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Next National Holiday: Wednesday, May 1st is Fiesta del Trabajo (Labour Day).
After May 1st we will see no more national holidays until August 15th for the Assumption of Mary observance. There are, however, some local holidays this summer in various towns and villages, such as the Torrox Fiesta on August 5th. See your local holidays using the links below, in the Useful Links, Info & Numbers section.
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Coraxalia Choir Concert: Coraxalia choir, based in Vélez-Málaga are performing a small, free concert on the Plaza de España in Nerja, Thursday 25 April 2024 at 18:00. Always open to new singers who would like to join our choir. Margaret. 682 661 313
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Aguacate Model Air Show 2024- Torre del Mar: 26-28 April
A unique event that will bring together aviation and aeromodelling enthusiasts at the impressive La Axarquía Aerodrome, Torre del Mar.
Admission to the event is free, allowing both aviation enthusiasts and the general public to enjoy this celebration at no cost.
In addition, the event will feature a flea market where attendees can purchase products related to aeromodelling, as well as participate in activities and conferences related to aviation and modelling.
Apart from the impressive model airplanes, the Aguacate Model Air Show will count with the participation of real aeroplanes, property of the Real Aeroclub de Málaga, which will delight the fans with exciting aerial demonstrations. Info: https://www.aeamd.org/evento/9924/
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Live music with Willie & the Inmates: Sun, 28 Apr, at 7:30 pm. Restaurante Chicha, Plaza de las Tres Culturas 10, Frigiliana. Tel. 605865128
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Day(s) of the Morcilla in Canillas Aceituno:
On Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April, Canillas del Aceituno celebrates Morcilla Day. Although black pudding will be the main dish, there will be a variety of products, tastings, music and entertainment to enjoy during both days. This is its 34th edition and there will be black pudding, wine and beer tastings on both days, as well as dishes for one euro on Sunday, in aid of the Asociación Esperanza.
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Jam Sessions with Dana & Gianni:
– Sunday 28 April from 2pm to 5pm acoustic Jam Session at Ziggy’s Bar, Puente Don Manuel (front of Scirocco bar) hosting by Dana and Gianni info and reservations +34 642 51 90 17
– Starting from May 1st every Wednesday from 8pm to 11pm Acoustic Jam Session hosted by Dana & Gianni at the chiringuito Medía Caña Torrox Costa avenida del Peñoncillo 46 info and reservations +34 635763633
For both jams everyone is welcome and musicians are invited to bring their instrument
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For Sale: Book / eBook.
Now available in Kindle- ‘Stone Steps’, a prophetic thriller set in a flooded world and the migrant catastrophe that followed.
https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0CW1BTZH7
Book €9.72 ; Kindle €3,74
Nigel, Torrox Pueblo
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Nearly New Gas Stove Orbegozo HBF 95 “Blue flame” with gas fame and glowing coals. This is an Excellent stove. 3.5kw heat. Only used twice and sold with butane bottle. 60 euro
– Ikea cupboard. Perfect condition. 50 euro
– Alpujarran rugs new and nearly new. Approx 1.5 m x 70cm. 30 euro for the 4
Ken / Nerja. Phone 654728380 or Whatsapp 654728380
Email: kenseal at gmail dot com
Pickup in Torrox Campo or Nerja, opposite Carrefour (old Bridge)
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For Sale: TV. Haier LED Backlit Flat 32” TV LE32M600C
50€ ono. Graham, Benajarafe, buyer collects. 685041422
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Tile and grout repairs in Torrox: Can anyone recommend a good tiler who can repair some tiling and grouting? Deborah, Torrox
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Installing & Setting up a TV box (IPTV): I’m looking for someone who can install an IPTV box in my TV in Cómpeta. Thanks in advance.
