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2 Candlelight Concerts in One Night: Granada. Fri, 24 Jan
Music by the String Quartet – Antequeruela {Video Link}
Carmen De Los Mártires, Paseo de los Mártires s/n.
(In the Alhambra grounds) 18009 Granada
– 7pm. Tribute to ABBA. Info & tix: https://feverup.com/m/259303
– 9pm. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Info & tix: https://feverup.com/m/259305
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Alberto Fer live at Lemon Rock, Granada: Sun, 26 Jan
Calle Montalbán 6, Granada
Info: https://www.conciertosengranada.es/conciertos/91209-alberto-fer
Map Link & 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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Concert- Guadalupe Martín, classical guitar: Fri, 31 Jan 8pm
Villa De Salobreña Auditorium {pic}
Plaza Juan Carlos I No. 1, 18680 Salobrena, Granada
Info & map: https://www.conciertosengranada.es/locales/auditorio-villa-de-salobrena-jose-martin-recuerda
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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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Concert- Los Secretos: Two Shows
Sat, 8 Feb, 8pm & Sun, 9 Feb, 7pm
Teatro Cervantes, Calle Ramos Marín, Málaga 29012
Info & tix: https://www.teatrocervantes.com/es/genero/teatro/42-festival-de-teatro/a-tu-lado-un-musical-con-los-secretos-1796 & Video Link
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Concert- El Drogas: Valentines Day, Fri 14 Feb.
La Trinchera, C/ Parauta, 25, Málaga. Show at 9:30pm
Info & tix: https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/agendaculturaldeandalucia/evento/el-drogas-concierto-en-la-trinchera
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Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre:
Torre del Mar, Av. Moscatel 1”I”, 29740 Torre del Mar (Jardines Viña Malága / Antigua Casa de la Viña)
Hours: Wednesday & Friday 10.00 – 13.00.
Info tel. 952 543 334
*** February/March events & excursions***
– Spanish. Wednesday and Friday 10.00 – 13.00.
– Wednesdays– Art group, with the crochet & craft group 10.00 – 13.00.
– Shop Wednesdays and Fridays 10.00 – 13.00.
– Every Thursday Spanglish. – Conversation between Spanish and English 16.30 -17.30.
– Every Friday – Conversation group 10.00 – 11.00.
– Every Friday – Coffee Morning 10.00- 13.00.
– Every Saturday – English Catholic Mass 16.00.
– Monday 10th – Monday Club 11.00 – 1.30.
– Thursday 20th – Excursion Salobreña Castle and Rum Factory.
– Friday 21st – Taizé Prayer for Unity, St Andrés Church Torre del Mar. After Mass
– Friday 28th – Centre closed Dia de Andalucia.
– Thursday 6th March – Excursion Almond Blossom in the Alpujarras.
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Set of 6 whisky glasses and a decanter, with pewter decorations, 10 Euros.
– Pair of light grey slippers, size 43-44, still with price tag, 8 Euros.
– Pair of beige slippers, never worn, size 44, 7 Euros.
Jill, Algarrobo, 695463385. Can meet in Caleta de Velez.
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For Sale: 50 standard white plastic chairs.
€50. Buyer collects.
Contact Nick, Nerja: nickalistair97@gmail.com
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News & Articles
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SPAIN
The DGT confirms that it will not renew, or may limit, the driving license of people who consume these medications or have certain medical conditions including cancer & insulin-dependent diabetes: {Translation} Note: This article details what the DGT has the ability to do in response to health reports, not necessarily what they will do. Individual applicants are assessed, and appropriate limits are applied.
– In Spain, almost 28 million people have some kind of driving license and most of them correspond to type B, which enables them to drive vehicles of a maximum of 3,500 kilograms and that do not exceed 8 passengers. It is not strange for most of them that, every ten years, they have to go to Traffic to renew it (every five years in the case of those who are over 65) and, for this, they have to pass a medical examination that accredits them to continue driving.
– Driving with a license that has already expired and that has not yet been renewed means a fine of 200 euros that can go up to 6,000. Therefore, and before the date arrives, those who who are up for renewal should go to any approved Driver Recognition Center to take the tests and, upon payment, get the document proving that the physical and mental conditions are optimal to continue on the road.
