Charity
Torremolinos homeless centre receives welcome donation
The goods, which included dried and tinned food and hygiene products, were donated by the association Gota de Leche Bilbao
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Tourist housing
Regional bureaucracy keeps 1,120 tourist flats in business despite Malaga city's veto
The Junta de Andalucía is still waiting for a complete list of these rental properties from Malaga city hall in order to initiate the cancellation procedure of the tourist licence for each in turn, a job that could take months
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Town hall announces completion of highly demanded Mijas Golf road safety project
The work has consisted of the placement of two new pedestrian crossings and speed reduction ramps to guarantee the safety of pedestrians who walk along this road
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No end in sight for Fuengirola bus strike
After more than four months of negotiation, the number of days off work has doubled and a third of the workforce is on sick leave due to anxiety
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Fuengirola continues to assist unemployed residents back into labour market
The initiative is part of the new training and dual employment programme launched by the regional government, which includes theoretical studies and work practices for a duration of one year
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Torremolinos to have a new three-storey-high mural dedicated to women
The artist, Ana Cortés 'Bosska', is transforming one of the walls of the new Plaza Vicente Aleixandre, a space "regenerated" by the town hall
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Malaga city
Malaga city council warning: up to 750-euro fine for washing at drinking fountains
Beachgoers in the city are being reminded that fountains are for drinking, not washing feet or beach items; 17 people were reported in just one day of special police surveillance
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Don't forget your towel
The Costa del Sol river adventure where you have to be amphibious for a day
The route, from Benahavís behind Marbella, is downstream, between natural pools, lots of slippery rocks and places where you have no choice but to get into the water
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Nature
Drinking troughs for wild boar? This Malaga town wants no thirsty trespassers
Alhaurin de la Torre has adopted this measure to provide water near the sierra on the outskirts of the town after finding that these wild animals are causing damage to irrigation pipes and trespassing on private property in search of water
José Rodríguez Cámara |
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Spanish Civil War
Mass grave reveals Civil War tragedy in Campillos in Malaga province
A group of researchers coordinated by the University of Malaga have found two mass graves in the municipal cemetery, where they have located more than 120 bodies
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Costa del Sol
Fuengirola deals with 1,200 complaints from residents in Torreblanca and Carvajal during first half of year
The most numerous incidents were related to the electricity service (341), cleaning (286), road maintenance and intervention (243) and green areas (121)
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Costa del Sol
Torremolinos boosts street cleaning programme during peak summer season
This extra service will include the use of six pressure washing vehicles to clean the streets in the five districts most in need each day
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Costa del Sol
More than 85 per cent of the waste collected from the sea on the western Costa del Sol is plastic
Vessels collected a total of 31.64 cubic metres of rubbish from the water during the month of July
María Albarral |
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Costa del Sol
Drone surveillance service carries out 2,600 missions on Fuengirola beaches since June
In two months, the four aircraft operating along the coastline totalled 261 flight hours and assisted bathers in distress during four rescue missions
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Benalmádena
Benalmádena business owners angry over continual power cuts
"We've had no electricity for 30 hours and then we call and they tell us there is no fault. They take us for fools," say locals as the mayor demands "definitive solutions" from Endesa