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Environment

Andalucía climate strategy: 96% of municipalities launch action plans while €5m subsidy deadline nears

José Luis Piedra

Regional Minister Catalina García confirms grants available until 4 March for local councils to combat rising temperatures and drought risks across Andalucía

Tourism

Spain tourism statistics 2025: record 97 million visitors and €135bn revenue

Edurne Martínez | Madrid

International visitor spending outpaces arrivals as higher hospitality prices and a shift toward premium travel drive tourism’s 13% contribution to Spain's GDP

Crime

UPDATE Malaga crime: minor becomes fourth suspect in promenade knife attack

Irene Quirante

A 35-year-old man remains in serious condition after a lung injury sustained during a brawl in the popular Pedregalejo district

Emergency

Andalucía raises maximum rain alert and suspends classes on Wednesday, except in Almeria

Héctor Barbotta | Sevilla

President Juanma Moreno warns that any area flooded in the last 50 years is at risk as the region enters emergency phase two

Andalucía weather: Red alert issued as ‘Storm Leonardo’ and atmospheric river collide

Weather

Mijas closes parks and the coastal path ahead of storm

A digital image of some of the underwater structures

Tourism

Almuñécar underwater park: first sculptures to be installed on Costa Tropical by spring 2026

MJ Arrebola | Granada

Launch of the Asoma network programme in Rincón de la Victoria

Social care

Rincón de la Victoria launches 'Asoma' project to combat loneliness in seniors

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The house of peace features an original architectural design.

Benalmádena’s iconic ‘Casa de la Paz’ donated to town by 88-year-old owner

José Carlos García/ Tony Bryant

Transport

Malaga-Madrid Transport: High-speed train suspension causes flight prices to soar

Ignacio Lillo / Pilar Martínez

Passengers boarding and getting off a train at the Atarazanas station in Malaga city.

Transport

Malaga Metro passenger numbers hit record high as network nears break-even point

Ignacio Lillo | Málaga

Susan Sarandon receives the International Goya after Cate Blanchett, Juliette Binoche, Sigourney Weaver and Richard Gere. Darren Tieste

Susan Sarandon: Winner of Spain's International Goya Award 2026 in Barcelona

Oskar Belategui | Bilbao

The Oscar-winning activist and 'Thelma & Louise' star will be honoured at the 40th anniversary of Spain's film awards for her 'extraordinary' career and social commitment

Food and drink

Five Malaga soups to get you through the winter and where to try them

Paloma Cremades

Five recipes with a history that explain Malaga better than any postcard

More people than ever in work on Costa del Sol

Nuria Triguero | Malaga.

One of the streets of Setenil de las Bodegas covered with rock.

Tourism

Is this Spain’s most unique village? Inside the settlement built beneath boulders'

M, Landeta | Cádiz

Mata flanked by the councillors for urbanisations and the treasury.

Mijas to 'take over' 96 private urbanisations in ‘historic’ move for 30,000 residents

José Carlos García | Mijas

Immigration

Residency to be granted to 500,000 undocumented migrants in Spain

Cristina Cándido | Madrid.

The Sacrafit lighthouse undergoing maintenance work.

Lighthouses

Restoring Granada’s coastal ‘Guardians’: Three iconic lighthouses undergo €300,000 heritage makeover

MJ Arrebola | Granada

The third hospital will be built on the site of the Hospital Civil car park.

Health

Work on Malaga's third hospital begins

José Antonio Sau

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Alhaurín el Grande funeral for Victoria Hart: Community mourns British mother

Catalan community of owners ordered to pay 12,000 euros to injured motorcyclist

Fuengirola requests 'urgent' action from Spain's government after the loss of sand on its beaches

Ten held in Mijas and Marbella linked to Seville shooting

Fake nurse arrested after working in Malaga hospitals since start of pandemic

Its spectacular location is more appealing at this time of year.

Andalusian escapade

Why winter is the best time to visit Granada’s Alhambra Palace

Tony Bryant

Salas, Gallego, Langley, Diouri, Tovar and Sanz.

Business

Andalucía third in line for British investment in Spain

Rachel Haynes | Malaga

Malaga welcomes the world's largest inflatable park - how to get discount tickets

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Opinion

The Music Maker

Peter Edgerton

Marbella crowned Europe’s top destination for Arab tourism in 2026

José Carlos García | Marbella

The Costa del Sol resort town secures a second major win this year, following its selection as the only Spanish town on the American Express ‘Must-See’ list

Photo from Thursday showing the black surface of the Guadalmedina river.

Environment

Why is the water of Malaga's Guadalmedina river black?

Chus Heredia

Estepona

Estepona mayor faces five-year prison demand over ‘ghost employee’ embezzlement case

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Patricia Navarro and Jesús Lupiañéz at Vélez-Málaga town hall on Thursday.

