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DigameXtra Easter Week Holiday Schedule: Taking a four day weekend for the 6th – 9th April.
– There will be no new issue for Thursday, April 6th or Friday, April 7th. As usual, closed on weekends.
– Items scheduled for these dates will be posted Wednesday, April 5th.
– To clarify, after the Wednesday, April 5th issue, the next issue will be Monday,
April 10th.
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Easter National Public Holidays in Spain:
– 6 Apr, Thursday, Maundy Thursday
– 7 Apr, Friday, Good Friday
– The next national public holiday is 1 May, Monday, Labour Day
Source: https://publicholidays.es/2023-dates/
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Editor’s Note- “What’s On” Submission Rule Update: If an event is sponsored by a local Ayuntamiento (town hall), AND the Ayuntamiento logo is on the accompanying poster, that event may be re-submitted once every 7 days. Other events may only repeat once every 30 days, unless posted by a DigameXtra sponsor.
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Easter National Public Holidays in Spain:
– 6 Apr, Thursday, Maundy Thursday
– 7 Apr, Friday, Good Friday
– The next national public holiday is 1 May, Monday, Labour Day
Source: https://publicholidays.es/2023-dates/
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Torrox Easter 2023 Programming: Source
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Vélez-Málaga And Torre Del Mar Market Markets Open Thursday:
This Maundy Thursday, 6th April, although it is a public holiday, the VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA and TORRE DEL MAR MARKET MARKETS are taking place as normal. It is important to take this into account in order to respect the usual parking restrictions in the areas where the stalls are set up. Source: FB
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Dana & Gianni in concert: Sunday 9 April at 2 pm at Ziggy’s Bar restaurant, Puente Don Manuel. Book your table calling 642519017.
A fantastic musical journey around the world. A unique style with a jazz, blues, soul flavour, interpreting well-known and original themes.
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Concert by ‘Tribute Jazz Quartet’: Wed, 19 April, 7pm
Centro de Arte, Velez Malaga.
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Art Exhibition Torrox Costa: Local Torrox artist, Margaret Riordan, is exhibiting some original paintings and signed prints at JEMs Café, APRIL 2023. Open daily (not Monday) 10.00 – 16.00, Avenida del Faro (Lighthouse street), Torrox Costa. To view other artwork, please contact her on mariordan@aol.com
Tel 0044 776 621 3095
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Starlight Marbella Announces Summer Lineup:
– Black Eyed Peas will perform August 23
– Starlight is set to open from June 21 to September 2 and will be a cultural, musical, gastronomic, and leisure epicentre for an exciting summer experience. The festival’s line-up also includes Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Michael Bolton (on sale now), Lionel Richie, Ricky Martin, Gipsy Kings, Seal, Ruben Blades, Norah Jones, Juanes, Pablo López, India Martínez, and many other prominent artists from different music genres.
– In addition, there will be concerts by Antonio Orozco, David Bisbal, Norah Jones, Malú, Andrés Calamaro, Carlos Rivera, Iggy Pop, Farruquito and Israel Fernández with Diego del Morao, Zucchero, Zaz, Marlon and Álvaro de Luna, Sara Baras, Eros Ramazzotti, Luis Fonsi, Stool, Wilco, Antonio José, Vicente Amigo, Miguel Ríos, Whitney – Queen of the Night, Raphael, Lola Índigo, Víctor Manuel, Mónica Naranjo and SuperThings.
Info, calendar & tix, in English: https://starlitemarbella.com/en/
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Alert is for high winds and waves on the coast. Source
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We are part of the ADH Storage and Transportation company and as such have storage available in Competa and Peunte Don Manuel. Very reasonable rates.
We provide a one stop service for all your transport needs and pride ourselves on reliability, flexibility, good communication and a very much ‘can do’ approach. No job is too small and there is always a solution.
Our services include:
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Extensions, retaining walls, driveways, swimming pools, damp problems, roofs, blocked drains.
Replacement kitchens and bathrooms, Tiling and terraces. Plumbing, electrics and plastering, painting.
Architect service, building licence applications.
Handyman service now available for those smaller jobs.
Water Deposit Installations: Due to the ongoing drought and current water restrictions SPW Construction are currently offering the following service.
– Supply and installation of new above or below ground water deposits. 1000 litres up to 25000 litres. Delivered and installed, all relevant plumbing. All work warrantied.
– We can also advise you or help to organise water deliveries from local suppliers.
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Scott/Arenas. Home Page and FB-Link
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Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent
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Sell your items here, to locals, for cash, without the shenanigans.
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Editor’s Note to SELLERS OF E-SCOOTERS, including Mobility Scooters: These are growing in popularity, and sellers will likely offer them more often in the future. I am treating these as I would a car. You need to include the year of manufacture. Buyers do want to know how much use it has had, as in how long you have had it, however, they also want to know how old it is. A newly purchased scooter, that sat in the stockroom for 3 years before being bought, is still 3 years old. Your cooperation is appreciated.
