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Easter Air Traffic Controllers Strike Threat Fears Diminished

March 2nd, 2010

In common with the French and the Greeks, it seems that the Spanish air traffic controllers are not happy bunnies either. It looks, however, as though their former threats to bring chaos to travellers into and out of Spain over the Easter period may come to nothing, and so those set to enjoy the celebrations [...]

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Headquarters of Ex-Marbella Mayor to be converted into an English School

February 26th, 2010

Times are Changing in Marbella: Headquarters of Ex-Marbella Mayor to be converted into an English School For many years, the Club Financiero Inmobiliario – located on the main Ricardo Soriano Avenue – served as the “unofficial” headquarters of Marbella’s most controversial mayor: Jesus Gil. This symbol of the Gil era is where developers and town [...]

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Marbella PGOU Town Hall Legalises 17,000 Properties

February 8th, 2010

It would be fair to say that over the years Marbella has not gained itself a reputation as being the most honest or legal of places – especially when it comes to buying property. Though many, many legal real estate deals take place every year and countless people purchase beautiful properties and are extremely happy [...]

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New Terminal at Malaga Airport will be fully Operational next Easter

August 17th, 2009

The new terminal at Malaga airport will be ready to welcome its first passengers as from Easter of next year. The new infrastructure has cost an estimated 320 million Euros and will be able to attend to the needs of 9000 passengers per hour – double the actual figure. The second runway which is being [...]

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Final Draft of Marbella PGOU Town Plan Approved

July 31st, 2009

Finally some good news for the MarbellaProperty Market! Yesterday the town council approved the final draft of the famous PGOU (Town Plan). After years of shady mayors and illegal construction, Marbella will now have an official Town Plan to bring a bit of stability to the local property market. The plan now has to go [...]

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