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Regional minister Loles López criticized Equality Minister Ana Redondo after a crisis committee meeting in Seville, saying she had not addressed reported failures in anti-abuse monitoring bracelets.
Renewable electricity capacity reached 19,518.4 MW at the end of the first half of 2026 after a six-month increase of 2,158.8 MW.
The 2026 programme includes performances across all eight provinces and has a budget of €250,000.
Regional minister Mario Muñoz-Atanet said the centre will monitor transport services in real time once its software is ready and all service data has been loaded.
Education Minister María del Carmen Castillo opened the secondary, upper-secondary and vocational training school year at IES Santa Bárbara in Málaga, where more than 887,500 students are starting classes across the region.
The regional government and Alhaurín de la Torre have signed a new agreement to continue the digital entrepreneurship hub and strengthen its focus on smart mobility.
The hospital reported 186 organ transplants in 2026, including 134 kidney transplants in adults, as of the release dated September 15.
Andalusian President Juanma Moreno inaugurated the 500-metre second phase of the walkway along the Guadalevín River, extending the first phase by 200 metres.
The order was lifted after fire crews determined there was no longer a risk to residents in the town, while preventive evacuations remained in place for three developments.
The improved situation allowed authorities to lower the INFOCA plan to pre-emergency, operational level 0, and lift precautionary evacuations and confinement measures.
Authorities ordered preventive confinement in Benahavís, the La Coja development and nearby scattered homes as the fire continued to spread.
In June, the regional government’s average payment period was 15.43 days, below the national regional average of 23.43 days.
Andalusia’s emergency plan remained at operational level 1, with Benahavís under preventive confinement and around 50 people moved away from Montemayor.
A total of 887,532 students begin classes on 15 September at 1,903 schools and other educational centres across Andalusia.
The regional government is preparing a 2027–2030 cybersecurity strategy that will include measures addressing attacks enabled by artificial intelligence.
The selected companies come from six provinces and work in fields including Industry 4.0, agrotechnology, security and tourism.
The underwater investigation is scheduled to run from September 15 to 30 and will examine the wreck and its cargo.
Regional housing minister Rocío Díaz said the guide would explain how a third party can take the lead in developing land when its owners have not acted.
The third annual research-outreach event will feature work at Baelo Claudia, Los Millares and the Lentejuela necropolis.
Work has begun on a 13-metre section of the tunnel roof slab between Hilera and Eugenio Gross.
The regional government says around 20 data-centre projects are under way in Andalusia, representing approximately €10 billion in investment.
Culture minister Patricia del Pozo outlined plans for cultural and sports facilities, support for creative sectors, heritage conservation and wider access to culture for children and young people.
Regional minister Jorge Paradela presented the department’s priorities for the current legislative term to a parliamentary committee.
Officials said the convention’s second edition, scheduled for October 1–4, is expected to attract visitors and support tourism and creative industries across Andalusia.
A University of Málaga study of 518 secondary and upper-secondary students found that perceived teacher emotional intelligence was associated with greater academic engagement, partly through students’ sense of teacher support.
Regional Development and Mobility Minister Mario Muñoz-Atanet outlined his department’s priorities for the legislative term, including road investment and public transport projects.
The €215 million plan, extended through 2026, has delivered 36,017 training activities and more than 1.39 million people have completed a course.
More than 1.7 million students are expected to enter Andalusian classrooms during September, 30,322 fewer than in the previous school year.
The regional government reviewed the seventh edition of a service linking inland municipalities with beaches during July and August.
The regional government and Málaga City Council agreed to create a commission that will meet periodically and use dedicated working groups to address transport and mobility projects.
As of September 2026, the distinction covers more than 1,800 products and tourism services supplied by nearly 200 businesses in protected areas.
Campanillas has been declared an alert area until 3 September following detection in a mosquito sample; the city says no human transmission has been reported.
The former hospital in Málaga is due to receive its first outpatients in the second half of November.
The August programme drew 28,129 spectators to 19 performances at the Generalife Theatre, according to Andalusia’s culture minister.
Registered unemployment in Andalusia rose by 0.64% in August 2026, compared with 1.92% across Spain.
The project foresees an investment of more than €200 million and an increase in capacity from 268 to about 750 berths.