ANDALUCIA NEWS

African coral, plant of the month at Malaga’s fabulous botanical gardens The Jardín Botánico La Concepción, just north of Málaga city in Andalusia, is a beautiful place for a day out and even dogs are welcome! Erythrina caffra, the coast coral or African coral tree, has been chosen as the Jard.. 09/04/2021

Four new routes in new nature tourism guide published by Malaga council The city in Andalusia received 400,000 visitors in 2019 who were interested in sustainable tourism and environmental itineraries, leading the authorities to look for ways to encourage responsible ecotourism. Málaga council has launched a.. 09/04/2021

Free vines in Berja, Almeria, to preserve historical grape varietiesThe town of Berja in Almería (Andalusia) has been chosen for this year’s edition of an initiative that for 15 years has been giving away vines of twenty historic table grape varieties Those who live in Berja, Almería, and have.. 09/04/2021

Only one more week: Sierra Nevada ski season drawing to an early end The management at the ski resort in Granada (Andalusia) has announced that it will be closing in little more than a week. The company that runs Sierra Nevada ski resort in Granada, Cetursa, has announced its decision not to extend the winter season.. 09/04/2021

Covid jabs are available to everyone in Andalusia; including those with private health insurance Make sure that details are properly registered with the health service; even those with private medical insurance can be added to the vaccine database How to get access to the COVID vaccine is a hot topic amongst foreign residents in Andalusia with.. 09/04/2021

Andalusia reports 9 deaths and 2,249 new coronavirus cases: Covid update April 9Although the number of deaths and new positive cases in the Spanish region of Andalusia has dropped slightly from the previous day, the incidence rate continues to creep upwards. There have been nine Covid deaths and 2,249 new cases in Andalusia on.. 09/04/2021

Andalusia reports one case of Brazilian variant and 16 of new B1258 variant There is concern among the regional health authorities over the highly infectious nature of the new strain that has appeared in Almería, Córdoba and Málaga.  Andalusia’s first imported case of the Brazilian variant.. 09/04/2021

Facelift for Mojacar Playa streets as regional government invests into infrastructure to reactivate the economy The Almería provincial government is spending 447,000 euros on work to resurface and spruce up 20 streets in the popular tourist destination of Mojacar, Almería (Andalusia). A contract has been awarded to modernise and renovate 20 streets.. 09/04/2021

Game warden suspected of shooting Spanish Imperial Eagle in Seville The body of the eagle was found in the countryside of Seville province, Andalusia, with bullet wounds and signs of extreme violence. A game warden is under investigation and faces charges and the possibility of losing his job for allegedly shooting.. 09/04/2021

Huge new sports pavilion in Jaén set to open this June and increase sporting tourism potential The Olivo Arena will hold up to 10,000 spectators at a variety of sporting events and hopes to attract major sporting activities The regional government of Andalucía has announced that the new “Olivo Arena” provincial sports pavilion.. 09/04/2021

Andalucia travel agents given tour of Almeria attractions to encourage domestic tourismAlmería provincial council and Turismo Andaluz have welcomed representatives from nine Andalusian travel agencies to show off the area’s charms and encourage visits. There is no doubt that the last year has been brutally hard for the.. 09/04/2021

Adult Iberian Lynx run over and killed in Seville province The body of the adult lynx was found on a road between Aznalcázar and Benacazón in the Andalusian province of Seville earlier this week. An Iberian lynx has been run over and killed on a road in Seville, the Andalus ecologist association.. 08/04/2021

No more trips to hospital pharmacies for Andalusian outpatientsAn agreement between the Andalusian health service and the association of chemists means that from now on, hospital outpatients who require certain medicines previously only obtainable from hospital pharmacies will be able to collect them from local chemists.. 08/04/2021

22 illegal migrants intercepted close to Cape Trafalgar lighthouse in Cadiz as flow of illegal migration continues 856 illegal migrants reached the Canaries during the second half of March. The flow of illegal migrants attempting to enter Europe via the Spanish coastline shows no sign of abating and the Guardia Civil intercepted a ‘patera’ off the.. 08/04/2021

Andalusia reports 17 deaths and 2,590 new coronavirus cases: Covid update April 8 Despite the restrictions on travel in place during the Easter holidays in Andalucía, it appears that the virus has succeeded in spreading amongst the population again with hospitals gaining Covid patients by the day and incidence rates showing.. 08/04/2021

Nasty accident as throat of municipal gardener is cut with a chainsaw in Arcos de la FronteraThe accident happened on Wednesday morning on Avenida Ponce de León in the town in Cádiz province (Andalusia). A 46-year-old municipal gardener was injured on Wednesday morning (7 April) when his throat was cut by a chainsaw in Arcos.. 08/04/2021

Malaga mayor gets his Covid jab and urges residents to do the same The regional health service of the Andalusia region has started to vaccinate all residents aged between 70 and 79 this week and is initially contacting those born in 1942 and 1943 with confirmed appointments, working down through the age group from highest.. 08/04/2021

Mortgage loan activity falling more sharply than property sales in Andalucía, say registrars The national figures show that mortgage activity is falling while sales figures remain steady The latest monthly bulletin published on Wednesday by Spain’s property registrars reports that during February the number of residential property.. 08/04/2021

More than 600,000 seats on UK-Malaga flights in May, June and July as sector awaits UK Gov. decision Almost a quarter of the passengers expected to fly into Málaga will be coming from the UK. The Costa del Sol is looking anxiously, but hopefully, towards the summer season, the tourism sector in Málaga province waiting for the UK Government.. 07/04/2021

Andalusia health service hunts missing over-80s for vaccination The Andalusian regional government has put out a call for members of the public aged over 80 who have yet to receive their coronavirus vaccinations to contact their local health centre urgently. The health services aim to have contacted all residents.. 07/04/2021