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Public Holiday: Day of Andalucía, Tuesday, February 28, 2023
– Andalucía, the southernmost region of mainland Spain, has its own special holiday known simply as the Andalusia Regional Holiday. The holiday is observed each year on 28 February.
– Next public holidays following this are Maundy Thursday / Good Friday, April 6 & 7, before Easter on Sunday April 9th. Some businesses will remain closed for Easter Monday, April 10, but it is not an official public holiday in Andalucía, although it is one in Valencia. Image: Junta Andalucía.
Source: https://publicholidays.es/andalusia-regional-holiday/
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ON SALE TODAY- Guns N’ Roses will return to Madrid with their emblematic trio at the helm, Axl Rose (vocals, piano), Duff McKagan (bass) and Slash (lead guitar):
The American band Guns N’ Roses will go on a world tour in 2023, specifically from June 5 with a concert in Tel Aviv and, just after, within their European tour, they will stop in two Spanish cities: Madrid on June 9 at the Metropolitano stadium and on the 12th of that month in Vigo, at the Balaídos stadium.
For Madrid, a pre-sale will be enabled for all those registered at livenation.es from February 23 at 10 a.m. At the moment, no information has been provided for Vigo. More info at: https://spainsnews.com/guns-n-roses-will-perform-in-the-summer-of-2023-in-madrid-and-vigo/
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La Molienda de Riogordo, festival this weekend: A cultural, ethnographic and gastronomic festival revolving around extra virgin olive oil which will take place in the municipality between Friday 24th and Sunday 26th, three days with a full programme, with a multitude of activities ranging from exhibitions, demonstrations and gastronomic tastings of all kinds, conferences by experts in the field as well as visits, verdiales and even the popular and well-known in the area olive stone throwing contest, one of the great successes. See full schedule of events: https://www.malagahoy.es/la-farola/molienda-Riogordo-fiesta-AOVE-degustaciones-concurso_0_1767424205.html
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Wanted: Electrician to install an automatic timer on a 3-phase circuit.
Looking for recommendations, please, for an electrician to install an automatic timer to our well pump, which is on a 3-phase circuit. Some English preferable. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
– Castillan sideboard Natural & Beige Lacquer top
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For Sale: Bailey Pageant Bordeaux Caravan, 4 berth fixed bed, (2001) in storage in Almayte. Included awning and a lot of extras.
Owner currently in the U.K. €2000 ono. David, Scotland.
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Email: djcleckie@dive-boats.co.uk
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For Sale: Equation brand compact oil filled electric heater. 35cm long x 40 cm high. 900 watts with two level settings. €15. Buyer collects.
Contact Annie, Caleta de Velez on 608811828 mobile or WhatsApp.
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For Sale: Mirror Fronted Shoe Cupboard
71cm wide 182cm tall 20cm deep. 70 euros
Email: sally.colourstat@gmail.com tel: 671222595
Sally. Between La Vinuela and Canillas de Aceituno
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For Sale:
– Cecotec slim vacuum cleaner – 2 years old €75 o.n.o.
– Oil filled radiator, by Obregozo – €15.
– Rowenta 2000W heater/fan – € 10.
Buyer collects please frmo Martin in Capistrano, Nerja.
+447742 835308 or hutch4 AT btinternet D0T com
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FREE: TV. For anyone who wants it, particularly any charities, a fully functioning Sanyo 32″ CRT TV. Scart or RCA Composite connector. EU plug. Heavy – requires two people – we can help at our end.
Buyer collects; or can deliver to Lidl Algorrobo or El Ingenio.
Anthony, Arenas/Algorrobo campo.
Email: the (dot) dixons (at) spainmail (dot) com
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SPAIN
The European mission scolds the Sanchez government for lack of transparency and demands “zero tolerance” for corruption after Madrid reduces embezzlement penalties: {Translation, first 6 paragraphs}
– Monika Hohlmeier, head of the European Parliament mission that has come to Spain to investigate how funds are spent in Spain, said at a press conference after the visit that the government must guarantee “zero tolerance” for corruption, in relation to the reform undertaken by the Executive to reduce the penalties for the crime of embezzlement.
