• Culture

    Curtain rises at Vélez-Málaga theatre after 24-year closure

    The eastern Costa del Sol town hall acquired the property in 2014 for approximately 500,000 euros and has invested 6.7 million euros into a complete renovation, of which almost three million came from European Next Generation funds

    Eugenio Cabezas |
  • Axarquía hospital extension officially opens
    President of the Andalusian regional government, Junma Moreno, meets patients and staff in the hospital. (E. Cabezas)

    Health

    Axarquía hospital extension officially opens

    The new building creates space for new key care areas including an outpatients area, radiology, gastroenterology and care for patients with chronic illnesses

    Eugenio Cabezas |
  • The Axarquía in 19th-century global media
    Francisco Gálvez at the launch of his book in Torre del Mar. (SUR)

    History

    The Axarquía in 19th-century global media

    A new book by local historian and writer Francisco Gálvez shows how earthquakes, famine, bandits and pests made international news

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • Local foreign community learns about the Axarquía's subtropical fruit sector
    The group at the organic avocado plantation. (J. Rhodes)

    Tourism

    Local foreign community learns about the Axarquía's subtropical fruit sector

    The tour, which was funded by Vélez-Málaga town hall through an EU grant and organised by Plan A tours, included a visit to an organic avocado plantation near Vélez-Málaga and a visit to the Trops tropical fruit cooperative

    Jennie Rhodes |