Malaga - Costa del Sol

Construction

Malaga launches A-357 motorway resurfacing work

Workers will carry out the resurfacing at night, with a budget of three million euros

Lottery

Fuengirola wins over 1.8 million euros from Once's Sueldazo draw ahead of Spain's World Cup victory

Once worker Manuel González, who sold the winning tickets, couldn't finish watching the match, because the calls started coming in

World Cup 2026

Spain fans paint head of Marqués de Larios statue in Malaga city centre red during victory celebrations

The vandals allegedly planned on painting the whole statue, but they only had time for the head

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Marbella 112: young motorcyclist dies after colliding with a car

The accident occurred in the Lomas de Río Verde residential area early on Monday morning

Supermarkets

Spanish supermarket chain opens branch in Malaga's Axarquía

The opening in Riogordo brings the number of Dia supermarkets in Malaga province to 95 and takes the Andalusian network to over 530 outlets

Transport

Rincón de la Victoria improves the visibility of road signs

The main aim of the work is to improve road safety for both drivers and pedestrians by ensuring greater visibility of the road markings in the eastern Costa del Sol town

Housing

Malaga province housing prices slow down for the first time in three years

Valuations company Gesvalt has registered a freeze attributable to a possible "change of cycle" due to the financial burden of buying a home

Sexual assault

Estepona sexual violence victim records her assailant and helps identify him

The police arrested the suspect in Marbella three hours before he was due to board a flight back to Germany, where he lives

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Costa del Sol investigation identifies two underage boys as suspected perpetrators of several fires in Torremolinos

Their conduct posed a serious risk during the forest fire season

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Malaga town collision between two vehicles overturns one car and injures one person

The incident happened in Alhaurín el Grande on Sunday

Torremolinos moves closer to launching university centre

The council said the project will bring an unused public building back into use, helping to attract talent, support year-round economic activity and strengthen Torremolinos' position as a centre for higher education and innovation on the Costa del Sol

Culture

Evaristo Guerra opens exhibition of his Christmas cards for Diario SUR in Torre del Mar

The 25 paintings created by the Vélez-Málaga artist since the newspaper launched the initiative in 2001will remain open to the public until 10 August at the eastern Costa del Sol town's tourist information office

Benalmádena Local Police identify alleged perpetrators of repeated fires on Mount Calamorro

The suspects are two minors who admitted their involvement after being located by officers on the mountain, where several recently lit campfires were found still warm

Tourism

Axarquía opens up areas for camping and motorhomes to encourage tourism

The Mancomunidad association of town halls of the Costa del Sol-Axarquía has, for the first time, compiled and digitised a list of over 20 sites in the east of Malaga province