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Nerja commemorates the International Day of the Gypsy People: 5-6 April
– They will begin on Friday the 5th at 19:00, with a round table discussion at the Nerja Museum, presented by its director, Juan Bautista Salado, entitled “Picasso, the gypsies and flamenco”. Gonzalo Peña, head of culture at the Fundación Secretariado Gitano, musicologist and flamenco specialist, will speak about the contributions of the gypsy people to flamenco.
– At 19:30 a conference-concert will be given by Dolores Vargas Jiménez, gypsy doctor and researcher. Lela Soto will sing and Antoni Malena Jr. will play the guitar.
– On Saturday 6th, from 20:00 hours in the Villa de Nerja Cultural Centre, there will be a gala for the International Day of the Romany People, presented by Juan Carlos Ibáñez, at which a manifesto will be read. The event will pay tribute to Dolores Trigueros Garcés, the longest-serving gypsy woman, with the participation of her relatives. Afterwards, the hymn Gelem-Gelem will be performed by Esmeralda Campos, followed by a flamenco group with the participation of Mara Rey on vocals, Camarón de Pitita on guitar, Raquel Heredia “La Repompa” on dance and Moi on percussion. Admission to these activities is free until full capacity is reached.
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SPAIN
Sanchez Gov’t Now Blocking The Independence Initiatives It Promised To Gain The Famous “7 Investiture Votes” That Put Them In Power: {Translation}
– The Minister Spokesperson, Pilar Alegría, has responded to the Catalan President, Pere Aragonès, that his proposal for a referendum on self-determination for Catalonia is “absolutely antagonistic” to the Government’s position and “is not wanted by the majority of Catalan society”, insisting on her rejection: “No and no”. “If this proposal is in line with what this government has always maintained and defended (“always maintained and defended”??? Sanchez was against Catalan independence in 2017, then accepted and even promoted it it due to election-blackmail in 2023, and now is back to no, reneging on the deal that got him elected. -Ed.), I say no, it is absolutely antagonistic”, Alegría said when asked at the press conference following the Council of Ministers about the Generalitat’s recent proposal for a popular consultation on the independence of Catalonia, which would be based on article 92 of the Spanish Constitution.
– The Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sport also defended the fact that the Executive seeks “the path of reunion”, reconciliation and unity, which is why “this is” where they will continue “working and moving forward”. He also affirmed that this position is shared by a “majority of Catalan society” who want “a policy of progress” for the region.
– In this sense, she reiterated the “absolute” disagreement with the holding of a referendum as proposed by Aragonès. “No, and we do not share this position at all (…) our position is clear, it is radically opposed, it is coexistence, it is reunion, it is to continue moving forward”, she stressed.
– Questioned on whether the Executive has the credibility to reject a referendum after having previously been against it and then years later supporting it, Alegría limited herself to saying that the Amnesty Law registered by the PSOE in Congress is “very different” to the one registered in the past by the pro-independence parties. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-gobierno-responde-aragones-propuesta-referendum-absolutamente-antagonica-insiste-no-no-20240402140944.html
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Food prices rose 325% from farm to fork in March, according to COAG (Coordinator of Farmers and Livestock Organizations): {Translation}
– The price of food rose by 325 % (more than four times) from its origin in the field to the consumer last March, according to the latest report of the Index of Prices at Origin and Destination (IPOD) of food, released Tuesday by the agricultural organisation COAG.
– The IPOD of agricultural products increased by 360% between origin and destination and that of livestock products increased by 199%.
– Among the foodstuffs with the highest increases throughout the chain, the following stand out: lemon, which rose by 1,354% (fourteen and a half times between origin and destination); oranges (720%), cabbage (490%) and broccoli (463%).
– The foods that rose the least in price between origin and destination were extra virgin olive oil (26 %); eggs M ( 51 %); and cow’s milk (80 %). Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1617629/el-precio-de-los-alimentos-subio-un-325-del-campo-a-la-mesa-en-marzo-segun-coag/
ANDALUCÍA
Andalusia to “relax” water restrictions thanks to Easter rains: {Translation, summary}
– The Andalusian Government has advocated this Tuesday for relaxing the restrictions currently in force on the human consumption of water in the hydrographic demarcations under its jurisdiction, Andalusian Mediterranean, Guadalete-Barbate and Tinto-Odiel-Piedras, with an aim to guarantee domestic use first and foremost, and then to ensure that productive sectors such as agriculture and industry also benefit. The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, gave voice to this approach this Tuesday at the press conference following the meeting of the Governing Council.
– With the idea that the figures for the increase in water in reservoirs, 1,260 cubic hectometres in one week, which have allowed reserves to reach 4,781 hectometres, almost 40% of the region’s capacity, which is almost 12,000 cubic hectometres, “makes us more optimistic” about “being able to improve the water situation”, Crespo said.
– The councillor pointed to the idea that “the rains are a relief but they are not the solution” and asked “not to launch campaigns in vain”, and while awaiting the imminent convening of the drought monitoring committees, she gave figures on how the current restrictions could be modified, which are an average consumption of 160 litres per person per day, a level that she assured “can be modified” to move to a range that she has placed “between 180, 200, 225 litres per person”.
