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Phoenix Club: Our social club is open, so drop in for a coffee and a chat, or browse our books at 4 for €1. We also have a selection of DVDs/CDs and Jigsaws at various prices
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April
– 28th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30 The tunnel under the airport is now open so it will be very interesting to experience the new entry in to Gib
May
– 12th – Join us for a fun packed day at La Herradura playing mini golf, boules and lots of other activities €27 pp includes coach fare and a day out at La Herradura Mini Golf All equipment provided and pick ups to include the BP Garage at Torrox and Maro
June
– 2nd – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
– 22nd – Visit to the Wolf Park in Antequera Price €25pp includes guided tour, coach and drivers gratuity
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Bio Beach Restaurant- El Morche, Paseo Maritimo: Lecture Series:
– On Monday, April 24th at Bio Beach at 11 am. Join the U3A History, under the leadership of Susan Harrison. She will present The World War I Romance…Intriguing isn’t it? Please, join us for an informative morning over a cup of…
– Wed. May 10th. Bio Beach Quiz Day, Embrace Mother Earth. At 11am. Join us for a fun and social morning with a cup of coffee (or tea) where you’ll be able to review our planet’s highlights including our oceans, deserts, islands, continents, and more. We urge you to make tables of 4 (or we’ll do it on the spot) so that a friendly competition can determine which table will win a token gift for the 4 winning individuals! We promise you a gentle mental exercise that may reveal a surprise or two! I hope you are curious and fearless enough to join us!
– Bio Beach Art Gallery: Till the end of May, come and enjoy the very attractive display of original paintings including 40 artists belonging to the Nerja Art Association (ANEDA or El asociacion Nerjeña de Arte). The Bio Beach exhibit is full of color and lust for life. Note: Closed on Tuesday.
– Notice: The Bio Beach Wednesday Lecture Series will take a break from June through September 2023. We will welcome you back, on Wed. October 11th, at 11am, with the captivating Power Point Presentation of the State of Hawaii with Norma sharing culturally relevant tidbits from her 30 years+ as a resident of Oahu.
For more information on the U3A programs, contact norma2kk@aol.com
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‘Torremolinos International Jazz Day’ will bring together a host of international artists from April 28 to 30:
The event, promoted by the Torremolinos City Council, will feature free concerts in Plaza Costa del Sol. Various performances will take place throughout that weekend.
– ‘Ogun Afrobeat’ will offer a concert on the 28th and 29th at 9:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. respectively, and ‘Lito Fernández Roots Quartet & Suzzette’ will perform on the 28th at 5:30 p.m. On the 28th at 7:30 p.m. it will be the turn of ‘Fire the Cannonball Quintet’, with Parrilla, Loring, Rifbjerg, De Delgado and Ampurdanés. On the 29th at 5:30 p.m. ‘Two For Swing’ with María Esteban and Raquel Pelayo. ‘Candela Vargas Quintet’ will perform on the 30th at 5:30 p.m.
– April 30 at 9:30 p.m., ‘O Sister!’ will perform
– April 29 at 9:30 p.m., ‘Jorge Patax Quartet’ will perform with Aurora García, Luís Guerra and Dany Noel. This group will also perform on the 30th at 7:30 p.m.
Source: https://newsinspain.es/costadelsol-uk/2023/04/15/torremolinos-international-jazz-day/
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TONIGHT- Rufus Wainwright concert, a few tickets still available:
Monday April 17, 8pm
Maestranza Theatre, Paseo Colón, 22, Sevilla
https://teatrodelamaestranza.koobin.events/?action=PU_evento&idioma=EN&act=1 & Video Link
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‘Ladies at Night- Aromas of Poetry and Music in the Street’- Vélez-Málaga: This year three events will be held, the first of which will be in the San Francisco cloister on April 20, starting at 8:30 p.m.
Salvador González, Antonio Quintana and Erika Martínez will participate, who will be accompanied by the musical performance of Tin Fernández.
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Johny Chiu presents “The Wonder Years” at The Mambo:
Thurs, 20 April 7:30pm
Chiringuito Mambo, Av de la Costa del Sol 29793 Torrox Costa
The “wonder years” is back with beautiful songs from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Elvis, The Beatles, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Bowie, The Rolling Stones. Maybe the best of the last century. Don’t miss it! FB
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The Katz: Performing live Friday 21 Apr 8pm.
