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Sergio Albacete Trio: Fri, 30 May, 8pm
Ventana Abierta Jazz Club
Calle Granada 3, (hotel plaza cavana), Nerja
Info: https://www.ventana-abierta.es/jazz.html & Video Link

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Celebrations in the Province:
– The Flamenco Biennial arrives this Saturday to the Villa de Nerja Theater, where you can enjoy the show De mi soleá, featuring Luisa Chicano. Meanwhile, Riogordo celebrates the 24th edition of Snail Day this Sunday, expecting more than 5,000 visitors and offering a wide range of activities centred around snails, with 500 kilos available for tasting.
– Gastronomy will also be a highlight this weekend in Antequera, which hosts a world molletes competition as part of the second edition of Antequera, ¡qué bien me sabe!, featuring several activities including a concert by Melody.
– Additionally, Corumbela holds the 5th edition of Country Bread Day this Sunday, which will include tastings, a demonstration of hand-kneaded bread, as well as a communal paella, musical performances, and activities for children.
– Meanwhile, the Cocktail Route kicks off in Torre del Mar and will continue until 29 June.
Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/planes/conciertos-teatro-espectaculos-malaga-fin-semana-20250529154301-nt.html

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Pilgrimages of San Isidro in El Trapiche, San Isidro in Benamocarra and the Immaculate Conception in Los Pepones:
The celebration of these pilgrimage events, on Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1, say goodbye to the month of the Virgin and do so with all the honours, with liturgical ceremonies in honour of their patrons, gastronomic offers and numerous events. The peak of the celebrations will come at 21.00 hours on Saturday.

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General admission tickets still available- Flamenco Spectacular- I Velada Flamenca
Sat, 31 May. Doors at 7pm; show at 10pm
Peña Flamenca Amigos del Arte, Torremolinos
Admission: €20 adv, €25 door. Tel/Res: 652969507
Info, map & tix: https://www.mientrada.net/evento/velada-flamenca-torremolinos/ 

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THE RECTIFIER – A NOVEL WITH A LOCAL CONNECTION By Axarquia Resident, Berkeley Fenne
After serving in Afghanistan, Bosnia and for the British Government, ex-SAS Army Captain, Stuart Reece, wanted nothing more than to retire to his villa and enjoy a peaceful life, basking in the beauty of southern Spain and spend some time researching the locations where he served and the ‎drug trade from Afghanistan. On one such fine day, he is shot, he survives the attempt to eliminate ‎him. Reece is now determined to find the hitman. He later discovers that what he had begun to ‎uncover was only the tip of the iceberg. Reece starts chasing an international drug trafficking ‎business and all of its tentacles. Thus begins the race to reach the roots of all evil. Travelling ‎through southern Spain to the Balkans, eastern Europe and into Asia, he realises that the hunt was ‎leading him back to where traumatic memories of war and violence had scarred him, in ‎Afghanistan. With the events unfolding, ‘The Rectifier’ brings light to the underworld drug ‎trafficking business, terrorism, and how greed for power and money can shift even those that are ‎our protectors into traffickers and criminals.
The Rectifier is the first of a Trilogy of Stuart Reece thriller books. ‎
Berkeley Fenne A retired senior company director latterly a business consultant, he had provided ‎guidance and support to a variety and diverse range of companies. He designed and delivered a ‎business improvement programme with accompanying reference manual, which inspired the ‎beginning of fiction novel writing. Fenne is a Spanish resident, appreciating the opportunity to write ‎in the pleasant surroundings of southern Spain.
Available from: Amazon Books – Pegasus Publishing – berkeleyfenne@gmail.com

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SPAIN

***The Latest Gov’t Scandal – 3 Sides of the Coin***

Conservative side-
Feijóo calls for a protest on June 8th against Sánchez’s “corruption” and challenges Sánchez’s partners to present a motion of censure: {Translation, summary}
– PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has announced a demonstration in Madrid on 8 June to protest against what he calls the “corruption” and “decay” surrounding Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Feijóo accused Sánchez, his government, and close associates of widespread corruption, alleging offers of impunity to criminals, extortion of public servants, persecution of judges and journalists, and mafia-like practices.
– He challenged Sánchez’s parliamentary partners to initiate a motion of no confidence, warning that failure to act would make them complicit in the government’s decline. Feijóo described Sánchez’s term as being in its “terminal phase” and insisted that corruption will only end when Sánchez leaves office. The PP leader urged citizens to reject a government that attacks democratic institutions and called for a united front to restore integrity. He promised to lead opposition efforts both in the streets and parliament, aiming to bring about change through votes and public demonstrations. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-feijoo-anuncia-protesta-dia-contra-corrupcion-sanchez-reta-socios-mocion-censura-20250529124036.html

Socialist Side-
Moncloa denies government corruption and rules out that its partners will support a motion of censure of the PP: {Translation, summary}
– The Spanish Government has rejected corruption allegations made by the People’s Party (PP) following leaked audio recordings involving socialist PSOE member Leire Díez, who sought compromising information against senior officials. The Government denies any conspiracy or corruption and says its parliamentary partners will not support a motion of no confidence proposed by PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo.
– The PP has called a demonstration for 8 June to protest alleged corruption linked to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his close circle.
– Government sources condemn Díez’s conduct but deny she works for the party or Government, stating she was investigating potential campaigns against the Government rather than fabricating evidence. Officials express concern over the spread of unfounded corruption claims, which they say are politically motivated by the PP.
– Prime Minister Sánchez {pic} limited a scheduled Thursday press conference to sidestep questions about the audio scandal and messages with a former minister, aiming to limit media attention on these unproven allegations.
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-moncloa-niega-exista-corrupcion-gobierno-descarta-socios-apoyen-mocion-censura-pp-20250529155809.html 

Communist side-
Yolanda Díaz raises the tone before the audios of Leire Díez against the UCO and demands the PSOE “maximum forcefulness”: {Translation, summary}
– Spain’s Second Deputy Prime Minister, Yolanda Díaz (SUMAR, communist), has condemned the leaked audio recordings of PSOE member Leire Díez targeting a Civil Guard UCO chief and an anti-corruption prosecutor, calling them “extremely serious” and demanding accountability.
– Speaking at the ‘CREO 2025’ Forum, Díaz stressed that if the allegations are true, they are incompatible with a robust democracy and must be thoroughly investigated. She urged firmness and zero tolerance towards corruption, advocating for democratic regeneration. Díaz highlighted Sumar’s proposed reforms, including creating a corruption prevention council, restricting pardons, regulating lobbying, and limiting parliamentary immunity, aligning with GRECO recommendations. She also defended Spain’s institutions, warning that attacks on bodies like the UCO only fuel far-right narratives. While maintaining presumption of innocence, Díaz insisted the government must rise to the challenge and enact rigorous legislation to prevent such incidents. She criticised the current political climate for noise without action and called for decisive measures in Congress to combat corruption. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-yolanda-diaz-eleva-tono-audios-leire-diez-contra-uco-exige-psoe-maxima-contundencia-20250529114420.html 

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Health Ministry Plans New Smoking/Vaping Laws Following EU Guidelines: {Translation, summary}
– Spain’s forthcoming anti-tobacco law will ban smoking in new public spaces, including terraces, work vehicles, university campuses, outdoor parties, bus shelters, sports facilities, and public swimming pools. The law will cover traditional tobacco, vaping, and heated tobacco products, aiming to reduce tobacco-related cancers, which account for 30% of cases. The legislation, based on the EU’s 2024 guidelines, also targets areas frequented by children, such as playgrounds and parks.
– It awaits final approval from Brussels before parliamentary debate. The law will regulate e-cigarettes and heated tobacco like conventional tobacco, introduce plain packaging to reduce appeal, and ban flavourings in vaping products. Additionally, the government plans to fund smoking cessation treatments through the National Health System, and raise taxes on tobacco products {Resulting in a thriving black market in cigarettes as evidenced by massive confiscations by police reported every week in the local press. -Ed.}, though price hikes require negotiation with the Ministry of Finance. Health Minister Mónica García hopes the law will mark a turning point in Spain’s fight against tobacco use, placing the country at the forefront of tobacco control. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5716860/0/sanidad-prohibira-fumar-terrazas-universidades-vehiculos-trabajo/ 

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UPDATE- Judge sends former Secretary of State, Francisco Martínez, to prison until his trial- public may finally see some gov’t corruption accountability after years of Sanchez “crony amnesties”: {Translation, summary}
– A Spanish National Court judge has ordered the provisional imprisonment of Francisco Martínez {pic}, former Secretary of State for Security under the PP Government, and hacker José Luis Huertas (alias Alcasec) for their alleged roles in a major cybercrime network. The group is accused of unlawfully accessing sensitive personal data from millions of citizens via educational, civil, pet, transport, telephone, and energy billing records.
– The judge imposed preventive detention without bail, citing the need to secure databases allegedly created by Alcasec for illicit data consultation from destruction risk, as requested by the Prosecutor’s Office. The investigation covers suspected offences including criminal organisation, money laundering, and the illegal acquisition and transfer of confidential information. Both Martínez and Huertas are considered central figures in this high-profile cyberattack case. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5717023/0/red-ciberataques-prision-ex-numero-2-interior-hacker-alcasec-por-red-ciberataques/ 

ANDALUCÍA

A spectacular fireball crosses the sky of Andalusia: {Translation}
– An impressive fireball, which reached a brightness similar to that of the full moon, has crossed the sky of Andalusia at 01:13 (Spanish local peninsular time) on Wednesday 28. Video Link

MALAGA PROVINCE

Malaga shops can open every summer Sunday this week: {Translation, summary}
– As of June 1, until September 28, shops and shopping centers will be able to open their doors every Sunday and holidays of the summer.
– In addition to the capital, the establishments located in the municipal terms of Algarrobo, Benalmádena, Estepona, Fuengirola, Manilva, Marbella, Mijas, Nerja, Rincón, Torremolinos and Vélez-Málaga may do so.
– In this way, as of this Sunday, practically all the shopping centers in the province will remain open- El Corte Inglés, Plaza Mayor, McCarthur Glen Designer Outlet, Pamle Uno, Larios Centro, Vialia, Rosaleda, Los Patios, Málaga Plaza and Malaga Nostum. And on the coast- La Cañada, Miramar, Rincón de la Victoria and El Ingenio, among others. Similarly, in these municipalities they can also open supermarkets such as Carrefour, Lidl or Aldi. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga-capital/comercios-malaga-pueden-abrir-semana-domingos-verano-20250528001608-nt.html 

MALAGA CITY

Another home invasion- Five hooded men with knives assault a house in Cerrado de Calderon, three women are tied up and gagged: {Translation}
– The State Security Forces and Corps are investigating a violent assault on a house in the Cerrado de Calderón “gated” neighbourhood in Málaga city this Tuesday. At least five hooded men armed with large knives allegedly gagged and tied up the homeowner, her 18-year-old daughter, and the housekeeper in order to rob them.
– The incident occurred early in the morning when the assailants, with their faces covered and carrying large knives, reportedly gained access to the property through the garage and immobilised the victims in different rooms.
– According to sources close to the case who spoke to this newspaper, they tied them up with cable ties and gagged them for approximately two hours, during which time they searched the house to seize the loot: cash, watches, and jewellery, although the value of the stolen items has not been disclosed.
– Afterwards, the suspects are believed to have fled. For this reason, the National Police have already launched an investigation to try to resolve the alleged robbery with violence, according to information from the Málaga Provincial Police Headquarters.
– It is worth recalling that last year, around this time, four individuals also intimidated a couple and their underage grandson, who was with them at the time, after climbing the outer wall surrounding the chalet. Apparently, they showed them a screwdriver to intimidate them and ordered them not to leave the living room in the house.
– Not even two days before this latest assault, a businessman from Rincón de la Victoria was also a victim of burglars in his home in the Cotomar estate. Again, four hooded men broke into the house minutes after midnight and immobilised him, his wife, and his 25-year-old son. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/cinco-encapuchados-cuchillos-asaltan-casa-cerrado-calderon-20250528001906-nt.html

NERJA

Local police arrest individual who sowed the panic with a knife after a confrontation with some waiters for refusing to pay the account: {Translation}
– “He left in anger, apparently because he did not want to pay the bill, returned shortly after with a knife and began to threaten everyone who was in the square, entire families, with small children”.
– So described Thursday one of the waiters of the cafeteria Kronox, in the center of Nerja, in the emblematic Plaza Cavana, what happened last night at the gates of this catering establishment in the easternmost coastal town in the province.
– The man, middle-aged and with Spanish ID, allegedly threatened to assault with a knife the staff of the business and others nearby, as well as the many customers who at that time had been enjoying the evening in the warm night nerjeña.
– “He went crazy, threatening everyone, all the tables have left frightened, I thought it was a bomb, I do not know how he has not harmed anyone,” said another witness in a message that is circulating on social networks. The individual was restrained by a group of people who were in the place, until the Local Police arrived, who proceeded to his arrest.
– No injuries or personal damages were reported in the incident. The local agents, after instructing the corresponding police proceedings, have transferred the detainee to the barracks of the Civil Guard, which will be responsible for its provision to the judicial authority in Torrox. He is being investigated for the alleged crimes of public disorder and threats. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/reducen-detienen-hombre-armado-nerja-volvio-loco-20250529102523-nt.html 

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The Animal Party denounces the Nerja Town Hall for a stone dragging contest with mules (come on, these are work animals having a bit of fun with their handlers, not delicate pets to be coddled!): {Translation, summary}
– Carmen Sánchez, provincial coordinator of PACMA in Málaga, filed a complaint with the Civil Guard over the 5th Stone Dragging Contest with Mules in Nerja, citing animal welfare concerns and the Town Hall’s failure to comply with transparency rulings. PACMA alleges the event forces animals to drag excessive weights, causing suffering and risks. Despite this, Nerja Town Hall and event organisers insist the contest had proper authorisation and veterinary supervision, reporting no welfare breaches. The collaborating equestrian club defended the tradition, stating animals are not forced and weights are adjusted. PACMA demands accountability and calls for the cessation of such events. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/partido-animalista-denuncia-ayuntamiento-nerja-concurso-arrastre-20250529113806-nt_amp.html 

VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA

Vox joins community groups to demand an urgent solution to the dumping of untreated wastewater in the rivers Cajiz and Macharaviaya: {Translation}
– The vast area of the Vélez-Málaga municipality, covering 158 square kilometres, and the wide dispersion of its population mean that some settlements still lack comprehensive sewage systems. The spokesperson for the Vox municipal group in opposition, Javier Herreros, denounced on Thursday the “serious structural deficiencies” in wastewater sanitation, citing as clear examples the problems in areas such as Cajiz-Las Puertas and Los Íberos, where there is no adequate water treatment system.
– “The lack of proper water treatment causes uncontrolled discharges directly into natural watercourses,” Herreros warned in a statement. “The Cajiz stream and the Los Íberos stream (Macharaviaya river) directly suffer these discharges, causing serious environmental damage,” he added.
– The Vox councillor in Vélez-Málaga has called for a “definitive and urgent solution” to eliminate sources of faecal contamination, bad odours, the proliferation of insects and rodents, and the severe deterioration of water quality and the natural environment. Connecting these scattered settlements to an integrated sewage system is “a longstanding demand” of the residents.
– Furthermore, Herreros recalled that Andalusian environmental legislation “requires the existence of adequate treatment infrastructure in all population centres, regardless of their size.” “Residents have lodged complaints with Vélez-Málaga Town Hall on multiple occasions, and as these are rural areas with smaller populations and less political weight, public investment does not reach them,” Herreros denounced, making it clear that the residents only want their right to live in a “clean and healthy” environment.
– Meanwhile, sources from the bipartite governing team, formed by the PP and GIPMTM, have deferred the response to the planned council meeting this Friday, where they will address the residents’ complaints and the proposal put forward by Vox. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/vox-solucion-vertidos-aguas-cajiz-20250529144803-nt_amp.html 

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They investigate a man “with Diogenes Syndrome” in relation to the fire of the catwalk between Torre de Benagalbón and Chilches: {Translation, summary}
– National Police officers have identified and taken a statement from a middle-aged man for his alleged involvement in the fire that partially destroyed the pedestrian bridge over the Santillán stream in Los Rubios on Tuesday. This section of the Senda Litoral connects the municipalities of Rincón de la Victoria and Vélez-Málaga through the Torre de Benagalbón and Chilches areas.
– The investigation focuses on a man who “has Diogenes syndrome” and was “living under the bridge,” according to Vélez-Málaga’s Infrastructure Councillor. The National Police are trying to determine whether this person may have lit a small stove to cook, and accidentally caused the fire to spread due to the accumulation of rubbish, clothing, cardboard, and other belongings in the stream bed. The fire spread to a reed bed area and burned half of the pedestrian bridge on the Senda Litoral. Two electrical junction boxes were also destroyed.
– Jesús María Claros stated that they are already working to “repair the damage as soon as possible” and hope to receive assistance from the Málaga Provincial Council, which funded the Senda Litoral project. They have also contacted the company that manufactured the bridge to assess whether it can be repaired or needs replacing.
– The fire started on Tuesday at around 5:00 pm. The Civil Guard had to close the old N-340 road at kilometre 258 in both directions due to dense smoke and to facilitate emergency services. Firefighters from the Rincón de la Victoria and Vélez-Málaga Provincial Fire Consortium also intervened. By around 6:30 pm, the situation was under control and traffic was reopened. No injuries were reported.
– This section of the Senda Litoral, corresponding to the pedestrian bridge over the Santillán stream in Los Rubios, will remain closed to pedestrians until it is repaired or replaced. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/investigan-a-un-hombre-con-sindrome-de-diogenes-en-relacion-con-el-incendio-de-la-pasarela-entre-torre-de-benagalbon-y-chilches/ 

SAYALONGA

A 60 year old man dies in Sayalonga car wreck: {Translation}
– A 60 year old man has lost his life Thursday morning after falling with his vehicle down a slope in the town of Sayalonga, as reported by 112.
– A citizen has called the emergency telephone at 10:20 hours to ask for help for a precipitated vehicle in an area near the river Algarrobo. The Provincial Consortium Firefighters, members of the Health Emergency Center (CES) 061 and the Civil Guard Traffic responded.
– The emergency services of the Andalusian Health Service arrived on the scene with a helicopter, but have only been able to certify the death of the occupant of the wrecked vehicle. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/muere-hombre-sayalonga-vehiculo-desnivel-20250529161907-nt.html 

 

GASTRONOMIA

Where to eat in Sedella: {Translation, summary}
– Sedella is in the foothills of the Sierra de Tejeda, at the foot of La Maroma. From this village you can start the most demanding route to the famous peaks of these mountains, the highest in the province of Malaga. At the same time, its elevated location allows panoramic views of the sea. It is even a good option to approach the hanging bridge of Saltillo. Today it is one of the villages most identified with the natural park of the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama. There is the visitor center where you can go for more information.
– El Chiringuito. You can order either a tapa or a portion of tripe (callos) with the cook’s grandmother’s recipe or a French-style venison civet. The menu varies daily, although there are some dishes that are frequently available. Among the most traditional are the maimones soups, a humble dish that here is enriched with Iberian ham from the Sierra de Huelva, truffle, egg yolk, and boletus mushrooms. The lettuce soup with smoked sardines or the Iberian pork shoulder with sobrasada sauce, which bear the chef-owner’s seal, rival with dishes as deeply rooted as the fennel stew.
Where: Avenida Villa del Castillo, 24, 29715 Sedella. Telephone: 601 995 559.

