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Tomorrow, Friday, 5 Aug, is a public holiday in Torrox: It will be the Saint Roque and Virgin de las Nieves Celebration in honour of the patron saints of Torrox. Aldi in Torrox Costa has a sign posted announcing they will be closed, not sure about the other shops.
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Vive El Verano Torrox Night Movie Series: Tonight, Thurs, 3 Aug, 10pm
Movie is “Raya El Último Dragón”. Plaza de la Concordia, Torrox.
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Cool & Groovy live: We play our greatest hits at Canillas de Albaida Feria from 10.00pm on Friday 4th August.
Come and join the fun! mitchbanjoAThotmailD0Tcom
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Masquerade Duo: Playing live at Pool Party, Sat, Aug 5
Villa Del Mar, Nerja Camping. 2PM – 8PM
Info & tix: https://www.villadelmarnerja.com/event-details-registration/masqurade-duo-saturday-live-music-pool-party
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‘Sin Rima or Razón’- An Exhibition of Paintings by Helen Purdie: Beginning 3rd August at the Sala Real 98 Gallery in Frigiliana.
It will be open 3 -13th August from 11.00 – 21.00 hrs on Wednesdays to Sundays at the Sala de Exposiciones Real 98, Calle Real, 29788 Frigiliana.
Further information about Helen Purdie’s work and contact details for all enquiries about the exhibition can be found at www.helenpurdie.co.uk
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Procession of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (Our Lady of the Snows) patron saint of Torrox: August 5
Place: Parish Ntra. Sra. de la Encarnación
11:00 h Solemn Eucharist
20:00 h Solemn Eucharist
21:00 h Departure Procession
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Nerja Beaches Report:
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Cancelled- Raphael cancels his concert in Nerja due to medical advice: The Friday, 4 Aug concert at the Nerja Caves has been cancelled due to inflammation of the upper respiratory tract that Raphael is experiencing. “With great regret, we are forced to cancel the next two concerts of my tour, at the Festival de la Cueva de Nerja and at the Festival de Roses,” added the singer. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/ocio/Raphael-cancela-concierto-Festival-Nerja-prescripcion-medica_0_1816918961.html
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imPULSE Pink Floyd Tribute Show: Upcoming events
– 12 Aug., Rincón de la Victoria (Málaga) (Auditorio Municipal)
– 13 Aug., Mijas (Málaga) (Auditorio Municipal)
– 26 Aug., Estepona (Auditorio Municipal)
– 28 Oct., Málaga (La Cochera Cabaret)
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If you know of any restaurants that serve meals in enclosed dining areas with real air-conditioning, please send in your recommendations for me to add to the list. Be sure to include the name of the restaurant, where it is located, and the opening hours if known. -Ed.
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Bar Restaurant Eclipse (Caleta de Velez):
Av. de Andalucia 189, 29751 Caleta de Velez
Tel: 952 54 23 91. Open 11.30 to 19.30. Closed Tuesday
At boat roundabout by Aldi turn towards the sea. It’s on the right facing the sea. https://restauranteeclipse.com/ Liz, Caleta.
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In the middle of Spain’s electoral turmoil, acting PM Sanchez hides in Morocco, with wife & daughters in inappropriate clothes: {Translation}
– The deputy secretary of Organization of the PP, Miguel Tellado, has considered this Wednesday a “clear provocation” the trip of the acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to Morocco to spend a few days of rest with his family (parading around Marrakech with his wife and daughters in skimpy tops in an African/Muslim country, no less) and has asked him that when he returns to Spain he has assumed that he lost the elections, sits down to talk with Alberto Núñez Feijóo and does not intend to continue in Moncloa “at any price”.
– Tellado has criticized that Sánchez refuses to make “self-criticism” and puts “miles in between” after coming second in the elections of July 23.
– In an interview on Onda Cero, collected by Europa Press, the ‘popular’ leader has assured that this attitude responds to the “arrogance” of Sanchez, who “can not continue clinging to power as he pretends”, with the support of pro-independence parties.
– “It would be good that he returns from Morocco accepting his electoral defeat, that you can not be president at any price and that the time has come for” PP and PSOE “to sit down and talk,” he has summoned him, after the refusal of Sanchez to meet with Feijóo this week. In this way, he has claimed that Sánchez should abandon this “escape”, assume that the PP won “clearly” the elections and talk to Feijóo.
