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Programme for the Feria de San Juan in Alhaurín de la Torre: Concerts and performances.
Thursday, June 20 to Monday, June 24
See full schedule: https://www.malagahoy.es/la-farola/programacion-Feria-San-Juan-Alhaurin-Torre_0_1912609425.html
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Triana’s San Juan Fair: June 21 to 23
The San Juan Fair will start on Friday at 22:00, at 22:30 election of Mister and Queen of the Fair. At 23:00 performance by the group ‘Ñ-Clan’. At 00:30, New Velada show. At 01:30, DJ Nico Vega. And at 02.30, New Velada again.
On Saturday, the day starts at 18:30 with children’s entertainment. There will be a performance by Las Niñas (22:00), Joana Santos (00:00), New Velada (01:00), DJ Dani Glamor (02:30) and New Velada again (03:30) to close Saturday.
Sunday, the last day, starts at 17:00 with the children’s drawing contest (Café Teatro). At 18:00, Traditional Games. At 21:00, Mayor’s Dinner and election of Mister and Queen of Mayor. At 22:00, performance by Natalia Moralo and Macarena Soto. The awards ceremony for the contest will be at 23:45. And the fair will close at 00:00 with the performance of New Velada”, concluded Begoña Fernández and Alicia Fortes, Stewards of Triana.
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Los Puertas (Vélez-Málaga) Fair 2024: 21 to 23 June
Fair will start on Friday 21 June, with the inauguration at 21.00 hours, and will last until the afternoon of Sunday the 23rd.
After the inauguration on Friday, the election of the Queen of the Fiestas, Maids of Honour, and also the Miss and Mister visitor will take place. Friday will close with ‘Los Electroduendes’.
On Saturday the Fair kicks off at 12.00 noon. At 16.30 it will be the turn of DJ David Trovar. At 18:00 hours, it will be time for the little ones with children’s entertainment. At 00.30 hours, the performance of ‘Por Derecho’. And the day will close at 2.00 am again with DJ David Trovar”, he said.
Sunday, the last day, will start at 12.00 hours with the procession in honour of our Patron Saint John, accompanied by the Vélez-Málaga music band. At 14.30 hours, there will be a large popular paella. And at 16.00 hours, a performance by ‘Álvaro Olmedo’ to close the festival.
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Programme for the 63rd Nerja Cave Festival: Concerts and tickets.
15 shows and concerts in a unique environment from June 21 to August 10.
Info & tix: https://cuevadenerja.es/festival-de-musica/
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Candlelight Concert- Vivaldi’s Four Seasons:
Fri, 21 June, Two sessions, 7:30pm & 9:30
Featuring a String Quartet – Antequeruela Quartet
Venue: Basilica of San Juan de Dios, Granada
The Basilica of San Juan de Dios in Granada is a baroque church from the 18th century, with an interior richly decorated with polychrome wood, sculptures of saints and gilding.
Info & tix: https://feverup.com/m/137611
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Deeper Purple, Deep Purple tribute show:
Fri, 21 June 8:30pm. Planta Baja, Granada
Support act, Ramdel.
The European band Deeper Purple returns to Spain to celebrate its tenth anniversary, offering the most authentic tribute to Deep Purple, the classic rock giants who have influenced generations of musicians and fans for more than 50 years.
Address: Calle Horno de Abad, 11, 18002 Granada
Info & tix (€15): https://entradas.conciertos.club/es/events/deeper-purple-live-granada & Video Link
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Canillas de Albaida celebrates the San Juan pilgrimage:
Sunday, June 23, from 10 in the morning, which will be the pilgrimage mass in the Hermitage of Santa Ana, accompanied by the Romeros del Rosario Choir.
During the day ‘Leo Música en Vivo’ will perform, the ‘romero’ and the ‘romera mayor’ will be chosen together with their ladies and there will be a horseback race with a prize for the best runner, enlivened by the Municipal Band of Canillas de Albaida.
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Free Concert- ‘Dial al Sol’ at the Almuñécar fairgrounds:
Wednesday, July 3, 10pm.
Featuring Gonzalo Hermida, Ezio Oliva, Yoly Saa, Marta Soto, Blas Cantó, Marta Santos, Andreew and Estrella Trujillo.
