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Employment

Christmas expected to generate almost half a million jobs in Spain: a 4.7% increase on 2024

C. P. S.

The hospitality sector is set to lead the temp jobs boom over the holiday season, while the transport and logistics sectors will be somewhat slower, according to Randstad's annual forecast

Health

More than 5,700 doctors around Malaga province called to take part in four-day strike

José Antonio Sau

Doctors once again raise their voices against the 'statute framework', with demonstrations and rallies scheduled from Tuesday to Friday

112 incident

Three dead and six injured early Sunday morning on Malaga province's roads

Juan Cano | Málaga

The accidents happened in Ronda and Marbella, where the motorway had to be closed

Christmas

First big Christmas weekend in Malaga: 'Crowded and very warm'

Pilar Martínez | Málaga

A maximum temperature of 20C marked the beginning of the long weekend on 6 December and the city of Malaga, its promenade and Christmas markets were in full swing, especially the Sabor a Málaga

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Marbella's Rodri Ríos, left, celebrates scoring his second goal on Saturday.

'New manager bounce' sees Antequera CF and Marbella FC pick up vital wins

Pedro Luis Alonso

Culture

Early December traditions still alive in Malaga province's smaller towns and villages

Javier Almellones | Málaga

The Spain players celebrate one of their five goals.

Women's futsal

Spain beat Argentina to seal World Cup futsal bronze

Javier Varela

Symbolic cutting of sheet metal on Wednesday at Appledore shipyard in England

Industry

Steel cutting for first ship built by Spanish company for the Royal Navy begins on British soil

JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ | CÁDIZ

Archaeologists and workers working at the Roman site in Calle Hilera.

Archaeology

Roman necropolis found at Malaga city metro site is the largest found in the area

Ignacio Lillo | Málaga

Disinfecting a vehicle in a rural area close to Barcelona this week.

Spain

EU widens area affected by swine flu crisis to 91 places around Barcelona

CRISTIAN REINO | BARCELONA.

Sexual harassment

PSOE suspends party leader in Torremolinos from his post after WhatsApp scandal

Alberto Gómez

Torremolinos PSOE leader accused of sexual harassment: 'Have you always had that cleavage?'

A zambombá. Musicians play zambombas while others clap and singalong. SUR

Tradition

The 12 days of Christmas? More like a month of celebrations

Jennie Rhodes

Tradition. For many the double public holiday at the start of December marks the beginning of the festive season in Spain

Marisa Flórez in front of one of her photographs at the Tabacalera (MEET) exhibition space.

Russian museum shares Tabacalera with a new exhibition space

The MEET gallery is currently hosting a collection of 180 iconic images from the last half-century of Spanish history by photojournalist Marisa Flórez

Social media has echoed erroneous information.

Immigration

Hoax warning: there is no new law offering nationality and money to migrants in Spain

E. Gabriel Llanderas | Almería

Culture

Cuevas Bajas pays tribute to its emblematic purple carrot

Isabel Méndez | Málaga

The Sabor a Málaga fair is one of many gourmet events taking place in the province throughout December.

Food and drink

A festive season of gourmet fairs and culinary delights in Malaga province

TONY BRYANT | MALAGA.

Archive image of work to clean up some of Malaga's public forests.

Environment

Battling the widespread death of Malaga's pine forests: the fight resumes around Malaga city, El Chorro and Sierra Tejeda

Chus Heredia

Gran Parque de Mijas will open for the first time on Saturday, 6 December.

Infrastructure

Mijas sets date for opening Andalucía's largest urban park

José Carlos García | Mijas

ScottishPower's converter station at Hunterston, (Ayrshire, Scotland).

Energy

Spanish energy giant Iberdrola to invest a record 14 billion euros in the UK

Félix Montero

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One of the gang-rape suspects in Malaga sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend when he was 13 along with his older brother

Marbella town hall will take the long-running Puerto Banús terrace dispute to Spain's Supreme Court

Benalmádena town hall launches responsible pet ownership campaign

Environmentalists propose large forest area for eastern Costa del Sol

Les Roches Marbella wins 2025 award for top SME in Malaga province

Extra Higuerón Resort

Higuerón Resort hosts New Year’s Eve gala with an exclusive menu by Michelin-starred chef Diego Gallegos

SUR in English | Fuengirola

Group of patients from Torrecárdenas Hospital in their hippotherapy session.

Health

The Almeria riding school where hospital patients take the reins

Leticia M. Cano

Extra CK La Quinta

CK La Quinta: a place to recover, settle and feel at home

SUR in English | Málaga

What to do Christmas 2025

Christmas lights

Malaga city lights up a magical Christmas

Juan Soto | Malaga

The videomapping show on the cathedral in 2024.

