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Triana celebrates its patronal festival in honor of San José next Saturday, March 18: The activities will begin very early, at 8.00 a.m., with the classic Diana Floreada, followed at 12.00 p.m. by the solemn mass in honour of the town’s patron saint. At around 2 p.m. on the sports courts, those attending will be able to enjoy an aperitif, enlivened by musical performances, such as that of Son del Puerto at 3.30 p.m. At 6 p.m. the processional procession of San José and the Immaculate Virgin will take place from the church. To end the night, at 22.00 hours, there will be a performance by ‘Los Tirantitos’ and at 00.00 hours, a performance by DJ Antonio Hierro.
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Benamocarra organizes the “Antonio Lorca Camacho” Hiking Days with the Sierra de Huétor route next Sunday, March 26:
The route, of medium difficulty, has a distance of 14 kilometers and will last approximately 5 hours. The departure will be at 07:15 hours from the Parque de Benamocarra.
Registration to participate in this activity, which requires good physical condition, is open and can be made at the Municipal Gymnasium or by calling 952 53 56 12, making payment through the account number ES16 2103 0243 91 0030002084 of the Unicaja bank. It is important to include your name and surname as payment concept.
Registration for residents of Benamocarra will begin on Thursday 16th March and for the rest of the participants will begin on Friday 17th March, until all places are filled. Each person can register a maximum of four people and registrations and cancellations will be allowed until 14:00 on Thursday 23rd March.
It is advisable to bring suitable footwear and clothing, a hat, sun cream, walking stick, mackintosh, water and food for the route, as well as a small first aid kit. The price of the activity is 15 euros per person.
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The Under Dog Rescue Fundraiser Walk: Saturday, March 25, at 11:30am people can join the walk along the beach in Torre del Mar to Caleta and back. Participants can bring their furry friends along. Guests are asked for €5, giving them entry to a raffle and a goodie bag. One lucky number will win a fabulous hamper and a vegan cake. Contact Anna for further details: annatinline@hotmail.com
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ANDALUCIA
The shopping basket continues through the roof in Andalusia, 17.8% more expensive than a year ago: {Translation, summary}
– Filling the shopping cart in Andalusia costs 17.8% more than a year ago: sugar has become more than 50% more expensive , oil 30% and eggs, cereals and legumes 20%.
– Beyond the visit to the supermarket, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reflects an increase in the cost of living in the community of 6.6% compared to last year and 1.1% compared to January, according to the data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
– The Andalusian rate of 6.6% is higher than the national rate, which stands at 6%, identical to Murcia and lower than that of Melilla (7.5%), the Canary Islands and Ceuta (both with 6.8%), and Castilla la Mancha (with 6.9%).
– At the other extreme are Castilla y León and La Rioja (both with 6.5%), Galicia (6.4%), Navarra (6.3%), Asturias and Cantabria (both with 6.1%), the Balearic Islands and Valencia (6%), Aragon (5.9%), the Basque Country (5.8%), Extremadura (5.7%), Catalonia (5.6%) and Madrid (5.2%).
– By provinces, where prices have increased the most in the last year has been Málaga (7.2% compared to a year ago and with a monthly increase of 1.3% compared to January), followed by Cádiz (7.1 %, with 1.2% more than the previous month and Huelva, (with another 7.1% and a rise of 1% in the last month). Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/economia/cesta-compra-sigue-nubes-178-cara-ano-20230314105018-nts.html
MALAGA
Two Benalmádena beaches to close to public from next week:
– The town council announced yesterday (Monday, 13 March) that the Torrebermeja and Las Gaviotas beaches will remain closed to the public from next Monday the 20th and until further notice. The reason? The extension work of the Malapesquera breakwater, which had already been announced a few days before.
