Asphalting of the N-340

The Local Government will this week approve a project to asphalt the stretch of the N-340 coastal road between the Punta Lara roundabout and the Rapto de Europa. Control of, and responsibility for, this stretch of the N-340 was ceded to Nerja several years ago.

Bar Alameda reopens

Bar Alameda in calle Jaén, Nerja, has had quite a few owners in the past couple of years and has just reopened with the latest set.

A very sunny Palm Sunday…

A busy Palm Sunday in town, plenty of people milling around on the Balcón de Europa after the first of the processions.

Two jailed for transporting drugs

A court in Málaga has sentenced one man to four and a half years in prison and another to four years for participation in the transport of 639 kilos of hashish from Nerja to Málaga.

Bibliotorneo 2014

For the eleventh year, the Department of Education and Culture has organised a ‘Bibliotorneo’, a competition aimed at encouraging reading amongst young people.

Increased security during Easter week

The Council has completed preparations for various security duties during the upcoming Easter parades and celebrations, with a total of 239 agents of one description or another being drafted in.

Channel 4 back in Nerja next week

Channel 4 TV will be back in Nerja next week to record a new episode of the popular programme A Place in the Sun: Home or Away’. The film crews were last in Nerja in September 2013.

Kiosks for the summer season

The Council has begun the process of awarding the concessions for the nineteen ice cream and sweets kiosks during the summer season. There have been 29 acceptable applications, so 10 people will go on a waiting list in case anyone subsequently drops out.