Fuengirola’s got talent

A total of six musicians took part in auditions to determine their suitability for being granted a temporary license to busk on the streets of Fuengirola until December 31st. Seven temporary licenses for musicians are permitted under the new municipal ordinance. The jury consisted of two technicians from the Cultural Department, the Councillor for Culture and two music professors from …

Fuengirola beach services

The beaches in Fuengirola now have lifeguard and rescue services provided by the company Medios Acuáticos S.L. and the service will continue until September 15th 2013.

Temporary licences for street performers

Fuengirola Council has created a Special Plan for the Better Use of Public Roads 2013 which, amongst other things, regulates ‘live’ performances by street artists in public places in the town. The Council plans to issue 15 temporary licences, valid until December 31st, to 7 musicians, 4 portrait painters, 2 mime artists and 2 children’s entertainers.

Uniform for sunbed operators

The sunbed concessionaires on the beaches of Fuengirola now have a standard uniform as part of plans to improve the general image of the town for visitors. The scheme is being introduced progressively during June.

30 evacuated following fire in apartment block

Around thirty residents of an apartment block on the Paseo Jesús Santos Rein in Fuengirola had to be evacuated from their homes on Tuesday afternoon after fire broke out in a second floor home.

Thieves caught red-handed

Guardia Civil officers in Fuengirola have arrested three people, all Spanish nationals, after catching them red-handed stealing copper cable and various appliances, including air conditioning units, from a Ministry of Public Works storage facility in the city.

Annual pest control programme

The Health Department of Fuengirola Council has begun a programme of disinfection, decontamination and pest control in public buildings and public spaces in the run-up to the hot summer season and the possible appearance of cockroaches and other critters.

White tiger on the move

Ankur, a young white tiger, a species that only exists in captivity, was born in Beauval Zoo in France and in 2010 moved to the Bioparc in Fuengirola to raise awareness of the extreme threat facing all tigers in the world, not only whites.

Homeless man set on fire

A homeless man sleeping on a bench in plaza de la Constitución, Fuengirola, was injured after a fellow indigent poured flammable liquid over him and set fire to him.