The European Tour will reinforce its formidable partnership with Andalucía and the magnificent Club de Golf Valderrama in 2010 with the announcement that a new tournament, the Andalucía Masters, will join the Open de Andalucía on next year’s International Schedule.

A meeting of representatives of some of Estepona's various foreign residents' groups and associations was held at Padre Manuel Cultural Centre on Monday 30th November.

Following the huge successes of the 2007 and 2008 events, this year’s Over 50s Show, the lifestyle event for the Coast’s seniors, will according to the organisers, be the ‘biggest, best and most feature-packed yet’.

The event will again by held at the Palaccio de Congresos, Estepona on the last weekend of November (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th) and will again be the ‘ultimate showcase’ for the region’s older people, with all the proven attractions as well as many new elements.

The first cracks appeared today in the fragile accord between the minority Izquierda Unida government of Manilva and their 'partners' the PSOE.
In a special meeting of the full council earlier today one of the main points of order was the award of the contract for provision of drinking water and sewerage services to the utility company Aquagest.

The emergency services are conducting an exercise in the Corominas tunnel of the AP-7 toll motorway tomorrow, Thursday 5th November, between 8 and 11 am.
The exercise will involve a simulated traffic accident and fire in the tunnel and will involve various sections of the emergency services including fire, ambulance, police, etc.
There will be traffic restrictions on the 20 km stretch between kilometres 133 and 153 Estepona-Guadiaro during the exercise

Englishman Ross Fisher triumphed at the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Competition, at the Finca Cortesin Golf Course in Casares.

Sam Torrance and Costantino Rocca are the latest European Senior Tour professionals to confirm their attendance at the Benahavis Senior Masters which is taking place at La Quinta Golf and Country Club from October 16th – 18th 2009.

With the publication in the Province's Official Gazette (BOP) of the entry requirements, Casares launches the eighth edition of its Blas Infante Awards: Casares in Solidarity for which the municipality has allocated 91,000 euros in grants: 70% for international projects and 30% for educational development in Andalucia and Spain.