DigameXtra No. 2699 Thursday, Jan 25th, 2024

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Callejea, the free festival of Alhaurín de la Torre:
Saturday 27 January
Alhaurín de la Torre is once again holding its free festival on the occasion of the municipality’s Citizen Participation Day. Callejéate, the name it received last year, has mutated into Callejea, the new event which will be full of concerts, parallel activities and a lot of good vibes but, above all, completely free entry which will take place this coming Saturday 27 January. It will be held in different venues throughout the Barrio Viejo and we already know a first preview of the line-up with names such as El Canijo de Jerez, La Cebolla & Negro Jari, Muchopelo, Phango, Velacruz and Radio 80. 

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Vélez-Málaga Carnaval 2024:
– Carnival will be in full swing from 1 to 4 February, with the opening speech by Miguel Ángel Ruiz Castillo ‘Landro’ at the Teatro del Carmen, on Thursday 1 February at 20.30 hours. To warm up the atmosphere, the famous chirigota of ‘Canijo de Carmona’ will perform.
– On 2 February, the competition will be held on the stages of El Carmen, starting at 21.00, with the participation of the murgas and comparsas groups registered.
– The Carnival will take to the streets of Vélez on Saturday, February 3.
– On Sunday, 4 February, carnival-goers will enjoy a day of communion, with paella, from 13.00 to 20.00 hours in the San Francisco Market. The party at the end of the Carnival will be held, which will close with a celebration in the San Francisco Market from 13.00 to 20.00 hours.
– The children’s festival that will be held this year, with Carnival as the main theme will be Friday 2 and Saturday 3 February when the San Francisco Market opens its doors to host ‘Carnavalandia’, a party focused on children where there will be different activities such as face painting, games, workshops, dances, theatre and many surprises. On Friday, at 19.30 hours, we will have ‘Cinderella’s Ball’. While on Saturday, at 13.00 hours, it will be the turn of ‘Hansel, Gretel and the digital witch’. From here I invite all children and adults to enjoy our Carnival in the coming days,” concluded councillor Lourdes Piña.

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Flamenco Concert by Flamenco Legend Tomatito: (Will sell out fast!)
Sat, February 10, 2024. 8:00 p.m. €20
Teatro Del Soho Caixabank, C/ Córdoba 13, Málaga 29001
The Almeria flamenco guitarist Tomatito performs in sextet format accompanied by José del Tomate (second guitar), Morenito de Íllora and Kiki Cortiñas (singing), Israel Suárez “Piraña” (percussion) and José Maya (Dance).
They will display a program composed of bulerías, soleares or boleros in addition to performing “La Leyenda del Tiempo.”
Tomatito accompanied Camarón during the last 18 years of his life.
Info & tix: https://www.elcorteingles.es/entradas/festivales/entradas-tomatito-sexteto-malaga/ & Video Link

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Concert- Wasabi Cru: Friday March 1, 21:30
The Trinchera Room, C/ Parauta 25, Málaga
Soul, Funk, Rhythm & Blues
Wasabi Cru return to the Trinchera accompanied this time by Faraday and Dj Jil Jilala.
Tel. 619 494 993. Entry to minors under 16 years of age is prohibited. It is essential to present ID. €12 adm.
Info & tix: https://salatrinchera.com/01-03-wasabi-cru-regresan-junto-a-faraday-y-dj-jil-jilala/ & Video Link

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For Sale, 2 items:
– Pair of ladies shoes as new size 38 with matching clutch bag. Cost 75 euros. Price 25 euros.
– Large umbrella, no stand 20 euros.
Telephone Peter 636122319 Torrox Costa. 

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For Sale, 2 items:
– Casio MT 45 Electronic keyboard. 49 keys. A classic with the signature 80’s analog sound. It’s in great condition and works perfectly. Has the following controls: Chord options, rhythm options, tempos, several ‘tones’ and effects, and an outlet for ear phones. Includes a set of ear phones. Plus a selection of books for learners and well known tunes. 50 euros.
– 6 A4 Magnetic Shims. Suitable for use with a craft cutting machine, or for storing metal dies. 10 euros for them all.
Janet / Nerja 630568164 or 0034 7949 371 765. I can meet you at the petrol station on the Frigiliana Road next to the Autovia. 

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For Sale: Chest of drawers excellent condition. 6 drawers must go by Saturday. 30 euros. Molly, Torrox Costa. 605817975. Buyer collects. 

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Rental Wanted: Retired couple (Dutch & USA) must find another winter rental preferably from October to the end March because the owner will be selling in September. We’ve spent the past 5 winters in Torrox Campo and enjoy the environment and the people. We are interested in a minimum 2 Bd, 2 bath with or without pool with lovely views.
As wonderful caretakers we will treat your house as our own and would like to do routine garden work and pool upkeep. Rentals for a whole year is also possible. Contact Juliette or Roland +31-650-730-668 or
email: arubycat@yahoo.com.
We speak, Dutch, English, German, basic Spanish.
Juliette & Roland / Torrox Campo.

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Ethernet; BT 4.2; 4x USB 3.0.
Size: 14.1 x 13.9 x 10.4 cm; 710 grams. See video link.
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12Gb RAM. Two SSD Hard Drives: 256Gb + 500Gb
System: Windows 11 Pro in English. Spanish keyboard. 
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Naythan, Torrox Costa. Buyer collects.
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SPAIN

Álvarez de Toledo to the Sanchez- “Since yesterday there have been two types of terrorism: the one that violates human rights and the one that guarantees you seven votes to stay in the Moncloa”: {Translation}
– Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, Congressional Spokesperson for the PP, spoke on Wednesday in the Permanent Deputation of Congress to request the convening of an extraordinary session in which Pedro Sánchez appears in plenary and gives an account of his pacts with the separatists.
– “The truth exists and matters, and no one is more interested in knowing it than the members of this House. Everyone, including the partners of the Government and even the socialist deputies, if they have any conscience left”, began the PP deputy, who accused members of the Government of being “accomplices of seditionists and, since yesterday, accomplices of terrorists”.
– “I refer to accomplices of those who promoted bankruptcy and lawlessness in Catalonia and of those who used barricades, petrol, violence and terror”, Álvarez de Toledo has continued showing the documents that collect the agreements of Sánchez with the separatists and differentiating “the types of terrorism”, according to the Government.
– “These two documents will always haunt them. The first one seals a corrupt transaction: I erase your crimes in exchange for you keeping me in power. There is not a single precedent for such a double self-amnesty. The second sinks the PSOE into a legal and moral abyss”, she said of the separatists’ amendments accepted by the PSOE.
– “Since yesterday there have been two types of terrorism: the one that violates human rights and the one that guarantees you seven votes to stay in the Moncloa”, the PP representative criticised.
– Sánchez must explain this aberration”, she said. After this, she addressed the government to tell them “with clarity and a point of severity” that their “unconstitutional, anti-European and corrupt Amnesty Law has no future, lose all hope”.
– “You can pass a law that says that Puigdemont is Napoleon and Sánchez is the new Aristotle but you will not stop being what you are: one a fugitive from justice and the other an unscrupulous loser. The truth is the reality and the reality is that in Spain there is something above Sánchez, and even above any parliamentary majority, the Spanish Constitution and European Law”, she said.
– After this, she recalled that “when the law clashes with the law of the Union, they are obliged to process a preliminary ruling, and that this leaves any resolution in abeyance until Europe pronounces itself, even if the law says otherwise in five languages and in bold letters. Therefore, neither the lifting of precautionary measures for Junqueras, nor the lifting of the arrest warrants for Puigdemont, nor impunity for the Tsunami or the CDR. You will have to wait, at the very least, for Europe’s verdict, and frankly, I don’t think Europe is willing to abrogate itself. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/2024-01-24/alvarez-de-toledo-al-gobierno-su-corrupta-ley-de-amnistia-no-tiene-futuro-pierdan-toda-esperanza-7090215/

ANDALUCÍA

This is the Junta de Andalucía’s discount card for over the 65s, where you can use it and how you can get one:
– Have you turned 65 of age and reside in Andalucía? If so, you can benefit from many discounts and services offered by the Junta de Andalucía’s ‘sesentaycinco’ (sixty-five) card.
– The card is completely free and there are two types: green and gold. The only difference is that the first is not subject to any economic condition, while the second is only granted to those over 65 and whose income is less than 75% of IPREM (Public Multiple Effect Income Indicator).
– There are multiple services and discounts that card beneficiaries have at their disposal, from offers in hairdressing products and services and cosmetic treatments, to discounts on dental services, supermarkets, intercity transport, travel agencies, hotels and rural accommodation; cinema, theatre and shows; museums; venues; theme parks; sporting events; training; press and magazine subscriptions; motor, automobile; and functional adaptation of your home, among other services. With the card, you can also request Telecare. Full article with application info: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/this-the-junta-andalucias-discount-card-for-20240123185334-nt.html 

MALAGA PROVINCE

The Board will install four portable desalators in Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– The serious drought situation in Malaga means that measures must be taken to guarantee the water supply for the population. The Junta de Andalucía will install four portable desalination plants in Malaga in different parts of the province where the situation is most serious, so that greater resources can be obtained.
– The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, announced a few weeks ago that with the new plan to deal with the drought they were going to install these desalination plants in different parts of Malaga that were most affected by the drought. It is now known that they will be in the ETAP of Trapiche (Vélez-Málaga), in the wells of the Guadalmansa river, in the Fuengirola river and in the desalination plant of Marbella {pic}.
– The delegate of the Government of the Junta de Andalucía in Malaga, Patricia Navarro, regretted the fact that it was not possible to install a portable desalination plant in La Viñuela, as it does not have sufficient capacity to have this infrastructure. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/Junta-desaladoras-portatiles-Malaga_0_1869414530.html 

VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA

Man arrested for assaulting his partner in a motorhome in Vélez-Málaga: {Translation}
– Agents of the Local Police of Vélez-Málaga and the National Police have arrested a man in Vélez-Málaga as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of gender violence after assaulting his partner in the motorhome in which they lived.
– The incident took place at around 21.30 hours on Tuesday in a caravan park in the area of Los Puertas.
– The officers were alerted to an assault on a woman in one of the vehicles parked on the site. The Local Police officers who responded to the alert found that the interior of the caravan was in a state of disarray and there were signs of a fight. After interviewing the woman, she told them that her partner had tried to take her handbag and, when she tried to stop him, the man punched her in the stomach and continued kicking her after the victim fell to the ground, even dragging her, causing her various injuries.
– The detainee, of foreign nationality, admitted that they had had an argument, that he had taken his partner’s handbag because it contained her documents and that when he tried to leave there had been a struggle. The Local Police of Vélez-Málaga, with the support of the National Police, arrested the accused as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of gender violence. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/detenido-un-hombre-por-agredir-a-su-pareja-en-una-autocaravana-en-velez-malaga/

