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Cal y Arena Flamenco Show: Tomás García Project (This will sell out fast, buy tix asap.)
Friday 2 Feb, at Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja.
Calle Granada 45, Nerja. Tel. 952523863
The show is a journey through the flamenco genre with Tomás García {vid}, enriched with jazz touches from Diego Suarez on the piano, the strength of the percussion and virtuosity of Juan Heredia, and the beauty of Tatiana Sacasa’s dancing. Source: https://cultura.nerja.es/category/programacion/ & Video Link
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Maria Esther Trio: Friday 12 Jan, 8pm
Jazz Club, Ventana Abierta, C/ Granada 3, Nerja
María Esther – Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
Phill Wilkinson – Guitar
Dan Sheppard – Bass
Tel 690073871. Web: https://www.ventana-abierta.es/
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Classic Car Show- RETROMALAGA 2024: Malaga FYCMA
January 26, 2024 – January 28, 2024
Friday 26: from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 27th: from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Sunday 28: from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The classic, vintage and collectible vehicle showroom Retro Malaga, will be at the Malaga Fair and Congress Palace (FYCMA). One more year, all lovers of classic and collectible vehicles from the south of the country and especially from the Andalucian community have an unmissable appointment at the quintessential Malaga retro show, where you can find exhibitions, accessories stands, spare parts, gifts, buying and selling of classic cars and motorcycles, among many other contents.
Do you want to put your classic vehicle for sale in Retro Málaga? Do you have a company related to the world of classic motors and want to participate as an exhibitor? Write us an email to info@eventosmotor.com
Info & tix: https://www.eventosmotor.com/eventos/2024/retro-malaga-2024/ & Video Link
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Windows, Apple/Mac, Linux, Android. Computers only, no tablets or phones.
I don’t work on dinosaurs computers made before 2016 unless I have been servicing then annually.
Contact: doctorlaptop AT protonmail DOT com
or call 675 993 069 (no calls before 12noon, missed calls returned asap). More info on my website. Always include the make & model number of the device when requesting assistance. My contact details can be found everyday at the bottom of the Sponsor’s Section.
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Great Deals From Upcycling Nerja:
– 40 inch TD systems tv (not smart tv) Model K40DLX14F, only 2 years old with remote control excellent condition 110€
– Dahou folding bike immaculate condition used once comes with instructions cd disk key for padlock touch up paint cost over 700€ looking for 250€
– Beautiful solid display cabinet with 2 keys plenty of shelving 123 x 47 x 210cms price 130€
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Wanted: single bed, with mattress, can only be in the Torrox area for collection please. Contact Edel, Torrox.
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Great Deals From DoctorLaptop, Torrox Costa
Computer prices have shot back up again. These units are the best deals I could find in the current marketplace.
For Sale, 3 items:
-Budget Laptop: New Lenovo Ideapad 1 Gen 7, 14 inch FHD display. Windows 11 Pro, 256Gb SSD, 4Gb RAM (soldered, not upgradable)
AMD 3020e processor (1.2GHz base, 2.6GHz turbo)
1.4kg slim design with 10hr battery.
System is English, keyboard Spanish. Only €380. Currently selling on Amazon.es, without Windows installed, for €468! See that here, https://www.amazon.es/dp/B09Y9J8DZQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details. This unit I am selling includes Windows 11, and at a far lower price!
1 year Lenovo warranty when registered online after purchase. (Pic on left, silver)
-High Performance Laptop: Business Grade Laptop
Acer Travelmate P215-52, brand new & fully upgraded with top-of-the-line RAM & SSDs.
Intel i3 10110U processor (2.59GHz base, 4.10GHz turbo!)