– The drought committees, which are expected to meet shortly, will also analyse the relaxation of the ban on filling private and communal swimming pools, especially on the Costa del Sol. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/Andalucia-flexibilizara-restricciones-lluvias-Semana-Santa_0_1890112571.html & X-Link
AXARQUÍA
Periana is expecting more than 15,000 people this weekend to celebrate the XXIII Día del Aceite Verdial (23rd Verdial Olive Oil Day): {Translation, summary}
– The Councillor for Tourism, Juan Peñas, explained that the twenty-third edition of the Día del Aceite Verdial will start on Saturday 6 April at 09:30 am with a miller’s breakfast – bread, EVOO, beans, valaco and coffee – at the San Isidro Cooperative. At 10:30 a.m. the Monumental Olive Tree Route will begin with Antonio López and members of the Perianda Club as guides. “However, on Friday 5th we will already have activities because the foreign residents in our municipality have also asked us for activities in English, so we will share with them a breakfast, tasting and hiking route,” Peñas explained.
– At 12:00 there will be an introductory tasting of EVOO given by Alfredo Rivera Molina, director of Labsur Laboratories. At 13:00 there will be a show cooking by Sabor a Málaga. Both activities will take place in the María Zambrano assembly hall.
– At 19:30 there will be a concert ‘La Poesía Andalusí en la Axarquía de Mawazin’, which aims to disseminate the Andalusian poetic-literary heritage of La Axarquía. The event will take place in the Plenary Hall of the Periana Town Hall.
– From 20:00 hours the official stand will be open with music by DJ José Moreno and Óscar Muñoz as well as the Milleninium Orchestra.
– On Sunday 7th April at 10:00 a.m. welcome gifts will be handed out in the plaza of the Day Centre and a miller’s breakfast will be offered. At 10:30 there will be a parade by the Banda Municipal de Música de Periana.
– At 11:00 a.m. the Abraham Ortiz folk dancers will perform at the official stand; and the Panda de Verdiales San Isidro will be at different points along the Paseo de Bellavista.
– At 12:00 hours, the journalist and weather presenter, Roberto Brasero, will give the proclamation of the XXIII Día del Aceite Verdial. This will be followed by the presentation of the Olivo Verdial 2024 awards.
– At 14:00 there will be paella tasting and music by DJ José Moreno and DJ óscar Muñoz. At 17:00 there will be a performance by the Coro Rociero Camino de Olivares, followed by DJ music.
– During the weekend, from 10:00 to 14:00 hours, the exhibition ‘El arte de Baldruk’ by Daniel Caro can be visited in the assembly hall of the Periana Town Hall.
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/periana-espera-a-mas-de-15-000-personas-este-fin-de-semana-para-celebrar-el-xxiii-dia-del-aceite-verdial/
MOTRIL
The beaches of Motril again suffer serious damage after the Easter storms: {Translation, summary}
– The beaches of Motril have suffered damage during the Easter holidays which has affected the state of the coastal beaches. Motril Town Council has stated that this new episode “calls into question the investment made by the Central Government to alleviate the damage caused by previous storms in the town and which aimed to improve the state of our beaches”. The Mayoress of Motril, Luisa García Chamorro, together with the Deputy Mayor in charge of Beaches, José Peña, visited one of the critical points of the coast to see how the reconstruction and improvement work is progressing after the latest storms, and to demand that the work on the breakwater be carried out urgently to shorten the deadlines.
– Luisa García Chamorro exclaimed that “Motril does not need more transfers of sand but what really needs to be done is to undertake the work on the breakwater at Punta del Santo as a matter of urgency” because, “of the 50,000 cubic metres transported to this point, more than 80% has been lost with the storms of the last week alone”.
– For his part, the deputy mayor of Playas, José Peña, has described the actions undertaken as “insufficient” since the recovery of the Granada coast after the last transfers, together with the storm that devastated during the Easter period, has left Playa Granada “in really bad conditions for the image of Motril, local businesses and our visitors.” Source & Photo, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/playas-motril-vuelven-sufrir-graves-desperfectos-tras-temporales-semana-santa/
VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA
Department of Sports and AFADAX organize the XIX Hiking March through the Lecrín Valley of Granada this Sunday, April 7: {Translation, summary}
– This activity will take place this Sunday 7th April and has a registration fee of 12 euros, with a T-shirt as a gift for the occasion. The route will go through the Valle de Lecrín, in Granada, on the Mamut-Laguna de Padul route. There will be two departures: the first will take place at 8.00 am from the Municipal Market of Vélez-Málaga (old bus station, next to the Guardia Civil barracks), and then will leave at 8.15 am at the station of Torre del Mar.
– To sign up for the walking route you can go to the headquarters of AFADAX with registered office at Calle Pozos Dulces, number 2, in Vélez-Málaga, from Monday to Friday from 10.00 am to 14.00 pm. Or through the telephone numbers of the association, 952 506 235 / 637 77 37 07. Also at the headquarters of Torre del Mar (Paseo de Levante #22), in the centre Las Melosas, from Monday to Wednesday from 16.00 to 19.00 hours. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-concejalia-de-deportes-y-afadax-organizan-la-xix-marcha-senderista-por-el-valle-de-lecrin-de-granada-este-domingo-7-de-abril/
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