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Extra-long bridge holiday weekend: Friday 6 Dec, is Constitution Day. Monday 9 Dec, is Immaculate Conception Holiday. Both are national public holidays in Spain. So that results in a 4 day holiday. DigameXtra will be closed for these 2 holidays. Some people will take off on Thursday the 5th and the following Tuesday the 10th as well, making a 6 day bridge holiday. Ref: https://publicholidays.es/2024-dates/
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Valle-Niza Fair in honor of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception: Fri-Sun, 6-8 December.
Live music on Friday and Saturday nights from 9:30pm.
The free paella on Sunday, 2pm.
Fireworks show Sunday at 7:30pm.
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Coming events with Dana & Gianni:
– Wed, 4 Dec. 7/10pm unmissable appointment with the Jam Session at Media Caña, Avenida del Peñoncillo 46, Torrox Costa. Acoustic instruments are preferred.
– Fri, 6 Dec. 8.30pm Dana & Gianni at Vincci hotel Malaga, Pasillo de Santa Isabel 7 (free admission)
– Sat, 7 Dec. Alan Clayton, Dana Andrews & Gianni Piras
At Chiringuito Tropy, Caleta de Vélez. From 2 p.m. info booking +34 640192574
dana10marzo AT gmail D0T com
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Tocata Generation- The Festival of an entire generation: Sun, 8 Dec
José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace, C/ Miguel de Mérida Nicolich, 2, Carretera de C, 29004. Málaga
Málaga is now ready to travel back in time, because on Sunday, December 8, the 80s will conquer the Martín Carpena Sports Palace thanks to Generación Tocata, the festival that will transport an entire generation to its past thanks to performances by big stars like Samantha Fox, Boney M & Vicky Larraz.
Info & tix (€38.50 and up): https://generaciontocata.com/
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– Mobile Gas Fire, Lightweight, used gas fire for small room. 29 cm wide x 38 cm deep x 45 cm high. Price 25 euros.
– HP Inkjet Printer- Used Model SNPRC-1901-01 wireless, colour/b&w printer, copier, scanner in full working order. 42 cm wide x 30 cm deep x 15 cm high. Price 20 euros
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For Sale: Two folding bikes. “Railway Compact” make, bought from Ciclos Martin. In excellent condition, hardly used and fully adjustable for height. Each has 12 Shimano gears; 20″ tyres; mudguards; folding pedals for transport; side stand; luggage rack; bell and reflectors. 90 Euro for the pair, or 50 Euro each. In Archez campo but can be seen in local area to hand them over.
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For Sale: Campingas Gas heater BF5000, 4 swivel wheels and 3 adjustment levels. As new, unused, retail price 129 euros, asking price 64 euros. Buyer collects.
Susan, Velez Malaga. Mob 628155179
Email: omsusan7134@gmail.com
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SPAIN
The Moncloa advisor who allegedly kept Begoña Gómez’s agenda clams up: {Translation, summary}
– The Moncloa advisor who allegedly kept Begoña Gómez’s agenda and who contacted one of the companies that financed the chair directed by the wife of the President of the Government has invoked her right not to testify in the Senate 
investigation committee. Cristina Álvarez (pic}, who is summoned to testify as a witness on December 20 before Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, has taken the floor at the beginning of the commission to inform the senators that she will not answer their questions because the issues that interest them are judicialized {orig. “judicializadas”, socialist doubletalk for “let the investigators figure it out”. These are the same socialists refusing to testify, including Sanchez & Gómez, who want you to give up all your privacy in the name of their Agenda 2030 digital-ID. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide, they tell us. Hypocrites! -Ed.}
– The head of Madrid’s Court of Instruction Number 41 decided to summon Álvarez to testify as a witness after Gómez’s defense provided e-mails in which it is evident that Álvarez participated in the UCM’s management while Gómez was co-directing one of her master’s degrees. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5659162/0/asesora-moncloa-que-supuestamente-le-llevaba-agenda-begona-gomez-se-acoge-su-derecho-no-declarar-senado/
AXARQUÍA
Axarquia is the preferred rural destination for the Immaculate Conception long weekend: {Translation}
– The Axarquia leads the demand as a rural destination in the province of Malaga for the bridge of the Constitution and the Immaculate Conception, which runs from 6 to 9 December, with an average occupancy rate of 62%. The most demanded municipalities are again Torrox, Competa, Frigiliana, Nerja and El Borge, according to Cadena SER.
