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-Saturday, Dec. 25th, Christmas Day, a Spanish public holiday
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Legends Cabaret Music Venue: Coming Events
-Tuesday Dec 28th Lionel Richie / Neil Diamond / Elvis / Whitney Houston / Frankie B. tribute party set
-Sunday Jan 2nd Mama Kaths Soul Sisters Trio + 2 more acts
Reservations 0034 628353884
-Note- Dec 27th show is sold out.
Calle Estepona la Cala 29649 Mijas FB link
Christmas Market: Saturday 18th December 1pm until 6pm.
El Pianista Del Carmen in Vélez Málaga.
Come & buy your personal gifts for friends & loved ones.
Join us for a Christmas sing-a-long as The Jingles Belles will be singing some of your favourite Christmas songs. We will be singing at 3pm & 6pm.
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Greek House– Greek Casita Restaurant, Torrox Costa! Please note: We’re Closed for Holiday. We re-open New Years Eve, Friday Dec 31st, from 8pm. In January we return to regular hours, 6pm to close, Wednesday thru Sunday. Closed Monday & Tuesday.
Located on the sea promenade, between the Safari bar and Picadero restaurants, BLQ 80 bajo. We offer you a little piece of Greece with our Greek home made specialities. You can choose meat specialties (Gyros, Souvlaki, Bifteki, Sutsukaki, Mussaka), cheese (Feta Psiti, Feta Saganaki, Hallumi), vegetables (Greek salad, Hummus, Eggplant cream, Mezze, Tzatziki) or sea fruits ( prawns or octopus), all of this accompanied with our special Greek pita bread. We offer a lovely meal time in a quiet end exquisite atmosphere, accompanied with the best Greek music. See you soon! For reservations call telephone number 642585049. https://la-casita-griega.business.site/
Malagalingo Spanish School: Spend Christmas with us!
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Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent
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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
-Yute & natural occasional lamp table. 56 x 40 x 58cms. Price 65€
-Double bed with clean mattress & base with legs
190 x 135cms Price 75€
-Natural & grey occasional lamp table. Measurements
50 x 37 x 52cms Price 65€
contact Jackie/nerja 672170429
info at nerja household centre dot com
For Sale, 2 items:
-DRAPER 1/2 inch sq drive socket set. Do not be confused by cheap sets. This had a rating by a motoring journal of 5 STARS. Only €25 no offers
-Universal dog guard extends in height and width the fit any car.
Only €20 no offers
Tel 646 857775. John, Iznate area
For Sale: Twin Pack of original Canon printer cartridges
1x Black 1x Colour. Packet opened but cartridges unused. €35 new will accept €20, buyer collects from Venta Baja or arrange meet.
Email: Clive DOT Boughton@btinternet.com ; tel: 643513541
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For Sale, 3 items:
-Decorations. Just in time for Xmas. 2 large illuminating LED stars, 12 metres of outside rope lights, box of baubles and decorations and red fairy lights. 20 Euros.
-Moulinex travel iron used once 10 Euros
-Silvercrest oscillating electric fan used once 10 Euros
WhatsApp Becky, 634335833
For Sale: Ottaman style lift up bed.
The sizes are: 90 x 190cm. It has a memory foam mattress which is 23cm deep. The storage is 29cm deep underneath.
Both the base and mattress are in excellent condition and have hardly been used as it was set up in the guest bedroom, but with Covid, we’ve had no guests! We have now changed to a day bed to create more space. €60
Buyer to collect. Contact Tim, Nerja, on WhatsApp +34 621214331
News & Articles
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COVID-19
Covid Spain- The incidence rate reaches high risk levels in Spain: {Translation, summary} December 9, 2021 7:02 p.m.
-Health has notified 26,412 infections and 84 deaths since Tuesday.
-The incidence in Spain passes the barrier of 300 points and climbs to 305.57 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, thus entering the ‘high’ contagion range of the coronavirus, according to the new COVID traffic light in Health. This Wednesday Health did not update its data because it was a holiday, and on Tuesday it reported 290.1 cases of incidence, 15 points of difference with respect to this Thursday. The last time the country registered a similar figure was on August 24, when the rate stood at 305.61 cases.
-However, for the country to be at “high risk of contagion”, other criteria must be added in addition to the incidence , such as the occupation of the ICUs or the number of patients admitted for COVID. For example, the hospitalization rate corresponds to low risk levels, since it is between 5 and 15 points (11.55). Source, Spanish: https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/incidencia-situa-espana-niveles-riesgo-alto-contagio_1_8564728.html
Covid Malaga- Four Malaga health districts register a Covid rate higher than 100 and one, more than 240:
-The health district rates are: Axarquía (159.3) Costa del Sol (176.5), Malaga (171.7) and Valle del Guadalhorce (138.8), while one (Serranía) has reached 243.6 Covid positives per 100,000 inhabitants. Only the health district of La Vega is below 100, with 68.1.