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Music with Dana & Gianni: Three appointments this week.
– On Wednesday, June 19th, we look forward to seeing you at the Media Caña Torrox Costa chiringuito on Avenida del Peñoncillo 47 from 8 pm to 11 pm for a super Jam Session hosted by Dana and Gianni. Everyone is welcome and if you are a musician bring your instrument. Info/booking:+34 635763633
– On Sunday, June 23rd, the jam session will be held at Ziggy’s bar Puente Don Manuel (venta baja in front of Scirocco bar) from 2 to 5 pm, as above: everyone welcome. Info/booking:+44 7947099443
– On Sunday, June 23rd at 8 p.m. concert by Dana & Gianni with special guests at Al Alba Torrox Costa Paseó marítimo, calle Estepona 1. A fabulous musical journey full of emotions! Info/booking:+34 620922500
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Rincón de la Victoria hosts live music to celebrate the night of San Juan on June 23:
– The party on the night of San Juan will begin at 10pm and is scheduled to end at 2am. At midnight the launch of fireworks is scheduled from the Torre Almenara esplanade.
– The El Tajo beach will host performances by DJs, featuring Salvi Tejón & Yaxx Lee, Aitor Alonso DJ, and Androale DJ
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SPAIN
The Bank of Spain warns of the collapse of the Treasury if the Government continues with the pace of public debt: {Translation, summary}
– The Bank of Spain has published an interesting document devoted to the evolution of public debt and the projections for this variable in the medium and long term. The study, prepared by Mario Alloza, Jorge Martínez, Juan Rojas and Iacopo Varotto, concludes that there is an 80% probability that public debt will exceed 100% of GDP in 2040.
– The analysis has been published as part of the Banco de España’s collection of “Occasional Papers” and uses a stochastic approach that aims to estimate the sustainability of Spain’s public debt by incorporating factors such as macro-financial uncertainty and the rising costs of a progressively ageing population.
– Currently, public debt already exceeds 107% of GDP, practically doubling the reference thresholds set by Brussels, which aim to limit Eurozone member states’ liabilities to below 60% of GDP. Worst of all, if we look back to 2007-2008, our country’s public debt was around 40% of GDP, so that the performance on this indicator has accumulated fifteen years of progressive deterioration.
– The Banco de España study points out that macro and financial uncertainty adds an additional layer of risk. Market volatility and potential increases in interest rates further complicate Spain’s financial outlook. Thus, the combination of all these factors creates an alarming scenario in which the absence of corrective measures may cause public debt to become an unsustainable burden.
– The Bank of Spain’s report not only presents this bleak diagnosis, but also suggests a way forward to avoid fiscal catastrophe. The key is none other than to commit to the implementation of a rigorous fiscal consolidation plan that is aligned with the new European economic governance framework. In a scenario where such policies are adopted, the probability of public debt exceeding 100% of GDP in 2040 falls sharply to 20%. However, in the absence of consolidation measures, there is an 80% probability that government liabilities will still be as high in fifteen years’ time.
– The aforementioned work also points out that “Spain is the second country in Europe with the highest increase in public debt from the end of 2019 to the first quarter of 2023. The rise, of 14.6 points of GDP, is well above the increase observed in the European Union as a whole, where the increase has been 6 points of GDP”. Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2024-06-18/banco-de-espana-avisa-endeudamiento-publico-tesoro-deuda-en-2040-80-por-ciento-probabilidad-superior-100-por-ciento-pib-7137801/
ANDALUCÍA
Andalusia brings in 3,000 doctors – without MIR (Médico Intern Resident, Resident Medical Intern) – to plug the overload in primary care despite being “illegal”, different group from the 500 MIRs currently in hospital training that Health also wants to work as doctors this summer: {Translation}
– Andalusia is resorting to doctors without the speciality to alleviate the shortage of professionals it suffers in primary care. In other words, the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) is hiring doctors who have not passed the MIR and, according to its own figures, since 2020 it has hired at least 4,300 professionals a year who are in this situation. This is an “illegal” practice, according to the Ministry of Health, because European Directive 86/457 has prohibited it since 1986 and, although it was allowed during the pandemic, the rule fell in 2022.