– However, the Dirección General de Tráfico has confirmed that for this 2025 there are a series of medicines that, if we are taking a series of medicines as a consequence of different diseases, this renewal may never come.
**Diseases that limit the renewal of the driver’s license**
– In order to avoid future traffic accidents, the DGT establishes a series of diseases that prohibit driving if a person suffers from them. There are nine categories, the first of them being respiratory: from ‘sleep apnea’, which allows a renewal but only for three years, to ‘permanent dyspnea at rest’, which directly prohibits the renewal.
– Another case is digestive diseases, from a kidney transplant, which requires a minimum of six months delay from the date of the operation, to a nephropathy with dialysis, which does open the possibility of a limited renewal. Among neurological diseases, a recent loss of consciousness may make it impossible to renew the permit. In addition, epilepsy can limit the date, as well as a transient ischemic accident, which allows a one-year extension provided that there is a favorable medical report.
– With regard to vascular diseases, it limits the renewal to a maximum of 2 years, provided that more than 6 months have passed since any operation; furthermore, an aneurysm opens the door to an extension of the temporary license, provided that there is no danger of blood vessel rupture.
– There are also limitations with oncological ailments or oncohaematic disorders: the individual must be free of any ailment or treatment in order to renew the permit.
– There is also a list of psychiatric disorders that block driving, such as dementia, anxiety disorder, TDH, depression, sleep disorder, OCD or dependence on alcohol or any other drug.
– Finally, there are different disabling endocrine conditions, such as hypothyroidism or insulin-dependent diabetes that may limit renewal. I ncluded are cardiac diseases such as arrhythmias, heart attacks or carrying pacemakers and defibrillators, as well as degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, ALS, osteoporosis, Parkinson’s, arthritis or muscular dystrophy.
**DGT and medicines**
– But illness is not the only reason why the DGT can refuse to extend the validity of 
a driver’s license, there are a number of medications that are prohibitive. Some examples are insulin for diabetes, as well as specific psychiatric treatments that are not accompanied by a medical certificate. The third example is medication for sleep apnea, which Traffic requires to be accompanied by a favorable report certifying that the treatment is effective.
**Report on diseases and driving**
– The General Directorate of Traffic’s reason for establishing these limitations lies in the fact that there are several studies that have shown that the risk of suffering an accident on the road increases when drivers suffer from any of the above diseases. “The risk of committing an infraction or suffering an accident of an elderly person with dementia in its early stages is 2.5 to 8 times higher than people without impairment,” notes the Traffic agency itself in its magazine.
Source, Spanish: https://www.cope.es/trafico/noticias/dgt-confirma-renovara-carnet-conducir-personas-consuman-medicamentos-20250121_3081190.html
ANDALUCÍA
The Junta de Andalucía seals 500 illegal plots and buildings on rural land in one year: {Translation}
– In one year 500 plots and illegal constructions that were being executed on rural land have been sealed, 20% more than the previous year. This is the result of the inspection campaign carried out by the Regional Ministry of Development during the last year in which, according to the data presented to the Governing Council, a record number of inspections has been carried out, reaching 2,149. A total of 546 proceedings were opened on these plots.
– The plan of inspections against illegal urban constructions on rural land incorporated in 2019 the possibility of carrying out “seals” (precintos), a tool that has been consolidated over the years to stop illegal constructions that have begun to develop. Thus, 497 have been reached this year, a total of 130 more than last year. These actions, according to information released by the Junta de Andalucía, have stopped the construction of about 500 illegal homes on rural land and have contributed to stop future projects in adjacent plots.
– In collaboration with the Prosecutor’s Office, during the past year 144 expert reports were also issued with crimes on land use and urban planning at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office or the criminal jurisdiction and meetings have been held with the Network of Prosecutors of Environment and Urban Planning of Andalusia or with representatives of the Notarial Association of Andalusia. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/junta-andalucia-precinta-500-parcelas-edificaciones-ilegales-20250121140947-nts.html
MALAGA CITY
They find the dead body of an American tourist in a looted apartment in Malaga: {Translation}
– Agents of the National Police have found Tuesday the lifeless body of a man inside a building located in the center of Malaga capital. As confirmed to ABC, the homicide group has taken charge of the investigation.
