Tribute
Malaga village remembers young poet on 30th anniversary of her death from leukaemia
Riogordo town hall is to name a street after Fabiola Gavilán on 15 June and will posthumously name her a 'favourite daughter'
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Tourism
Small town in Malaga province tops ranking as the most Googled place in Andalucía
The platform Holidu has compiled a list of places with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants with the most searches per month
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Crime
Gang of armed and masked burglars make off with 100,000 euros from eastern Costa del Sol home
The three victims in Rincón de la Victoria were tied up by the four assailants who were wearing gloves and balaclavas
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Food and drink
Why have tomato seeds from the sunny Costa del Sol been sent to a frozen Norwegian archipelago?
A research centre in Algarrobo has been collaborating with the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, considered the 'safe' for our future food supply
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Drought crisis
Eastern stretch of Costa del Sol gets green light for filling swimming pools, but asks residents not to use drinking water for gardens
The aim is not to use more than nine cubic hectometres of water from the La Viñuela reservoir this summer
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Drought crisis
These are the six beaches in Vélez-Málaga on the Costa del Sol that will have showers this summer, and this is the reason why
The town hall will allow an adapted service for people with reduced mobility in Benajarafe, Valle-Niza, Torre del Mar and Caleta de Vélez
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Courts
Three men jailed for beating another man to death on a smallholding near Nerja
The attackers fled the scene leaving the 69-year-old foreign victim to die without receiving medical assistance
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112 incident
Construction worker seriously injured after steel beam falls on him at industrial estate on the Costa del Sol
The man, who was trapped by his legs, was rushed to hospital by air ambulance after being freed by firefighters from Malaga's provincial brigade this Monday afternoon
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Environment
Costa del Sol town issues new beach rules and regulations for summer: this what you can and can't do
Rincón de la Victoria town hall has also advised that some facilities will not be in use this peak holiday season due to the ongoing drought in the south of Spain
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Kayak Nerja reveals the eastern Costa del Sol's best routes and hidden gems
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Community spirit
Costa del Sol golfers help in the fight against cancer
The fourth Spanish Association Against Cancer in Malaga Golf Against Cancer tournament took place at Baviera Golf in Caleta de Vélez on Saturday
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Inland toursm
Access to popular Costa del Sol beauty spot remains closed as authorities fail to appoint management company in time for summer
The Junta de Andalucía has not yet concluded the evaluation of the three proposals submitted to control visitor numbers at Nerja’s popular Río Chíllar
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Grupo Ausol
Ausol is holding the largest private vehicle sales event in the Axarquía this week in Vélez-Málaga
Special discount is available for SUR in English readers
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Environment
Back to the drawing board for Costa del Sol artificial reef project
Rincón de la Victoria town hall has been working on a marine regeneration plan since 2019
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Lifeguards launch summer service in two eastern Costa del Sol resorts this weekend
The beaches of Rincón de la Victoria and Vélez-Málaga both start their summer safety campaign from Saturday 1 June
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Infrastructure
Axarquía sewage treatment plant projects advance
Once completed, raw sewage will no longer be discharged directly into streams in three villages
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