– “We have asked the Spanish government to ensure that, from the point of view of budgetary control, this also applies to the Spanish Penal Code. Many measures are envisaged to fight fraud and corruption, but we are of the opinion that in a penal code there should be no exceptions for any person who commits corruption. Since we are a budgetary control committee, we want the Spanish government to represent the same zero-tolerance approach to corruption,” Hohlmeier told the media, after reading a communiqué agreed by all the members of the mission.
– In this regard, the head of the delegation pointed out that “the Spanish government is committed to zero tolerance of corruption. And we are going to see what the European Commission has to say in this regard”.
– Beyond this, Hohlmeier did not miss the opportunity in her speech to scold the Spanish government for its lack of transparency with European funds. “One of the priorities of this committee is to ensure transparency. We have found that a lot of data is available but that it is difficult to find,” she said, adding that it was recommended that the government ensure “that the information is published in a more accessible, more structured and earlier way”.
– Likewise, the head of the European mission on the funds indicated that they have no information on the real execution of the resources, that is to say, on how much money has reached the economy. (More on this in following article. -Ed.) However, Hohlmeier did point out that the Spanish control and information system, Coffee, “is working”, as has been verified by the Ministry of Finance.
– Even so, she did acknowledge that there are delays in the uploading of execution information onto the Coffee platform and that there are problems of interconnection with the control systems of the autonomous communities. In other words, the regional tools are not fully integrated with the national one. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/economia/mision-europea-abronca-gobierno-falta-transparencia-exige-20230222131146-nt.html
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MEP Mission Here to Investigate EU Covid Recovery Funds Use In Spain, Concerned That the Funds are Not Reaching SMEs and the Self-employed, Are Met With Arragance From Spanish Ministers – The head of the European Mission corners a Spanish minister regarding the recent relaxing of penalties for the crime of embezzlement and is told, “This matter is not important for this ministry”: {Translation in full. A long article critical of the Sanchez ministers, suprisingly from an otherwise pro-Sanchez source. It has important info for residents and business owners to know before elections arrive later this year. As you are unlikely to see much about this in English language media, I felt it worth posting in its entirety. -Ed.}
– Two ministers appeared before the European Parliament’s mission yesterday to account for the management of the funds. In the morning, it was María Jesús Montero’s turn. Her speech lasted barely half an hour. At the end of this time, she excused herself by saying that she had to leave for the Council of Ministers meeting and delegated all the explanations to her seconds. Montero’s appearance came a day after the economic vice-president, Nadia Calviño, relieved her of responsibility for the control of EU resources.
– Late in the afternoon came the second main course, José Luis Escrivá. It was his turn to give an account of past and future reforms, and he did not hesitate to boast about the labour reform, the minimum vital admission and the first phase of the pension reform. He was very optimistic before the MEPs about the outcome of the second phase and convinced that there will be an agreement, although he failed to mention that his government partners and the trade unions have vetoed one of the star measures agreed with Brussels: the extension of the calculation period, which, at present, makes the agreement unfeasible.
– The Social Security minister Escrivá {pic} had to face difficult questioning from the head of the European parliamentary mission, Monika Hohlmeier, who was very concerned about the reduction of the crime of embezzlement in Spain. According to sources consulted, “He didn’t know where to start”. His response to some rather specific inquiries was simply: “Here, civil servants are subject to very strict rules”. The head of the European mission was persistant, and obviously annoyed she had to ask Minister Escrivá four times, as he dodged the question. “You are not answering me”, Hohlmeier repeated, to which the minister replied: “This matter is not important for this ministry”.
– Europe has many doubts about the outcome of the pension reform, which is a key condition for Spain to continue receiving European funds. The sustainability of the system is of great concern, bearing in mind that the baby boom generation, an army of 14 million people (those born between 1957 and 1977) with very high contribution careers that will also entitle them to high pensions, has already begun to arrive. The arrival of the first boomers has come at a very delicate time for the system, when the birth rate in Spain is languishing and precariousness is the keynote of the labour market, and when debts are already extending for future generations: liabilities have already reached 113,000 million euros.
– Escrivá did not go into much detail on the second leg of the pension reform before the parliamentary mission. He did go into detail on the most complex measure in the eyes of the government partners and the Second Vice-President Yolanda Díaz herself: the extension of the calculation period. He explained how his proposal to extend the number of years from 25 to 30 is softened by the possibility of discarding the worst two years.