Electricity

Malaga electricity: regional government warns lack of investment blocks 4,000 homes

Eugenio Cabezas

Artist Ginés Serrán standing next to one of his works.

Art and culture

Malaga's controversial statues to be installed in the port in February

Ignacio Lillo | Málaga

Mijas to 'take over' 96 private urbanisations in ‘historic’ move for 30,000 residents

José Carlos García | Mijas

Mayor of Costa del Sol town vows to end decades of tax inequality and decaying infrastructure as the town hall begins the legal process to assume control of roads and services

Crime

Malaga crime: fake customers rob three taxi drivers at gunpoint in two weeks

María José Díaz Alcalá

Housing

Malaga will run out of land for housing in three years with no new development started

Jesús Hinojosa | Málaga

Fran Custodio, together with several neighbours and family during the attempted eviction in October.

Housing

Malaga town rallies to pledge 40,000 euros before a notary to prevent disabled neighbour's eviction

Julio J. Portabales | Alameda

Recent image of the La Concepción reservoir.

Water welfare

Malaga province's reservoirs set for their best record in last ten years

Chus Heredia

The Local Police sealed off the site early on Monday morning.

Transport

Malaga city council seals off private car park with 1,000 spaces that serves airport users

Jesús Hinojosa | Málaga

Spain

Economy

Spain’s economy grew by 2.8 per cent in 2025 as domestic demand offsets tariff blues

Edurne Martínez | Madrid

Spain becomes the "engine of the continent" after growing a further 0.8 per cent in the fourth quarter thanks to strong household spending

Crime

Valencia man remanded in custody after confessing to murder of son’s friend

Ignacio Cabanes | Valencia.

Environment

Spain green politics: government pledges 74 million euros in projects in ten regions

C. Cándido

Legal

Catalan community of owners ordered to pay 12,000 euros to injured motorcyclist

Susana Zamora

Courts

Public prosecutor's office dismisses complaint against Julio Iglesias for sexual assault and trafficking

C.P.S.

Sport

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Malaga

Late penalty sting finally brings Malaga CF's dream run to an end

Daryl Finch

The visitors to rock-bottom Mirandés lost their first match under Juan Francisco Funes after ten games as a result of a controversial spot-kick

Alcaraz clutches the Australian Open trophy on Sunday.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz wins Australian Open to complete career Grand Slam

Enric Gardiner

Rugby

Two Malaga-born rugby stars in Spain squad for European Championship opener

Marina Rivas

Boxing

Nico Gaffie, from a poor neighbourhood to the elite of bare-knuckle boxing

Marina Rivas

Borja Vivas, Malaga mayor Francisco de la Torre and Agustí Pérez

Ironman

Organisers announce Malaga as Ironman 70.3 race host for the first time

Nacho Carmona | Malaga.

Taekwondo

Torremolinos taekwondo club sends eight athletes to ITF European Championships

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Andalucía

The King and Queen of Spain offering their condolences to the victims' families. EFE

Adamuz train crash 2026

Spain train crash: funeral attendees mourn 45 fatal victims and demand the truth

Ander Azpiroz | Madrid

The families of the victims rejected the secular state funeral planned for Saturday, declaring that they only wanted a ceremony 'in God's presence'

Crime

Jaén parents and uncle Jailed for ‘exorcism’ of daughter following UK divorce

E.Press

Transport

Andalucía's regional government to spend 28.9 million euros for 20% public transport discount in 2026

J. L. P. | Seville

Marks in the right wheel of axle 13 of the Iryo train (fourth carriage, first axle of the first bogie) and possible point of collision with the rail head

Adamuz train crash 2026

First Cordoba accident report confirms marks on derailed train's wheels were caused by already existing track fracture

Álvaro Soto | Madrid

Crime

Campo de Gibraltar security plan: 30,400 arrests and 2,210 tonnes of drugs seized

J. L. PIEDRASeville

Education

Sisters (in-law) are doing it for themselves in this Granada village

MJ Arrebola | Granada

Costa Tropical

Salobreña creates a circular cycling route through the valley to reinforce its tourist and sporting offer.

Tourism

Granada coastal town announces plans for new 22-kilometre-long cycle route

Ideal

Salobreña town hall is set to launch the new tourism offer, which connects the coast with tropical fruit plantations and the town centre, in spring 2026Salobreña town hall is set to launch the new tourism offer, which connects the coast with tropical fruit plantations and the town centre, in spring 2026

Climate

Residents of Granada village cut off while the authorities pass the buck

MJ Arrebola | Granada

Cleanup operation on a beach in Almuñécar

Storm Kristin

Granada's Costa Tropical starts cleanup operation after the storms

Drug-trafficking

Two narco-boats stranded on Granada's Costa Tropical during storm

R. A. y M. J. A.

Fallen tree in Motril on Wednesday due to strong gusts of wind.