HEALTH

Andalusia promotes a new model of intermediate care to prevent dependency in the over-50s, yet provides little funding: {Translation, summary}
– “Prevention is better than cure”, goes the saying, which the Andalusian Regional Government has applied in a pilot project that will begin operating next February with the aim of preventing situations of chronic dependency in the over 50s with simultaneous health and social problems.
– This was announced this Tuesday by the Regional Minister for Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality, Loles López, after the weekly meeting of the Governing Council, where she presented the Intermediate Care programme, an “innovative” care model aimed at patients over 50 who have a health problem. The programme is aimed at patients over the age of 50 who have a health problem, especially trauma, the most common of pathologies in this age range, and who, once they have been discharged from hospital, require more care at home that they cannot receive, either because they are alone or because they do not have the financial resources to pay for it.
– In these cases, and after analysis of the corresponding health and social services reports, the Junta will offer patients the possibility of benefiting from the programme and moving to a residence for a maximum period of two months, which can be extended for a further month. The Regional Minister explained that this is a “temporary” service for patients with a “prognosis of recovery”.
– This initiative, which is being developed in coordination with the Regional Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, will begin next month in ten residential centres in the provinces of Seville, Huelva and Almeria, although the Regional Government plans to extend it to the rest of the Andalusian provinces during the first quarter of this year. The residences that participate, according to the Regional Ministry, are prepared to provide specialised rehabilitation care and will have a care and intervention plan depending on the profiles of the users that arrive.
– The price of these places is 93 euros per day, fully covered by the Junta, without the patients having to pay anything for it. (The Junta has no money of it’s own, the public will be paying for this. This is the problem with our current leadership. Deciding what is best for us without our consent, and using our money to pay for their hair-brained schemes, that often fail due to lack of proper research, like their “digital nomad” program no one wants. -Ed.) The total cost, for the time being (?), of promoting this programme amounts to 1.2 million euros, with the expectation of benefiting, in this initial phase, more than one hundred people.
-{I suspect this is more political than clinical. €93 x 100 patients x 30 days = €279,000 funded per month. 1.2mil / 279,000 = 4.3. So the budget will only cover 4.3 months. And will €93 even cover the daily expenses per person of providing these 24/7 nursing residences: 24 hour nurses + day-shift doctors, food service & staff, maintenence crew + supplies, facility expense, etc.? Sorry. Sounds good on the surface, but this does not pass the smell test. -Ed.)
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5211802/0/andalucia-impulsa-un-nuevo-modelo-cuidados-intermedios-para-prevenir-dependencia-los-mayores-50-anos/

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Another large payout for malpractice in Andalucia- Parents of a girl will be compensated in Jaen with half a million euros for medical negligence during childbirth: {Translation, summary}
– The 2nd Contentious Administrative Court of Jaén has ordered the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) to pay 500,000 euros to the parents of a girl for medical negligence committed by the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Service of the Hospital San Agustín de Linares (Jaén), as a result of which the minor suffered injuries to a shoulder during childbirth.
– The judgement, which upholds the appeal lodged by the parents of the minor, understands that the negligence occurred “due to a poor resolution and instrumentation of the shoulder dystocia produced during childbirth”. This caused the minor to suffer brachial paralysis of her left upper limb.
– It also alleges the documentary mismanagement of the case, “since the parents were kept in the dark about the fundamental documentation of the medical history, the alleged ailment suffered by the minor was not reported and the diagnosis of the ailment of brachial palsy was written by hand onto one of the discharge reports”.
– The ruling strongly criticises both the documentary and medical management carried out by the professionals involved in the birth and by the hospital itself, with sentences such as: “In our opinion, the professionals involved were clear that a shoulder dystocia with possible serious consequences had occurred during the birth” and that the obstetric record “was not given to the parents of the minor when it was requested in order to initiate the procedures to bring the present proceedings”.
– “Therefore, I believe that depriving the parents of the right to know of the suspected illness that their daughter may have, and even depriving them of the right to seek other medical alternatives for their daughter, leads us to determine that the documentary and informative management of the birth was a complete nonsense”, indicates the magistrate Jesús Romero in the sentence.
– Likewise, the ruling underlines that there is no doubt that the paralysis of the minor’s shoulder “is a consequence of the traction that is carried out during childbirth”. “It can be deduced that there has been a mismanagement of an obstetric emergency,” the ruling adds.
– The family’s lawyer, Carlos Chamorro Gámez, from CH Abogados, has expressed his satisfaction with the ruling, which comes after four years of work and “for the large sum obtained for our clients”. With it, they plan to “continue to pay for the medical treatment that the minor will need throughout her life due to her ailments”. Chamorro hopes that this case “will serve to review the protocols, both documentary and medical, of the Hospital San Agustín de Linares. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5212017/0/los-padres-una-nina-indemnizados-con-medio-millon-euros-por-una-negligencia-medica-durante-parto/

TECH

The Junta de Andalucía BLOCKS VPN Users: {DigameXtra} – In a gross violation of your privacy, the Junta will not allow you to access their website, and their apps may not work, if you are using a VPN.
– Evidently they feel their security is more important than yours. There are other, more effective methods of securing a website. I suggest anyone experiencing problems using Junta websites or apps contact them and strongly express your displeasure. They work for you and are paid with public money. To prevent access to security conscious visitors, for the Junta’s convenience, while at the same time warning people to protect themselves from on-line threats, is unconscionable. Just another example of the gov’t doing whatever they find easiest, without consulting the people affected, and waiting to see if there is push-back.

TRAVEL NEWS

New Travel Industry Strikes To Cause Disruptions In These European Countries Over The Next 2 Weeks- Confirm Travel Plans To Avoid Disappointment:
– During the upcoming weeks strikes in Italy, Germany, as well as Finland, have been announced; thus, travellers are advised to be updated regarding their flight status prior to heading to the airport. Here is a comprehensive list of the countries where strikes will occur, in addition to dates and impacted travel modes. Full article: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/travel-strikes-to-cause-disruptions-in-these-european-countries-in-next-2-weeks/

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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
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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DigameXtra No. 2698 Wednesday, Jan 24th, 2024

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Classic Car Show- RETROMALAGA 2024: Malaga FYCMA
January 26, 2024 – January 28, 2024
Friday 26: from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 27th: from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Sunday 28: from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The classic, vintage and collectible vehicle showroom Retro Malaga, will be at the Malaga Fair and Congress Palace (FYCMA). One more year, all lovers of classic and collectible vehicles from the south of the country and especially from the Andalucian community have an unmissable appointment at the quintessential Malaga retro show, where you can find exhibitions, accessories stands, spare parts, gifts, buying and selling of classic cars and motorcycles, among many other contents.
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Cal y Arena Flamenco Show: Tomás García Project 
Friday 2 Feb, at Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja.
Calle Granada 45, Nerja. Tel. 952523863
The show is a journey through the flamenco genre with Tomás García {vid}, enriched with jazz touches from Diego Suarez on the piano, the strength of the percussion and virtuosity of Juan Heredia, and the beauty of Tatiana Sacasa’s dancing. Source: https://cultura.nerja.es/category/programacion/ & Video Link

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Malaga Carnival: This year, the fun starts on Saturday 3 February and continues until Sunday 11 February.
Preparations start early for Malaga carnival. The special carnival lights are up in Calle Larios – replacing the Christmas lights – the harlequin is in place next to the Marqués de Larios statue and the official carnival poster has been released.
Most events happen on Plaza de la Constitución where the action takes place on a giant stage.
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For Sale, 3 items: High quality Die Cast Collectibles
Jada manufactured iconic movie cars with figurines for Scooby Doo and Batman. The amazing ghostbusters car does not have any figurines, but possibly a ghost was driving it on this occasion! The are all new and in perfect condition. They are a scale of 1:24 model, with an 8 year old plus recommendation, but these are collectors pieces and will appeal to all generations.
The box size is 31 cm wide, 11 cm high, 15 cm deep.
They seem to be priced instore from around 42€ to 49€ and I have seen some as expensive as 59€ online.
I am offering anyone of them for 30€, buy 2 for 55€ and all 3 for 75€. An amazing price for a great product.
Tel: David 686375089
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For Sale: Cat Tree. Purchased recently for new kitten who shows no interest in it (until I wanted to take a photo!) and prefers the old shabby one. It came packed flat but took a long time to put together (with lots of help from the kitten) so suggest leaving it built up if you are interested in buying it. I would prefer buyer to collect please. 40€.
heleneanddick@gmail.com or 617190110
I live in Viñuela close to Puente don Manuel on a main road. 

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For sale: 9 printer cartridges
Brand LCL, professional toner and ink cartridge supplier.
Replacements for Brother printer.
Manufacturing date 11/07/2022
2x LCL-LC123C (Cyan)
2x LCL-LC123Y (Yellow)
2x LCL-LC121BK (Black)
3x LCL-LC123M (Magenta)
All together for 20€. I can deliver in the area.
Yolanda, Sayalonga. (+34) 600794325 or
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Drawer units. 2 x strong plastic units with 5 drawers and wheels. 25.5 cm wide, 52cm high and 35cm deep. Also included is a smaller unit of 3 drawers with blue frontage. 26.5cm wide, 34cm high and 35.5cm deep. and a strong cardboard 4 drawer ‘box’ from Ikea. 25 Euros for all four units.
– Well made wooden drawer unit 38cm wide, 25cm high and 26cm deep, together with 3 sturdy plastic drawers, 26cm wide, 43cm high and 34cm deep which stack on top of each other. 15 Euros for the lot.
– Coin box. Ideal way to monitor your energy costs. Takes 1 euro coins and can be programmed to run for the amount of time to choose. 26cm x18cm. Only 15 euros.
Janet, Nerja 630568164 or 0044 7949 371765. The items are in a garage in Torrox Park. I can meet with you at camping EL Pino. 

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For Sale: Carpet washer/ cleaner. ‘Cleanmaxx’ German quality machine, vgc, includes manual. 30€. Wes, Torrox WhatsApp 658164021 

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ANDALUCÍA

Andalusia Reservoirs exceed 20% barrier after winning about 160 hm3, due to accumulations in the west region, east sees small drop: {Translation, summary}
– The Andalusian reservoirs have managed to gain water this week, in particular 158 cubic hectometers (hm3), and thus overcome the 20% water reserve barrier (20.7%) after the last rainfall and, with these figures. They recover the level of late August last year, according to data provided by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco), consulted by Europa Press.
– In particular, Andalusian reservoirs have 2,305 hm3 in total, which means 158 hm3 more than the previous week. This represents 20.7 per cent water reserve, which is 7.7 percentage points lower than the previous year, when, at 3,155 hm3, they were at 28.4 per cent.
– In the last week, the water stored in the reservoirs of the Guadalquivir basin is maintained at 21 percent with a total of 1,688 cubic hectometers, while that of the Andalusian Mediterranean Basin drops by one tenth to 18.3 percent, with a total of 215 hm3.
– For its part, the reservoirs of Tinto, Odiel and Piedras in Huelva increase to 142 hm3, finding their reserve at 70.3 percent of their capacity, which represents 8.3 percent more than the previous week, while those of Guadalete-Barbate in Cadiz gain three cubic hectometer compared to last week, with 241 hm3, and standing at 14.6 percent.
– At the national level, the Spanish water reserve is 50.5% of its total capacity and the reservoirs currently store 28,288 cubic hectometers of water, increasing in the last week by 2,932 cubic hectometers (still only 5.2% of the current total capacity of the reservoirs).
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1512395/los-embalses-superan-la-barrera-del-20-tras-ganar-cerca-de-160-hm3/