– As the lack of doctors is a recurrent problem in the Spanish public health system and especially in Andalusia, the Andalusian Minister of Health, Catalina García, insists on increasing the number of MIR places by 1,000, as well as the units that allow them to be trained. She says this in a context in which, moreover, she does not rule out having to close health centres this summer due to the shortage of doctors in the SAS.
– Precisely, the autonomous communities governed by the PP have asked the Ministry of Health to allow the MIRs to work in primary care. Without them, García claims that Andalusia will have 16% fewer doctors for the summer plan. As a result of the lack of resources, the unions have called a partial strike for 26 June.
– The regional government points out that there are 500 vacancies in primary care and that 389 doctors will not finish their MIR training until September, when it was intended to have them to cover the summer staff. A problem which, they say, is compounded by the fact that 489 doctors are due to retire in 2024. A figure that will reach 5,000 in the next decade, according to the unions.
– At present, according to the SAS, there are around 8,000 doctors in Andalusian outpatient clinics – if paediatricians and family doctors are added. Of these, at least 2,841 have been recruited this year without having been trained in this speciality or having been able to accredit it. That is the number of doctors without MIR that Andalusia has recruited up to June, but since 2020 the figures have doubled. In 2020 there were 4,997, in 2021 4,750 were recruited, in 2022 there were 4,556 and 4,348 in 2023. These are doctors who have not been trained in the same way as those who do specialise in the MIR because they have only recently started working as graduates or because they come from other countries and have not had their qualifications recognised, which is also illegal.
– However, of the total number of doctors who are working irregularly, the majority are EU doctors, and of these the “vast majority”, according to the unions, are Spaniards who have chosen not to do the MIR. In 2024, 1,663 of the 2,841 contracts that have been made to doctors without MIR are community staff and therefore mainly Spanish. “From Europe, some come from Romania or Poland, but the majority are students who have graduated in Medicine in Spain,” says José-Pelayo Galindo, spokesman for CCOO, one of the unions that is most alert to this circumstance.
– They are ironically known as “R0s”. They are known as such because doctors doing the MIR are categorised as R1 (first-year resident), R2 (second-year resident) and so on up to R5 depending on the year of training they are in. However, as these doctors are working as assistants before they have done the MIR, they are colloquially called by that name because they have not been resident interns.
– “There are more of them than people think and the problem is more worrying than people would like to know,” explains Pelayo. “We have to bear in mind that they are professionals who are learning as they go along, but without anyone tutoring them. It may happen that they themselves end up tutoring MIRs who have more practical training than they do”. A reality that explains a certain lack of prestige of primary care. “It would never occur to anyone that this would happen with other specialist doctors”.
– However, the difference in salary is the key. While a first-year MIR receives around 20,000 euros net per year, a newly recruited doctor earns double that figure, up to 40,000 euros. “If they have to choose between one salary and another to be in very demanding and difficult working conditions, there are those who choose not to do the MIR”. Although it is a practice that is not permitted by the regulations, which require doctors to have a recognised qualification and an accredited speciality, Andalusia does it and recognises it with the figures to which this newspaper has had access.
– The Health Department justifies this by stating that “there is jurisprudence” that supports them. They refer to the fact that in Castile and Leon, the regional government was denounced by the courts for this very practice. The Public Prosecutor’s Office endorsed it, claiming that it had been done to resolve “pressing needs” for personnel, and Andalusia has taken advantage of this judicial decision to claim that it is done in “exceptional” cases.
– But the Ministry of Health reminds us that it is “illegal” and that the autonomous regions do not have the power to determine which cases are exceptional so that the rule that prevents this type of hiring can be skipped. They add that they cannot denounce it because it should be the regional governments that ensure “correct compliance with the rule in their territory”.
– In addition to the newly-qualified doctors working in Andalusian clinics, there are also those who come from countries that are not members of the European Union. If their degree is not recognised, they cannot be hired either, but in these cases the situation is somewhat different. “It often happens that they come to work, but the homologation takes so long that they end up being hired while it is being processed”. In other words, they are doctors who would have the same full training as those trained in the National Health System (NHS).