Tu Punto de Encuentro Asador de Vinuela
Buenatvista 2, 29713 Alcaucin. Map link
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Sabinillas Scooter Day 2023: Sat, 22 April
Live bands- The Fred Perros, from Malaga; The Moonrakers, from Barcelona; and headlining the night all the way from the UK the brilliant Secret Affair. Join us for what promises to be an unforgettable night, from 5 pm on the Paseo Maritimo, free to all who want to attend.
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XXXIII Día de la Morcilla- Canillas de Aceituno: Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th April.
– Saturday, more than 700 servings of paella will be distributed and we will enjoy the musical performance of Dj Samu, Carrete 80’s, Orquesta Arrayán, Javi Blanco, Rafa Púas and the final performance of Dj Antonio Hierro”.
– Sunday’s activities will begin at eleven o’clock in the morning with the mass in honour of the patron saint Virgen de la Cabeza and the procession. The tastings of the XXXIII Day of the Morcilla will begin at a quarter past two in the afternoon in the Plaza de la Constitución. Sunday will also be enlivened by the performances of the Orquesta Arrayán and Leo Música with various shows until ten o’clock at night”. 5,500 portions of black pudding will be distributed on Sunday.
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For Sale: Frister+Rossmann electric sewing machine.
Many attachments including for machine quilting, plus original instruction manual. Not used much in recent years so would probably benefit from a service. Can be seen in El Morche. Price 50 euros. Phone or WhatsApp: 655629821
Jennifer, El Morche
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For Sale: Student desk, with keyboard tray. Excellent condition.
depth 50.5 cm; height 70.5 cm; length 82 cm. €15
Purchaser to collect. Valerie in Nerja.
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Survey: About a month ago I received a letter from the Junta about a survey to be conducted by somebody who would come to the house and ask me questions about my health and welfare. Covid was mentioned and in such a way that I thought it was a bit late to be talking about certain aspects of social distancing etc. then I saw the date on the letter which was 29 July 2022. I assumed that this letter had been lost in the black hole of Correos, and forgot all about it.
Yesterday somebody turned up to conduct the survey! If you have received one of these letters (8,500 will be participating) the survey is still going on. She was with me for an hour asking hundreds of questions about everything from how far do I walk, what I eat, what I do, how I feel, do I have any help etc. etc. It was an exhausting process, in the letter it says that the interview will be conducted outside the house because of Covid restrictions. Thank God it was inside as I at least had a seat. So, if you have had one of these letters, be warned.
Carole, El Morche, carolemhartATyahooD0Tcom
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SPAIN
This is how the new housing law affects you as a tenant or owner + no more agency fees for renters: {Translation, summary} 04.16.2023 – 08:06h
– The law, of which a few details have been revealed by ERC and EH Bildu and which is expected to arrive in the coming weeks, comes after more than two years of negotiation and contains several substantial changes with respect to the bill that came out of the Council of Ministers at the beginning of 2022. These are some of the main issues raised by the regulation and the answers to them.
– What are the limits to rent updates? A little over a year ago, faced with the relentless advance of inflation, the Government approved a royal decree-law to prevent current rental contracts from being updated with the CPI during 2022. To achieve this, they established a 2% cap on these increases, which the Council of Ministers extended to 2023. Now, according to the information shared by ERC and Bildu, this limit will be set at 3% in 2024 and, from 2025 onwards, a newly created index will be used, the calculation of which is not yet clear, explain sources at the Rent Negotiating Agency. It should be remembered that rental contracts are usually signed for one year and can be extended up to five if the owner is a natural person and seven if it is a legal entity. During this period of validity, there is the possibility of making updates every twelve months, and the tenant cannot be evicted unless the landlord proves that he needs the house for himself or a relative
– Are these increases automatic? No. In the case of contracts signed after 2019, these increases can only be applied if the text includes a clause that provides for the update for each year, explains Víctor Palomo, a lawyer at the Centre for Advice and Social Studies (CAES) and the Tenants’ Union. For this reason, they always recommend that, if the landlord tries to implement it when it is not included in the document, the tenant should refuse and continue paying the same as before. “However, we have encountered landlords who take it after the deposit,” she adds.
