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Malaga records best February figures for new home sales since 2013

13 hours ago | surinenglish.com | Cristina Vallejo

Thursday, 24 April 2025, 11:33| Updated 11:51h. Nothing is holding back Malaga's property market, not even the rise in prices, which continues unabated. Property sales and purchases continue to rise in 2025. Looking at the month of February alone, in that month some 3,165 homes were sold in the province. This represents an increase of 26.34% compared to the same month in 2024, according to data published this Wednesday by Spain's INE national statistics institute.
Costa del Sol town prepares to celebrate its residents' day

14 hours ago | surinenglish.com | Eugenio Cabezas

Eugenio Cabezas / Jennie RhodesNerjaThursday, 24 April 2025, 10:31Around 30 foreign associations and groups based in Nerja on the eastern Costa del Sol will be gathering on the town's Plaza de España, near the Balcón de Europa, on Sunday 27 April to celebrate Residents' Day. The annual event, now in its 23rd year, aims to promote the town's foreign community as almost a third of its more than 22,000 residents are not Spanish.
Costa del Sol town's new football pitch nears completion

1 day ago | surinenglish.com | Eugenio Cabezas

Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 13:09The new football pitch in El Morche, Torrox, on the eastern Costa del Sol is set to open imminently after years of broken promises and demands by local residents to replace the old one near the town's beach. Mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, visited the new pitch in the Santa Rosa residential area on Tuesday 22 April to see the installation of the artificial turf.
Price, status and speed of electric vehicle chargers in Spain is mapped for first time

2 days ago | surinenglish.com | Rocio Mendoza

Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 16:57The Spanish government has just launched the first official map of public recharging points that provides practical information about them in real time - REVE. This initiative seeks to combat the uncertainty of drivers who are hesitant to buy an electric vehicle due to lack of confidence in the public charging infrastructure. With this step, the government responds to their demands and needs. REVE now has its own website and is on its way to also get a mobile app.
Junta's head seeks central government 'resources' for extension of train line along whole of Costa del Sol

2 days ago | surinenglish.com | Cristina Vallejo

President of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno Bonilla, has urged central government in Madrid to provide the necessary funds to the region so a full coastal rail network along the Costa del Sol can be built in Malaga province. "No region in Spain can continue to advance if it does not have good connectivity.
Costa del Sol town hall promises funding for new facility for people with disabilities

2 days ago | surinenglish.com | Eugenio Cabezas

Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 10:54El Taller de la Amistad in Nerja on the eastern Costa del Sol, which helps children and adults with disabilities and learning difficulties, has been promised an allocation of municipal resources to co-finance the third phase of the project to build a new space that will offer comprehensive care for children and teenagers. The new facility is already under construction at the headquarters of the association in the town.
Residents protest against vote of no confidence in mayor of Malaga village

2 days ago | surinenglish.com | Eugenio Cabezas

Eugenio CabezasTotalánTuesday, 22 April 2025, 10:56Around one hundred residents of Totalán in the east of Malaga province protested on Sunday 20 April to reject a vote of no confidence which was signed by the opposition parties at the town hall the previous Monday against the mayor, Víctor Martín.
The only working sugar cane honey factory in southern Europe is in Malaga and it is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year

3 days ago | surinenglish.com | Eugenio Cabezas

Monday, 21 April 2025, 16:39Sugar cane honey was introduced to the Iberian Peninsula from Asia during the Muslim rule and then taken to America by Christopher Columbus. For more than five centuries and until just sixty years ago sugar cane honey formed part of the landscape and economy of Malaga province. Of the dozens of sugar mills along the Costa del Sol, the only one is still in operation today is in Frigiliana in the east of Malaga province.
This is the 30km pipeline that will put an end to water supply problems in seven Malaga towns and villages

3 days ago | surinenglish.com | Eugenio Cabezas

Monday, 21 April 2025, 16:24The abundant rainfall so far this year has meant that Malaga province has tripled its water reserves in just twelve months. However, the heavy rainfall has also caused considerable damage to all types of public infrastructure and farms throughout the province.
Watch as around 30 dolphins put on a show close to shore on Costa del Sol

3 days ago | surinenglish.com | Eugenio Cabezas

Monday, 21 April 2025, 15:06A large pod of dolphins, estimated to contain around thirty cetaceans, surprised bathers and walkers at midday this Monday who were on or passing by Wilches beaches, on the border between the Costa del Sol municipalities of Nerja and Torrox.