– It is a tourist of about 80 years old and American nationality who had a blow to the head. In addition, his belongings had been stolen. The victim, who arrived in Malaga this Monday to spend a few days on vacation, had booked the tourist apartment located in the area of Carretería Street.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1859293/la-policia-investiga-la-muerte-de-un-hombre-en-un-piso-del-centro-de-malaga/
ALGARROBO
Algarrobo and Mezquitilla prepare for a Carnival full of new features: {Translation, summary}
– On Sunday, February 9 in Algarrobo town and Sunday, February 16 in Mezquitilla.
– It starts at 11:30 a.m. in both municipalities.
– The Carnival of Algarrobo village will start on February 9 with a parade from the municipal tent, accompanied by the charanga Sí o Ké, animations and decorated floats with the collaboration of the AMPA Santa Ana. After the parade, the tent will host musical theater performances by Lorena Diaz and themed workshops for children.
– The Mezquitilla Carnival, meanwhile, will be held on February 16 with a route that will start from the school Enrique Ramos Ramos, through the promenade to the pergola, where the activities will take place. “We have prepared a carnival similar to that of Algarrobo, but with some differences in the sketches and performances, so that those who attend both can enjoy different content,” explained the councilman. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/algarrobo-y-mezquitilla-se-preparan-para-un-carnaval-lleno-de-novedades/
USA
Trump orders US exit from World Health Organization:
– The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.
Trump said the WHO had failed to act independently from the “inappropriate political influence of WHO member states” and required “unfairly onerous payments” from the U.S. that were disproportionate to the sums provided by other, larger countries, such as China.
– “World Health ripped us off, everybody rips off the United States. It’s not going to happen anymore,” Trump said at the signing of an executive order on the withdrawal, shortly after his inauguration to a second term.
– The WHO said on Tuesday that it regretted the move from its top donor country. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-executive-withdrawing-world-health-organization-2025-01-21/
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Trump signs executive order directing US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement – again:
– President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies.
– Trump’s action, hours after he was sworn in to a second term, echoed his directive 
in 2017, when he announced that the U.S. would abandon the global Paris accord. The pact is aimed at limiting long-term global warming. Trump’s order says the Paris accord is among a number of international agreements that don’t reflect U.S. values and “steer American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require, or merit, financial assistance in the interests of the American people.” Full article: https://apnews.com/article/trump-paris-agreement-climate-change-788907bb89fe307a964be757313cdfb0
HEALTH
72 hours waiting to be seen! Malaga hospital emergency room “collapse” situation denounced: {Translation summary, full translated article link below}
– The unions have denounced what they consider to be a situation of “collapse” that they claim is being experienced in the Emergency Department of the Hospital Virgen de la Victoria in the capital of Malaga. This is in addition to similar waiting times in other health centers.
– Thus, in a letter signed by the union representatives of CCOO, CSIF, FTPS, SATSE, SMA and UGT in the Personnel Board of the Malaga Clinic, they have denounced that the situation in this hospital center “is unsustainable” and is not a “one-off” as management claims. In the opinion of the workers, the hospital management “cannot and should not continue to normalize the overload of the emergency service”, with “repeated episodes of real chaos” using the excuse that “it is a one-off situation, since it is not true”.
– Thus, they have pointed out that “it cannot be justified in any way that the lack of 
foresight is causing that today (Tuesday), for example, 45 patients are pending admission overloading the observation area, exam facilities and the polyclinic, being necessary to use seven extra stretchers in the observation area, occupied by elderly patients and with critical pathology, and 15 extra stretchers in the polyclinic area, all of them without enough staff for their care”.
– Thus, the union representatives state in their letter that “patients have to wait more than 72 hours to be admitted, given that the waiting areas, enabled to alleviate this situation, are usually saturated”. In addition, they point out that “to make matters worse, in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit), there are six beds inoperative due to a lack of nursing staff”.