Christmas 2025

Christmas videomapping show projected onto Malaga Cathedral: these are the times and the dates

Isabel Méndez | Malaga

Christmas

Alice Christmas: all you need to know about the new festive light show at Malaga's botanical garden

Almudena Nogués

Christmas 2025

Everything you need to know about the festive light show at Malaga's botanical gardens

Almudena Nogués | Malaga

File image of Calle Larios full of people to immortalise the festive light and sound show.

Christmas 2025

Malaga surpasses major rival Vigo as the place to visit for Christmas markets in Spain

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

'A Nativity of Light' premieres in Malaga this Christmas.

Christmas 2025

What are the dates and show times for the magical Christmas light and sound show in Malaga's Calle Larios

Isabel Méndez | Malaga

Artist's impression of this year's Christmas show in Calle Larios.

Christmas 2025

Malaga reveals details of city's new Christmas light and sound show on Calle Larios: this is what it will look like

Juan Soto | Malaga

Christmas

Is this the first town on the Costa del Sol to switch on its Christmas lights?

SUR in English | Torrox

Families participating in Christmas festivities at Miramar shopping centre

Christmas 2025

Miramar shopping centre in Fuengirola introduces Christmas festivities programme

SUR | Fuengirola

Christmas 2025

This is the emotional video that's been released to promote Spain's huge Christmas lottery draw

A. Mateos | Madrid

Christmas 2025

El Corte Inglés is already lit up for a dazzling Christmas in Malaga

SUR | Malaga

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Peter Edgerton

Judging people by their cellar

The Bottom Line

Ignacio Lillo

The great Franco revival circus

History

Liz Parry

Fifty years on

Costa del Sol / Malaga province

People shopping last weekend in Malaga. Migue Fernández

Employment

More than 16,300 people hired in Malaga province's retail, hospitality and logistics sectors during Christmas campaign

Cristina Vallejo

Labour market platform Randstad estimates a 6.3% increase in employment in the province compared to the same period last year

Recreation of the Malaga Auditorium project, on the San Andrés port platform.

Infrastructure

Malaga city goes it alone on concert hall plans without central government help: possibly out to tender in 2026

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

Marina de Torres and Benito Avilés with a bottle of this olive oil that now exports to South Korea.

Agriculture

South Korea shows growing interest in the quality of Antequera's olive oils, the only ones with protected status in Malaga

Antonio J. Guerrero

BBF volunteers and the Taste of Heaven catering team

Charity

East of Malaga goes glam to raise funds for British Benevolent Fund Spain

Jennie Rhodes

The troubled Hipódromo racecourse in Mijas.

Mijas council to dissolve the company that managed the troubled Hipódromo racecourse

Tony Bryant

The accused (r) in the trial with the mayor of Estepona together with her lawyer leaving the court.

Legal proceedings against the mayor of Estepona and a former municipal worker enter new stage

Emma Pérez-Romera | Estepona

Assembly of the crochet Christmas tree in Cancelada. SUR.

Costa del Sol

More than a thousand crochet pieces make up Cancelada's Christmas tree in Estepona

Emma Pérez-Romera | Estepona

It can now be seen in Plaza José Vázquez in this neighbourhood of the Costa del Sol town

Child abuse

Two-year-old girl removed from parents in Malaga after being found malnourished, living in filth and testing positive for cocaine

María José Díaz Alcalá

Malaga

Record-breaking sailing ship calls at Malaga port

Ignacio Lillo | Málaga

Animal welfare

First luxury hotel for dogs opens in Malaga

Fernando Alonso

Councillors, the Local Police and memners of Afesol at the meeting this week.

Costa del Sol

New committee in Mijas to focus on establishing protocols to prevent suicide

Tony Bryant

Santa stopped off at the festive market last weekend.

Costa del Sol

La Cala de Mijas Lions offer plenty of festive spirit during recent Christmas gathering

Tony Bryant

Spain

Economy

Spain's PM announces plan to directly aid electric car purchases and calls for lower prices

Edurne Martínez | Madrid

Pedro Sánchez believes that this joint strategy to reduce the price of electric vehicles will help all households have access to them

Spain

Former King of Spain's message raises royal eyebrows

Image of the effects seized from 'The Base'.

Crime

Police dismantle first white supremacist terrorist cell in Spain

Melchor Sáiz-Pardo

Taxes

Spain delays implementation of new invoicing system for SMEs and self-employed by one year

Cristina Cándido

Christmas

Christmas decorations on the balcony in Spain: when do you have to ask your neighbours for permission?

E. Gabriel Llanderas | Almería

Sport

Malaga's Eneko Jauregi at the final whistle. Agencia LOF

Football

Copa curse strikes again as Malaga CF are dumped out by lower-league opposition once more

Daryl Finch

A 2-1 defeat to third-tier Talavera on Wednesday night extends the club's long history of shock Copa del Rey exits

Samuel Molina, left, in battle with Egidijus Kavaliauskas.

