Organised by the Nerja Department of Culture, an art exhibition titled “Curious Stories” has gone on display in the Municipal Exhibition Hall. The works of art were all created by British artist and Nerja resident Melissa Launay who graduated from the Seville Faculty of Fine Arts. Melissa’s professional career is centred around the UK where she is represented by …
Firefighters are busy tackling a huge wildfire on the Costa del Sol with eight helicopters and other aircraft scooping water from the sea in an attempt to put out the blaze. The fire broke out around 4pm on Saturday afternoon near the village of Casares in Malaga Province and now has 76 personnel on the ground assisting the aircraft …
Nerja Mayor Rosa Arrabal, and the Councilor of Beaches, Cristina Fernández, welcomed the summer season lifeguards on Burriana Beach to wish them a summer without incidents. In total 30 lifeguards together with six additional staff will be operational on Nerja public beaches from June 15th to September 30th. The lifeguards will responsible for swimmers safety between the hours of …
Based on the 2004 Argentinian movie “Conversaciones con Mamá” the play is about a middle-aged man, his wife, family and his 76-year-old mother. Jamie has a beautiful wife and two children who live a pampered life until Jamie finds out he is being laid-off. Now faced with the financial reality that he can no longer maintain the lifestyle he has …
Born in Malaga in 1966, Pozo realized at a young age he had a passion for travelling and taking photos “I see life in black and white and that is why they are all those tones”, explained the photographer. The travelling spirit of the artist has been captured in photographs where “the essence of what is found on the other …
When it comes to the rules of the road in Spain the assumption is that pedestrians always have the right of way and while this may be true in most instances heavy fines can be imposed on people who don’t realize they are doing anything wrong. In a recent study conducted by the RACE (Real Automobile Club of Spain) pedestrians …
The hugely successful television series will be filming between Malaga and Marbella over the next few months and is looking for people interested in taking part in the show. While speaking to a local Costa del Sol newspaper, series producer Bob Brear, said: “We are looking for people who are both trying to ‘live twice the life for half the …
The event will take place in the Plaza de España (behind the Town Hall) from 12:00 am to 5:00 pm on Sunday, April 18th. In total there will be 37 participants from the different associations and foreign clubs in Nerja with 7 bars offering typical foods and drinks of the represented countries. Of Nerja’s population of 21,000 around 25% are …
The forecast predicts as much as 15 litres of rainfall per square metre an hour with even more falling further west in Marbella, Estepona and Manilva. The worst of the weather is expected to last from Friday morning until Saturday afternoon as the storm travels in a westerly direction. Currently, there are 27 peninsular provinces are on yellow alert for heavy …
The police are alerting house owners and those renting property in Nerja and surrounding areas, to the presence of individuals pretending to be members of local electricity companies. The fake electricians or representatives call at an individual house, use deception to get invited into the house and then they distract the householder, sometimes by asking them to look for broken fuses at …