatures will reach 31C

Transport

Malaga metro expects more delays on Holy Wednesday and Maundy Thursday due to strike

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

The strikes on 1 and 2 April is going to take place from 5pm to 8pm and from 6pm to 9pm, respectively, with 60 per cent minimum services provided

Legal

Spanish data protection authority fines private university for breaching data protection law

Susana Zamora

The complaint of a Master's degree student who was refused his diploma after deciding not to provide a full copy of his ID card prompted the proceedings

Two of the megayachts currently moored in the Malaga marina. MARILÚ BÁEZ

Tourism

Malaga megayacht marina at maximum capacity thanks to Holy Week fame

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Pier one is currently housing five large yachts, several of them with owners and guests on board

Malaga Holy Week 2026: thousands line streets for a spectacular display of faith

Antonio M. Romero | Málaga, Jesús Hinojosa y José Antonio Sau

The three-day festival is held in Plaza del Remo in La Carihuela.

Three-Day festival to showcase Torremolinos’ international traditions

Tony Bryant

Carlos García-Galán posing in front of the rocket that will propel the Orion spacecraft.

People

Malaga-native Carlos García-Galán counts hours to Artemis II Moon mission

Nuria Triguero

Aerial image of the land on which the future Vélez-Málaga desalination plant is planned.

Water

Tropical fruit growers call on authorities to speed up Axarquía desalination plant

Eugenio Cabezas

The procession of the Prendimiento brotherhood in Malaga on Palm Sunday.

Holy Week 2026

Malaga Holy Week starts with vibrant processions and full streets

Antonio M. Romero, Jesús Hinojosa and José Antonio Sau | Malaga

Calle Especería in Malaga was filled with people sitting on folding chairs on Holy Monday.

Holy Week 2026

Malaga police turn blind eye to folding chair breaches during Holy Week

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

Crime

Fuengirola hotel robbery: police look for suspect who held receptionist at gunpoint

María José Díaz Alcalá

The National Police are trying to locate the perpetrator, who had escaped by the time they got to the hotel

Average hotel occupancy for Marbella stood at 51.4 per cent in February, with a total of 31,909 guests.

Tourism

Marbella breaks its all-time record for tourism employment in February

José Carlos García | Marbella

Hotels in this Costa del Sol town employed 2,990 staff last month, more than 200 above the 2025 figure, and registered nearly 32,000 visitors, with their average stay extending to 2.87 nights

Street with flowerpots that can be stolen these days in Moclinejo.

Holy Week

Stealing flowerpots at Easter: the most curious tradition in Malaga's Axarquía

Javier Almellones | Málaga

Legal

Malaga court reinstates previously revoked severe disability pension of man in wheelchair

José Antonio Sau

The authorities inside the new tourist office in the Marbella Lighthouse.

Infrastructure

Marbella opens new tourist office and Aula del Mar after renovating its emblematic lighthouse

José Carlos García | Marbella

Doñana water recovery 'fragile and temporary' despite recent rainfall, warns SEO/BirdLife

José Luis Piedra

Two of the plots are located in the Soliva neighbourhood in Malaga.

Housing

Malaga city council launches five projects for 300 temporary rental flats

Jesús Hinojosa | Málaga

A customer filling up fuel bottles at a petrol station.

Economy

Spain inflation: Iran war pushes prices up by 3.3% in March

José A. González

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Rafa Nadal's business ambitions reach future Malaga San Andrés marina

Andalucía expects warm Holy Week with low rain probability

Spain to reduce fuel and electricity taxes to alleviate Iran war impact

Malaga aims to invite tenders for Guadalmedina 'plaza-bridges' project in one month

Bank opens new service in Malaga to support international clients

Extra Koax Legal

Koax Legal: real estate lawyers in Marbella for foreign buyers who want certainty, not surprises

SUR in English | Marbella

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The Marbella interior design studio that turns properties into turnkey homes, without the owner needing to be there

SUR in English | Marbella

Extra Melilla

Melilla and its African Holy Week that reminds you of Malaga

SUR in English | Melilla

Education and Learning 2026

Education and Learning webinar

Laying the foundations for a global future

Jennie Rhodes

Education and Learning 2026

Young and inspired artists, poets and writers

Education and Learning 2026

Schoolwork showcase -secondary artwork

Education and Learning 2026

Schoolwork showcase - primary school artwork

Education and Learning 2026

Schoolwork showcase- primary poems

Education and Learning 2026

Schoolwork showcase - primary short stories

Education and Learning 2026

Schoolwork showcase - secondary short stories

Education and Learning 2026

Schoolwork showcase - secondary poems

Top 50

Opinion

The Music Maker

Peter Edgerton

Banning the burka in Spain: is it fuelling the far right?