– La Plaza. Opposite Casa Torreón and next to the church of San Andrés. You can order a variety of tapas from Wednesday to Sunday in a rural atmosphere. Its terrace or bar are ideal places to savour tapas and dishes to share.
Where: Calle La Llana, 2 (in the Plaza of the Church of San Andrés). 29715 Sedella.

– La Cantina de Cissi. From tripe (callos) to pintarroja broth with clams. (Note: “Pintarroja” is a small species of shark typical of Málaga, often used in a spicy fish soup known as “caldillo de pintarroja.”). In this establishment, which usually only closes on Mondays, you can find a variety of tapas and small sandwiches. Crests (the fleshy combs on a chicken’s head, considered a delicacy in some Spanish dishes), marinated pork loin, choricillos (small chorizo sausages), pork fillets, or skewers (pork or chicken) are some of the regulars.
Where: Plaza de la Constitución, 8. 29715 Sedella.

– La Posada Puente Romano. On the path leading to the so-called Roman Bridge, is this establishment which, besides accommodation, can be a good place for tapas. Many classics await there, such as Russian salad, meatballs in sauce, patatas bravas, pork with tomato, chicken wings, or squid rings. They also have more substantial and elaborate dishes, such as beef cheeks in red wine, scrambled eggs with mushrooms and asparagus, chicken curry, pork churrasco, sirloin steak, or burgers.
Where: Calle Granada, 1, 29715 Sedella. Telephone: 611886202.

Source: https://www.diariosur.es/malagaenlamesa/donde-comer-malaga/donde-comer-sedella-restaurantes-bares-destacados-pueblo-malaga-20250424201630-nt.html 

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Unions reject the closure of 44 health centers in the afternoon during the summer in Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– The Andalusian Health Ministry’s Summer Plan 2025 includes closing 44 of Málaga’s 69 health centres in the afternoons, keeping 25 open, plus 45 urgent care centres (SUAP) across the province. Healthcare unions strongly oppose this, particularly in the Western Costa del Sol, Málaga city, and the eastern coast, where populations triple during summer. The Nursing Union SATSE calls the closures “unjustifiable,” warning they will overload emergency services and endanger public health and staff working conditions. CSIF highlights long delays in tests and hospital care, urging afternoon openings with adequate hiring.
– The Junta plans to hire 5,809 healthcare workers to cover summer holidays, but unions say this is insufficient, covering less than 25% of staff absences, with only 3% being doctors. The Malaga Medical Union calls the hiring effort “ridiculous,” predicting a catastrophic summer if wards and operating theatres close. At the regional level, unions criticise the plan for fewer hires than last year. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga/sindicatos-rechazan-cierre-centros-salud-tarde-verano-20250528001843-nt.html 

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Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
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Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Nerja Car Boot 

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Benamargosa’s pilgrimage in honour of the Virgen de la Purísima: Fri & Sat, 30 & 31 May
– The events will begin on Friday, May 30, at 19 hours, with Mass, accompanied by the Coro Romero del Trapiche. Then they will prepare for the transfer of the Virgin to the river, with the drummers Ortigosa. The pilgrims will depart from the church to the chapel by the river. There, at nightfall, the Azahar Dance Group of Benamargosa will perform at 22:30 hours, and at the end the music will continue in the Municipal Tent with Nicolás Quintana. At midnight will proceed to the recitation of the Salve Rociera next to the river chapel. The dance will continue the music with Natalia Moralo, giving way to the animation of Oscar Muñoz from 3 am.
– On Saturday the music will begin in the tent at 13 hours with Nicolás Quintana. In the afternoon, at 6 p.m., Antonio ‘el Gallo’ will perform. Noche Romero with the group Kalima from 11 pm and the latest music with DJ Mike Fernandez from 2 am.
– On Sunday, the month of June will begin again with music on stage from 1 pm. Nicolás Quintana will liven up the after-dinner entertainment from 4 pm. The traditional horse-riding race will start at 7 pm. Sacks of fodder will be handed out. The return of the Virgin to Benamargosa is scheduled at 21:30 hours.
– Throughout the weekend there will be bar service provided by the Peña Caballista. This year’s poster has been made by Angel Perez. 

 

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Charity concert & dinner: Saturday 21st June
Refugio Reyes Dog Rescue 5th anniversary
Music by Dynamix
Dinner, raffle, live music, dancing
35€ per person (includes food and a drink); Bar Reyes Restaurant (Moclinejo)
600 animals available for adoption (but not all at the local Refuge, where there are about 60)
Info: Pat, 711062977 (English) 

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Jazz under the Stars- Juan Maria Villa Trio live in Competa: Saturday 28th June
Juan Maria Villa Trio will be playing live at Siddhartha on the Rock in Competa on Saturday 28th June.
Fabulous jazz piano player with a classical twist, innovative and interesting with Francis Posé on double bass and Raj Jajaweera on the drums.
They will be supported by local duo Cool & the Cat (Mitch France and Ian Thompson) playing a selection of jazz standards.
Tickets cost €30 per person and include a welcome drink, buffet dinner and the 2 bands, doors open at 7.00pm, Cool & the Cat play from 8.00pm and Juan Maria Villa Trio from 9.30pm.
Tickets are limited so early booking is highly recommended.
Available direct from Siddhartha on the Rock in Competa or call 952 516 748 or 628 177 424.
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Torremolinos Bullring, Plaza de Toros de Torremolinos (Av. del Real, 0)
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– Casacamino343 (formerly Casa Magel) are once again offering our popular 3 night breaks, including breakfast and on one night, TBA, a delicious home made 3 course meal with wine or beer.
– We have moved across the village and now offer a fully licenced self contained 4 bedroom, 2 en-suite and 2 private bathrooms. The house has a fully equipped kitchen, dinning room, large living room. terrace with views to the mountains, set in an ancient olive grove on the outskirts of Valle De Abdalajis. From June our pool will be open.
– We are a 5 minute drive in to the pueblo of Valle De Abdalajis with supermarkets and bars. A very good restaurant is 10 minute walk away. The lakes of Ardales and the Caminito Del Rey are 30 minutes drive. Antequera and El Torcal are 30 minute drive and the Wolf park is 15 minute drive. Lots to do in the area, lovely walks and scenery.
– We can offer the whole house to a group of friends, ideal for birthdays and anniversaries or just a good time away. Or, come on your own and meet other people. We have a honesty bar or bring your own. No hard tracks to drive, very easy to find..
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Three members of a criminal cell based in Torrox blamed for burglary of a home in Rincón de la Victoria and 14 other municipalities throughout the province arrested: {Translation}
– Agents of the National Police have arrested in Malaga three members of a criminal cell allegedly dedicated to committing burglaries in homes. The suspects, of South American origin and aged between 24 and 25 years, would have consummated 15 robberies in homes inhabited in the Malaga towns of Torremolinos (3), Rincon de la Victoria (1), Alhaurin de la Torre (1), Coin (1) and Malaga (7), and in the Granada municipality of Otura (1). The investigated, now in prison by order of the competent judicial authority, alternated techniques of climbing and others of forcing doors and windows to access the properties. The loot in some of the blows amounted to about 50,000 euros in jewellery.
– Operation ‘Haya-Monaco’, carried out by agents attached to the Robbery Group of the Provincial Police Station of Malaga, began last autumn after receiving a number of reports of burglaries in homes that had common patterns. The first criminal offenses attributed to this cell took place in Malaga capital, specifically in residential areas of Carlos Haya, Churriana, Limonar and Puerto de la Torre, and neighbouring Torremolinos.
– From the first investigations, the agents reached a series of conclusions as to the preferences of the assailants who, although they would perpetrate the first robberies in apartments, would later opt for villas with perimeter closures.
– Distribution of Functions. The cell acted with a team of three men, so that, while one of them was in charge of driving and surveillance, the other two would be the material authors of the robberies, perpetrating them with tools such as screwdrivers, goat legs and hydraulic jacks.
– Continuing with the investigations, the investigators knew how at the beginning the assailants had the logistical support of several compatriots living in Benalmádena, although later they had set their center of operations in a tourist apartment in the town of Torrox – from where they moved to perpetrate the robberies.
– In the framework of the present operation, there are no reports of confrontations with the residents of the properties. In fact, the intruders avoided any type of confrontation with the inhabitants of the houses that had been robbed, acting during daylight hours while they were away from home.
– Recovery of stolen jewellery. Finally, after the practice of a house search with the collaboration of the Unit of Prevention and Reaction -UPR- in the tourist apartment in the Axarquia, the agents seized numerous jewels, money, tools and clothes used in the criminal acts. Many of the recovered effects have already been delivered to their rightful owners.
– Once the suspects were arrested, they were brought before the court, which ordered the provisional imprisonment of all of them. The investigation is still open, and investigators believe that the gang could be related to other criminal offenses in other provinces, given its itinerant nature. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/detenidos-tres-miembros-de-una-celula-criminal-a-la-que-se-atribuye-un-robo-con-fuerza-en-una-vivienda-en-rincon-de-la-victoria-y-otros-14-municipios-de-toda-la-provincia/ 

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Which nationalities have the highest number of residence permits in Malaga?: {Translation}
– Ukrainians come first on a provincial level in Malaga – 29,715 registered residents, or a bit more than 22% of the total, which is close to 134,000 permits. Moroccans account for 27,757 (20.7% of the total). The third nationality with the highest population in the province is Russia, with nearly 9,500 with residence permits, i.e. 7% of the total. The fourth most important country of origin is China, with 9,256 people, i.e. almost 7%. This is followed by Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay and Argentina, with figures ranging from 5,500 to 4,500 residents. Source, Spanish: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/residence-permits-malaga-these-are-the-citizens-20250523101901-nt.html 

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Malaga reservoir status on Tuesday, May 27, 2025:
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TORRE DEL MAR

Ecologists denounce “the abandonment” of the delta wetland of the Vélez River and propose measures to regenerate it: {Translation, summary}
– The Gabinete de Estudios de la Naturaleza de la Axarquía (GENA)-Ecologists in Action has denounced the “abandonment” of the Vélez River delta wetland, a biodiverse site listed by the Andalusian Regional Government (code IHA617009), hosting around 300 bird species, including significant Audouin’s gull populations, particularly during migration. GENA proposes six measures to address its degradation.
– A major issue is the dog beach at Los Toscanos, authorised by the Coastal Authority and Andalusian government, which disrupts birdlife. Unleashed dogs scare and sometimes hunt waders, prompting GENA to urge its relocation. Vehicle access on the left bank, via a track for the dog beach and parking, threatens biodiversity. Ineffective restrictions like chains and stone blocks lead GENA to propose a permanent barrier. The right bank, under Vélez-Málaga Town Council, suffers from littering, uncontrolled human activity, and use as a dumping site, requiring access regulation and cleanup.
– GENA also addresses disrupted sediment flow from upstream dams, worsened by storms in 2019 and 2022, which alters the delta’s ecological balance, and agricultural plastics causing microplastic pollution. They call for restoring sediment flow and removing plastics. Finally, GENA advocates for a municipal nature reserve to protect the wetland’s ecological value. These measures aim to counter neglect by authorities, preserve biodiversity. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/ecologistas-denuncian-abandono-humedal-delta-rio-velez-20250526125003-nt_amp.html 

UK

Man who plowed into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans acted alone, police say:
– A 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city’s Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 people as shouts of joy turned into shrieks of terror.
– The driver arrested was believed to be the only one involved and the crash was not being investigated as an act of terrorism, police said. Police identified the suspect as white, in a possible decision to prevent misinformation from flooding social media.
– Ambulances took 27 people to the hospital, including two with serious injuries, and another 20 people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, said Dave Kitchin of North West Ambulance Service. At least four children were injured. Four of the victims, including a child, were trapped under the van and firefighters had to lift the vehicle to free them. A paramedic on a bicycle was also struck but was not injured.
Photo: Jon Super. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/liverpool-crystal-palace-arsenal-women-trophy-parade-b2929e5981eeff72e074bf9c901a0bc5
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1,000-Foot Lava Jets Erupt From Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano:
– Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is at it again. The infamous crater has been spurting fountains of lava on and off since the end of last year, and on May 25itshot a fiery jet of molten rock over 300 meters (1,000 feet) into the sky.
– The United States Geological Survey (USGS) livestreamed a video of the uncontrolled outburst – the volcano’s 23rd tantrum since December 2024, and the biggest of the bunch. All in all, Kilauea’s latest blowup lasted for just over six hours. Beginning at 4:15 pm Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, thin jets of lava began erupting from the north vent, turning from sporadic bursts to sustained fountains of lava. Within half an hour, the situation at the north vent had escalated quickly, and a lava fountain reached its pinnacle of 300 meters.
– Soon after, in a south vent, other fountains of lava reached 250 meters in height. “Large lava flows erupted from both vents and covered about half of Halema’uma’u crater floor,” reads a USGS update. By 10:25 pm that night, both vents had calmed down. Full article: https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-1000-foot-lava-jets-erupt-from-hawaiis-kilauea-volcano & Video Link 

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Gen Z doesn’t have a clue- is signing up for ‘Adulting 101’ classes — because they can’t handle even basic life skills:
– They can code TikToks in their sleep — but can’t cook rice without a YouTube tutorial.
– Gen Z is flocking to “Adulting 101” crash courses, desperate to learn what previous generations might call common sense: how to do laundry, budgeting for rent or navigating a grocery store without Googling “what is a turnip?”
– “I don’t know how to change a tire. I don’t have a car at all. I don’t know how to sew. I don’t know how to do a lot of things, other than cooking,” admitted Aldhen Garcia, a freshman at Canada’s Toronto Metropolitan University, on CBC’s “The Current.” “I think it’s so important that children are taught financial literacy. A lot of stuff involves money,” he added.
– He’s not alone. Canadian colleges like the University of Waterloo are stepping in to teach the basics with online toolkits like “Adulting 101,” which covers everything from healthy relationships to how not to set your kitchen on fire.
– According to Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University and author of “Generations,” today’s twentysomethings are hitting adulthood with empty toolboxes. “Kids are growing up less independent. They’re less likely to learn how to do adult things as high school students. Then they get to university and they still don’t know,” Twenge said on “The Current.”
– “Until the 1960s, NYC high schoolers learned to cook, clean and sew as part of their standard curriculum. In 2025, they’d be lucky if they knew how to do their laundry,” New York City 10th grader Zack Leitner wrote in The Post last month. He says the long-lost home economics class — ditched during the Women’s Liberation movement — left behind crucial life lessons for all genders. Today’s students, he argues, are launched into adulthood with no idea how to fold a fitted sheet or roast a chicken. “What today’s youth need are ‘Adulting 101’ classes,” he insisted. “A lack of these skills makes youth feel adrift once they enter the ‘real world.’ Full article: https://nypost.com/2025/05/26/lifestyle/gen-z-flocks-to-adulting-101-for-basic-life-skills-help/ 

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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.
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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:
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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
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Torrox: 952 531 030
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Guardia Civil: 062
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‘Bodies Evolution’ exhibition: 21 May – 21 June
Malaga Factory shopping centre, located in the Malaga Nostrum commercial park.
Our exhibition details how the nervous, muscular, bone, circulatory, digestive, reproductive and respiratory systems work; all in a very practical and illustrative way that visitors of any age will understand and that will arouse everyone’s curiosity.
In the exhibition, more than one hundred organs and eight real bodies may be found, which have been “carefully preserved” through plastination (technological process for the conservation of biological materials).
The visit lasts approximately one hour and there are passes in the morning and in the afternoon. Tickets are on sale on the web and at the box office. Info & tix: https://bodiesevolution.es/en/HOME/ 

 

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Lagos pilgrimage in honour of the Virgen del Carmen: Sunday, June 1.
The day will begin at 11:00 in the morning with the traditional Mass in honour of the Virgen del Carmen, followed by a walk that will depart from the Church with the floats, adorned for the occasion.
The pilgrimage route will begin at 12:15 noon, starting from the Church and heading along the Pantano or Realenga road towards the entrance of Lagos, where the participants will be grouped before continuing towards the possession of the mayor of Mezquitilla and Lagos. From 4:30pm will be presentations of awards. In the afternoon, attendees can enjoy the performance of the musical group “Al Son del Agua” from 5:00 p.m. 

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The judge investigating whether the blackout was a sabotage receives reports from Red Eléctrica and the cryptological centre: {Translation, summary}
– Judge José Luis Calama of Spain’s National Court, investigating a potential cyber-sabotage blackout, received reports from Red Eléctrica and the National Cryptologic Centre. He extended the case’s secrecy for another month after reviewing these documents.
– On 29 April, Calama launched an inquiry, suspecting cyberterrorism as a possible cause of the 28 April blackout, which disrupted IT systems supporting critical services like health, energy, and transport. The Government reported a 5-second loss of 15 gigawatts—60% of consumed electricity—an unprecedented event impacting citizens’ welfare and security. Calama ordered reports from the National Cryptologic Centre, Red Eléctrica, and Police Information Directorate within 10 days to determine the blackout’s cause.
– He noted that cybercrimes targeting constitutional order or essential services could be deemed terrorism under Article 573 of the Penal Code. He highlighted the interdependence of critical infrastructures, where failures can cascade, as seen in this incident. Such systems are prime targets for terrorists due to their potential for widespread harm.
Referencing a 2016 Ukrainian blackout caused by cyberattacks, Calama underscored the risks to critical infrastructure from state-sponsored or terrorist cyberattacks exploiting cyberspace vulnerabilities.
– He also cited the “police virus” case, where Russian cybercriminals targeted users globally, including over 300 in Spain. The investigation aims to ascertain whether the blackout was a deliberate act of cyberterrorism, with the potential to destabilise essential services and trigger cascading security failures across Spain’s interconnected infrastructure network. Source, Spanish:
https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-juez-investiga-si-apagon-fue-sabotaje-recibe-informes-red-electrica-centro-criptologico-20250526134806.html 

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Sanchez announces 100 euros aid for glasses and contact lenses for children under 16 years of age: {Translation, summary}
– The Government will grant a direct aid of 100 euros to pay for glasses and contact lenses for all children under 16 years of age with visual health problems. This was announced this Monday by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, at an event held at the headquarters of the Council of Opticians and Optometrists, together with the Minister of Health, Mónica García, who estimates that this measure will benefit more than half a million children and adolescents in Spain.
– The benefit, which will start to be applied from the next school year starting in September, will be acquired by means of a prescription from the ophthalmologist and can be renewed year by year. Thus, the State will cover 100 euros of the bill of the optical center to which the child goes, regardless of the diagnosis and the family’s financial resources. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5715742/0/sanchez-anuncia-una-ayuda-100-euros-para-gafas-lentillas-los-menores-16-anos/

NERJA

‘The Route of Time’, star of the XIV White Night in Nerja: {Translation, summary}
– The XIV edition of the White Night of Nerja, to be held Friday, May 30, will be themed “The Route of Time”.
– The activities will begin at 19:00 pm in the Market Hall, with the opening of the photo exhibition “Yesterday and Today”, which brings together historical images of Antonio Som-Cerezo and Fotoclub Nerja. The event will feature a short concert by the Coral Alminares.
– From that moment, various spaces of the municipality will be transformed into cultural scenarios: the Ermita de las Angustias, the Peña La Soleá, the Municipal Exhibition Hall, the arches of the Balcon de Europa, the Museum of Nerja, the first floor of City Hall, the headquarters of ANEDA and the Villa de Nerja Cultural Center will host activities such as readings, concerts, theatre performances, shows and live painting. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-ruta-del-tiempo-protagonista-de-la-xiv-noche-en-blanco-de-nerja/ 

RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA

Rincón de la Victoria opens summer season on Sunday, June 1, with the activation of all beaches services: {Translation, summary}
– Rincón de la Victoria Town Council will kick off the summer season on 1 June, activating comprehensive beach services until 15 September. Operating daily from 12:00 to 20:00, a team of 22 professionals, including lifeguards, a coordinator, and medical staff, will ensure bather safety from twelve watchtowers along the coastline. The service, coordinated with Civil Protection and Local Police, includes rescue, evacuation, and monitoring, alongside public guidance on beach safety and regulations. Equipment includes vehicles, bicycles, a jet ski with a rescue stretcher, and digital radios. Summer activities will feature workshops on waste, coastal ecosystems, and water conservation, plus a Civil Protection course. The contracted company, Provita Sociedad Cooperativa Madrileña, manages these services with a £258,160.76 budget.
– Additionally, surface water cleaning will run from 10:00 to 18:00, using boats to remove floating waste from La Cala del Moral to Torre de Benagalbón. Public toilet cleaning will intensify from 08:00 to 22:00, with 40 new bins, soap dispensers, and brushes installed by Cabello Servilimpsa.
– The ‘Enjoy the Beach’ programme, run by the Red Cross, supports people with reduced mobility from 16:00 to 20:00, Monday to Friday, until 31 August, at an accessible point in Torre de Benagalbón, offering adapted facilities and assisted bathing equipment. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-rincon-victoria-abre-temporada-verano-domingo-junio-activacion-todos-servicios-playas-20250526171049.html 

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Driver arrested after his minivan plows through soccer fans celebrating in Liverpool: WARNING- Graphic Violence In Video.
– A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who had been celebrating the city team’s Premier League championship on Monday and was arrested, police said.
– There was no immediate word from authorities on how many people were injured. An air ambulance and other emergency vehicles swarmed the scene to respond to reports that multiple pedestrians had been hit.
– “It was extremely fast,” said Harry Rashid, who was at the parade with his wife and two young daughters and only several feet away. “Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of a car.”
– Rashid said after the car rammed its initial victims, it came to a halt and the crowd charged the vehicle and began smashing windows. “But then he put his foot down again and just plowed through the rest of them, he just kept going,” Rashid said. “It was horrible. And you could hear the bumps as he was going over the people.” Rashid said it looked deliberate and he was in shock and disbelief. “My daughter started screaming and there were people on the ground,” he said. “They were just innocent people, just fans going to enjoy the parade.” Full article: https://apnews.com/article/liverpool-crystal-palace-arsenal-women-trophy-parade-b2929e5981eeff72e074bf9c901a0bc5
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President Donald Trump says Russian leader Vladimir Putin ‘has gone absolutely CRAZY!’:
– President Donald Trump made it clear he is losing patience with Vladimir Putin, levelling some of his sharpest criticism at the Russian leader as Moscow pounded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles for a third straight night.
– “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!” Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday night. Trump said Putin is “needlessly killing a lot of people,” pointing out that “missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever.”
– The attack was the largest aerial assault since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022, according to Ukrainian officials. At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured.
– The U.S. president warned that if Putin wants to conquer all of Ukraine, it will “lead to the downfall of Russia!” But Trump expressed frustration with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well, saying that he is “doing his Country no favours by talking the way he does.” “Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop,” Trump wrote on social media. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-1f2d99bbc4fa9c4bfcc84b50c94ca578 

MIDDLE EAST

Israel calls for evacuation of virtually all of southern Gaza in the face of an imminent “unprecedented attack”: {Translation}
– On Monday, the Israeli Army issued a new evacuation order affecting nearly all of southern Gaza in anticipation of an imminent “unprecedented attack” targeting “terrorist” objectives of Palestinian militias. “The Israel Defence Forces will launch an unprecedented attack to destroy terrorist capabilities in the area,” said Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Avichai Adrae in a message posted in Arabic on social media.
– The evacuation order—excluding Al Amal and Nasser hospitals—specifically applies to the towns of Khan Younis, Bani Suheila, Abasan, and Al Qarara, areas from which Palestinian militias “continue to launch rockets” into Israeli territory.
– Residents will need to relocate to the Al Mawasi area on the southern coast of the Palestinian enclave, designated as “safe” by Israel. “The Khan Younis governorate is considered a dangerous combat zone and has received warnings on several occasions,” the statement added.
– This follows the Israeli Army’s report earlier on Monday of three projectiles launched from Gaza, with two landing within the Palestinian enclave and the third intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-israel-pide-evacuar-practicamente-todo-sur-gaza-inminente-ataque-precedentes-20250526135114.html 

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Hamas-led groups execute four for looting aid trucks amid some Gaza dissent:
– Hamas has executed four men for looting some of the aid trucks that have begun entering Gaza, sources familiar with the incident said on Monday, as a clan leader in southern Gaza issued a challenge to the militant group over guarding the convoys.
– One source said the four were involved in an incident last week when six security officials were killed by an Israeli airstrike as they were working to prevent gang members from hijacking aid trucks.
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– “The four criminals, who were executed, were involved in the crimes of looting and causing the death of members of a force tasked with securing aid trucks,” one of the sources told Reuters. Seven other suspects were being pursued, according to a statement issued by an umbrella group identifying itself as the “Palestinian Resistance”.
– Humanitarian assistance began trickling into Gaza last week after Israel yielded to international pressure and lifted a blockade it imposed in early March that has left half a million people facing starvation, according to a global hunger monitor. Aid groups have said that deliveries have been hampered by looting, but they have blamed Israel for creating a situation in which hundreds of thousands of people have been driven to desperation by the blockade.
– Israel has accused Hamas of stealing aid, which the group denies, and the issue of control over the aid trucks has been hotly disputed. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-led-groups-execute-four-looting-aid-trucks-amid-some-gaza-dissent-2025-05-26/

HEALTH

Health and unions meet this Monday to negotiate the framework statute under the threat of medical strike on June 13: {Translation, summary}
– The Ministry of Health and unions representing National Health System (SNS) workers will meet on Monday to negotiate the Framework Statute, which governs conditions for around 800,000 healthcare professionals.
– The talks are overshadowed by a potential doctors’ strike set for 13 June, called by the State Confederation of Medical Unions (CESM) after months of stalled negotiations. The CESM accuses the Ministry, led by Minister Mónica García, of failing to address key demands, including regulating on-call shifts, establishing unified job classifications, and improving professional development and pay. Without significant progress, the strike is likely to proceed, potentially disrupting hospitals and primary care services across Spain.
– The Framework Statute, unchanged since 2003, is deemed outdated by unions like CESM, CCOO, UGT, CSIF, and Satse, who argue it no longer meets modern healthcare needs. While CCOO, UGT, and others have not yet joined the strike, they share concerns about delays and may mobilise if talks fail. The Ministry insists it seeks consensus, but unions remain sceptical due to past inaction.
– This meeting is a critical chance to avert industrial action. Failure to agree could see widespread participation, especially among doctors, escalating tensions in the SNS. The unions demand concrete proposals, particularly on on-call shifts and classifications, and view this as a defining moment for the health service’s future. A resolution is crucial to avoid significant disruption and address longstanding grievances of healthcare workers. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5715048/0/sanidad-sindicatos-se-reunen-este-lunes-para-negociar-estatuto-marco-bajo-amenaza-huelga-medica-13-junio/

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Tennis News- See the latest French Open results: https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/matches?status=finished

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Tennis News- Ruud launches French Open campaign with easy win over Ramos Vinolas:
– Twice runner-up Casper Ruud started his latest bid to reach another French Open final with a crushing 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory over seasoned Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos Vinolas in the first round on Monday. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/ruud-launches-french-open-campaign-with-easy-win-over-ramos-vinolas-2025-05-26/ 

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Tennis News- French Open, Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz get off to good starts in their title defences:
– Iga Swiatek, who has struggled lately, and Carlos Alcaraz, who has not, got off to good starts in their French Open title defenses Monday, recording straight-set victories to reach the second round. Swiatek was up first in Court Philippe-Chatrier and defeated 42nd-ranked Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 6-3. Swiatek compiled 25 winners and 17 unforced errors in the 1-hour, 24-minute contest.
– Alcaraz needed only about a half-hour more than that for a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Giulio Zeppieri, an Italian qualifier who is ranked 310th. Alcaraz won all 14 of his service games, saving the three break points he faced, at Court Suzanne-Lenglen. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/french-open-results-5-26-2025-06aa70564650aa0be7a42ae89923e020 

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Tennis News- Davidovich beats Llamas in an intense Spanish duel to advance at Roland Garros: {Translation, summary}
– Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich overcame compatriot Pablo Llamas, who came from the qualifying round, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, on his way to the second round of Roland Garros for the third consecutive time in his career.
– The No. 26 seed, who is not having a good season on clay, was far superior to his opponent in the first two sets, but had a game blip from the third, which he ended up losing in the tiebreaker. In the fourth, he went to a 3-1 disadvantage, but reacted with great forcefulness to win five games in a row to his rival, who was somewhat inexperienced, and take the set. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1899172/davidovich-vence-a-llamas-en-un-intenso-duelo-espanol-y-avanza-en-roland-garros/

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Golf News- Malaga set to host Ladies European Tour season finale for second consecutive year:
– The Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España will return to Malaga from 27 to 30 November, with Real Guadalhorce Club de Golf once again confirmed as host for the second consecutive year.
– Following the success of last year’s edition, the event, which concludes the Ladies European Tour season, will pit 72 of the tour’s best players against each other for a prize pot of 700,000 euros. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/sport/malaga-set-host-ladies-european-tour-season-20250525132002-nt.html 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

The Andalusia Artificial Intelligence Centre will open its doors in November in Granada: {Translation, summary}
– The Minister of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue and Administrative Simplification, Antonio Sanz {pic}, announced Monday that the Artificial Intelligence Centre of Andalusia will open its doors in Granada next November to position the community at the forefront in Europe in the use of AI technologies.
– The launch of the centre will involve an investment of 3.5 million euros by the Junta and will start its activity with the coordination and deployment of the already 65 AI projects that operate in the Board thanks to an additional investment of 36 million euros. {€3.5mil will not come close to paying for a reasonably equipped new AI tech centre, yet the Junta is already spending another €36mil to fund projects the facility will be poorly equipped for? Ten times the price of the start-up to fund work in an untested facility- that seems overly optimistic. And what kind of gov’t projects are so desperate for AI, a new and buggy technology? Sure, AI will help crunch some numbers for a few agencies for improved statistics, and add some advanced video tricks, but it won’t actually solve many problems. I smell an over-paid rat, and some politicians desperate to spend development money the EU gave them before the EU takes it back. These funds need to be closely monitored for back-handers. I suspect these early projects will use AI to coordinate their surveillance activities on the public and add real-time facial recognition technology all their new cameras, like the 60+ new cams in Velez-Malaga. Eventually, after some upgrades over the next few years, it will allow police to wear smart-glasses that will instantly ID any person or licence plate they look at, but of course it’s for the public safety so it must be good. Yikes! -Ed}
– The centre will be located in the building that until now was occupied by the Fernando de los Ríos Consortium in the Granada Health Technology Park, as reported by the Junta in a press release. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/esandalucia/granada/noticia-centro-inteligencia-artificial-andalucia-abrira-puertas-noviembre-granada-20250526114635.html

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Weekly Markets
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Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
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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 

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SPAIN

PP denounces that the Government Housing Law has been “an absolute failure”: {Translation, summary}
– The deputy secretary of Territorial Organization of the PP, Carmen Fúnez {pic}, said Sunday that the housing law passed two years ago by the Government has been an “absolute failure”, and added that “young people, along with the self-employed, are the sectors most harmed by Pedro Sánchez”.
– In statements made at a political event in Segovia, Fúnez stressed that “the most serious problem of young people today is job instability”, and criticized the difficulty young people have in accessing housing due to rising prices and low supply.
– In her opinion, this situation has been aggravated by the regulations promoted by the Government of Pedro Sánchez: “Today, due to these misguided policies, there are 120,000 fewer homes in the rental market and prices have risen by 26 percent”. Fúnez has assured that the Executive “has benefited the squatters”, whom she has described as “criminals”, and has supported the proposal of the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, which involves increasing the supply, lowering taxes and toughening penalties for squatting. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5715514/0/pp-denuncia-que-ley-vivienda-gobierno-ha-sido-un-fracaso-absoluto/ 

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Sánchez tours middle east, Spain’s support for Arab nations grows, Sánchez denounces Israeli aggressions: {Translation}
– The diplomatic tension between Pedro Sánchez’s government and Israel has escalated in recent days and is expected to intensify further this weekend. Spain was the only country invited by the Arab League to last weekend’s summit in Iraq, but engagement with Arab countries continues, especially as the situation in Gaza has worsened. On Friday, Sánchez met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan; on Saturday, he will call for an end to the Gaza conflict at the Socialist International Council meeting in Istanbul; and on Sunday, Spain will host the so-called Madrid Group meeting, which brings together European and Arab countries to promote a two-state solution in the Middle East.
– Spanish relations with Arab nations has increased in recent months following Spain’s recognition of Palestine as a state, as reflected in recent high-level bilateral meetings. This week, a planned state visit by Oman’s Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq to Spain, where he was to be received by the King and the Prime Minister, was cancelled due to the death of a relative of the Sultan. The previous visit was to Iraq last weekend, where Sánchez met with Prime Minister Mohammad Shia’ Al Sudani. Additionally, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi visited Spain earlier this year for talks with Sánchez at Moncloa Palace.
– The Israeli offensive against Gaza has intensified since March, when Benjamin Netanyahu ended the ceasefire with Hamas, expanding its military operations in Rafah. He also increased the blockade on the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip, so that the situation of the population has worsened. Consequently, Spain and other European countries intensified their criticism and coercive actions.
– In the case of the Spanish government, Sanchez has redoubled the pressure on Israel and, as a result, diplomatic relations with the Hebrew country have worsened in recent weeks. In fact, the latter called for a reprimand meeting with the Spanish ambassador, Ana Salomón Pérez, after considering that Sánchez had called the country a “genocidal state” and following the cancellation of an Israeli ammunition contract by Sánchez’s government. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5714794/0/sanchez-intensifica-las-relaciones-con-los-paises-arabes-plena-escalada-tensiones-diplomaticas-con-israel/ 

ANDALUCÍA

Andalusia temps on the rise this week, tropical nights: {Translation, summary}
– The forecast for Andalusia this coming week shows a significant rise in temperatures with a heatwave approaching. Temperatures are expected to climb steadily, with highs reaching around 35°C in many areas and potentially higher in the regular hotspots. The heat will be intense and persistent, lasting several days, with warm nights that do not offer much relief.
– The weather will be predominantly dry and sunny, driven by a high-pressure system causing stable and hot conditions across the region. This pattern increases the risk of heat-related health issues and wildfires. Residents are advised to take precautions such as staying hydrated and avoiding outdoor activities during peak heat hours.
– The so-called “tropical nights”, those in which the minimum temperatures do not go below 20C, will also return this week. According to the Aemet forecast, in the provinces of Seville, Malaga, Jaen, Almeria and Cadiz the mercury will not fall below 20-22 degrees. “The warmest nights are expected in the second half of the week, with minimum temperatures of 22 to 24C in the provinces of Huelva, Seville, Cordoba and Jaen,” said Meteored. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/andalucia/llega-calor-sofocante-andalucia-temperaturas-sevilla-aemet-prevision-grados-20250524134512-nt.html 

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Aldi, Dia and Alcampo targeted for illegally making reduced VAT products more expensive, no sanctions despite repeated violations: {Translation, summary}
– FACUA’s monthly study reveals that oranges, Golden apples, and onions were the foods with the highest price increases between April and May 2025 across eight major chains. The net of oranges rose by an average of 18.3%, with Dia standing out, where the price went from €3.99 to €5.99, representing a 50.1% increase. For Golden apples, the average rise was 6.4%, more noticeable in Hipercor with a 24% increase. Onions rose by an average of 5.7%, with an extreme case in Alcampo, where they increased by 43.4%.
– FACUA reminds that these foods were protected by the VAT reduction that came into effect in January 2023 and has been adjusted since then. From 1 January 2025, products such as fruit, vegetables, eggs, bread, milk, and olive oil moved from a 2% VAT rate to 4%, while pasta and seed oils increased from 7.5% to 10%.
– In the year-on-year analysis, lemons lead with an average increase of 44%, reaching a 99.1% rise in Aldi (from €1.15 to €2.29 per kilo). They are followed by pears (22%), eggs (20.3%), garlic (19.1%), oranges (18.2%), Golden apples (16.7%), and onions (13.5%). {Saturday, generic instant coffee 200g at Aldi was €4.80, up €1 from last week, and more than double the €2.39 I was paying a year ago. And the 1kg lasagne had also gone up €1 in a week, €4.50 to €5.50. It’s like they chose some popular items and just tacked €1 on to each; they seem to do that every year at this time, to extort the tourists. And don’t get me started on tobacco prices… -Ed.}
– In contrast, a litre of olive oil has fallen by 42% in the last year, consolidating as the food item with the greatest price reduction, followed by iceberg lettuces (-7%) and carrots (-5.4%).
– FACUA regrets that more than a year after the official request from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to distribution chains, no investigation or sanctioning proceedings have been made public, despite suspicions of possible covert margin increases while the foods were under the umbrella of the tax reduction. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1898726/aldi-dia-y-alcampo-en-el-punto-de-mira-por-encarecer-productos-con-iva-reducido/

COSTA DEL SOL

Woman attempts to immolate sleeping girlfriend in Fuengirola: {Translation}
– The Fuengirola Local Police in Málaga arrested a woman on Friday for allegedly dousing her sleeping girlfriend with alcohol and setting her on fire, according to municipal sources. The victim has been hospitalised with second-degree burns on face, chest, hands and arms.
– Following the arrest by the Local Police, the case is now being investigated by the National Police. Sources indicated that officers were alerted by a neighbour and, upon arriving at the residence on Calle Colón in the town {pic}, found one woman very distressed over the condition of her partner, and the other with multiple burns on her body.
– Emergency services attended the victim around 10:00 a.m., when they were called to the property where both women were present and identified themselves as a couple.
– The newspaper La Opinión de Málaga reported that one woman set the other on fire with a lighter while she was asleep. The victim was taken to the Málaga Regional Hospital with second-degree burns. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5715269/0/detenida-una-mujer-tras-rociar-alcohol-prender-fuego-su-novia-malaga/ &
https://www.malagahoy.es/provincia/detenida-mujer-fuengirola-rociar-alcohol-novia_0_2003993868.html

RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA

Fraudster who scammed more than 100 people with fake rentals is arrested: {Translation}
– Officers of the Guardia Civil from the Main Post of Rincón de la Victoria have arrested a person suspected of committing the crimes of continuous fraud, identity theft, and forgery of public and private documents.
– The investigation began in October 2024 following several complaints indicating that an individual was carrying out scams through property rentals advertised on specialised internet portals. The inquiry determined that this person posted false rental advertisements for properties located in various parts of the country. More than 100 people from all Autonomous Communities were reportedly defrauded, losing over €80,000, the Guardia Civil stated in a press release.
– Once a victim contacted the scammer, they paid various sums as a deposit, which victims agreed to hastily, fearing they would lose the rental opportunity due to high demand.
To carry out the financial transactions, the suspect used bank accounts under other people’s names, known as “mules,” who received a small financial compensation in return. These individuals handled opening bank accounts and transferring the defrauded money.
– After locating the suspect, investigators arrested him and searched his home in Málaga city, where they found several forged rental contracts, over 60 SIM cards from different phone companies, 40 bank cards from various financial institutions in the names of multiple people, and numerous electronic devices.
– At the time of arrest, the man was subject to 12 judicial claims issued by courts across Spain for investigations into similar crimes. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1898649/cae-un-estafador-que-timo-a-mas-de-100-personas-con-falsos-alquileres/

