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ANNUAL HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER
I can only produce DigameXtra with the financial support of my readers. Once a year, during the year end holidays, I do a fundraiser to help pay production expenses throughout the whole year. This year’s goal is to receive a donation from 4% of subscribers. The 4% Club finances DigameXtra for the 96% group that don’t donate. Which group will you belong to? The generosity of the 4% Club members is greatly appreciated. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS!
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IMPORTANT FUNFRAISER UPDATE: Tuesday, 7 Jan
New Submission Rule Goes Into Effect Today
So far, only 103 of the 4946 subscribers (2.1%) have donated to the 2024 Holiday Fundraiser. Disappointing to say the least. Therefore, I have extended the fundraiser for another month. If you want DigameXtra to continue in its current form, free to read and subscribe, you must help support it!
Due to the weak response to the 2024 Holiday Fundraiser, in an effort to stimulate more donations, I am instituting a rules change. I regret this is necessary. However, to continue providing a quality publication to the loyal DigameXtra supporters, I must now cut back on services provided to those who choose not to support this project. This will allow me to focus on new features, more high quality content, attracting new readers and sponsors, and providing better support services to my supporters and sponsors. There are some subscribers selling thousands of euros in merch per year who never donate. Others, managing businesses and service organizations, with monthly budgets of several thousands of euros, ask me to promote their events & services, yet decline to sponsor for only €5 per week. Sorry, after 7 years of editing 8 hours a day, and considering the current financial state of affairs, that cannot continue. This is the only solution I could come up with. If the goal of 200 donations is achieved by the end of January I will rescind this new rule. Let’s hope that is the case. -Ed.
NEW RULE
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However, subscribers who wish to actively participate by making submissions will need to have donated at least €20 to the 2024 DigameXtra Holiday Fundraiser. If you won’t make the effort to donate just 39 cents a week (€20/yr), then please refrain from making submissions, as I have supporters – the donors and sponsors that pay the production expenses – that require my attention. Thank you.
I asked most of the 40 donors who stopped by to see me if they thought this rule change was appropriate. All of them agreed it was, and most suggested I should move to a paid subscription model as well. Some expressed indignation that 103 donors are funding the operation so 4800 subscribers can have a free ride. Well, I am not ready to take the leap to requiring paid subscriptions, but that is the trend now for daily Internet blog newsletters. These typically only show a sample of the content for free. To see the entire issue in these, you must have a paid subscription, as on the popular blogging website, Substack. -Ed.
The Submission Rules Page has been updated to reflect this change.
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PHOENIX CLUB
Phoenix Club: The Phoenix Social Club is open to all nationalities but the lingua franca is English.
We offer an opportunity to make friends, help each other & share information but primarily to have fun in a friendly and inclusive association. You do not have to be a member to join us on our trips.
Our handmade greetings cards are for sale weekly with all proceeds to the Red Cross.
We meet every Thursday between 12 and 2 pm at Chine in Caleta, just off the coast road to/from Algarrobo.
***Trips/Events***
~ All trips/events include a driver’s gratuity ~
January 2025
– 24th – Evening Trip to the Lantern Festival in Malaga
February
– 4th – Trip to Gib €20pp
– 21st – A visit to Estepona Market and Orchid House
March
– 4th – Trip to Gib €20pp
– 21st – Trip to IKEA and Guzmans Garden Centre
For information call Gail on 951067723 / 626370695 (Whatsapp) email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk check out our FB page.
We are DigameXtra sponsors and our contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section.
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Symphonic Harry: Listen to your favourite tracks from the Harry Potter films on Saturday, 18 January at 8pm at FYCMA in Malaga, played by a Symphonic Orchestra. Ticket prices start at €35 and are available online.
“Harry Symphonic: Movie Music Performed by the Symphony Orchestra” is a concert where you can hear movie soundtracks about the world’s most famous wizard in a stunning live performance by a symphony orchestra. Together with your family or friends, you will live an experience that cannot be replicated when listening to music on a common home device.
On this magical evening, leaving your daily routine behind, you will embark on an unforgettable journey through the halls of the magical castle, fly over the Forbidden Forest on a broomstick, hear the cry of the Phoenix and even face the Dark Lord. At the concert, you will have the unique opportunity to experience through music the emotions that accompanied the boy who survived throughout the magical story. You will be surprised by the number of events and sensations you will be able to discuss with your friends and family after attending this event.