– The expected occupancy in Andalusia is around 60% in rural houses, figures similar to those recorded last year, according to data from the Ruralidays platform. By Andalusian provinces, the first would be Jaen with an occupancy of 72%, followed by Cordoba (65%), Granada (63%), Malaga (62%), Cadiz (55%), Seville and Huelva (53%) and Almeria (35%).
– It is expected that the guest will be mainly national, many coming from other autonomous communities. As for international tourists, those from Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Belgium stand out. The average price per person per night for this month is around 29.26 euros. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-axarquia-destino-rural-preferente-para-el-puente-de-la-inmaculada/
COSTA DEL SOL
Chaos on the first day of the new traveler registration as the Ministry’s new app is not working: {Translation, summary}
– This is the first problem publicly reported by the affected sector on the Costa del Sol, who warn that this platform is not operational and the previous one stopped operating at 11:59pm Sunday night. Javier Hernández, vice president of the Association of Hotel Entrepreneurs of the Costa del Sol (Aehcos), assures that “the old platform that until now had been communicating the establishment’s traveler data to the Police stopped working at 11:59pm and since midnight when the new SESHospedaje app and mandate has come into force (which requires sending 26 more items of data than before), the app or website in which data must be entered is not active.” “This website cannot be accessed” is the message they repeatedly read when trying to access the Government platform where they have to complete all the new registration requirements. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/turismo/caos-primera-jornada-nuevo-registro-viajeros-turismo-ministerio-20241202134229-nt.html
MALAGA PROVINCE
The drought committee will study on Thursday lifting water restrictions in Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– The Drought Management Committee of the Andalusian Mediterranean Basins 
will meet extraordinarily on Thursday, December 5 to decide whether to lift or ease restrictions in the province of Malaga after the last rains in November, which have led to a significant increase in reserves.
– The Board will lift some restrictions “without problem” if there is an agreement “in a participatory manner” in that drought committee, said the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/comite-sequia-estudiara-jueves-levantar_0_2002909563.html
NERJA
Nerja Issues Its Urban Agenda 2030 Questionnaire:
Here is the link: Nerja Survey Link
The link can also be found on this webpage:
https://www.nerja.es/
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Nerja Christmas Update: {Translation, summary}
– The Nerja Christmas program for the holidays has more than eighty activities designed for all ages and audiences. From December 2 to January 6, Nerja and Maro will be filled with light, music, culture and traditions, giving residents and visitors the opportunity to enjoy a magical Christmas.
– Christmas will start this Monday with several handicraft workshops. On December 5 will be the official inauguration with the Christmas Market in Plaza de España at 5 pm, the Municipal Nativity Scene in the basement of the Town Hall at 6 pm and the illumination of the Christmas lights at the Balcón de Europa at 7 pm.
– In addition to the traditional activities of Christmas Nerjeña as the cavalcades of Santa Claus and the Three Kings, the New Year’s Eve party, the Living Bethlehem of the neighborhood of the Protected, the shows in Plaza of Spain, sporting events and snacks for seniors, this year we will enjoy new features such as the Christmas Fairies, who will have their own parade on December 6 and will accompany us throughout the holidays. In addition, on December 14 there will be a big youth party in the parking lot of the Giner de los Ríos and the Villa de Nerja Cultural Center will host children’s shows such as the musicals of Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel and the Disney musical tribute.