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Shameful! Food is marked up to 875% higher from farm to supermarket: {Translation}
– FACUA-Consumidores en Acción has uncovered an alarming price increase in basic foodstuffs, reaching up to 875% between the price at source and in supermarkets. This study covers a wide range of products, including fruit, vegetables, pulses, eggs and sunflower oil.
– A kilo of lemons, for example, costs 0.20 euros at source, but its average selling price reaches 1.79 euros, an increase of 695%. It is even more significant in chains such as Aldi and Lidl, where the price reaches 1.99 euros per kilo, an increase of 875%.
– Pardina lentils, a staple in the diet, show an increase of 369% in supermarkets, and up to 596% in the case of the La Asturiana brand in Hipercor. Fuji apples are not far behind, with an original price of 0.73 euros and an increase of up to 2.54 euros (248%) in points of sale.
– The study also points to products such as onions and chickpeas, where the increases are 326% and 207% respectively. In specific cases such as the Luengo brand of chickpeas in Carrefour, the difference reaches 412%.
– As far as vegetables are concerned, a kilo of mushrooms can be found on the market for 5.83 euros compared to the 1.83 euros charged by the producer, showing an increase of 218%. Alcampo and Hipercor have the highest prices, with a 335% increase compared to the origin.
– Carrots and conference pears also suffer notable increases of 265% and 198% respectively. The most extreme case is the Rincón de Soto brand of conference pear in Eroski, with a 284% increase. Even products such as golden apples and sunflower oil experienced considerable rises, with golden apples being 229% more expensive in supermarkets. Sunflower oil, essential in the kitchen, recorded an increase of 108%.
– Finally, the study highlights the case of strawberries and potatoes, with increases of 191% and 214% respectively. The price of strawberries, for example, rises from 3.94 euros at source to 11.48 euros at points of sale.
– FACUA insists on the importance of dual labelling, a measure that would provide transparency in this process and allow consumers to identify the excessive profit margins of distribution chains. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1512063/de-vergenza-los-alimentos-se-encarecen-hasta-un-875-del-campo-al-supermercado/

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New self-employed workers in Andalusia who have been active for one year can now request the Zero Quota: {Translation, summary}
– The Regional Ministry of Employment, Enterprise and Self-Employment has now made available to self-employed workers who registered in 2023 for the online application procedure for the so-called Zero Quota. This consists of the “reimbursement” of the contributions paid during the first year of activity, since they joined the state Flat Rate as “new self-employed”.
– Info in English can be found at the official website: https://www.seg-social.es/wps/portal/wss/internet/HerramientasWeb/9d2fd4f1-ab0f-42a6-8d10-2e74b378ee24?changeLanguage=en
– The Ministry of Employment will keep the deadline for this call open until September 2026, so the new self-employed who meet the requirement of 12 months of registration, may access the online procedure at any time to make the application and fill in the requested data, without the need to attach documentation. In the account number provided, the Regional Ministry will pay the beneficiaries who meet the requirements the amount corresponding to the twelve months of payment of Social Security contributions, i.e. around 1,000 euros. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/andalucia/2024-01-12/los-nuevos-autonomos-en-andalucia-que-lleven-un-ano-de-actividad-ya-pueden-solicitar-la-cuota-cero-7086575/

MALAGA PROVINCE

The rains only slow down the loss of water in the reservoirs of La Concepción, Conde de Guadalhorce and La Viñuela in Malaga: {Translation}
– The rains that have refreshed the rest of the province in recent days have barely acted locally. The showers recorded have resulted in a very scarce supply of water for the reservoirs, which has only served to stop the loss of water in three of the province’s seven reservoirs. The rest continue to fall.
– According to data from the Hidrosur Network, the main beneficiary of the passage of the squall Juan has been the Concepción reservoir, which has a level of 13.17 cubic hectometres, a gain of 0.16 compared to a week ago, and which means that it is at 22.9% of its capacity.
– The second on the list is the Conde de Guadalhorce reservoir, which has risen from 11.27 to 11.33 cubic hectometres, an increase of 0.6 which puts it at 17% of its capacity. This is a figure which, after diving into the historical record, is not insignificant, as this reservoir has not been at its best for some time. It reached its minimum in November 2023, which means that any contribution is welcome.
– Just behind is the reservoir of La Viñuela, which has gained a pyrrhic 0.3 cubic hectometres, which is enough to go from the 12.23 it had seven days ago to 12.26 at the moment. In other words, it is at 7.5%.
– At the other extreme are those that are losing water, the greatest exponent of which is the Guadalteba reservoir, which has lost 0.72 cubic hectometres along the way, going from 32.58 to 33.30. In other words, it is at 21.3% of its capacity. Despite the drop, its situation is not (yet) as bad as in 2005, when it reached 5%. The level of the Guadalhorce reservoir has fallen somewhat less: 0.28 cubic hectometres. This figure is obtained by subtracting the 17.99 it had a week ago from the current 17.71, which means that it is at 14.8% of its capacity. It is still a long way from its worst phase, in September 2008, when it reached 9%.
– In the Limonero reservoir, the drop is close to stabilisation due to its small size, but, in the end, it is still a subtraction, as it has gone from 4.74 to 4.71 cubic hectometres. 0.3 less. A subtraction that places it at 21.1%.
– Finally, there is the Casasola reservoir, which, in comparison with its historical record, is in the least bad situation, since in October 2003 it reached only 3% of its capacity, whereas now it is at 28.2%, after dropping from 6.13 hectometres to 6.12 in the last week. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/lluvias-pantanos-concepcion-guadalhorce-vinuela-malaga_0_1868814330.html

VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA

Enforcement begins for requirement to collect pet poop and wash down pet urine in Vélez-Málaga: (Translation, summary}
– The local police will begin to impose fines of between 90 and 300 euros on anyone who fails to comply with municipal ordinances.
– The Councillor for the Environment, Rocío Ruiz, has explained the details of the now completed two weeks of information work through a mobile information point that has toured the municipality of Vélez-Málaga.
– “We have carried out important field work to raise awareness and provide information. We have been present in the towns of Vélez-Málaga, Torre del Mar, Caleta de Vélez, Chilches, Triana, Trapiche, Lagos, Mezquitilla, Cajiz, Almayate and Benajarafe, where we have carried out interactions through a mobile information point in busy areas, market area, shopping area, promenade and dog parks. In total we have delivered information or contacted a total of 2,175 residents. We have given out 1,000 information leaflets, bags to collect excrement and bottles to clean up pet urine,” said Rocío Ruiz. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/finaliza-en-velez-malaga-la-campana-de-concienciacion-de-recogida-de-excrementos-y-limpieza-de-orina-de-mascotas/ 

SPORTS

Tennis News- Australian Open 2024 results:
– Novak Djokovic continued his bid for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title with a confident win over American 12th seed Taylor Fritz. The Serb, seeking a 25th Grand Slam to move past Margaret Court’s record of 24, won 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-2 6-3 in hot conditions to reach the semi-finals. He will play on Friday against Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner, who defeated Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev.
– Second seed Carlos Alcaraz {pic} said he played “almost perfectly” in his fourth-round win over Serb Miomir Kecmanovic at the Australian Open. The two-time Grand Slam champion won 6-4 6-4 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals for the first time at Melbourne Park. “I’m feeling better and better every day,” said Alcaraz, 20, who will play sixth seed Alexander Zverev next.
– Elsewhere, Daniil Medvedev defeated Portugal’s Nuno Borges and Pole Hubert Hurkacz beat wildcard Arthur Cazaux. Germany’s Zverev advanced with a five-set victory against British number one Cameron Norrie. Full article: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/68053662 

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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
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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Phoenix Club:
– The Phoenix Social Club is open to all nationalities but the lingua franca is English. It is registered social club with the Ayuntamiento in Velez Malaga, is a non political and secular organisation & during these very difficult financial times we try to keep costs down.
– We offer an opportunity to make lasting friendships, to help each other & share information but primarily to have fun in a friendly and inclusive association. You do not have to be a member to join us on our trips. Do come along and meet us.
– We meet every Tuesday between 12 and 2 pm at Restaurant and Bar La Vega in Torre del Mar
***Trips & Events***
February
– 23rd – Marbella Old Town €22pp
March
– 1st – Trip to Gib €22 and includes €1 for the driver.
– 22nd – IKEA & Guzmans Garden Centre €22pp
April
– 24th – 28th 5 day trip to Madrid including 2 day trips. For more information contact Gail
May
– 3rd – Trip to Gib €22 and includes €1 for the driver.
– 10th – Cordoba Patios with Guide TBC
* We have a large amount of DVDs and CDs available FREE but we would appreciate that if you are interested, you take the lot. We would give priority to the person who would remove them all.
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723/626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk or check out our FB page

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U3A lectures series:
– U3A History presentation on Mon. Jan. 22, 2024 at 11am. History is facilitated by Sue Harisson. Meeting Place is El Pozuelo in Laguna Beach. Norma will offer a Power Point Presentation on two programs:
1) The Tragic History of the Island of Malaga. See Jacob Marks photo below, a Malaga Island patriarch.
2) Slavery Features and Landmarks. 
– Next U3A Lecture at 11am on Wed. Feb. 21 in Media Caña on Peñoncillo Beach. Topics: La Desbandada + The Delfin. Norma will present a slice of local history during the Spanish Civil War. The events took place Feb. 8th, 1937 between Malaga and Almeria. The Delfin or “Rice Boat” as it was also known, was sunk by the Italians off the coast of Calaceite. Join us for coffee and the commemoration of this tragic episode in Spanish History.
For more details contact: norma2kk@aol.com

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“All That Jazz” feat. Dana Andrews, Gianni Piras, Aki Riihimäki, Marcus Kössler:
January 26 at 8:00 p.m. Nerja Theater, Calle Granada 45.
A fantastic journey into music with classic and original songs. From Nina Simone to Ella Fitzgerald, from Piazzolla to Ellington.
Reserve your ticket now. Tickets 15€. www.mientrada.net

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Latin Jazz with Daniel Amat Trio: Fri, January 26, 20:00
Ventana Abierta Jazz Club
C/ Granada 3, (Hotel Plaza Cavana), Nerja. Tel 690073871
Daniel Amat – Piano
Francis Pose – Double Bass
Adrián Jiménez – Drums
One of the greatest virtues that a musician can have is authenticity, granted by knowledge and understanding of the style with which he works.
Daniel Amat brings us a journey through the history of Cuban music and Latin jazz combined with Spanish music, a sound journey full of harmonies, rhythms and flavors.
Reserve at: https://www.ventana-abierta.es/reservas.html & Video Link

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French Cabaret & Chanson- Jolis sings Edith Piaf:
Sat, 3 Feb. Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja. Music at 8pm, 18€. 
Calle Granada 45. Tel. 952523863
2023 marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Édith Piaf (1915-1963, Video Link). She is widely regarded as France’s greatest popular singer. To commemorate this occasion and to celebrate the greatest of French song (“chanson”), Jolis has prepared a show in which she brings together the most representative songs of Édith Piaf. The show is completed with songs by the best of their time, Moustaki, Aznavour, Bécaud, Brel, Trenet.
The band: Te-clados & accordion, Walter Sabolo; Drums, Marcelo Huertas; Bass guitar, Rafael del Castillo; Guitar/musical direction, Nicolás Medina; Artistic direction and vocals, Jolís. 

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Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre, Torre del Mar: Av. Moscatel 1”I”, 29740 Torre del Mar (Jardines Viña Malága / Antigua Casa de la Viña)
Hours: Wednesday & Friday 10.00 till 13.00. Info tel. 952 543 334
***February coming events & excursions***
– Regular activities: Spanish practice groups (limited size groups) Wednesday and Friday 10.00 to 13.00.
– Wednesdays- Art group, with the crochet & craft group 10.00 to 13.00.
– Shop open Wednesdays and Fridays. 11.00 to 13.00.
– Thursdays- Spanglish. Conversation between Spanish and English friends. 16.30 to 17.30.
– Fridays- Coffee AM. 11.00 to 13.00.
– Thursday 8th- Excursion to Gibraltar. 23€ Friends, 25€ visitors.
-Tuesday 27th- Excursion to Granada. Day out to Granada city centre for Market day. 20€ Friends, 25€ visitors.
– Wednesday 28th February- Centre closed for Andalucía Day.
Please call for more details on any of these activities.