FYCMA, Av. de José Ortega y Gasset, 201, Cruz de Humilladero, 29006 Málaga, Spain
Info & tix: https://www.royaltributes.es/event-details/harry-sinfonico-20-00-malaga
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Rajiv Jayaweera Trio: January 24th, 8:00 pm
Ventana Abierta Jazz Club
C/ Granada 3 (Hotel Plaza Cavana), Nerja
Rajiv Jayaweera is a Sri Lankan jazz drummer and composer born in London and 
raised in Australia. He spent a decade based in New York, performing his band in clubs like the iconic Birdland. Over the years, he has performed at venues and festivals around the world, including the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Doha’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tokyo’s Cotton Club, and Thailand’s International Jazz Conference as headlining sign.
Jayaweera’s music has been described as: lush, delicate, cyclical, lyrical, melodic, melancholic, rhythmically layered.
For this concert he has brought together an incredible group formed by Coqui on guitar and Ilya Alabuzhev on double bass.
Info, map & tix: https://www.ventana-abierta.es/jazz.html & Video Link
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Retro Car & Motorbike Fair: 24 to 26 January
At the Malaga Congress Palace (FYCMA).
Visit the 12th edition of the annual vintage vehicle fair. See classic cars and motorcycles, visit the second-hand accessories and parts stalls and maybe buy a car or bike to take home. You can also visit the vintage car carpark where local aficionados show their models.
Tickets cost €10 per day or you can buy a combined ticket for the Car Museum and Fair for €15, available via this link, https://www.eventosmotor.com/eventos/2025/retro-malaga-2025/
Hours: Friday 24 January 4 to 9pm, Saturday 25 January 10am to 9pm and Sunday 26 January 10am to 8pm.
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Still Got The Blues – A tribute to Gary Moore:
Friday, 31 Jan, 2025, 9pm doors / 10pm show
Sala Trinchera, C/ Parauta 25, Malaga
Tix: €15 adv / €20 door (16+ only)
The Finnish/Spanish group, The Spanish Castle, will perform with electric and moving blues rock in their show Still Got The Blues. The night is a tribute to the great blues guitar legend Gary Moore. The band will perform a selection of Moore’s best blues classics such as Still Got The Blues, Parisienne Walkways and Oh Pretty Woman in their fiery and funky style. The Spanish Castle is made up of Malaga bassist Cañon and Venezuelan drummer Marcos Hostos along with a Finnish guitar prodigy, Antti Kajander.
Info & tix sales: https://salatrinchera.com/tributo-gary-moore/
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HANNINGTONS KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS
Hanningtons Kitchens and Bathrooms: We have been installing kitchens and bathrooms here on the Costa for 13 years. We pride ourselves on our professionalism, highest standards of work and customer service.
Whether you are thinking of updating an existing kitchen or bathroom, or whether you wish to create the kitchen or bathroom you have always dreamed of, we are here for you, every step of the way.
With an unrivaled knowledge of the best local materials and suppliers we are able to work to all tastes and budgets.
Our full range of services includes:
– Installations and Refurbs
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Visit our FB page on the link below to be inspired
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Call us : 669 665 156
Email us: hanningtons.bathrooms@gmail.com ; Our contact details can be found in the Sponsor’s Section at the bottom of every issue.
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MANDY’S PAINTBOX
Mandy’s Paintbox: Painter for 30 years in Nerja area.
Painting work undertaken. Inside and outside, large or small. Furniture painted or sprayed. Kitchens, cabinets, wardrobes doors any colour any surface. Check out the before and after photos, all the furniture was spray painted. Call for advice. WhatsApp 680739577
Email: josiahamanda@gmail.com
My contact details can be found in the Sponsor’s Section at the bottom of every issue. Here are “before” (left) and “after” (right) pics from my latest job.
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How to post more photos than the rules allow – use collages. The limit is one pic per item/event. You can combine several of your photos into a
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BLUCEE REAL ESTATE
The BluCee Real Estate team would like to wish all DigameXtra readers a Happy New Year! Thank you for the support you have shown us throughout 2024, it is appreciated:
If you are thinking of selling your property please contact us.
