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Tablao Flamenco with María Costre in Vélez-Málaga:
Fri, 7 Feb 9pm. Show with dance, vocalists & guitar
Peña Flamenca Niño de Vélez
C/ Tejeda 10, Vélez-Málaga. Tel: +34 606 510 329
Info & tix: https://flamencoabierto.com/
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Archidona’s II Feria del Aceite & “Sabor a Málaga” market:
Sat & Sun, 8 & 9 Feb.
Activities on Saturday and Sunday: music (concert at 5pm, in La Palza Ochavada), cultural visits & tours, tastings of local oil/wine/jamon, cooking demos, sports events, among other activities. These initiatives aim to attract a diverse public and promote both local products and those that form part of the Sabor a Málaga brand.
The event will have a large number of exhibitors, where you can find stands of local producers and the renowned provincial brand.
Info: https://www.archidona.es/4303/com1_md3_cd-11286/ii-feria-del-aceite-productos-locales-y-sabor-a-malaga
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Real American Punk in Granada- Dead Boys: Tues, 11 Feb
This is the closest you will ever get to CBGBs!
Featuring original member guitarist Cheetah Chrome. Rumour has it that at least one member of The Cult will be in this current lineup.
Sala Planta Baja, C/ Horno de Abad, 11, Centro, 18002 Granada
A unique opportunity to listen again live to the legendary songs of Dead Boys, one of the reference bands and pioneers of North American Punk Rock.
Info & tix (€22): https://entradas.conciertos.club/es/events/dead-boys-en-granada & Video Link 1 & Video Link 2
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News & Articles
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SPAIN
Israel suggests that Spain is obliged by law to welcome the Gazans that Trump wants to relocate: {Translation,}
– Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has instructed the army to draw up a plan to facilitate the ‘voluntary departure’ of Gaza Strip residents, Israeli media reported on Thursday. The move comes on the heels of a surprise announcement by US President Donald Trump, who said his country intends to take control of Gaza, resettle its inhabitants in other countries and turn the region into the ‘Riviera of the Middle East’.
– ‘I welcome President Trump’s bold plan. Gaza’s residents must be free to leave and emigrate, as is the case anywhere in the world,’ Katz was quoted as saying by Israel’s Channel 12. The plan envisages various options to facilitate the Palestinians’ departure, including land crossings and specific arrangements for evacuation by sea and air.
– Who will take in the Palestinians? One of the main questions raised by the announcement is the fate of Palestinians who decide to leave Gaza. Katz said that the responsibility should lie with those countries that have questioned Israel’s military operations in the Strip. ‘Countries such as Spain, Ireland, Norway and others, which have made false accusations and claims against Israel for its actions in Gaza, are legally obliged to allow any Gaza resident to enter their territories,’ the Israeli minister said. However, none of these nations have officially responded to Katz’s statement and the international community has expressed concern about the implications of this plan.
– Trump’s plan has been met with a barrage of criticism from a number of world powers. Russia, China and Germany have expressed their rejection, arguing that the proposal would only generate ‘new suffering and new hatred’ in the region. Saudi Arabia has flatly rejected the initiative, while Jordan’s King Abdullah II has reiterated his refusal to accept any attempt at territorial annexation or displacement of Palestinians.
– In turn, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has partially endorsed Trump’s proposal, calling it ‘remarkable’ and noting that it ‘should be fully explored’. Speaking to Fox News, Netanyahu assured that ‘there is nothing wrong with allowing the first Gazans who want to leave to do so’ and that eventually ‘they will be able to return’ to the Gaza Strip once the region is rebuilt. Source, Spanish: https://www.vozpopuli.com/internacional/israel-plan-espana-irlanda-noruega-salida-palestinos.html
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The price of electricity soars this Thursday: {Translation, summary}
– The price of electricity this Thursday, 6 February, soars in what is a new blow for customers whose contract is linked to the regulated tariff. At no time during the day 
will it cost less than 100 euros megawatt hours (MWh) to use one of the appliances that consume the most, such as the washing machine. On this occasion, we can speak of prohibitive hours throughout the day because the price soars and even exceeds 300 euros. This is the time that should be avoided in an attempt to save on the monthly bill.
– Price of electricity on Thursday 6 February by hours.
Specifically, the so-called ‘pool’ will register its most expensive price of 363.1 €/MWh between 20:00 and 21:00 hours, while the cheapest price will be around 119.8 €/MWh between 14:00 and 15:00 hours, according to the latest data from the Iberian Electricity Market Operator (OMIE). On average the day will cost 200.37 €/MWh.
– See image for the complete list by time slots:
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/lainformacion/economia-y-finanzas/se-dispara-precio-luz-hoy-6-febrero-2025-precios-por-hora-5672146/
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Pedro Sánchez’s brother resigns his position in the Diputación de Badajoz: {Translation, summary}
– The brother of the president of the Government, David Sánchez {pic}, has resigned 
from his disputed job in the Diputación de Badajoz. The musician has presented a letter on the morning of Wednesday in which he resigns as head of the performing arts of the provincial institution, and for whose contract he is being investigated by a Pacense court.