Edwin, Cómpeta. Email: boegero at gmx.de
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News & Articles
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SPAIN
Madrid court opens proceedings against the President’s wife Begoña Gómez for a complaint of influence peddling and corruption: {Translation, summary}
– The 41st Court of Instruction in Plaza de Castilla has opened an investigation against Begoña Gómez, the wife of the President of the Government, denounced for alleged crimes of influence peddling and private corruption. The proceedings were opened on 16 April following a complaint by Manos Limpias against Pedro Sánchez’s wife for her relations with several companies that have received aid and contracts from the government. Source, Spanish:
https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5239085/0/un-juzgado-madrid-abre-diligencias-contra-begona-gomez-por-denuncia-rafico-influencias-corrupcion/
BREAKING NEWS– Spain’s prime minister to consider standing down after wife placed under investigation, cancelled his agenda until Monday 29 April:
– The future of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the helm of the Spanish government was left in the air on Wednesday evening after he said in a 4 page letter posted on X that he needed to reflect on whether it was worth staying in the job. The move comes after his wife, Begoña Gómez, was put under investigation following allegations of influence peddling and corruption in business.
– “I need to pause and reflect,” he said. “I need to answer the question as to whether it is worth it,” he wrote. He said that the right and far-right wing groups were intent on creating a political mire and he needed to decide “whether I should continue at the head of the government or give up this high honour”.
– He accused Spain’s right wing political groups of a strategy designed to “harass” and “bring down” the couple that has being going on for months. He said that he was “deeply in love” with his wife who had to live with “mud being slung at her day after day”.
– Sánchez has cancelled his agenda until Monday 29 April, when, he says, he will announce his decision. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/spanish-prime-minister-consider-whether-not-stand-20240424201131-nt.html
X post with letter:
https://twitter.com/sanchezcastejon/…
AXARQUÍA
Axarquia mayors want to fill the swimming pools with non-potable water from wells: {Translation, summary}
– The 22 mayors of this region met last Tuesday to decide on the measures to be taken against the drought. They want to look for ways to be able to fill the swimming pools. In this meeting in the Mancomunidad de La Axarquía, the councillors agreed to request that the filling of the private pools be done with non-drinking water from wells. Jorge Martín, president of the Mancomunidad, explained to ABC that this water undergoes purification and chlorination processes that make it suitable for recreational use.
– “We can look for ways, companies that can supply it. There is a 5% loss of water in the pools per day and it would be for refilling”, adds the president of the Mancomunidad de La Axarquía, who points out that the proposal covers both the pools belonging to communities of owners and those of single-family homes. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/malaga/alcaldes-axarquia-malaga-quieren-llenar-piscinas-agua-20240424111105-nts.html
COSTA DEL SOL
Beaches along Costa del Sol – Nerja to Manilva – will benefit from new sand & upgrades:
– According to the plans, there will be work along the entire coastline, which covers some 169 kilometres and 14 municipalities (Nerja, Torrox, Algarrobo, Vélez-Málaga, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga, Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Fuengirola, Mijas, Marbella, Estepona, Manilva and Casares). Work will involve contributions of new sand; demolition of old structures such as pipes, walls or breakwaters; dune regeneration; collection of contributions from rivers and other environments such as quarries or harbour channels.
– This is a different plan to the annual work to deal with storm emergencies, which involved an investment of 2.2 and 1.3 million euros respectively over the past two financial years.The project is promoted by the secretary of state for the environment and has European funding, and is linked to the recovery, transformation and resilience plan.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/historical-sand-supply-contract-the-coast-malaga-20240424083033-nt.html
MALAGA CITY
€2,163 for a 25 square meter STUDIO apartment in Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– Properties of less than 30 square metres represent 1.4% of the rental offer in Malaga. A search on the Idealista portal reveals 10 studios of 20 square metres, with rental prices ranging from €550 to over €2,100 euros. One listing {pic} has a 32 square metre studio listed at €2408 per month. And in a disturbing new online landlord trend, you are not able to visit the studio before paying rent + deposit. You look at some pics posted on a website, you pay online, and then pick up the keys at an office in Malaga when you arrive. The studios do have free wifi and weekly cleaning service.