At BluCee we go above and beyond for you during the sales process, don’t just take our word for it – see our reviews on Google and Facebook.
Pass by our office to have a no obligation chat!
Calle Timón 11b, Torre del Mar, 29740
We are open Monday to Friday 09.30 to 17.30 hrs.
For an appointment outside of our opening times or for one of us to view your property please contact us info@blucee.com or 0034 711 04 27 27
www.blucee.com
We cover the whole coast line and inland.
BluCee Real Estate are a DigameXtra sponsor so our contact details are shown here every day.
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For Sale: New Lenovo Laptop, €320
Many people tell me they only need a simple laptop, all they do is emails, banking, social media and chat apps. Maybe stream some video, but no large music or film collections. Well, here it is. This is a basic laptop with entry level specs, but at a very reasonable price for a major brand.
– Lenovo V15 G2 laptop with Windows 11 Pro (UK English)
15.6″ FHD display, 8Gb ram, 256Gb M.2 SSD
Processor: Intel Celeron N4500 (1.1 – 2.8GHz)
Full size Spanish keyboard. Very low power consumption. Fully set up, updated and ready to use. 2 year factory warranty.
Naythan, Torrox Costa
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com
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Recommendations, Requests & Comments
When making a recommendation always include the phone number or website of the biz, service, etc., so readers can reach them.
Note: I can’t post third party email addresses.
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Coraxalia Multi-National Choir New Term Starting:
– New term starts on Thursday 9th January and welcomes new singers. We rehearse on Thursdays, 17:30 – 20:00 in the Casa Hermandad de la Cofradía de los Estudiantes, Plaza de los Sastres, 1, CP 29700 Vélez-Málaga, near San Juan Church and the Language School. Parking nearby at the San Francisco market (1 euro). For more information please contact 657 951 755 (English) or 653 150 058 (Spanish). Please note that you may join Coraxalia at any point in the Term time. Don’t hesitate to give us a call! Some car sharing from Nerja and Torrox available. Margaret, Torrox.
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News & Articles
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{ Translations by www.DeepL.com/Translator }
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SPAIN
The Bank of Spain offers a free service to exchange euro coins and banknotes for others of different values, here are the details: {Translation}
– You keep the change in coins as a way to save money or you have received large bills that are difficult to exchange for everyday purchases. People in this situation (or others) can go to the Banco de España to exchange both euro banknotes and coins for others of different value at no cost.
– This service has nothing to do with currency exchange. Despite being a widespread belief, as the Bank of Spain points out, the Bank of Spain does not buy and sell foreign currency to individuals.
– But if you need to change a large amount of coins or banknotes, any branch of the Bank of Spain is available to citizens, subject to a series of conditions.
– The Banco de España accepts up to 2,000 coins per person per day, if they are 
carried separately by value, or up to 200 without separating them. The branches in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Zaragoza have special machines where you can change up to 2,000 coins without separating them.
– In case you need to receive coins, the Banco de España can deliver a maximum of 1,000 coins per person in standard packaging and/or 200 unpackaged coins.
– In the case of banknotes, there is no limitation: you can deliver as many as you need to exchange. If, on the other hand, the person needs to obtain them, the Banco de España guarantees at least 100 banknotes of each value. Exceptionally, and in order to guarantee a good service to all applicants, the institution could restrict the exchange of large amounts of banknotes during a reasonable period of time or limit the number of operations to one per day, according to the institution.
– When the amount to be exchanged is equal to or greater than 1,000 euros, the person must identify themselves with their ID card, passport or residence card, although such identification may also be requested if the amount is less than 1,000 euros.
– The exchange of banknotes and coins for others of different value can be made by appointment at any of the branches of the Banco de España. In Malaga, it is located at Avenida Cervantes, 3, and the appointment can be made here [ https://cita-previa-bde.clorian.com/en/608-malaga ]. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/economia/mibolsillo/abierto-hucha-encuentras-monedas-quieres-cambiar-tope-20241018000235-nt.html
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The case against the Attorney General gains momentum this week with 13 new witnesses: {Translation, summary}
– The investigation against the state attorney general for alleged disclosure of secrets in the Supreme Court will gain momentum from this week with the 
testimony of witnesses, including Miguel Angel Rodriguez {pic}, chief of staff of the president of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, at the proposal of the investigated.