– The authorities estimate that the works could end on 1 July, however, the end date of the project is not known. Understanding the negative impact both for residents, tourists and businesses in the area, the council has explained that the beach bars in the area will be able to maintain their normal activity, as well as those on the promenade, reiterating that the access ban refers only to the beach as such. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/benalmadena-torremolinos/two-beaches-close-public-from-next-week-20230314104917-nt.html
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This is the interior of a 60-metre, two-bedroom flat in the Martiricos towers, Malaga: A small flat of 60 square metres on the fourth floor of the south tower of Martiricos. This is one of the flats that, off plan, marked the floor of the sale price: 250,000 euros, although it went up once it was marketed. (Notice the communications tower just outside the windows of this flat in the video. A quarter million euro view? -Ed.) Watch the video here: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/interior-piso-torres-Martiricos-video_0_1774624203.html
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After the gov’t ministers spend months debating, burning millions of euros on those minister’s salaries and related expenses, only FOUR people request to change their sex in Malaga registry in the first week of the new “urgent” trans law: {Translation}
– (No wonder the EU MEPs are concerned with resource allocation in Spain. -Ed.)
– On March 2, Law 4/2023, of February 28, came into force for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI people. Barely 24 hours later, a young man – between 14 and 16 years old – attended the Civil Registry of the capital of Malaga to request his gender change in the DNI. During the first week of this rule, three other people also requested it, two of them being adults, according to what judicial sources have informed this newspaper. Source & Photo, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/solicitudes-cambio-sexo-registral-Malaga-ley-trans_0_1774323079.html
TORRE DEL MAR
Torre del Mar improves its public WiFi network on the beach from Easter with longer hours: {Translation, summary}
– The hours will be, during Holy Week and the summer months, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The rest of the months, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
– Atencia has announced that they are already working on setting up a new point. This connection would come to provide coverage to the Senior Beach area, with a free and quality service. Until now, it reached the BiblioPlaya part, the sports courts and the Central Aid Post and we are going to continue taking steps forward.
– The simple process for using the network: You just have to open the device’s connections and connect to the Playa WiFi Torre del Mar network, where a welcome portal will ask you to accept the conditions, and then you can enjoy all the the possibilities offered by the internet.
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/torre-del-mar-mejor-su-red-wifi-en-la-playa-desde-semana-santa-con-un-horario-mas-amplio/
ANTEQUERA
Archidona dog show prepares to celebrate it’s 30th birthday:
– Archidona’s dog show, one of the town’s most important annual events, will be celebrating its 30th birthday this year. The town is currently getting ready for this year’s Feria del Pueblo that will take place on 5, 6 and 7 May.
– Isabel Alba, who runs the event, said that the bulk of the programme will be announced after Easter, although she confirmed that the town’s iconic Plaza Ochavada will host one of the events special moments, the well-known ‘Archi de Oro’.
– Classic events will also take place, such as the parade, exhibitions of sports and skills and visits to nursing homes and day care centres with dogs. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/archidona-dog-show-turns-years-old-20230314140544-nt.html
LA HERRADURA
La Herradura will have a new luxury resort in 2025: {Translation, summary}
– The mayor of Almuñécar, Juanjo Ruiz Joya, the deputy mayor of La Herradura and Tourism, Daniel Barbero and the Councilor for Town Planning, Javier García, together with the promoter Antonio Ruiz Díaz and the architect Antonio Rodríguez Rufino, have presented, this morning, the project Mar Delux Resort, which implies an investment of eight million euros and the construction of 30 luxury tourist apartments, for rent, of more than 200 m2 each, which will be located on a 6,000 m2 plot, next to one of the coves of Las Palomas in La Herradura.
– It is a new concept of tourism business between luxury hotels and apartments focused on tourists with high purchasing power. The luxury apartments all face the sea and are with large terraces. In addition, the building is located about 900 meters from the beach and will have two heated swimming pools, a gym, a large car park, a bar, restaurant and reception.