The Euro Zone

Mark Nayler

Don't miss El Clásico Femenino

Food and Drink

Andrew J. Linn

Estepona drug-trafficking family clan ends up in prison

SUR

The police carried out a large operation to locate the suspects and reinstate peace in the neighbourhood

Holy Week 2026

Costa del Sol towns kick off Holy Week with Palm Sunday processions

Tony Bryant

History

The thousand-year-old olive trees of Periana: a journey through roots, history and future

Eugenio Cabezas

Employment

Malaga mushroom farming provides lifeline for unemployed and disabled women

Cristina Pinto

Archive photo of two Torremolinos Local Police vans.

112 incidents

Motorhome owner arrested in Torremolinos for ‘stealing’ his own vehicle from police impound lot

Juan Cano

Working to clear landslides and clean up slopes on one of the storm-damaged roads in the Serranía de Ronda mountain range.

Roadworks

Ronda roadworks update: Malaga's provincial authority spends 4.2 million euros on 14 roads

Julio J. Portabales

The La Viñuela reservoir has exceeded 90% of its capacity, with almost 149 cubic hectometres stored. E. CABEZAS

Drought

End of water restrictions in Malaga's Axarquía: beach showers are back for Easter

Eugenio Cabezas

La Viñuela reservoir is currently at 90 per cent capacity meaning that the prohibitions in place since 2024 can now be lifted, although the authorities call on beach-goers for "responsible use" of water

Environment

The sealing of the Torremolinos landfill site will be monitored for 30 years

José Rodríguez Cámara | Torremolinos

Various actions are being carried out by a team of forestry workers.

Benalmádena launches campaign in preparation for the high-risk wildfire season

Tony Bryant

Tourism

Vélez-Málaga town hall unveils plans for five-star camping resort

Eugenio Cabezas

Photo of the broken fence of one of the raided properties in the Vélez-Málaga rural area.

Crime

New wave of burglaries in Vélez-Málaga targets four houses in one night

Eugenio Cabezas

Francisco Gálvez at the launch of his book in Torre del Mar.

History

The Axarquía in 19th-century global media

Jennie Rhodes

Spain

Child welfare

Brussels accuses several porn sites of insufficient underage protective measures

Olaz Hernández

The European Commission has drawn preliminary conclusions that the platforms allow under-18s to access their services and content

Economy

Spain's regulated gas tariff decreases by 16.6% for households on Wednesday

Cristina Cándido

A Seprona officer on patrol in the Spanish countryside.

Courts

Spanish hunter fined 100,000 euro for shooting a female lynx in Toledo

J.M.L.

In the campaign video, a pedestrian is run over while looking at his mobile phone.

Road safety

'Zombie pedestrians': DGT launches Easter road safety campaign as such accidents skyrocket

SUR

Child welfare

Spain's data protection agency fines school after pupils access inappropriate online content

Susana Zamora

Sport

Marín, with her Olympic gold medal in 2016. Goh Chai Hin / AFP

Carolina Marín retires: Olympic champion ends historic badminton career at 32

José Manuel Andrés | Madrid

The Spaniard confirmed she would miss the upcoming European Championships in her hometown, prioritising her long-term wellbeing over a planned on-court farewell

The moment Malaga's Joaquín was brought down by the keeper, who escaped a red card.

Promotion race tightens as wasteful Malaga CF held to goalless stalemate

Daryl Finch

Andrés, Juarros and Funes have all signed two-year extensions.

Malaga CF tie down coach and sporting director until 2028

Antonio Góngora / Marina Rivas

Marbella's Caro progresses with the ball.

Primera RFEF: Antequera CF edged out late on in dramatic five-goal thriller

SUR

Blanca Hervás, Rocío Ayorro, Ana Prieto and Paula Sevilla made up Spain's women's relay team in Torun.

Spain come away with five medals from the World Indoor Championships

Igor Barcia

Kai Stewart lands a punch on Nico Gaffie in Miami on Friday.

Marbella's Nico Gaffie falls short in controversial BKFC featherweight world title bout

Marina Rivas

Andalucía

Cybersecurity

Andalusian cybersecurity conference addresses threats at times of digital revolution

Nuria Triguero | Málaga

Malaga is hosting the fifth meeting organised by the Digital Agency of Andalucía

Weather

Andalucía expects warm Holy Week with low rain probability

Almudena Nogués

The speed camera on the ring road is still not working for the time being.