– And, above all, she (investigator Hohlmeier) hoped that the reform committed to in the recovery plan would go ahead with “a sufficient majority”. Escrivá told MEPs that he hopes to achieve some flexibility from Brussels with the deadlines, given the importance of the changes promised. The reform has been delayed for two months, there has been no substantial progress in the negotiations and it is not foreseeable that it will prosper in the terms in which it is proposed.
– During the morning, it was the technicians of the second and third echelons of the Ministry of Finance who had to explain to the European mission why the tool for controlling funds is failing; Minister Montero barely stayed for half an hour, answered only one question from the head of the mission and left the room to go to the Council of Ministers. COFFEE, the platform for the transfer of execution information, was the focus of a large part of the interventions and questions.
– According to the sources consulted, technical aspects of the platform were detailed. And the EU deputies consulted left with the feeling that Coffee is still not 100% operational, despite the Treasury’s defence of the programme. Why? Because the information has not been uploaded and officials are still being trained to learn how to use the platform? In addition, some autonomous communities, such as Madrid and Andalucia, have been complaining for months that the tool is slowing down and that they still have to send the execution information in excel format. Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, the regional finance minister of Madrid, pointed out in his speech to MEPs on Monday that in the last information report to the government last December they had to send 20 excel spreadsheets to the Ministry of Finance to communicate their execution data.
– In relation to this fiasco, MEPs also asked project managers about the actual level of implementation of the funds, i.e. how much money has actually reached the economy. From the answers, MEPs understood that they cannot be given this information because the managers do not have it, since COFFEE does not include all the data it should. And if COFFEE does not include all the available information, they cannot have the figures, according to the sources consulted.
– The failure of the control tool is among the main concerns of the European Parliament, but so is the lack of impact that the funds are having on SMEs and the self-employed, the reality of the Spanish business fabric. Companies have been complaining for many months that the resources coming from Europe are not reaching their businesses and that only large companies are eligible for them. Bureaucratic obstacles and the complexity of the process scare off interested parties, who end up throwing in the towel.
– The MEPs took up these complaints yesterday and expressed these fears during the intervention of the employers’ associations, including ATA, which delegated its vice-president, Celia Ferrero. The mission is aware of the obstacles and also of the lack of progress being made on one of the star projects linked to the funds: the digital kit. A project aimed at supporting the digital transformation of SMEs and the self-employed. The fiasco of this project is an open secret among businesses and yesterday MEPs expressed their concern about the lack of development of this project. Bonds are issued, but not converted into spending.
– “SMEs and the self-employed are laughing their heads off about European funds. Where are the funds? They are dead, dead, dead.” said Lorenzo Amor, president of ATA yesterday. The vice president of the CEOE explained that “today we can go to any corner of Spain and ask SMEs and the self-employed about the funds and they laugh in our face”.
– Yesterday, the organisation he chairs presented the European mission with a series of requests to ensure that aid flows to the business fabric. “It is essential to put emphasis on the accompaniment of the self-employed in order to access the funds or they will be diluted in bureaucracy,” Celia Ferrero told the MEPs. The figures she gave were devastating: “The self-employed do not receive the funds. Of the more than 3,300,000 self-employed, barely 5 out of every 100 have applied for them, not even 170,000 and we need to reach at least one million. Our objective is to improve and we have to do it now,” Ferrero said. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/economia/escriva-20230221205229-nt.html
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Empty Promises & Catch Phrases- Gov’t receives price cut pledge from food chain representatives, promises oversight:
– A meeting between Spain’s Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, and food chain representatives including supermarkets, distributors and farmers ended with a commitment from the sectors to pass price reductions onto consumers, although no official agreement has been signed to back it up.
– Planas said in a press conference after the meeting of the Food Chain Observatory that his department will be “vigilant” so that businesses fulfil this promise. He was quoted as saying, “there are objective reasons” for food to “fall in price” and “change the trend” that has led them to record year-on-year inflation of more than 15% so far. The minister said {without any supporting evidence}, that this increase “has reached its ceiling” after the implementation of the IVA (Spain’s value added tax) reduction on certain basic foods on 1 January.