– The promoter plans to carry out all the preparations and administrative procedures to be able to begin construction of the building in January 2024 and that it be completed in a year and a half, to inaugurate it in mid-2025. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/herradura-contara-2025-nuevo-resort-lujo/
VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA
Lagos Playa, near Vélez-Málaga, will have a constant lifeguard service for the first time ever this summer season: A lifeguard will be present at a lifeguard tower throughout the months of July and August from 12pm until 8pm everyday. Source: https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/03/14/axarquia-nibs-news-in-brief-from-the-axarquia-region-8/
UK
Spain’s government approves the agreement with the UK on the recognition and exchange of driving licences from 16 March: {Translation in full}
– On Tuesday, the government approved the agreement with the United Kingdom for the reciprocal recognition and exchange of driving licences and the exchange of information on traffic offences in the field of road safety now that the country is no longer part of the EU.
– As explained by Moncloa, the agreement puts an end to the successive extensions for the exchange of licences that have been in place since the end of the transitional period provided for in the UK’s withdrawal agreement from the European Union.
– From now on, holders of a valid and current driving licence issued by either country will be able to apply for the exchange of their equivalent driving licence where they have taken up residence, without being subject to any additional practical or theoretical test requirements and in accordance with the equivalence tables between the licence categories of both countries.
– In this regard, it is foreseen that all valid licences or licences of current residents issued prior to its entry into force can be exchanged, while for licences issued after its entry into force, it will be a prerequisite that the licences were issued in the country where the applicant had his legal residence.
– Thanks to this agreement, British residents in Spain who had not had their driving licence recognised before Brexit, nor in the successive extensions granted, will be able to do so from Thursday 16 March.
– According to the Government, in order to facilitate the administrative process at the provincial traffic police stations, a period of six months has been granted during which British citizens can drive around Spain with their original licence while they process the exchange.
– In addition, Spain and the UK undertake to provide each other with information on the details of vehicles and their owners for the purposes of investigating traffic offences related to road safety, especially in cases of speeding, not wearing a seat belt, failing to stop at a red light, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of drugs, not wearing a crash helmet, driving in a forbidden lane or illegal use of mobile phones. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/eseuropa/noticia-ue-gobierno-aprueba-acuerdo-reino-unido-reconocimiento-canje-permisos-conducir-20230314172618.html
TECH
Meta (Fakebook’s owner) to cut 10,000 more jobs in second round of layoffs:
– Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs this year, making it the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs as the industry braces for a deep economic downturn.
– Meta shares jumped nearly 7% on the news. The widely-anticipated job cuts are part of a restructuring that will see the company scrap hiring plans for 5,000 openings, kill off lower-priority projects and “flatten” layers of middle management.
– They followed the company’s first mass layoff in the fall, which eliminated more than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce at the time, after an extensive hiring spree that doubled the employee count it had as of 2020. The ongoing cuts indicate “how desperate the company is to get costs under control as its revenues have fallen amid declining marketing budgets,” said Hargreaves Lansdown analyst Susannah Streeter. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-parent-meta-lay-off-10000-employees-second-round-job-cuts-2023-03-14/
ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE (AI)
Google unveils ‘magic wand’ to draft documents as AI race tightens:
– Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday unveiled a flurry of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for its email, collaboration and cloud software, taking aim at Microsoft Corp days before its rival is expected to make a similar announcement. In a replay of last month’s dueling chatbot launches by the tech giants, Alphabet touted a “magic wand” for its popular Google Docs software that can draft a marketing blog, training plan or other text, then revise its tone at users’ discretion, a company official demonstrated to reporters.
– Alphabet also said its AI will be able to summarize message threads in Gmail, craft slide presentations, personalize customer outreach and take meeting notes as part of its upgrade to Google Workspace, a product suite with billions of users on free and paid accounts. “This next phase is where we’re bringing human beings to be supported with an AI collaborator, who is working in real time,” Thomas Kurian, Chief Executive of Google Cloud, said in a press briefing. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-unveils-magic-wand-draft-documents-ai-race-tightens-2023-03-14/
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Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
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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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