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Concert- Daphne Jazz Quartet: Villa de Nerja Cultural Center
Saturday, November 25 at 8 pm; Price €12
For this occasion, the repertoire will focus on songs and lyrics that address feminine themes with references to Joni Mitchell, Elis Regina, Samara Joy, Shirley Horn and other great vocalists of the genre.
A Jazz menu seasoned with Samba and Bossanova themes.
Villa de Nerja Cultural Center, 45 Granada Street, Nerja, Malaga 29780. Info & tix: https://www.mientrada.net/evento/daphne-jazz-quartet/
Or get tix at the Cultural Center box office from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or from two hours before each performance.
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Chanfaina Festival- Totalán: 26 Nov.
Potatoes, olive oil, vinegar, garlic, breadcrumbs and a variety of spices ranging from oregano to saffron, pepper, cloves, cumin and bay leaves, to which meat or black pudding can be added, make up the chanfaina, which will be made by the residents of Totalán from the day before with the cutting of the potatoes and which will begin to be made from early in the morning on Sunday 26th to serve more than 6,000 units.
The Chanfaina Festival, in addition to the tasting of this typical dish (15:00), there will also be points of sale of craft products, musical parades, children’s theatre and performances by the groups Electroduendes (16:00) and Hakuna Matata (17:30).
***Programme of the Chanfaina Festival***
11:00 a.m. – Opening of the 17th Chanfaina Festival with fireworks.
11:30 a.m. – Parade of the Totalán Brass Band.
12:00 hours – Opening of information point and tasting stand, visit to Santa Ana Church, Museo Casa Hermanos Papalo, performance of Juás Chanfaina, stalls selling handmade products, exhibition in the Casa de la Cultura and in the Torre del Violín.
12:30 hours – Parade of Verdiales El Borge, Verdiales 1º de Benagalbón and Grupo de percussion Percutora.
13:00 hours – Children’s Theatre Performance of the Chanfaina by Alessandra Nicoloso in the Plaza de la Constitución.
14:00 hours – Proclamation of the Fiesta by our neighbour Miguel Ángel García Cañas, professor at the UMA and prize-giving ceremony in the Municipal Sports Centre.
15:00 hours – Tasting of Chanfaina dish.
16:00 hours – Great performance by Electroduendes.
17:30 hours – Great performance of Hakuna Matata.
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Flamenco Show- La Poesía del Flamenco: Fri, 1 Dec, 8pm
Villa de Nerja Cultural Center, 45 Granada Street, Nerja, Malaga 29780.
After their successful concerts in May 2019 and May 2022, this duo of classical guitar geniuses, Jan Pascal and Alexander Kilian, returns to offer us a repertoire that subtly links classical guitar and jazz, techno and international music.
Info & tix (€20): https://www.mientrada.net/evento/la-poesia-del-flamenco/ Or get tix at the Cultural Center box office from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.or from two hours before each performance.
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SPAIN
Price of butane gas cylinders in Spain goes up:
– As of this Tuesday, 21 November, the maximum retail price of the standard cylinder of butane gas in Spain will rise by 5 percent. Specifically, it will go from 14.43 euros to 15.14 euros. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/price-butane-gas-cylinders-spain-goes-up-20231121101758-nt.html
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PP and Vox ask in Congress to revoke the admission of the Amnesty Law, the first step before going to the TC: {Translation, summary}
– The PP and Vox are going to appeal the decision of the Congressional Board to give the green light to the processing of the proposal for an Organic Amnesty Law registered by the PSOE, and they will do so by presenting a reconsideration document that will foreseeably be rejected by the governing body of the Chamber, which will now leave them free to go to the Constitutional Court.
– In its meeting this Tuesday, the Lower House Board has qualified this proposal with votes in favor of the PSOE and Sumar and the rejection of the PP, all after the legal report of the Congress lawyers stressed that the text does not presents a “glaring contradiction” with the Constitution that motivated his veto.
– However, at a press conference in Congress, the PP spokesperson, Cuca Gamarra, questioned the report prepared by the legal services of the Chamber because she understands that what two years ago was “clearly unconstitutional”, in reference to the rejection of the Table of the Amnesty Law presented by ERC, is now acceptable two years later, given that the Magna Carta has not changed.
– “The PP is still in the same place,” Gamarra stressed, stressing that it is the PSOE that has changed its position knowing that the approval of the Amnesty Law is the “condition” that the former Catalan president Charles Puigdemont and ERC have set on the table for Sánchez to continue as a tenant in La Moncloa. “For them, impunity is above constitutionality,” she added. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-pp-vox-piden-congreso-revocar-admision-ley-amnistia-paso-previo-ir-tc-20231121153959.html
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Brussels asks Spain to update its budget and warns of a “very difficult” fiscal situation in 2024: {Translation, summary}
– The European Commission has given its approval this Tuesday to Spain’s draft budget, but has urged the new government to present an updated plan “as soon as possible”- while warning that the country will face a “very difficult” fiscal situation in 2024 with a deficit above the 3% limit and a “fairly high” debt.
