Animal welfare
Tension rises in Mijas between donkey taxi owners and animal rights protesters
While one side chanted “end animal mistreatment now” the other replied “this is our village” in the confrontation this Thursday lunchtime
Lorena Cádiz
Animal welfare
While one side chanted “end animal mistreatment now” the other replied “this is our village” in the confrontation this Thursday lunchtime
What to do
The feria in honour of the town's patron, La Virgen de la Peña, takes place between Wednesday 4 and Monday 9 September
112 incident
The vehicle caught the officers' attention after the motorist allegedly started to drive recklessly once he spotted the police patrol car
Traditions
The traditional Andalusian dance classes will be held on the next five Wednesdays from 28 August until 25 September
Infrastructure
The bidding process for the remodelling has reached its final phase and the council is set to award the work to one of the nine companies that has submitted a bid
Animal welfare
The demonstration will take place this Thursday and its organisers are calling for the tourist rides with the animals around the town to be replaced by 'tuk tuks'
Wildfire risk
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, has visited the area devastated by the wildfire in 2022 to publicise the actions taken to date to prevent such disasters in the future
Public tender
The town hall is responding to the fact that the holiday resort's population is on the rise and the investment in the services that make the destination "shine" will now amount to 11 million euros a year
Nature
The curious mammal, native to South America is also known as the 'river wolf', and the species has been in danger of extinction for more than 20 years
Animal welfare
An animal welfare group has claimed the animals were still being used to cart people around despite a local byelaw which orders the donkey taxi service to be suspended when Aemet warnings for high temperatures on the Costa del Sol are activated
Food and drink
The campaign began at the end of July and has since visited more than 90 beaches on the Andalusian coast spread over almost 60 municipalities
Road safety
The town's mayor said that 820,000-euro project should particularly benefit the residents of La Calerita and La Loma
Paul Betty, son of Charles, visited the charity's two secondhand shops and the new day centre, which he said was a "fantastic facility"
19 August: World Photography Day
Local residents and visitors are invited to participate in the project which aims to showcase the municipality and the people who inhabit it
Tourism
The town hall will also introduce a series of other measures which will hit the owners of existing properties used for such purposes in the pocket