– Because for Tellado, the socialists have ceased to be a state party, that it “has allowed itself to fall into the arms of the Catalan independence movement” with the leadership of Sánchez. “And so it is very difficult, there is no one to talk to in the PSOE. He has gone on vacation and with the others you can’t because he won’t let them,” he said.
– {While Marrakech is a tourist destination, a little more tolerant than the rest of Morocco, tiny tank tops are not appropriate attire there for females, especially for a queen and princesses. Very disrespectful. -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-tellado-pp-ve-provocacion-vacaciones-sanchez-marruecos-seria-bueno-vuelva-aceptando-derrota-20230802120041.html
ANDALUCIA
EXTREME risk of forest fires declared in Andalucia:
MALAGA PROVINCE
Occupancy of tourist apartments in July falls below forecasts in Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– It is not being the expected July for tourism in Malaga. Despite the good occupancy data, the tourist apartments are below the data expected in a month that predicted to be “historic” but now branded as “rare”. “The reservations are increasingly last minute and we have more entries almost on Mondays than on weekends, I do not know if it was the elections or what, but it has been a strange month,” says Francisco Martin, a member of the Association of Professionals of Housing and Tourist Apartments of Andalusia (AVVAPro).
– The average stay drops a little, standing between 5 and 7 days, and as in recent years, the advance with which bookings are made is down again, being below 30 days, when in 2018 and 2019 in coastal areas bookings with an advance above 90 days. As for the origin of the tourists, in July 40% were of Spanish origin compared to 60% of international origin.
– However, the AVVAPro spokesman emphasizes there is an increasing interest in the supply of luxury villas outside the ‘golden triangle of the Costa del Sol’. “We are seeing how there is demand for villas of between 1,000 and 4,000 euros a night in Malaga city, Benalmadena or Alhaurin de la Torre, large houses, the best level and that a few years ago were unthinkable outside Marbella, Benahavis or Estepona,” he says. In this sense, there are different areas that are being sought in a trend contrary to the apartments in the center of the cities, “they are looking for long stays, around 10 or 15 days and want space for the whole family and maximum comfort”. In any case, a vacation is between 10,000 and 60,000 euros. Source, Spanish; https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/ocupacion-pisos-turisticas-debajo-previsiones-Malaga_0_1816619469.html
HEALTH
SAS launches a new hospital appointment notification service: {Translation}
– The Andalusian Health Service has launched a new information system, called ‘AviSAS’, which will notify citizens of appointments assigned for consultations or diagnostic tests -including imaging tests- in the hospital setting and will also send reminders of their appointments as the dates for these approach. It will also inform about possible cancellations or changes.
– To receive these alerts, users must first subscribe to the system. The latest version of the ‘Salud Andalucía’ application must be installed or updated and the user must have a digital certificate, QR login or Cl@ve as a secure identification system. The subscription is done by accessing the new ‘AviSAS’ section in the App menu and activating the option for ‘Hospital Appointments’ (‘Citas hospitalarias’) notifications. In addition, you can choose the channel for receiving notifications: a notification on your mobile device -‘App Salud Andalucía’ or SMS- or e-mail. From this moment on, the citizen will receive a brief message with the appointment information through the chosen channel.
– Those interested in using ‘AviSAS’ through the ‘Salud Andalucía’ application, and who do not yet have it on their mobile devices, can download it from the following links:
– Download the application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.juntadeandalucia.msspa.saludandalucia
– Download the application for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/es/app/salud-andaluc%C3%ADa/id1490126792
– Download the application for Huawei: https://appgallery.huawei.com/#/app/C101999551
– SAS website with all the information about the App: https://www.sspa.juntadeandalucia.es/servicioandaluzdesalud/ciudadania/app-salud-andalucia
Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/sas-nuevo-servicio-notificaciones-citas-hospitalarias/
PRODUCT ALERT
Alert on the presence of plastic fragments in candies sold in Andalucia: {Translation}
– The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) has issued an alert on Wednesday about the presence of plastic fragments in the product Cup Cake Candy, from China, as reported in a statement.
– Specifically, the product in question is Cup Cake Candy Dip&Lick, of the Funny Candy brand, corresponding to lots KD2349-12-21, KD2577-03-22, KD2828-06-22, KD2972-07-22, KD3251-08-22 and weighing 40 grams.
