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– National holiday, Friday, 1 Nov, is All Saints Day.
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In Spain, every 1st of November is All Saints’ Day, to remember Christian saints who do not have their own Saint day. However, due to All Souls Day being on the very next day, the meaning of All Saints’ Day has expanded as a day to remember all those who have departed. In fact, more flowers are sold in Spain on All Saints’ Day than on any other day of the year.

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Todo Lorca street show returns to Torrox with ‘El Romancero Gitano’: Sat, 26 Oct.
The Assoc. Culture and Popular Traditions to stage in the streets of the historic center the show ‘Felah-Menkub’ (wandering peasant or landless) that this coming Saturday October 26 can be seen in two passes, at 18:30 hours and 22:00 hours, starting at the Plaza de San Roque.

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Alhaurín de la Torre- Festibeer program, its own Oktoberfest:
Friday the 25th to Sunday the 27th
In addition to a varied selection of beers, the festival will have food stalls and the popular food trucks, which will offer recipes from different parts of the world, along with a musical program with live performances by bands and DJs that will guarantee the festive atmosphere.
– On Friday night, at 22:00 hours, Nacho Oropesa will open the cycle of concerts, after him it will be the turn of DJ John Hurt with commercial music from 0:00 hours. This first day the closing of taps will take place at 3:00.
– For Saturday the Festibeer will open its taps from 12:00 hours and the first concert set at 13:00, with Zayas Cover Band. Also performing will be Mami Curl (17:00), Los Lolipopers (22:00) and DJ Rubén Madueño with the best of the 80s, 90s and 2000s from 0:00.
– On Sunday taps open again at 12:00, there will be a foosball tournament at 12:30, private tasting at 13:00 and the Joker Rock Band will perform at 16:00 until the closing of taps at 19:00.

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Vélez-Málaga Halloween night, Thurs, 31 Oct, with a great children’s party, the Passage of Terror, theatrical tours and ‘The Spirits of Villaween’:

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The opera Don Giovanni will be performed at the Folklore Center of Benagalbón on November 1:
The Teatro Lírico Andaluz stages an international production cast of about 30 artists with Mozart’s dramatic masterpiece.
The play will start at 20:30 hours and has an approximate duration of almost two hours.
Tickets can be purchased at Calasur Travel, Calle Granada, 10, in Rincon de la Victoria, in advance at a price of 16 euros, or at the box office for 18 euros. For more information please contact the following telephone number: 951501097 or 951501098.

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For Sale, 3 items:
– Churchill Fine English Tableware – “Ports of Call” by Jeff Banks – 7 cups and saucers, 7 bowls, 7 side/ dessert plates, 9 dinner plates, dishwasher and microwave proof, a total of 37 pieces for €20.
– A blender set, unused with UK plug, Silvercrest from Lidl €15.
– Table. A simple folding picnic/beach table €8
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For Sale, 3 items: Paintings
– #1 & #2. Two framed car watercolor paintings in frames. Signed Andy Danks. 10€ each.
– #3 Large (100cm x 70cm) framed and signed oil painting, featuring Spanish costal scene 40€.
Wes Torrox phone or WhatsApp 658164021

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For Sale, 3 items:
– KRAFTtech mains electric impact drill with laser attachment. 550W. Complete with instruction manual, depth stop, and chuck key. Used but in very good condition – hardly any dust! 20€
– Orbegozo “Blue Flame” butane gas fire model HBF90 plus instructions and lightweight gas bottle which is about half full, that’s how little the fire has been used. Bought from Pino Electricidad in Torre Del Mar for €100, both items €75
– Grey parasol, with winder, overall 2.50mts high x 2.90 diameter. Pole 45mm diameter. The canopy is in great condition, the pole has a scratch on the lower section. This used to fit through a hole in the centre of a table we no longer have, so, no base. €40
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News & Articles