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Archgrove Services: A family run light haulage/transport company with bases in Archez, Spain and Cambridgeshire.
We are part of the ADH Storage and Transportation company and as such have storage available in Competa and Puente Don Manuel. Very reasonable rates.
We provide a one stop service for all your transport needs and pride ourselves on reliability, flexibility, good communication and a very much ‘can do’ approach. No job is too small and there is always a solution.
Our services include:
-Regular runs between UK and Spain
-Transport of personal property from full house moves to small single items
-Man & Van services
-Packing, including supply of packing materials
-UK Home shopping with UK delivery address
-Storage of property and vehicles in Spain
If we can be of service please contact Gail. We are on Facebook and always available to chat through your needs and provide a free no obligation quote if required.  
UK: 0044 7846672013
Spain: 0034 951 066 093
Email: archgroveservices@gmail.com ; FB Link
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SPW Construction Services: Professional high quality building service, fully qualified tradesmen to all trades.
Extensions, retaining walls, driveways, swimming pools, damp problems, roofs, blocked drains.
Replacement kitchens and bathrooms, Tiling and terraces. Plumbing, electrics and plastering, painting.
Architect service, building licence applications.
Handyman service now available for those smaller jobs.
Water Deposit Installations: Due to the ongoing drought and current water restrictions SPW Construction are currently offering the following service.
– Supply and installation of new above or below ground water deposits. 1000 litres up to 25000 litres. Delivered and installed, all relevant plumbing. All work warrantied.
– We can also advise you or help to organise water deliveries from local suppliers.
NEW SERVICE- Selling Your House? SPW Construction can offer you a bespoke package to prepare your house for sale.
Through our extensive relationships with Agents, buyers and sellers we understand what is required to present your home to potential purchasers.
Interior & Exterior decoration / Replacement bathrooms and Kitchens
Pool Reforms / Garden tidy
DAFO Compliance, septic tanks, solar installations, etc.
Roof checks / Damp proofing
For free consultation and estimate contact us on 622938440
or email: scottparkwilson AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk
Scott/Arenas. Home Page and FB-Link
Our contact info is also in the DigameXtra Sponsor’s Section everyday.

   

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Hanningtons Kitchens and Bathrooms: We have been installing kitchens and bathrooms here on the Costa for 13 years. We pride ourselves on our professionalism, highest standards of work and customer service.
Whether you are thinking of updating an existing kitchen or bathroom, or whether you wish to create the kitchen or bathroom you have always dreamed of, we are here for you, every step of the way.
With an unrivaled knowledge of the best local materials and suppliers we are able to work to all tastes and budgets.
Our full range of services includes:
– Installations and Refurbs
– Wall & Floor tiling
– Full range of Plumbing work including radiators and underfloor heating
– Solar Installation
– Design & planning ideas to get the look you are after
– Electrical works
– Alter / Install walls, dropped ceilings and hang doors
– Plastering, woodwork and floor levelling
Visit our FB page on the link below to be inspired
https://www.facebook.com/hanningtons.kitchens.and.bathrooms/
Call us : 669 665 156
Email us: hanningtons.bathrooms@gmail.com ; Our contact details can be found in the Sponsor’s Section at the bottom of every issue. 

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Mandy’s Paintbox: Painter for 30 years. Painting work undertaken. Inside and outside large or small. Furniture painted or sprayed. Kitchens, cabinets, wardrobes doors any colour any surface. Check out the before and after photos, all the furniture was spray painted.
Call for advice WhatsApp 680739577
Email: josiahamanda@gmail.com
My contact details can be found in the Sponsor’s Section at the bottom of every issue. Here are “before” and “after” pics from my latest job.

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BluCee Real Estate:
– More people than ever are looking to move to Spain and we are inundated with people looking to move to the Axarquia and surroundings.
– A lot of our properties have been snapped up in the last few weeks and we’re looking for more!
– Looking to sell? Contact us, don’t be trapped by one market, we are selling to clients from all over the world and plenty of Spanish clients too!
Apartments, townhouses, villas, sea or coast – we sell it all!
– At BluCee we go above and beyond for you during the sales process, don’t just take our word for it – see our reviews on Google and Facebook.
Pass by our office to have a no obligation chat!
Calle Timón 11b, Torre del Mar, 29740
We are open Monday to Friday 09.30 to 17.30 hrs.
For an appointment outside of our opening times or for one of us to view your property please contact us info@blucee.com or 0034 711 04 27 27
www.blucee.com
We cover the whole coast line and inland.
BluCee Real Estate are a DigameXtra sponsor so our contact details are shown here every day. 

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For Sale: Shoprider mobility scooter.
1200 euros bought new. Year of manufacture 2020. Excellent condition. Bought 18 months ago, but hardly used. Selling cheap as needs new battery.
250 euros for quick sale.
WhatsApp or call Magda / Torrox on +34 608 42 41 89

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For Sale: Planter pots. A large number of used pots for sale. Buyer collects. 50 euros the lot. Keith. Near Viñuela. Tel 07716546001
email: e2property@icloud.com 

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For Sale: Snowboard (138cm), bindings and boots (size5uk, 39eu), will suit smaller adult / child. 100€. Wes, Torrox. WhatsApp 658164021 

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For Sale, 3 items:
– Panasonic Cylinder vacuum cleaner. Model E752. Has had very little use, like new. 30 euros
– Dust boxes, perfect for catching the dust when drilling holes. Very easy to use. Ideal for car booters. Only 10 Euros for 30.
– Hunkydory A4 crafting sheets. 5 complete sets of Christmas images. There is one sheet of toppers, one sheet of co-ordinating foiled background, and one co-ordinating background sheet in each set. All in 300gsm Adorable Scorable. 10 euros for the 15 sheets.
Janet/Nerja 630568164 or 0044 7949 371765.

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DoctorLaptop’s Computer Sales & Repairs- Torrox Costa

SALES

For Sale, 3 items:
#1 – New High Performance Mini PC, MIPOWCAT M8N95
Processor: Intel N95 (1.7GHz base, 3.4GHz Turbo)
16GB high speed RAM; Windows 11 Pro fully setup & updated;
512GB high performance M2 SSD by Crucial;
Dual-Screen 4k Display; 2x HDMI 2.0; WiFi 5;
Ethernet; BT 4.2; 4x USB 3.0.
Size: 14.1 x 13.9 x 10.4 cm; 710 grams. See video link.
Price €275, factory sealed, with 2 year factory warranty. Add a new business quality UK keyboard & mouse (both wired for USB) for €35. Want me to set it up and optimize it for you? Add €40. User supplies HDMI display monitor. 
#2 Budget Laptop: SOLD OUT (More on order) New Lenovo Ideapad 1 Gen 7: 14 inch FHD display. Windows 11 Pro, 256Gb SSD, 4Gb RAM. 
#3 – High Performance Laptop: New Business Grade Laptop (Last One!)
Acer Travelmate P215-52, 15.6″ HD display. Brand new & fully upgraded with top-of-the-line RAM & SSDs. Intel i3 10110U processor (2.59GHz base, 4.10GHz turbo!)
12Gb RAM. Two SSD Hard Drives: 256Gb + 500Gb
System: Windows 11 Pro in English. Spanish keyboard. 
Only €650 cash. 1 year Acer warranty when registered online after purchase. 
Naythan, Torrox Costa. Buyer collects.
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com

REPAIRS

DoctorLaptop’s Computer Repairs & Sales- Torrox Costa (near the bus station): Computers only, no tablets or phones.
I don’t work on dinosaurs computers made before 2016 unless I have been servicing then annually.
Contact: doctorlaptop AT protonmail DOT com
or call 675 993 069 (no calls before 12noon, missed calls returned asap). More info on my website. Always include the make & model number of the device when requesting assistance. My contact details can be found everyday at the bottom of the Sponsor’s Section.

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Recommendations & Requests

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Renewing a UK passport: Anyone have recent experience of renewing their UK passport from here in Spain. I’ve looked at the online information (GovUK) but any pointers from those who have done it would be very useful, including how long it took and whether the new passport can be sent to a postbox? Thanks.
James (Archez). Wapp 0044 777 552 9335
James dot mcculloch100@gmail.com

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News & Articles

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SPAIN

Another Sudden Death Of An Athlete In Spain- Alba Cebrián dies at the age of 23 after fainting while training: {Translation, summary}
– The athlete from Castellón, Alba Cebrián, has died at the age of 23 in the Hospital Universitario de La Plana de Vila-Real after not recovering from the cardiac arrest she suffered while training last Thursday in the athletics track of La Vall d’Uixó (Castellón), confirmed this Monday the Federación de Atletismo de la Comunitat Valenciana (FACV).
– Cebrián, who belonged to the Club Atletismo Celtíberas de Soria, was training in the athletics facilities of La Vall d’Uixó last Thursday, 18 January, when she fainted. A doctor present on the track gave her cardiopulmonary resuscitation until the ambulance arrived. The young athlete was taken to the Hospital Universitario de La Plana de Vila-Real, where she was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). After four days in a “very serious” condition, the athlete died.
– (No Covid vax confirmation was mentioned, but most international athletes were mandated to be vaxed before international travel was allowed. -Ed.) Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/deportes/noticia-muere-atleta-alba-cebrian-23-anos-desvanecerse-mientras-entrenaba-20240122150044.html

UK

UK Grants Another 2 Years to ‘Unaware’ EU Citizens to Apply for Settlement Status:
– EU citizens living in the country before Brexit, who were unaware of the EU settled scheme, are still eligible for late applications, provided they are permanent residence card holders, the British government decided.
According to the Guardian, the Home Office is going to reverse a rule made in August that did not allow EU citizens who mistakenly did not apply for the EU settled status, which made their stay in the country legal but at the same time invalidated their permanent residency card, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
– Now, the Home Office will reverse this rule, acknowledging lack of awareness as a valid reason for late applications for the EU Settled status. Full article: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/uk-grants-another-2-years-to-unaware-eu-citizens-to-apply-for-settlement-status/

EUROPE

Farmers in Romania, France and Germany continue road convoy protests:
– Farmers’ protests have sprung up in Romania, Germany and France, ahead of the EU elections in June. Whilst their demands vary in general they claim that they are taking the hardest hit from environmental reforms and that they need more government subsidies to offset them.
– Romania: Farmers and truckers have been clogging up main roads with their tractor and trucks for a week and a half now. They’re demanding lower taxes and fairer subsidies, but so far talks with the government have failed, and they’re continuing to protest. They’re also angry over the growing cost of insurance for heavy machinery.
– Germany: In Berlin {pic} on Saturday, farmers were joined shoulder-to-shoulder with eco-activists. Farmers say that they are fully supportive of environmentally friendly, genetically unmodified farming, but for that, they do need subsidies or, at least, fair prices set for their products. The farmers have been on the streets since December, when the federal government agreed on a budget cancelling several decades-old farming subsidies and benefits. These could have saved farmers over 480 million euros. Later, Berlin decided to soften the plans, by making the benefit cuts gradual.
– France: In southern France, mass protests over the past few days have forced the government to address farmers’ issues. The farmers say that authorities’ eco-transition policies make national producers uncompetitive. Not only does it make farms unprofitable, it forces France to buy food products from countries where environmental standards are weaker they claim. Photo: Carsten Koall. Source: https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/21/farmers-in-romania-france-and-germany-continue-road-convoy-protests 

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Hundreds of thousands demonstrate against right-wing extremism in Germany:
– Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across towns and cities in Germany this weekend as the country enters a second week of nationwide protests against the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
– Demonstrations have gained momentum after reports emerged from investigative news website Correctiv of a meeting of right-wing extremists in Potsdam at which migration policies including mass deportations of people of foreign origin were discussed.
– The AfD, which is polling second in nationwide surveys, has denied the reported migration plans are party policy.
On Sunday, rallies were held in Berlin, Munich and Cologne, as well as in more traditional AfD voting strongholds in eastern Germany such as Leipzig and Dresden, with turnout in many places far higher than expected.
– Organisers in Munich ended the demonstration early due to overcrowding with around 100,000 participants, according to police. Protest organisers said 200,000 people attended. At the start of the event in Berlin, there were 30,000 people and the number was growing, police said. Several tens of thousands also took to the streets in Cologne and Bremen on Sunday. Event organisers estimated around 300,000 people demonstrated nationwide on Saturday. Full article & photo credit: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hundreds-thousands-demonstrate-against-right-wing-extremism-germany-2024-01-21/ 