12Gb RAM. Two SSD Hard Drives: 256Gb + 500Gb
System: Windows 11 Pro in English. Spanish keyboard. 15.6″ HD display
Only €650 cash. 1 year Acer warranty when registered online after purchase. Currently on sale at Amazon.es, with only 4Gb ram and only one 256Gb SSD, running Win 10, for €500. See that here, https://www.amazon.es/Acer-TravelMate-TMP215-52-Ordenador-i3-10110U/dp/B09WRF9PZR/ (Pic in middle, black)
– €40 Used Laptop. Lenovo Z580, white shell. 15.6″ Display, 8Gb RAM, 700Gb HHD, Intel i7 Processor, Win 10 Pro freshly installed, DVD/CD, 2hr battery. Chrome, Adobe Reader and VLC Media Player installed. HDMI, VGA, Ethernet & wifi, 2x USB3, 2x USB2, audio port, mic port. Comes with an almost new, premium charger.
This is an old 2012 model, in good condition, except for 2 issues: the keyboard has dead keys so it requires the use of an external keyboard you must provide, and the display has a small flaw in one corner. (Pic on right, white)
If you are on a tight budget and just need something to get you thru until you can afford a new laptop, maybe 6-18 months, this will serve the purpose very well.
Sold as is, no warranty.
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Naythan, Torrox Costa. Buyer collects.
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MALAGA PROVINCE
Stores in Malaga and main towns of the Costa del Sol allowed to open on half the Sundays of the year, and these are the dates:
– According to the Junta’s authorised calendar for this year, shops in Malaga city and eleven Costa del Sol municipalities (Algarrobo, Benalmádena, Estepona, Fuengirola, Manilva, Marbella, Mijas, Nerja, Rincón de la Victoria, Torremolinos and Vélez-Málaga) will be allowed to open one Sunday in January (yesterday, 7 March), two in March (24 and 31, plus Thursday 28), all of June, July, August and September (plus Thursday 15 August), Saturday 12 October, Friday 1 November and four in December (1, 15, 22 and 29, plus Friday 6 and Monday 9). Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/stores-malaga-and-main-towns-the-costa-20240108130551-nt.html
AXARQUÍA
La Viñuela reservoir has again registered a new historic low: {Translation, summary}
– The La Viñuela reservoir has still not stopped its plummeting fall, registering a new historic low. As of Monday 8 January, it is only at 7.45% of its total capacity, only 12.24 cubic hectometres of water compared to 12.27 cubic hectometres a week ago and 18.55 cubic hectometres a year ago. The 2023 Environment Report for the region confirms that Andalusia is in a serious drought situation. Photo: DailyMailUK. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-segunda-semana-de-enero-dejara-en-la-axarquia-lluvias-escasas-y-frio-pronunciado-de-madrugada/
TORROX
Malaga awaits the arrival at a hotel in Torrox of 230 migrants from the Canary Islands: {Translation}
– Malaga awaits the arrival of 230 new migrants in an irregular situation from the Canary Islands for temporary reception, which is expected for early Wednesday morning when they will be transferred to a hotel in Torrox.
– Sources from the Red Cross, which will attend to them, have informed EFE of their arrival at the Urban Beach hotel in the town of El Morche, located in the municipality of Torrox, the same hotel which already took in migrants in the last quarter of last year due to the migratory crisis in the Canary Islands.
– They will arrive by bus from Madrid, where they will land on Tuesday evening on a flight from the Canary Islands. A team of 14 people from the Red Cross has already been set up to look after them at the hotel establishment, an entity that could have another reception facility in the same installations in the province of Granada, where migrants also arrived at the end of 2023.
– The Secretary of State for Migration informed the Red Cross last weekend of the need to open the temporary reception centre in Torrox with the same immediacy as on the previous occasion and identical characteristics of being transfers from the Canary Islands to the Peninsula.
– Presumably they will be mostly sub-Saharans and mainly Senegalese and, although at the end of the year there was also a reception facility in the province of Almería, in this case it will be limited to Torrox and perhaps to the province of Granada, according to the sources.
– They specified that although in November there was a drop in the arrival of migrants in the Canary Islands, in December there was an upturn which will have strained the capacity of the resources of that community and would require a response from the mainland to alleviate the overload.