– Álvaro García Ortiz and the chief prosecutor of Madrid, Pilar Rodríguez, also charged, requested through the State Attorney’s Office the testimony of Miguel Rodríguez considering that there are indications that he leaked to the press the emails between the defense of Ayuso’s boyfriend, Alberto González Amador, and the prosecutor of Economic Crimes Julián Salto, who was investigating him for alleged fraud against the Treasury. The investigating magistrate, Ángel Hurtado, agreed to his summons as a witness, which will take place this Wednesday.
– It will be the first of a series of testimonies, among which are also scheduled those of eight journalists, also from Wednesday, who on March 13 reported a pact between the Prosecutor’s Office and the defense of Gonzalez Amador.
– The testimonies proposed by the investigated come days after the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard issued a report concluding that García Ortiz delivered to the security forces during the search in his office of the Attorney General’s Office on October 30 a mobile phone other than the one he used on the dates analyzed and which would contain the messages with Pilar Rodríguez. This, after a previous report of the same unit in which it was concluded that in the handset that García Ortiz did deliver, and that he would have acquired on October 23, there were “zero messages”.
– The prosecutor of Economic Crimes Julián Salto and the senior prosecutor of Madrid, Almudena Lastra, are also summoned as witnesses on January 16. The heads of communication of the General Prosecutor’s Office and of the Madrid Prosecutor’s Office have also been called as witnesses. In their case, for January 21. Photo: Jaime Garcia. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/causa-fiscal-general-toma-impulso-semana-nuevos-20250106040151-nt_amp.html
ANDALUCÍA
State of the reservoirs in Andalusia & Malaga on Monday, January 6, 2025: Source: http://www.redhidrosurmedioambiente.es/saih/parte/diario/embalses
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First big snowfall in Sierra Nevada coinciding with Three Kings Day: {Translation, summary}
– Sierra Nevada, the ski resort of Granada, has recorded this January 6, Three Kings Day, a significant snowfall at all levels of the ski area, as reported by Cetursa, the resort’s management company.
– The accumulations, in the early afternoon, fluctuate between ten centimeters in Pradollano and 20 centimeters in Borreguiles. Snow fallen at higher elevations, in the Veleta or Laguna areas, will be assessed at the end of the episode.
– The slope and machine services will determine in the next few hours the effect that this snowfall, the first significant snowfall of the season, has on the skiing offer for the coming days. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-primera-gran-nevada-sierra-nevada-coincidiendo-dia-reyes-magos-20250106143056.html
MALAGA PROVINCE
Get ready for fresh seafood prices to spike- The trawling fleet begins an indefinite strike against the reduction of fishing days: {Translation, summary}
– In 2024, trawlers were able to fish for about 130 days in the Mediterranean.
– The Council of Fisheries Ministers of the EU agreed to a 79% cut in days at sea for Mediterranean trawlers, which would bring the number of fishing days for this modality to 27 or 28 in 2025.
– The Andalusian trawling fleet began an indefinite strike this Thursday in protest at the reduction in days in which it can fish imposed by the European Union (EU), so that it begins 2025 moored in port and with concentrations of those affected. “The whole of Andalusia and 95% of the Spanish Mediterranean have stopped,” as David Carrasco, one of the representatives of a group made up of 93 Andalusian boats of this type distributed between Almería, Málaga and Granada, within the 556 of the Spanish Mediterranean. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1855223/la-flota-de-arrastre-inicia-el-paro-indefinido-contra-el-recorte-de-dias-de-pesca/
TORROX
Torrox Costa Three Kings Day In Photos:
Photo Credit: DigameXtra
EUROPE
Austrian Far-Right Leader Kickl Gets Chance to Form Government:
– More than three months after winning the most seats at federal elections, far-right leader Herbert Kickl is on track to become the Freedom Party’s first Austrian chancellor in a tie-up with the conservative People’s Party.
