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24th Arab-Andalusian Festival in Salares: Fri-Sun, 18-20 Sept
Over the three days, the town’s central streets will host a market featuring crafts and organic products, along with a program of concerts, art exhibitions, poetry readings, and food tastings. Programme below. Video Link from 2023 event.
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‘Road to Oasis’ in La Viñuela– Classic American cars & motorcycles show: Sun, 20 Sept
The event will bring together more than 150 vehicles from across the province of Málaga and Andalusia, organized by the Devil’s Sons Club in collaboration with the Southern American Cars Club and the American Cars Club. The day will begin at 11:00 AM with the opening at Devil’s House, and an hour later, at 12:00 PM, the caravan will depart from the El Viso industrial park (Málaga) via the A-45 and the A-356 (Arco road) until reaching the La Viñuela Post Office Square.
Upon their arrival at midday, the vehicles will be on display to the public in La Viñuela, where attendees can enjoy a public paella, a bar service at affordable prices and a live concert by the pop-rock cover band Turping Covers.
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Royal Fair of San Miguel 2026- Vélez-Málaga: 29 Sept – 4 Oct
Vélez-Málaga will celebrate its Fair from September 29 to October 4 with a full festive program.
The musical lineup will feature performances by Camela, Cali y El Dandee, María del Monte, Requiebros, and Salistre. The fair will kick off with the opening address by Sergio Pérez ‘El Cindindi’ and the Amparo Muñoz Competition, followed by four days of daytime festivities with live music and performances throughout the town. All concerts are free except Camela which requires a €5 ticket. All concerts at 23:30 except the María del Monte concert for which no time is provided.
Tickets for the Camela concert will go on sale from Wed, 16 Sept, in person at the tourist offices of Vélez-Málaga and Torre del Mar, as well as at https://www.malagaentradas.com/
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SPAIN
Brussels dismantles snake-oil salesman Sánchez’s distorted employment claims, 82% of the jobs created are low productivity– high levels of employed live in poverty: {Trans, summary}
– Pedro Sanchez continually boasts about employment figures, yet never explains their quality or economic value. A European Commission report dismantles his claims: over 82% of new jobs created in Spain are concentrated in low-productivity service sectors, which limits sustainable wage growth and undermines competitiveness. The report also notes that job quality remains a persistent challenge, with the share of employed people living in poverty stuck at a relatively high level.
– Brussels further criticises the minimum wage policy. Strong minimum wage growth has compressed the salary spectrum around that floor, without notably reducing poverty among workers. Real minimum wage growth since 2020 is just 1.2%, among the EU’s weakest, with forecasts of only 0.6% and 0.1% for 2026 and 2027. Sanchez presents headline employment growth as vindication of his policies, but Brussels exposes the reality: precarious, low-value work that cannot sustain wages or living standards. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/libremercado/2026-09-15/bruselas-desmonta-a-sanchez-el-82-por-ciento-del-nuevo-empleo-es-de-baja-productividad-7457994/
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Inflation will continue to soar! It will rise to 4.9% in September, and will not fall below 4% for the rest of the year according to Funcas: {Trans, summary}
– The National Statistics Institute (INE) has confirmed that prices soared by 4.3% in August. This increase in inflation is expected to continue in the coming months.
– In fact, Funcas is already warning that the current month of September will close with inflation of 4.9%. Furthermore, the think tank warns that, until the end of the year, inflation will remain above 4%. Source, Spanish: https://www.elespanol.com/invertia/economia/macroeconomia/20260915/inflacion-seguira-disparada-subira-septiembre-no-bajara-queda-ano-funcas/1003744384246_0.html
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Llarena rejects applying amnesty to Puigdemont for the crime of embezzlement after the CJEU’s endorsement of the law: {Trans, summary}
– Supreme Court Justice Pablo Llarena {pic}, the investigating judge in the Catalan independence trial , has rejected the request from former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and his former minister Toni Comín to be granted amnesty for the crime of misuse of public funds, following the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling that the pardon does not violate EU law.
– Llarena also refused to lift the national arrest warrants against both men, who have been living in Belgium since 2017, although he admitted that this decision is not “irreversible,” which leaves the door open for him to do so if the Spanish Constitutional Court accepts the appeals for protection filed by the pro-independence leaders .