-The rate for Malaga province, as a whole, is 164.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days (some 6.8 more than on Wednesday). Only the province of Huelva in the Andalusian region has a higher incidence rate than Malaga (190.4). The lowest rate is in Granada (85.3) and it the only one of the eight Andalusian provinces whose incidence rate is below 100. The average in Andalucía is 136.2. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/four-malaga-health-20211209160134-nt.html
ANDALUCIA
Andalusia agrees to implement Covid certification in hospitality and nightlife until January 15: {Translation, summary} 09/12/2021 19:28
-The Junta de Andalucía, at the proposal of the committee of experts, has agreed to extend access control by means of Covid certificate to hospitality and nightlife establishments in the community.
-This decision, which will be in force until January 15, will be implemented once ratified by the High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) as already happened with its application in health and social-health centers.
-To gain access to bars, restaurants and nightlife venues, it will be necessary to present the vaccination certificate, also known as Covid passport, or a certificate of recovery or negative test -PCR in 72 hours or antigen test in 48 hours carried out by an authorized center.
-The Committee of experts, which has met again this Thursday in person at the Palace of San Telmo, has also decided to modify the capacities foreseen in risk levels 1 and 2. (The specific new capacities were not mentioned. -Ed.)
-The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Health and Families, Jesús Aguirre, and analyzed the epidemiological situation and the pressure on healthcare. Aguirre recalled that “Andalusia remains at low risk level, but the trend of indicators makes it necessary to maintain preventive measures” and added that “along with the protection of the most vulnerable people we must focus on prevention in enclosed spaces that have a higher risk of exposure and in crowds of people, especially in the upcoming Christmas season”. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-andalucia-acuerda-implantar-certificado-covid-hosteleria-y-ocio-nocturno-hasta-15-enero-202112091912_noticia.html
Three cases of the Omicron variant confirmed in Andalucía, and another four suspected: The Junta de Andalucía has confirmed the first three cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the region this Thursday, 9 December, as well as the existence of four other suspected cases that have yet to be positively identified.
Of the three confirmed cases of Omicron, two are located in Cadiz province and another in Almeria and all patients appear to have ‘mild symptoms’ are ‘in self- isolation’ and none of them has required hospital admission. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/three-cases-omicron-20211209150927-nt.html
USA
What Transparency? FDA Says It’ll Take 75 Years to Fully Release Pfizer Vaccine Data:
Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency has filed Freedom of Information Act requests for the data, which the FDA at first said would take 55 years to produce at 500 pages per month for the entire 329,000 page cache of documents.
Now the FDA is asking a judge to give it 75 years to produce the data, saying there’s over 59,000 more pages than weren’t mentioned in the first request. That would take the full release to 2096, wrote Aaron Siri, a lawyer working on the case.
On Dec. 2, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., introduced a bill calling for the head of the FDA to release all records about the vaccine in 100 days.
“Since the Biden administration is hell-bent on forcing these vaccine mandates on us, the public has every right to know how this vaccine was approved, especially in such a short amount of time,” he said in a statement. “After all, the FDA managed to consider all 329,000 pages of data and grant emergency approval of the Pfizer vaccine within just 108 days.” Full article: https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/fda-vaccinedata-pfizer-75-years/2021/12/08/id/1047876/
OTHER
Viagra Users Are 69% Less Likely to Develop Alzheimer’s, According to New Study: A new study has identified Viagra as a useful drug in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers at the Cleveland Clinic.
Specifically, sildenafil, or the generic name for Viagra, was found to be associated with 69% less incidence of Alzheimer’s in 7 million patients observed.
“Sildenafil … has been shown to significantly improve cognition and memory in preclinical models,” said Dr. Feixiong Cheng, the lead researcher in the study. Full article: https://www.insideedition.com/viagra-users-are-69-less-likely-to-develop-alzheimers-according-to-new-study-71791
Italy slaps Amazon with €1.1 billion fine for abusing dominant market position: Italy’s competition watchdog said Amazon abused its dominant position by promoting its own logistics, or fulfilment, service that ships and delivers packages, on its Italian platform to the detriment of third-party sellers who did not use it.
The move comes two weeks after the same authority imposed a 68.7-million-euro fine on Amazon for infringing EU laws through restrictions that penalised sellers of Apple and Beats products.
In the same action, Apple was ordered to pay 134.5 million euros.
Full article: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20211209-italy-slaps-amazon-with-%E2%82%AC1-1-billion-fine-for-abusing-dominant-market-position
COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference
https://www.mapacovid.es/
For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:
World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Spain Coronavirus Data from Spain’s Ministerio de Sanidad, Official C-19 Pages:
https://www.mscbs.gob.es/en/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/nCov-China/situacionActual.htm
AND
https://cnecovid.isciii.es/covid19/
Coronavirus Cases in Andalucia, Axarquia, Costa del Sol & Malaga Province:
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/salud/COVID19.html
UK Coronavirus:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
COVID-19 VIRUS HOTLINE: Information hotline for those who suspect they may have the coronavirus. Anyone experiencing symptoms should stay at home and dial 900 400 061 or 955 545 060 – and only call 112 in an emergency.