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SPAIN

Ministry of Consumer Affairs investigates real estate companies for illegally charging renters commissions on housing rentals: {Translation}
– The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has opened an investigation to different housing rental management companies for allegedly charging tenants illegal commissions or forcing them to sign temporary contracts without such temporality being justified. The Directorate General of Consumer Affairs would have found, through various complaints filed by consumer associations, that these practices, prohibited by Law 12/2023 by the right to housing, would be carried out by companies operating throughout the Spanish territory.
– In this sense, the Consumer Affairs Ministry points out that transferring to tenants the costs of real estate management and the formalization of the contract is expressly prohibited by the “Law 12/2023 of May 24 for the right to housing”, as well as the signing of temporary contracts in which the temporary nature is not justified.
– Likewise, the Ministry headed by Pablo Bustinduy, points out that housing is a right and a basic necessity protected by the “Urban Leasing Law”, a regulation that prevents real estate agencies from including clauses or practices that violate the rights of tenants. In fact, these clauses or practices could be considered serious infringements, with fines of up to 100,000 euros, or very serious with penalties of up to one million euros. These amounts could even exceed those fixed with between four or eight times the illicit benefit obtained, according to Consumer Affairs.
*Property management and contract formalization expenses*
– In May of this year, Facua already warned that real estate agencies were charging tenants a commission that landlords actually have to assume. These are the real estate management and contract formalization fees in the case of long term contracts, i.e., those aimed at satisfying the permanent need for housing.
– Until the entry into force, at the end of last May, of the new Law on the Right to Housing, which introduced a modification in article 20 of the Urban Leases Law of 1994, the payment of this commission corresponded to the landlord when it was a legal entity (companies), but when it was a natural person, the law proposed that landlord and tenant agree on how to share this expense. According to the new regulations, this payment now always falls on the landlord, regardless of their status (company or individual).
– One of the real estate companies that Facua denounced for this reason was Alquiler Seguro, which is now among those investigated by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. According to the consumer organization, Alquiler Seguro is allegedly charging an amount equivalent to one month’s rent plus VAT for offering a “tenant assistance service”, which includes, among others, “advice on how to change the ownership of energy supplies”, “legal advice” on the rental contract and even “resolution of claims and incidents”. However, the organization points out that this type of management service has to be provided by the landlord, not by the intermediary rental agency for a fee. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/economia/mibolsillo/ministerio-consumo-investiga-inmobiliarias-cobro-comisiones-ilegales-20241022140405-nt.html

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The Begoña Investigation Will Continue- The TSJ of Madrid dismisses Begoña Gómez’s complaint against Judge Peinado for being based on “mere conjecture”: {Translation}
– The Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) has agreed to dismiss the complaint filed by Begoña Gómez against the judge who is investigating her, Juan Carlos Peinado, for an alleged continuous crime of prevarication and for alleged crimes of disclosure of procedural actions declared secret and/or information of which she has knowledge by reason of her office and which should not be disclosed.
– The magistrates, in line with the criteria of the Prosecutor’s Office, understand that there is no evidence of “the tortious departure from the norm alleged by the plaintiff”, as stated in the order collected by Europa Press.
– It is the third complaint filed against Peinado that the TSJM rejects in the last month: the first was that of the journalist Máximo Pradera; and the second, that of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
– In the complaint, Gómez’s defense claimed that the head of the 41st Court of Instruction of Madrid had transferred documents declared secret to investigators and this would have caused them to be published by different media. In her opinion, this action had seriously harmed her, since information and proceedings declared secret had been disclosed while she was unaware of all the details of the investigation, causing her defenselessness. “Despite the fact that the case was secret, it was transmitted live by the media”, said her lawyer, Antonio Camacho. The wife of the President of the Government’s wife also pointed out that Judge Peinado had adopted “arbitrary and manifestly unfair” judicial decisions through the issuing of judicial resolutions or the adoption of decisions communicated verbally. Photo: Jesus Diges. Sources, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/espana/tjsm-rechaza-querella-begona-gomez_0_2002623535.html & More detailed article:
https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-…

NERJA

Nerja City Council undertakes the clearing and cleaning of the Chíllar River: {Translation}
– The Councillor for the Environment of Nerja, Javier Rodriguez, has announced that this week the work of clearing and cleaning the riverbed of a section of the river Chíllar begins, from the mouth to the quarry, as part of the action program of conservation and maintenance of the channels of urban areas of the municipality.
– The works have an execution period of ten days and are being carried out by the company Excavaciones Beniex SL, with an investment of 20,242.09 euros which is financed with municipal resources. Rodriguez has detailed that “this action will be carried out on both banks of the river Chíllar, with an approximate length of 3.6 kilometers, removing plant debris and non-biodegradable items such as garbage and plastics.”
– He also pointed out that the aim of this action is to clear the riverbed in order to eliminate possible dangers in the event of heavy rains and the prevention of forest fires. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-ayuntamiento-de-nerja-acomete-el-desbroce-y-limpieza-del-rio-chillar/

