The Town Council has been developing ‘sport tourism,’ offering the town’s enviable climate and top-notch sporting facilities, which has attracted elite athletes with the proximity of the London Olympics 2012.
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
Marina for Nerja?
by Martin Myall •
The Asociación de Empresarios de Nerja (Business Association) has lent its support to the Nerja Town Hall’s call for a marina, which was approved at a Plenary Meeting of the full council in February.
Madeleine in Nerja?
by Martin Myall •
It seems that the search for the missing – and much media covered – Madeleine McCann has hit the headlines again, this time with a request from the Portuguese police to follow up on a Nerja-based clue; they believe that the missing girl could be there.
Nobody Interested
by Martin Myall •
The Torrox Town Hall has finally given up trying to get somebody interested in the purchase of two pieces of municipal land, situated in the URP10 sector of the standing PGOU, which is the Barranco del Puerto area.
Nerja Parking Unrest
by Martin Myall •
When the open land behind Calle Los Huertos was turned into a huge, free car park, remaining so for almost ten years, there was reasons to celebrate – parking is a tremendous asset for any town that hopes to survive on tourism. The later move to put a pay barrier at the entrance put an end to that – but parking is parking.
Dig Deeper
by Martin Myall •
Locals of Nerja are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for their rubbish collections. Bear in mind that the rates for domestic rubbish collections have been static since 1992. The cost of the service was incorporated into the IBI, or local, property tax.
Illegal Surveillance Cameras
by Martin Myall •
The Agencia Española de Protección de Datos has forced the Nerja Town Hall to take down CCTV cameras , which had been installed without the necessary permission in the Jefatura de la Policía Local, on avenida de Pescia
Suspect Arsonist Arrested
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil arrested an ex-member of their own police force as the suspect culprit behind the Cerro Gordo fires.
Nerja Shoot Out
by Martin Myall •
The man who received a gunshot wound to the neck on Monday in Nerja remains in the ICU of the Málaga hospital, Carlos Haya.
El Chucho Topped Up
by Martin Myall •
On the 22nd of March the Nerja Town Hall approved a motion in a Plenary Meeting of the Town Council to send of a request to Demarcación de Costas de Andalucía Mediterráneo to have the town’s beaches sorted out, which had been badly damaged by winter gales, namely El Chucho.