– Llarena’s decision was predictable because, until now, the Supreme Court has refused to grant amnesty for the embezzlement offenses of the pro-independence leaders for two reasons: because the law prohibits pardoning this crime if it affected European economic interests; and because the law also does not allow amnesty for embezzlement if the accused benefited from financial enrichment. Source, Spanish: https://elpais.com/espana/2026-09-15/llarena-rechaza-aplicar-la-amnistia…
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The Ministry of Equality to analyze the femicides that occurred in July and August, but not the androcides*: {Trans, summary}
– The Ministry of Equality is holding a new Crisis Committee meeting this Wednesday, September 16, in Seville to analyze the recent femicides in Spain in July and August. Specifically, according to sources within the department headed by Ana Redondo {pic}, the meeting will examine three cases from July and the two that occurred in August. In total, 37 women have allegedly been murdered by their partner or ex-partner in Spain this year.
– Andalusia has recorded 291 women murdered as a result of gender-based violence since 2003, when data collection began. In 2026, the region has had 10 victims, the same number as throughout all of 2024. Meanwhile, 15 women were murdered in 2025.
– * {No mention of the statistics concerning women committing androcides? “Androcide” typically refers to the killing of men because they are male, or the killing of a husband by his wife. It is not a widely adopted social or legal category in the way “femicide” is, but it is the closest equivalent English has to offer, except perhaps the rarely used “Viricide”. “Androcide” carries no comparable political weight like “femicide” does, no body of legislation, and no organised movement behind it. However, as covered in yesterday’s issue, women do murder men. This year in Andalucia there have been 10 femicides, but also at least 3 cases of women murdering men, so it is not insignificant, even if they get diminished press coverage. -Ed}
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/epsocial/igualdad/noticia-igualdad-celebra-manana-sevilla-nuevo-comite-crisis-analizar-asesinatos-machistas-julio-agosto-20260915172914.html
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NERJA
Application period now open for the installation of booths at the Nerja Fair 2026: {Trans, summary}
– The Nerja Town Hall opens the application period this Wednesday, September 16, for temporary permits to occupy three plots of land located in the Huertos de Carabeo Fairgrounds. The spaces are intended for the installation of three booths, one of them for equestrian activities, for the 2026 Nerja Fair, which will be held from October 8 to 12.
– The Councillor for the Town Festival, Elena Gálvez, has announced that interested individuals and organizations have until next Tuesday, September 22nd, to submit their applications. The procedure can be completed by submitting the required documentation through the Town Hall’s Registry Office, the Nerja Town Hall’s Electronic Office, or the SARA Network. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/abierto-el-plazo-de-solicitud-para-la-instalacion-de-casetas-en-la-feria-de-nerja-2026/
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CEUTA CRISIS
Doctors and nurses in Ceuta call for a strike on September 24: {Trans, summary}
– Health Minister Mónica García {pic} is facing mounting problems. In the face of the Ministry of Health’s “indifference” to the healthcare crisis in Ceuta following the migrant influx, doctors and nurses have called a strike for 24 September. “The Ministry of Health’s persistent indifference leaves us with no alternative but to resort to the most extreme form of industrial action,” the CEMSATSE trade union has announced. CEMSATSE has the largest representation on INGESA’s Sectoral Committee and brings together doctors and nurses. “Healthcare services in Ceuta are not merely at breaking point; they have exceeded their operational capacity due to structural problems that the Ministry has failed to resolve, compounded by the strain caused by providing care to migrants following the mass influx in July,” the statement concludes.
– CEMSATSE is therefore calling on healthcare professionals and the public to “shed light on the deterioration of public healthcare”, which has worsened in Ceuta as a result of the crisis that began in July with the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco. Healthcare workers have expressed their “strongest possible rejection” of statements by the Ministry of Health, which they say seek to deny the state of emergency facing the public health system in the autonomous city. Source, Spanish: https://theobjective.com/sanidad/2026-09-15/medicos-enfermeros-ceuta…
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Migrants Have Begun Squatting Homes In Ceuta: {Trans}
– The National Police he has arrested three immigrants, all of them Moroccans, for having occupied illegally three homes in different areas of the city, so they remain waiting to be brought to justice. As police sources have informed EFE, the arrests have occurred in the last few hours thanks to the citizen collaboration of neighbors that alerted the agents about these intrusions in different houses.