Malaga boxer Samuel Molina loses European title in controversial points decision

Nacho Carmona

France’s Nastasia Nadaud secured the biggest victory of her career in Malaga.

First-time champion crowned at Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España

Marina Rivas

The Antequera squad celebrate their win at the Pepico Amat.

Football

Managerless Antequera CF secure a much-needed victory

Jorge Garrido

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Football

Malaga CF cling on in storm-hit away day as early blunder nearly derails Funes' revival

Daryl Finch

The new AVOI football club made up of children in treatment or recovery at Hospital Materno Infantil in Malaga.

Society

Children from cancer association Avoi form Spain's first oncohaematological football team

Cristina Pinto

Andalucía

Granada, Spain (Retrato Alhambra 1925) 2025 ©Spencer Tunick 2025

Culture

Granada brewery's centenary 'Retrato Alhambra 25' nude photo revealed

Jennie Rhodes

More than 800 volunteers from different parts of Spain and over 25 countries including Europe and America participated in the event, posing nude and covered in green paint designed specifically for the project by American photographer Spencer Tunick, who is known for his large-scale installations

Depopulation

The town in Spain that's home to 72 nationalities who are helping in the fight against depopulation

Ideal | Granada

Business

Young entrepreneurs from Granada's Costa Tropical in search of new business opportunities in Marrakech

C. L.

House of the Huerta Colorá in the Generalife .

Granada

Alhambra palace's 'Casa de la Huerta Colorá' to be restored

Europa Press

Jesús Ibáñez with the number he will hide in the MiniHollywood in Tabernas.

Christmas

The Christmas lottery tickets hidden around Almeria's MiniHollywood

E. P. | Almería

112 report

Alleged murderer of woman found on Granada's Costa Tropical in 2024 wanted to evict her from his land

Laura Velasco | Granada

Gibraltar

Health

RICC donates vital medical equipment to St Bernard's Hospital

SUR in English

Charity provides monitoring devices and height measurement tool for paediatric care

Health

New oncology suite opens at St Bernard's Hospital

SUR in English

Cultural awards

Johnny Bugeja and Sonia Golt honoured at Cultural Awards 2025

SUR in English

Senior citizens

Golden Week kicks off with information day for older people

SUR in English

Tourism

Gibraltar cable car tourist attraction closed to undergo major transformation

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Security

Gibraltar emergency services complete UK counter-terrorism training

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Lifestyle

Tradition

When Santa Claus comes from southern Spain

Alekk M. Saanders

While many wait for Santa Claus at Christmas, Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) has already left Spain and is heading together with Pedrito to children in Europe

Kasia and Tomasz at the Axarquía Business Networking event in November.

Cooking for the community after the 2024 floods

JENNIE RHODES

tThe historical Charles Bridge, over 500m long, connecting the Old Town and the Lesser Town.

Travel

Rich in history and quality beer, Prague can do it all

ANYA SOARES

Costa del Sol

La Cala de Mijas Lions offer plenty of festive spirit during recent Christmas gathering

Tony Bryant

The village of Almócita is located at an altitude of 834 metres above sea level.

Andalusian escapade

An idyllic mountain enclave for art and poetry lovers

TONY BRYANT

Gardens

Recommended for your garden in the south of Spain: Paraserianthes lopantha

Denise Bush

Calling all gardeners

Health

Pharmacies across Andalucía to be allowed to renew prescriptions for patients with chronic conditions

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

The regional health minister announces that, before the end of 2025, the Junta will launch a pilot programme that will directly connect doctors with pharmacists to facilitate this process

1 December, World Aids Day

'I have HIV patients who are 84 years old and have been infected for 35 years'

José Antonio Sau

World Aids Day

Malaga was the Andalusian province with the highest number of HIV diagnoses in 2024

José Antonio Sau

Health

Weighted blankets to fight insomnia: when gaining ten kilos can help

Carmen Barreiro

Health and safety

Spanish health authorities order recall of several batches of well-known antidepressant

Raquel Merino | Málaga

Health

Junta starts vaccinating vulnerable population groups against flu and Covid without prior appointments in Andalucía

Europa Press | Malaga

What To Do

Food and drink

A festive season of gourmet fairs and culinary delights in Malaga province

TONY BRYANT | MALAGA.

Throughout December Malaga province offers several events focusing on local specialities such as pork products, cheese, dried fruits and wine

What to do

New Year's classical concert returns to Gibraltar

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Sculptor Anette Skou with one of her pieces.

Art

Mijas-based Danish artist to host her second exhibition on Costa del Sol

Tony Bryant | Mijas

Nigel Smith brings his Solitary Man show to Benalmádena.

Legendary voice of Neil Diamond reproduced during Benalmádena tribute show

Tony Bryant

Community spirit

Santa Claus to stop off at dog rescue charity's Christmas fair on the Costa

Tony Bryant | Estepona