Weather

Large pine tree falls in Motril on Spain's Costa Tropical during Storm Joseph

MJ Arrebola | Granada

Two of the new narcolanchas in La Herradura.

Drug-trafficking

Three new narco-boats appear on Granada's Costa Tropical

MJ Arrebola

Gibraltar

Briefing of cruise, shipping and shore excursion representatives. SUR

UK-EU Treaty

Gibraltar Government holds UK–EU Treaty briefings for business and cruise sectors

SUR in English

As treaty implementation approaches, key ministers and the Attorney General prepare to brief the business community this week

Archaeology

Gibraltar National Museum to celebrate century since discovery of Neanderthal child's skull

SUR in English

Health

Gibraltar achieves historic milestone with first organ donation

SUR in English

Lifestyle

MART officials and the rector of the UMA, Teodomiro López, among others, at the inauguration of the exhibition. Migue Fernández

Malaga’s student single seat Formula racers go on show at the Rectorado

Matías Stuber

Mart Racing Team marks ten years in Formula Student with an exhibition featuring its last combustion car and latest electric single-seater.

Tegernsee, a lakeside town in the south of the state which offers everything for the active tourists.

Travel

Excursions through Bavaria: cities and scenery

Emma Blanch

A full house at the Martín Carpena for the first of André Rieu's two nights in Malaga.

Music

André Rieu in Malaga: a concert that is more than a concert

Regina Sotorrío

Hovenia dulcis showing swollen fruit stems.

Gardening in southern Spain

Japanese raisin tree

Denise Bush

The Costa del Soul Speakers association during an event with the Mijas foreigners' office last year.

Find your voice: Mijas club helps locals on the Costa del Sol conquer public speaking fears

Tony Bryant

History

A disputed island named after a Spanish explorer

Alekk M. Saanders | Huelva

Health

Yara Aceta, next to the prototype of BioExplorer, the antibiotic allergy diagnostic machine. Salvador Salas

Health

A new diagnostic system for antibiotic allergies is being tested on patients

Nuria Triguero | Málaga

Developed by Malaga company Bioherent, the device is cheap, fast and reliable based on photonic technology that, once it passes the clinical trial, will reach the market in 2028

Health

Combined blood pressure medication Blokium-Diu withdrawn from market

Raquel Merino | Malaga

Health

Andalucía breaks its own record for flu vaccinations with more than 1.9 million people vaccinated during this campaign

Bella Pajares: "Regular physical exercise reduces the risk of relapse in breast cancer"

José Antonio Sau

The little girl poses for a photo at the Virgen del Rocío hospital, with a picture of the Virgin of Hope in her hands.

Society

'Victoria Esperanza is cured'

José Antonio Sau

A doctor attending to a child in a hospital.

Health and safety

Doctors call for children in Spain to be vaccinated against hepatitis A in light of alarming rise in cases

What To Do

Carnival

Carnival fever set to take over the streets of Malaga and the Costa del Sol

Tony Bryant | Costa del Sol.

The month of February means spectacular parades, drag queen galas, performances by satirical musical groups and customs such as the Burial of the Anchovy

What To Do

Free concert: English folk duo to perform at the Museo de Nerja

Jennie Rhodes

Festival

Rockin' Race Jamboree returns to Torremolinos for 32nd instalment

Tony Bryant | Torremolinos.

A total of 35 artists will show their works on the theme of a world ravaged by conflict

Culture

New art exhibition to focus on those who live and fight in the turmoil of war

Tony Bryant | Marbella.

Exhibition

Russian museum shares Tabacalera with a new exhibition space

Regina Sotorrio | Malaga

Culture

When art makes noise: Timsam Harding brings urban sound to La Térmica

Carmen Barainca

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Award-winning Hispanist Ian Gibson in Madrid in 2023. Europa Press

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Ian Gibson: A lifelong allegiance to Spanish culture

Tony Bryant

Born in Dublin in 1939, the hispanist's first encounter with Spanish literature - especially the poetry of Lorca - had a profound impact on his life and career

Image of Robert Capa taken by his partner Gerda Taro in 1937.

Foreign Influencers in Spain

Robert Capa: Capturing a brutal era of Spain's history

Tony Bryant

The scientist was awarded an honorary doctorate by the UJA.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Thomas C. Südhof: A German-American Nobel Prize winner adopted by Jaén

Alekk M. Saanders | Jaén

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

The Huelin family: Taking care of the workers in Malaga

Alekk M. Saanders

French illustrator Gustave Doré arrived in Spain in the 1860s.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Gustave Doré: Conveying a realistic image of Spain

Tony Bryant | Seville

Portrait of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini at the age of 23.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Gioachino Rossini: Composing Seville's legendary barber

Tony Bryant

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Snowy scenes around Malaga province

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Three Kings parades around Malaga province

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Malaga's Three Kings parade - in pictures

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