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Public Holidays In March: 4 Day bridge holiday weekend from 28 March thru 31 March
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Ref: https://www.foro-ciudad.com/malaga/nerja/calendario-laboral-2024.html
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Jam Session with Dana & Gianni: March Wednesday 20 from 8pm to 11pm, we are waiting for you at the Medía Caña chiringuito for a creative Jam Session hosted by Dana & Gianni, if you are a musician bring your instrument you will be welcome. Good environment, good food and drinks. Reserve and info at +34 635763633 (Avenida del Peñoncillo 46 Torrox Costa)
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Concert: Ensemble of Tokyo Guitars & Piano
Wed, 20 March, 8pm. €5
Auditorium Casa de la Cultura, Almunecar
Info: +34 958 838 623
Casa De La Cultura De Almuñécar, Calle Puerta de Granada, Almuñécar
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Raimundo Amador- Flamenco & Blues: Friday, 22 March 8pm
Teatro Del Soho Caixabank
C/ Córdoba, 13, Distrito Centro, 29001 Málaga
The Sevillian flamenco and blues guitarist, as well as composer, singer and arranger, Raimundo Amador, brings in concert his latest album to date. Entitled “60 Aniversario. Directo en Casa” was released in 2020 and features collaborations with artists such as Buika, Sorderita and SFDK. Raimundo’s shows often feature unannounced guests- flamenco legend Tomatito is known to drop in for a song or 2 if he is in town…
Info & tix: https://www.laganzua.net/conciertos/raimundo-amador-malaga-999065 & Map Link
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Great Deals From Upcycling Nerja:
– Mexican narrow display unit Natural wood (waxed) Beige color Chicken wire Black hinges & handles Measurements 100 x 30 x 80cms Price 160€
– Lovely occasional chair grey with safari print seat pad 75€
– Occasional chair blue with jazzy print seat pad 45€
contact Jackie /nerja 672170429
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Little girl’s in-line skates. Adjustable from size 27 to 30. Brand unknown. Minor scratches in the front. The pair: 9 euro
– 3 children’s computer printed paintings on canvas. Two 28 cm x 28 cm x 2 cm and the small one: 20 cm x 20 cm x 2 cm. 8 euro
– Skateboard. Small skateboard for users of more than 20 kgs and less than 50 kgs. Rip Curl Coca Cola. Some damage to the design underneath (the paper is torn). 40 cm x 13 cm x 8.5 cm. 8 euro
Jane, Canillas de Albaida. 601654388
janebs@hotmail.co.uk
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For Sale: Paul Smith jacket. 100% cotton. Washable at 40°
52cm sleeve length armpit to cuff; 77cm back seem length; 49cm across the back width. €50. Buyer collects. Contact Steve in El Morche on 620056188 for WhatsApp and email agentthommo@icloud.com
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For Sale: Beige chair, as good as new. Never been used. 1 year old. More pictures available. 50€. Velez-Malaga. Patricia 693373530 or whatsapp.
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For Sale: Divan & mattresses.
IKEA 1 Brimnes (single converts to double) Divan in white and 2 Vannaried mattresses. (links below to ikea website for all measurements). All are like new, in excellent condition. Only 1 mattress has been slept on for 2 nights.
Purchased last year for 529€ will accept 450€. Saving of 79€.
Collection only from Karen, near Loma de Arriba close to Canillas de Aceituno.
What’s app number: 654271463.
Email: Kmg.owens@gmail.com
Please note, I need it collecting as soon as possible due to new delivery.
