InforMálaga: news from Fuengirola

The Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola has begun processing a budget of 133.7 million euros for 2027, 17.66% more than the current one, with real investment soaring to 17.74 million and taxes frozen.

The Fuengirola City Council and the Diputación de Málaga have launched two 310-hour courses for unemployed people, 150 of them internships at companies in the tourism sector. The first phase of the En Ruta initiative has 30 participants.

Fuengirola Town Hall will switch on the Christmas lighting on Friday, November 27, and it will remain until January 6. This year there will be 2,771,512 LED light points, 286,797 more than the previous Christmas.

The IX Fuengirola Half Marathon brings together 3,000 runners on Sunday, November 8. Traffic is restricted from 9:00 to 12:00 and the urban bus does not resume its usual service until 12:30.

La Casa de la Cultura de Fuengirola hosts two sessions of the documentary film series by the Ayuntamiento and the Fundación Bioparc on Tuesday, October 20 and 27, with free admission until full capacity is reached.

The Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola has begun the remodeling works on the pavement around plaza de Los Niños, with a budget of 62.168,55 euros and an execution period of 26 calendar days.

The Palacio de la Paz hosts the IV National Public Management Meeting, held on October 15 and 16 with more than 300 professionals and public officials from all over Spain to address administrative modernisation, artificial intelligence and transparency.

The Fuengirola City Council and OQO Editora organize 'Fuengirola Ilustra. Historias que se miran', two afternoons of talks and a practical workshop with five professionals from the sector. There are 40 in-person places and it can also be followed online.

The Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola carries out a special cleaning plan in the Recinto Ferial and surrounding areas after the Feria del Rosario, with shock actions in the surrounding streets until October 21.

The municipality of Fuengirola ends September 2026 with 27,023 people affiliated with Social Security, of whom 7,367 are self-employed, according to the statistics published by Social Security.

The third and last 'Quedada Running' takes place on Saturday, October 17 at 9:30 hours, starting from the Puente de la Armada. The IX Half Marathon has sold out its 3,000 bibs, a registration record.

The Fuengirola City Council takes stock of the Feria y Fiestas del Rosario 2026, which ended on October 12 after a week of celebrations. The musical programming at the Palacio de la Paz drew nearly 6,000 people and the Feria took place without incidents of note.

The muralists José Rulo and D. Darko are painting three sides of the training tower at the Fuengirola Fire Station with a 20-metre-high mural dedicated to the corps, which includes a female face.

The Palacio de la Paz will bring together more than 300 registered participants over two days on artificial intelligence, digital transformation, transparency and talent management, with a space dedicated to the Local Police.

The Fuengirola City Council has granted 76 subsidies to clubs, event organisers and local athletes for a total of 220,000 euros. The beneficiaries already know their amounts and must justify their expenses between October 6 and 20.

The Fuengirola City Council covers the vaccination, microchip and health card fees for registered residents who adopt an animal from the Municipal Animal Health Park, which has eleven animals available for adoption.

The Fuengirola City Council has kept the payment period for the second installment of municipal taxes open since October 1, with a 30% discount benefiting more than 80,000 receipts.

The City Council will deploy more than 420 Local Police services, extend bus hours until 4:00, and add 62 cleaning workers, 30 of them newly hired, during the patron saint festivities.

The City Council has handled more than two thousand resident reports in the area since January through the Gecor application, mainly concerning street lighting, pavements, cleaning and gardening.

The Department of Commerce launches ‘Fuengirola de Feria: El Reto’ on the ‘Fuengirola Más Viva’ app, with daily questions until October 5 and prizes of double tickets for feria performances.