Category: Costa del Sol
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Malaga is the Spanish province that gained the most population in the pandemic year
Brexit probably played a part and six out of ten new foreign residents registered are from the UK. The British community now totals 50,773 people in Malaga province. The population of Malaga province increased by 8,169 people during 2020 – despite the pandemic – according to the latest update of the official INE statistics. It
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Property values rise in most of Spain with the exception of inner-city properties, say Tinsa
The latest monthly data published by leading Spanish property valuation firm Tinsa show that average market values of homes in this country were 0.7 per cent higher in February 2021 than in the same month last year, although in the category of capitals and large cities; a 1.4 per cent drop is reported. It is
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Are you traveling to Spain?
Welcome to the Spain Travel Health portal! If you are preparing a trip to Spain, you must know that due to the COVID-19 health crisis, it is mandatory to fill out a Health Control Form which can be accessed from the page spth.gob.es or by downloading the app on your mobile from the same page.
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Malaga province registers the lowest number of new Covid-19 infections in three months
Some 64 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Malaga province, according to official data from the Junta de Andalucía this Monday, 8 March – the lowest figure in the last three months. Two deaths have been registered after Sunday was the first day without any fatalities in the last two months. The cumulative
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Caminito del Rey daredevil walkway reopens and tickets are back on sale
The natural attraction will be opening on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 12 March, except for Easter, when the spectacular pathway will remain open every day. The spectacular Caminito del Rey walkway, suspended precariously 100 metres above a gorge, will reopen next Friday, 12 March, after several weeks of closure due to the restrictions imposed
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Junta approves plan to administer half a million coronavirus vaccines per week
Andalucía’s regional government however has stressed that it needs the supplies from central government to achieve its target to have 70 per cent of the population inoculated with both doses by summer. The Junta de Andalucía has revealed details of its ambitious plan to inject 500,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine every week to achieve
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Google puts Malaga on the map with plans for a cybersecurity centre of excellence
The technology giant has also announced the first private underwater cable to connect Spain with the United States and the United Kingdom. Google has chosen Malaga as the headquarters of a cybersecurity centre of excellence that will have an international reach. It will be located in the old military government building on Paseo de la
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Plans progress to convert Malaga’s old Correos building into an ‘iconic and remarkable’ hotel
The owner’s lawyers have been searching for land to give the council as compensation for changing the building’s designated use in the Urban Plan. The new owner of the Correos building in Malaga city, Israeli oil magnate Haim Tsuff, thinks he may have found a solution to the problem which has delayed the conversion of
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Major airlines to launch a digital Covid ‘health passport’ in March
The IATA Travel Pass mobile application is being presented as a solution to help get the aviation sector moving again. Some of the world’s largest airlines intend to implement a ‘health passport’ next month in an effort to revive the aviation sector and get passengers travelling again – and to do so safely. The Travel
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Credited skiers will be allowed to travel between provinces
Despite current restrictions, Andalucia will allow skiers to travel between provinces. In order to stop the advance of the third wave of Covid-19, Andalucia has approved a new decree by which it restricts the entry and exit to and from towns which exceed 500 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past 14 days and