TECH

How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features, Instructions For Most Major Brands:
– You may not be aware of it, but your TV knows, and shares, a lot of information about you. Nearly all newer sets are smart TVs, which connect to the internet, making it easy to stream videos from services such as Hulu and Netflix. The streaming apps on your set may collect data on you, even if you don’t ever sign in. And your smart TV will also collect information for its manufacturer, possibly including your location, which apps you open, and more. These companies can also capture voice data when you use the mic on a smart TV remote, and they can collect data about you from outside companies.
– Consumer Reports started reporting on this kind of data collection back in 2015. We’ve been analyzing smart TV data practices in our labs since 2018, and we incorporate our findings into all of our TV ratings each year.
– We’ve found that you can’t stop all the data collection, but you can reduce the snooping by turning off a technology called automatic content recognition, or ACR. This smart TV technology attempts to identify every show you watch—including programs and movies you get via cable, over-the-air broadcasts, streaming services, and even Blu-ray discs. Full article: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features-a4840102036/

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

AI model earns $30,000 per month as a virtual girlfriend to ‘lonely men’:
– One company has claimed that its AI model {pic} earns $30,000 (£23,600) per month acting as a virtual girlfriend to men online. Lexi Love, as she’s been named, is available round the clock, speaks over 30 languages and receives up to 20 marriage proposals a month.
– Amid growing corncers that AI could become conscious, she’s been built to “flirt, laugh, and adapt to different personalities, interests and preferences”.
– As well as offering paid text and voice messaging, Lexi is even designed to send “naughty photos” if requested.
– The model was created by Foxy AI, with the company saying they designed her to be the “perfect girlfriend for many men” with “flawless features and impeccable style”.
She has blonde hair, blue eyes and a toned physique.
Having launched several AI models at once, Foxy AI found that Lexi was the most popular.
– Since her debut on the site in June 2023, Lexi has attracted “thousands” of fans, reportedly creating a “strong, emotional connection with admirers”. According to her creators, she is proof that love knows no boundaries. A spokesperson for the company added that some fans are even convinced that she is real – and have reportedly begged to meet her in real life.
– “Lexi is breaking barriers and changing the way we interact with AI,” said Sam Emara, CEO of Foxy AI.
“With her growing popularity, Lexi has become a lucrative source of income, currently earning around $30,000 per month from her interactions on the website.
“This is a testament to her ability to deeply connect with people and provide them with a fulfilling human-like experience, despite being an AI.” Source: https://www.the-express.com/lifestyle/life/124781/AI-model-virtual-girlfriend 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook Not Only Collects Data About You Directly, Your Internet Activity Is Monitored by Thousands of Companies And That Data From Your Non-Facebook Activity Is Also Sent To Facebook, Even If You Don’t Have A Facebook Account!:
– By now most internet users know their online activity is constantly tracked. No one should be shocked to see ads for items they previously searched for, or to be asked if their data can be shared with an unknown number of “partners.”
– But what is the scale of this surveillance? Judging from data collected by Facebook and newly described in a unique study by Consumer Reports (PDF), it’s massive.
– Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them (the Facebook users) to the social network (Meta/Facebook). On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook by 2,230 companies. That number varied significantly, with some panelists’ data listing over 7,000 companies providing their data.
– By collecting data this way, the study was able to examine a form of tracking that is normally hidden: so-called server-to-server tracking, in which personal data goes from a company’s servers to Meta’s servers. Another form of tracking, in which Meta tracking pixels are placed on company websites, is visible to users’ browsers.
– One company appeared in 96 percent of participants’ data: LiveRamp, a data broker based in San Francisco. But the companies sharing your online activity to Facebook aren’t just little-known data brokers. Retailers like Home Depot, Macy’s, and Walmart, all were in the top 100 most frequently seen companies in the study. Credit reporting and consumer data companies such as Experian and TransUnion’s Neustar also made the list, as did Amazon, Etsy, and PayPal.
– The Markup (tech news publication) has written extensively about the Meta Pixel and how it has been used to surveil people as they dial suicide hotlines, buy their groceries, take the SAT, file their taxes, and book appointments with their doctors. Website owners can configure the pixel to track user website interactions such as searches or filling out a form, sending each action to Meta, even if the user doesn’t have an account on Facebook!
– The data examined by Consumer Reports in this study comes from two types of collection: events and custom audiences. Both categories include information about what people do outside of Meta’s platforms.
– Custom audiences allow advertisers to upload customer lists to Meta, often including identifiers like email addresses and mobile advertising IDs. These customers, and so-called look-alike audiences made up of similar people, can then be targeted with ads on Meta’s platforms.
– The other category of data collection, “events,” describes interactions that the user had with a brand, which can occur outside of Meta’s apps and in the real world. Events can include going to a page on a company’s website, leveling up in a game, going to a physical store, or purchasing a product. These signals originate from Meta software code included in many mobile apps, their tracking pixel, which is included on many websites, and from server-to-server tracking, where a company’s server passes data to a Meta server.
Full article: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/each-facebook-user-is-monitored-by-thousands-of-companies-a5824207467/

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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
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/
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
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Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Malaga Province: New, updated link (Aug, 2023). Info in English with list of English speaking meetings. https://aacostadelsol.com/

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DigameXtra No. 2696 WEEKEND EDITION Friday, Jan 19th, 2024

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Dukes Bar – Torrox Costa:
Dukes Sunday Roast – Serving from 13:00-16:00
Main Course 10€, 2 Courses 12.50€, 3 Courses 15€.
Bookings Required! Menu Changes weekly! Vegan options!
2 Terraces, one enclosed and warm, one open & smoker friendly.
Also tables inside. Free wifi.
Please Contact us on +34 603 721 258 or message us on Facebook.
Dukes Bar, BLQ 79, Torrox Costa, nearest blq to the bus station. www.dukes.es
This Weeks Menu is:

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Algarrobo tribute to patron saint San Sebastián:
– Although the events in honour of San Sebastián began on Friday 12 January with the transfer of the saint from the chapel to the parish church of Santa Ana, the programme of activities is concentrated on the weekend, 20 and 21 January, and will take place in the Escalerilla park.
– At 12:00 on Saturday 20 January, the San Sebastián Awards Ceremony, now in its 15th year, is scheduled to take place in the town hall of the Consistory.
– At 19:00 the procession of the patron saint of the town, San Sebastián Mártir, is scheduled from the parish church of Santa Ana to return the image of the saint to his hermitage. During the procession the villagers make the traditional request for ‘agua y boquerones’ (water and anchovies), i.e. rain for the fields and good fishing, as befits the dual agricultural and fishing character of Algarrobo.
– From 23:00 hours, Joana Santos and DJ Luigi will be in charge of livening up the night with their performances in the Parque de la Escalerilla.
– Sunday 21 January will begin with a parade by the Panda de Verdiales de Moclinejo and at 14:00 there will be a free tasting of wine and migas by Cortijo Paco, all of which will be accompanied by the orchestra Onda Sonora. During the afternoon, the Latin dances, the performance of Los Liantes and the music of Miguel Botana and Onda Sonora. 

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Benagalbón: Patron saint fiestas in honour of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria from 1 to 4 February.
– Wed, 31 Jan. – Children’s Day
– Thurs 1 Feb. The traditional lunch for the seniors on which will be enlivened by a copla musical performance.
– Friday 2 Feb. at 10:00 a.m., a floral reveille and a charanga (brass band) will announce the start of the daytime fiestas, which will begin at around 13:00.
– The processions of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria and San José will take place on 2 and 4 February at 19:00 hours through the streets of Benagalbón. As is traditional, the villagers will throw peanuts and sugared almonds as the processions pass by.
– The popular paella will take place on Friday 2 February at 14:00. C
– Children’s Day will take place on Wednesday 31 January.

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Tango Night – Fabian Carbone: Thurs, Jan. 25, 8pm
Villa de Nerja Cultural Center, Nerja €20
C/ Granada 45, Nerja, Malaga 29780
Info & tix: https://www.mientrada.net/evento/noche-tango-fabian-carbone/ 

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Potential disruption due to coastal events this weekend: Heavy rain possible until 5pm Friday. High winds and tides, from Thu 11 am until Fri 11 pm CET.

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Now Re-opened – The Greek House – Greek Casita Restaurant & Bar –Torrox Costa: Now opening at 6:30pm
Located on the sea promenade, between the Safari bar and Picadero restaurants, BLQ 80 bajo. We offer you a little piece of Greece with our Greek home made specialities. You can choose meat specialties (Gyros, Souvlaki, Bifteki, Sutsukaki, Mussaka), cheese (Feta Psiti, Feta Saganaki, Hallumi), vegetables (Greek salad, Hummus, Eggplant cream, Mezze, Tzatziki) or sea fruits (prawns or octopus), all of this accompanied with our special Greek pita bread. For dessert… HOMEMADE BAKLAVA! We offer a lovely meal time in a quiet end exquisite atmosphere, accompanied with the best Greek music. See you soon! Hours: 6:30pm to close, Wednesday thru Sunday. Closed Monday & Tuesday. For reservations call 642585049. https://la-casita-griega.business.site/ We are DigameXtra sponsors, so our contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section. 

 

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Spanish Lessons: Hello! I am offering my services to anyone who would like to learn Spanish (spoken, written, conversational).
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I am an English native who has lived in Spain from 3 years old and have 9 years of experience helping people of all ages with English and Spanish lessons.
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I charge 12€ an hour for online and present lessons.
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MOONETTE – Organic Skincare for Mature Skin: Thank you so much for your support and interest in 2023, I wish you a very happy, beautiful and prosperous NEW YEAR.
We are a Torrox-based company specialising in the creation of formulae which help prevent premature skin ageing. We are committed to making effective products at affordable prices.
Your skin health matters to us. How you feed your skin is as important as how you feed your body. Why settle for anything less than natural and organic?
As our skin is the first layer of our defence against microbial infections, ultraviolet radiation and environmental contamination it plays a vital role in our health. As we grow older, however, our skin becomes thinner, wrinkled, and more sensitive; hence it requires the use of treatments containing specific ingredients to the care of treating mature skin.
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At Moonette, we are passionate about health, beauty and plants. Your skin will benefit from the properties of botanic essential oils combined with a selection of nutrients for deep hydration, cell revitalization and antioxidant effect, all sourced from the finest natural ingredients with gorgeous fragrances.
Naturally, we care about our planet and feel the need to help reduce the sheer volumes of plastics waste that are generated daily around the globe. Presently, we are minimizing the usage of plastic materials in our production while seeking alternative forms of packaging. To help reduce pollution we are asking all local customers to recycle or reuse their Moonette skincare containers, and offering a small discount on future purchases to customers recycling containers.
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Inflammation – A Psychological Thriller:
– Set in London, Brighton, Oxford, and Málaga; this fast paced novel follows Adam, a Psychologist, as he struggles to cope with life after the brutal murder of his truest love, Lorelei, at the hands of her abusive ex-partner. In the midst of his grief, and the guilt from his sense of having failed her; he lives on countdown, awaiting the release of the perpetrator. Furious with a criminal justice system that by its very nature only ever acts after the event, and increasingly feeling the need to do something for the cause in the meantime; the obsessive urge to intervene using his psychological skills, overpowers him. Will he even make it to the release date, or will he already have gone too far?
– I wrote this novel in and around Málaga province; in Torrox and Nerja particularly. It is a psychological/suspense/crime thriller, and would certainly be rated 18+ in places. It is available on Amazon in paperback and ebook in various countries. The links for the UK and Spain are below, and it is best to order it from where you currently are, and/or to where you would like it delivered. I very much hope you enjoy it (please leave a nice amazon review if so); and a big heartfelt thank you to anyone who orders it, and in doing so, is supporting an independent author.
Loz, Torrox. Email: lozblume AT gmail D0T com
For more info and to purchase: Amazon.es or Amazon.co.uk

