News from October 7, 2026

The Civil Guard has arrested a person as the alleged perpetrator of two burglaries in Villa del Río, one in an occupied home and another in a hospitality establishment, according to the armed institute.

The Priego de Córdoba City Council has signed four agreements with FERAS, MALVA Salud Mental Priego, Albasur and Lugarsur to maintain their social care programmes, with a joint municipal contribution of 31,500 euros.

The Diputación de Córdoba subsidizes the Ayuntamiento de Posadas with 7,424.94 euros, 32.02% of the budget for the dynamization of the Punto Vuela during 2026, according to the Consistorio.

The University of Córdoba (UCO) has presented a free online course for tourism companies to integrate sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals into their management. There will be two editions, starting on November 3, 2026 and February 2, 2027.

The Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Subbética Cordobesa has launched a campaign to attract nearby visitors to the region, with advertising on urban trains and digital mupis and two street actions in Málaga and Granada.

Teatro El Silo and Casa del Pozo Viejo host theatre, opera, music and dance between October and December, with morning performances for schoolchildren. Tickets are already on sale.

The National Police Unit Adscribed to the Autonomous Community of Andalusia in Córdoba has taken on 15 new officers, bringing its provincial staff from 29 to 44 officials, according to the Regional Government of Andalusia.

The University of Córdoba has presented three new joint degrees with universities from six European countries, which will be taught in English and which have obtained accreditation from the Agency for Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia.

The social enterprises FEPAMIC and UNEI launched this October the comprehensive conservation service for Lucena's green areas, which they will manage for the next four years through a Temporary Business Consortium (UTE).

The Diputación de Córdoba launches, with the start of the 2026/2027 school year, a protocol to streamline the intervention of Social Services in cases of school absenteeism in municipalities of the province with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants.

The Town Council has received aid from the Provincial Institute of Social Welfare of Córdoba for a temporary one-month, full-time contract as a measure for social and labour insertion.

Dos Torres Town Council creates a temporary job pool to fill cleaning positions for municipal buildings and the school, with contracts of up to six months.

The Centro de Iniciativa Empresarial in Posadas hosts this Wednesday, October 7, from 18:00 to 19:00, a workshop with tools to face ageing in a positive way.

The Assembly Hall of the Rectorate hosts the XIV National Congress of Applied Entomology, focused on the role of insects in agriculture, the environment, health and food production.

The Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba holds the Health Comm Summit on Wednesday, October 7, a national meeting on health communication with speakers from Madrid, Barcelona, Galicia and Mallorca, among other parts of Spain.

The union presents a plan calling for maximum ratios for support professionals, more counsellors and stable school nursing, as students with specific needs in the province grow by 50.87% in a decade.

The Spanish Association of Wine Cities chose Montilla to hold the capital status in 2027, a recognition that the Regulatory Council of the Montilla-Moriles PDO considers an opportunity to make its wines and its wine tourism known.

The City Council reports that the mobile technical inspection unit will service tractors and agricultural machinery next to the Bus Station, with a mandatory prior appointment.

Rute Town Council accepts applications for aid to sports clubs for activities in the 2026 financial year from October 7 to October 28, both inclusive.

Rute Town Council allows applications for subsidies for activities of non-profit associations and brotherhoods for the 2026 financial year to be submitted until October 28.

The Socialist Group of the Provincial Council calls on the provincial president to stop calling for general elections and to pressure the Junta de Andalucía to resolve water contamination in Los Pedroches and El Guadiato.

The Córdoba wine sector has closed a harvest 40% larger than the previous one, but the kilo of grapes has gone from 90 to 70 cents, according to ASAJA Córdoba after its sector meeting in Montilla.

The hotel establishments in the province of Córdoba recorded 98,735 travelers in August, a provisional figure that exceeds both the previous month and the same month last year, according to the INE.

The municipal Plenary ratified the application for Lucena to obtain that recognition, after approving the first Local Plan for Childhood and Adolescence, which will be in force until 2029.

The Council of Ministers has taken note of the declaration of emergency for the stabilization works on a slope on the high-speed line between Córdoba and Málaga, at a cost of more than six million euros.

The Ayuntamiento is starting the remodelling of the street between El Agua and Martín Alonso, with traffic closure, a parking ban and alternative routes for about four months.

The City Council awards the UTE formed by UNEI and FEPAMIC the contract for the conservation of parks and gardens until 2030, with 21 jobs, seven out of every ten for people with disabilities.

Socialist candidate José Antonio Romero calls on the City Council for measures to increase affordable housing and denounces that no publicly subsidized housing has been built during the current term.

The 2026-2027 seasonal vaccination campaign in Andalusia, which began on October 1, includes an instruction from the Servicio Andaluz de Salud aimed at healthcare professionals with the main changes of this edition.

The City Council is putting the works out to tender, with a budget of 72,739.20 euros, to renew the water and sewage networks and install a single-level platform between numbers 29 and 41 of the street.

The City Council is granting free use for 75 years of an 893 square metre plot next to the church to build new facilities for family support, which currently have only 70 square metres.

The municipality's average gross income rose from 19,885 euros in 2015 to 27,396 euros in 2024, an increase of more than 37%, according to data from the Tax Agency released by the City Council.

The international Olivinus competition, held in Mendoza (Argentina), has awarded four brands of the DOP Priego de Córdoba with its highest honour, the Gran Prestigio de Oro.