News archive for September 2010
From Malaga to Mecca – Full steam ahead
High speed AVE trains being built in Los Prados, Malaga, could be used by passengers making their pilgrimage to the city of Mecca – the holiest meeting site in Islam – in Saudi Arabia. This follows a visit from a delegation of Saudis to the works site of the AVE in Malaga to decide if […]
Cudeca annual concert
MALAGA – THE fourth annual concert in aid of Cudeca Cancer Care Hospice will take place on Thursday, October 7 2010 at 8pm as the Cervantes Theatre in Malaga staring the renowned singers from Malaga, Efecto Mariposa, Javier Ojeda, and a guest appearance from Angel Capel from the Spanish ‘Operacion Triunfo’ talent show. The aim […]
Foreign accents in Malaga
The population of Malaga province is continuing to increase; however, this growth is mainly due to the presence of foreigners and it must also be said that the increase during the past year has been minimal and the population has grown by only 13,254 inhabitants. The economic crisis has led to a change in migration […]
First half of year shows increase in property sales to foreign buyers
According to statistics from the Ministry of Housing, property sales to foreigners in the first half of the year went up by 26.2% in the province of Malaga. This was the Spanish province with the largest number of sales made to non-Spaniards during this same period around 1,814. The average figure for Andalucía also grew […]
Taking the train straight to the plane
New underground railway station for the Malaga-Fuengirola C-1 line at the airport’s Terminal 3 last Friday officially opened by the authorities. That long walk, often with heavy suitcases, to find the train station after landing at Malaga Airport is a thing of the past. Trains on the C-1 Malaga-Fuengirola Cercanías line now stop at the […]
Zapatero – General strike will not be assesed in terms of success or failure
The government has made it clear that it intends to respect the right to strike tomorrow but it also asks for the right of every person to go to work if he or she wants to; at the same time it promises not to enter into a numbers war with regard to turnout. A committee […]
Spain invokes EU rule to aid struggling coal miners
Spain will on Wednesday secure approval from European regulators to grant its struggling coal mines guaranteed orders from electricity generators through until the end of 2014, an EU source said. Madrid has invoked a rule that allows it to ensure that electricity producers source nine percent of their energy input from domestic coal during that […]
Gibraltar police accuse Spanish officers of agression
Gibraltar police accused their Spanish counterparts of physical aggression during an incident at sea on Tuesday in which officers from the British territory were trying to arrest a suspect. It was the latest of several face-offs between British and Spanish forces in the waters around Gibraltar since last year that have stoked tensions between the […]
Spain general strike underway
The seventh general strike since democracy began here in Spain began at midnight last night, a strike called by the CCOO and UGT unions in protest at the government’s labour reform bill. It is the unions’ intention to bring the country to a standstill from midnight on Tuesday until midnight on Wednesday. For the first […]
Matadors to meet cultural minister
The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, will meet with a group of bullfighters on Thursday to hear their concerns after bullfighting was outlawed in Catalunya by the regional parliament in July. The meeting, which was requested by the bullfighters at the end of July, will be held over lunch at the ministry and will be […]