https://www.ikea.com/es/es/p/brimnes-estructura-divan-con-2-cajones-blanco-00228705/
https://www.ikea.com/es/es/p/vannareid-colchon-muelles-ensacados-extra-firme-beige-70486729/
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Michelle, La Herradura. whatsapp +34 711012826
michellerabin at g mail dot com
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SPAIN
The price of the butane canister rises again: {Translation}
– The maximum selling price to the public of the butane canister will rise by 4.91% from this Tuesday, to 16.67 euros, in the third rebound in price after six consecutive two months of descents were chained, according to a resolution published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/economia/precio-bombona-encadena-subidas-consecutivas_0_1885611912.html
ANDALUCÍA
‘Calima’ and rain is forecast for the south of Spain, with a big red dust cloud coming from the Sahara desert:
– The weather forecast brings some concerning news to the Andalucía region of southern Spain this week. With Easter just around the corner, the next few days will be marked with the arrival of strong ‘calima’ haze of Saharan desert sand from North Africa and the formation of a Dana (high level depression at a high altitude) in the southwest of the Spanish mainland that could bring rain in the middle of the week. Additionally, maximum temperatures will continue to be higher than normal for this time of year, with highs close to 30C.
– The major talking point will undoubtedly be the appearance of an episode of calima. «From Monday onwards there will be dust in suspension in Andalucía and the atmosphere will be hazy,» José Miguel Viñas, meteorologist at Meteored, told SUR’s sister newspaper Ideal. However, as the days go by, the situation will not improve but will get worse: «Thursday will be the most important day in terms of the dust haze. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were an episode of a similar intensity to the one we had two years ago,» Viñas added.
– On Wednesday there will be a change in the weather in the region due to the formation of a trough in the southwest of the Spanish mainland prior to the formation of the Dana. «There could be stormy showers almost anywhere in Andalucía that day», warned Viñas. However, the weather models indicate that from Thursday onwards the rain and storms will cease.
– As far as temperatures are concerned, they will remain at a high of around 30C for practically the whole week. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/calima-and-rain-forecast-for-the-south-20240318185015-nt.html
COSTA DEL SOL
Motorists warned of nighttime carriageway closures on two sections of A-7 on the Costa del Sol:
– Motorists have been warned to expect traffic disruption along parts of the Costa del Sol due to road resurfacing and tunnel works on the A-7 motorway which will start tonight at midnight.
– Work will start this Monday 18 March, specifically between kilometres 1.450 and 3.600 of the MA-20 Ronda Oeste (Guadalmar and the Parador de Golf), near the Plaza Mayor retail park and a key exit for Malaga Airport. Traffic will be affected in both directions, so drivers are being warned to pay extra attention to signage changes at exits one and three of the busy road. The overnight carriageway closures will be in place from 12 midnight until 7am each day, with work scheduled to finish on 22 March (which marks the start of Easter week). The 1.83-million-euro project will involve strengthening and improving the infrastructure and waterproofing expansion joints on the road surface.
– Spain’s Ministry of Transport is also carrying out nighttime works to adapt the emergency exits on the Churriana and San Pedro Alcántara tunnels on the A-7 motorway. The work will cost 3.76 million euros and traffic is expected to be affected between 18 March and 26 June, except during Easter week (22-31 March).
– On both carriageways, both in the direction of Cadiz between km 1054.260 and 1055.260, and in the direction of Malaga between km 1055.260 and 1054.260, the left lane will be closed at night, always leaving the right lane free for traffic at all times. During daytime hours between 7am and 9pm, there will be no lane closures whatsoever, nor at weekends, and traffic will return to normal from 7am on Fridays. Source, English: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/motorists-warned-nighttime-carriageway-closures-two-sections-20240318115021-nt.html
MALAGA PROVINCE
State of the reservoirs in Malaga today: Click to enlarge. Source: https://www.diariosur.es/andalucia/estado-embalses-andalucia-hoy-20240206210000-nt.html
MALAGA CITY
Tourists Go Home- Residents of Malaga Tell Tourists They Are Unwanted in Their Home City: {Translation, summary}
– The residents of Malaga, Spain, have started placing posters in buildings asking tourists to “go home” due to the increase in the flow of tourists to the country. Malaga usually attracts millions of holidaymakers every year. However, angry locals are now voicing their displeasure in clear terms.
– The residents of Malaga have resorted to an unconventional means of protest. The city is decorated with a flood of stickers adorning the walls and doors, conveying the feelings of its inhabitants towards visitors, SchengenVisaInfo reports. full article: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/tourists-go-home-residents-of-malaga-tell-tourists-they-are-unwanted-in-their-home-city/
ALPUJARRA
La Alpujarra railway, a dream that vanished a century ago:
– During the early 20th century a number of projects were drawn up to link Granada city with the coastal town of Motril by railway. The projects also contemplated a line that would go through La Alpujarra via Lanjarón and on to Granada. However, the plans to bring the steam train to the province never materialised.