– Does the cap also apply to new leases? No. This 2% cap on leases in 2023 and 3% in 2024 applies only to upgrades, and landlords will be able to continue to set the price they consider appropriate when signing a new contract.
– However, the long-term objective of the law is to establish a cap in stressed areas, for which it has already started to take steps, according to sources at the Rent Negotiating Agency. In this sense, the autonomous communities will be able to define in their territories the stressed market areas in order to establish price limitations there.
– To achieve this, the law no longer differentiates whether the owner is a company or an individual, as was the case before. The only existing distinction from now on between landlords is the number of homes they own: the definition of large holder is reduced from ten to five properties.
– How do these stressed areas work? To declare an area as stressed, one of two conditions must be met: the average mortgage or rent charge (plus expenses) must exceed 30% of the average rent of tenants in the area, or the price must have risen three points above the CPI in five years. There, landlords with five or more dwellings will be obliged to charge rent at a price within a “range” set by the Ministry of Transport using an index, yet to be calculated, according to the same sources.
– Small landlords, the first time they put a property on the market, will have to set the rent according to the same index. When the property has already been rented previously, the previous contract will have to be taken as a reference, “although it is not clear if it is the same or modified in any way”. The agency criticises the fact that the law makes “all the effort in controlling prices”, as they consider it fundamental to “increase the housing stock”.
– BONUS INCENTIVES FOR LANDLORDS TO LOWER RENTS. To favour this scenario, there will be “bonuses for homeowners in stressed areas if they lower their prices”. They will be able to get tax relief of up to 90% if they reduce the cost by at least 5% compared to the previous contract and up to 70% if they put a home on the market and rent it to a young person aged between 18 and 35 or to the public administration so that the latter, in turn, rents it out as a social rental.
– WHAT ABOUT ESTATE AGENTS’ FEES? Another major novelty of the law concerns real estate agencies: it will always be the landlords and not the tenants who pay their expenses and fees when signing a rental contract. The usual “plus one month’s agency fee” in many Internet rental advertisements will disappear. Furthermore, it will be forbidden to increase the fees beyond what is stipulated by forcing tenants to pay community fees or municipal taxes.
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5119018/0/ley-vivienda-limites-alquiler/
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Spanish PM apologises over sexual consent law reform loophole:
– Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez apologised in an interview published on Sunday to victims of sexual abuse over a sexual violence law that included a loophole enabling at least 978 imprisoned offenders to get their sentences reduced or ended early.
– The “Only Yes Is Yes” law, which arose partly as a result of public outrage over the so-called Wolf Pack case, centred on consent and was meant to resolve cases where defendants were convicted of the lesser crime of sexual abuse because victims had not resisted out of fear.
– But because the new law carries a lower minimum sentence – the result of merging the crimes of sexual abuse and aggression – it has enabled some perpetrators convicted before it took effect to successfully seek reduced sentences or early release. “Some of these releases or reviews are not final, they can still be appealed. But in any case, there has been an undesired effect that we have to resolve,” Sanchez said in an interview with El Correo newspaper.
“If we have to apologise to the victims, I apologise to the victims.”
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-pm-apologises-over-sexual-consent-law-reform-loophole-2023-04-16/
ANDALUCIA
The Junta bans barbecues in open spaces due to the high risk of forest fires: {Translation}
– Citizens residing in Andalusia will not be able to barbecue in open spaces as of 25th April. This is what is dictated by an order published this week in the Official Gazette of the Andalusian Regional Government. This decision is due to the high risk of forest fires present in many parts of the region.
– “Similarly, it is necessary to temporarily suspend the use of fire for the preparation of food or any other purpose in the areas and zones expressly conditioned for this purpose,” reads part of the order issued in the BOJA. Only the use of fire will be allowed in barbecues in tourist establishments and rural restaurants and the use of fire for the preparation of food in educational youth camps.
– The Andalusian Forest Fire Fighting Operational Service has disseminated numerous messages on its social networks to raise public awareness of the high price that can be paid for negligence leading to flames. The order issued by the Junta also prohibits other common practices such as stubble burning.