– The pastorals and zambombás, with local artists, will also star in this Christmas with performances in the neighborhoods of the Las Protegidas district of Nerja and Los Poetas in Maro, in Plaza of Spain and in the Church of El Salvador. Source, Spanish: https://www.nerja.es/nerja-y-maro-disfrutaran-de-una-navidad-con-mas-de-ochenta-actividades-para-todos-los-publicos-y-edades/
ALGARROBO
More than a dozen activities make up the Algarrobo Christmas programme: {Translation, summary}
– The program of Christmas activities will start this Friday December 6 with a chocolate at the Hermitage of San Sebastian from 16:00 hours.
– On Sunday December 8 there will be a Meeting of Choirs and Carols in the church of Mezquitilla with the choir of Iznate, Cajiz and Pastoral El Chavea de Algarrobo.
– The Christmas Market will be from 13 to 15 December next to the Mayor’s Office of Algarrobo Costa.
– The Shepherd’s Day and the great Santa Claus Snow will be on Thursday, December 19 at 16:30 pm in the Escalerilla Park.
– Mezquitilla children can deliver their letters to the Royal Page on Sunday December 22 at 16:00 hours.
– On Monday, December 23 will be the parade of the Pastoral El Chavea from 17:00 hours in Algarrobo village. “It is a day that we dedicate to our elders and we bring Christmas to their homes” explained the foreman of the pastoral of Algarrobo, Mari Recio.
– On Thursday December 26 there will be a great Christmas Zambombá that will feature a musical performance by Maria Lozano and Alvaro Alcaide.
– For the little ones to deliver their letter to the Three Kings there will be a big party with La Carpa Teatro on Friday December 27 in the Parque de la Escalerilla.
– The Three Kings Parade in Algarrobo Costa, Mezquitilla and Trayamar will start on January 5 at 16:30 hours and will distribute candy and donuts. On Saturday January 6 will be the Three Kings Parade in Algarrobo town.
Source: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/mas-de-una-docena-de-actividades-forman-la-programacion-de-navidad-de-algarrobo/
– See the full 9 page programme here: https://www.algarrobo.es/index.php/turismo/navidad-algarrobena
MIGRATION IN SPAIN
The Canary Islands received 7,338 irregular migrants in November, breaking records: {Translation}
– The Canary Islands received 7,338 irregular arrivals of migrants in November, the month with the highest volume so far in 2024, a year that has already surpassed the archipelago’s historical record with a total of 41,425 accumulated arrivals.
– At the beginning of the year there was an upturn in arrivals (7,270 in January and 4,662 in February), followed by a few months of decline (between 1,183 and 2,213 from March to July) and, from August, the figures began to grow again to 5,284 migrants in September and 3,279 in October.
– But this month of November has surpassed all previous months, with 7,338 detected arrivals, most of them (5,626) in the first fortnight, according to the latest balance on irregular immigration published Monday by the Ministry of the Interior.
– A total of 56,976 people have been detected arriving in Spanish territory, and by any route, so far in 2024, 6425 more than last year, most of them (54,541) by sea.
– {Note: These numbers do not include the thousands of immigrant arrivals at Madrid airport every month, people who remain in Spain on layover, rather than boarding their supposed connecting flight. -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5660031/0/canarias-recibio-7-338-migrantes-noviembre-mes-con-mas-llegadas-irregulares-ano/
EUROPE
French govt faces collapse after opposition says it will back no-confidence vote:
– The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties said they will vote in favour of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier {pic}. “The French have had enough,” National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen told reporters in parliament, saying her party would put forward its own no-confidence motion and will also vote for any similar bill by other parties. The left will also propose a similar motion.
– Their comments came after Barnier said on Monday that he would try to ram a 
social security bill through parliament without a vote after a last-minute concession proved insufficient to win RN’s support for the bill. Since it was formed in September, Barnier’s minority government has relied on RN support for its survival. The budget bill, which seeks to rein in France’s spiraling public deficit through 60 billion euros ($63 billion) in tax hikes and spending cuts, snapped that tenuous link.
