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PHOENIX CLUB
Phoenix Club: The Phoenix Social Club is open to all nationalities but the lingua franca is English. We offer an opportunity to make friends, help each other & share information but primarily to have fun in a friendly and inclusive association. You do not have to be a member to join us on our trips. Please note that the club will be closed on 8th of October due to the cafe’s holidays.
Our handmade greetings cards are for sale weekly with all proceeds to the Red Cross.
We meet every Thursday between 12 and 2 pm at Chine in Caleta, just off the coast road to/from Algarrobo.
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October
– 23rd – Trip to Almunecar Market with pick ups in Torrox and Nerja. 22€pp
November
– 3rd – Trip to Gibraltar €25p
– 8th – Visit Campillos Pueblo to celebrate their Jamon fiesta with lots of tastings. 22€pp
– 26th – Craft Fair/Home Bake Sale at Chine, Caleta – Would you like to sell your wares?
– 27th – Black Friday Sales at La Canada with a side trip to Iceland. Price €22pp
December
– 4th – Trip to Gibraltar €25p (change of date)
– 10th – Christmas gifts to local children via the Red Cross. We would be happy to accept ‘nearly new’ but good condition gifts if your grandchildren have outgrown them.
– 11th – Malaga Christmas Lights 12€pp
– 23rd – 27th December 4* Hotel Marina Playa in Mojacar. Price for 2 people sharing €310pp, single €420p. Deposit €150 non refundable and is advisable to have travel insurance. Includes half-board accommodation, wine & water with all meals, coach fare and drivers tip. All meals are buffet style with live music/nightly entertainment and a heated, covered swimming pool.
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Canillas de Albaida celebrates its Cultural Week:
Mon-Sun, 5-11 Oct.
– The program kicks off this Monday, October 5th, with activities aimed especially at children and young people.
– Tuesday, October 6th, will be dedicated to sports, educational, and cultural activities.
– Wednesday , October 7th, a local holiday commemorating the Patron Saint’s Day, will feature many of the week’s religious and traditional events.
– Thursday, October 8th, will be marked by intergenerational gatherings and various expressions of local culture and traditions.
– Friday, October 9th, will combine citizen participation, religious services, and gastronomy.
– Saturday, October 10th, will mark one of the highlights of the town’s patron saint festivities, with a day filled with music, a parade and religious events.
– The Cultural Week will conclude on Sunday, October 11th, with an event aimed at families.
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Feria de Nerja 2026: Thurs-Mon, 8-12 Oct
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Pasión Bandolera 2026- Historical re-enactment in El Burgo:
Fri-Sun, 9-11 Oct (Official Press Release)
The El Burgo Town Council announces the celebration of the XIII Historical Reenactment Bandit Passion, which will take place on October 9, 10 and 11, 2026. This event, recognized as a Festival of Tourist Singularity, is one of the main cultural and heritage promotion events of the municipality. The 2026 edition will feature a program of activities including theatrical performances, historical reenactments, parades, educational workshops, and traditional culinary offerings.
Info: https://www.elburgo.es/5939/com1_md3_cd-83207/pasion-bandolera-2026 & Video Link
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The magic of Disney movies comes to life in Vélez Málaga– music, magic and dance for the whole family:
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 6PM
Teatro del Carmen, Vélez Málaga
This show also features a spectacular stage production, enhanced by the use of 3D hologram projections that immerse the viewer in a fantastic world , where music, dance and illusion merge into a single journey.
From the most tender and nostalgic themes, through the magnetism of the villains, to the grand finale with the most cheerful and danceable songs, “A Walk Through Disney” is much more than a concert: it is a total show for the whole family, where music becomes the true thread that drives the magic. Info & tix (from €13): https://www.giglon.com/todos?idEvent=un-paseo-por-disney-velez-malaga
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XVIII Día del Pedal- Cómpeta: Sun, 11 Oct
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Jazz Room, Malaga- Tribute to Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong:
Sat, 24 Oct & Sat 26 Dec
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Tix by phone: Make your booking on 639 441 441 or 670 098 749 from 5:00 pm.
