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ANNUAL FAIR BEGINS IN FUENGIROLA
This evening sees the start of the annual Feria Internacional de los Pueblos in Fuengirola, one of the most important of this type of annual fairs in Spain.
More than 33 countries will take part in the fair which attracted more than 900,000 visitors last year and created jobs for over 500 people and boosted local […]
LOCAL TRAIN LINE SERVICES REACH ALAMEDA STATION AGAIN
After two years of closure for construction works to carry out expansion to the tunnel and comprehensive remodelling of installations, the Cercanías trains which provide local service are, as from last Tuesday, stopping at the Alameda station (next to the post office) which is the closest stop to the town centre. The service provided is […]
PREPARATIONS FOR THE EASTER WEEK PROCESSIONS
Normal everyday life practically grinds to a halt this Sunday as the Semana Santa celebrations take over. For the entire Holy Week, or at least Thursday and Friday in smaller places, the main streets will be lined with people watching the processions.
In the city of Malaga, there will be several processions every day from around […]
FACE LIFT FOR BEACHES BEFORE EASTER HOLIDAYS
The rain endured during the past months in large parts of Andalucia have not only resulted in countless homes being destroyed and as much as 427,000 hectares of agricultural land suffering damade but also in endless kilometers of beaches which have been washed away or littered with vegetation, debris and other rubbish.
With Easter only a […]
MARBELLA THINK TANK LAUNCHED
The “Think Tank Advisory Group” comprises representatives and foreign business groups in the area, among which are the Centre for Tourist Initiatives (CIT), the British Chambers of Commerce and German-American Club and Dutch Business Club
The City Council, through the municipal delegation of Tourism, has launched an advisory group, called the “Think Tank Advisory Group”, with […]
Malaga airport - new terminal with best food & shopping
Six thousand square metres of bars, cafeterias and restaurants and 2,800 square metres of shops. With the opening of the new terminal building Malaga Airport is to become a first class commercial centre with an advantage to make most traders’ mouths water: more than ten million visitors a year, which could soon grow into 20 […]
New Development plans
Since 2004 Nueva Andalucía and Las Chapas have registered the highest increases in the population, which now exceeds 140,000 people
It is the hardest part of any revision of an Urban Plan (PGOU), whether in a town of large dimensions, where endless time is needed, or a small municipality where marking out the areas and deciding […]
Marbella mayor comments on new urban plan
There are two images of Marbella: one, that of a town where irregular construction has been made legal; the other, a town where local residents protest that they have not been taken into consideration. Which one is the closest to reality?
Both images are real, but the truth is that not all the negative effects can […]
MARBELLA WANTS IT BACK
MARBELLA Town Hall has created a unit to deal specifically with recovering municipal goods which have been embargoed in the ‘Saqueo’ and ‘Malaya’ cases. The deputy mayor, Maria Francisca Caracuel, has said that there is hope that the town hall will recover money that has been lost from these goods.
A High Court sentence has considered […]