EUROPE

Second blackout in southeastern France in 24 hours caused by another sabotage to the electricity network: {Translation, summary}
– The southeast of France has experienced a second blackout just 24 hours after the one that occurred this Saturday in Cannes, which coincided with the awards gala of the famous Film Festival. In the early hours of Sunday morning, Nice has been the target of new sabotage after the fire of an electrical transformer, which has temporarily left 45,000 homes without electricity, according to the electricity management company Enedis.
– The fire broke out at around 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning at an electrical substation in the Moulins district, west of Nice, and was described as a “malicious act” by the city’s mayor, Christian Estrosi. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/internacional/segundo-apagon-francia-provocado-sabotaje-electricidad-5715485/ 

ENERGY CRISIS

Top US Energy consultant attributes Spain blackout to problems at “two solar plants” and too much reliance on unproven and ineffective green technologies: {Translation, summary}
– The American economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth {pic}, considered the energy guru of the country’s president, Donald Trump, attributed this week in Madrid the blackout that occurred in Spain on April 28 to problems with “two solar plants.”
– Furchtgott-Roth spoke this Friday in the Senate at the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Forum, presided over by Robert Pittenger. The sessions included the participation of leading European and global experts in the fields of security and intelligence. Topics discussed included artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, 5G, terrorism, energy security, cryptocurrencies, illicit financing, and human trafficking. This was the twenty-ninth edition and the first to be organised in Spain, after previous events in cities such as Paris, Berlin, and London.
– In her remarks, Furchtgott-Roth mentioned that she has heard the current US president say “on more than one occasion” that renewables are expensive and very unreliable for the electrical system. She therefore urged attendees to ask themselves whether “zero emissions will save the planet” and noted that, while there has been much talk in recent months about a “strong defence against Russia,” there has not been enough discussion about “the fundamental pillars for achieving these goals in a cheap and reliable way with energy.”
– She also argued that Russia and China have “reliable and cheap energy,” but not the US and European countries, “as could be seen a month ago with the blackout we had here in Spain due to two solar plants.” For this reason, she stated that her message is that the West is spending too much on green energy “which is having no effect on the climate.”
– She further argued that investing heavily in this type of energy is causing deindustrialisation in Europe and the US and slowing economic growth, which in turn reduces the resources available for defence. She added that the EU spends $355 billion annually on renewable energy, with the US spending even more, funds that could otherwise be used to address security threats such as trafficking and transnational crime.
– “This means,” she said, “that electricity is more expensive instead of cheaper, and it makes our economies weaker instead of stronger. We could be using these sums to fight Russia; we could create a vault in Ukraine to stop these drones, use this money to give Ukraine weapons—arms that would prevent these drones from entering their territory—and it’s not as if this spending helps the climate.”
She added that the US and Europe would be in “a much better position” now had they spent the Green projects funds for the past twenty years on defence and infrastructure, rather than on projects with no perceivable rewards. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5715544/0/equipo-trump-atribuye-apagon-28-abril-los-problemas-dos-plantas-solares-espanolas-5715544/ 

HEALTH

Málaga Has the Worst Hospital Bed-to-Population Ratio in Andalusia- 35 Beds Closed at the Regional Hospital Due to Lack of Nurses: {Translation, summary}
– Málaga is the Andalusian province with the worst ratio of hospital beds per inhabitant in the public healthcare system. This deficit often leads to bottlenecks, with patients waiting for several hours in A&E for a bed to become available on the wards. Despite this long-standing shortage, the Regional Hospital currently has 35 “closed” beds, according to the Nursing Union (Satse). Most of these beds have been out of use since last summer, a period when scheduled activity is reduced due to staff holidays. Satse claims that the reason they have not been reopened is “the lack of nurses.”
– In response to the union’s complaint, the hospital states that the “optimisation” of its resources is based on “clinical, technical, and organisational criteria.”
– Satse provides a detailed breakdown of where these 35 “closed” beds are located—that is, beds not in use. Twenty-two are situated in one wing of the fourth floor of the Adel hospital building (the main building), three are on the sixth floor of the same tower, and ten are on the seventh floor of the Maternity Hospital (Materno), which is part of the hospital complex.
– After listing these unused beds due to “lack of staff,” Anguita remarked: “If they don’t hire enough professionals for the Regional to be at 100%, how are they going to open the Pascual Hospital?”
– {The hospital response is classic ‘BB’- bureaucratic b*llsh*t. -Ed.} For its part, in response to Satse’s complaint, the hospital explained that it “constantly adapts its work plan to respond effectively to the healthcare needs of the population, always prioritising safety, efficiency, and continuity of care.” According to the hospital, “this dynamic planning involves a permanent evaluation of available resources, with the aim of ensuring that each functional area operates with the highest quality standards, adjusting responsibly to circumstances.” It concluded: “The optimisation of our services is based on clinical, technical, and organisational criteria and aims to ensure that every patient receives quality care.” Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/camas-cerradas-hospital-regional-malaga-falta-enfermeros_0_2003894688.html

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Weekly Markets
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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 

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After serving in Afghanistan, Bosnia and for the British Government, ex-SAS Army Captain, Stuart Reece, wanted nothing more than to retire to his villa and enjoy a peaceful life, basking in the beauty of southern Spain and spend some time researching the locations where he served and the ‎drug trade from Afghanistan. On one such fine day, he is shot, he survives the attempt to eliminate ‎him. Reece is now determined to find the hitman. He later discovers that what he had begun to ‎uncover was only the tip of the iceberg. Reece starts chasing an international drug trafficking ‎business and all of its tentacles. Thus begins the race to reach the roots of all evil. Travelling ‎through southern Spain to the Balkans, eastern Europe and into Asia, he realises that the hunt was ‎leading him back to where traumatic memories of war and violence had scarred him, in ‎Afghanistan. With the events unfolding, ‘The Rectifier’ brings light to the underworld drug ‎trafficking business, terrorism, and how greed for power and money can shift even those that are ‎our protectors into traffickers and criminals.
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SPAIN

Judge sends Pedro Sanchez’s brother to trial for influence peddling and prevarication: {Translation, summary}
– Judge Beatriz Biedma, who instructs the case against the brother of President Pedro Sánchez, has agreed to open the oral trial for influence peddling and prevarication against David Sánchez. In a document issued this Thursday, to which 20minutos has had access, the investigator also sends to the dock the president of the Diputación de Badajoz, Miguel Ángel Gallardo, and nine other people related to irregularities in the creation and awarding of a position for the brother of Pedro Sánchez in the Diputación. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5714768/0/jueza-envia-juicio-hermano-pedro-sanchez-david-sanchez/

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PSOE registers law to place 3% tax on empty houses, raise in VAT to 21%: {Translation, summary}
– The measures announced in January by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to try to improve access to housing have arrived Thursday to the Congress of Deputies. The Socialist Parliamentary Group has registered a proposal of law that includes, among other initiatives, the VAT rise to 21% in tourist accommodation, an increase in tax on empty homes and a new state tax on foreign buyer non-residents from outside the European Union in order to “avoid speculative purchase” and “preserve the social function of housing.”
– The new Spanish housing fiscal package aims to tackle the housing shortage by significantly increasing taxes on empty homes to encourage owners to rent them out. Currently, empty properties are taxed between 1.1% and 2% of their cadastral value, but the government plans to progressively raise this tax up to 3% through the Personal Income Tax (IRPF), incentivizing owners to bring these homes back to the rental market.
– Additionally, municipalities can impose surcharges on the annual Property Tax (IBI) for long-term vacant homes. This surcharge can range from 50% to 150% of the IBI bill depending on how long the property has been empty and how many empty properties the owner holds in the same municipality. Properties left vacant for two years or more and owned in multiples may face the highest surcharges, effectively more than doubling their tax liability.
– Exemptions exist for second residences, homes under renovation, or those on the market for sale or rent. These measures form part of a broader strategy that includes taxing tourist apartments as business activities and limiting tax benefits for landlords who do not offer affordable rents. Together, these reforms seek to reduce speculation, mobilize underused housing stock, and improve affordability in Spain’s housing market. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5714727/0/psoe-presenta-una-ley-para-subir-iva-los-pisos-turisticos-limitar-compra-los-extranjeros-no-residentes/ 

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UPDATE- Are hit-squads in Spain to eliminate Ukraine’s foes? Ukrainian murdered in Madrid was blacklisted as a “traitor” on Ukraine’s enemies list and is now listed as “liquidated”: {Translation, summary}
– Andrei Portnov, the Ukrainian man murdered this Wednesday in Pozuelo de Alarcón, was listed on the blacklist of the Myrotvorets Center (‘Peacekeeper’ in Spanish), a controversial Kyiv-based internet portal specialized in identifying people it considers “enemies of Ukraine.” This portal focuses on naming citizens who have engaged in “activities against the national security of Ukraine” and does not hesitate to publish personal information and private data of its targets. Many of those flagged by Myrotvorets have ended up assassinated.
– In this case, the Myrotvorets Center labeled Andrei Portnov as a “traitor” and accused him of making “calls for the assassination of Ukrainian citizens,” as well as “fabricating judicial cases against innocent people,” collaborating with the “invasion of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” and violating Ukrainian legislation.
– Portnov’s profile on the website ended with this message: “The Myrotvorets Center requests that police authorities consider this publication as a declaration that this citizen committed a deliberate act against the national security of Ukraine, peace, the security of humanity, and international legal order, as well as other crimes.”
– After Portnov’s murder—he was shot this Wednesday after dropping off his daughters at the American School of Pozuelo—the Myrotvorets portal updated his personal file, now showing a photo of his corpse with the word “liquidated” superimposed on the image. It also includes his liquidation date (May 21, 2025) alongside his birth date (October 27, 1973).
– Although it officially has no ties to the Ukrainian government, one of Myrotvorets founders was politician George Tuka, former governor of the Luhansk region and deputy minister during Volodymyr Groysman’s government. Another promoter is Anton Gerashchenko, former advisor to Zelensky’s Ministry of the Interior. It is also evident that the information published on Myrotvorets has been used by Ukrainian security forces to arrest pro-Russian collaborators or even as evidence to convict them in judicial proceedings.
– Besides politicians, businessmen, activists, or journalists, Myrotvorets’s records have included personalities such as Pink Floyd’s leader Roger Waters, who claimed the invasion of Ukraine was the result of a prior “provocation,” and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder for alleged “anti-Ukrainian propaganda.”
– Also on the blacklist is Zelensky opponent Yevheniy Murayev, linked to Moscow, who in 2022 spoke to the British newspaper The Times about his inclusion on the portal: “People listed on Myrotvorets can end up dead. There is a threat, a risk that involves falling out of a window or having to flee the country. I am aware of that threat, but I live with the risk.”
– After Schröder’s inclusion, the German government requested Kyiv to shut down the portal, and several human rights organizations have repeatedly called for its closure. “It is a very dangerous list that should be closed immediately. People listed on it have been murdered. The tension is already quite high. It is an explosive situation in which a list like this only exacerbates the dangers,” said Yulia Gorbunova, the lead Ukraine researcher at Human Rights Watch. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/internacional/asesinado-pozuelo-figuraba-traidor-lista-negra-enemigos-ucrania-aparece-liquidado-5714618/ 

 

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Finally the Left & Right in Andalucia agree on something, but it ain’t good- to push the Green projects of Agenda 2030 in disregard of the rural environment- leaders on both sides reject Vox initiative to study the “economic and social impact” of renewable energy facilities: {Translation}
– The Plenary of the Parliament this Thursday rejected a non-binding motion by Vox that urged the Junta (regional government) to carry out the necessary studies to measure the economic, social, and cultural impact of renewable energy production facilities in rural Andalusia, especially photovoltaic solar plants and wind farms. The initiative was rejected by the other four parliamentary groups: PP-A, PSOE-A, Por Andalucía, and Adelante Andalucía.
– Another demand was to urge the Junta “to prioritize the installation of wind and photovoltaic plants in areas of low agricultural and livestock production over others of high productive, environmental, and landscape value, making the necessary regulatory changes to protect vineyard areas and permanent crops, preventing installations on these.”
– They also called for promoting research into alternatives such as agrovoltaics and strengthening controls over environmental, administrative, and construction authorizations, especially considering the protection of agricultural and livestock production properties that could be subject to expropriation. They sought to protect landowners’ negative decisions to uproot crops and cede land, in light of the uncontrolled increase of such installations, and to consider the urban planning impact of land use changes.
– Another Vox demand was that the Junta review and limit the use of the “public utility” designation in large renewable energy projects, so it is not used indiscriminately to justify expropriation of agricultural lands, ensuring respect for private property in energy transition processes and safeguarding the rights of farmers and landowners dependent on their crops.
– They also requested that the Junta promote, within its competencies, achieving energy sovereignty by supporting the development of nuclear energy and all sources that guarantee clean, cheap, abundant, and reliable energy.
– In defence of the initiative, Vox spokesperson Manuel Gavira stated that large renewable energy projects, “which theoretically are presented as a way to achieve sustainability, entail in their implementation a series of consequences that have little to do with environmental protection or the well-being of the population.” “The imposition of these large projects, without consulting the affected areas and without owners being able to decide the fate of their own property, recalls sad examples of arbitrary expropriation in countries governed by socialist dictatorships, where property rights and family stability are sacrificed in the name of higher interests or, in this case, so-called green policies imposed by those who ignore the reality of our land, in pursuit of a 2030 Agenda that has nothing to do with the common good of Spaniards,” he added. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-parlamento-rechaza-iniciativa-vox-estudiar-impacto-economico-social-instalaciones-energia-renovable-20250522183636.html 

MALAGA PROVINCE

The heat gives a first warning to Malaga before summer, more than 34C in Álora and Coín: {Translation, summary}
– Summer hasn’t officially started yet—there’s still a month to go—but the heat has already given Málaga a first warning this Thursday. Temperatures have exceeded 30 degrees in much of the province, marking two of the highest maximums in the country: in Álora, where at 4:30 p.m. it reached 34.4 degrees, and in Coín, which at 3:40 p.m. hit 34.1 degrees. The capital came close, nearly reaching 33 degrees at the airport.
– In all three cases, the temperature rise was notable compared to the previous day, with a difference of seven degrees in Málaga city, six in Coín, and five in Álora.
– The 34.4 degrees in Álora was the fourth highest temperature in Spain this Thursday, close to the 34.5 degrees in Tablada (Seville), 34.6 at Seville airport, and 34.7 in Carmona (also Seville).
– This heat was also felt in Coín, another point in the Guadalhorce Valley most affected by the terral, where 34.1 degrees were recorded. Temperatures above 30 were also recorded in Cortes de la Frontera, in the Serranía de Ronda, although Ronda itself had a maximum of 28.5. Fuente de Piedra nearly reached 29.6, and Vélez-Málaga recorded 28.3.
– Along the province’s coast, most municipalities saw the predominance of the east wind prevent temperatures from reaching 30 degrees. The highest was in Torremolinos, with 28.9 degrees, and the coolest in Marbella, with 22.6. To mention two other coastal towns, in the western part, Estepona registered 26.8 degrees, and in the eastern part, Nerja marked 26.5 degrees. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/calor-primer-aviso-malaga-verano-grados-alora-coin_0_2003987789.html

NERJA

Arrested in Nerja after violently robbing an elderly foreign tourist using a firearm: {Translation}
– The investigation began after the complaint of an elderly foreign tourist who, when he was walking through the town with some family and friends, was assaulted by a man who covered his face with a balaclava, threatening them with a gun and demanding that they give them the money he was carrying. At that moment, the victim tried to snatch the gun from the assailant, initiating a struggle between the two, being assaulted by this individual who hit him with the butt of the gun in the head and face, causing him several injuries.
– Two workers of a hotel establishment tried to restrain him. He threatened them with the firearm, managing to run away through the streets of the locality.
– After the efforts carried out, the perpetrator of the robbery was identified, a 22 year old male, being located in a nearby town where he was hiding to evade the action of justice. For all these reasons, he was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of robbery with violence, injury, damage, threats and illegal possession of weapons.
– The detainee, who had numerous previous convictions for similar acts, was placed at the disposal of the Court of Torrox on duty, which ordered his imprisonment. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/detenido-en-nerja-tras-robar-con-violencia-a-un-turista-extranjero-de-avanzada-edad-utilizando-un-arma-de-fuego/

EUROPE

European Parliament regrets the “attacks on the rule of law and the separation of powers” by the Sanchez Administration: {Translation}
– The plenary session of the European Parliament on Thursday lamented the “attacks on the rule of law and the separation of powers” by the Spanish Government, in a report on the activity of the Petitions Committee during the past year, which also highlights the “sudden increase” in Spanish inquiries related to the amnesty law.
– This warning is the result of an amendment presented by the Vox delegation in the European Parliament, which passed by a narrow margin of 298 votes in favour—including those of the Popular Party—273 against, and 15 abstentions.
– The report in its initial draft already noted that the European Parliament “takes note of the sudden increase in petitions of Spanish origin” during the second half of last year concerning “the risks to the rule of law in Spain posed by the Spanish Government’s intention to approve an amnesty law contrary to the constitutional and European legal order.” With the proposal from the far-right group Patriots for Europe, through Vox MEPs, the final wording will also include that the institution “regrets the attacks on the rule of law and the separation of powers perpetrated by the Spanish Government.”
– Thus, the entire European PP Party, including the Spanish delegation, and the groups of Conservatives and Reformists, Patriots for Europe, and the Europe of Sovereign Nations supported the amended paragraph.
– Voting against the amendment were the European liberals, the Socialists and Democrats group (S&D), and the various small groups of European socialists and communists, including Podemos, Sumar, and Bildu, and the Greens/EFA, including MEPs from BNG, ERC, and Compromís.
– In a statement after the vote, Vox defended that thanks to their amendment “the European Parliament has finally had to pronounce itself on the institutional deterioration in Spain and on the effects of the legal coup orchestrated by the Sánchez Government to stay in power at all costs.”
– Sources from the PP, for their part, emphasized that the reference to the increase in petitions concerning concerns about the amnesty law proves that this legislation has opened an “unprecedented social rift” in Spain and that, by appealing to the European Parliament, citizens “are asking European institutions to monitor the constitutional violation that the amnesty law has entailed.” Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1898381/europa-lamenta-los-ataques-al-estado-de-derecho-y-la-separacion-de-poderes-del-gobierno/ 

