Drought crisis
Serranía de Ronda's Genal Valley suffers its 'worst' chestnut harvest due to heat and drought
Just 750,000 kilos of the crop was harvested when a good year usually results in five million
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Food and drink
This is the food truck that travels through the Serranía de Ronda selling artisanal breads
It is the latest initiative of the Asprodisis foundation which supports people with intellectual disabilities in the town and surrounding areas
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Environment
Malaga city, Marbella, Mijas and now Ronda: Oriental hornet continues its advance across the province
Ronda town hall said, after the identification of a single specimen, that it did “not see the need to tell residents so as not to create alarm"
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Tourism
New tourist attraction at foot of Ronda gorge moves one step closer to completion
Malaga's provincial authority has promised to fund half of the 1.3-million-euro cost to build the 500-metre-long suspended walkway
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Environment
Drought and high temperatures hit the chestnut harvest in Malaga's Genal valley
Farmers are predicting 2023 to be one of the worst harvests for almost 20 years, since the drought in 2005
Vanessa Melgar |
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112 incident
Injured paraglider airlifted to hospital after bad landing in Ronda
An English-speaking caller alerted the 112 Andalucía emergency services control centre to the incident involving a man in his thirties
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Food and drink
Gaucín’s first gastronomy weekend declared a 'resounding success'
Local produce and products were the stars of the show in the Serranía de Ronda mountain village, just 30 minutes inland from the beaches of the Costa del Sol
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Investigation
Mayor of Ronda called to testify amid municipal cleaning company embezzlement allegations
The Guardia Civil investigation relates to a series of suspicious 'incidents' at Soliarsa between 2017 and 2020, the period during which she was president of the board of directors
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TREASURES OF MALAGA
Cueva de la Pileta: an impressive cathedral-sized cavern with art from the Upper Palaeolithic era
In the municipality of Benaoján, in the Serranía de Ronda, stands one of Malaga's, and the entire country's, greatest treasures
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Sport
Ronda to host the first Spanish canyoning championship
It will be the first national competition after canyoning was officially recognised as a competitive sport in Spain just over a year ago
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TREASURES OF MALAGA
La Rejía: the most spectacular waterfall in the Sierra de las Nieves
There is a hiking route that passes right below this waterfall as well as others worth a mention, such as the Poza de la Virgen found on the same stretch of the river and which is also very seasonal in nature (it usually dries up due to a lack of rain)
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Transport
Spanish government gives green light to more major upgrade works on key Ronda railway line
The latest 68-million-euro project will help accommodate more traffic (mainly freight) on the line which connects the port of Algeciras, the largest in the country, with the rest of Spain and Europe
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112 incident
Hero's quick reaction helps save life of delivery driver who suffered a heart attack in Gaucín
José María Corbacho loaded the Correos employee into his police car and rushed him took him to where the nearest ambulance was
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Security
Police 'neutralise' three drones illegally flying over Ronda's major bullfighting festival
One of the devices was about to fly over the town's bullring before it was safely landed by a specialist unit on the ground. Flying a drone in an unauthorised area can result in a fine ranging between 600 and 30,000 euros
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Dwarf bullfighting show banned by Junta de Andalucía
The Andalusian regional government has refused to allow the event to go ahead in Cortes de la Frontera in Malaga province
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