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Alhambra opens registration for the activities of the Family Christmas program:
The Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and Generalife opens this Wednesday the reservation period for all the activities organized within the ‘Family Christmas’ program, which from Saturday, December 23 to December 31, proposes different types of tours through the most characteristic spaces of the complex. monumental accompanied by plaster workshops that are highly popular among visitors and where both adults and children can learn in a relaxed way.
Starting this Wednesday, December 18, you will be able to consult the program with the different organized activities as well as make reservations on the official website of the Patronage of the Alhambra and Generalife: https://www.alhambra- patronato.es/descubrir/aprende/programas/la-alhambra-para-familias
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Triana presents a Christmas program:
– Thursday, December 19, two activities at the Café Teatro. At 18:30 hours will be held a baking contest, and at 19:30 hours, the Municipal Band will delight attendees with a Christmas concert.
– On Sunday December 22 will be the turn of the children with the parade of Santa Claus, which will begin at 17:00 hours from the Café Teatro. Later, at 18:30 hours, the zambomba ‘Azúcar y Canela’ will fill the sports center track with traditional Christmas carols.
– On Saturday, January 4, the program will continue with activities designed for the whole family. From 5:30 p.m. onwards, a delicious chocolate with roscón will be offered, and there will be a visit from the Paje Real, so that children can hand in their letters. The day will culminate with a performance by the Pastoral del Mar at 6:30 p.m. on the sports center track.
– Monday January 6 with the traditional parade of the Three Kings, which will depart at 17:00 hours from the Café Teatro, distributing illusion through the streets of Triana. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/triana-presenta…
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Santa Claus in Rincón de la Victoria- a month full of magic and illusion: December 5, 2024 to January 5, 2025
– Thursday, December 19, Santa Claus will visit Rincón de la Victoria in his sleigh, accompanied by his team of elves, and stopping at the four centers of the municipality.
See the full schedule of events here: https://www.turismoenrincon.es/navidad/
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This week’s events with Dana & Gianni:
Happy holidays to all Digame readers from Dana & Gianni.
– Wednesdays. This week we invite you to the usual Jam Sessions in Media Caña which are held on Wednesdays: 18 December, December 25th and January 1st, from 7pm to 10pm. All musicians are welcome with their instruments (preferably acoustic). In Media Caña it is possible to dine or simply have a drink while listening to good music. If you want to reserve a table or other information the number is: +34 635763633
– Saturday 21st December at 9.30pm concert by Dana & Gianni at the Bitácora café Torre del Mar paseo Larios 7. Gypsy jazz, soul, swing, blues.
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SPAIN
The PSOE socialist scandals keep growing, alleged fraud reaches €227 million just for the hydrocarbons case: {Translation, summary}
– The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has detected another alleged 
tax fraud carried out by the hydrocarbon scheme led by the businessman Víctor de Aldama {pic} and his partner Claudio Rivas. It corresponds to the fiscal year 2021 and amounts to more than 45 million euros, as ABC has been able to learn.
– This amount, added to the VAT fraud of 182 million euros (corresponding to the fiscal years 2022 and 2023) that was already under the focus of the judge of the Audiencia Nacional Santiago Pedraz, exceeds 227 million. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/uco-detecta-nuevo-fraude-millones-aldama-socio-20241217205935-nt.html
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Here come the gov’t censors- The Government approves, and passes on to the Council of Ministers for final approval, changes to the law to force network users to rectify false information (without saying who will determine truth from fiction): “We have the right to defend ourselves against professional bullies”: {Translation, summary}
– In a context where La Moncloa articulates part of its message in presenting itself as a victim of the “mud machine”, of the “pseudo-media” and “hoaxes”, it wants to 
replace the 1984 law with a completely new one. The one that Felix Bolaños {pic}, Minister of Justice, has taken this Tuesday to the Council of Ministers, includes a new wording, seven articles, and as one of the great novelties that users of social networks with 100,000 or more followers on a platform, or 200,000 in combinations of various platforms, can be subject to this right of rectification when they spread “falsehoods or inaccuracies”.
– The Government considers that many times the contents of these influencers, as they define them, have a greater reach than the traditional media. Bolaños has called them “users of special relevance”. “They are people who communicate, publish facts, information. Some do it in good faith, they contribute to the public debate. Other users lie every day and spread hoaxes. We citizens have the right to defend ourselves from professional bullies. That is why this organic law is being promoted”, explained the Minister of Justice.
– {No mention is made as to who decides what is or is not true. The full article also suggests that people will be entitled to damages for having their feelings hurt when dead relatives are insulted. Just more nonsense to clog up the overburdened courts. Free speech is either free or its not. Your feelings are not my responsibility- you can not restrict people’s free expression of opinion to avoid having someone’s feelings hurt; your discomfort does not overrule my right to express myself. That’s just stupid, I have no way to know what you feel, and how your feelings change over time, that’s none of my business or concern. To decree I must anticipate other people’s reactions when I am speaking is communism. This comic says it all. -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2024/12/17/67617ad5fdddffda098b45a1.html
ANDALUCÍA
A mass of Saharan dust covers the Canary Islands Tuesday and arrives in Andalucia today: {Translation, summary}
– Saharan dust will arrive in the Canary Islands this Tuesday and it will approach the south of the peninsula to cover a good part of the territory this Wednesday, along with intervals of strong winds. Source, Spanish: https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2024/12/17/6761244621efa024038b4573.html
MALAGA PROVINCE
Week of intensive surveillance on the roads of Malaga to stop the consumption of alcohol and drugs while driving: {Translation, summary}
– The Traffic Group of the Civil Guard and the Local Police intensify controls with an intensive surveillance week on the roads of Malaga.
