Protest
First-ever Chinese lantern festival set to go ahead despite complaints from Malaga residents
People living in the area are not happy that the park will be closed for five months 'so a private company can profit' from the event
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Crime
Costa del Sol properties seized from drug traffickers put up for auction
The prices of the apartments, houses and plots of land up for grabs range from 32,000 to 600,000 euros including some in the Malaga province municipalities of Estepona, Benahavís, Benalmádena and Marbella
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Agriculture
Churriana's guardians of the strawberry
The germplasm bank for this fruit is the only one in Spain and an international reference. But why, given that Huelva province is the country's largest strawberry producer, is the leading research centre for this crop located in Malaga?
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Animal welfare
Animal activists protest against 'mistreatment' of cats and dogs at Malaga pound
More than a hundred people took to the streets at the weekend demanding changes so that it will comply with Spain's animal welfare law and become a protection shelter
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Weather
Junta de Andalucía investigates system to warn public of areas at risk of flooding
The regional government's spokesperson Carolina España said the Lista urban plan expressly prohibits building on floodplains, during a visit to the Guadalhorce valley
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Spending
Malaga's provincial authority increases investment by 19.5% with priority given to water and roads
The Diputación's budget will reach 459.6 million euros in 2025 which is 4.17% more that last year's
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Finance
More than 40% of employees in Malaga and on the Costa del Sol do not earn Spain's minimum wage
They earn just 15,120 per year because they have low salaries and work only a few months a year or part-time
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Fuengirola Comic Con festiva
Top American cartoonist launches special edition Marvel comic with cover featuring Fuengirola
John Romita Junior's works features Wolverine as the central character and, in the background, the walls of Sohail Castle
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Art
More than just an art gallery in Estepona: Artelier 21
Zaragoza artist Marta Bernad has recently launched a new creative space in Estepona, welcoming both artists and anyone interested in exploring their creative side
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Port development
British architect David Chipperfield to design new tower hotel in Malaga Port
The developers, Qatari group Al Alfia and Hesperia, have already entered into an agreement with the studio of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect
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Road transport
Convoy carrying massive wind turbine blades forces closure of Costa del Sol motorway tonight
The AP-7 will be closed for around three hours tonight and diversions will be put in place as the 100-metre-long exceptional loads head towards Cadiz
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Health
More than 10,000 people from around province protest in Malaga against 'deterioration' of Andalucía's public health system
Demonstrators criticised the Junta for making cuts, increasing waiting lists and for its "privatisation"
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Drought crisis
Malaga's improved reservoir situation means there is enough water to last a year for one million people
The Costa del Sol is technically out of a drought situation, for now, while Malaga could improve to a severe status, and the Axarquia is closer to leaving the serious level
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Weather
Rainfall this autumn is already above the historical average in Malaga province
Between October and November, 23% of a normal year's rainfall has been collected
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Weather
‘Dana’ storm deposited more than 250mm of rain in just eight hours in village east of Malaga
Unofficial gauges in Comares recorded the torrential downpour as there is no official data from Spain's state weather agency Aemet or the Junta de Andalucía's Hidrosur network
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