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For Sale: Antique American office chair
Ford Johnson & co., Chicago. Can be seen on Google. 65€
tel: 655 62 98 21. email: clark-ward@gmx.com
Jennifer in El Morche. More pics on request.
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For Sale: Gas patio heater in good condition with orange repsol gas bottle approx. half full. 120 euros
Available to collect from Capistrano Village in Nerja.
Call or WhatsApp 664472812. Steve / Nerja
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For Sale: Unused and New Glass Blocks. Still in the packaging. Total 25 Blocks. 75 Euros for all the blocks. Call Jane, Torrox Campo. 07958 789170 or email: kingswoodjane@hotmail.co.uk
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For Sale: Ring. The ring is solid silver (925.) The stone is Tourmaline from Brazil. It was taken from the mine in Paraiba which has now been closed for many years. €60. Dana, Nerja
dana10marzo@gmail.com
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For Sale: Ladies walking shoes from Mountain Warehouse light brown pink trim. Great for campo walking and dog walking. A large size 39 with a wide fit, they are too large for me despite normally taking a 39 in walking shoes. Cost over 40 Euros will sell for 30 Euros, only tried on and not worn.
Lillian, Torrox campo, but can meet elsewhere if necessary.
Email: liliandotmaddison251@gmaildotcom
Whatsapp: 638898797 (No photo provided.)
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News & Articles
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AXARQUIA
Reforestation of the surroundings of the La Viñuela reservoir concludes with the planting of 41,000 trees and shrubs: La Diputación acts to restore degraded areas and less vegetation cover, as well as to create shade on the perimeter path of the reservoir, six kilometres long. Full article (Paywall) & photo credit: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/concluye-reforestacion-entorno-pantano-vinuela-plantacion-41000-arboles-arbustos-20230403112433-nt.html
COSTA DEL SOL
Arrival of Costco on the Costa del Sol moves a step closer: The arrival of the American chain of hypermarkets Costco, which is part of the upcoming transformation of the Malaga Nostrum retail park, has moved a little closer. A planning licence has been granted by the city council to the North American firm to build a large commercial area in the space currently occupied by the cinemas, which will move to the Conforama building. Although the global investment in Malaga Nostrum will exceed 60 million euros, the works that Costco must undertake are estimated at 18.3million and are estimated to take three years to complete, according to the municipal authority. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/arrival-costco-on-costa-sol-moves-step-closer-20230403161946-nt.html
GRANADA
The Spanish cave where ‘Homo sapiens’ sat out 5,000 years of European glaciation:
– The Malalmuerzo cave is estimated to have been home to up to 250 generations of early humans, where ‘Homo sapiens’ sat out 5,000 years of European glaciation. The Malalmuerzo cave, located in Moclín, in the Spanish province of Granada, was first inhabited around 30,000 years ago. According to the estimates of Pedro Cantalejo, a researcher of cave paintings and the now-retired curator of the Ardales cave in Málaga, generations of Homo sapiens, all probably descendants of one another, occupied the Malalmuerzo cave for 18,000 years, serving as a refuge for numerous generations of sapiens during the Last Glacial Maximum, which devastated Europe 19,000-25,000 years ago.
– During that era, modern-day France, Germany, and Poland were totally covered by ice, devoid of flora or fauna, but inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula lived a very different reality. The south of the region, particularly, was a liveable space. In the area where the Malalmuerzo cave is located, according to Cantalejo, the temperature would have been around seven degrees Celsius below today’s average. These temperatures allowed humans to survive by providing them with fauna and vegetation, a fundamental source of food. Photo: Fermín Rodríguez. Full article: https://english.elpais.com/spain/2023-04-03/the-spanish-cave-where-homo-sapiens-sat-out-5000-years-of-european-glaciation.html
EUROPE
Finland will join NATO on Tuesday says Stoltenberg: Finland will join NATO on Tuesday, a step that will make Finland safer and the alliance stronger, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg (pic) said on Monday.
“We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at NATO headquarters. It will be a good day for Finland’s security, for Nordic security and for NATO as a whole,” he told reporters in Brussels.
Full article & photo credit: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-will-join-nato-tuesday-stoltenberg-2023-04-03/
SPORTS
MMA/Wrestling News- WWE and UFC will merge to create $21 billion entertainment giant: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. will combine with Endeavor Group-owned mixed martial arts franchise UFC to form a new, publicly listed entertainment giant valued at about $21 billion, the companies said on Monday. The deal unites two of the biggest names in wrestling and entertainment and caps a months-long sale process for WWE, overseen by its co-founder and executive chairman Vince McMahon (pic) who returned to the company’s board in January. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/endeavor-group-acquire-wwe-93-billion-deal-2023-04-03/
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Cinesur El Ingenio Films schedule: You can find the film schedule at this link. Films tagged as (VOSE) are in the original language with Spanish subtitles.
https://www.cinesur.com/es/cine/mk2-cinesur-el-ingenio
Useful Links, Info & Numbers
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:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/updated-daily-these-20220314114157-nt.html
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
Phone numbers for emergencies
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
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
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