– in 1904 a new railway law raised “new expectations” and a report drawn up by El Defensor de Granada, envisaged three lines: Granada to Motril; Órgiva (on the line from Granada to Motril) to Ugíjar (on the line from Ugíjar to Berja) and Almeria and a line from Baza to Calasparra station on the Chinchilla to Cartagena line. However, in the end none of the proposed lines were built. “Other projects also fell on deaf ears”, says García Valdearenas.
– According to the historian from Cádiar (Granada province), “Another project envisaged a main line that started in Torre del Mar in Malaga province and ended in Zurgena in Almeria province, where it would have linked up with the line from Lorca to Baza.
– The possibility of the Alpujarra railway was brought up on several occasions, but despite efforts by a number of regional and provincial bodies and a report written in May 1925 by the Granada Chamber of Commerce on the minimum railway needs in the province, which included the construction of a railway from Torre del Mar to Zurgena, no railway was ever built.
– In 1926 a meeting took place in Motril, similar to the one held in Cádiar in 1924, but the plans were frustrated. According to García Valdearenas, “If the railway had been built in La Alpujarra, it would have undoubtedly had a great economic and social impact, including a solution to the problems of communication and isolation that the region had been suffering.” Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/alpujarra-locomotive-dream-that-vanished-years-ago-20240318113055-nt.html
EUROPE
German Lawmaker In Blistering Ukraine Speech To Parliament: “Have You All Lost Your Minds?”:
– Sahra Wagenknecht was long well-known as one of the leading members of the Left Party (Die Linke), but currently she’s head of the recently formed Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice. She recently gave a stirring and rare, courageous speech warning against the German government being on the warpath with Russia, also as a handful of European leaders, with France’s Macron leading the way, even contemplating sending Western troops to Ukraine as a viable ‘option’.
– “Have you all lost your minds?” she questioned members of the Bundestag. She said in the speech: “The Scholz government has already crossed one red line after the other. In the meantime we reached the point where German Air Force officers calmly debate how to destroy Russian targets with German cruise missiles…” She continued, “The scandal is that we have reached a point where it has become normal to have such debates.”
– Wagenknecht went on: “Our grandiose military experts from the Greens have been telling us for two years now what ‘game changer’ we have to deliver next so that Ukraine can win this war.” The hawks “dream” about using German missiles to “destroy ministries in Moscow,” she said. “And when the pope speaks out against this madness, saying that Kiev should negotiate rather than drive the country to suicide, he was called a ‘Putin troll’.” She then emphasized, “The whole world outside the German political bubble knows that Ukraine cannot with this war. For a long time there has been no winning in Ukraine. There has only been.. bloody dying day in and day out. And Taurus missiles won’t change any of that.” Watch the German lawmaker’s speech in German with English subtitles, no account needed: https://twitter.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/1769622619014242701
Full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/german-lawmaker-blistering-ukraine-speech-parliament-have-you-all-lost-your-minds
CULTURE
The King and Princess Leonor, together in maneuvers:
– King Felipe VI accompanied Princess Leonor during a manoeuvre at the National Training Centre of San Gregorio, Zaragoza. His Majesty was present at the tactical exercise that his daughter and the rest of the students of the General Military Academy carried out. Now, the Princess is in Toledo, where she will spend a week of manoeuvres at the Infantry Academy. Source & photo credits: https://www.abc.es/espana/casa-real/rey-felipe-princesa-leonor-juntos-maniobras-20240318132157-ga.html
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Useful Links, Info & Numbers
2024 Holiday Calendars by town, click/tap to view:
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For other towns in Malaga Province, visit this website, click your town, then look for the post named “Calendario Laboral de ‘Your Town‘ 2024 “, click that to see calendar.
https://www.foro-ciudad.com/malaga.html
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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