– All this is happening in a context in which the understanding between the Regional Ministry of Health and the medical professionals and trade unions is at its worst. The latter accuse the Andalusian regional government of improvising and failing to negotiate measures to improve the collapse of care and do not understand why they are demanding efforts from the Ministry of Health if, for example, 39 MIR openings have been left vacant in this year’s call for applications. The sectoral committee reminds Health that it has to make “longer and more stable contracts” to avoid the flight of doctors to other autonomous communities or to private healthcare. Source, Spanish: https://www.eldiario.es/andalucia/andalucia-tira-3-000-medicos-mir-taponar-sobrecarga-atencion-primaria-pese-ilegal_1_11427145.html
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New ‘wave’ of covid in Andalusia- why cases are on the rise and everything you need to know about the new variant: {Translation, summary}
– The increase in COVID-19 cases in Andalusia has raised concerns among the population and health authorities. Since the beginning of April, a marked increase in infections and hospitalisations related to the virus has been observed. The new Pirola variant, which is now dominant in Spain, is driving this new ‘wave’ of infections. According to the latest data from the Serious Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance System (SiVIRA), almost 60% of current COVID-19 cases in the region are due to this variant.
– The increase in COVID-19 cases has led to an increase in hospitalisations related to the virus. According to the latest SiVIRA report from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, published with data collected between 3 and 9 June, the rate of hospital positives has increased from 25.1% to 33.2%, while the rate of admissions has risen from 3.7 to 4.2 cases per 100,000 population. The impact on hospitals has been significant, with 30% of patients developing pneumonia and 4.1% requiring admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The case fatality rate has also increased from 8.2% at the end of May to 8.4% at the beginning of June. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/nueva-ola-covid-andalucia-aumentando_0_2000001385.html
TORRE DEL MAR
Playas de Torre del Mar opens registration for the second semester in its Hiking and Mountaineering activities: {Translation, summary}
– The Club Deportivo Playas de Torre del Mar has opened today (18/6) the registration period for all athletes of the Axarquia interested in federating in mountain for the second half of 2024, so that the mid-season licenses can be managed by the club Torre del Mar from Monday June 24 and will be valid from July 1 to December 31, 2024.
– Thus, from today, the offices of the Torre del Mar club have begun to process the corresponding Federative Cards for the remainder of the season both at Andalusian and national level, so that those interested in going out in the mountains and who are not yet federated, can do so with total security from July 1. This year, Playas de Torre del Mar has also set its sights on surpassing the 200 federated sportspeople achieved last season, a figure which would make it the club with the most federated participants in the Axarquia region.
– For this reason, Playas de Torre del Mar is appealing to all lovers of hiking and outdoor activities in our region to join its hardened mountaineering section. Being federated in mountaineering has many and varied benefits. Being federated is not an obligation, as there is no law that makes it compulsory to hold a sports licence to go out into the natural environment. However, having a licence of this type will help you to enjoy the peace of mind and safety required for mountaineering.
– In addition to other benefits such as discounts in the network of FADMES and FEDME refuges, courses and shops, being a member of a federation means that you can enjoy a mountain accident insurance policy with an extraordinary level of cover. In mountain activities it is highly recommended to take out an insurance policy that covers you for medical assistance. The insurance offered by the federation card is specifically created to cover the risks associated with the practice of this type of mountain sports, something of great importance taking into account the environment in which this type of sport is practised.
– The president of the Torreño club, Rafael Sánchez, explained that “the last few years have consolidated the strength of sports in nature, consolidating us as one of the most active sports clubs in the region, in which we have noticed a great desire to go out into the mountains and it has been this demand for our club that has made us bet even more strongly on this section, with which we want to provide all the sportsmen and women of the Axarquía with a club with which they will be able to develop routes and other activities related to outdoor sports”. Sánchez added that “during these days we are receiving requests for registration and requesting information not only from our region but from all over the province from people interested in joining this great mountaineering family”.
