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1,929 last year, 2,077 being international and 449 national.

The day with the highest number of operations in Malaga was Sunday, with 533 flights, 433 international and 100 national.

The day with the least amount of traffic in Malaga was Monday, with 483 flights, 377 international and 106 domestic.

In total, Andalucian airports scheduled a total of 3,629 flights, of which 2,520 were international.

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The airport in the region with the most flights over

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the long weekend was Malaga­Costa del Sol, with a total of 2,576 compared to

In total, 2,576 operated from Malaga airport, which is 71 per cent of the total for the region.

A DELEGATION of scientists from Japan, experts in crystallography and crystal growth, have paid a visit to Almeria’s Pulpí Geode. The mayor of Pulpí, Juan Pedro García, and the councillor for Tourism and Geode, Juan Bautista López, received the group of scientists at the town hall of Pulpí.

The experts, led by Professor Katsuo Tsukamoto, from the Tohoku University of Sendai, and Professors Mihoko Maruyama and Hiroshi Yoshikawa from the University of Osaka participated last week in the International Conference of Crystal Growth,

UNTIL Sunday, August 20, the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) is launching a campaign to monitor the consumption of alcohol and/or drugs while driving.

Being over the limit is one of the main risk factors in traffic accidents, according to the 2022 Report on Toxicological Findings in Traffic Accident Victims drawn up by the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences.

According to this document, of the 854 drivers who died in traffic accidents and underwent post­mortem and toxicological analysis, 443, or 51.8 per cent of the total, gave positive results for alcohol, drugs of abuse and psychotropic drugs, either alone or in combination. Alcohol continues to be the substance most commonly used by drivers killed, followed by cocaine and cannabis, and in third place, psychotropic drugs.

In the case of pedestrians, of the 221 pedestrians killed in road traffic accidents and subjected to post­mortem, 94 pedestrians tested positive for alcohol, drugs and/or psychotropic drugs, alone or in combination, which is equivalent to 42.5 per cent.

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