– Finally, the workers state that “the repetition over time of these situations in an already overloaded emergency department cannot be considered a one-off or temporary problem, and they consider that when asked ‘where is the problem?’, the answer is that ‘the human and organizational resources are very deficient’.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1859277/denuncian-situacion-de-colapso-en-las-urgencias-hospitalarias-de-malaga/
Full article with more info, in English on Google Translate: Article Link
SPORTS
Australian Open Update- See full results here: https://ausopen.com/results#!All
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Djokovic beats Alcaraz in Australian Open classic, reaches SFs for 12th time:
– Novak Djokovic produced a statement quarter-final win in the early hours of Wednesday morning at the Australian Open, where he overcame rival Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in a three-hour, 37-minute display to remind everyone he is one of the men to beat in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Staples.
Full article: https://www.atptour.com/en/news/alcaraz-djokovic-australian-open-2025-tuesday
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DAVOS Update- Spain sends Sanchez + 4 other ministers to World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting of industry & political leader globalists:
– The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will travel this Wednesday to the Swiss city of Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum, where he will 
defend the Spanish economic model and, at the same time, will express his concern about the rise of what he calls “reactionary internationalism” and the weakening of democracies. The Spanish president will participate in multiple panels and will meet with international and Spanish businessmen, in addition to bilateral meetings with other leaders.
– According to government sources, Sánchez will emphasize in his speeches and meetings the importance of multilateralism in tackling global problems and, in this regard, he will hold a meeting with the president of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. He will also hold two other bilateral meetings in this 55th edition of the forum: with the president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, in the midst of the Panama Canal threats of Donald Trump, to control the canal, and with the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, with whom he will also address the future of the country and how the arrival of the new US president, who has promised to quickly end the conflict, may affect it.
– As happens in this type of forum, the President of the Government will have the 
opportunity to discuss behind closed doors with the Spanish CEOs and senior executives attending Davos, among whom the Government does not know if the new Chairman of Telefónica, Marc Murtra, will be present, because it is up to the company to decide whether or not he will attend. Likewise, he will also meet with international companies such as the Abudabi Mubadala, with the head of which he will have a meeting.
– As for another of the three objectives that Spain has in this forum, Sanchez will maintain the call he has made to Europe to rebel against what he has called the “technocast” (in reference to the heads of Silicon Valley companies that have positioned themselves in favor of Trump) and its power to control public debate and government action throughout the West. The same sources have pointed out that this positioning is compatible with promoting the investment of technology companies in Spain because they are two issues that are on different levels and it is not contradictory. {These sources obviously do not understand the tech industry. The big boys call the shots because they control all the resources the smaller players rely on: the mass data centers, the “cloud”, the app stores & the Internet infrastructure. Avoiding the “technocast” while promoting technology companies is just not possible when everything relies on the “technocast” to function. -Ed.}
– According to these same sources, the Executive is not against technological development or artificial intelligence and these companies create jobs and wealth, but it is in favor of regulation, compliance with European standards and that these companies are transparent and put a stop to hoaxes and disinformation. In addition, the Government is concerned about the concentration of financial and political power by the “technocast” and the high capacity they have for information dissemination in social networks.
– In any case, the program of interventions and meetings that Sánchez will have these days is in line with the main risks faced by the international community and highlighted in the report presented by the forum itself: disinformation, extreme climate phenomena and armed conflicts. The latter is a problem that has risen in the ranking of concerns in the latest report of the Davos Forum.
– Although the head of the Spanish Executive will travel this Tuesday and will have 
a dinner without media coverage with the rest of the heads of government and members of the forum, his three official acts will be on Wednesday. In the morning, he will take part in the round table “Health and Prosperity through Prevention”, where he will analyze the coordination of efforts to further implement the use of cutting-edge technologies and data to improve public health. Later in the afternoon, he will make his customary address to the Forum plenary, followed by an event on “The State of Climate and Nature”.
– The representation of the Spanish Government in Davos, apart from the President, also includes the Third Vice-President and Minister of Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen; the Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo; Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares; and the Minister of Digital Transformation, Óscar López. This 55th edition of the forum, which began on Monday and ends next Friday, January 24, is expected to be attended by 2,800 senior social, political and economic leaders, including 60 heads of state and government. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5674193/0/sanchez-reivindicara-modelo-economico-espanol-davos-donde-se-centrara-alertar-contra-internacional-reaccionaria/
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Useful Links, Info & Numbers
2025 Holiday Calendars by town, click/tap to view:
Algarrobo
Competa
Malaga
Nerja
Rincon
Torrox
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‘ 2025 “, 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
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