EUROPE

France makes the temporary tax on the rich a permanent levy:
– France’s minority right wing government suffered a major blow when left wing and centrist deputies united to make a temporary tax on the rich into a permanent levy.
– The government had proposed a special tax on the rich for three years to help reduce a crippling public deficit which it estimates could hit 6.1 percent of gross domestic product in 2024. Under European Union rules it should be a maximum of three percent.
– But in a vote late Tuesday, deputies from a left wing coalition joined with the centrist Modem party, a part of the government coalition, to make the tax permanent. The government estimates that the tax on households where a single person earns more than 250,000 euros ($270,000) a year, or a couple more than 500,000 euros a year, will bring in two billion euros in 2025. Full article: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241023-french-government-considers-forcing-through-budget-bill-after-tax-on-rich-vote

RECALLS

Health orders the removal of a peeling agent for posing “a serious risk to health”: {Translation, summary}
– AEMPS has requested the cessation of marketing, withdrawal from the market and recall of the cosmetic Laviderm-Lavi Salipure Peeling Chemical Peel. The product, distributed by the company Lavigor 7000, “contains salicylic acid in a higher concentration than allowed, so it can present a serious risk to health,” they say.
– According to the Aemps, this product is mainly distributed in clinics and its use is intended for professionals, although it is not ruled out that it has been acquired by other users.
Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sociedad/sanidad-ordena-retirada-peeling-suponer-riesgo-grave-20241023110641-nt.html

TRAVEL

The cruise ship in which passengers own their cabins has been docked in Malaga since Tuesday: {Translation}
– The Odyssey sails with passengers who are owners or long-term tenants of the cabins in which they travel; a circumstance that turns this ship into an exclusive floating community of neighbors.
– With this idea being carried out by the company Ville Vie Residences which, based in the United States, has owned this ship since the beginning of this year, the option of traveling in one of the cabins, called villas, would involve their purchase. In the most economical option, the one that would refer to an interior cabin, would cost 111,005 euros. Other villas cost more corresponding to their location and facilities. Typically the purchase would be signed for a period of 15 years. Complementing this option, in addition, the Odyssey offers a range of 17 types of long term rentals that allow stays between 35 and 120 days.
– In addition to these options, to which it should be added that the owners of the villas can at any time rent or sell their cabins, the services included with the purchase of a cabin are very similar to those of a regular cruise ship. Offered daily menus that change every 14 days which include a breakfast buffet and a dessert buffet at dinner, basic drinks are also included in this package. With the possibility to make use of two party rooms, a library, a gym and different bathing and spa areas, this ship also offers an operations center where residents can access the Internet to perform their respective jobs. It also has a complete medical service, a cabin cleaning service twice a week and a laundry service, as well as a personal storage area outside the cabin. The excursions made by this ship in each of its ports of call are established in packages that include free and paid routes depending on the destinations.
– In addition to the philosophy of life and travel offered by this vessel, it should be mentioned that the 195-meter, eight-deck Odyssey can accommodate a maximum of 650 resident passengers. Built at the Spanish shipyard Unión Naval de Levante in 1993, this ship, which has sailed under six different names, was lengthened by 31.2 meters at the German shipyard Blohm+Voss between May and June 2008.
– Immersed in its maiden voyage, a 33-day route that will take it from Belfast to Dakar, the Odyssey has made its debut this Tuesday in Malaga with 150 passengers on board while waiting for more residents to join this floating community. A unique ship that will face in the next three and a half years an ambitious round the world trip in which 425 destinations, 147 countries and 100 islands will be visited.
Ville Vie Residences website: https://villavieresidences.com/
Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/buque-crucero-pasajeros-propietarios-camarotes-llega-malaga_0_2002616234.html

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