Crime
Illegal road races in Malaga: these are the videos that the police are tracking
The increasingly large gatherings are usually held on Fridays at several key sites across the city
Juan Cano
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Air travel
Study into Malaga Airport expansion commissioned as passenger numbers soar
Options to expand capacity at the gateway to the Costa del Sol are being considered, either by expanding the current T3 terminal, or even building a new T4
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Air travel
Malaga Airport has registered 500,000 more passengers every year since 1990
T3 was inaugurated in 2010 as the culmination of the Master Plan or Malaga Plan and in 14 years it has taken the airport from 12 million passengers a year to 21 million; T2, the Picasso, took it from five to 12 million
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Rail travel
Renfe puts cheap train tickets on sale and these are the destinations across Spain with big discounts from Malaga
On Avlo high-speed services, the low-cost version of the AVE, you can buy tickets from as little as 7 euros and the deadline to buy these discounted tickets is 14 January or until all seats on offer are sold out
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Motoring
Warning to drivers: this is the new speed camera in Malaga city that will start issuing fines today
It will be the sixth in the city, and this is where the other road safety devices are located too
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Air travel
Qatar Airways to offer daily flights between the Costa del Sol and Doha during peak summer season
The airline will bring forward the operation date for the Malaga Airport route to 31 March and gradually increase the number of flights each week
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112 incident
Policeman and nurse help save life of four-year-old who choked on sweet at Three Kings parade in Malaga
A Local Police officer who was on duty and a nurse in the crowd rushed to the girl's aid at the Puerto de la Torre parade
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Entertainment
Antonio Banderas issues casting call for his Malaga theatre company, and this is who he's looking for
The city-born actor will direct the Broadway musicals They're Playing our Song and Gypsy, which will take to the stage this year
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Crime
Drunk driver arrested in Malaga after weaving wrong way down major road while almost six times over the limit
The woman, in her 40s, was stopped by police when driving towards oncoming traffic on the MA-21 between Torremolinos and Malaga city
Juan Cano |
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Air travel
Malaga Airport makes it into the 'best in the world' ranking in 2023
On the list of almost 200 airports around the world, there are only eight on Spanish soil and the gateway to the Costa del Sol is one of them
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Museo Picasso Málaga closes the year with record visitor numbers
This year the museum marked the 50th anniversary of the Malaga-born artist's death and 20 years since the city attraction opened
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Tourism
Malaga records three million hotel stays in a year for the first time in history
The city is expected to be almost full for New Year's Eve, with 97% occupancy expected, while the figure for the Costa del Sol as a whole will be around 80% for the last weekend of the year
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Traditions
Malaga's Fiesta Mayor de Verdiales, a lively musical tradition
Thousands of people gathered in the Puerto de la Torre on Thursday to enjoy 25 pandas performing traditional verdiales music
Antonio M. Romero / SUR in English |
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Politics
Malaga's Three Kings parade sparks racism row
A local political coalition group has said "the person chosen to represent King Balthazar should be a man with dark skin instead of a man who paints his face black"
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Tourism
Malaga is in the 'Top 5' of the most sought after destinations for New Year's Eve
The flight and hotel search engine data also revealed that the capital of the Costa del Sol is the most searched for by Dutch tourists, the third most by German and French visitors and the fourth most searched for by the British
Pilar Martínez |