– If you are a lover of hiking and nature and you need more information about how to join the Club Deportivo Playas de Torre del Mar you can contact them by email: playasdetorredelmar@gmail.com
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-playas-de-torre-del-mar-abre-la-inscripcion-para-el-segundo-semestre-en-su-seccion-de-senderismo-y-montanismo/
VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA
The Culture Delegation presents the Choral Music Week with musical meetings in Vélez-Málaga and Torre del Mar: {Translation}
– The Councillor for Culture, Alicia Ramírez, explained the details surrounding this musical event, which kicks off this Saturday. “From the Delegation of Culture we are aware of the importance of choral music in our municipality, the quality of our choirs and the enthusiasm that exists. In this sense, we wanted to group the different concerts and meetings that take place throughout the year around an event: the Choral Music Week. Our aim is to make the choirs of our municipality and the great work they do more visible, so that under the umbrella of the Choral Music Week we can have more media visibility and acceptance by the public,” said the councillor at the outset.
– The councillor went on to give specific details and the dates on which the concerts will take place. “In those days we will have two concerts and the traditional José Hidalgo choir meeting in Torre del Mar. The first of these will be on 22 June. In it the Coral Amigos de la Música de Vélez-Málaga will celebrate the European Day of Music. It will take place in the courtyard of the Convent of San Francisco. On the 25th, in the courtyard of the Beniel Palace, we will have a concert by the Coral Stella Maris from Torre del Mar. With the choir and the young choir. And on 28, 29 and 30 June, in the Church of San Andrés in Torre del Mar, we will have the 34th José Hidalgo choir meeting organised by the Stella Maris choir”, Alicia Ramírez indicated.
– All the events will start at 21.00 hours. Admission is free
– “From the Department of Culture we invite all residents to enjoy this music, which has a great acceptance and roots in our region, and that will enliven the evenings and nights of next week. All the events will start at 21.00 hours. Admission is free, so I hope that everyone who wants to can enjoy this series of choral music,” concluded the councillor.
– For her part, Aurora González García, president of the Amigos de la Música choir, also explained the details surrounding this series. “The Amigos de la Música Choir usually celebrates the end of the school year. And this year we want to combine our concert with the European Day of Music. It will be a concert of choir and string orchestra, on the 22nd at 21.00 hours in the beautiful enclave of the Cloister of San Francisco de Vélez, where we will enjoy a great evening. You are all invited,” he said.Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-delegacion-de-cultura-presenta-la-semana-de-la-musica-coral-con-encuentros-musicales-en-velez-malaga-y-torre-del-mar/ ]
UK
All households in Scottish region to get alert about hackers publishing stolen medical data:
– All households in the Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway are set to receive letters warning them that cybercriminals are likely to have published medical data about them stolen from the National Health Service (NHS) in a ransomware attack in February.
– The cybercrime group behind the attack, INC Ransom, claimed in March that it would publish the confidential medical files unless NHS Dumfries and Galloway made an extortion payment. The health trust refused to do so.
– A copy of the notices to be sent across the southernmost region of Scotland, bordering northwest England, was published on the NHS Trust’s website on Monday. They will reach just under 150,000 people, most of whom are likely to be users of the country’s universal health system. Julie White, the NHS Trust’s chief executive, advises the recipients “that the best approach to take is to assume that some data relating to you is likely to have been copied and published.” “This is an extremely serious situation, and everyone is asked to be on their guard for any attempts to access their computer systems, or any approaches by anyone claiming to hold their data or someone else’s data,” she wrote. Full article: https://therecord.media/all-scottish-households-nhs-hack-alert
GASTRONOMIA
VIDEO: Frog’s legs- A Delicacy or Animal Cruelty?
– Frog’s legs are a popular delicacy in France. Almost 4000 tons are consumed yearly. But frogs are protected in the EU. So, where do the frog legs come from? See video in English here: https://www.dw.com/en/frogs-legs-a-delicacy-or-animal-cruelty/video-69363168
HEALTH
TC votes 7 to 4 to support 16 & 17 year olds’ right to abortion without parental consent in Spain: {Translation, summary}
– The plenary session of the Constitutional Court has endorsed this Tuesday the reform of the abortion law that allows 16 and 17 year olds to terminate pregnancies without parental consent, and establishes public hospitals as centres of reference for this practice.
– Legal sources have informed EFE that the court of guarantees has rejected the appeal of Vox with the seven votes in favour of the progressive majority against the four of the conservative minority. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1690948/el-tc-avala-que-las-jovenes-de-16-y-17-anos-puedan-abortar-sin-consentimiento-paterno/
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