SPORTS

Tennis News, Roland Garros Update- Alcaraz will debut against Nishikori in Roland Garros and avoid Sinner, Zverev and Djokovic: {Translation, summary}
– Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz will begin the defence of his title at Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam of the season starting this Sunday, May 25, against the Japanese Kei Nishikori, according to a draw held this Thursday that does not put major difficulties in his path until the second week. The player from Murcia, who is seeded second, had a somewhat ‘kind’ draw since, besides avoiding a theoretical final against the Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, he will not face other strong rivals on the way to the decisive match, such as the German Alexander Zverev, whom he beat last year for the title, or the Serbian Novak Djokovic, although neither of these two seems to be in their best form.
– But before thinking about a possible final on June 8, the player from El Palmar will have to get past the veteran Kei Nishikori, a player whose injuries have kept him away from the world’s best. The 35-year-old Japanese reached number 4 in the ATP rankings in 2015 and will face Alcaraz for the first time in their careers.
– From there, the path for the world number two does not look excessively complicated until the round of 16, where he could face his first major obstacle in the form of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas or the American Ben Shelton. In the quarterfinals, the theoretical opponent would be the Norwegian Casper Ruud, a two-time finalist in Paris (2022 and 2023) and winner of the Mutua Madrid Open.
– Looking ahead to the semifinals, on the other side of his draw are dangerous names such as the Dane Holger Rune, who will face Roberto Bautista in the first round and who defeated Alcaraz in the final of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell–Conde de Godó; the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, whom Alcaraz beat in the Monte Carlo final and the Rome semifinals; and the American Taylor Fritz, the fourth seed, though he has had more difficulty shining on clay.
– Meanwhile, the Italian Jannik Sinner, world number one, will debut against the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech and before the round of 16 could have a complex clash in the third round against the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich or the Czech Jiri Lehecka. The Russian Andrey Rublev or the French Arthur Fils could be his opponents in the round of 16, the Brit Jack Draper or the Australian Alex de Miñaur in the quarterfinals, and Zverev or Djokovic in the semifinals. The German Zverev will start against the American Learner Tien and the Serbian against the also American McKenzie McDonald, and both could meet in the quarterfinals.
***Other Spaniards***
– Regarding the rest of the Spaniards, Davidovich will start against a qualifier, Pedro Martínez against Canadian Denis Shapovalov, Jaume Munar against Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Roberto Carballés against Frenchman Valentin Royer, and Pablo Carreño against Argentine Francisco Comesaña.
– On the women’s side, Spanish player Paula Badosa, seeded tenth and arriving with little preparation for the Paris Grand Slam, will have an interesting and tough debut against Japanese former world number one Naomi Osaka.
– Jessica Bouzas and Cristina Bucsa also had little luck in the draw, as they will debut against two seeded players: the American Emma Navarro (9) and one of the favorites, the young Russian Mirra Andreeva (6).
– Polish player Iga Swiatek will begin the defense of her title against Slovak Rebecca Sramkova and will be in the same half of the draw as the first seed, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, whom she could face in the semifinals if she overcomes a tough draw including Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, Kazakh Elena Rybakina, and Swiss Belinda Bencic. The world number one will start against Russian Kamilla Rakhimova.
– See official, full brackets here (use drop-down menu to choose between catagories, see pic): https://www.espn.com/tennis/bracket/_/year/2025/tournamentId/172/type/1
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/deportes/tenis-00166/noticia-alcaraz-debutara-nishikori-roland-garros-evita-sinner-zverev-djokovic-20250522144807.html 

 

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Sports On TV- Two year prison sentence for supplying pirated LaLiga football matches to hospitality venues in Spain- 6 years ago!: {Translation, summary}
– A man has been sentenced to two years in prison by the Criminal Court No. 3 of A Coruña for distributing, marketing, and providing unauthorized access to the viewing of domestic league matches in hospitality venues during the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons. The accused was engaged in selling telecommunications services while concealing his illegal activity related to marketing football matches.
– Furthermore, he falsified documents and created a website with the aim of simulating legality and promoting his illegal services.
– “LaLiga continues to work firmly against piracy. Judgments like today’s reinforce its position and mark a clear path in the fight against audiovisual fraud in Spain,” the organization stated.
– Javier Tebas, for his part, celebrated the sentence through a message on his social media: “Two years in prison for pirating LaLiga in bars. Let those who live off fraud hear this well: there is no longer impunity. Every stolen match is a blow to football and its industry, on which tens of thousands of families depend.” Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/5714844/0/pena-carcel-distribuir-futbol-pirata-bares-hombre-condenado-anos-prision-poner-partidos-laliga/ 

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If you have an old iPad, take note- Apple has just launched a key update to protect it: {Translation, summary}
– The update is identified as “iPadOS 17.7.8”, it is aimed at the second-generation iPad Pro in its 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch versions, and the sixth-generation iPad, released in 2018. According to Apple’s official support page, this new version includes “important security fixes”.
– In addition, it fixes a bug in the previous version, iPadOS 17.7.7, which caused unexpected logouts in some applications and was withdrawn by the company. ‘9to5Mac’ explains that the update not only fixes those technical issues, but also improves the handling of sensitive data and prevents possible memory corruption bugs. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/tecnologia/moviles-dispositivos/si-tienes-ipad-antiguo-esto-te-interesa-apple-acaba-lanzar-actualizacion-clave-protegerlo-5714762/ 

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30% of Spaniards recognize that both the PP and the PSOE leaders are unworthy of being president: {Translation}
– 36.6% of Spaniards place Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP) as their preferred candidate to occupy the Presidency of the Government, ahead of Pedro Sánchez (PSOE), according to data from a survey conducted by the DYM Institute for 20minutos. In contrast to those who favour the popular leader, 33.4% of respondents in this study point to the current head of the Executive.
– The group rejecting both options is almost as large as the previous ones: 30% do not choose either one or the other.
– The data collected in the latest DYM survey reflect that the situation has reversed compared to the one conducted in March, in which the PSOE leader had a 4.3-point lead over the popular leader. Now it is Feijóo who stands 3.2 points above the President of the Government. The gap between the two has remained quite narrow since November 2023, when 41.8% of Spaniards preferred the PP leader at the Palacio de la Moncloa.
– As of today, according to the study, the support Feijóo receives among his voters is 83.7%, significantly higher than the 71.8% Sánchez obtains among his own. Among Vox voters, the majority prefer Alberto Núñez Feijóo (59.2%) over Pedro Sánchez (6.8%). Among Sumar voters, the opposite occurs: 72.9% favour Pedro Sánchez to lead the Executive, and 9.8% prefer Feijóo.
– Very discouraging is that even the most popular politician scores only 3.8 out of 10 in the survey! The DYM Institute study reveals that Feijóo, the president of the PP, is the best-rated political leader by Spaniards, followed by Yolanda Díaz (SUMAR, communist). Respondents give Feijóo a score of 3.8 out of 10. The Sumar leader Díaz obtains 3.5, and President Pedro Sánchez, 3.4. Finally, the least valued leaders are Santiago Abascal (2.7 points) and Ione Belarra (2.5).
– Regarding the support each leader receives within their respective parties, Santiago Abascal scores highest, with 7.7 points among Vox voters. He is followed by Díaz, with 6.8 points among her voters, and Feijóo, who obtains 6.7 among the PP electorate. Sánchez, meanwhile, scores 6.2 points among those who chose the PSOE ballot in the last general elections.
– Technical details. Sample and methodology: 1,057 random online interviews, applying specific quotas by sex, age, and occupation. Error margin: total margin of error is +/- 3.1% for a 95.5% confidence level in the most unfavourable hypothesis. Target: Population aged 18 or older. Fieldwork conducted between May 14 and 19, 2025. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5714499/0/feijoo-supera-sanchez-como-favorito-para-presidente-gobierno/ 

 

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Spain and Portugal ask Brussels more pressure on France to complete interconnections after the blackout: {Translation, summary}
– The governments of Spain and Portugal have urged the European Commission on Wednesday, in a joint letter, to increase pressure on France in view of its unwillingness to complete the electricity interconnection of the Iberian Peninsula with the rest of Europe after the massive blackout of last April 28.
– To this end, both countries propose a ministerial meeting during this year in which, together with France and the Community Executive, “concrete milestones” are agreed to reach the minimum interconnection targets, which are currently below 3%, “far from” the targets of 10% and 15% for 2020 and 2030, which “poses a risk to the European energy system as a whole”.
– “The unprecedented event of April 28, 2025 reminded us of the need to strengthen our interconnection infrastructures,” says the letter hand-delivered Wednesday by Portugal’s Energy Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho to European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen in Brussels.
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/economia/noticia-espana-portugal-piden-bruselas-mas-presion-francia-culminar-interconexiones-apagon-20250521165609.html

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Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside elite American school in Madrid:
– Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former Ukrainian politician on Wednesday outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, Spain’s Interior Ministry said. Andriy Portnov, 51, was previously a senior aide to a pro-Russian former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovich, who was ousted in a 2014 popular uprising.
– “Several persons shot him in the back and the head and then fled towards a forested area,” an Interior Ministry source said. When emergency services arrived they found Portnov dead with at least three gunshot wounds, a spokesperson said.
– The U.S. Treasury Department put Portnov on its sanctions list in 2021, saying he had “cultivated extensive connections to Ukraine’s judicial and law enforcement apparatus through bribery”.
– The American School said it believed the victim was a father of children at the school but was waiting for formal identification by the police, according to a letter sent to parents seen by Reuters. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-ex-politician-shot-dead-outside-madrids-american-school-source-says-2025-05-21/ 

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Yolanda Díaz, Second Deputy Prime Minister since 2021 & Minister of Labour and Social Economy, wants to enter your home to evaluate your house & housekeeper: {Translation}
– Citizens who have hired an employee to perform tasks in their home now face a new “legal obligation” under Yolanda Díaz’s ministry. This involves the mandatory use of the “Prevention for Employment in the Home” tool, called Prevención 10. Last week, the Ministry of Labour launched this website aimed at “assessing the occupational risks of workers” in private households. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with up to 25 employees must also use it.
– For private homes, the department led by Yolanda Díaz intends to monitor all types of services provided to the “family home”: cleaning, cooking, gardening, pet care, driving, personal care, and more. The Ministry of Labour wants to “identify and evaluate the basic risks” associated with all these services.
– To do this, “the person responsible for the family home, the person they have delegated,” or even “the worker designated in the home” (the employee themselves) must complete a lengthy questionnaire developed by the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work (INSST). They have six months to do so.
– The survey asks the person responsible about a long list of what the Ministry calls “sources of harm,” which are potential risks the home worker might face.
***Some surreal questions***
– The Ministry wants to know if “household appliances have the CE mark,” if “staff know how to handle hot objects,” if “staff have a phone to call in case of emergencies,” if “all products are kept in their original packaging,” if “manual carrying of full water buckets is avoided,” or if “staff participation in decisions affecting their work is allowed.” These are considered “medium priority” and marked in orange. The Ministry’s demand to know whether food is kept in its original packaging in a private home seems questionable.
– For “high priority” (marked in red), the Ministry asks if the home “avoids using ladders or stools to clean open windows” or if “overloading electrical sockets is avoided.”
– A “low priority” example (marked in yellow) is whether the home “encourages regular breaks for stretching and muscle relaxation,” a somewhat controversial point.
– Each issue includes a “person responsible for correction” and a deadline for doing so. After completing the questionnaire, “a document is generated with the risk assessment for the home, the preventive measures to be implemented, and informational materials to be given to workers. The system also allows recording the dates when each measure is established and tracking compliance,” explains the Ministry.
– Labour insists that “once the risk assessment is done, the necessary preventive measures must be implemented to eliminate or reduce the identified risks. They will have six months to do so. The process must be completed before next November,” they warn.
– “This measure, which does not create economic or bureaucratic burdens for employers, complies with Royal Decree 893/2024, which regulates health and safety protection in family home services, a highly feminised sector that has been exempt from prevention until now,” they add. – Critics say that completing this questionnaire is a bureaucratic cost in itself because of the time invested- moreover, many of Yolanda Díaz’s requirements will impose economic costs on employers.
– “This is the State reaching where it has never reached before. It is a conquest of rights,” celebrates the communist Minister of Labour, who is now extending regulations into people’s homes. Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2025-05-21/mier-asi-quiere-entrar-yolanda-diaz-en-tu-casa-para-evaluar-a-tu-empleada-de-hogar-7256603/ 

 

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Begoña’s influence peddling troubles keep mounting- A letter from the SEPI proves that Air Europa rescue began at 400 million and reached 475 after the call to Begoña: {Translation, summary}
– The Air Europa bailout process involved a significant increase in the public funds allocated, rising from an initial €400 million request to a final approved amount of €475 million. This escalation occurred amid high-level interventions, including a phone call from Javier Hidalgo, CEO of Air Europa, to Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to expedite the release of funds. The bailout was officially requested on 20 August 2020 for €400 million, divided into a €201 million participative loan and a €199 million ordinary loan, covering not only Air Europa but its entire air division within Grupo Globalia.
– Subsequent negotiations and political involvement led to the bailout amount increasing by €75 million, with the final approval in November 2020. The funds were provided through SEPI’s Fund for Supporting the Solvency of Strategic Companies, managed by the Ministry of Finance. The aid was split into two loans: €240 million participative and €235 million ordinary, repayable over six years.
– Judge Peinado has pointed to possible criminal conduct linked to Begoña Gómez’s role, particularly due to the CEO’s direct call to her to unblock the bailout, reflecting concerns over the slow disbursement of funds. Prior to the official bailout request, meetings were held in July 2020 involving government officials and the Prime Minister’s wife to discuss the rescue.
– This bailout was the first and largest under SEPI’s strategic companies fund during the COVID-19 crisis, highlighting Air Europa’s strategic importance to Spain’s economy and connectivity. The rapid approval of the bailout—within 70 days—contrasts with much longer delays experienced by other companies seeking aid. The rescue also paved the way for Iberia’s planned acquisition of Air Europa, which had been stalled by the pandemic. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/politica/2025-05-21/una-carta-de-la-sepi-prueba-que-el-rescate-de-air-europa-empezo-en-400-millones-y-llego-a-475-tras-la-llamada-a-begona-7256530/ 

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Torrox will host the III Jornadas Provinciales de Folclore de Málaga from May 31 to June 1: {Translation, summary}
– The Villa de Torrox Municipal Theatre will be the venue for the III Provincial Folklore Days of Málaga. It aims to showcase the traditions of the province, featuring participation from choirs, dance groups, and cultural folklore groups from across the province. It will take place on 31 May and 1 June and will include workshops led by experts, music, and an exhibition of traditional attire and customs from 19th-century Málaga.
– The exhibition hall of the Villa de Torrox Municipal Theatre will host the inauguration on Saturday 31 May with this exhibition, followed by a lecture on intangible cultural heritage and its safeguarding in the context of folklore and traditional dance, delivered by former dancer, teacher, choreographer, and researcher of Spanish Dance, Luisa Algar Pérez-Castilla.
– Throughout Saturday, workshops will be held with the aim of promoting and preserving traditions. Juan Navarro, Traditional Dance instructor at the Torremolinos Popular University, will conduct workshops on this subject at the Villa de Torrox Theatre. Meanwhile, professional musician Diego Garralón Ruiz will focus on the rondalla, a musical ensemble that performs popular and traditional songs using string and percussion instruments such as bandurrias, lutes, guitars, castanets, and tambourines, among others. Additionally, professional Miguel Ángel Arias will offer workshops on traditional singing.
– The closing gala will take place at the Villa de Torrox Municipal Theatre on Sunday 1 June, with free entry until full capacity is reached. Around fifty participants from the workshops will present a performance showcasing what they have learned. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/torrox-acogera-las-iii-jornadas-provinciales-de-folclore-de-malaga-del-31-de-mayo-al-1-de-junio/ 

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UPDATE- Suspect arrested who robbed three shops, knife in hand, just hours after leaving the court accused of another robbery: {Translation}
– National Police officers have arrested a 39-year-old man suspected of committing three violent robberies at commercial establishments in the town of Vélez-Málaga, Málaga province.
– By brandishing a large knife, the suspect intimidated shopkeepers until he seized the money from the cash registers, the National Police stated in a press release.
– The suspect, who has a prior record for similar offences, had been arrested last Saturday for a burglary at a school. After appearing before the courts and being released on charges, he went on to commit the three knife-point robberies.
– Specifically, the three now-solved robberies were committed at a bakery and two supermarkets on three consecutive days- Sunday 18, Monday 19, and Tuesday 20 May- causing widespread alarm among the town’s merchants in the Axarquía region. All the robberies took place in the city centre between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
– Information provided by the victims and witnesses pointed to the same individual based on the descriptions given. The investigation, carried out by officers assigned to the UDEV unit of the National Police Station in Vélez-Málaga, identified the perpetrator as someone already known to the police, who had been arrested the previous weekend for a theft at an educational centre.
– After being released from the local courts on Sunday around noon, the suspect reoffended, committing a knife-point robbery at a bakery just four hours after his release. Following this assault, he carried out two further robberies using the same modus operandi at two supermarkets on Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
– Investigators reviewed surveillance footage and observed that the robber was wearing clothing provided in the police custody area for humanitarian reasons. At this stage of the investigation, once the suspect was identified, the National Police set up a special operation, with the collaboration of the local police, to locate and arrest him. Finally, a National Police patrol detained the suspect last night at around 11:30 pm on Santo Sepulcro Street. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1898119/roba-en-tres-comercios-cuchillo-en-mano-horas-despues-de-salir-del-juzgado/

USA

Trump confronts South African president with white genocide claims in surreal Oval Office meeting:
– President Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Wednesday with claims that the country is carrying out a genocide of white farmers — ordering the Oval Office’s lights be dimmed to show an inflammatory five-minute video detailing purported evidence of crimes against humanity.
– Trump, who said he personally hadn’t “made up my mind” on using the word “genocide,” said that “thousands” of white South Africans are seeking refugee status in the US and that he wants to “save lives.”
– The footage played at the meeting showed left-wing populist leader Julius Malema calling for the murder of members of South Africa’s 4.5 million-strong white community, which comprises about 7.3% of the population, and a roadside memorial ostensibly for dozens of murdered white farmers.
– “Revolution demands at some point there must be killing,” Malema said in one clip, with several others showing the Economic Freedom Fighters leader dancing in packed stadiums while singing, “kill the Boer, the farmer!”
– In other footage, Malema, who was expelled from Ramaphosa’s African National Congress party in 2011, proclaimed, “We are cutting the throat of whiteness!”
– Still another clip featured Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president from 2009 to 2018, singing the anti-apartheid “kill the Boer” anthem, which has allegedly fueled tensions and farm invasions.
– Trump also hammered Ramaphosa for a recently passed law allowing the South African government to confiscate allegedly unused land — as South Africa-born Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a key Trump adviser, looked on.
– The US president has fast-tracked refugee status for the country’s Afrikaner minority — with an initial group of more than four dozen arriving this month — and told Ramaphosa that a friend of his from South Africa said “they take your land and they kill you” if you’re white.
– “I will say, apartheid, terrible,” said Trump. “That was the biggest story — that was reported all the time. This is sort of the opposite of apartheid. What’s happening now is never reported.”
– Ramaphosa, 72, stayed calm and deferential during the more than hour-long discussion in front of the press — remarkably good-natured, given the video’s content. “What you saw, the speeches that were being made, one that is not government policy,” Ramaphosa insisted. “Our government policy is completely, completely against what [Malema] was saying.”
– “Why wouldn’t you arrest that man?” Trump asked rhetorically. “That was a stadium that holds 100,000 people, and I hardly saw an empty seat.”
– Ramaphosa avoided a blowup with Trump by deferring to prominent white South Africans who joined him on the trip, including major champion golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, and thanking the president for providing South Africa with respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
– Jan Steenhuisen, the country’s white agriculture minister, acknowledged that South Africa has “a rural safety problem.” “I don’t think anyone wants to candy-coat that,” he added, “and it requires a lot of effort to get on top of it. It’s going to require more policing resources, it’s gonna require a different strategy to be able to deal with it. But certainly, the majority of South Africa’s commercial and smallholder farmers really do want to stay in South Africa and make it work.” Full article: https://nypost.com/2025/05/21/us-news/trump-confronts-south-african-president-cyril-ramaphosa-with-white-genocide-claims/ 

