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Health

Smoking ban on bar terraces and other public spaces in Spain edges closer

Europa Press | Madrid

The Spanish government has submitted a draft law to the EU for comments, which will toughen up the rules, aiming to prevent secondary exposure to tobacco smoke

Smoking ban

From educating to banning: anti-smoking wave hits the beaches of the Costa del Sol

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

There are now 19 designated 'smoke-free' beaches in Malaga province and the latest, Playa Bonita, will directly ban smoking

Crime

Two Malaga prison inmates caught with cocaine and hashish after family visits

Irene Quirante | Malaga

According to the prison officers' union there has been a noticeable increase in the presence of drugs in the Alhaurín de la Torre penitentiary centre so far this year

Two threatened green 'dragons' hatch at Bioparc Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol — Bioparc Fuengirola

Nature

Two threatened green 'dragons' hatched at Bioparc Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol

SUR | Fuengirola

The birth of these young monitor lizards represents a milestone in the captive breeding of a species which is under threat from habitat destruction and illegal trafficking

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Research

Malaga hospital successfully tests immunotherapy against very aggressive type of lung cancer

José Antonio Sau | Malaga

Crime

Married couple arrested in Spain for living with elderly man's corpse for two months while collecting his pension

Óscar Bartual Bardisa / Europa Press | Alicante

Ciro and Simone, from Baldoria, considered the best pizzeria in Spain in the 50 Top Pizza Europe ranking.

Food and drink

Spain dominates ranking of Europe's best pizzerias in 2025

Guillermo Elejabeitia

Health

These are the three best sunscreens with SPF 30, according to leading consumer group

Almudena Nogués | Malaga

An ambulance from the Balearic Islands emergency service.

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Two-year-old British boy drowns in swimming pool of Ibiza villa

Europa Press | Ibiza

History

The hand from Sweden in the Spanish Civil War

Alekk M. Saanders

File image of passengers on board a packed Cercanías train on the Costa del Sol.

Travel

End of line for free train travel on Costa del Sol: this is how much it will cost from 1 July

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

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The 200km/h car chase against the flow of traffic on the Costa del Sol that left four people dead, including one police officer

Juan Cano / María José Díaz Alcalá / Irene Quirante | Malaga

The high-speed pursuit that tragically ended on the A-7 motorway in Torremolinos was triggered after the three fleeing fugitives allegedly attempted to rob a pharmacy in Malaga

These vehicles cover a distance of up to eight kilometres per trip.

Tourism

Tuk Tuk Spain: a sustainable tourist transport offer as an alternative to the donkey taxis in Mijas

Javier Almellones | Malaga

The company provides a variety of guided tours of this pretty Costa del Sol town and the silent electric vehicles have capacity for up to six passengers on each trip

Infrastructure

Another pipe bursts in Benalmádena, this time carrying reclaimed water

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

View of the section of the N-340 where the work is to be carried out.

Infrastructure

Work starts to improve electricity supply for 6,000 residents of Benalmádena Costa

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

The rainwater tank where the bag with the skull was found.

Investigation

Human skull in bag found in storm water drain in Malaga province town

Juan Cano | Malaga

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Six police officers injured while investigating party noise complaint at luxury villa on the coast

Juan Cano | Malaga

Image of the two goats that strolled along the San Andrés beach on Wednesday.

Animal welfare

Watch as mountain goats turn heads as they take a stroll along popular Costa del Sol beach

Rossel Aparicio | Malaga

Crime

Hitman disguised as father pushing pram preceded double murder of gangsters at Irish bar in Fuengirola

Juan Cano | Málaga

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Plug pulled on Malaga-based cruise company just six weeks after it launched its maiden voyage

Health authorities warn of cardiovascular risks associated with ibuprofen and paracetamol: these are the recommended doses

Ryanair flight from Malaga to London diverts and makes emergency landing in Madrid due to fire warning

First inland tourism fair launched to help boost visitor numbers in Malaga province

Young man in intensive care after being pulled from sea off Costa del Sol

Research

Malaga hospital successfully tests immunotherapy against very aggressive type of lung cancer

José Antonio Sau | Malaga

Extra 1º Inland Tourism Fair

The first Inland Tourism Fair comes to Álora on 14 and 15 June

SUR in English | Álora

Weather

Last month was third warmest May on record for capital of Costa del Sol

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

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Opinion

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Peter Edgerton

Security risk

The Euro Zone

Mark Nayler

On the record

The Bottom Line

Ignacio Lillo

From mini flats to mini palaces

A look at La Liga

Rob Palmer

Money to burn

Food & Drink

A.J. Linn

Pastified

The Art Critic

Georgina Oliver

Arty tutti-frutti and Kandinsky sets the tone

Costa del Sol / Malaga province

Teacher Amie with summer school students at the Blas Infante nursery school in Douasu, Gambia. ONG Mol Beh Taa

Charity

Costa del Sol NGO Mol Beh Taa sets up nursery school in Gambia

Emma Pérez-Romera | Casares

Located in the town of Douasu, more than 200 children under seven years of age will attend the centre funded by a Casares charity from next year

Swimming pool at one of the chain's two hotels in Malaga.