Transport

This is the speed camera that issues the most fines in Granada province

Rebeca Alcántara | Granada

Technology

These are cybercriminals' favourite online scams in 2026 and this is how to avoid them

José Carlos Castillo | Madrid

Business

Storm damage aid: application window open for businesses and the self-employed across Spain

José Luis Piedra

Andalusian elections 2026

Andalucía calls regional government elections on 17 May

Héctor Barbotta | Sevilla

Costa Tropical

Tourism

Almuñécar and La Herradura launch tourism offensive in Nantes to attract more French visitors

Ideal

With France now the top international market for the Costa Tropical, tourism chiefs are promoting Granada's coast as a premier destination for gastronomy and water sports

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Fourth body washes up on Costa Tropical beach

Pilar García-Trevijano | Granada

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La Rábita residents 'very scared' after spate of burglaries

MJ Arrebola | Granada

Health

Carchuna and Calahonda health centres left without admin staff following court ruling

MJ Arrebola | Motril

Churches

Salobreña's Rosario church closed temporarily due to problems with the roof

MJ Arrebola | Granada

Tourism

Almuñécar town hall awards contract to open the Palacete del Corregidor as a hotel

Ideal

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Parliament unveils AI tool to open up 55 years of parliamentary records

SUR in English

New AI search tool puts five decades of Gibraltar's legislative history at your fingertips

Economy

Gibraltar slashes fuel duty by 50 per cent in response to rising global prices

SUR in English

Health

Gibraltar performs world-first live telesurgery in front of 20,000 medical delegates

SUR in English

History

Timeline plaques installed charting 3,000 years of Gibraltar's history

SUR in English

History

Gibraltar's Europa Foreshore designated as protected archaeological site

SUR in English

Gibraltar

End of Gibraltar-Spain land border 'as soon as 10 April'

SUR | MALAGA.

Lifestyle

Health

Discover the real formula for having a good day: no, it's not a matter of luck

Julia Fernández

Time management is "crucial", but we don't do it well: "We don't know how to delegate or rest"

Lacarra, outside the theatre's rehearsal room.

Dance

The international ballet star signed by Antonio Banderas: 'I dance better now than I did when I was 20'

Alberto Gómez

The Abadía bookstore is closing after more than 31 years in the centre of Malaga.

Culture

Malaga second-hand bookshop closes after 31 years with final sale of more than 20,000 books

Carlos Zamarriego

Tourism

Forget Benidorm or Mallorca: why Nerja on the Costa del Sol is the best hidden gem for a 2026 Spanish holiday

María Alonso | Malaga

View of Malaga coastline from Gibralfaro

Guide to: Malaga

The ultimate Malaga travel guide: What to see, eat, and do in 2026

Erin Fisher

Villanueva del Rosario pays tribute to one of its most traditional dishes

Villanueva del Rosario pays tribute to its most traditional gastronomy

Isabel Méndez | Málaga

Health

Got hay fever? You can still exercise outside - a few tips

Ricarda Dieckmann, DPA

Sunny and mild outside? Might be a great day for a run or a bike ride - except if you have hay fever and are worried about the pollen count. Here's how those with allergies can plan a workout - and why that shower at the end is doubly important

Health

Scientists make Parkinson's drug from used plastic bottles

DPA

Health

Malaga dermatologist leads global fight against scabies

José Antonio Sau

Doctors performing a cochlear implant surgery.

Health

Malaga hospital saves 20 patients per year from profound hearing loss

José Antonio Sau

The doctors in the chronic pelvic pain committee in Malaga.

Health

Malaga hospital pioneers new coordinated approach for pelvic pain sufferers

José Antonio Sau

Mica, 24, moved from Argentina to Malaga province with her mother and younger brother to seek better treatment.

Health

Malaga influencer Micaela with epidermolysis bullosa (Butterfly Skin): daily tips for 140K followers

Rossel Aparicio | Málaga

What To Do

The fair offers a diverse selection of exotic plants and cacti. SUR

Horticulture

Rare plant fair returns to the Costa over Easter weekend

Tony Bryant | Benalmádena.

Plant lovers will come together in La Paloma park in Benalmádena between 3 and 5 April

The festival is held in the La Malagueta bullring.

Music festival

The Soles de Málaga charity music festival returns in April

SUR in English | Malaga.

Johnny Logan on stage in Amsterdam in November.

Concert

An intimate night with Eurovision star Johnny Logan

Tony Bryant | Marbella.

Exhibition

Artistic initiative in Torremolinos reveals the imagery, symbolism and emotion of Holy Week

Tony Bryant | Torremolinos

The Arbós trio will perform at the classical music cycle .

Concerts

Popular chamber music cycle returns to Alhaurín de la Torre

Tony Bryant | Alhaurín de la Torre.