– Here are 2 photos of studio flats. On the left, in the Trinidad neighbourhood, a 25 square metre studio for 1,100 euros. It is on the fifth floor, with a lift, and has a terrace. On the right, in the centre of Malaga, a studio of 25 square metres, for 2,163 euros per month! It is located on a first floor with lift. Photos source link: Idealista. Source, Spanish (Prices updated by editor): https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/Pisos-alquiler-Malaga-20-metros-cuadrados_0_1896410874.html
SEVILLA
Seville emerges from the drought and eliminates restrictions on drinking water consumption after the latest rains: {Translation, summary}
– More than one million Sevillians in the capital and its metropolitan area can now say goodbye to the restrictions on the use of drinking water that they had until now. Emasesa, the municipal company that supplies a dozen municipalities in the province with a total of more than one million inhabitants, has decreed this Tuesday the return to normality after several years in which the drought has forced to impose limitations that, until last March, were likely to get worse. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5239019/0/sevilla-sale-sequia-elimina-las-restricciones-al-consumo-agua-potable-tras-las-ultimas-lluvias/
EUROPE
The US quietly shipped long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine:
– The United States in recent weeks secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for use in its battle to fight off Russian invaders, and Ukraine has now used them twice, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
– The missiles were contained in a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine that U.S. President Joe Biden approved on March 12, said the U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Biden told his team to include the long-range ATACMS in this funding package, but to do so secretly in order to maintain operational security and the element of surprise for Ukraine, the official said.
– The official would not say how many of the missiles were sent.
– The missiles, with a range up to 300 km, were used for the first time in the early hours of April 17, launched against a Russian airfield in Crimea that was about 165 km (103 miles) from the Ukrainian front lines, the official said. The official said Ukraine used the weapon a second time overnight against Russian forces in southeastern Ukraine. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-quietly-shipped-long-range-atacms-missiles-ukraine-2024-04-24/
CULTURE
John Lennon’s lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction:
– A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar {pic} that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain.
– The auctioneers said Lennon played the guitar, which is expected to exceed its estimate of $600,000 to $800,000, on the Beatles’ 1965 album “Help!”.
– The guitar was lying in an attic and was rediscovered by the current owners during a house move.
– The founders of U.S.-based Julien’s Auctions said they travelled to Britain to verify the guitar and found the original case – a Maton Australian-made guitar case – in the trash.
Martin Nolan, executive director and co-founder of Julien’s Auctions, told Reuters the owners knew they had the instrument at one point, but thought it had been lost.
The guitar is believed to have ended up in their hands through British musician Gordon Waller, a member of the 1960s pop duo Peter and Gordon. “Gordon was gifted it from John Lennon, then Gordon gifted it to his road manager, and that’s where the guitar stayed for all these years,” Nolan said.
The guitar will be auctioned on May 29 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York and on the auctioneer’s website. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/john-lennons-lost-1960s-acoustic-guitar-go-up-auction-2024-04-23/
GASTRONOMIA
The three winners from Málaga in the Championship of the Best Cheeses in Spain 2024, one of them a first place: {Translation}
– There were up to four cheeses from Malaga that aspire to be the best cheese in Spain in 2024 during the final of this 14th edition of the Championship of the Best Cheeses of Spain 2024 of Salón Gourmets that took place this Monday at its facilities, and three of them have won prizes, one of them the best in its category.
– Flor del Torcal de Campyserr, from Antequera, has won third place in the raw milk cured goat category of the Championship of the Best Cheeses of Spain 2024; the same position went to another cheese from Antequera, Briqueta de Cabraline, which won bronze in the category Soft Paste: Mouldy rind.
