Police officers from the Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (SVA) based in Motril confiscated two tonnes of cannabis, found in a inflatable craft on a beach near the border between the municipalities of Torrox and Nerja.
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Video Clip shot on Nerja Beaches
by Martin Myall •
The municipality of Nerja was chosen as the setting for a musical video clip, as well as a photographic report during the last week of April. The photographic report was shot on beaches, Las Alberquillas, El Pino and El Cañuelo., whilst El Cañuelo was also the setting of the musical video clip.
Provincial Tourist Office for Nerja
by Martin Myall •
The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has chosen Nerja as the site for its first and new office, which is situated in Calle Carmen, next to the Balcón de Europa. The main objective of the office will be to promote Axarquía via its ‘on-line’ and ‘Contact Centre.’
Sporting Nerja
by Martin Myall •
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.
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.
The RBL, Nerja
by Martin Myall •
The Royal British Legion will be celebrating Queen’s Jubilee Celebration with a Garden Party at The Nerja Club Hotel on Saturday, 2nd June 2012 3.30pm. Ten euros includes sandwiches, cakes & Cava. There will also be a Grand Raffle with Live Music!
NADFAS lecture, Nerja
by Nadfas •
The Benin Bronzes are a collection of more than 1,000 brass plaques from the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin. They were seized by a British force in the punitive expedition of 1897 and given to the British Foreign Office. Around 200 of these were then passed on to the British Museum in London, while the remainder were divided between a variety of collections.
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.