– Campaign will be active Monday, December 16th until next day the 22nd.
– The DGT insists on the need to continue with these campaigns to increase surveillance on the roads and sanction those drivers who, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, endanger road safety. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/semana-vigilancia-intensiva-carreteras-alcohol-drogas-malaga_0_2003002384.html
VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA
Vélez-Málaga celebrates Christmas with a varied cultural program that includes concerts, routes and activities for all audiences: {Translation, summary}
– Among the most notable activities,Ramirez has announced the Christmas Concert of the Friends of Music Choir, which will take place this Sunday, December 22, at 7:00 p.m. in the Church of the Convent of the Carmelites. “It is a unique and appropriate place to enjoy Christmas carols and choral music in a very special atmosphere, a few days before Christmas Eve,” he explained. Admission will be free.
– For the youngest, the Culture Delegation has prepared a unique event: the “Christmas to the rhythm of rock” concert with the group Quimirock. This concert will be held on Friday, December 27, at 6:00 p.m. in the courtyard of the Vélez-Málaga History Museum (MUVEL). “An opportunity for children and teenagers to enjoy a different and fun Christmas,” commented the councillor.
– Another musical proposal will be the Christmas Concert by the Pueri Cantores de Málaga, a choir that will offer its repertoire on Saturday, December 28, in the patio of the Beniel Palace.
– Also announced, the participation of the Municipal Music Band in the Christmas program, with concerts in various parts of the municipality. Particularly noteworthy is the parade and concert that the band will perform on Sunday, December 22, in Vélez-Málaga, from 11:30 a.m. in the Historic Center, and the concert in the Plaza de las Carmelitas at 12:00 p.m. with the collaboration of Colegio San José, whose students will sing Christmas carols. That same day, the band will perform in Torre del Mar, on Paseo de Larios, at 5:00 p.m.
– The program also includes the Route of Nativity Scenes and Dioramas, organized together with the Historic Center Office, which will be held on Saturdays, December 21, 28 and January 4. The visits, guided by a professional, will be free and will require prior registration by emailcultura@velezmalaga.es.
– For the little ones, thematic gymkhanas and storytellers have been prepared on Saturdays, December 21 and 28, departing from the San Francisco Market at 12:00 p.m. In addition, the Zambomba La Manuela will liven up the Plaza de San Francisco on Sunday, December 29, at 6:00 p.m., and the pastoral of Santa María will tour the streets of the Historic Center on December 19, 23 and 27, starting at 6:00 p.m. Source, Spanish: https://velezmalaga.es/index.php?mod=noticias&id=7716
EUROPE
Ukraine agents assassinate Russian chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillov on a street in Moscow:
– A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside an apartment building along with his assistant when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off, Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes serious crimes, said.
– An SBU source confirmed to Reuters that the Ukrainian intelligence agency had been behind the hit. “The liquidation of the chief of the radiation and chemical protection troops of the Russian Federation is the work of the SBU,” the source said. The source said that a scooter containing explosives was detonated, killing both Kirillov and his aide, as they stepped out of a building on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow.
– Former President Dmitry Medvedev, now a senior Russian security official, told a meeting shown on state TV that Moscow would avenge what he called an act of terrorism.
“Law enforcement agencies must find the killers in Russia,” said Medvedev. “Everything must be done to destroy the masterminds (of the killing) who are in Kyiv. We know who these masterminds are. They are the military and political leadership of Ukraine,” he said.
– Russia on Tuesday criticised Ukraine’s allies over what it called insufficient reactions to the assassination in Moscow of the Russian army’s chemical weapons chief, an attack claimed by Kyiv. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused the West in a Telegram post of “approval for war crimes by fighters of the Kyiv regime” and said “all those who welcome terrorist attacks or deliberately hush them up are accomplices”.
Photo: Maxim Shemetov. Full articles: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-people-killed-explosion-moscow-russian-media-report-2024-12-17/ & https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/head-russias-chemical-biological-defense-forces-assassinated-moscow
SPORTS
European Super League promoters launch Unify League, call on UEFA to recognise it:
– The promoters of a proposed European Super League have called on UEFA and FIFA to recognise their new competition, which they relaunched on Tuesday as the Unify League.
– It is the latest attempt by A22 to get the competition off the ground after the original European Super League (ESL), backed by 12 of the continent’s biggest clubs, was controversially launched in 2021 only for support to collapse.
– Unlike the original plans which guaranteed the 12 clubs a place in the ESL, A22 says the new 96-club format across four leagues would be merit-based and more competitive than UEFA’s current club competitions.
– It also promised free streaming for fans on its own advertising-backed platform and a return to the home and away format ditched in the revamped Champions League group phase. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/european-super-league-promoters-call-uefa-recognise-unity-league-2024-12-17/
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Boxing News- Conor McGregor says he agrees to fight Logan Paul in India despite giving up 6 inches and 50 lbs.!:
– Conor McGregor (5ft 8in, 155lbs) said he intends to delay his return to MMA and has agreed to face Logan Paul (6ft 2in, 205lbs) in a boxing exhibition in India. McGregor, a former two-weight UFC champion, has not fought since he broke his leg in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in 2021. He had been due to face Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June, but withdrew with an injured foot.
– “The rumors of a bout with Ilia Topuria (Spanish, current UFC Featherweight Champion] are false,” McGregor said in a post on X on Tuesday. “I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India. I have agreed. I will then seek my return to the Octagon.” Full article: https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/43018847/conor-mcgregor-says-agrees-fight-logan-paul-india
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Aretha Franklin- Silent Night: Undated live street performance
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Mahalia Jackson- He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands:
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