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Security guards call strike at Spain’s Malaga-Costa del Sol airport threatening travel chaos during peak holiday season

SECURITY guards at Malaga airport, the gateway to Spain’s Costa del Sol, are going ahead with their threat to strike during the busiest holiday month.

11 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Did you feel it? Earthquake rumbles Spain’s Torremolinos

A MINOR magnitude 3.1 earthquake has been registered in Malaga province this Tuesday. The quake was felt yesterday, Tuesday afternoon, in the tourist hotspot town

11 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga

Bather in Spain’s Estepona rescued after rip currents dragged him 200m off-shore

A SWIMMER has been rescued after being sucked into the sea by strong currents in Estepona. The bather, a 57-year-old Romanian man, was caught off

10 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Maria Licciardi photo issued by Carabinieri

Notorious Italian mafia boss known as ‘The Godmother’ arrested on way to Malaga

ONE of Italy’s most wanted female fugitives was arrested attempting to leave Rome’s Ciampino airport on a flight to visit family in Spain. Maria Licciardi,

9 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: British rapper Sneakbo runs away after angry confrontation in Puerto Banus on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The British rapper Sneakbo was forced to flee to safety after being attacked by thugs on a night out in brash resort Puerto Banus on

9 Aug, 2021 @ 11:03

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

Day trippers to beaches in Spain’s Malaga cause 21 kilometres of traffic tailbacks

DAY trippers have added to the regular summer holiday traffic on the Costa del Sol this weekend—leading to tailbacks tallying some 21 kilometres with painfully

9 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Cave art Ardales Malaga Photo by Joao Zilhao

Neanderthals were world’s first artists, concludes study of prehistoric cave paintings in southern Spain

CREATORS of the world’s first cave art may in fact have been Neanderthals and not early man, researchers have concluded after studying pigments found on

8 Aug, 2021 @ 13:42

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Chiringuito erected on nudist beach in Spain’s Estepona causes beach users to moan

THE first designated naturist beach in Spain, Costa Natura beach in Estepona, is facing conflict over nudism. A spat between beach users at Costa Natura

7 Aug, 2021 @ 10:30

Malaga·Other News

European Cricket Championship to be held at prestigious hotel on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE prestigious Sunset Beach Club on the Costa del Sol has been selected as the Official Hotel Partner for the eagerly awaited new European Cricket Championship (ECC), which

6 Aug, 2021 @ 14:30

Malaga·Sport

Spain’s Malaga back on YELLOW ALERT for sizzling temperatures this Friday

MALAGA has been placed on yellow alert for extreme heat as high temperatures continue to scorch Andalucia. The colour warning issued by state weather agency

6 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Surge in pregnant women taken to hospital for Covid in Spain’s Malaga

THE number of pregnant women admitted to hospital in Malaga with coronavirus has soared in recent weeks. In fact, of the 39 pregnant women hospitalised

5 Aug, 2021 @ 11:15

Health·Lead·Malaga

Superyacht ‘Octopus’ returns to the port of Spain’s Malaga

SUPERYACHT ‘Octopus’ will return to the port of Malaga today, Wednesday August 4. Coming from Gibraltar and sharing a berth with the Mayan Queen IV,

4 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Malaga·Other News

Huge griffon vulture rescued by firefighters and police in residential urbanisation in Spain’s Marbella

MEMBERS of the Marbella Fire Brigade and Policia Local have rescued an injured griffon vulture which had taken refuge on the landing of a staircase

4 Aug, 2021 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

FOUNTAIN MANIA: A historic fountain in Spain’s Malaga used as impromptu bathtub

A HISTORIC fountain, dating from 1790 in the historic centre of Malaga capital, has been used as an impromptu bathtub. A man in Spain has

3 Aug, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Six airports in the Aena network, including Spain’s Malaga, achieve highest anti-covid score

AENA has six Spanish airports certified with the highest 5-Star COVID-19 Safety Rating—including Malaga–Costa del Sol Airport. The prestigious consulting firm Skytrax, dedicated to conducting

2 Aug, 2021 @ 09:30

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Travel News

Court approves night curfew in Spain’s Marbella and Estepona

THE Andalucian High Court (TSJA), has supported the Junta’s request to impose a 7 day lockdown from 2am to 7am, in the two holiday hotspot

2 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga

Weekend Weather: Highs of 40ºC expected this weekend across Spain’s Malaga

AFTER a few days of truce, the terral wind will once again blow elevated temperatures into Malaga this weekend— with highs of 40C expected. Following

30 Jul, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Junta calls for night curfew in Spain’s Marbella and Estepona—pending on authorisation by Andalucia’s High Court of Justice

THE Junta has requested curfew, between 2am and 7am in the morning, in the holiday hotspot towns of Marbella and Estepona. Following yesterday’s meeting by

29 Jul, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Malaga

Spain’s Andalucia makes over 38000 phone calls offering preventative care to vulnerable individuals at high risk of heatstroke

COVID-19 returns to care homes in Spain’s Malaga—with 14 infections in two weeks—despite vaccines

CORONAVIRUS outbreaks in Malaga’s care homes are on the rise again with 14 infections in two weeks. The Delta variant—the most virulent of the four

28 Jul, 2021 @ 10:00

Health·Malaga

Spain’s Malaga city, Estepona and Marbella face possible night curfew as COVID-19 numbers skyrocket

THE incidence rate in the tourism hotspots of Marbella, Estepona and Malaga city has shot up to alarming numbers. All three municipalities have exceeded the

28 Jul, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Malaga