– The resignation occurs after the judge, Beatriz Biedma, rejects a request for dismissal of several of the charges and decided to continue with the case when considering that the hiring of Sánchez in 2017 as coordinator of the conservatories of the Diputación and the subsequent modification of the position as head of the stage of arts could have been “arbitrary”. According to the magistrate, “irregularities” have been found in the selection process of the candidates. Source, Spanish: https://www.eldiario.es/extremadura/politica/hermano-pedro-sanchez-renuncia-puesto-diputacion-badajoz_1_12030176.html
MALAGA PROVINCE
State of the reservoirs in Malaga Province on Thursday, February 6, 2025:
Source: http://www.redhidrosurmedioambiente.es/saih/resumen/embalses
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Villages in Malaga where residents can deduct up to 400 euros on their tax returns: {Translation, summary}
– During the visit of the delegate of the Andalusian Government in Malaga to Carratraca, she listed some of the tax benefits that the Junta de Andalucía will implement in 2025 for residents of municipalities with less than 3,000 inhabitants.
– The residents of these villages in Malaga will be able to benefit from a deduction in their tax declaration of up to 400 euros for each child born or adopted, or for each child in foster care.
– For the purchase of homes ‘the residents have the possibility of saving up to 6,750 euros’, explained Navarro. The Transfer Tax and Stamp Duty has been increased to 3.5%, as long as the property is used as a primary residence and the value of the property does not exceed 150,000 euros.
– The delegate also pointed out the extension of the deduction for the purchase of housing from 5% to 6% in the case of people under 35 years of age, people over 65, people with disabilities and victims of gender violence or terrorism.
– See the full list of qualifying villages in source article: https://www.malagahoy.es/provincia/pueblos-malaga-deducir-declaracion-renta_0_2003282748.html
MALAGA CITY
Wild boars sneak into a Fuengirola shopping centre to the surprise of customers:
– The presence of wild boars in Malaga has become increasingly common in parks, streets and gardens of the city. However, until now, wild boars have never before been seen inside a shopping centre, as they were seen this Monday in the Miramar Shopping Centre in Fuengirola.
– In a video posted on the social network X, a herd of wild boars can be seen strolling alongside neighbours doing their mid-afternoon shopping. The walk ended without incident, and the centre’s security led them to the exit door.
Source article, Spanish: https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/malaga/2025/02/04/piara-jabalies-cuela-centro-comercial-malaga-113987823.html & X Link
NERJA
Mayor of Nerja’s guilty verdict again overturned in Rio de la Miel landfill case: {Translation, summary}
– The 15th Criminal Court, in compliance with the decision of the Provincial Court of Malaga, has issued a new ruling upholding the acquittal of the Mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo {pic}, in the case of the Río de la Miel landfill. The ruling follows last 
October’s decision, in which the higher court agreed to annul the lower court’s initial ruling of the mayor’s guilt in its entirety and urged that a new ruling be issued, without the need for a retrial, ‘in which the totality of the evidence presented is assessed in a sufficient and reasoned manner’.
– The Nerja Town Hall has confirmed the decision. For his part, the councillor expressed his ‘enormous satisfaction after learning of the new acquittal in the Río de la Miel landfill case handed down by the 15th Criminal Court. This new ruling confirms once again what I have been defending since 2017. Neither my political conduct nor the behaviour of the businessmen were worthy of any criminal reproach,’ he added.
– This case investigated the existence for some 18 years of a landfill located in the area of the Río de la Miel quarry, in the vicinity of the Sierra de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park, where construction, hazardous and pruning waste was allegedly dumped ‘in an uncontrolled manner’, which caused significant risks, according to the public prosecution. This landfill was closed down by order of the Junta de Andalucía and Seprona in September 2016, occupying 36,000 square metres.
– But the 15th Criminal Court of Malaga acquitted Armijo, for the first time in 2023, and six other defendants, by determining that it had not been found by the various experts, that, despite the volume in cubic metres exposed and during the course of the approximately 18 years of operation of the same, there was risk of fire or risk to the health of people. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/provincia/absuelven-alcalde-nerja-caso-vertedero-rio-miel_0_2003282405.html
TORRE DEL MAR
Torre del Mar presents the activities of its 2025 Carnival with the performance of Toni Rodríguez: {Translation, summary}
– Friday thru Sunday, 14 – 16 February.
– The activities start on Friday 14, from 18:00 pm, with registration for the contest of God Momo and Goddess of Carnival. In the Azucarera building. At around 20:30 we will know the winners and at 21:00 we will start with the opening speech. ‘There will be performances by local groups Peña del Antifaz and Murga del Ladro, plus the female comparsa POETAS DEL ACERO and also UN DOMINGO CUALQUIERA. The event will be rounded off with the humour of Toni Rodríguez, a famous Cadiz comedian.
– As for Saturday the parade, as usual, will start at 16:00. After the parade, the prize-giving ceremony will take place on the Paseo de Larios.
