Crime
This is how police caught a couple who stole from five stores at two Malaga city shopping centres
Officers spoke with the managers of the five shops and discovered the thefts had gone unnoticed
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Retail
McArthurGlen designer outlet village in Malaga hopes to set tills ringing with five new shops
The luxury brand centre next to Plaza Mayor will once again have all its units full with 92 retailers spread over more than 17,000 square metres
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Malaga city
Metro work next to El Corte Inglés unearths new secrets of Muslim Malaga
The inhabitants of the area in the 10th and 11th centuries used techniques to build on the sand, although they abandoned their homes due to flooding of the Arroyo del Cuarto stream
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25 November
Malaga's march against gender-based violence to set off from Plaza de la Merced
The demonstration will start at 7.30pm on Monday 25 November and will end on Plaza de la Constitución, where a manifesto will be read out
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Planning
Malaga councillor insists new 'plaza' bridges proposed for Guadalmedina would be safe if river floods
Speaking during an environment committee meeting, Penélope Gómez controversially claimed, "If it rained in the city as much as it did in Valencia, all we would have to do is climb on these structures to save ourselves"
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Food and drink
Malaga aims to track down the best smash burger in Spain
Twenty-five burger restaurants will compete for the title at the city's cruise terminal
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Christmas 2024
Christmas light show at La Concepción in Malaga: more decorated areas and a route up to the lookout point
Illusion will be staged at the botanical garden from 29 November to 6 January with special rates for groups and people with reduced mobility
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Tourism
Holiday rental sector supports Malaga mayor's proposed tourist tax but hoteliers firmly reject it
Francisco de la Torre wants to introduce a charge of two or three euros a day for people staying in holiday homes and hotels in the city
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Planning
Malaga's 'plaza-bridges' can only be built with essential changes to the Guadalmedina riverbed
The technical reports completed for the ity council support the plans for the partial covering of the river provided that the riverbed undergoes certain modifications to maintain a safety margin in case of heavy river flows
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Tourism
Malaga mayor calls on Spanish PM for daily tax of two or three euros on tourist apartments and hotels
In a letter sent to Pedro Sánchez this week, Francisco De la Torre declared the effect of these tourist rentals in particular to be "undesirable... by reducing the supply of long-term rental housing" in the city
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Malaga
Malaga city to go ahead with Chinese lantern show despite protests
Residents in the area of the Parque del Oeste, where the show will be held, complain that half of the public park will be closed for five months "to the financial benefit of a private company"
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Heritage
New waterpoof roof on Malaga Cathedral starts to take shape
A tower crane installed in Calle Postigo de los Abades has already lifted a massive wooden truss measuring over 15 metres in length onto the roof
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Retail
Malaga's Calle Larios, the sixth most expensive street in Spain to set up shop
The latest edition of the Main Streets Across the World report identifies for the first time a European street as the most expensive in the world, with rents costing almost ten times more than the capital of the Costa del Sol
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Art and culture
On what date will Malaga city's annual cultural night be held in 2025?
Free concerts, exhibitions, performances and special opening hours will form part of the Noche en Blanco programme, with a special tribute paid on the 25th anniversary of the death of a famous local artist
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Planning
Immersive bullfighting experience centre in Malaga gets green light from the Junta
The provincial authority plans to open the first such facility in the world in the first quarter of next year in the city centre bullring