MIDDLE EAST

Netanyahu says Israel will control all of Gaza Strip at end of current military offensive:
– Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will control all of the Gaza Strip by the end of the current military offensive. Netanyahu said Israelis forces have “pounded” Hamas positions across the enclave but are “prepared” for an opportunity for a temporary ceasefire.
– Speaking about the current military offensive, codenamed Operation Gideon’s Chariots, Netanyahu said “at the end of this campaign, all of the territories of the Gaza Strip will be under Israel’s security control.” Full article: https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/21/netanyahu-says-israel-will-control-all-of-gaza-at-end-of-current-military-offensive 

 

HEALTH

SATSE denounces overcrowding & mismanagement as patient waits four hours in the operating room after operating due to lack of beds in the Malaga Regional Hospital, 3 units at capacity: {Translation}
– A patient spent around four hours in the operating theatre after undergoing surgery last week at the Regional Hospital. The reason for the unusual and excessive wait in the surgical area was that there were no beds available to accommodate him after the procedure. As a result, neither could the patient be moved to a hospital ward, nor could the healthcare staff leave for home after their shift ended. The Nursing Union (Satse), which publicly denounced the case, explained that there was no space available in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the Anaesthetic Critical Care Unit, or the Postoperative Recovery Unit. The hospital complex acknowledged the delay and attributed it to an “internal reorganisation” of the intensive care area.
– The incident occurred last Thursday. The digestive surgery finished around 2:30 pm, but when staff attempted to transfer the patient, they found that the ICU bed reserved for him had been allocated to another patient. They then tried to move him to the Anaesthetic Critical Care Unit (UCCA), but it was also full. The third option was to transfer him to the Postoperative Recovery Unit, which was also at capacity. Consequently, three nurses had to remain with the patient while the anaesthetist arranged for his placement.
– Satse’s hospital representative, Jesús Jiménez, attributed the situation to “a lack of beds” but clarified that it posed no risk to the patient. “The patient was more than well supervised; there were three nurses for one patient,” he remarked wryly. He warned that, although summer has not yet arrived, the Emergency Observation Unit already starts each day with “between 20 and 30” people awaiting admission, while the hospital keeps some beds closed. Eventually, after 6:30 pm, a space became available in the UCCA, where the patient was transferred.
– The hospital explained that on that day there was an internal reorganisation of the Intensive Care Unit to optimise and ensure clinical safety conditions, “which meant a patient remained in the surgical area longer than usual after their operation.” However, like Satse, it emphasised that the patient “received the necessary care at all times.” The hospital regretted any inconvenience caused and thanked “patients and families for their understanding in this complex and exceptional circumstance.” It also reiterated its “firm commitment to safe, equitable, and quality healthcare.”
– Although the situation caused an additional inconvenience for some healthcare staff- one of whom, according to Jiménez, had to “juggle arrangements to pick up their child from school” because they did not finish their shift on time- it did not disrupt the surgical schedule, as it was the last operation of the morning and no procedures were scheduled for the afternoon. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/paciente-espera-horas-quirofano-falta-camas-hospital-regional-malaga_0_2003968495.html 

SPORTS

Football News- Tottenham bests Manchester United to win the Europa League:
– Tottenham ended its 17-year trophy drought by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the Europa League final in Bilbao, Spain. Brennan Johnson scored the game’s only goal, on the stroke of halftime. Full article: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45256864/spurs-beat-manchester-utd-europa-league

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Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Program (ESU)- the latest info- still no date of availability yet: {DigameXtra}
– Windows 10 ESU is available for businesses now via the volume licensing program and will be offered to consumers (Windows 10 Home) as a $30 one-year subscription near the October 2025 end-of-support date. Devices must run Windows 10 version 22H2 to qualify. ESU covers only critical and important security updates, with no new features or general support.
– Consumers currently cannot directly purchase ESU but will be able to do so through Microsoft or authorized resellers shortly before or after support ends. Businesses can buy multi-year ESU licenses with escalating prices.
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TRAVEL

They denounce Ryanair, Vueling and other airlines receiving hand luggage for abusive practices: {Translation}
– The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has announced a complaint filed with the European Commission and the European Consumer Network against seven airlines, including Ryanair and the Spanish carriers Vueling and Volotea, for abusive practices related to charging for hand luggage. BEUC calls for an EU-wide investigation into the sector’s practices.
– “We are taking action against seven airlines that are exploiting consumers and ignoring the EU’s highest court ruling, which determined that charging for reasonably sized hand luggage is illegal,” said BEUC’s Director General, Agustín Reyna, in a statement. BEUC represents organisations from about a dozen countries, including Spain’s Asufin and CECU.
– Reyna also urged that the ongoing EU review of air passenger rights regulations clarify “which services should be included in the basic ticket price,” noting that consumers expect to be able to board with a small bag and one piece of hand luggage under the basic fare.
– The complaint, supported by 16 member organisations from 12 countries, targets EasyJet, Norwegian Airlines, Ryanair, Transavia, Volotea, Vueling, and Wizz Air.
– In a 2014 ruling, the EU Court of Justice stated that airlines should not charge extra for hand luggage that meets “reasonable requirements in terms of weight and dimensions and complies with applicable security rules.”
– Last November, the Spanish government fined Ryanair, Vueling, EasyJet, Norwegian, and Volotea €179 million for charging hand luggage fees. The airlines challenged this before the European Commission, which has been reviewing the case since January after requesting detailed information from Spain. According to EU sources, the documentation has been submitted and is under evaluation.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1898000/denuncian-a-ryanair-vueling-y-otras-aerolineas-por-cobrar-el-equipaje-de-mano/ 

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Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
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Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Nerja Car Boot 

Taxi
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Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

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Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
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Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

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Frigiliana: 952 533 126
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Torre del Mar hosts the II Biennial “Confuego – Artes del Fuego” (Arts of Fire):
– Thurs – Sun, 22 to 25 May, at the Centro Cultural Azucarera of Torre del Mar.
– Confuego, born with the aim of giving visibility and value to disciplines where fire is an essential and transformative element, such as ceramics, molten glass or enamel on metal.
– Saturday at 12:00 hours, an experimental musical piece will take place with ceramic instruments and objects, by Carmen Osuna, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Malaga. A unique experience that exemplifies the fusion between art, sound and matter. 

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Jazz under the Stars- Juan Maria Villa Trio live in Competa: Saturday 28th June
Juan Maria Villa Trio will be playing live at Siddhartha on the Rock in Competa on Saturday 28th June.
Fabulous jazz piano player with a classical twist, innovative and interesting with Francis Posé on double bass and Raj Jajaweera on the drums.
They will be supported by local duo Cool & the Cat (Mitch France and Ian Thompson) playing a selection of jazz standards.
Tickets cost €30 per person and include a welcome drink, buffet dinner and the 2 bands, doors open at 7.00pm, Cool & the Cat play from 8.00pm and Juan Maria Villa Trio from 9.30pm.
Tickets are limited so early booking is highly recommended.
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– Wednesdays- Art group, with the crochet & craft group 10.00 – 13.00.
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– Thursday 12th – Business Networking Charity Coffee
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– Thursday 19th – Visit Benalmadena Sea Life, Old Town and Butterfly House
– Friday 27th – Taizé Prayer for Unity, St Andrés Church Torre del Mar 20.00
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– We have moved across the village and now offer a fully licenced self contained 4 bedroom, 2 en-suite and 2 private bathrooms. The house has a fully equipped kitchen, dinning room, large living room. terrace with views to the mountains, set in an ancient olive grove on the outskirts of Valle De Abdalajis. From June our pool will be open.
– We are a 5 minute drive in to the pueblo of Valle De Abdalajis with supermarkets and bars. A very good restaurant is 10 minute walk away. The lakes of Ardales and the Caminito Del Rey are 30 minutes drive. Antequera and El Torcal are 30 minute drive and the Wolf park is 15 minute drive. Lots to do in the area, lovely walks and scenery.
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ANDALUCÍA

Abrupt change of weather in eastern Andalusia this Friday- A squall arrives with showers and plummeting temperatures: {Translation, summary}
– Spain will suffer a notable change in weather conditions this Friday. A trough, which will move through the eastern part of the peninsula, will cause a sharp drop in temperatures in much of the territory. The episode will especially affect the eastern part of Andalusia, but will also be reflected in the west, giving some thermal respite after very warm days.
– It is expected that the day of May 23 there will be a change, going from the current conditions, dry with high temperatures, to much cooler and wetter. Weather models indicate that the entry of this trough will generate instability, favouring showers in parts of the Andalusian community. The western areas of Andalusia could be left out of these rains.
– The most notable change and that will affect a wide extension of the territory will be the significant drop in temperatures. According to data provided by Meteorology, the thermal drops in the provinces of Malaga, Granada, Jaen and Almeria could exceed six degrees compared to Thursday. Lowering the maximums from the 30 of May 22 to around 25. This situation could be accentuated in inland areas and the mountains. It is also possible that the drop in mercury will be noted in the provinces of Cordoba, Seville and Cadiz, especially on its eastern flanks. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/cambio-brusco-tiempo-andalucia-oriental_0_2003971790.html 

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More Infrastructure Problems- Nationwide failures cause Health services disruptions, Emergency Support Services & 112 blocked, all blamed on Telefónica : {Translation, summary}
– On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, a widespread Telefónica digital network failure impacted all eight Andalusian provinces and much of Spain, disrupting telephone lines in hospitals and health centers. The Andalusian Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs reported to Europa Press that by 2:00 p.m., voice and data services were restored in all Andalusian Health Service (SAS) centers. However, some information systems experienced “slowness” due to unprocessed activity during the outage. The ministry declared the “massive communication issue” resolved, with the General Directorate of Information and Communication Systems (DGSIC) continuing to monitor services.
– The 112 emergency number in Andalusia was also affected, unable to receive calls between 7:15 a.m. and 8:40 a.m., with service gradually resuming in the two regional call centers although reports of blockages persist. The Ministry of the Presidency linked this to a failure in Telefónica’s MPLS network, which supports 112 and other three-digit numbers. The issue stemmed from a scheduled Movistar maintenance at 3:00 a.m., initially affecting outgoing calls but later impacting public calls in the early morning.
– Health Minister Rocío Hernández emphasized that 112, 061, and Salud Responde services were functioning normally, though landlines in health centers and hospitals were affected, along with Movistar’s corporate network. She apologized for disruptions to public services, noting the nationwide scope of the issue.
– Healthcare facilities in Almería, Jaén, Huelva, and Málaga returned to normal, as did SAS Central Services, but issues persisted in Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, and Granada. The SAS activated contingency plans to manage the situation and urged calm. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1897727/hospitales-y-centros-sanitarios-de-andalucia-se-recuperan-tras-la-incidencia-de-telefonica/

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A biker dies after an accident on the A-7 in Torrox: {Translation}
– A 57-year-old motorcyclist has lost his life in a traffic accident recorded in the early afternoon Tuesday on the A-7, as it passes through the town of Torrox .
– The accident took place at kilometre 939, at the exit of Torrox, Malaga direction, minutes before 16:00 hours when the 1-1-2 has received the first of several calls alerting of a collision between a motorcycle and a car. The 112 requested urgent medical assistance for the driver. The 061 Health Emergency Center, the Guardia Civil de Tráfico and road maintenance personnel were dispatched to the scene.
– The health services confirmed the death of the motorcyclist after receiving assistance. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/muere-un-motorista-tras-sufrir-un-accidente-en-la-a-7-a-la-altura-de-torrox/

NERJA

Nerja City Council accepts the free transfer of different sections of the old CN-340: {Translation, summary}
– Finally some progress on the recovery and refurbishment of the Old Bridge of Maro, with the aim of converting it into a Democratic Memory Space.
– The Local Government Board has approved the acceptance of the free transfer, by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of the Government of Spain, of different sections of the old national road CN-340. This decision responds to the forecast implementation of various strategic projects promoted by the Consistory.
– The mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo, has valued very positively this transfer, noting that “having these soils is essential to implement important projects that are currently being processed and that will contribute to the sustainable development of the municipality and the improvement of local infrastructure”.
– For his part, the Councillor for Infrastructure, Alberto Tomé, stressed that this transfer will allow progress in relevant actions such as the implementation of the bike path between Nerja and Maro, the creation of viewpoints and the regulation of access to the coves of the natural site of the Cliffs of Maro-Cerro Gordo, included in the Tourism Sustainability Plan in Nerja Destination. Also contemplated is the recovery and refurbishment of the Old Bridge of Maro, with the aim of turning it into a Democratic Memory Space. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-ayuntamiento-de-nerja-acepta-la-cesion-gratuita-de-diferentes-tramos-de-la-antigua-cn-340/ 

EUROPE

EU, Britain go ahead with new Russia sanctions without waiting for Trump:
– The EU and Britain announced new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday without waiting for the United States to join them, a day after President Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin failed to elicit a promise for a ceasefire in Ukraine.
– London and Brussels said their new measures would zero in on Moscow’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers and financial companies that have helped it avoid the impact of other sanctions imposed over the war. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters that Russia would never bow to what she called ultimatums.
– Russia and Ukraine held their first direct talks in more than three years on Friday at Trump’s behest, but failed to agree a truce after Moscow presented conditions that a member of the Ukrainian delegation called “non-starters”. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-adopts-new-sanctions-against-russia-kallas-says-2025-05-20/

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Spain sees it as “a huge mistake” to set a 5% defence spending rate on NATO members without first discussing resources: {Translation}
– On Tuesday, 20 May 2025, Spain’s Defence Minister, Margarita Robles {pic}, argued that it would be a “huge mistake” for NATO allies to set a military spending percentage before discussing the resources the Alliance needs for its defence. This comes as Washington pushes for a new 5% target at the June summit in The Hague.
– “We would all make a huge mistake if we only talked about numbers and not realities,” Robles stated at the conclusion of the EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels. In her view, setting a percentage “without further consideration” is senseless, especially given, as she noted, “divisions among some on how it should be broken down.”
– “We must be able to say whether that percentage meets the needs, the capacity to implement it, and how the European industry will cope with the percentage set,” she emphasised. “We believe the process cannot be ‘percentage first, then capabilities,’ but the other way around,” she insisted.
– “Spain is very supportive of all northern countries,” Robles highlighted, while noting that the needs of other capitals must also be addressed. “If all we discuss about that percentage is to meet the needs of the eastern flank and forget the southern flank, then that percentage might not be very appropriate,” she stressed.
– Robles suggested that before the Hague summit (24-26 June), “it would be good to analyse what will be approved.” She expressed concern about the European defence industry’s capacity to handle such an increase and its implementation. “Setting percentages can distort not only public opinion but also the solidity of the project we want for the Atlantic Alliance and the EU,” she warned.
– Robles defended the “great effort” Spain has made to reach the 2% defence spending target set at the 2014 Wales summit {It took Spain 11 years to comply, nothing to be proud of. -Ed}, a goal she noted applies not just this year but in subsequent years. “If met rigorously and industries can deliver, we believe it’s a very significant and serious percentage, and we’ll keep working towards it,” she affirmed. {She said, “we’ll keep working towards it”, so she is not even confident Spain can maintain a 2% contribution, let alone ever reach 5%. -Ed.}
– When asked about NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s comments last week, expressing confidence that Spain would “undoubtedly” raise its defence spending to 5% in the next decade, Robles noted that Rutte had stated his position, while she outlined the government’s stance, emphasising “total and absolute collaboration with the Atlantic Alliance” and affirming Spain as a “responsible ally.”
– {Minister Robles, a long time member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, seems to have no clue that the new funds are necessary to replace funds the US previously paid, and is now cutting back on, which is the very reason this discussion is even happening. All this chatter about new spending analysis before the deficit the US leaves behind is covered is premature conjecture. Gotta fill the hole before you can build on it. -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-espana-cree-seria-enorme-error-fijar-porcentaje-gasto-otan-hablar-antes-capacidades-20250520140431.html

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Jailed UK anti-Islam activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ to be released next week:
– British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon on Tuesday won a bid to trim his 18-month sentence for contempt of court, meaning he will be released from jail within a week.
– Britain’s solicitor general took legal action against Yaxley-Lennon over comments in online interviews and a documentary titled ‘Silenced’, which was viewed millions of times and was played in London’s Trafalgar Square in July.
– The judge who sentenced Yaxley-Lennon said that four months of the 18-month sentence, half of which was to be served in jail, could be lifted if Yaxley-Lennon took steps to remove ‘Silenced’ from his social media accounts and elsewhere online. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/jailed-uk-anti-islam-activist-tommy-robinson-be-released-next-week-2025-05-20/ 

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Can You Trust Your Pharmacy? Malaga pharmacy fined €16,000 for collecting customers’ personal & health data for its own use: {Translation, summary}
– The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) fined a Málaga pharmacy €16,000 for collecting personal and health-related data without consent, violating GDPR (data protection laws). A customer reported that the pharmacy recorded names, surnames, and medication details from health cards into Excel files when renewing prescriptions, without informing patients or obtaining consent. The data was stored insecurely on computer desktops, accessible to three employees via a shared password, and used to dispense medication without the patient present, breaching data protection regulations.
– Following the complaint, the AEPD inspected the pharmacy, confirming the use of unprotected Excel files and lack of informed consent. The pharmacist admitted not informing clients their data was being collected and stored by the pharmacy, but claimed they could see the computer screen. The AEPD rejected this defence, emphasizing that all businesses must secure explicit consent and protect data. The pharmacy must now implement corrective measures and may appeal. This case highlights the need for rigorous data protection compliance, even for small businesses, to avoid penalties and maintain consumer trust amid increasing regulatory scrutiny. {It is unlikely this is an isolated case. Keep an eye on what info your pharmacist collects if you don’t want them selling your health data to the insurance companies! And refuse to give them info they are not entitled to, another part of this abuse! -Ed.} Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/economia/mibolsillo/multa-16000-euros-farmacia-recopilar-datos-personales-20250520134411-nt.html 

SPACE

The bright band of the Milky Way is about to make its first great appearance of the year in the Northern Hemisphere:
– If you want to see the Milky Way, you’ll need to be as far away from light pollution as possible. Good options include a Dark Sky Place or somewhere that looks dark on a light pollution map.
– Although the Milky Way can be seen in some form for about eight months of the year, the galaxy’s bright core becomes easier to see — and gets higher in the sky — as of May as seen from midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
– “Milky Way season” runs from February to October, usually between midnight and 5 a.m. local time, though your location and the phase of the moon matter a lot. During May, the period between the last quarter moon on May 20 and the new moon on May 30 is the time to look for the Milky Way.
– The key is to find out when the Summer Triangle — a shape formed by three bright stars — becomes visible. This vast asterism of Deneb in the constellation Cygnus, Vega in Lyra and Altair in Aquila sits across the Milky Way. If it’s above the horizon, you have a good chance of spotting the Milky Way. Between May 20 and May 30, the Summer Triangle will be up in the east at midnight and higher in the southeast by 3 a.m. local time. Full article: https://www.livescience.com/space/the-milky-way-will-be-visible-from-much-of-the-us-this-month-heres-how-to-get-the-best-views 

 

TRAVEL

Trains down again- A new electrical incidence affects trains between Seville and Malaga, three hour delays & ongoing problems: {Translation}
– The circulation of trains between La Roda de Andalucía (Seville) and El Chorro-Caminito del Rey, in the province of Malaga, was again interrupted, by an incident affecting the power supply. About three hours later, the problem had already been solved.
– However, maintenance crews say this incident exposes weaknesses in Seville-Malaga routes. Management has pointed out that work is being done to fix these deficiencies as soon as possible. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/provincia/nueva-incidencia-electrica-trenes-sevilla-malaga_0_2003962549.html 

RELIGION

New Pope’s Conservative Message To Vatican diplomatic corps- Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn have inherent dignity:
– Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s creatures, articulating clear Catholic teaching on marriage and abortion at the start of his pontificate.
– Leo, the first American pope, also called for reviving multilateral diplomacy and promoting dialogue between religions in the search for peace, in his first meeting with the Vatican diplomatic corps. The audience was private, but the Vatican released Leo’s prepared text and that of the dean of the diplomatic corps. The encounter is one of the protocol requirements after a conclave, allowing a new pope to greet representatives of world governments ahead of his formal installation Mass this Sunday. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-leo-peace-abortion-f0678b67da0dc74b4bc7e6e10a77a23e 

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The Cathedral of Malaga will be the venue for the XXXIII Cycle of Organ Concerts “Cathedral of Malaga”. Four concerts will be offered, always on Wednesdays and at 7.30 pm, on May 21 and 28 and June 4 and 11, 2025. It is the “oldest classical music festival in Malaga. 