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SPAIN
Calls for a General Strike grow– Outrage over housing sweeps Madrid, “It can’t be that rent is 70% of our salary; the numbers just don’t add up”: {Trans, summary}
– After the Congress of Deputies rejected the two housing decrees approved by the Council of Ministers on Friday, thousands of people—70,000 according to the Government Delegation and 500,000 according to the organizers— took to the center of Madrid on Saturday to protest broken promises, government inaction, and to continue fighting “against rent-seeking” and high rental prices. The Madrid demonstration was the largest of the day, although the Tenants’ Union organized protests in up to 50 other cities across the country. All of them shared the same objective: to move towards a general strike.
– Irene, 29, is one of the thousands of young people who, along with the encampment in Puerta del Sol, have decided to protest in the capital. “We’re taking to the streets because it’s important to have class consciousness and for everyone to have the right to housing,” she told 20minutos, alongside her friend Ariadna, also 29. “It can’t be right that rent takes up 70% of the wages most young people earn—wages that are already modest. And then there’s food, other expenses… the numbers just don’t add up.” They believe the next step is to join the general strike being called for by the Tenants’ Union, but despite everything, they aren’t very optimistic that the future will change: “Unfortunately, despite all the mobilization that’s happening, it doesn’t look like things are going to change much ,” Ariadna declares.
– The massive demonstration, which proceeded without incident, was once again the defining image of the day: people waving their house keys in the air. Amid banners reading “Fair Rents” and “For Affordable Housing,” and chants for a general strike, the protesters continued to criticize the policies of the last eight years of the national government, as well as those of the Madrid City Council and the Community of Madrid. They also reiterated their demands for automatic lease renewals and a price cap.
– Just like the young people, the streets were filled with families and older people this Saturday. María José, 66, came to demonstrate “for housing, for healthcare, and for preschools,” but above all to protest the rental situation: “I have people close to me who can’t go on like this. It’s either eat or pay rent,” she summarized. In her case, she also openly criticizes what happened this Friday in the Lower House: “This cannot be allowed. We’re completely stunned. It’s outrageous that people have to take to the streets to demonstrate for decent housing and then this is what happens to us… it’s all outrageous.” The path she advocates, therefore, is a general strike: “It’s long overdue.”
15 image photo gallery: https://www.20minutos.es/nacional/manifestaciones-vivienda-espana-imagenes_7044489_1.html
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/nacional/indignacion-por-vivienda…
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Irene Montero (Podemos, far-left) calls for lower rents and expropriating homes from investment funds before calling elections: {Trans, summary}
– The political secretary and MEP of Podemos, Irene Montero {pic}, has demanded a royal decree to lower rental prices, expropriate homes from vulture funds and end speculation as a more urgent measure than an early election and has supported a general strike in Spain.
– In statements made during the demonstration for housing and “towards a general strike” called by the Tenants’ Union in the Spanish capital, Montero stated that, above and beyond a possible call for general elections, “the response to what has happened these days has to be to lower the price of rents and prohibit speculation by royal decree,” as well as expropriating housing from “vulture funds”.
– “What the majority of society wants is for speculation to end” and “the urgent thing is to end the housing business,” argues Montero, who has called for changing “a system that doesn’t work” by paralyzing the country “with a general strike.” Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/nacional/irene-montero-pide-bajar-los-alquileres…
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Feijóo (PP, centre-right) criticizes Sánchez for asking for “more time” when in eight years he has not solved “the real problems”: {Trans}
– The leader of the People’s Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, asserted this Saturday that he is not calling for elections from the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, out of “revenge,” but because the country “can’t take it anymore.” Therefore, he indicated that Sánchez should not “continue to threaten to call Spaniards to the polls,” but rather “do it.”
– Feijóo made these remarks during his address at the 8th La Toja Atlantic Link Forum, where he stated that Spain “is experiencing the death throes of a legislature that should never have existed,” and criticized the government for “prolonging an agony that it is dragging the entire country into.” “There is only one way out now: for the citizens to have their say as soon as possible,” he added, according to Servimedia.
– In his opinion, Spain “has the right to decide now between those who have colonized and corrupted the institutions or those who have a project to regenerate them and return them to the service of the citizens,” between “those who have normalized scandal and confrontation and those who are going to initiate a democratic normalization of the country.”