– Planas also ruled out the United Podemos proposal to subsidise 14.4% of the shopping basket. Food inflation reached 15.4% last month.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/food-price-cuts-20230220215702-nt.html
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The Gov’t cavalierly recommends that citizens “go to the supermarket across the street” if they do not agree with the prices: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has recommended this Monday to families and citizens “go to the supermarket across the street” if they do not agree with the prices because the distribution sector is “tremendously competitive” in Spain and “probably” the same product will be offered at a “lower price” because “there is no concertation”. (Opposition response follows) Full article: https://spainsnews.com/the-government-recommends-that-citizens-go-to-the-supermarket-across-the-street-if-they-do-not-agree-with-the-prices/
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Belarra responds to Planas that supermarket prices must be intervened and not send people on a “pilgrimage” through the markets: {Translation}
– The leader of Podemos and Minister for Social Rights, Ione Belarra, has once again called on the PSOE to intervene in the food market and has rejected the idea that the government’s reaction is to send people on a “pilgrimage” to the markets in search of better prices, in reference to the recent statements made by the Minister for Agriculture, Luis Planas.
– He also rejected the idea that the government’s response would be to “please” ask large supermarkets to reduce the price of products in the shopping basket, given that these companies are “part of the problem” and have “speculated” with food prices by setting them at levels much higher than general inflation.
– A government cannot and should not ask citizens to move from one market to another, it has to act and govern”, she emphasised, stressing that UNO Podemos is “very clear” that to lower food inflation (over 15%) it is necessary to either cap prices or give a 14% discount on the shopping basket, as was done at the time with fuel and is “perfectly feasible”.
– Therefore, he argued that deploying this subsidy (with an estimated cost of 2,300 million every six months) only requires “political will” and administratively it is “simple”. He warned that “doing nothing is not an option” because there are people who are changing their eating habits because they cannot afford certain basic products.
– Yesterday the second vice-president, Yolanda Díaz, was also in favour of fixing prices or limiting business margins on products of special need and in exceptional situations, for which she claimed that the Law on Retail Trade allows it.
UATAE: “WE HAVE TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS”.
– Meanwhile, the secretary general of UATAE stated that improving the price situation is a priority because this “race to the bottom” in inflation affects “everyone, but not everyone equally”.
– In fact, Landaburu explained that these high prices have a great impact on the self-employed and that both producers and farmers, as well as small specialised shops, are two “sensitive” links in the chain that are not making a fortune, and another part is, in reference to the large distributors.
– At the same time, he contrasted the fact that chains such as Mercadona have “stratospheric” and “historic” profits with this crisis, while small butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers close every day.
In this way, he demanded that measures such as subsidising the basic shopping basket deserve to be listened to and valued, so that it can be effective in terms of helping the autonomous regions and consumers, given that it is time to “take the bull by the horns”, as the lowering of VAT on certain products has not worked.
FOOD SOCIAL SECURITY
– Thus, the secretary general of UATAE praised the fact that there are politicians, such as Belarra, who “show their faces” and asked Planas what street they want them to cross to buy food and for small businesses to be able to compete with large supermarkets, which first carry out a dumping strategy and then raise food prices at will.
– He said that although large supermarkets are being asked to reduce their margins, these companies are not now going to have a “social conscience”. Finally, he called for reflection on measures to guarantee basic access to these products to which every citizen should have a right, given that a kind of “social food security” should be implemented. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-belarra-responde-planas-hay-intervenir-precios-no-mandar-peregrinar-gente-mercados-20230222131932.html
MALAGA
Caminito del Rey train to start in March with two daily departures from Malaga city:
– The Caminito del Rey train is almost ready to start operations. The Ministry of Transport announced today, Wednesday 22 February, that the new service will start operating in March, and although there is still no official date, it is believed this could be from 5 March.
– The new service will see two daily round-trip departures, by means of an extension of the C2 commuter line in the Álora-El Chorro/Caminito del Rey section.
– The timetable has been designed to allow sufficient time for visitors to the Caminito del Rey to complete the walking tour and return the same day. The price for the return ticket will be around ten euros. The trains will be free for regular commuters, since the same conditions will apply to them as to conventional medium distance and local Cercanías services. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/caminito-rey-train-start-march-with-two-20230222150213-nt.html
HEALTH
The Case Against The FDA For Their Illegal Anti-Ivermectin Actions:
– A group of doctors is suing the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services for their various attempts at preventing ivermectin from being prescribed to treat Covid-19. Plaintiffs Robert L. Apter, Mary Talley Bowden, and Paul E. Marik argued the FDA tried to prohibit them from prescribing the drug, even though they have successfully used it in treating patients with the coronavirus.