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Sanchez equates Israel with Russia, asks for the expulsion of Israel from Eurovision, “We cannot allow double standard”: {Translation, summary}
– The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has defended this Monday his demand for the expulsion of Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest as a result of its military offensive in Gaza, after the attacks of October 7, 2023 by Hamas.
– This was expressed by Sánchez at the closing ceremony of the presentation of the report ‘The cultural and creative sectors in Spain’, by the Cotec Foundation. In this forum, Pedro Sánchez recalled that “no one put their hands to their heads” when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began three years ago and “they demanded the exit” of international competitions and also not to participate in Eurovision. “And, therefore, neither should Israel, because what we cannot allow are double standards, not even in culture”, said the President of the Government, and then sent ‘an embrace of solidarity for the people of Ukraine and the people of Palestine, who are living the unreasonable war and bombing’.
– In February 2022, the Executive Board of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Russia could not compete in the festival following the “unprecedented crisis in Ukraine” and because its participation in this competition “would discredit the competition”.
– Sánchez believes “that those who demand an anodyne, mute, equidistant cultural sector are wrong”. In fact, he has indicated that it is being seen “on the other side of the Atlantic”, where “nothing more and nothing less than brilliant singers are required to be silent”.
– The president has expressed himself in this way after his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, responded to rock star Bruce Springsteen that he is an “overrated”, “dumber than a rock” and that his face is “stunted” like “a raisin”. Springsteen had said that his “home”, the United States, “is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treacherous administration”.
– In his speech, President Pedro Sánchez pointed out that “those who use culture to defend values that may be being called into question”, such as democracy, demanding quality public services, denouncing the backlash caused by macho behavior, demanding a commitment to the environment “or also calling for an end to war, whether in Ukraine or also in Gaza, in Palestine”, are right. “The commitment of Spain with the international legality and with the Human Rights must be constant and must be coherent, also from Europe”, he added.
– This Saturday, just before the start of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, RTVE broadcast a video with a message proclaiming: “In the face of human rights, silence is not an option. Peace and justice for Palestine”. The video, without sound, with the message in white letters on a black background and 16 seconds long, was broadcasted by La 1 in the moments before the start of the final of the festival.
– In April, the president of RTVE sent a letter to the Eurovision organization asking for a debate on the presence of Israel in the contest. Other countries joined the petition, such as Slovenia, Iceland, Ireland and Belgium. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1897550/sanchez-pide-la-expulsion-de-israel-de-eurovision-no-podemos-permitir-dobles-estandares/ 

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Butane cylinder rises 1.87% this Tuesday, it reaches €18: {Translation, summary}
– The maximum retail price of the butane cylinder will increase by 1.87% from this Tuesday, up to 18 euros, chaining its fifth increase, and thus reach its highest level since early November 2022, according to a resolution published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1897453/la-bombona-de-butano-sube-este-martes-un-187-toca-los-18-euros/ 

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Consumer Affairs requires Airbnb to block almost 66,000 illegal ads for tourist apartments: {Translation, summary}
– The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 has imposed on the company Airbnb the blocking of almost 66,000 illegal ads of tourist homes hosted on its platform, as reported Monday by the Department headed by Pablo Bustinduy in a statement.
– Through the Directorate General of Consumer Affairs, the Ministry has urged the Irish subsidiary of this multinational to eliminate a total of 65,935 ads by considering them illegal for contravening the regulations on the advertising of this type of tourist accommodation. Specifically, it considers that the regulations of the different autonomous communities where Consumo has detected these advertisements have been violated. In all cases, moreover, these are complete dwellings for tourist use, with no advertisements for individual rooms.
– In recent months, the Ministry has sent Airbnb three resolutions notifying those more than 65,000 illegal ads of tourist homes that were detected on its platform, resolutions in which this company was urged to block this advertising.
– Airbnb appealed this action before the courts to avoid the blocking and now the High Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) has ruled on the first resolution by issuing an order in which it endorses the actions of Consumer Affairs.
– In response to what was imposed by the Ministry in its first resolution, the TSJM urges Airbnb to remove 5,800 tourist apartment ads immediately.
– From the General Directorate of Consumer Affairs, three reasons are argued to justify the illegality of the 65,935 tourist apartment ads that have been detected on Airbnb and that would be in breach of different regulations.
– Firstly, the ads do not include the license or registration number, something mandatory in several regional regulations, which is the most common infringement in the advertising that has been analyzed. Also, the advertisements do not indicate the legal nature of the lessors, so that it is not known whether the lessors are professionals or private individuals, an issue that is essential to know whether the lessor is protected as a consumer or not. Thirdly, the advertisements include license numbers that do not correspond to those issued by the authorities, a practice that “may mislead or deceive” consumers.
– The ads on which the TSJM has ruled in the order affect the advertising of tourist homes located in the communities of Andalusia, Madrid, Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and the Basque Country. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1897433/consumo-impone-a-airbnb-el-bloqueo-de-casi-66000-anuncios-ilegales-de-pisos-turisticos/ 

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New Immigration (Extranjería) Regulations; changes and novelties of the reform that comes into force today: {Translation}
– The new Immigration Regulation, approved by the Council of Ministers in November last year, comes into effect on Tuesday, May 20. Through several innovations, the Government aims to simplify procedures and eliminate redundancies with this regulatory reform.
– The new text establishes a specific section for visas, clarifying the framework of authorizations, requirements, and procedures in general. All initial authorizations will be valid for one year, with renewals extending to four years.
– The job search visa has also been extended to one year, previously a three-month authorization. This visa allows job seekers to look for employment in specific occupations and territorial areas, with the 12-month period “facilitating individuals in finding jobs suited to their professional profiles while enabling companies to find the professionals they need,” as explained by the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration, Elma Saiz.
– Additionally, the reform introduces five types of regularization (arraigo): social, socio-labor, family, socio-educational, and second opportunity. These categories are standardized, and the required period of residence in Spain is reduced from three to two years. Requirements are also made more flexible, allowing individuals to work as employees or self-employed from the outset.
– Similarly, under the new regulation, as of Tuesday, time spent as an applicant for international protection will no longer count as valid residence time for regularization purposes. Thus, after receiving a denial and having remained in an irregular situation for at least two years, individuals may apply for one of the regularization categories.
– Another novelty is that students will receive a study residence authorization matching the duration of their training, with a fast-track option to transition to a work authorization upon completion. During their studies, they will be allowed to work up to 30 hours per week, regardless of the type of training.
– With the common goal of inclusion, the new regulation includes the creation of a residence authorization for family members of Spanish citizens, extending the age limit for children to 26 (previously 21). It also accommodates previously excluded situations, such as the possibility of including unregistered partners who can prove a comparable emotional relationship. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/epsocial/migracion/noticia-nuevo-reglamento-extranjeria-cambios-novedades-reforma-entra-manana-vigor-20250519183747.html 

ANDALUCÍA

Rising temperatures in Andalusia may reach 35C on Thursday: {Translation}
– The week will be hot in Andalusia with a gradual increase in temperatures until Thursday, when temperatures may reach 35ºC in the region, and with little cloudy or clear skies. However, between Thursday and Saturday will be more cloudy in the eastern provinces and other areas, with the possibility of showers and thunderstorms especially on Friday and Saturday.
– Speaking to Europa Press, the territorial delegate of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), Juan de Dios del Pino, has indicated that the maximum will rebound about five or six degrees until Thursday, when thermometers could mark up to 35 degrees, and then fall about two or three degrees. Thus, the maximum temperatures will be above average all week, and will be relatively high for the 22nd. The minimums will practically repeat this upturn and decrease in the next few days.
– The weather will be practically sunny until Thursday, although between this day and the first half of Saturday stability will be interrupted with cloudy intervals – more frequent during the day – in the provinces of Almeria, Granada, Jaen and Malaga, and in Grazalema (Cadiz), southern Cordoba, and Sierra Sur de Sevilla, with the possibility of occasional showers and thunderstorms, especially on Friday and Saturday. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1897507/temperaturas-en-ascenso-en-andalucia-con-35-grados-el-jueves/ 

MALAGA PROVINCE

49 arrested in Malaga for network that distributed falsified luxury clothes: {Translation, summary}
– Agents of the National Police, with the collaboration of the Local Police of Malaga and Europol, have dismantled a network that distributed counterfeit luxury clothing in the province of Malaga. In total, 49 people have been arrested as suspects of crimes against industrial property as they were involved in the sale and distribution of counterfeit material. In addition, a total of 31 inspections have been carried out in industrial warehouses located in the Guadalhorce industrial estate in Malaga, from which hundreds of distributors throughout the province were supplied.
– Similarly, they have seized more than 24,000 articles of prestigious brands and more than 380,000 euros in cash and other foreign currencies, as well as 500 counterfeit antique coins, as indicated in a statement.
– The investigations revealed the existence of these establishments whose activity was intended to be used as supply points for hundreds of street vendors and retailers who would later distribute the goods in different tourist towns in the province of Malaga. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1897450/49-detenidos-en-malaga-tras-caer-una-red-que-distribuia-ropa-de-lujo-falsificada/ 

 

NERJA

Nerja announces plans for a second viewpoint:
– Nerja town hall on the eastern Costa del Sol announced on Friday 16 May that it has acquired the plot of land where the old Narixa nightclub stood, located in Calle Tajillo. The aim is to create a “new public space that will include a panoramic viewpoint overlooking the sea and a pedestrian access to El Salón beach and the Mirador de Chanquete”, according to the town hall.
– The new space will create a second access to the beach as the only existing one is from the Balcón de Europa. The nightclub, which was once one of the town’s most popular venues, has been closed and unused for more than two decades. The building is situated very close to the Balcón de Europa and the municipal library which has been under construction in Calle Iglesia since February.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/costa-sol-town-announces-plans-for-second-20250519180254-nt.html 

VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA

Two robberies using a knife in just 24 hours in shops of the Historic Center of Vélez-Málaga, merchants & locals decry crime wave: {Translation}
– “Fear, fear, indignation and uneasiness” among traders and residents of the historic center of Velez-Malaga. In an interval of just 24 hours there have been two violent armed robberies in two establishments in the vicinity of the Plaza de Las Carmelitas, in which the thief, who hid his face, has managed to get hold of a haul of more than two thousand euros in cash, after threatening the sales clerks.
– The first of the events took place early in the afternoon this past Sunday in the Ortiz Bakery-Pastry in the central square of the Carmelites. It was 15.15 hours when a man, about 35 years old, wearing a gray sweatshirt and covering his features with a cap and a knicker (braga) or balaclava on the face, has jumped the display and has wielded a large knife to two of the employees who at that time was in the establishment. In barely 50 seconds, the man fled the establishment, jumping over the counter. “Give me the money, open the cash register, or I’ll slash you,” the thief told them. The worker, very frightened, agreed to his request and opened the cash register, from which he stole about a thousand euros in cash. In barely 50 seconds, the man fled the establishment, jumping back over the counter. The sequence was captured by the store’s security cameras. The images are already at the disposal of the National Police, which has taken over the investigation.
– Barely 18 hours later, around 10.30 a.m. on Monday, the alarms went off again in the same area. This time in the supermarket of the Granada cooperative Covirán in the central passage Montera. With almost identical clothing, the same modus-operandi, and the same threats, uttered in Spanish, a man has robbed the store, from which he has also taken a similar amount, as this newspaper has been able to confirm. The thief pushed and threatened the cashier and several customers who were in the supermarket at the time.
– The National Police has deployed an extensive search and investigation to try to locate the thief. According to SUR, the alleged perpetrator of these two robberies is a resident of Velez-Malaga, about 35 years old, who has numerous criminal and police records for similar events. Velez-Malaga has also been alerted this weekend of a robbery at the school Nuestra Señora de los Remedios ‘Zona Sur’ and in several homes in the Barrio del Pilar.
– In the educational center, the National Police managed to arrest the alleged perpetrator ‘in-fraganti’, after going to the facilities after the alarms of the center and the notice of the security guard. Faced with this wave of assaults, neighbors and merchants of the historic center of the capital of Axarquia have called for a reinforcement of police surveillance and a greater presence of patrols in the streets, especially at night and early morning and on weekends. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/dame-dinero-rajo-dos-atracos-punta-cuchillo-20250519122800-nt.html 

 

ALGARROBO

Algarrobo Water Use Update: {Translation, summary}
– The City Council of Algarrobo has become the first of the coast of the Axarquia to issue a new decree with urgent measures for next summer “due to the exceptional drought situation”. Thus, the mayor of the town, Natacha Rivas, has dictated that only the complete filling of newly built or rehabilitated pools will be authorized, while on the beaches only the footbaths will be opened, but not the showers, and the watering of gardens and green areas will be allowed. These are some of the highlights of the latest municipal decree, which will remain in force indefinitely “until a new one is issued to cancel it or the end of the drought situation is declared”.
– Thus, the City Council of Algarrobo will allow the use of water for the “irrigation of gardens, orchards, parks or green areas, both public and private”. Similarly, for the “washing of streets, sidewalks, facades or any other surface, both public and private, provided it is done with non-potable water”. Also, it will be allowed for “ornamental fountains that have a closed water circuit and public fountains”.
– “The use of the water resources for footbaths” will be allowed, while for swimming pools “the partial refilling of public and private pools that have a water recirculation system will be authorized to replace losses due to evaporation, filter cleaning and to guarantee sanitary quality”.
– The Rivas ordinance also specifies that the “first filling of public and private swimming pools of new construction or the filling that responds to works of rehabilitation or modification of the glass” will be allowed. Regarding showers outside the beaches, they may be used “in sports establishments and swimming pools where their use is mandatory for use”.
– Natacha Rivas points out that “the monitoring and evaluation of the measures will be continuous, being able to take more restrictive measures depending on the drought situation”. In addition, the same, which modifies the previous dictated in the same sense, comes into force after being published on the municipal bulletin board “and will last indefinitely until a new decree is issued to cancel it or declare the end of the drought situation. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/algarrobo-autorizara-el-llenado-de-piscinas-de-nueva-construccion-o-rehabilitadas-y-el-parcial-para-las-que-dispongan-de-recirculacion/ 

RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA

Popular eastern Costa del Sol hotel is upgraded and awarded four stars:
– The Hotel FAY Victoria Beach in Rincón de la Victoria on the eastern Costa del Sol has been awarded a fourth star after successfully completing a process of adaptation to the standard regulations applicable to hotels of this type. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/popular-eastern-costa-sol-hotel-upgraded-and-20250514104959-nt.html 

EUROPE

Romanian Do-Over…EU leaders relieved after centrist beats pro-Trump rival to Romanian presidency:
– Romania’s European allies and markets welcomed centrist Nicusor Dan’s presidential election victory {pic} over a eurosceptic hard-right rival on Sunday, relieved that the European Union member had avoided a lurch to a Donald Trump-inspired political path.
– Dan, a softly-spoken 55-year-old mathematician and Bucharest mayor, won 54% of votes in the country of 19 million, beating George Simion, a vocal Trump admirer whose strong showing in the first round of voting this month had rattled allies and investors. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-leaders-relieved-after-centrist-dan-wins-romanian-presidency-2025-05-19/ 

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Portugal’s far-right Chega surges as ruling party misses majority:
– Portugal’s far-right Chega won a record vote share in Sunday’s snap election and was vying to become the main opposition party as the ruling centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) again fell short of a majority needed to end a long period of instability. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro hailed the result as a vote of confidence in his AD which won most seats in parliament.
– Voters appeared to punish the Socialists for their role in bringing down Montenegro’s government. The party fell to 58 seats from 78, prompting leader Pedro Nuno Santos to say he would step down.
– However, with votes from abroad still to be counted, Chega could supplant the centre-left Socialists as leader of the opposition, ending five decades of dominance by the two major parties. “We’ve done what no other party has ever achieved in Portugal. We can safely declare in front of all the country today that bipartisanship in Portugal is over,” Chega leader Andre Ventura told jubilant supporters in Lisbon. “Nothing will be as it was,” he said, highlighting the fact that the continued rise of Chega, which he founded just six years ago, proved most opinion polls wrong.
– Chega gained eight seats for a total of 58 in the 230-seat parliament, winning a record 1.34 million votes, or 22.6%. In the previous vote, it won two out of four seats reserved for overseas voters.
– Montenegro, whose AD won 89 seats – up nine – and 32.7% of the vote, has refused to make deals with Chega and said he would form a new minority government. Chega, which has allied with Europe’s hard-right, anti-immigration parties, such as Marine le Pen’s National Rally in France and Germany’s AfD, has proposed tougher sentences for criminals, including chemical castration for repeat rapists. It has also called for an end to “open doors” immigration and accused mainstream parties of perpetuating corruption. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portugals-ruling-centre-right-alliance-wins-election-far-right-makes-record-2025-05-19/ 

MIDDLE EAST

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Seize Control Of Entire Gaza Strip:
– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces will “take over all areas” of the Gaza Strip and that Israel will act to prevent a famine by lifting a weekslong blockade on aid, though he said the resources allowed in would be “minimal.” His remarks came a day after Israel launched a major ground offensive in Gaza, dubbed “Operation Gideon’s Chariots.” Israel says it must eliminate the militant group Hamas from Gaza for its own security.
– “There is one essential condition: We must not reach a situation of famine, both from a practical standpoint and a diplomatic one,” Netanyahu said in a video posted to his Telegram page on Monday morning. “People simply won’t support us. We won’t be able to complete the mission of victory.”
– Netanyahu acknowledged a new plan developed with the United States for American companies to deliver aid via distribution points secured by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He accused Hamas of looting previous aid deliveries.
He said the decision to resume aid to Gaza came after pressure from allies, who had voiced concern about “images of hunger.” Full article: https://www.newsweek.com/netanyahu-says-israel-will-seize-control-all-gaza-strip-2073990 