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For Sale, 3 items:
– 2 mirrors, pair 25e
– 2 Pillows, Nord Swiss unused condition, pair 15e
– Portable Hob Butsir MS 1000 unused condition, 25e
Ken, Cútar, 680791498 

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DoctorLaptop’s Computer Sales & Repairs- Torrox Costa

SALES

For Sale, 3 items:
-New High Performance Mini PC, MIPOWCAT M8N95
Processor: Intel N95 (1.7GHz base, 3.4GHz Turbo)
16GB high speed RAM; Windows 11 Pro fully setup & updated;
512GB high performance M2 SSD by Crucial;
Dual-Screen 4k Display; 2x HDMI 2.0; WiFi 5;
Ethernet; BT 4.2; 4x USB 3.0.
Size: 14.1 x 13.9 x 10.4 cm; 710 grams. See video link.
Includes new business quality UK keyboard & mouse (both wired for USB)
Price €350, with 2 year factory warranty. User supplies HDMI display monitor.
Budget Laptop: New Lenovo Ideapad 1 Gen 7, 14 inch FHD display. Windows 11 Pro, 256Gb SSD, 4Gb RAM (soldered, not upgradable)
AMD 3020e processor (1.2GHz base, 2.6GHz turbo)
1.4kg slim design with 10hr battery.
System is English, keyboard Spanish. Only €380. 
1 year Lenovo warranty when registered online after purchase. (Pic center, silver)
-High Performance Laptop: New Business Grade Laptop
Acer Travelmate P215-52, brand new & fully upgraded with top-of-the-line RAM & SSDs.
Intel i3 10110U processor (2.59GHz base, 4.10GHz turbo!)
12Gb RAM. Two SSD Hard Drives: 256Gb + 500Gb
System: Windows 11 Pro in English. Spanish keyboard. 15.6″ HD display
Only €650 cash. 1 year Acer warranty when registered online after purchase. (Pic on right, black)
Naythan, Torrox Costa. Buyer collects.
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com

REPAIRS

DoctorLaptop’s Computer Repairs & Sales- Torrox Costa (near the bus station): Computers only, no tablets or phones.
I don’t work on dinosaurs computers made before 2016 unless I have been servicing then annually.
Contact: doctorlaptop AT protonmail DOT com
or call 675 993 069 (no calls before 12noon, missed calls returned asap). More info on my website. Always include the make & model number of the device when requesting assistance. My contact details can be found everyday at the bottom of the Sponsor’s Section.

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Recommendations & Requests

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Water Violations: A reader in Axarquia reports that his friend, a rural water meter reader (Aqualia), has been told his job now was to look at the usage numbers more than the reading itself, and says meter readers have been provided with the info needed to do so. Any readers who are choosing to ignore the restrictions may find that the chances of being caught out are increasing.

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News & Articles

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{ Translations by www.DeepL.com/Translator }

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SPAIN

Bill signed to increase the SMI to 1,134 euros per month: {Translation, summary}
– The second vice-president and Minister of Employment, Yolanda Díaz, and the general secretaries of the CCOO and UGT, Unai Sordo and Pepe Álvarez, respectively, have signed the agreement to raise the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) by 5%, to 1,134 euros per month for fourteen payments, with retroactive effect from 1 January 2024.
– {Now they can proceed with work on the low-income tax reduction plan that was prematurely announced last week as a done deal. -Ed.} Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/economia/Diaz-CCOO-UGT-acuerdo-SMI-video_0_1867613412.html

ANDALUCÍA

Newts (el tritón) return to Doñana vineyards after eliminating the use of herbicides: {Translation, summary}
– The Wendy Clements Animal Sanctuary in Chucena has succeeded, after years of pursuing a project to prevent the use of herbicides in vineyards in Doñana, in bringing back a species that has not been seen for years, the newt, an insectivorous amphibian. The newt, according to the Sanctuary, is a very difficult amphibian to observe and for years the indiscriminate use of herbicides in the countryside has reduced its numbers in Doñana to worrying levels; in fact, no farmer in the area recalled having found any of these shy animals in their agricultural plots.
– It is easy to confuse it with the more common reptiles known as geckos (Tarentola Mauritanica), although, unlike these, the newt can live in water. It is insectivorous and as a protection mechanism against predators it secretes a slightly poisonous toxin through its skin.
– This centre, in its 100,000 square metres, is managing to recover colonies of owlets that are protected in the almost centenary olive trees that still survive in this area, as well as families of hedgehogs, snakes and – especially – a large number of small birds that take advantage of the absence of poisons and agricultural pesticides to raise their chicks in the vineyard.
– The Sanctuary points out that the newt is an “indicator species” of the level of environmental health of an environment, so they understand that its return represents “a good qualification and an incentive to continue making efforts to recover, in a real way, the natural wealth of Doñana”.
– The Sanctuary hopes that, with this and other projects, Doñana will regain its recently lost status on the IUCN Green List (the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s seal of approval). Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1507574/los-tritones-retornan-a-los-vinedos-de-donana-tras-eliminar-el-uso-de-herbicidas/ 

AXARQUÍA

Spain’s Met Office activates yellow alert weather warning for heavy rain in Axarquía region:
– It is the most longed for news in the driest region of Malaga province, and tomorrow, Friday 19 January, a yellow risk weather alert for heavy rain has been activated by Spain’s Met Office for the drought-hit Axarquía region. Aemet has also issued an alert for the Ronda area, tomorrow, for thunderstorms, from 6am until 3pm. The state agency has also activated a yellow alert on the Costa del Sol, the Axarquía, and the Guadalhorce valley areas for force seven winds and three-metre high waves in coastal areas.
– The storm is expected to hit from dawn and will last the entire day. Rain is expected from 9am until 6pm, with it falling in Malaga city and many other parts of the province. In the Axarquía, downpours, with a probability of between 40% and 70%, could reach 15mm per hour. If it materialises, it would be a welcome relief for La Viñuela reservoir, which is at its lowest ever level, and practically ‘dead’ (at 7.4% capacity, with only 12 .2 cubic hectometres.)
– At a general level, Aemet forecasts very cloudy skies for Friday, with weak to moderate rainfall in Malaga, which is expected to be more intense in inland areas. Very strong gusts of wind are also forecast for eastern inland areas from dawn.
– Looking ahead to Saturday, the possibility of rain in the province increases again to 70% starting at 12 noon. On Sunday, on the other hand, a stable day is expected with cloudy skies and little chance of rain on the horizon (the probability is 15%). It will be the precursor of a new week marked by the entry of another powerful anticyclone weather system to Spain.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/spains-met-office-activates-yellow-alert-weather-20240118160605-nt.html

MALAGA PROVINCE

Valle de Abdalajís extends water cuts to 12 hours every day: Valle de Abdalajís residents will now have no running water from 10pm to 7am and from 3pm to 6pm, seven days a week, in an effort to conserve the supply. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/guadalhorce-valley/malaga-province-village-extends-water-cuts-hours-20240117162230-nt.html 

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The summer will begin with new water restrictions in Malaga if it does not rain heavily beforehand:
{Translation, summary}
– The outlook looks bleak for 2024 as far as water reserves are concerned. With Malaga’s reservoirs holding only 98 hectometres of water, which represents 16% of their capacity, and poor rainfall forecasts, at least in the short term, the supply to consumers is increasingly compromised. In fact, the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, has stated that the summer will begin with water restrictions in capitals such as Seville, Cordoba and Malaga if it does not rain intensely in the months leading up to this.
– “We are in an extreme situation and it is not a question of alarming, but of being realistic,” said the Andalusian president on Thursday, who announced the fourth drought decree with an investment of 200 million euros. “We all have to make an enormous effort to contain our water consumption,” said Moreno, pointing out that “at least 30 days of continuous rain” are needed. Therefore, if there is no heavy rain in the next six months, water cuts in the city of Malaga will be a reality.
– This will not be a novelty in the province of Malaga, although it will be in the capital. This past summer, measures such as turning off the water in beach showers or reducing irrigation were put in place, but the supply was guaranteed in the city of Malaga. This was not the case in more than 40 municipalities in the province, which have been living for months with night-time cuts or with some saving measures, mainly in the Axarquia region. The reservoir that supplies the area, La Viñuela, is the most worrying, as it is only at 7.4% of its capacity. In municipalities such as Valle de Abdalajís, the Town Hall has this week taken the decision to extend to 12 hours the cuts in the water supply that the population has been suffering. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/verano-restricciones-agua-Malaga_0_1867613954.html

TORROX

Torrox population exceeds 20,000 for first time:
– Torrox received 31,573,384 euros extra in this year’s budget having exceeded the 20,000 inhabitants quota, meaning that it is now considered a large town. It is an increase of 18 per cent compared to 2023.
– The town hall will acquire specialised staff including six social workers, two psychologists and two social educators “to strengthen an area that has an important challenge to take on,” he said. There will also be an increase in staff in other departments “to ensure that the quality of public services is maintained”. A further twenty posts will be created to reinforce different areas including four new Local Police officers.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/bigger-budget-for-popular-costa-sol-town-20240117212339-nt.html

ALMERIA

SUPPORT THE FARMERS- New animal legislation reduces Almeria’s pig potential by 14%: {Translation}
– The livestock sector in Almeria faces a significant challenge with the implementation of the new RD 159/2023 on Animal Welfare. This regulation, which increases the minimum surface area per animal from 0.65 to 0.74 square metres, has led to a considerable reduction in the fattening capacity of pig farms. According to ASAJA-Almería, this measure has resulted in a reduction of around 180 places per farm, equivalent to a loss of 5,400 euros per shed.
– The impact is notable in Almeria, the main producer of white layer pigs in Andalusia, with 33% of the regional production, according to Teleprensa. The province has approximately 610,000 animals, distributed among 200 farms and around 370 fattening sheds. Most of the farmers are integrated in companies that provide technical assistance, piglets and feed, while they are responsible for the care and fattening of the animals.
– The president of ASAJA-Almería, Adoración Blanque, stresses the importance of implementing support measures so that farmers can recover their productive potential, especially considering the high cost of expanding facilities. The situation is aggravated by the rising cost of building new sheds and the complexity of administrative procedures, which makes it difficult to expand existing facilities. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1507793/la-nueva-legislacion-animal-reduce-un-14-el-potencial-de-ganado-porcino-de-almeria/ 

HEALTH

Attacks On Medical Workers- Malaga registered more than five attacks a week in public health centers in 2023: {Translation, summary}
– Just over five assaults per week. Exactly 5.34. This is the figure for physical and verbal attacks against professionals of all categories in the province’s public health centres in 2023. In total, 278 were recorded last year, 10 more than in 2022. According to figures from the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) Register of Incidents and Aggressions in Health Centres (RIAC), 217 were verbal and 61 physical. The latter number means that one less was reported than in the previous year, when 62 physical and 206 verbal incidents were recorded.
– According to RIAC data, one in five assaults is physical. Although this proportion may have a certain bias as threats and insults tend to be less reported than attacks that compromise bodily integrity.
– The data are known days after trade unions and professional associations reiterated their request for a meeting of the Provincial Table of Aggressions to “rethink” the measures to contain them because “something is failing”. {Something? Can they be this clueless? As is so typical for modern medicine, they want to treat the symptom rather than fix the root cause- incredibly long waiting lists & waiting-room delays, often suffered without proper pain relief. -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/Malaga-registro-agresiones-sanitarios-publicos_0_1867314186.html