– The immigrants had broken into the interior of the homes after remaining in the city since the end of July, after massive entry through the border. The immigrants did not resist their arrest at the time of the police intervention. The three will be placed at the disposal of the judicial authority for an alleged crime of breaking and entering. Source, Spanish: https://theobjective.com/espana/2026-09-14/detenidos-marroquies-ilegalmente-viviendas-ceuta/
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Why is Spain providing weapons of war to a country that just allowed an invasion of Spanish territory, and additionally, lending them the money to do so? {Trans, summary}
– Spain is finalising delivery of a warship to Morocco amid an ongoing crisis over the mass assault on Ceuta’s border in late July. The vessel, an Avante 1800 patrol boat named Moulay Hassan, measures 87 metres and was built by state-owned Navantia in San Fernando, Cadiz. Declassified reports confirm Morocco’s CNI was warned of the mass land and sea entries, yet did nothing, and National Police evidence names Moroccan security agents as key facilitators of the incursion. Delivery thus proceeds despite documented Moroccan state involvement in the assault on Ceuta.
– The ship is designed for maritime surveillance, security, water control, rescue and offshore missions, capable of 24 knots and 4,000 nautical miles at 15 knots, with a crew of up to 60. Navantia will deliver it unarmed. Morocco will install weapons afterwards. The cost of the ship is around €130 million, with €95 million financed through a Banco Santander loan to Morocco in August 2022. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/defensa/2026-09-15/espana-ultima-la-entrega…
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SPORTS
Golf News- Irish Open Update: {Trans, summary of 2 articles}
– Ladies: Leona Maguire {pic} starred in one of the grand tours of Saturday’s international by completing the third round of the KPMG Women’s Irish Open with 63 strokes, nine under par, on The K Club’s Palmer South Course. The Irishwoman finished her lap without bogeys, with nine birdies, and reached a cumulative eleven under par, a result that provisionally placed her in fourth position while the rain forced the competition to be suspended. Full article: https://www.teleprensa.com/articulo/golf/leona-maguire…
– Mens: Shane Lowry has turned the second day of the Amgen Irish Open into an exhibition. The 2019 Open champion completed Trump International Golf Links Doonbeg in 62 strokes, eight under par, set a new course record and reached a cumulative -11, three strokes ahead of his pursuers among the players who had completed the morning. Lowry built the lap with nine birdies and a single bogey, flirted with a card under 60 strokes and transformed a solid first day into a very serious bid for the title of his national Open.
Jon Rahm, who shared a game with Lowry and Patrick Reed, also improved his situation. After par on the first day, the Spaniard reached the halfway point of the championship with -3, eight strokes behind Lowry but perfectly installed over the weekend.
Source, Spanish: https://www.teleprensa.com/articulo/golf/shane-lowry…
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TRAVEL
Spain & Italy extend border controls for another 15 days due to the ongoing Ceuta border crisis: {Trans}
– The Ceuta migration crisis continues to have repercussions for Schengen allies. This Tuesday, the Spanish government announced another 15-day extension, until October 8, of border controls on air and sea connections with Italy. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has again communicated this decision to the European Union in response to the measure previously adopted by the Government of Giorgia Meloni, all due to the massive influx of immigrants into Ceuta on August 8.
– The Government considers that the circumstances that motivated the adoption of this measure remain, and therefore it has been decided to extend it until October 8, “without prejudice to the fact that a change in these circumstances may advise a modification of the planned deadline.”
– Italy has also taken the same measure with Giorgia Meloni’s decision to extend the suspension of the Schengen agreement for another 15 days. The decision, made by Matteo Piantedosi, Italy’s Interior Minister, results from Spain’s lack of border controls. Rome considers it a necessity due to the high internal security risks. Source, Spanish: https://www.101tv.es/espana/espana-prorroga-los-controles…
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SUR in ENGLISH HEADLINES
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– Doobl, an app developed in Malaga that helps drivers find a parking space
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/doobl-developed-malaga-20260914000500-nt.html
– Ronda completes Tajo gorge trail with walkway under Puente Nuevo {pic}
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/ronda/ronda-completes-tajo-gorge-trail-with-walkway-20260915123916-nt.html
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