– Kickl, 56, is set to meet President Alexander Van der Bellen at 11 a.m. in Vienna on Monday to discuss forming a government. In an about-face, the conservatives said on Sunday they’re ready to start talking. A Kickl government would be the first led by the far-right party in post-World War Two Austria. The People’s Party has for decades sought to keep it at bay by forming coalitions with the Social Democrats and other groups, or by inviting its members to participate as junior partners. Full article: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/austrian-far-kickl-foot-door-230100781.html
UK
UK’s Starmer defends record over child sex gangs after Elon Musk’s criticism:
– Keir Starmer defended his work as Britain’s top prosecutor on Monday, refusing to mention U.S. billionaire Elon Musk by name but addressing Musk’s criticism that, long before he became prime minister, he had failed to prosecute gangs who sexually abused girls.
– Musk, an ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, has spent days posting messages on his social media site X accusing Starmer of what he said was a failure to prosecute gangs of men, mostly of a South Asian background, who raped young girls when he was director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013.
– Starmer {pic} declined to address some of Musk’s other messages on X – including a 
poll asking whether the United States should liberate the UK from its “tyrannical government” – but strongly defended his record as DPP, saying he had overcome resistance to tackling the allegations by reopening cases. Saying he was making a more general point rather than directly addressing Musk’s comments, Starmer also defended his safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, whom Musk described as a “rape genocide apologist” in another message. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-starmer-criticises-those-spreading-lies-misinformation-online-2025-01-06/
CANADA
Canada PM Trudeau is likely to announce resignation, source says:
– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau {pic} is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down, though he has not made a final decision, a source familiar with Trudeau’s thinking said on Sunday. The source spoke to Reuters after the Globe and Mail reported that Trudeau was expected to announce as early as Monday that he would quit as leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party after nine years in office. The source requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
– Trudeau’s departure would leave the party without a permanent head at a time when polls show the Liberals will badly lose to the official opposition Conservatives in an election that must be held by late October.
– Sources told the Globe and Mail that they did not know definitely when Trudeau would announce his plans to leave but said they expect it would happen before a emergency meeting of Liberal legislators on Wednesday. An increasing number of Liberal parliamentarians, alarmed by a series of gloomy polls, have publicly urged Trudeau to quit. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-pm-trudeau-announce-resignation-early-monday-globe-mail-reports-2025-01-06/
BREAKING NEWS– Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls it quits:
– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he is resigning after nearly a decade in office following mounting calls for him to step down and “internal battles” within his left wing party. The 53-year-old, who has been in power since 2015, said he plans to stay in his post until his ruling Liberal Party chooses a replacement in the wake of his stunning fall from grace.
– “It has become obvious to me, with the internal battles, that I cannot be the one to carry the liberal standard into the next election,” he added. The announcement comes after an embattled Trudeau was hit with a barrage of calls to quit in recent weeks in the wake of a slew of alarming polls indicating dwindling support.
– Grim polling has shown that his party would lose badly to the opposing Conservative Party, led by rival Pierre Poilevre, with him still at the helm for the next election, which has to be held by late October. Canada’s Parliament, which had been due to resume Jan. 27, will now be suspended until March 24 – allowing the Liberal Party to hold a “robust, nationwide competitive” leadership race to replace him, Trudeau said. He added that he had already asked the president of his party to begin the process of selecting a new leader. Full article: https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/world-news/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-resigns/
LOTTERY
Check the Lotería del Niño 2025- see if your number has won: {Translation}
– Number 78,908 has been the ‘Gordo’ of the Extraordinary Draw of El Niño 2025. It is endowed with 2,000,000 euros per series and 200,000 euros for the tenth winner and has been sold entirely in León. The second and third have been widely distributed throughout Spain.
– These are all the numbers from the El Niño Draw that have been awarded this January 6:
Primer premio: 78908.
Segundo premio: 06766.
Tercer premio: 66777.
Aproximaciones Primer premio: 78907 y 78909.
Aproximaciones Segundo premio: 06767 y 06768.
Terminaciones: 08, 908, 766.
Centenas Primer premio: todos los números comprendidos entre el 78900 y el 78999.
Centenas Segundo premio: todos los números comprendidos entre el 06700 y el 06799.
Centenas Tercer premio: todos los números comprendidos entre el 66700 y el 66799.
Extracciones cuatro cifras: 4276 y 1454.
