InforMálaga: news from Marbella

The project, between Pablo Ruiz Picasso and Fuente Nueva streets, includes 215 parking spaces and a 12,000-square-metre boulevard with a children's playground area.

The city closed September with 6,246 people unemployed, 708 fewer than a year ago, although the figure rises compared to August due to the end of summer season contracts.

The Asociación Parroquial de la Divina Pastora will present its new carving, the work of imaginero Jonathan Alonso, on Saturday, October 10, with a mass and a procession through the streets of Marbella.

The fair will be held from October 13 to 19 at the La Caridad grounds, with free concerts, local talent, family activities and expanded equestrian programming.

The gathering for the Día del Vecino will take place in the plaza del Mar in Marbella starting at 13.30 horas.

The meeting, aimed at professionals and entrepreneurs, will be held at The Pool starting at 17.00 hours and will combine training, experiences and networking spaces.

The Marbella neighborhood will host activities for all audiences, with a pregón that will pay posthumous tribute to the flamenco dancer Gema Piña, a resident linked to the organization of the event.

Local Police have, over the course of a year, intervened thousands of counterfeit items and food sold outside authorised stalls on seafront promenades and beaches in the municipality.

The mayor of Marbella reviewed, in the State of the City Debate, the employment, economic activity, and public facilities investment figures for the term.

The municipal Plenary has approved a request to the Ministry of Transport to complete and improve the noise barriers on the A-7 as it passes through Marbella and to launch a maintenance and cleaning plan.

Parque del Mediterráneo will bring together athletes from more than 40 countries for the fifth edition of the Marbella Championship, presented by the Ayuntamiento.

The Asociación de Pequeños y Medianos Empresarios de San Pedro Alcántara (Apymespa) will hold its annual gala on Friday, October 2, at the restaurante El Gamonal, with the support of the Ayuntamiento de Marbella.

The 15th edition of ‘Marbella 4 Days Walking’ will bring together participants from within and outside Spain, with an expected impact of between 20,000 and 25,000 overnight stays.

The Councillor for Social Rights, Isabel Cintado, visited the stand set up by the Asociación Española contra el Cáncer to mark this occasion.

The international company José Lucena will perform simultaneously on Sunday, September 27, at 21.00 hours, in the plaza del Santo Cristo in Marbella and in the plaza de la Iglesia in San Pedro Alcántara.

The dance festival will be held between October 3 and November 6 at the Teatro Ciudad de Marbella, the Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo and the Paseo de la Alameda.

The Marbella City Council and the Diputación de Málaga have launched in Marbella the training pathways of the 'EnRuta' program, with courses in administrative and accounting assistant, and warehouse assistant and logistics management.

The Marbella City Council plans to raffle off the 25 subsidized homes in Arroyo Palomera before the end of the year. The deadline to register in the Registro de Demandantes is October 1.

The City Council has finished installing eight underground containers on Frankfurt street, in Las Chapas, to expand selective collection and improve cleanliness in the area.

The City Council has signed two agreements with the Aspandem association to fund care for 980 people with intellectual disabilities and their families at the municipality's centers.