– According to available information, the initial distribution has been to most of the autonomous communities, including Andalucia. As a precautionary measure, it is recommended to people who have the products included in this alert to refrain from consuming them. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1326650/alertan-de-la-presencia-de-fragmentos-de-plastico-en-unos-caramelos-vendidos-en-andalucia/
TECH
Putin Outlaws Anonymity- Identity Verification Mandatory For Online Services, VPN Bypass Advice a Crime:
– President Putin has signed off on legal amendments that threaten to destroy online anonymity, crush free speech, and stifle innovation. Starting this year, internet platforms must verify new users’ identities via state-approved systems, before granting access. VPN circumvention advice will constitute a crime, certain Gmail use will be banned, and non-state-approved hosting companies will be rendered illegal.
– While Russia hasn’t been able to cut itself off from civilization just yet, it can make people, companies, and investors leave of their own free will. By rendering its corner of the internet a hostile environment where free speech is a thing of the past, it raises the prospect of internet entrepreneurs walking in lockstep with the government, choosing another line of business, or leaving Russia altogether. Citizens, meanwhile, will need identification to enjoy whatever remains.
Full article: https://torrentfreak.com/putin-outlaws-anonymity-user-id-verification-for-online-services-vpn-bypass-advice-a-crime-230801/
WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING ?
Why are taxpayers picking up the tab for this foolishness?- Malaga will place an iceberg from Greenland in the centre of the city:
{Translation, summary}
– An iceberg of more than 15,000 kilos from Greenland will arrive at the beginning of next September to Malaga thanks to the team of the eighth edition of the expedition Desafío Ártico 2023. The iceberg will be placed in Calle Larios, in the heart of the capital of the Costa del Sol , and will be left there until it melts to illustrate the phenomenon of climate change.
– After the expedition has obtained the export license from the Greenland Government for scientific study purposes, the iceberg is making its way through the sea in a container at 22 degrees below zero until it lands in Spain.
– The expedition is sponsored by the Diputación de Málaga and the Dingonatura Foundation. {No mention of the enormous costs involved in transporting a friggin’ iceberg on the long trip from Greenland to the Med Coast. Wouldn’t spending that money to hire a few more doctors be a better use of those funds when people are waiting up to a year or more to see specialists?} Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/malaga/malaga-colocara-centro-ciudad-iceberg-procedente-groenlandia-20230802113939-nts.html
SCAMS
Facebook Scam Page Offers Cheap Train Tickets For Renfe:
– The page, “Tarjeta de transporte para residentes en España”, says “Renfe offers all Spaniards a transport card for only €2.35. To get your card, follow this link and answer a few questions”. The link (not the Facebook page) actually leads to a scamming website, which was online under a different name a year ago.
– However, when entering the users data, which included a telephone number, subscribers to the card were in for an unpleasant surprise. They did not receive any card to travel by train and in some cases, people were charged up to €90 for subscribing to a fake service.
– For RENFRE ticket purchases, only use their official website, https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Full article: https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/08/02/facebook-scam-page-offers-cheap-train-tickets-for-renfe/
FINANCIAL
This is the amount of money you should never put in the bank all at once: {Translation}
– The Tax Agency monitors cash movements as a measure to control money flows and prevent money laundering. While it monitors cash withdrawals from banks or even the money “that you keep under the mattress”, it also monitors the cash deposits that citizens make to banks.
– Although we are in the era of Bizum and contactless payments, paper money still plays a predominant role in the economy of the vast majority of users. And the difficulty of tracking cash payments means that the Treasury establishes strict limits on the amounts that can be moved without the public body being aware of it.
– The maximum amount of money that we can deposit in cash in the bank without justifying it and without attracting the attention of the Tax Agency is about 3,000 euros, according to La Información. It is from that amount when the Treasury can request vouchers and supporting documents to determine the origin of the money.
– This limit is, in fact, the same as in the case of cash withdrawals, according to the Bank of Spain in its Banking Customer portal. The entity also informs that “the fact that the Tax Administration may have information on all these movements does not mean that it will initiate an investigation”, but that it will only do so in the event of having “suspicions of a criminal operation”. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5161539/0/cantidad-dinero-que-nunca-deberias-ingresar-banco/
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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:
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 Services.: 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/
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