Tourism

Hotel group lands on the Costa del Sol with two boutique hotels

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

Recreation of the project that will open in Madrid.

Business

Malaga company has a hand in designing the biggest wave park in Europe

Juan Soto | Malaga

Last family photo, hours before Antonio passed away.

Population

Malaga man cremated by mistake: forensic experts admit they mixed up his body with a woman's

Juan Cano | Málaga

The mayor and representatives of the construction company at the site of the new centre.

Community spirit

Cártama awards contract for construction of new day centre for elderly

Tony Bryant | Cártama

Ryanair and the airport have celebrated these three premieres of the leading airline in Malaga.

Air travel

Ryanair offers three new summer routes at Malaga Airport with prices from 21.99 euros

Pilar Martínez | Málaga

Water crisis

Further 10-million-euro investment planned to make cost savings at Marbella desalination plant

Chus Heredia | Marbella

Six companies are bidding for the contract which could see the energy running costs of the salt water treatment facility slashed by a third

The overturned lorry on the A-7278, in the municipality of Teba.

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Livestock lorry loaded with pigs overturns after skidding off road in north of Malaga province

Julio J. Portabales | Teba

Court case

The Russian extortion plot involving members of president Vladimir Putin's inner circle with its base in Spain's Marbella

María José Díaz Alcalá | Malaga

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Wildfire on Costa del Sol quickly brought under control

Eugenio Cabezas | Frigiliana

The launch of last year's festival in the gardens of the Nerja Cave.

Culture

Court ruling casts doubts over major Costa del Sol festival, one of the longest-running in Spain

Eugenio Cabezas | Nerja

Beaches

Summer lifeguard service starts in popular Costa del Sol resort

Eugenio Cabezas | Nerja

Spain

Health

Man dies in Valencia hospital intensive care unit after contracting rabies from dog bite in Africa a year ago

R. C. | Valencia

The case involving the 44-year-old is the first instance recorded in Spain since 1978, when the country was considered free of the virus

Law

Four year prison sentence for woman who assaulted another mother with box cutter after argument in school WhatsApp group

Susana Zamora | Malaga

Employment

Spain's unemployment figure drops below 2.5 million mark for first time in 17 years

Lucía Palacios | Madrid

Law

Squatters in Spain: this is the pizza delivery ploy they use to avoid eviction

V.L. | Madrid

The Guardia Civil on-site where the burnt vehicle with the two bodies inside was found.

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Two badly charred bodies found inside burnt-out vehicle on forest track in Spain's Pontevedra province

J. A. G. | Pontevedra

Sport

Dioni, Kevin, and Manu Molina during the last league match against Burgos. Ñito Salas/SUR

Football

Trio of fan favourites allowed to leave Malaga CF on free transfers

Jorge Garrido | Malaga

Kevin, Dioni and Manu Molina have been informed that their contracts will not be renewed ahead of the 2025-26 campaign

Jiménez poses with the trophy and his trademark cigar.

Golf

Spain's Miguel Ángel Jiménez rolls back the years to win in Iowa golf thriller

N. Carmona / M. Rivas | Malaga

Martial arts

Malaga karateka crowns perfect season with Grand Winner title

Marina Rivas | Malaga.

Lawn bowls

Lawn bowls champions at Lauro Golf

SUR in English | Malaga

Balbuena, right, with the rest of the winning team.

Karate

Malaga karateka strikes gold in European team triumph

Marina Rivas | Malaga

Last year's winner, Carlota Ciganda, in front of the trophy.

Golf

Malaga set to host Ladies European Tour season finale for second consecutive year

Marina Rivas | Malaga

The International Business Guide 2025

Business

SUR in English hosts the 2025 Top International Business Guide and Awards ceremony on the Costa del Sol

Jennie Rhodes | Benalmádena

Business

These are the winners of the SUR in English Top International Business Guide Awards 2025

Jennie Rhodes | Benalmádena

Ancillary services

Malaga finds a key ally for its tourism excellence in auxiliary services

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Construction, real estate, architects & surveyors

Balancing supply and demand in the Malaga construction sector

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Health & wellness

The healthcare sector, a key part of quality of life and care standards in Malaga

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Retail & distribution

Malaga's leading names in distribution flex their muscles

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Andalucía

Crime

Prison sentence for pharmacist who defrauded Andalusian public health system with expensive prescription drug

Susana Zamora | Malaga

The woman has been convicted by a court of fraud for nine "fictitious dispensings" of the medication that she herself had been prescribed as a user of the SAS

La Rijana cove, in the municipality of Gualchos-Castell de Ferro, Granada.