SPORTS

Basketball Copa del Rey draw 2024: 

SPACE

A Massive Amount of Water Ice Has Been Found on Mars, Lurking Beneath The Equator:
– There’s as much water buried there, scientists say, as can be found in Earth’s Red Sea; if it were brought to the surface and melted, it would cover Mars in a shallow ocean between 1.5 to 2.7 meters (4.9 to 8.9 feet) deep.
– Hints of the buried deposits were first detected in 2007, up to a depth of 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles), but scientists didn’t know what they were. New data, and new tools for analyzing that data, have revealed much more about the deposits than expected. “We’ve explored the Medusae Fossae Formation again using newer data from Mars Express’s MARSIS radar, and found the deposits to be even thicker than we thought: up to 3.7 kilometers (2.3 miles) thick,” says geologist Thomas Watters of the Smithsonian Institution.
– “Excitingly, the radar signals match what we’d expect to see from layered ice, and are similar to the signals we see from Mars’s polar caps, which we know to be very ice rich.”
– Scientists want to know where to find water on Mars for another, practical reason. When humans are eventually sent to the red planet, they’re going to need water for survival. If there’s water there already, that will minimize the amount they need to take with them.
Unfortunately, the Medusae Fossae Formation water is off-limits: It’s buried beneath several hundred meters of Martian dust, beyond our ability to access. Still, the discovery raises hopes that there’s water hiding elsewhere on Mars. Full article: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-massive-amount-of-water-ice-has-been-found-on-mars-lurking-beneath-the-equator 

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Truth, reality and revenge- Even the scholars are upset with Spanish officials manipulative speech using word-tricks to avoid truths- An Editorial by Miguel Ángel Aguilar, Parliamentary chronicler: {Translation, summary}
{It appears that I am not the only one disgusted with the propaganda generated by Spanish politics, especially the Sanchez machine, and the mainstream media that parrots him. Finally, academic scholars are calling out the political BS. Lies, deceptive false “truths”, corruption of logic, manipulated statistics and concocted fake consensus opinions are the favored tools of the ruling class. And it’s not just Spain. In most of the speeches by nation and industry leaders at this week’s WEF meeting in Davos, you can identify these same deceptions.  -Ed.}
– If, as Heisenberg argues, we do not know reality, but only the reality subjected to our way of questioning it, we must conclude that the way of questioning reality is what distinguishes and gives prestige to a journalist and accounts for his or her insights.
– Thus, reading the four pages that El País devotes to the interview held in Moncloa and listening to RNE the following day, we can deduce that journalists are sick of evasive answers. Although no hostility towards the president could be suspected in either of these two media outlets, repeated cross-examination on up to four occasions reveals dissatisfaction with Sanchez’ constant evasions.
– Another note shared by both interviews is the incorporation into the president’s discourse of an axiom, with its origins in Aristotle, according to which “truth is reality”. But, as we know, there are real, artificial, virtual, fictitious, augmented and other realities. In other words, the polysemy (multiple meanings of a word) can be a tool of deception, as the twisting of words is used to avoid addressing a specific point being asked. In other words, the polysemy of the predicate leaves the subject undefined.
– Moreover, this recourse to Aristotle, whose logic – including the principle of contradiction – has been abolished in Moncloa (Spain’s White House), only serves to distract attention from the key truth/lies on which we were focusing and to divert us from analysing the method involved in lying.
– As Péter Esterházy writes in Heavenly Harmony, “it is very difficult to lie without knowing the truth”. And acquiring knowledge of the truth is often an arduous task that requires commitment, dedication and understanding.
– In short, to lie is also to deny a reality that the liar, in order to become a liar, must know; and that lying may be one of those necessities that charismatic leaders know how to transform by magic into virtue when they feel obliged to persevere in their posts.
– A different case is the one explained by George Orwell about the good nationalist who, “besides shunning disapproval of the atrocities committed by his own side, develops a remarkable capacity for deafness in perceiving them”.
– In both Sanchez interviews referred to here, it can be seen that the president intends to alter the phrasing of the questions put to him by beginning his answers with the refrain “the question should have been”, which confirms how politicians tend to encroach on the journalists’ area in the same way that journalists tend to overstep the mark in the opposite direction.
– In any case, closer than Aristotle is José Ortega y Gasset (distinguished Spanish philosopher, 1883-1955) and his warning that “every ignored reality prepares its revenge”. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5210166/0/verdad-realidad-venganza/ 

Miguel Angel Aguilar

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New Life Church: Whether you live in Nerja or are visiting our area, you are very welcome to come and join us at our Sunday gathering. Join us for a time of Holy Spirit led worship and experience the presence of our God. Our teaching is Bible based as we honour God and obey His Word. During this time of uncertainty, God’s Word reminds us that the Gospel shines brightest in times of darkness. Our service lasts for about 1 hour and 30 mins. With Tea and Coffee afterwards.
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The church meeting hall is situated at: Res: El Olivar 5, 8 Bajo 1, Calle Arbequin, Velez Malaga 29700.
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DigameXtra No. 2695 Thursday, Jan 18th, 2024

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Alhaurín de la Torre is once again holding its free festival on the occasion of the municipality’s Citizen Participation Day. Callejéate, the name it received last year, has mutated into Callejea, the new event which will be full of concerts, parallel activities and a lot of good vibes but, above all, completely free entry which will take place this coming Saturday 27 January. It will be held in different venues throughout the Barrio Viejo and we already know a first preview of the line-up with names such as El Canijo de Jerez, La Cebolla & Negro Jari, Muchopelo, Phango, Velacruz and Radio 80. 

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– 2x small pine stools. One with grey base (waxed top) One with beige base (linseed oil) Price 35€ each
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– Folding tables and 2 chairs. Riverside Wicker line. €40 ono
– Fibreoptic Xmas tree from Dunnes. €5
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– Small computer desk with drawer €15. 73cm x 50cm x 75cm height
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Price €350, with 2 year factory warranty. User supplies HDMI display monitor.
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AMD 3020e processor (1.2GHz base, 2.6GHz turbo)
1.4kg slim design with 10hr battery.
System is English, keyboard Spanish. Only €380. 
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System: Windows 11 Pro in English. Spanish keyboard. 15.6″ HD display
Only €650 cash. 1 year Acer warranty when registered online after purchase. (Pic on right, black)
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Migrant boat arrivals to Spain nearly quadruple in January:
– The number of migrants entering Spain irregularly by sea has jumped nearly 300% so far in January from the same period in 2023, with the vast majority arriving in the Canary Islands, official data showed on Tuesday.
– A total of 3,658 migrants entered Spain by sea, most in fragile boats, between Jan. 1 and 15, up from 921 in the year-ago period, Interior Ministry data showed. Around 95% of those who arrived by sea went to the Canary Islands while the rest entered via the Balearic Islands or Spain’s mainland. The number of boats increased only marginally, to 80 from 65, suggesting more crammed and dangerous voyages.
– 2023 was a record year for irregular migrant arrivals in Spain, particularly on the Canary Islands, the entry point of 39,910 last year. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/migrant-boat-arrivals-spain-nearly-quadruple-january-2024-01-16/

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Shaman sect that had built up an ayahuasca empire in Spain is brought down: {Translation}
– Eighteen people have been arrested in the framework of a joint operation by the General Information Office of the National Police and Customs Surveillance against a neo-shamanic sect that promoted “inner evolution” retreats in which participants were given prohibited psycho-addictive substances dangerous to their health (ayahuasca, sapo bufo, kambo frog and peyote), under the supervision of a registered doctor and a false doctor (posing as a graduate in medicine). This was used to endorse “the suitability of the practice”.
– As reported by the National Police, the investigation started after the detection of a “commercial network” that offered neo-shamanic rituals -through different websites and social networks- with which supposedly the attendees could achieve “an improvement in physical and emotional health”. Agents specialised in the fight against destructive sects were able to verify that the organisation had a headquarters in the Colombian jungle where they had the means and raw materials necessary to produce the ayahuasca concoction, which they then smuggled into Spain.
– This was mainly done through Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez airport, ‘using mules or simulating imports of other products’. However, they also sent parcels addressed to members of the group. Many of them have been intercepted. They contained psychedelics such as mescaline (a plant-based drug found in peyote and San Pedro cacti) and ayahuasca (a hallucinogenic concoction produced by indigenous Amazonian peoples).
– All those arrested are charged with membership of a criminal organisation and crimes against public health. But, in addition, some of them are charged with human trafficking, professional intrusion, violation of workers’ rights, smuggling and infringement of the law on foreigners. Among them is their leader, who died during the investigation of the case, who “was considered by his followers as a spiritual master or guru” and is also accused of “crimes against sexual freedom and indemnity and of favouring clandestine immigration”.
– This destructive sect, which had headquarters – ‘epicentres of inner evolution’, for its followers – in different Spanish provinces (Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Granada and Ibiza), had managed to establish itself in other European countries (mainly France, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Finland, Romania and Malta) as well as in Mexico, Colombia and Turkey.
– The aforementioned ‘epicentres’ were where the rituals were held and also where the members of the organisation lived and worked ‘long hours in irregular conditions’, according to the police. According to the investigators, the group belongs to the so-called ‘new age sects’, specifically those of a neo-Shamanic nature.
– The administration of psycho-addictive substances, an instrument used by the shaman to recruit and coercively control the group, was accompanied by “various stimuli” (environmental paraphernalia, chants, lights, incense, etc.) aimed at “inducing dissociative states of consciousness that lead to introjection (making the thoughts or personality traits of others one’s own)”.
– During the searches carried out – eight in total – and the intervention of postal consignments – carried out by the Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance Service at the airport – the following were seized: 24,000 euros, 1kg of mescaline, more than 60 kilos of ayahuasca and other psychoactive substances with the instruments for their consumption.
– In addition, specialised agents will analyse the computer and audiovisual production material found in the headquarters and which may be relevant to the investigation. The Destructive Cults Section of the National Police has set up an e-mail address sectasdestructivas@policia.es so that any citizen can anonymously and confidentially report facts related to sectarian groups. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/2024-01-17/cae-una-secta-neochamanica-que-habia-montado-un-imperio-de-ayahuasca-en-espana-7087871/ 

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Congressional lawyers warn that amnesty may be unconstitutional and requires reform of the Magna Carta: {Translation, summary}
– The lawyers of the Justice Committee of the Congress of Deputies consider that the proposed Amnesty Law that the Government intends to approve, in order to erase the crimes of the procés, has the appearance of being unconstitutional. The jurists on the committee – which is to debate the text and the amendments presented to it – believe that the initiative cannot be covered by the umbrella of the 1977 Amnesty Law.
– Consequently, the lawyers point to the need for a new amnesty to previously require a reform of the constitution to cover it. Lawyers of the Justice Commission admit that the unconstitutionality of the rule may not be obvious, but after close inspection, they identify multiple aspects of it that might not pass the Magna Carta filter, something that, in any case, they leave in the hands of the Constitutional Court. Source, Spanish: https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2024/01/17/65a7a1d821efa0b5308b45bf.html

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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
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot 

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Torrox: 952 531 030
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Nerja: 952 521 545
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DigameXtra No. 2694 Wednesday, Jan 17th, 2024

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Frigiliana celebrates the festivities in honor of San Sebastián on Wed 17th, Fri 19th and Sat 20 January:
– The main events will take place on Saturday 20 January, when, among other things, there will be a mass and subsequent procession in honour of San Sebastián.
– Wednesday, 17th, the traditional blessing of animals will take place at 17:00 in the square of the church of San Antón.
– Friday, 19th, in the Parque Andalucía a performance by the Huelva-born Ana de Caro, at 20:00, followed by a performance of the Kalima Orchestra.
– On Saturday, 20th, the feast of San Sebastián, at 11:00 there will be a parade by the Frigiliana Municipal Band to the Parque Andalucía. The Frigiliana Choirs and Dancers and the Ángela Muñoz Dance Academy will perform from 12:30. At 14:30 Miguel Botana is scheduled to perform. That same day the parish church of San Antonio de Padua will host a mass in honour of San Sebastián at 17:30, with the participation of the Peña La Amistad choir, followed by fireworks. From 20:30 hours, the pop and rock cover band Orden Definitivo will perform, and DJ Toulalan will close the festivities from 22:00 hours. 