– Citizens, he insisted, have to decide between “those who have abandoned the territorial integrity of our country to its fate, as in the case of Ceuta” or those who “want to restore dignity, tranquility and normality, because no electoral maneuver will make us forget that a part of Spain remains occupied more than two months later.”
– “If they can’t solve people’s real problems in eight years, how dare they ask for more time? How dare they point the finger at the opposition?” he asked. “I’m not calling for elections out of revenge; I’m calling for them because my country can’t take it anymore. I’m calling for them because of all the problems that haven’t been solved, but also because of all the problems that have been created that didn’t exist in 2018,” he added.
– Feijóo stated that Spain “must finally be given the opportunity for change,” to end eight years of decline and deterioration, and to “tear down once and for all the wall that divides Spaniards.” “I cannot promise a world without disorder, but I can promise to bring order to Spanish politics,” he declared.
– Feijóo also lamented that “the housing market is broken” and that the government has been “inactive for eight years, building fewer homes than any other government since 1981” and “with a population increase of between four and five million.” “It was clear that we were going to have a supply crisis and that would obviously lead to a price increase,” he pointed out.
– In this regard, he denounced the government’s response to having “collapsed the housing market” by “promoting legal uncertainty in the housing sector, threatening something akin to expropriation,” and “creating difficulties for vulnerable tenants.” “Populists always end up harming those they claim to want to help,” he added.
– He emphasized that “the housing problem cannot be solved with two contradictory royal decrees.” In this regard, he criticized the Executive’s strategy, following the rejection of these two decrees, as “an attempt to cover up its eight years of incompetence by aggressively targeting the opposition.”
– “I rebel against this. It’s not that Spain doesn’t deserve a government that lies to it, it’s that Spain doesn’t deserve a government that tries to profit from the conflict between Spaniards,” added Feijóo, who stated that housing is “the symbol of the failure” of this administration. Source, Spanish: https://www.larazon.es/espana/feijoo-critica…
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AXARQUÍA
Axarquía desalination plant project, 6 months without any progress and with the inauguration in 2030 further away: {Trans, summary}
– The Axarquia desalination plant in Malaga province remains stalled more than six months after local water authorities submitted the technical preliminary project to the central government in March. The facility, classified as a project of General Interest of the State, was budgeted at more than €201 million, with an estimated construction period of 30 months, including 24 months of civil works and six months of commissioning.
– Acuamed had planned to begin on-site work in late 2027, but environmental and administrative procedures have not advanced, leaving the previous 2030 completion target uncertain. The Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol-Axarquia and irrigation communities are pressing for a technical meeting and clearer deadlines. They warn that current reservoir levels, around 80 per cent, do not remove future drought risk for the area’s avocado and mango farming. Funding uncertainty, prolonged budget extensions, and possible early elections are cited as further obstacles. For farmers and mayors in the area, a premature call to the polls would mean the automatic interruption of the processing of the tender specifications, the dismissal of the Ministry’s management team and, in the worst scenario, having to reevaluate or redesign the commitments already made to the territory. Source, Spanish: https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/axarquia/2026/10/04/proyecto-desaladora-axarquia-6-meses-134959192.html
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Comares, Iznate, Totalán and El Borge face the withdrawal of their Cajamar ATMs and switch to mobile branch service: {Trans, summary}
– The removal of ATMs and in-person banking services by Cajamar continues to spread across various municipalities in the Axarquía region. Comares, Iznate, Totalán, and El Borge have reported in recent days on changes affecting service in their towns, with the replacement of permanent branches and ATMs by mobile banking units and, in some cases, the search for alternative solutions by the town councils themselves.
– In Comares, Cajamar will provide service through a mobile office every Tuesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., which will be located in the Plaza Balcón de la Axarquía.
The City Council has also announced that the current ATM will remain available, 24 hours a day, only until Wednesday.
– In Iznate, the old office on Pilar Street will be replaced by a Mobile Banking Unit, equipped with an ATM and in-person service. The service will be provided on Thursdays, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Puerta de la Martina, in front of the park.
– In Totalán, Cajamar will replace the branch with a mobile office, which will be open every Thursday, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., in Plaza Antonio Molina, next to the bus stop.
The unit will have in-person service and an ATM for carrying out regular banking transactions.