– “This was a coordinated campaign amongst the agencies to limit the use of ivermectin,” Pierre Kory, president and chief medical officer of the FLCCC, told The Federalist. “Multiple actions taken by the CDC and FDA, as well as the media over a two-week period were triggered by the release of data showing that there were 90,000 prescriptions being filled for ivermectin by the middle of August.”
Kory described the collusion among the FDA, CDC, and corporate media as a massive disinformation campaign. (Thanks to MR for the link.)
Full article: https://pierrekory.substack.com/p/the-case-against-the-fda-for-their
SPORTS
Tennis News- Andy Murray survives clash with Alexander Zverev to reach Qatar Open quarter-finals: Andy Murray produced yet another remarkable performance against Alexander Zverev at the Qatar Open to advance to his first quarter-final of the year. The 35-year-old defeated the fourth seed 7-6(5,) 2-6, 7-5 after a gruelling three hour and three minute long battle, just two days after coming from a set down to defeat Lorenzo Sonego, saving three match points to keep his Doha dream alive. Full article: https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/article272576368.html
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Tennis News- Alcaraz wins rain-delayed opener in Rio:
– World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz overcame 556th-ranked Mateus Alves of Brazil in a rain-delayed opening match Wednesday to advance to the second round of the ATP Rio Open. However, he and Alves had their match interrupted by a torrential downpour with the 19-year-old Spaniard leading 6-4, 5-3. Home-crowd favourite Alves, 22, who had pushed Alcaraz harder than expected Tuesday, looked determined to mount a comeback when play resumed on stadium court, winning the first game. But US Open champion Alcaraz held serve in the second to take the match, 6-4, 6-4.
– Alcaraz, who made his 2023 debut last week by winning his seventh career ATP title at the Argentina Open, will next face 86th-ranked Fabio Fognini of Italy Thursday in the round of 16. Full article: https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/tennis-alcaraz-wins-rain-delayed-opener-in-rio
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This will be F1 in 2023- all the technical changes you should know about: In the second year of the new sports regulations, the most radical of this century, one could not expect a revolution, more of a readjustment of what was done last year. These are the novelties of this season in the Formula 1 World Cup.
*New Tyres & Fuel rules
*Circuit Modifications
*Changes in DRS zones
*The radio of the teams
*Sprint races/Parts changes
*System of points
Read all the details: https://historyonesong.com/f1-2023-this-will-be-f1-in-2023-all-the-technical-changes-you-should-know-about/
Better article, but in Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/5103565/0/novedades-fia-mundial-formula-1-neumaticos-adelantamientos-cambios-circuitos/
TECH
Microsoft Outlook flooded with spam due to broken email filters:
– According to reports from an increasing number of Microsoft customers, Outlook inboxes have been flooded with spam emails over the last nine hours {of this past Monday} because email spam filters are currently broken.
– This ongoing issue was confirmed by countless Outlook users who have reported (on social media platforms and the Microsoft Community’s website) that all messages were landing in their inboxes, even those that would have been previously tagged as spam and sent to the junk folder.
– Update February 21, 00:32 EST: Microsoft has confirmed that spam and phishing emails are landing in the users’ mailboxes. The company also says that some affected customers might experience “performance issues such as navigation delays and messaging latency in Outlook.com or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) connections.”
– Update February 21, 08:06 EST: Microsoft says the spam filter issue has now been addressed. “We’ve identified the source of the problem and taken action to fix it. Our service telemetry shows that the problem has been addressed, and we’ll continue to monitor this telemetry to ensure the issue remains mitigated,” Redmond said. Full article: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-outlook-flooded-with-spam-due-to-broken-email-filters/
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Apple Warns of 3 New Vulnerabilities Affecting iPhone, iPad, and Mac Devices: The medium to high-severity vulnerabilities have been patched in iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, and macOS Ventura 13.2. A threat actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to break out of the sandbox and execute malicious code with elevated permissions, potentially gaining access to calendar, address book, messages, location data, call history, camera, microphone, and photos. Even more troublingly, the security defects could be abused to install arbitrary applications or even wipe the device. (Make sure you are using the most recent OS available to you. Update your Apple devices asap to get the new security patches. -Ed.) Full article: https://thehackernews.com/2023/02/apple-warns-of-3-new-vulnerabilities.html
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Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
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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
Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
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Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
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