– The levels of risk of forest fires in Granada for this Saturday are considerable. The forecast generated automatically by the State Meteorological Agency indicates that in most of the province there is a ‘very high’ risk. The Infoca is stressing this spring that citizens should be as preventive as possible after the infernal summer experienced in 2022 with the fire. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/andalucia-prohibe-barbacoas-espacios-abiertos-elevado-riesgo-incendios-forestales/
COSTA DEL SOL
Mamzel, the most spectacular dinner on the Costa del Sol: {Translation}
– Marbella is home to one of the continent’s leading venues where you can enjoy a haute cuisine menu with a relaxed atmosphere and a first-class musical show that turns a gathering of friends into an unmissable evening. And memorable. That place on the Costa del Sol where the nights shine is Mamzel at Finca Besaya, a destination in itself. The experience is worth it. Dinner show, fusion cuisine, cocktails and an extensive wine cellar with international wines. Everything is tempting in the Marbella sunset.
– The “Back to the Future” theme is the passion for cinema that surrounds the performances of each evening. Music to join an innovative restaurant, with a menu directed by chef Fabián Cangas and a cocktail menu directed by Colo Linari.
– For this season, which began last Maundy Thursday, Mamzel’s management has hired Fidel Buik, a choreographer of international stature, who has been the architect of the show together with David Pereira, one of the star performers of the artistic team. The performances in front of the giant screens, with mappings, take place along the terraces, an atmosphere of seductive cabaret between the months that makes diners dream. The elegance of the choreography accompanies the entire staging of this Marbella venue which attracts numerous celebrities throughout the summer which is already beginning to show. As soon as you enter the restaurant, the show starts to get underway.
– Mamzel’s shows and dinners are scheduled from Thursday to Sunday, evenings that stretch into the early hours of the morning, with musical numbers alternating to surprise even the most loyal of guests. Around the World by Beyoncé, Think by Aretha Franklin or The Best by Tina Turner are some of the songs that are performed live with music and dance, with a system of lighting, sound and screens that turn the moments “into a dream”, as Buika, Nike’s exclusive choreographer for Portugal, Spain and Italy and who has directed the staging of dozens of television commercials, aspires.
– What is the menu at Mamzel at Finca Besaya like? Mamzel’s international cuisine offers fusion and flavours that transport you to other cultures, with a Mediterranean base and touches of French haute cuisine. Ceviches and tiraditos, tempura crab baos, curry and tandoori, fish and meat on the Argentinean grill make up this menu with desserts such as Bésame mucho: chocolate mousse with Malibu and raspberry, in the shape of lips.
– The show is rounded off with a toast. Colo Linari’s signature cocktails accompany you throughout the dinner or at the end, with advice on how to choose the Pinecillin, with Macallan 12 years, lime and chocolate, or the Puerto Plata, with Brugal 1888 rum, coffee, coconut and orange strips.
– A set of sensations for a sublime evening on the Costa del Sol.
Urb. Rio Verde Alto s/n 29600, Marbella +34 951552388
Official webpage with menus (cocktails = €22, 2 course meal approx €70pp) : https://mamzelmarbella.com/
Source, Spanish: https://www.diariodesevilla.es/gente/Mamzel-cena-espectacular-Costa-Sol_0_1784222204.html & Video Link
MALAGA
Another Golf Course Approved, along with 2900 new homes, this time in Churriana: {Translation, summary}
– Málaga continues to take steps towards the construction of the 2,900-home macro-urbanisation in Rojas Santa Tecla, in the district of Churriana. The latest of the moves has been made this Friday at the Local Government Board, where they have approved a modification of the urbanisation project, increasing by 3.8 million the expected amount to introduce elements of the golf course next to the houses in the works.
– The project {pic}, which was approved last October in Plenary, includes phase 1 of the planned golf course project (which consists of two execution periods), whose initial works include actions that cannot be separated from the surrounding urbanisation of the sector.
– Phase 2 of the golf course project – which will have 18 holes on 500,000 square metres – will correspond entirely to the private owners and will have to be authorised by means of a building permit independent of the rest of the project.
– The Rojas Santa Tecla complex also includes more than 92,000 square metres for facilities (22,784.53 for sports facilities, 45,690.26 for school facilities and 24,207.48 for social facilities) and a commercial building area of 11,719 metres. Likewise, 244,172 metres will be used to create new roads.