– But the one that really reigned supreme, proclaiming itself the best cheese in Spain in its category was Corazón de Pistacho from Quesos Santa María del Cerro, from Villanueva de La Concepción, which won gold in the Con condimentos en su interior (With seasoning inside) category. The only Malaga cheese that reached the final and did not finish in the top three positions was El Pinsapo Semicurado al vino Pedro Ximénez from the Agammasur cooperative, from Colmenar, which was in the category Young goat pasteurised milk.
– For this edition, a total of 900 cheeses from all over Spain were entered in the 20 different categories. In the final sieve, after two qualifying rounds, only 100 cheeses were selected, including the four Malaga cheeses mentioned above. There were 20 judges who determined the final positions of the 60 cheeses that appeared in the top 3 of each of the 20 categories after evaluating such important aspects as the rind, colour, texture, smell, flavour, aftertaste and persistence of each of the samples.
– Corazón de Pistacho {pic, left}, the cheese awarded first place by Quesos Santa María del Cerro, is a “soft paste with an edible rind with white and grey moulds native to the area” which gives “each cheese its own personality and pistachio and honey interior, providing a perfect pairing”. It has a smooth intensity and creamy texture.
– Regarding Flor del Torcal {pic, right}, from Campyserr, they define it as a “cured goat’s cheese, refined with Iberian lard and flower petals”, which give it an “aroma and flavour in its rind that is exciting, as it reminds us of our fields in the mountains”.
– “Goat cheese, soft paste, enzymatic coagulation and washed rind”, they mention the Briqueta, from Cabraline, which is “produced in the wetlands of Campillos (Malaga) which transfers the aroma of the pastures of the area” and which owes its name “to its parallelepiped shape”.
***The Malaga cheeses awarded prizes in the Championship of the Best Spanish Cheeses 2024***
RAW-MILK CURED GOAT’S CHEESE
Carmeli: Eden Cheese – Marjaliza (Toledo)
El Zénit: La Zarcillera – Zarcilla de Ramos (Murcia)
Flor del Torcal: Campyserr – Antequera (Málaga)
SOFT PASTE: MOULDY RIND
Cervellán: Milagros Lombera Gutiérrez – Ampuero (Cantabria)
Pi mouldy rind: Quesos de Hualdo – El Carpio de Tajo (Toledo)
Briquette: Cabraline – Antequera (Málaga)
WITH CONDIMENTS INSIDE
Pistachio Heart: Cheeses Santa María del Cerro – Villanueva de La Concepción (Málaga)
Caramel with savory and pink pepper: Quesos La Rueda del Cabriel – Villamalea (Albacete)
Campo Rus with Manchego saffron: Quesera Campo Rus – Santa María del Campo Rus (Cuenca)
Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/la-farola/premiados-Malaga-Campeonato-Mejores-Quesos-Espana_0_1896412086.html
OTHER
Chemical-resistant cockroaches invade much of Spain:
– According to Jorge Galván, director general of the National Association of Environmental Health Companies (Anecpla), some types of cockroaches have had a “random genetic alteration” making them resistant “to certain types of biocides”.
– Galván explained that this can “happen with any species” but in this case it is making it more complicated to stop cockroach infestations. “If we treat with a biocide and there are resistant cockroaches, these are the ones that will survive and procreate. That is why pest management is so important because it allows us to make a specific diagnosis, apply a treatment and then make changes if necessary,” explains Galván. “If we have a specific problem at home we can use an insecticide but without abusing them. If it is a serious problem, he says, it’s important to call a pest control company to deal with them.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/chemicalresistant-cockroaches-invade-andalusia-they-are-looking-20240423075435-nt.html
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2024 Holiday Calendars by town, click/tap to view:
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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‘ 2024 “, click that to see calendar.
https://www.foro-ciudad.com/malaga.html
Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/updated-daily-these-20220314114157-nt.html
Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only, Mercadillo de La Cala del Moral- Rincon de la Victoria.
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Services.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
Local/National News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
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