– Barnier’s entourage and Le Pen’s camp each blamed the other and said they had done all they could to reach a deal and had been open to dialogue. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-far-right-party-likely-back-no-confidence-motion-against-government-2024-12-02/
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The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps:
– Five years after a catastrophic fire reduced Notre Dame Cathedral to a smoldering shell, journalists got a first glimpse of the Gothic masterpiece’s fully restored interiors during a visit with French President Emmanuel Macron. The transformation is nothing short of breathtaking: light dances across brilliant stone, gilded accents gleam anew, and the iconic monument’s majesty is reborn. From Dec. 8, visitors will once again marvel at the cathedral’s blend of history and craftsmanship. Full article and 15 photo gallery: https://apnews.com/article/notre-dame-macron-visit-fire-restoration-paris-9760183f4a4827919a933fee9b64a8c2
USA
Biden pardons his son, Hunter, after repeatedly saying he would not, claims Hunter is the victim: {with editorial comments}
– U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, a reversal after pledging to stay out of legal proceedings against the younger Biden who pleaded guilty to tax violations and was convicted on firearms-related charges. “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” the president said in a statement.
– The White House had said repeatedly that Biden would not pardon or commute sentences for Hunter, a recovering drug addict who became a target of Republicans, including President-elect Donald Trump. “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases (So the judges, who’s job is precisely to be reasonable, are not reasonable?) can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son,” Biden said in a statement released shortly before leaving for a trip to Africa.
– The grant of clemency said Biden had granted “a full and unconditional” pardon to Hunter Biden for any offenses in a window from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024. {This 10 year long period of time covered by the pardon is important to note, as it prevents further investigations into Hunter’s illegal activities that also implicated his father! All the documented Ukraine corruption and Chinese bribes will now go unpunished. Joe Biden did this to cover his own ass, not Hunter’s! For more details on the Biden family crime spree visit: https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline/ -Ed.}
– Hunter Biden faced sentencing for the false statements and gun convictions this month. In September he pleaded guilty to federal charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, sex workers and luxury items. He was scheduled for sentencing in that case on Dec. 16.
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-he-is-pardoning-his-son-hunter-2024-12-02/
X Post: https://x.com/GOPoversight/status/1863618688919716281
ENERGY CRISIS
Climate solutions- Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint:
– The international merchant fleet of more than 100,000 ships transports more than 80% of global trade. But it’s also responsible for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Without a quick switch from dirty fuels to cleaner energies, its pollution is forecast to soar.
– Mariners pushing for wind power say investors used to view them as something of a joke. But as they pioneer a comeback for sail-powered cargo ships, they’re having the last laugh.
– The cleanest of the new vessels spearheading wind’s embryonic revival are almost pure-sail vessels like Grain de Sail II. Half the length of a soccer field and able to carry 350 tons of goods in its holds, it uses its diesel engine only to maneuver in and out of port. With its aluminum hull, two giant carbon-fibre masts, mechanized systems for hauling and adjusting the billowing sails, and its bridge bristling with high-tech navigation gear, Grain de Sail II is a supercharged modern successor to sailing clippers of yore.
– The speediest of its four crossings so far to New York took 17 days, and just 15 days on the return trip to Saint-Malo.
– But wind, unlike engines, can’t be switched on at the touch of a button. French shipper Neoline is open about the fact that when its new 136-meter (446-foot) carrier begins sailing in 2025, it will use its diesel engine when winds alone can’t meet its target of 13-day crossings between the French port of Saint-Nazaire and Baltimore on the U.S. eastern seaboard. “We’re aiming for punctuality,” says Neoline’s president, Jean Zanuttini. “It wasn’t speed that killed working sailing at the start of the 20th century, it was lack of punctuality.” “We accept and recognize the fact that about 30% of our energy will come from a diesel system,” he said.