A Spanish gov’t site in English with travel docs & requirements info:
https://www.spth.gob.es/
Churches & Worship
New Life Church: Whether you live in Nerja or are visiting our area, we would be delighted to welcome you to New Life Church. Our meetings are characterised by uplifting songs, relevant sermons and a modern but reverent service.
During this time of uncertainty, God’s word reminds us that the Gospel shines brightest in times of darkness. We are a Bible based Church community continuing to help people find their way to God through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
Jesus said, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life“
-Sunday Service 11.00am
-Prayer Meetings Wednesdays 11.00am
Pasaje San Miguel, Nerja
Directions: Click Here https://goo.gl/maps/KvNCimhrsYdH298r9
Email: info@nlcnerja.com
Website: https://www.nlcnerja.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nlcnerja
El Puente Christian Fellowship – Sunday Service
El Puente Christian Fellowship is a loving, multi-national, Bible believing community of Christ, who meet each Sunday at 11 am to worship The Lord. We enjoy a time of worship with contemporary songs and traditional hymns, and a message brought to us by one of the Elders or a visiting speaker.
The church meeting hall is situated underneath Maroma Inmobiliaria Puente Don Manuel, Cruce de Periana – 29713.
Full directions and further information can be found on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/El-Puente-Christian-Fellowship-105285888299225/or please contact us by email on elpuentechristianfellowship@gmail.com. For those who cannot join us in person, we aim to stream Sunday services via the Facebook page (subject to a good internet connection!).
St George’s Church Málaga: We are part of the Church of England in Spain covering the area from Torremolinos in the west to the outskirts of Nerja in the east and to the northern edge of Malaga province.
We have three worship centres, in Velez-Málaga, Málaga city and Salinas. Everyone is welcome to our Sunday services in English, and you can also contact us to enquire about baptisms, marriage blessings, funerals, and house blessings.
Father Louis, our Chaplain, is available for counsel and support, regardless of anyone’s beliefs or background. We aspire to be a welcoming and inclusive community, open to all people seeking faith and friendship.
If you can’t get to church, we live-stream our Sunday services on Facebook, and also gather on Zoom for an informal service on Wednesday mornings.
Sign up for our newsletter by emailing Father Louis at malagachaplain@gmail.com to receive login details, and news of other future events. We look forward to welcoming you and being of service.
Website: www.stgeorgemalaga.org & Facebook
The Anglican Chaplaincy of Nerja & Almunecar:
The Anglican Chaplaincy of Nerja & Almunecar holds a midday (12 noon) Eucharist service at San Miguel church in Nerja every Sunday. San Miguel is to be found in Plaza Andalucia. https://goo.gl/maps/nCMt8XqAQvuyZiaE8
Iglesia de San Miguel (St Michael’s Church) is within easy walking distance of Nerja Bus Station. Free parking on the streets is available close to Plaza Andalucia or off street in the Dustbowl car park.
A midweek Eucharist service is held by Zoom each Wednesday at 9.30 am and a simple service of Compline also takes place by Zoom on Thursdays at 6pm.
Residents and visitors are welcome at our services.
For more information and to register for the link to the Zoom services please refer to our website. https://www.nerjaalmunecaranglicanchurch.co.uk/ & FB link
Lux Mundi, Torre del Mar Church Services:
-St Barnabas IERE (Anglican) Torre del Mar, Morning prayer 1st Sunday, Holy Communion 2nd, 3rd and 4th at 11am. Tel: 657286284
-Lux Mundi, Torre del Mar Catholic Mass in English. Every Saturday at 17.00. Tel: 952 543 334.
Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre, Torre del Mar, Avda. Moscatel 1”I”, (Jardines Viña Malága/Antigua Casa de la Viña), Torre del Mar, 29740. Tel: 952 543 334
Carol Services
Carol Service: St. George’s Anglican Church.
Sunday 12 December at 6pm
7 Calle Linares, Velez-Malaga
Traditional Service of 9 Lessons and Carols followed by refreshments.
Ring Rebecca if you need directions. 608063873
Christmas Carol Service Nerja: Monday 13th of December 5PM
The Carols Service will be held at Saint Miguel, Plaza de Andalusia, Nerja.
The Coraxalia choir will be with us once again. Because of COVID, seating will be restricted and masks should be be worn in the church. Please do arrive early to ensure you have seats and can enjoy this yearly event which is back after a year’s hiatus. lauriebidwellATgmailD0Tcom
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Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
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Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
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Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
Local News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
Spain National News in English, El Pais: https://elpais.com/elpais/inenglish.html
EU News in English, EuroWeekly: https://www.euroweeklynews.com
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