– As for the irrigation of the golf course, it will be necessary to connect the sector to the Guadalhorce WWTP, so that it can receive regenerated water for this purpose. Before planning permission can be granted, it will have to be approved by Adif and the Ministry of Transport, as the pipeline will have to pass over roads and railways. Source & photo, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/Malaga-macrourbanizacion-viviendas-Churriana-golf_0_1783922046.html
– {Does the Board really think the EU overlords will allow this after blocking irrigation in nearby Doñana last week?}
“EU warns Spain over expanding irrigation near prized wetland”
The European Union has warned Spain that it won’t tolerate renewed plans by regional politicians in the country’s south to expand irrigation near the prized Doñana wetlands, which scientists and ecologists say are in danger of drying up.
The European Court of Justice condemned Spain for neglecting the wetlands in 2021. That was followed by a first letter from Fink-Hooijer urging Spain to take action. The central government responded with a plan to speed up the closing of illegal wells near the park, a plan to reroute surface water from a nearby river basin, and by pledging 350 million euros ($377 million) to protect the reserve.
Fink-Hooijer warned in her second letter sent on Monday that Spain could face a fine this time if authorities continue to fail in their duty to safeguard Doñana.
Full article: https://apnews.com/article/spain-donana-wetlands-irrigation-farmers-eu-9296279c0ae55522aecf39da11162036
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Casarabonela to celebrate its most traditional dish during Día del Pipeo: Casarabonela will celebrate it’s Día del Pipeo on Saturday 22 April, an event dedicated to the town’s most traditional recipe: pipeo, a hearty dish made with artichokes, pulses, lettuce, potato, onion, garlic, almonds, egg, parsley and breadcrumbs, and seasoned with extra virgin olive oil, paprika and cumin. The festival, organised by the town hall and the Almena Women’s Association, will feature free tastings, live music, a market and guided tours of the town. In addition to making pipeo for around two thousand people, the members of the association, along with chef Ignacio Carmona, a gastronomic advisor for Sabor a Málaga, will give a live cooking demonstration to show visitors how to prepare the dish, which evolved from the ‘years of hunger’, when meat was scarce. Full article & photo: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/guadalhorce-valley/casarabonela-celebrate-its-most-traditional-dish-during-20230414101540-nt.html
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Farmers from Malaga’s Axarquia & Guadalhorce Valley – “We don’t know how this summer’s harvest will go forward”, some won’t plant seeds at all: {Translation}
– Farmers are very worried because some do not know how they are going to save this season’s harvest and there are even some who have not yet started planting because they have no guarantee of water and do not want to risk losing more money if they are finally unable to irrigate their crops.
{Long article fully explains the desperate situation in various parts of Andalucia, several farmers interviewed.}
Source, Spanish, but this link should take you to the Google Translate English version, you’ll need to scroll down to find the article.
https://www-malagahoy-es.translate.goog/malaga/Agricultores-Malaga-cosecha-verano_0_1784222215.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
ALMUÑÉCAR
New town plan for Almuñécar open for public consultation:
– Residents and interested parties are able to consult Almuñécar’s draft new general urban plan (PGOU). The document has been available since 3 April and, according to the town hall, will be “available for 45 days” from that date. It can be accessed at the offices of the Town Planning department (Urbanismo) from Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm, according to the Town Planning councillor, Javier García. The new General Plan was approved by the town hall on 10 March.
– García stated that the new plan includes the capacity to build around 4,000 homes, a new fair ground and in La Herradura a new bus stop will be built, meaning that users will no longer have to cross the national road. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/new-town-plan-open-for-public-consultation-20230414101453-nt.html
EUROPE
After 18 years, Europe’s largest nuclear reactor starts regular output:
– Finland’s much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor, Europe’s largest, began regular output early on Sunday, its operator said, boosting energy security in a region to which Russia has cut gas and power supplies. Nuclear power remains controversial in Europe, primarily due to safety concerns, and news of OL3’s start-up comes as Germany on Saturday switches off its last three remaining reactors, while Sweden, France, Britain and others plan new developments. Full article & photo: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/after-18-years-europes-largest-nuclear-reactor-start-regular-output-sunday-2023-04-15/
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Bavaria asks for nuclear power comeback under own responsibility after fresh exit: The German state of Bavaria wants to continue operating nuclear power plants under state own responsibility, State Premier Markus Soeder was quoted as saying, bringing a possible comeback for the power energy Germany finished phasing out on Saturday. Full article & photo: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bavaria-asks-nuclear-power-comeback-under-own-responsibility-after-fresh-exit-2023-04-15/
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