– The situation in El Borge is different. The town has been left without a permanent ATM since Cajamar withdrew its service, and as an alternative, the bank has proposed a mobile unit that would visit once a week. The City Council considers this solution insufficient and is exploring various options to restore a permanent ATM. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/comares-iznate-totalan…
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MALAGA CITY
Thousands of people take over the centre of Malaga for housing- “The next step is the general strike”: {Trans, summary}
– Thousands of people marched through central Malaga on Saturday evening to demand affordable housing, indefinite rental contracts, lower rents, and an end to evictions. The demonstration, organised by the Malaga Tenants’ Union and Un Techo por Derecho, began at 19:00 in Plaza de la Constitución and proceeded along Calle Larios and the Alameda Principal. It followed Congress’s rejection of two government housing decrees, which had proposed temporary protection against some evictions of vulnerable people and stronger safeguards for rental contracts. – Organisers said the next step could be a general housing strike. {A “general housing strike” (Spanish: huelga general por la vivienda) is a proposed, broad protest campaign in which tenants collectively stop or reduce rent payments, and workers may also stop work, to pressure landlords, investment funds, and government for housing reforms. It combines a rent strike with the rhetoric of a general labour strike. -Ed.}
– They claimed Malaga records four evictions a day and criticised the influence of investment funds and tourism on the housing market. Earlier, about 500 people joined the Marcha Litoral in El Palo and Pedregalejo, calling for the neighbourhoods to be declared stressed areas and for planning that protects residents from rising rents, property speculation, and tourism pressure. Source, Spanish: https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/malaga/2026/10/03/miles-personas-toman…
Update- 1am 5/10: Organizers now say this encampment demonstration in Malaga will remain at least thru Tuesday. Ref: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/acampada…
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NERJA
Tickets for the luncheon honouring senior citizens at the Nerja Fair available today & tomorrow: {Trans, summary}
– Lunches dates, from the Nerja Fair program:
Fri, 9 Oct, 2pm
Sun, 11 Oct 2pm
Info source: https://www.facebook.com/AyuntamientoDeNerja
– Tickets for the traditional lunches honouring senior citizens, which will be held as part of the Nerja Fair 2026, can be collected on October 5th and 6th , from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., in the Sala Mercado. Those interested must present their Senior Citizen Card when collecting their ticket. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/los-tickets-para-el-almuerzo-homenaje-a-los-mayores-de-la-feria-de-nerja-se-entregaran-los-dias-5-y-6-de-octubre-en-la-sala-mercado/
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BENAMARGOSA
Benamargosa records 83 litres in two hours during yellow warning: {Trans, summary}
– The downpour that fell Sunday afternoon in Axarquía has left 83.5 litres per square metre in the area of Salto del Negro, in Benamargosa, between 3 PM and 5 PM, according to data from the Hidrosur Network of the Ministry of Agriculture, as reported by Diario Sur. In just one hour, nearly 60 litres were recorded.
– The network itself classifies this intensity as level 2, equivalent to a significant danger warning, similar to the orange level in meteorology. Although much of the province was under yellow alert for rain and storms, the water primarily fell in this point of the eastern region.
– The midday also brought precipitation in other areas. In Santón Pitar, in Los Montes de Málaga, 21.7 litres in one hour were recorded (level 1); in Alcaucín, 9.9 litres in one hour; and in the Viñuela reservoir, 9.3 litres in one hour. Source, Spanish: https://malagapress.com/en/axarquia/benamargosa-records-83…
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Residents of Benamargosa subdue a man armed with a knife after he entered several homes: {Trans, summary}
– The town of Benamargosa in the Axarquía region experienced tense moments Friday night after a British man in his forties caused several disturbances on Mangas Street. According to Diario Sur, the man allegedly entered several homes, threatened residents with a knife, and threw objects into the street.
– Two people were inside one of the homes he entered. The man allegedly assaulted one of the residents, a man around 60 years old, who suffered injuries that initially did not appear to be serious.
– The individual then allegedly went to a local tobacco shop, where he threatened the employee with a knife in an attempt to extort money. The intervention of several neighbors caused him to leave the shop without injuring the employee.
