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Infrastructure

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

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

The city's mayor will turn to bank loans to cover this major infrastructure project that is expected to cost over 200 million euros

Sexual harassment

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

Alberto Gómez

A member of the Socialist party has reported a chain of messages that suggest insinuations and pressure from Antonio Navarro to the judicial authorities

Infrastructure

Marbella brings back residential and hotel project with 96-million-euro investment

José Carlos García | Marbella

The project, which includes 232 homes and a luxury hotel of a major international brand, will be developed in the La Meridiana area

Malaga

Record-breaking sailing ship calls at Malaga port

Ignacio Lillo | Málaga

The M5, which is currently moored at the megayacht marina, has several features that make it unique in the world.

Quick links

Local Police officers on Avenida de Pescia in Nerja

Transport

Police on eastern Costa del Sol step up checks on mopeds

Eugenio Cabezas

Image of the giant interactive map of Spain.

History

Marbella and San Pedro to host a giant interactive map of Spain to celebrate Constitution Day

José Carlos García | Marbella

Food and drink

Sabor a Málaga foodie fair to showcase 120 local producers from 4 to 9 December in Malaga city

Water

Third Malaga village advises residents not to drink tap water

Eugenio Cabezas

Snowy aspect of the peaks of the Sierra de las Nieves.

Weather

Snow falls in the highest areas of the Sierra de las Nieves

Julio J. Portabales | Sierra de las Nieves

Hundreds of people gather these days in Calle Larios in Malaga.

Weather

Spain's met office forecasts long weekend with high temperatures and no rain in Malaga province

Ignacio Lillo | Málaga

Tourists take photos of the Alcazaba and the Roman Theatre in Malaga.

Tourism

Malaga in top ten most popular travel destinations worldwide this year

Pilar Martínez | Málaga

Christmas

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

Almudena Nogués

The show at La Concepción can be visited from 6.30pm to 10.30pm until 6 January

Image of the overturned lorry on the A-92M on Thursday.

Traffic

Overturned lorry forces hours-long traffic cut on A-92M in Antequera

Rossel Aparicio | Málaga

Throughout the entire morning, vehicles have been forced to take the A-45 as an alternative, while workers try to remove the lorry

The troubled Hipódromo racecourse in Mijas.

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

Tony Bryant

Marbella mayor Ángeles Muñoz took part in the inauguration walk.

Nature

Marbella opens Guadaiza river walkway after its rewilding with group walk

José Carlos García | Marbella

Housing units with communal swimming pool in a residential complex

Real estate

Alicante and Costa Blanca lead in property sales to foreigners in Spain

ABC | Alicante

Employment

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

Cristina Vallejo

Christmas lights

Malaga city lights up a magical Christmas

Juan Soto | 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

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Couple caught in Malaga for cheating arcade machines and 'winning' 8,000 euros worth of prizes

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

Children participate in Cártama cycling initiative to support vulnerable families at Christmas

Animal welfare

Spain's emergency military unit to join containment operation of wild boars infected with swine flu

Alfonso Torices | Madrid

Real estate

Alicante and Costa Blanca lead in property sales to foreigners in Spain

ABC | Alicante

Transport

Malaga Airport makes history by reaching 25 million passengers

What to do Christmas 2025

Christmas lights

In pictures: Malaga lights up for Christmas

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

Workers hanging the first illuminated centrepieces on Calle Larios.

Christmas 2025

New Christmas lights start to take shape ahead of switch-on of Malaga's famous festive spectacle

Juan Soto | Malaga

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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Costa del Sol / Malaga province

Aerial image showing the design of the park proposed by the ecologists in Vélez-Málaga. SUR

Environment

Environmentalists propose large forest area for eastern Costa del Sol

Eugenio Cabezas

The GENA-Ecologistas En Acción lobby group has put forward a proposal for the creation of a 40-hectare carob tree grove with wetlands and trails to protect biodiversity in a currently disused area near Vélez-Málaga

Benalmádena town hall launches responsible pet ownership campaign

Tony Bryant

World Aids Day

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

José Antonio Sau

Housing

Malaga city offers developers opportunity to build and manage more than one thousand temporary subsidised rental homes

