A fire in a four-storey apartment block in calle Mango in Vélez-Málaga on Tuesday evening necessitated the evacuation of around twenty people.
Plans for botanical garden in Vélez-Málaga
Vélez-Málaga Council is planning to invest over €2.4 million to construct a botanical garden around the XVII century Los Remedios convent, funding coming from the Fund for the Modernisation of Tourist Infrastructure (FOMIT) and the Urban Initiative fund.
Six arrested in Vélez-Málaga for drug trafficking
Police in Vélez-Málaga have arrested a total of six people in two operations against drug trafficking in the municipality.
Land being made available for Fraternity Houses in Vélez-Málaga
Vélez-Málaga Council is planning to cede three plots of municipal land to three religious Brotherhoods for the construction of Fraternity Houses.
Suspension of Vélez-Málaga tram system postponed again
Plans by Vélez-Málaga Council to suspend the tram service between Vélez and Torre del Mar have once again been put on hold, this time until ‘ a reasonable time’ after the elections in Andalucia to allow for discussions with the (expected) new administration regarding subsidisation.
VPO projects in Vélez-Málaga and Torre del Mar
Vélez-Málaga Council has decided to dispense with the services of its own municipal housing company Emvipsa, which is €17 million in debt, and negotiate a deal with the Málaga provincial company Emprovima for the construction of VPO (subsidised) housing in Vélez and Torre del Mar.
Vélez-Málaga plans interpretive centre in church tower
Vélez-Málaga Council has announced its intention to turn the iglesia de San Juan tower into an interpretive centre.
Driving licence initiative in Vélez-Málaga
The Department of Youth in Vélez-Málaga is to start an initiative to help the young unemployed in the area as well as the driving schools, badly hit by the crisis, by offering €100 towards the cost of obtaining a driving licence.
Avocado gazpacho in a bottle
The Vélez-Málaga tropical fruit cooperative Trops, through its sister company Frumaco, has launched the first bottled avocado gazpacho and will be presenting the new product at the XXVI Salón de Gourmets in Madrid between March 5th and 8th.
Man arrested as alleged perpetrator of six sexual assaults in Vélez-Málaga
It has taken since April 2011 but police in Vélez-Málaga have finally been able to identify and detain an individual alleged to be responsible for at least six sexual assaults in the municipality.