– EU sources have warned that the fiscal situation in Spain for next year will be “very difficult” as economic forecasts point to a deficit above the 3% of GDP limit in both 2024 (3.9%) and 2025 along with a “quite high” public debt, which is expected to remain above 100% of GDP in 2024, also exceeding the 60% threshold set by the treaties. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/economia/finanzas-00340/noticia-bruselas-pide-espana-actualizar-presupuesto-advierte-situacion-fiscal-muy-dificil-2024-20231121154700.html
ANDALUCÍA
UPDATE- Andalucia & Spain Health Care Crisis:
– Alarming new data reveals big jump in hospital waiting lists for surgery across Andalucía and the whole of Spain.
– Hospital waiting lists have seen a huge jump across Andalucía with 20,000 more patients waiting for surgery compared to a year ago. Latest figures show there are 192,000 people in the queue for surgery, some 20,000 more than in the same month in 2022. The average wait time is 139 days, according to the regional minstry of health data – making Andalucía the third region in Spain for the longest surgery wait time.
– Meanwhile, there are 850,000 people waiting to see a specialist. Although this figure is lower than a year ago, the drop in Andalucía is considerably less than in other regions. Waiting times for appointments with specialists reached 121 days, the longest of all regions except the Canary Islands.
– Regional minister of health Catalina García claimed the current Andalusian government has been working through a backlog caused by the previous Socialist government. “The system is working and this is demonstrated by the fact that there are more referrals, more patient discharges and more surgeries,” she said.
In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic caused surgeries to be suspended in the first half of 2020
– Nationally, the public health system has once again reached an historic maximum number of patients who are waiting for non-urgent operations. A total of 819,964 people are in the queue, waiting an average 112 days, according to data as of 30 June 2023. Some 17.4% of them had been on waiting lists for more than six months, with the amount of patients slated for elective surgery increasing by 9.4% compared to June 2022. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/alarming-new-data-reveals-huge-jump-hospital-20231121150535-nt.html {Of the dozen or so readers who have unsubscribed from DigameXtra this past year, almost all have said they are leaving Spain due to fears of healthcare delays, inadequate treatment, and/or the refusal of doctors to prescribe sufficient pain meds. Spanish public healthcare is as farcical as it’s politics. -Ed.}
TORROX
The “Cajonea Torrox” Festival pays tribute to Hugo Domínguez: {Translation, summary}
– The VII International Festival of the Flamenco Cajón (box drum) and World Music “Cajonea Torrox” begins, which will pay tribute to the Argentinean luthier Hugo Domínguez, from the group Les Luthiers, and includes six performances in a great concert. In addition, the programme also includes a didactic concert and the popular “cajoneada” in the Plaza de la Constitución.
– On 1 December, in the Plaza de la Constitución in Torrox, the “cajoneadas” that have so far passed through Ronda, Antequera, Mijas, Marbella and Alhaurín de la Torre will culminate with the participation of hundreds of students. One day later, on 2 December, a concert will take place at 20:00 in the Teatro Municipal Villa de Torrox with performances by Álex Sánchez Band; The Cajón; Carlos Leal; Dani Bonilla; Carmen Camacho; and Miguelito “El Nene”. The price of tickets on the website mientrada.net is only five euros. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-festival-cajonea-torrox-homenajea-a-hugo-dominguez-e-incluye-seis-actuaciones-en-concierto/
TORRE DEL MAR
Mercadona opens ‘efficient shop’ model on the Costa del Sol:
– A new Mercadona supermarket opened in Torre del Mar on Monday 20 November. Located on Calle Mar Tireno, it is opposite the old store just off Avenida Andalucía, next to the Repsol petrol station, which has now closed.
– The shop also incorporates a new ‘ready-to-eat’ section. The different options are served in packaging made from natural materials, such as sugar cane, cardboard or paper. In addition, the new supermarket has, canopies with artificial plants, a new entrance with double glazing, wider aisles, an area with chairs and tables where customers can consume the ready meals, a new model of shopping trolley and a basket-type trolley that the company says “is much more ergonomic and lighter”. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/spanish-supermarket-giant-opens-efficient-shop-model-20231121171935-nt.html
UK
Long-Lost Monastery And Home Of Earliest Written Scots Gaelic Found After 1,000 Years:
– Archaeologists believe they have located the site of the long-lost Monastery of Deer in Northeast Scotland, close to the village of Mintlaw in Aberdeenshire.
. The site is not only significant in its own right but is also important for the history of Scots Gaelic.
– It is thought that the earliest examples of this form of Celtic language were produced at this monastery in the 11th and 12th centuries CE. These texts were Gaelic land grants, which were subsequently placed in the Book of Deer, a pocket gospel book that was originally written between 850 and 1000 CE. Full article: https://www.iflscience.com/long-lost-monastery-and-home-of-earliest-written-scots-gaelic-found-after-1000-years-71650
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Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
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Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
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Nerja 952 524 519
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National Police: 091
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Ambulance: 061
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