– The situation caused significant alarm among local residents. Several neighbors tried to restrain the man while local police and Civil Guard officers were en route to the scene. Finally, through the combined efforts of citizens and police, they managed to subdue and arrest him. The arrested man was subsequently transferred to the Axarquía Regional Hospital in Vélez-Málaga for a medical evaluation, including a mental health assessment. He remains in custody awaiting a court appearance. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/vecinos-de-benamargosa-reducen-a-un-hombre…
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CEUTA CRISIS
The operation aims to dismantle the shantytown settlement where it is estimated that more than 3,500 people live “in a first phase”: {Trans}
– {Breaking news- 1am Monday 5/10: Reports say only 1100 persons were removed. Ref: https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/nacional/2026/10/04/policia-inicia-desalojo…}
– A large deployment of the National Police stormed onto Trampolín beach early Sunday morning to begin its eviction. More than 30 police vans have joined two medium wheeled armored vehicles (BMR) and a third high mobility tactical vehicle (VAMTAC), assigned to the Police Intervention Units (UIP) to prevent possible disturbances.
– The operation aims to dismantle the shantytown settlement where it is estimated that more than 3,500 people live “in a first phase,” according to reports from the Ceuta Police Headquarters.
– The migrants will be transported by bus to the CATE (Temporary Center for Foreigners), where those who wish to undergo triage will be given the option. As happened during the eviction in Benítez, they will also have the option of being taken to the border to voluntarily return to Morocco. On that occasion, when the settlement with just over 300 migrants was dismantled, the vast majority of them decided to return to their country.
– The police deployment for this operation is larger in terms of both personnel and equipment, pending the government’s announcement of the number of officers and vehicles involved. The Ministry of the Interior has sought to reinforce resources for this operation due to its scale, knowing that more than 3,500 people sleep at the Trampolín campsite. As the police explained, Sunday’s operation will be the first phase of the beach evacuation. They will only be able to relocate a portion of the crowd, as there are still not enough spaces available in the reception facilities.
– The Government fears that incidents will occur as a result of the lack of control due to the large volume of people, as has happened in previous experiences, when stampedes have occurred to try to be the first to arrive and be selected to leave the beach. The aim of this operation is to clear the section of the Trampolín (a popular beach) closest to the Desalination Plant. The Environment Department of the Autonomous City has reached an agreement with the relevant ministry to protect the facility by clearing it of encampments and fencing it off to prevent the re-establishment of tents. The area around the desalination plant in Benítez is now fenced off following the eviction that took place last Tuesday. Now, it’s the turn of the trampoline park. Source, Spanish: https://www.larazon.es/espana/policia-desaloja-inmigrantes…
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CULTURE
Photos show colourful teams building human towers in Spain’s Catalonia this past weekend– full photo gallery:
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/photos-show-colorful-teams…
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SPORTS
Tennis News- Sabalenka falls and Beijing loses its two favorites in just over twelve hours: {Trans, summary}
– Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka {pic} (number 2 in the WTA ranking), the second seed, lost this Sunday to Czech Nikola Bartunkova (number 34) by 6-4 and 6-3 in the third round of the China Open, which was left without its two main seeds in just over twelve hours.
– Sabalenka’s elimination added to that of Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina, who was defeated on Saturday by Armenia’s Alina Charaeva (number 118) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in her first match as world number one. Source, Spanish: https://www.larazon.es/deportes/tenis/sabalenka-cae-pekin…
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Tennis News- Badosa and Bucsa say goodbye to Beijing in the second round: {Trans, summary}
– Spanish tennis players Paula Badosa {pic} and Cristina Bucsa have fallen in the second round of the Beijing tournament, a WTA 1000 event played on hard court, after losing their respective matches this Saturday against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (7-6(5), 7-5) and Chinese Xinran Sun (6-4, 7-5). Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/deportes/tenis-00166/noticia-badosa-bucsa…
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SUR in ENGLISH HEADLINES
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– Major traffic law reform means change for all road users
https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/major-traffic-law-reform-means-change-for-20261002125936-nt.html
– Explosion of pop culture at San Diego Comic Con Málaga – in pictures
https://www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/explosion-pop-culture-san-diego-comic-malaga-20261003191612-ga.html
– Stag spotted wandering around Puerto Banús, yes a real one {pic}
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/marbella-san-pedro/deer-wandering-around-20261002000500-nt.html
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