Animal welfare

Luna, the 14-year-old Podenco found on the eastern Costa del Sol whose previous owner had reported her as dead

Eugenio Cabezas

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

Representatives from Fuengirola, Mijas and Marbella's town halls and bus operator Avanza at the launch event, led by the Junta's provincial delegate for development, María Rosa Morales. SUR

Transport

New bus line links Fuengirola, La Cala de Mijas and Marbella

José Carlos García | Mijas

From 1 December, the M-060, promoted by Malaga's public transport consortium, begins operating on weekdays between all three locations

El Ingenio shopping centre in Vélez-Málaga is celebrating its 25th anniversary

Retail

Eastern Costa del Sol shopping centre celebrates 25th anniversary

Eugenio Cabezas

Environment

Cannons and sprayers: Malaga prepares pine trees against processionary plague

Chus Heredia

History

The day the floods brought a miracle to a Malaga village

Javier Almellones | Málaga

Work begins on the foundations prior to the installation of the structures.

Benalmádena begins work to transform image of its seafront promenade

Tony Bryant

Legal

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

José Carlos García | Marbella

Spain

Taxes

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

Cristina Cándido

Verifactu will not be compulsory until 1 January 2027 for companies and 1 July for the self-employed

Former Spanish minister Ábalos and ex-adviser Koldo sent to prison ahead of corruption trial

M. Balín / M. Sáiz-Pardo | Madrid.

Crime

Chocoholics beware: soaring prices put chocolate in Spain's top ten of most stolen food items

Clara Alba

King Felipe VI and German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier with survivors of the bombing.

History

An especially historic ceremony to remember the victims of the bombing of Gernika

David Guadilla

Astronomy

Spectacular supermoon to be seen for the last time until 2042

Isabel Méndez | Málaga

Sport

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Malaga

Adrián Niño's first-time finish rescued a point in Valladolid. Agencia LOF

Football

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

Daryl Finch

After surviving a chaotic opening period and equalising with their first shot on target, Malaga extended their unbeaten start under their new coach on Saturday evening

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

Navarro left the court to a standing ovation.

Padel

Malaga padel legend ends 31-year career in Acapulco

Marina Rivas

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

House of the Huerta Colorá in the Generalife .

Granada

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

Europa Press

The objective is to repair the damage caused by humidity and to repair the structural issues that exist in order to be able to use the building which forms part of the Genaralife

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.

Health

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

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

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

Culture

Young Croatian guitarist wins prestigious Granada guitar competition

Jennie Rhodes

Filip Mišković was awarded first prize at the fortieth Andrés Segovia International Classical Guitar Competition in La Herradura during the finale on Saturday 29 November

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

The Ring Ouzel

Calling all gardeners

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

Artemisia ludoviciana

Health

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

Carmen Barreiro

The weight exerts pressure and this is said to relax the body and calm the mind, but does it really help you sleep well?

Health and safety

Malaga province would have 3,000 fewer cancer diagnoses each year if people didn't smoke

José Antonio Sau | Malaga

María del Mar Fernández with her daughter, Victoria Esperanza.

Health

Bone marrow donor found for Victoria Esperanza, the little girl from Malaga with leukaemia

José Antonio Sau | Malaga

Valencia

Six-year-old girl dies after receiving dental treatment at a clinic in Valencia

David Maroto | Valencia

Health

Andalucía heads reduction in surgical waiting lists in Spain with more than 20% decrease

José Luis Piedra | Seville

Health

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

Europa Press | Malaga

What To Do

What to do

New Year's classical concert returns to Gibraltar

SUR in English | Gibraltar

The Strait Philharmonic Orchestra will perform special children's and evening concerts at John Mackintosh Hall

The canvas Studio with Plaster Head (1925) is the piece on which the entire exhibition at Malaga's Picasso Museum is founded.

Art and culture

Picasso Museum Malaga undergoes transformation to revisit artist's relationship with his father

Paco Griñán | Malaga

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

Community spirit

Magical winter charity event for Collective Calling in Marbella

SUR in English | Marbella

Community spirit

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

Tony Bryant | Estepona