– Still, the other 70% from the Neoliner’s new type of giant sails – made with fiberglass panels, not canvas – is expected to slash its fuel-use and be another step forward for wind. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/climate-clean-shipping-sail-carbon-emissions-environment-0c191cb3674e157e66f65c8e58e7c0ce
TECH
Spanish Tax Hack Update- This is why no gov’t agency can be trusted to keep your data secure: {Translation, summary}
– The Trinity hacker group has claimed responsibility for the theft of 560 GB of confidential data from the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) for which it is demanding a ransom of $38 million before the end of the year. However, the AEAT denies having suffered any theft or security breach in its systems. How is it possible then?
– Although public administrations are responsible for the management and processing of our data, most of them subcontract to technology companies to take care of this work and the copy servers are usually in the hands of third parties.
– In the case of the AEAT, in 2016 it put out to tender the “management and administration services of Systems and Databases, as well as the development and maintenance of applications and extraction, transformation and loading processes.” The estimated value of the contract was 7.86 million euros and it was awarded to a joint venture group, “Open, Babel, Connectis & Alalza”. {I was unable to find any info at all on this joint venture group that evidently runs a data security company. Unknowns! That is who the gov’t trusts your private data with! And I wouldn’t be surprised if this group sub-contracts out the work to yet another, unnamed, company. -Ed.}
– In the opinion of cybersecurity expert Rosa Ortuño Melero, “cybersecurity awareness should have arrived in Spain many years ago” and currently, “there is a lack of commitment and investment on the part of companies, as well as good professionals.” And in the case of public organizations, “there is a lot of dependence on third parties and sufficient controls are not being carried out to guarantee the chain of custody of the data. There is a lack of control,” says the cybersecurity expert.
– {The gov’t was not even storing the data that was stolen, it was stored at a private, 3rd party company facility. The gov’t assurances of securing your data rely on them. Does the gov’t constantly monitor the security and employees at these 3rd party companies to ensure the data is safe? No! An annual certification of compliance, just a quick review of operations, not even a real security review, is considered sufficient. Thus, gov’t assurances that data they collect is secure are worthless! AND THEY KNOW IT! -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2024-12-02/las-tres-hipotesis-del-robo-de-datos-de-hacienda-7193369/
OTHER
How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot’:
– Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained new prominence in 2024,” with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before.
– Oxford defines brain rot as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging.”
– The word of the year is intended to be “a word or expression that reflects a defining theme from the past 12 months.” Full article: https://apnews.com/article/oxford-word-year-brain-rot-b43d864aed7f7d9d039edbd9b8a19ffb
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HOLIDAY SEASON MUSIC VIDEOS
Panama Red – New Riders of the Purple Sage: The Midnight Special, USA TV, April 5, 1974.
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Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother (Live) – New Riders of the Purple Sage: With very special guests Hoyt Axton and Nicolette Larson. No date.
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Useful Links, Info & Numbers
2024 Holiday Calendars by town, click/tap to view:
Algarrobo
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Velez-Málaga
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, Mercadillo de La Cala del Moral- Rincon de la Victoria.
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: 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/
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
Bus Info: https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/our-destinations/regional
Currency Converter: https://www.x-rates.com/calculator/?from=EUR&to=GBP&amount=1
Internet Speed Test: http://beta.speedtest.net/
Local Bank Holidays: http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/spain/index.php UK Newspaper Front Pages and Worldwide Newspapers All On One Site: https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/front-pages.cfm
Check All Lottery Results Here: Updated daily.
https://www.20minutos.es/loterias/
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Malaga Province: New, updated link (Aug, 2023). Info in English with list of English speaking meetings. https://aacostadelsol.com/
DoctorLaptop’s Homepage: https://doctorlaptop-repairs.webnode.com/
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