Beaches

These are the 13 best beaches in southern Spain's Granada province, according to well-known travel magazine

Alberto Flores | Granada

File image of tourists in Malaga city centre.

Tourism

Junta puts campaign to counter 'tourism phobia' in Andalucía's main holiday destinations out to tender

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

San Fernando

Navy bomb squad called in after mortar shell found on popular beach in southern Spain

L.V. | Cadiz

Guardia Civil drugs operation after two of their officers died in Barbate (Cadiz).

Law enforcement

Junta's head calls for drug trafficking in southern Spain to be taken more seriously by central government

Héctor Barbotta | Seville

Tourists looking for a souvenir during their visit to Malaga.

Tourism

Just how much cash do tourists splash in the main Andalusian holiday destinations?

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

Gibraltar

Johnny Bugeja in the winning photo. Stephen Hermida

Art and culture

Portrait of renowned Gibraltar photographer Johnny Bugeja wins competition

SUR in English | Gibraltar

The artist was himself snapped by Stephen Hermida and the resulting photo won the Discovering Our People contest

Brexit

Gibraltar's EU Treaty meetings ongoing in London

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Police Constable Jason Russell and Raygan Martinez-Gaivizo at the flag raidsing ceremony.

Gibraltar Pride month

Rainbow flag unfurls to mark start of Pride Month

SUR in English

Gibraltar’s Minister for Tourism, Christian Santos, addressing the attendees.

Travel

Gibraltar's tourism minister hosts cruise industry leaders at prestigious Travel Weekly event

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Gibraltar

HM Customs Authority Gibraltar celebrates its 275th anniversary

SUR in English

King Charles III with Gibraltar parliament speaker Karen Ramagge.

Gibraltar government

Speaker of Gibraltar's parliament attends Commonwealth conference in London

SUR in English | Gibraltar.

Lifestyle

The law passed in 1985 wasn't satisfactory: it subjected women to severe scrutiny. SUR

Social justice

A Malaga bookshop, the gateway to an abortion in London

Cristina Vallejo | Malaga

The first law on the termination of pregnancy was passed in Spain 40 years ago. Nevertheless, thousands of Spanish women still had to go to the UK for access to abortions

In the frame

The couple behind Malaga's growing global jazz scene

Jennie Rhodes | Malaga

Motoring

These are the five most common car breakdowns caused by high summer temperatures in Spain

Canal Motor / Patxi Fernández | Madrid

Gardening

Recommended for your garden in southern Spain: marvellous mangave

Denise Bush | Malaga

Nature

Natural waterfalls in central Spain that look like they are from another planet

Rocío Jiménez

Zuzana Salamon makes a version with brevas at Tasca Láska.

Anna Pavlova at the Russian Museum: this is the dessert she gives her name to and six places to try it in Malaga

Marina Martínez

Health

Man dies in Valencia hospital intensive care unit after contracting rabies from dog bite in Africa a year ago

R. C. | Valencia

The case involving the 44-year-old is the first instance recorded in Spain since 1978, when the country was considered free of the virus

Health

Eight common movements and gestures that can break our bodies

Solange Vázquez | Madrid

Health

These are the symptoms of the new Covid variant that has arrived in Spain and is worrying the World Health Organization

Sara Bárcena Hernández | Granada

Image of a person affected by the disease.

Health

Two new drugs against Alzheimer's open horizon of hope for 10,000 patients in Malaga province

José Antonio Sau

Michel Jorquera, founder of Testeavida, shows the test that will be sold in pharmacies.

Health

Pharmacies to sell test for early detection of prostate cancer thanks to company born at Malaga university

Nuria Triguero | Malaga

A woman undergoes a preventive mammogram.

Health

Junta de Andalucía lowers age for breast cancer screening to include women between 40 and 45 years of age

Europa Press | Malaga

What To Do

The theatrical group during one of last year's performances. SUR

Entertainment

Costa del Sol theatrical group marks 50 years with another Lark in the Park

Tony Bryant. | Benahavís

The International Theatre Studio will present an evening of open-air theatre and music in Benahavís on Sunday 15 June

One of the colourful floats at last Year’s Pride in Torremolinos.

Pride month

Torremolinos shows commitment to diversity during Pride 2025 festivities

Tony Bryant | Torremolinos

Religion

Benalmádena to decorate its streets to celebrate Corpus Christi 'a day of faith and community'

Tony Bryant | Benalmádena

The Marenostrum 2025 festival events kicked off last weekend.

Concerts

Rock, pop and alternative rockers head to Fuengirola's Sohail Castle

Tony Bryant | Fuengirola

Tardeo Summer to kick off the season with music from the 80s and 90s

SUR in English | Malaga