HEALTH

I do not want students treating me in critical care wards without a real doctor present! Period! A 2nd year nursing student was in charge of the entire Digestive ward of the Regional de Málaga Hospital, according to a report: {Translation, summary}
– On May 9, 2025, the Nursing Union (Satse) reported that a second-year nursing student was left solely responsible for 29 patients in the Digestive Unit at Málaga’s Regional Hospital. The unit, located on the third floor of Pavilion A, typically has three nurses per shift to manage its 29 beds, care for digestive patients, and handle transplant preparations and emergency endoscopies for the hospital and province. Satse criticized the hospital for breaching a 2017 agreement ensuring this staffing level to maintain patient safety, particularly for urgent endoscopies. The union highlighted a broader shortage of approximately 400 nurses, with hospitalization wards like Digestive losing staff, especially during afternoon and night shifts, due to unfilled positions or reassignments.
– The incident occurred when an emergency endoscopy required two nurses, but only one was initially sent due to limited staff. When a second nurse was urgently needed, the student was left to manage the ward alone, an situation Satse called dangerous and unethical. The hospital countered that a duty nursing supervisor in another part of the hospital was in charge, not the student, who was alone but under remote supervision. Satse demanded that the University of Málaga investigate, noting that overburdened staff cannot adequately supervise students, compromising safety. The union emphasized the unpredictability of emergencies and the critical need for sufficient nursing staff, warning that ongoing staff shortages threaten patient care and exacerbate unsafe working conditions, a concern professionals have raised for years. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/alumna-enfermeria-digestivo-hospital-regional-malaga_0_2003963124.html 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

META Data Abuse Continues- Will Train AI On EU User Data From May 27 Without Consent!:
– Austrian privacy non-profit noyb (none of your business) has sent Meta’s Irish headquarters a cease-and-desist letter, threatening the company with a class action lawsuit if it proceeds with its plans to train users’ data for training its artificial intelligence (AI) models without an explicit opt-in.
– The move comes weeks after the social media behemoth announced its plans to train its AI models using public data shared by adults across Facebook and Instagram in the European Union (E.U.) starting May 27, 2025, after it paused the efforts in June 2024 following concerns raised by Irish data protection authorities.
– “Instead of asking consumers for opt-in consent, Meta relies on an alleged ‘legitimate interest’ to just suck up all user data,” noyb said in a statement. “Meta may face massive legal risks – just because it relies on an ‘opt-out’ instead of an ‘opt-in’ system for AI training.”
– The advocacy group further noted that Meta AI is not compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the region, and that, besides claiming that it has a “legitimate interest” in taking user data for AI training, the company is also limiting the right to opt-out before the training has started.
– Noyb also pointed out that even if 10% of Meta’s users expressly agree to hand over the data for this purpose, it would amount to enough data points for the company to learn E.U. languages. It’s worth pointing out that Meta previously claimed that it needed to collect this information to capture the diverse languages, geography, and cultural references of the region.
– “Meta starts a huge fight just to have an opt-out system instead of an opt-in system,” noyb’s Max Schrems said. “Instead, they rely on an alleged ‘legitimate interest’ to just take the data and run with it. This is neither legal nor necessary.” “Meta’s absurd claims that stealing everyone’s personal data is necessary for AI training is laughable. Other AI providers do not use social network data – and generate even better models than Meta.” Full article: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/meta-to-train-ai-on-eu-user-data-from.html 

SPACE

The image highlighted by NASA this Monday, May 19: {Translation, summary}
– Image of a spectacular dust storm on the Mediterranean.
– In mid-May 2025, a strong storm system brought severe weather to the central Mediterranean region, with intense winds, rain, flooding and abundant dust. Low-pressure fronts associated with storm Ines also swept large amounts of dust from the Sahara desert northward across the Mediterranean.
– On May 16, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Radiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image of dust spreading over the central Mediterranean. The dust is so dense that it obscures the land surface below. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/sociedad/imagen-lunes-nasa-espectacular-tormenta-mediterraneo_0_2003965395.html 

TRAVEL

Workers Denounce Bedbugs at Málaga Airport: {Translation, summary}
– Workers at Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport have reported a potential bedbug infestation, sparking concern after videos surfaced on social media over the weekend showing insects, identified by employees as bedbugs and ticks, on boarding bridges and in Zone B. The issue, first noticed in early May, has led to complaints of bites, with one worker claiming their uniform was infested, prompting staff to use repellents before shifts. Employees expressed frustration, stating that despite notifying airport authorities three weeks ago, no effective action has been taken, forcing them to work cautiously to avoid contact with the insects.
Aena, which manages the airport, referred inquiries to their pest control contractor, Contraplagas Ambiental, which denies the presence of bedbugs, suggesting any infestation is either nonexistent or minimal. The company is currently reviewing traps and conducting visual inspections to monitor the situation. Aena has also intensified cleaning efforts, with deep cleanings of check-in counters ongoing since Friday as a precautionary measure. Reporters from Diario Sur visited the airport but found no evidence of the insects.
The conflicting accounts between workers and official reports highlight uncertainty about the extent of the issue. While employees demand urgent action to ensure safe working conditions, Aena’s response emphasizes reliance on professional pest control assessments, with no confirmation of a widespread problem as of May 19, 2025. The situation remains under review, with further updates expected. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga-capital/trabajadores-denuncian-chinches-aeropuerto-malaga-20250519133520-nt.html

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Perita Festival 2025: Sat, 21 May, doors 7pm, show 8:30pm
Sala Recinto La Mota, Alhaurín El Grande
Miguel Campello, O’Funk’Illo (Video Link), Vicco, David Palomar, Dj Monchi & more.
The event will be held in La Mota, a perfect natural enclave to enjoy a unique outdoor experience as a family.
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Tardeo Summer is born with a special Malaga vocation, that is why all the participating groups are from the province. One of the characteristics of this festival is that it will also have 2 of the 5 acts sing in English- 90 Roll and Money Makers.
The entrance to the festival costs 20 euros (plus 2.50 euros management fees), which includes a beer or soft drink. The festival will start at 4.30 pm and will run until midnight. 
Info & tix (€22.50): https://www.surentradas.com/?entradas=tardeo-summer&provincia=m%C3%A1laga&cpro=29&eid=3211 

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AXARQUÍA

The National Police acts in Velez-Malaga and Torrox in an operation to dismantle two gangs engaged in international drug trafficking: {Translation, summary}
– The investigation started in November 2023 against two independent criminal organizations in which 10 people have been arrested and 13 searches have been carried out in which three weapons have been seized – one of them war weapons, ammunition, bulletproof vests, tracking devices, 11 surveillance drones, FPV goggles (used to view feeds from drone cameras), 1765 marijuana plants, 600 kilos of cannabis buds.
– After identifying those responsible for the organization, it was possible to locate the points from which the drugs were supplied and sent abroad, typically Germany. In this phase, three people were arrested and remanded in custody, and three searches were carried out in homes and in several farms and premises in the towns of Vélez Málaga, Cártama and Torrox in Malaga, where 1,765 marijuana plants in different stages of growth and 600 kilos of cannabis buds were seized.
– These were highly sophisticated operations using GPS contraband trackers, drones with cameras, commercial and refrigeration trucks, 3D printers to make custom drone parts, and assorted computer devices. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-policia-nacional-actua-en-velez-malaga-y-torrox-en-una-operacion-para-desarticular-dos-bandas-dedicadas-al-trafico-internacional-de-droga-y-vuelcos-a-otras-organizaciones/ 

TORRE DEL MAR

The National Lottery smiles at Torre del Mar- they sell a prize number with 600,000 euros per ticket: {Translation}
– The number 18,025 has been awarded with 600,000 euros to the number in the draw of the National Lottery this Saturday. The lucky ticket was sold in an administration of Torre del Mar, specifically in San Andres street, 24.
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-loteria-nacional-sonrie-a-torre-del-mar-venden-un-numero-premiado-con-600-000-euros-por-billete/ 

RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA

Wounded, three children and two adults, when a car left a street in Rincón de la Victoria: {Translation}
– Three minors and two adults have been injured in a road exit this Sunday, May 18, in a street in Rincón de la Victoria (Málaga), as reported in a statement by the Andalusian emergency agency.
– At 12.40 hours, the 112 phone coordinated a notice in which help was requested because a car had left the road on Pepa Flores Street and there were people injured. From the Coordination Center, the Local Police and the Sanitary Emergency Center (CES) 061 were activated.
– Sources have confirmed to 112 that the accident has resulted in five injured people, of which three are children: two of ten years and a third of 12, while the other two are a 79-year-old woman and a man of 82. All of them have been evacuated to the health center of the Malaga town. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/malaga/heridos-tres-ninos-dos-adultos-salirse-coche-20250518192148-nts.html

USA

Former President Biden has ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer that has spread to his bones:
– The diagnosis was revealed after doctors found a “small nodule” on Biden’s prostate that “necessitated further evaluation” during a physical exam earlier this month.
– The 82-year-old’s longtime physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor deemed Biden “fit to serve” in February 2024 after the then-presumptive Democratic nominee underwent a routine examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In July, after Biden dropped out of the presidential race, O’Connor told The Post that the former president’s health was “excellent.”
– News of his diagnosis comes amid a firestorm of allegations that the erstwhile Biden administration and members of his inner circle knowingly hid his physical and cognitive decline from the American public.
– Biden’s cancer diagnosis came just two days after Axios released bombshell audio from a series of interviews the former president held with special counsel Robert Hur in October 2023, pursuant to an investigation into classified documents he improperly had in his possession. In the recordings — which the White House vehemently refused to release last year as rumors of his failing mental acuity swirled — Biden at times slurred his speech and couldn’t remember details about his own life including when his term as vice president ended, when his son Beau died, and what year President Trump was elected.
– Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer among men in the US, according to the American Cancer Society. It affects approximately 80% of men in their 80s, the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Dallas estimates.
Full article: https://nypost.com/2025/05/18/us-news/former-president-biden-has-aggressive-prostate-cancer-that-has-spread-to-his-bones/

UKRAINE WAR

Russia launches war’s largest drone attack ahead of Putin-Trump call:
– Russia launched 273 drones on Sunday its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, destroying homes and killing at least one woman a day before U.S. President Donald Trump is due to discuss a proposed ceasefire with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Full article with video & more pics: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/one-killed-kyiv-region-russia-steps-up-attacks-after-peace-talks-ukraine-says-2025-05-18/ 

   

MIDDLE EAST

Trump’s Gulf tour reshapes Middle East diplomatic map:
– Nothing captured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s isolation more starkly this week than the image of U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands with Syria’s Islamist leader Ahmed al Sharaa – a man Israel has branded “an al Qaeda terrorist in a suit.”
– “He’s got the potential. He’s a real leader,” Trump told reporters after talks with Sharaa on Wednesday in Riyadh – a meeting brokered by his Saudi hosts, with whom the U.S. president agreed a slew of arms, business and technology deals.
– Trump’s whirlwind four-day tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week was more than just a diplomatic spectacle marked by lucrative investments.
It sealed the emergence of a new Sunni-led Middle East order – one that eclipses Iran’s shattered ‘axis of resistance’, and leaves Israel sidelined, according to three regional and two Western sources.
– Amid growing irritation in Washington with Israel’s failure to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, Trump’s tour was a snub to Netanyahu, a close U.S. ally who was the first foreign leader to visit Washington after the president returned to office in January, the sources said. The message was clear: in Trump’s less ideological, more results-driven vision of Middle East diplomacy, Netanyahu could no longer count on unconditional U.S. support for his right-wing agenda, the sources said. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trumps-gulf-tour-reshapes-middle-east-diplomatic-map-2025-05-18/ 

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Israel starts Gaza ground assault after hundreds killed, no progress in talks:
– The Israeli military said on Sunday it had begun “extensive ground operations” in northern and southern Gaza, stepping up its campaign in the enclave, where Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed at least 130 people overnight (Saturday night into Sunday morning).
– Israel made its announcement after sources on both sides said there had been no progress in a new round of indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Qatar.
– Israel’s military said it had conducted a preliminary wave of strikes on more than 670 Hamas targets in Gaza over the past week to support “Gideon’s Chariots”, its new ground operation aimed at achieving “operational control” in parts of the enclave. It said it killed dozens of Hamas fighters.
– Gaza’s Health Ministry said in the week to Sunday alone, at least 464 Palestinians were killed. The deaths of 130 or so Palestinians overnight are in addition to that figure. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-airstrike-kills-least-24-gaza-mediators-host-ceasefire-talks-2025-05-17/ 

 

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Houthis Again Target Israel’s International Airport With Ballistic Missile:
– A ballistic missile (ICBM) launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen was successfully intercepted by air defences, the military said early Sunday morning. There were no reports of direct injuries or damage in the attack.
– Sirens had sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, and the Shfela and Sharon regions, sending nearly a million residents scrambling to bomb shelters. Preceding the sirens by some five minutes, an early warning was issued to residents, alerting civilians of the long-range missile attack via a push notification on their phones.
– Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree later said the group targeted Beuion Airport near Tel Aviv with two ballistic missiles, vowing to carry on with the strikes until the “siege

is lifted” on Gaza, where Israel has been fighting a 19-month war against Hamas.
– The Israel Defence Forces said air defences successfully intercepted a missile at around 2 a.m. The reason for the discrepancy in the number of missiles was unclear, but suggested that one had fallen short. (See following article)
– Video shared on social media purported to show the interception. Full article: https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-downs-missile-from-yemen-houthis-claim-to-target-ben-gurion-airport/ & X Link 

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PRODUCT ALERT

Serious alert for listeria in a well-known cheese manufactured in Spain: {Translation, summary}
– The warning system of the European Union specifies that the brand affected by the alert is ENTREPINARES due to the presence of listeria monocytogenes in a popular brand of Manchego cheese manufactured in Spain.
Name: Manchego cheese by ENTREPINARES
Expiration date: 28/04/2025 ; Lot : B95613
Period of sale: from 02/28/2025 until now
Packaging: vacuum packed ; Weight : ±180g
Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sociedad/salud/alerta-grave-listeria-conocido-queso-fabricado-espana-20250518112801-nt.html 

RECALLS

Cosmetic product used to correct complications in hyaluronic acid fillers recalled in Spain:
– The Spanish medicines agency (Aemps) has denounced the company Proteos Biotech for manufacturing and marketing several products “for improper uses and by non-permitted routes of administration”. The products concerned are HA Corrector, Pbserum Enzymatic Solution and Pbserum HA. Although they are mainly distributed in clinics and their administering requires professionals, Aemps has not ruled out the possibility that they have been purchased outside official paths.
– HA Corrector products are marketed as cosmetic products. However, according to Aemps, the company advertises them as products for application through injection for the correction of complications arising from hyaluronic acid fillers. “Such purpose and application are not permitted in cosmetic products,” Aemps says. In addition, Proteos Biotech promotes the joint use, through mixing and injection, of Pbserum Enzymatic Solution cosmetic products and Pbserum HA medical devices. This application is also not permitted for cosmetic products. Furthermore, the safety, quality and efficacy of the medical devices have not been proven for joint application with an aesthetic indication.
– Aemps has adopted precautionary measures and has ordered that these products are withdrawn from the market. The agency has recommended that buyers return their purchases to the company from which they bought them. It has also requested the cessation of marketing and withdrawal of the above-mentioned medical devices. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/cosmetic-product-used-correct-complications-hyaluronic-acid-20250516083005-nt.html 

SPORTS

Tennis News- Alcaraz beats Sinner again to win the Italian Open and solidify his status as French Open favourite:
– Carlos Alcaraz defeated the top-ranked player again, beating Sinner 7-6 (5), 6-1 to win his first Italian Open on Sunday and add another big clay-court title to his resume.
– Since the start of last year, Alcaraz is the only player to beat Sinner more than once and now he’s done it four straight times. Full article: https://www.sportsnet.ca/atp/article/alcaraz-beats-sinner-again-to-win-the-italian-open-and-solidify-his-status-as-french-open-favourite/ 

CONSUMER INFO

Trouble getting warranty repairs for Garmin watches? You are not alone, but there is a cure: {Translation}
– He decided on a watch model Fénix 7x Solar version of the Garmin brand, but not only that, he opted for the version of this product with sapphire crystal because this material is very resistant to shocks, scratches and scratches. He did not mind that the final price was increased by 100 euros for this reason and that he had to pay 848.24 euros.
– Two years after acquiring it, he discovered a scratch on the crystal of the watch that crossed practically the entire left side. It was a flaw that could only be seen from a certain perspective and light conditions, so he did not know how long it had been like that, says Facua-Consumers in Action (Facua-Consumidores en Acción), who took charge of the claim.
– At first, the customer turned to the firm Garmin to inform him of the damage suffered by the watch crystal, since the product was under warranty. He demanded a solution from the brand, either the repair, the replacement of the watch or the reimbursement of the money, especially since the advertising of the watch specified that it was “scratch resistant”. He even made test videos with another watch, also with a sapphire crystal, where it was found that it did not suffer any damage after being hit or even after trying to scratch it with a cutter. This led the customer to suspect that either “the model sold to him by Garmin was not really sapphire, or the crystal was defective,” Facua points out.
– Sapphire is the second hardest material after diamond and can only be scratched by it, a circumstance that the affected party claimed had not occurred, nor had he done any sporting or risky activity with the watch on, although this device was indicated in its advertising as suitable for it.
– Garmin responded to the customer and only gave him one possible solution: to pay 258 euros for the repair of the watch since, according to the company, the scratch was not covered by any warranty or courtesy – without giving any explanation of the reason, Facua points out.
– That was when the customer contacted Facua to process the claim. The consumer association’s legal team then approached Garmin on behalf of the affected party to demand that it enforce the watch’s warranty and apply one of the following solutions: repair at no additional cost, replacement of the watch with another of the same model or one of similar cost, or reimbursement of the 848 euros in the event that the previous two were impossible.
– Garmin then contacted the customer to inform him that they would come to pick up the watch to assess its possible repair. Finally, as this was not possible, the company delivered to the user another Fenix 7x Solar Sapphire version watch, with the crystal in perfect condition and without defects.
FACUA website: https://facua.org/
Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/economia/mibolsillo/garmin-cambia-cliente-reloj-valorado-850-euros-20250517192316-nt.html 

PETS

Open in Malaga the first store specialized in homemade foods for dogs: {Translation, summary}
– “Dulces para Perros” has opened in a small shop on Avenida de Los Guindos, in the Santa Paula area, and its owners claim that it is the first bakery for dogs in Malaga.
– The place has a small kitchen where all the ‘sweets’ are made (although none of them have salt, sugar or preservatives). The counter, in fact, is designed so that the animals themselves can choose the one they like best. For this purpose, there is a door at ground level on the side where small pieces of all the preparations are placed for tasting so that the owner does not have to choose for the dog.
– Among its specialties is a chicken pie made with spinach, carrots, eggs, oat flakes, cheese, potatoes and beets and a liver pie that also has chicken heart, eggs, apple, oat flakes, potatoes, spinach and blueberries. The portions cost 2.50 euros each. They also have different ‘snacks’ of liver or banana from 0.20 euros.
– Regarding the meals they prepare, they are all made with fresh food and that each of them has different properties, and are even recommended for one type of dog or another. “The one with chicken liver and heart is very good for puppies that tend to have soft poop; the one with chicken and carrot is very good for small dogs,” she says.
– The owners also offer their doggy customers custom-made cakes for special occasions, be it birthdays or any other celebration. They have four sizes, depending on the type of animal, and can be personalized with the name, age or any other message. The simplest is 600 grams and costs 20 euros. They also have some homemade cat food, although it is not their specialty. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga-capital/abre-malaga-primera-tienda-especializada-comida-casera-20250508132319-nt.html 

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Weekly Markets
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Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
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Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Nerja Car Boot 

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Phone numbers for emergencies
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Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
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Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

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Frigiliana: 952 533 126
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