– The authorities and the Red Cross itself have already informed the mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, of the arrival and he has made municipal resources available. In this hotel in Torrox, 485 migrants were received in different transfers since 24 October and, although the device was planned to be maintained until 31 December, the reception finally ended on 15 December when the last ones who remained in the establishment left the place.
– Despite being in an irregular situation in Spain, these migrants enjoy freedom of movement and contact, during their stay in the temporary shelter, with support networks or people who can facilitate their reception and subsequent integration, whether they are family members, friends or acquaintances. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/provincia/Malaga-migrantes-procedentes-Canarias-Torrox_0_1864615204.html
NERJA
Half a hundred bonfires will burn in Maro during the San Antón festivities next Saturday: {Translation}
– The Fiestas of San Antón will take place on Saturday 13, Sunday 14 and Wednesday 17 of January.
– The events will begin at 18.30 on Saturday with the lighting of the bonfires by the residents of Maro through the streets of the village to the rhythm of the music of the brass bands Brasstown and Vaso Largo Band.
At 21:30 the lighting of the big bonfire will take place in the square of Maro, an act in which Miguel Valverde Muñoz will be thanked for his participation in the making of the bonfire year after year.
At 22:30 there will be a performance by Aire Flamenco, followed by DJ Elías until 3am.
– On Sunday 14th January the events will begin at 14:00 with a performance by Banda Sonora in the Plaza de Maro, followed at 16:00 by Christian David Callejón’s group. At 17:00 there will be a “chocolatada” organised by the Junta de Festejos.
At 17:30 the offering of flowers to San Antón will take place, followed by the verbena with the group Onda Sonora.
– On Wednesday 17th January, at 12:00 noon, mass will be held in honour of San Antón and at the end of the mass, at the door of the church, the blessing of animals will take place.
In the evening, from 19:00 hours, there will be a procession through the streets of the village with the burning of fireworks as the saint passes by. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/medio-centenar-de-hogueras-arderan-en-maro-en-las-fiestas-de-san-anton-el-proximo-sabado/ & Video Link
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EUROPE
Macron picks Attal, 34, as France’s youngest PM:
– Gabriel Attal, {pic, on left} currently education minister, has been named France’s next prime minister, as Emmanuel Macron aims to revive his presidency with a new government.
– At 34, he is the youngest ever prime minister in modern French history, outranking even Socialist Laurent Fabius who was 37 when he was appointed by François Mitterrand in 1984. Mr Attal replaces Élisabeth Borne, who has resigned after 20 months in office. Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67922062
ENERGY CRISIS
Electricity in Spain will rise 11.3% in January if the Government’s anti-crisis measures fail to pass: {Translation, summary}
– The fall in the Congress of Deputies of the validation of the royal decrees approved in late December by the Council of Ministers, which extends to 2024 much of the anti-crisis package, could increase the electricity bill by more than 11% with the loss of all tax breaks for electricity.
– The Congress of Deputies will vote this Wednesday on these royal decrees, for which the government still does not have the guarantee of a simple majority required for ratification. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/economia/electricidad-subira-medidas-anticrisis-Gobierno_0_1864914235.html
SCAMS
Fake Endesa Emails Contain Infected Attachment: {Translation, summary}
– The fraudulent email informs {pic} that the recipient can now pay their invoice, attached as a compressed .zip file, although in reality this file is an .msi file containing malware. The email displays a message urging the user to download their invoice for the past month to give more credibility to this social engineering technique. In this case, it refers to the period between November 30 and December 31, 2023.
– If you received the email, but didn’t click the link, mark it as spam. Additionally, it would be wise to delete it from your inbox as well.
– If you downloaded the file by clicking the link, but didn’t run it, go to your downloads folder and delete it. Also, you should delete it from the recycle bin.
– If, on the other hand, you have opened the file, your device may have been infected and it would be necessary to do a full malware scan to remove it. Source, Spanish: https://www.incibe.es/ciudadania/avisos/distribucion-de-malware-grandoreiro-que-suplanta-endesa
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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 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/National News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
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