Extracciones tres cifras: 798, 824, 794, 981, 307, 548, 660, 366, 040, 756, 899, 184, 404, 306.
Extracciones dos cifras: 31, 26, 89, 68 y 11.
Reintegros (refunds): 8, 5 y 0.
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5668331/0/comprobar-loteria-nino-2025-consulta-si-tu-numero-ha-sido-premiado/
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The SEPE is looking for unemployed people who want permanent employment and teleworking with salaries of up to 2,500 euros: {Translation, summary}
– The State Public Employment Service is looking for unemployed people through 24,984 active offers from companies that want to urgently expand their workforce.
– These vacancies are for a wide range of different sectors, such as health, mechanics, customer service, care for the elderly, administration, and so on. In some cases, you can even enjoy bonuses such as free housing or per diems paid by the company.
– Many of these jobs do not have very demanding requirements, so they can be accessed with primary education (EGB, LOGSE) or Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO). However, in each particular case it will be necessary to check the requirements, which depend on the job position to be filled and the company offering the vacancy.
– As regards salary, it should be noted that it varies depending on the job, although the average is between 1,500 and 1,700 euros per month (€10 to €12 per hour for 35hr week), with some job offers paying salaries in excess of 2,000 euros.
– The job offers with permanent contract published by the SEPE are 13,343 in total, of which 79 allow teleworking. However, it is the company itself which decides whether this teleworking can be carried out entirely remotely or in a hybrid modality, i.e., half in the office and the other half remotely.
– To apply for any of these job offers, you have to go to the SEPE’s “Empléate” website [ English version: https://www.empleate.gob.es/empleo/#/ ], where you can use the search bar to select the job position or the desired working conditions, and then go through all the requirements and apply for the offer. If you are selected, you will be contacted by the company in question to continue with the selection process. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/lainformacion/…
SPORTS
Tennis News, Adelaide Results- Spanish tennis hero Paula Badosa claims her first victory of the year after overcoming Stearns in Adelaide: {Translation}
– Paula Badosa, with almost three hours of play against American Peyton Stearns, won her first victory of 2025 and qualified for the second round of the Adelaide tournament.
– The Spaniard, seeded fifth, won 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 and broke a streak of four straight losses to end 2024.
– Badosa will face in the second round the winner of the match between Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk and American Ashlyn Krueger.
– In addition, Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva, who beat Croatia’s Dona Vekic (6-2, 6-3), advanced in the draw and will play in the second round against the winner of the match between fourth-seeded American Danielle Collins and Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur.
– Australia’s Emerson Jones eliminated China’s Xinyu Wan 6-4, 6-0 and will play Russia’s Daria Kasatkina, who defeated Australia’s Olivia Gadcki 6-2, 6-3.
– Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, who defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) will be the opponent of the second favorite, American Emma Navarro, while Czech Markéta Vondroušová who overcame Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-4, 6-7(4) and 6-2) will play in the second round against the winner of the duel between the Czech Kateřina Siniaková or the Russian Diana Shnaider, sixth seed.
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/5669736/0/paula-badosa-firma-su-primer-triunfo-ano-tras-una-increible-remontada-ante-stearns/ & X Video Link
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Identity Theft Scams On Rise- The Civil Guard warns about the new scam- charges on your bank account after losing your mobile connection (SIM card hijacking): {Translation}
– The new scam alerted by the Guardia Civil has to do with losing mobile coverage. More and more victims are reporting unknown bank movements while they could not operate with their cell phone. It is the fraudsters who at that moment have taken control of your cell phone, being able to make purchases or ask for bank transactions without you being able to do anything because they have supplanted your identity.
– This new scam requires prior work on the part of cybercriminals. Citizens often fail to protect their personal data as we should and we keep clicking on malicious links in which we end up giving our personal or banking data, or answering calls that end up being a scam and on the way we have revealed personal information.
– With all this data, cybercriminals, pretending to be you, ask your SIM card provider for a duplicate SIM card claiming they require a replacement. They already 
have in their possession your full name, address, ID and probably more personal data, and once they get our mobile SIM card in their hands and activate it, your mobile loses coverage. It does not turn off, but it has no connection to the network. From there, the offender will be able to request banking operations that, if confirmed only with an SMS, will have the key to access our account.
