News archive for January 2011
Costa del Sol has most expensive petrol
A litre of unleaded petrol now costs an average of €1.26, while diesel is at more than €1.20. Laura Muñoz has been trying to make the little diesel left in her car last for days. On the way to work she eventually has to stop for petrol and is astonished to find that after spending […]
A tragic year on the roads of Malaga
Despite a reduction in the number of vehicles on the roads, the incidence of fatal accidents is on the increase Every one hour, 41 minutes and 20 seconds somebody is involved in a traffic accident on a road in Malaga province. The vast majority of these people suffer injuries but the smallest part of this […]
Malaga second runway to open in 2012
The Manager of Malaga Airport, Mario Otero, has reported that the second runway will be completed in 2011 and that work is already 80% complete. Once finished, the runway will still need to go through the normal processes to obtain certificates of quality, etc and this will delay its opening until 2012. This, he said, […]
Christmas crackdown on overseas fraud
As Britain shivers, fraud investigators at the Department for Work and Pensions are finding new ways of cracking down on benefit thieves who are living the sunshine lifestyle on taxpayers’ money. Fraud officials have joined forces with overseas counterparts to target Brits in countries where most of the fraud is carried out; this includes Spain, […]