– Sunday there will be two stages, one on the Paseo de Larios and the other on the Paseo Marítimo de Poniente, in the music pavilion, where different local performances will take place during the morning. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/torre-del-mar-presenta-las-actividades-de-su-carnaval-2025-con-la-actuacion-de-toni-rodriguez/
UK
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath to reunite for first time in 20 years, Sharon says it’s Ozzy’s last gig:
– The original line-up of heavy metal legends Black Sabbath, including Ozzy Osbourne, will play together for the first time in 20 years at a one-off concert on July 5 in Birmingham, England, organisers said on Wednesday. Tickets will go on sale on Feb. 14.
– The gig will feature guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward — who along with charismatic frontman Osbourne pioneered heavy metal music in the early 1970s with hits such as “War Pigs”, “Paranoid” and “Iron Man”.
– Since their last performance together in 2005 {Video Link}, Black Sabbath has played in partial reunions but never in their original line-up.
– Osbourne’s wife, music manager and TV personality Sharon, said that while other band members might continue to make records and perform, Black Sabbath’s gig at the birthplace of the band will certainly be the 76-year-old’s final performance. “For Ozzy right now, it’s definitely: ‘I love you and good night’,” she told Reuters.
– Black Sabbath will top a line-up of rock and heavy metal icons including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Lamb Of God and Anthrax at the Villa Park event. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/black-sabbath-reunite-first-time-20-years-2025-02-05/ & Video Link
MIDDLE EAST
Trump explains how he plans for US to take over Gaza:
– President Trump on Thursday laid out how his proposed US takeover of the Gaza Strip would unfold, insisting it wouldn’t need military action and would ensure that “stability for the region would reign.” “The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,” Trump stated in an early morning Truth Social post.
– “The U.S., working with great development teams from all over the World, would slowly and carefully begin the construction of what would become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth,” he said. “No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed!”
– It comes a day after the commander-in-chief laid bare the proposal and said that “all” Gaza Strip residents should leave the war-shattered territory. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings — level it out and create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.” “The Palestinians, people like Chuck Schumer, would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region,” he continued, with a knock on the Democratic New York senator. Full article: https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/world-news/trump-explains-exactly-how-he-plans-for-us-to-take-over-gaza/
FROM THE “WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING” DEPARTMENT
Lego can be anti-LGBT, says Science Museum: {The Telegraph UK}
– A self-guided museum tour on “stories of queer communities, experiences and identities” includes a display of Lego bricks alongside a guide stating the plastic blocks may reinforce the idea that heterosexuality “is the norm”. The tour, devised by a Gender and Sexuality Network at the museum, also claims in the “Seeing Things Queerly” guide that Lego adds credence to the view that there are only two genders. This is because people supposedly describe Lego bricks as having male or female parts that are made to “mate” with each other.
– This is “heteronormative”, the guide states, which is the idea that “heterosexuality and the male/female gender binary are the norm and everything that falls outside is unusual”. The Science Museum guide claims that people think “the top of the brick with sticking out pins is male, the bottom of the brick with holes to receive the pins is female, and the process of the two sides being put together is called mating”.
– Visitors are told that “while a biological human female usually has XX sex chromosomes and a biological human male generally has XY” other features mark sex, including “hormones, genitals, and characteristics like depth of voice and hairiness”. It adds that there is “diversity in the presence and combinations of sex-determining features”. Full article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/06/lego-can-be-anti-lgbt-says-science-museum/ & X Link
OTHER
EU approves sale of UV-treated mealworm powder as novel food:
– The European Commission approved the marketing of ultraviolet-treated mealworm powder, derived from the larvae of Tenebrio molitor, as a novel food within the European Union. The decision, reported by ANSA, classifies the powder as a novel food under EU regulations, allowing its incorporation into a variety of products, including bread, cheese, pasta, and jams.
– The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) conducted an assessment in 2023 and concluded that the UV-treated mealworm larva powder is safe for consumption under the proposed conditions and levels of use. “The whole larvae powder of Tenebrio molitor treated with UV rays is safe under the proposed conditions and levels of use,” the EFSA stated.
– For at least the next five years, the French company Nutri’Earth will hold exclusive rights to market this novel food, safeguarded by industrial property protection. As reported by Portfolio, unless another company obtains authorization or consent from Nutri’Earth, they will be the sole supplier of the UV-treated mealworm powder in the EU market.
– The authorization will come into effect 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This means that products containing the UV-treated mealworm powder could soon appear on store shelves across EU member states. The inclusion of the mealworm powder is part of the EU’s initiative to introduce novel foods as alternative protein sources. Since 2021, the European Commission authorized four insects as novel foods in the EU market, considering them an “alternative source of protein.” These insects include the migratory locust, the house cricket, and the lesser mealworm.
Full article: https://www.jpost.com/science/science-around-the-world/article-840920
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Cinesur El Ingenio Films schedule: You can find the film schedule at this link. Films tagged as (VOSE) are in the original language with Spanish subtitles.
https://www.cinesur.com/es/cine/mk2-cinesur-el-ingenio
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
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
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