– That is why one of the tips given from Guardia Civil against this scam is to start protecting more our passwords and access to bank accounts. One way is to require a fingerprint or facial recognition to perform any operation. It is not the only one. They also ask to periodically review our bank accounts to see if at any time we detect suspicious movements that we have not done ourselves.
– Another piece of advice that both the Guardia Civil and the National Police always insist on is to have strong passwords. In a strong password, do not forget to use both small and capital letters, numbers and punctuation marks. Also, it is very important not to reuse the same password everywhere. {By today’s standards passwords should be at least 16 random characters, with no words or names included. This also demonstrates why secure tasks involving Internet apps are best done on computers rather than smartphones, as no SIM card is involved. -Ed}
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/lainformacion/economia-y-finanzas/guardia-civil-alerta-nueva-estafa-cargos-cuenta-banco-perder-conexion-movil-5667286/
TRAVEL
Andalusian airports add thirty new air routes: {Translation}
– Andalusian airports increased their activity during 2024, adding a total of 30 new air routes to their connection program, especially to national and European 
destinations, according to the balance of the Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Action of the Junta. Andalusia thus consolidates its strategy to expand air connectivity with these new national and international routes at the airports that the Ministry will maintain during this year to continue growing.
– Among the new routes, those to the Almería airport stand out, with new connections with Valladolid and Bristol, and those that will be incorporated this year with London-Southend and Gran Canaria.
– The Córdoba airport added connections with Gran Canary Islands and Mallorca, while the Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén airport will launch flights with Amsterdam and Tenerife this year. Jerez launched connections with the German cities of Leipzig and Hamburg and this year it will add Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, also negotiating with Berlin.
– Seville added connections with Brive-la-Gaillarde, Bucharest, Stockholm, Madeira and Trieste and this year it incorporates Istanbul, Basel, Dublin, Bordeaux, Dusseldorf and Rome.
– Malaga airport has new flights to Bari, Brest, Deauville, Hanover, Ostrava, Strasbourg, Tel Aviv, Poznan and Bucharest and they have increased to Aarhus, Bucharest, Munich, Athens, Cologne, Nantes, Billund, Lille, Nice, Birmingham and Tetouan, this year integrating connections with Milan and Liverpool. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/andalucia/aeropuertos-andaluces-suman-treintena-nuevas-rutas-aereas-20250106000010-nt_amp.html
FINANCIAL
Consumer Affairs reminds that retailers are only obliged to accept returns in case of product defects or faults: {Translation, summary}
– The Directorate General of Consumer Affairs has reminded that, according to current regulations, stores are only obliged to accept returns or exchanges in specific situations. The obligation only exists when the product has defects or faults.
– The acceptance of returns depends on the commercial policy of the establishment. These conditions, which must be communicated in advance, may include options such as the issuance of credit-slips for the amount paid, or may prevent the product from being returned once unsealed. Exceptions to the return of certain products such as underwear, hygiene products, unsealed Blu-Ray discs of films or music CDs, or books may also be established.
– In this regard, the Directorate General of Consumer Affairs warns in a statement that credit-slips, as well as the well-known ‘gift card’, cannot have an expiration date, as that is “an illegal practice”.
– In purchases made at a distance or outside establishments, such as those made on the Internet, the right of withdrawal applies. This right allows the consumer, subject to the exceptions established by the Law, to withdraw from the contract within 14 calendar days from receipt of the product or conclusion of the contract, without the need to justify the reason. This includes the return of the product and reimbursement of the amount paid.
– Consumer Affairs emphasizes that it is essential for consumers to request and keep the receipt or invoice for each purchase, as it will be necessary to manage claims or to make use of the legal guarantee of the product.
– It also recalls that users have the right to denounce misleading advertising practices, such as receiving a product other than the one advertised, and can demand the return of the item or exchange for the advertised product.
– Finally, the Directorate General for Consumer Affairs encourages users to find out about the return conditions before making a purchase and to exercise their rights as consumers in an informed and responsible manner. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/esandalucia/sevilla/noticia-consumo-recuerda-comercios-solo-estan-obligados-aceptar-devoluciones-defectos-taras-producto-20250105123740.html
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