Pedro Sánchez voted in as Spain's prime minister
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The Socialist leader will head the country's first coalition government since 1939 after winning a simple majority by just two votes
Malaga head coach Víctor suspended after explicit video goes viral
The video was leaked on Tuesday morning and spread quickly on social media
Torremolinos ends year with San Silvestre fun run
More than 500 athletes and fun runners of all ages participated in the charity race wearing fancy dress costumes
interview
"I couldn't say how far I will go as a player, I don't know"
Pedro Luis Alonso MALAGA.
Alejandro Davidovich | Tennis player
Walking with Guiris: a new hiking group unites communities in the fresh air
The group's aim is to improve the integration of English-speaking residents and the Spanish community
A LOOK AT LA LIGA
Gullibility proves costly
Rather than "judging a film by its trailer", clubs looking to recruit in the winter transfer window need to exercise due diligence
New promotion aims to woo fans to La Rosaleda for the second half of the season
Borja GUTIÉRREZ MALAGA
The deal sees a Malaga CF first-team shirt from this season included in the price
Torremolinos joins abandoned dogs adoption programme
The new initiative will promote a policy of "dog owners taking responsibility, zero tolerance of abandonment and the promotion of adoption"
Plans announced for new library near Nerja's Balcón de Europa
The land currently belongs to the José del Peso Blanco foundation
Green homework for the Costa del Sol
MATÍAS STUBER
Climate change experts are calling for urgent improvements to water management and want a strip of woodland along the coastline
Estepona looks for builder for its futuristic new town hall
Charo Márquez
The seven-storey building is expected to cost nearly 15 million euros
2019 was the driest year in Malaga province since records began
IGNACIO LILLO MALAGA.
Malaga Airport's weather centre collected only 204.6mm of rainfall in 2019, less than half the average
Provincial authority in Malaga to spend nearly five million euros on improving inland water supply
FERNANDO TORRES MARBELLA.
Seventeen towns will benefit from a scheme to repair infrastructure
What do people die of in Malaga province?
nuria triguero MALAGA
Cancer and Alzheimer's have moved up the list of natural causes and suicide is still the main cause of unnatural death, but the number of fatalities in traffic accidents fell by half
Around the galleries
A round-up of art exhibitions currently open to the public in southern Spain
Estepona town hall plants over 16,000 trees in seven years as part of its green plan
CHARO MÁRQUEZ ESTEPONA.
Green space in the town has gone from 498,000 square metres to almost a million since 2012
Fuengirola council cuts out building licences for work costing less than 30,000 euros
People will be able to start their building work simply by declaring it to the council
Age Care co-founder receives MBE in New Year Honours List
Charles Betty, a 95-year-old WWII veteran, was given the award for services to British Nationals overseas
Driver joy as busy toll roads built decades ago are made free to use
JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA SEVILLE.
The government has abolished tolls on the AP-4 motorway now the concession to run it, and collect the 7.45 euros one-way fee, has ended
Poor man's pepper
ESPERANZA PELÁEZ
Unlike some other spices, paprika had always been cheap and easily accessible to everyone
Malaga claims the first birth of the New Year in Andalucía
ANTONIO JAVIER LÓPEZ / NIEVES CASTRO MALAGA.
Adil arrived at the Hospital Clínico at just six minutes past midnight followed six minutes later by Francisco in Almeria and thirty-three minutes later by David in Marbella
Thirty-five per cent drop in mango harvest in 2019 compared with 2018 due to natural flux
A. P.
Mangoes are grown mainly in the Axarquía area on the east side of the province
health & beauty
Coffee and health
javier morallón
The accumulation of evidence is overwhelming, so let's look at some of the facts about this dark potion
The euro zone
Too close to call?
It's plausible to argue that in present-day Spain there is a very close relationship between law and politics when it comes to Catalan separatists
The finished article
Unfortunately, owing to the general haze of tinsel, turkey legs and passive aggressive in-laws, a lot of us lose track of which day is which around this time of year.
Wishes and resolutions
With new governments embarking on a complicated year in Spain and Britain, what did our politicians put on their lists of New Year's resolutions?
Sharing a lifelong passion for opera
The 68-year-old language teacher's fascination with opera began while singing in St Andrews University Choir. He went on to perform at several world-class opera houses and now shares his knowledge of the genre with the U3A in Fuengirola
From Julen to Franco, a review of some of the year's news stories
As every year, there has been good news and bad, happiness and sorrow, paralysis and progress in our part of the world
The man 'stamped' on the river bed
Luis Moret
The graffiti artist Bisser has left his mark in Malaga with an image that is taking passersby by surprise
A miracle in the mountains
CRISTIAN REINO BARCELONA
Doctors at the Vall d'Hebron hospital resuscitated a woman who had spent six hours in cardiac arrest
No shows
ANDREW J. LINN
In Spain, the question of reservations is treated more casually than in many other first world countries
the euro zone
Back and forward
What have we learned about Spanish politics this year and what should we expect to happen (or not to happen) in the one that's just around the corner?
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Three armed men make off with 200,000 euros after holding up central Marbella bank
Online shopping pushes up postal sector despite fall in traditional mail
Malaga Port set for luxury makeover with 31 new berths for megayachts
Success of Malaga's Christmas lights may see them spread to other parts of the city next year
sport
Fuengirola Potros to play in the top flight next season
Marbella Rugby Club's academy sides come out on top in prestigious youth tournament
Preparations intensify ahead of critical January transfer window for Malaga
A club that's going places
lifestyle