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Canillas de Albaida celebrates San Antón:
– The programme of activities which will begin on Saturday 20 January at 19:00, with the ringing of bells and a parade by the Municipal Band of Canillas de Albaida. An hour later, the patron saint will be transferred from his hermitage through the streets of the village to the church. At 22:00 the orchestra Arrayán and Leo Música en Vivo will perform.
– On Sunday 21 January at 11:30 there will be the traditional firing of rockets and parades through the streets of the town. At 12:00 there will be a mass in honour of San Antón Abad accompanied by the Romeros del Rosario choir in the parish church. At the end of the mass, the procession and blessing of the animals will take place next to the hermitage. At 15.00 the stewards will invite those attending to our typical black pudding, chorizo sausages, “potaje de brísoles” and local wine. At 16:00 the party will begin with the Arrayán orchestra and Leo Música en Vivo. 

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SPAIN

Britons in Spain can now register to vote in UK as 15-year-away rule ends:
– For UK citizens who have lived outside the country for more than 15 years or never registered to vote in the UK when they lived there, registration opens on 16 January. Those who have lived outside the UK for less than 15 years and were previously on the electoral roll can already apply at any time. Any British citizen, including Irish citizens who also have British citizenship aged 18 and over who have previously been registered or lived in the UK, even only as a child, have the right to vote in general and by-elections.
– For further information, to register and to make a declaration as an overseas elector, visit the UK government website: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/britons-spain-can-now-register-vote-15yearaway-20240112140559-nt.html

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ANDALUCÍA

Another 300 Million Euros Of Wasted EU Recovery Funds In Andalucia Due To Gross Mismanagement By PP Controlled Junta- More Lies & Incompetence Exposed: {Translation, summary}
– The PSOE Andalusian MP Olga Manzano criticised on Monday the “false triumphalism” of the Junta de Andalucía and the PP with aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the self-employed in the province to alleviate energy cost overruns, which “have only reached 5.1% of the self-employed and SMEs in the province of Granada”.
– “If we add to the 67,827 self-employed workers the 3,784 SMEs in the whole of Granada, we get a total of 71,611 potential beneficiaries of this initiative which, according to the PP, has benefited 3,659 companies and self-employed workers in Granada. This is absolutely ridiculous”, she stressed.
– Thus, the socialist has criticised that “almost 95% of all self-employed and companies have been left out of this line of aid” and has also criticised that “those who have been most harmed by this cumbersome order, which by decree law brought forward the Government of Moreno Bonilla, have been the self-employed in the smallest towns”.
– “Once again, they are seeing another opportunity for European funds that they have not been able to take advantage of due to the poor management of the Andalusian government of the PP,” he said. “We warned in the Andalusian Parliament that this call was doomed to fail, and now we confirm that in light of the data, so we demand more transparency and less propaganda from the PP,” he added.
– Manzano also alluded to the obligation to return to Europe those resources that have not been used, around 300 million euros of the 525 million budgeted for the whole of Andalusia, despite the needs and demands of the productive fabric of Granada”.
– “This failed aid is a new lost opportunity to get out of the caboose in which the PP has Granada and Andalusia. We demand explanations from Moreno Bonilla and that he takes responsibility for the inability to manage funds from other administrations,” he said. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/psoe-afirma-95-pymes-autonomos-quedan-fuera-ayudas-sobrecoste-energetico/

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Disingenuous Minister for the Economy Manipulates Numbers, Claims EU Funds Properly Disbursed, But Only Refers To Pre 2021 EU Funds Received BEFORE EU Covid Recovery Fund Was Established!: {Translation, summary}
– The Regional Minister of Economy, Carolina España, has issued a reply to the accusations made yesterday by the Secretary General of the PSOE, Juan Espadas, and last week by the First Vice-President of the Government, María Jesús Montero, and in a more than long list of macroeconomic figures, has denied that the autonomous community is in a worse situation than the rest of the country.
– On another of the aspects for which she was criticised by the PSOE, the lack of execution of European funds, the councillor also assured that “all the European funds allocated in the 2014-2020 framework have been used up, with a certification of 82%, and has guaranteed that the total amount will be certified when the deadline closes in six months’ time, so she will not have to return “a single euro”. {Note she only refers to funds received over 4 years ago, ignoring all the more recent, much greater EU Covid Recovery Funds that have already begun to expire for lack of disbursement. -Ed.}
– Regarding the lack of execution of European funds, another of the points on which Juan Espadas criticised the Andalucian minister, she advanced that the ERDF programmes and the European Social Fund (ESF) are 100% paid. {She conveniently ignores the unspent EU Covid Recover Funds, which are significantly greater. -Ed.} She admitted that in 2023 {3 years after the period they were supposed to be used for! -Ed.}, only 22% of the European funds of the 2014-2020 framework have been certified. The remaining amount {of the funds received for the pre 2021 period -Ed.}, almost 1.2 billion, will be certified within the remaining six months, according to the minister, who assured that the process is already underway and “very advanced” {Advanced? It is more than 3 years past the period these funds were intended for! Plus she totally ignores the now expiring EU Covid Relief Funds that were supposed to be disbursed quickly to recover from the financial damages covid and the illegal lockdowns created. The Junta is holding these billions in funds, that are collecting huge interest, and who knows where that interest money is going? And due to lack of prompt disbursement to the struggling business owners, many having long since gone bust, much of those funds for the 2021-2023 period will have to be returned. As mentioned in the previous article, only 5% of Andalucia’s share of EU Covid Recovery Funds have been distributed! This is an outrage! Tar & feathers is too good for these clowns. -Ed.} Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/Junta-Andalucia-indicadores-economicos-Espana_0_1867014747.html 

ESTEPONA

More Corruption? The PSOE denounces “suspicious irregularities” in tenders for municipal services: {Translation, summary}
– The secretary of the PSOE of Estepona, Emma Molina, has denounced that the tendering processes of the outsourced services of the Town Hall, such as beach services or parks and gardens, present “suspicious irregularities”.
– The City Council has total freedom to benefit the companies it wants, as it can award up to 45% of the points without objective foundations, creating a tailor-made contract.
– Molina said in a statement that the “most striking” aspect of these specifications “is found in the evaluation of applications” since “45% of the score is based on subjective criteria, classified as criteria dependent on value judgements, that is, at the discretion of the contracting board.”
– This means, according to Molina, “that the City Council has total freedom to benefit the companies it wants, as it can award up to 45% of the points without objective grounds, creating a tailor-made contract”.
– The second “irregularity”, in the opinion of the socialist spokesperson, is that the new contractors “are obliged to subrogate certain personnel, who, curiously, are linked to the PP party”. According to the PSOE; “this is a common practice in the PP of Estepona as, previously, the former councillor Sergio Rodríguez was hired by one of these companies”. “These are relatives of members of the government team who are contracted by the previous contractors. They are not municipal workers, but employees of private companies who should remain with these companies, but who will now have to be taken on by the next contractor. So these outsourced services become real revolving doors to keep PP officials” Molina said. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1505138/el-psoe-denuncia-sospechosas-irregularidades-en-licitaciones-de-servicios-municipales/

ENERGY CRISIS

MORE GOV’T MISMANAGENENT- After 20 Years Work And Millions Spent, Gov’t Shelves Temporary Nuclear Waste Warehouse Project, Opts For Riskier New Plan Distributing Waste Rather Than Centralize It, Abandons Town Who Welcomed Projects & Has Been Building Their Futures On It Since 2011: {Translation}
– On Tuesday, the BOE published the resolution of the Ministry for Ecological Transition that puts an end to the project to build a temporary nuclear waste storage facility (ATC) in Spain. This was to store spent fuel and waste from the dismantling of power plants in a single location as a preliminary step to the “eternal” nuclear storage facility projected for the 2070s.
– This is the official confirmation of the end of a project that has been underway for almost twenty years and that went into a tailspin when Pedro Sánchez came to power. After 23 Jan, the government approved the new nuclear waste plan that banishes this solution and opts for the construction of not one but seven temporary storage facilities, one per plant, as a preliminary step to definitive storage, which will not arrive for decades.
– The government resolution alleges that the decision has been taken “due to the lack of social, political and institutional consensus necessary to designate the site of the ATC”, an argument against which the town that thirteen years ago was chosen to house the storage site, Villar de Cañas {pic}, in Cuenca, is up in arms. There they have been asking themselves for years what political consensus is needed when in the town there is total unanimity supporting it, and the central government did back the very long term project.
– The resolution only mentions “consensus” to justify the renunciation of a project that in 2006 was approved as the ideal solution for waste in the Congress of Deputies and which experts continue to defend as the ideal solution, arguing among other reasons that it would reduce the number of sites in Spain with nuclear waste, that it would facilitate its management, that it would free up the land of dismantled plants sooner and that it would present fewer environmental risks. The option chosen by the government is 2,000 million more expensive than the ATC, and this is without counting the millions invested to date in the project, including the purchase of land, the construction of the buildings that were to house the business incubator associated with the storage facility, the money paid to the people and the region, the infrastructures built and the hours of work invested in the reports that were drawn up. This extra money will have to be paid by the electricity companies that manage the plants, as the government made clear last week with the announced increase in the fee they have to pay for the management of the plants.
– The resolution published on Tuesday “renders null and void” the agreement of the Council of Ministers in 2011 that approved the designation of Villar de Cañas as the site of the centralised temporary storage facility “and its associated technology centre” and urges ENRESA, the company that manages nuclear waste, “to desist from all procedures initiated and linked” to the project.
– It also stipulates that ENRESA should undertake “the free transfer of ownership of the land and buildings it owns in the municipality of Villar de Cañas” and that these should be used “exclusively for purposes of public utility or social interest”. The transfer ‘may only be made to the General State Administration, the Autonomous Community of Castile-La Mancha, local bodies in the province of Cuenca or public foundations of those administrations’. Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2024-01-16/el-gobierno-pone-punto-y-final-a-casi-veinte-anos-de-trabajo-para-dotar-a-espana-de-un-almacen-temporal-nuclear-7087508/ 

HEALTH

The WHO warns of a ‘European flu’ as hospitalizations increase by 58%: {Translation, summary}
– The WHO on Tuesday warned of a “European flu scare”, reporting that 20 of the 30 countries in Europe monitored are currently experiencing “high flu intensity” that is putting a strain on health services. At a press conference on the flu and covid-19 situation in Europe, the local director, Hans Kluge, explained that the flu epidemic “is not out of the ordinary”, but he did express his concern because in recent weeks hospitalisations due to respiratory viruses have risen by 58%.
– According to WHO data, the population groups currently suffering the worst rates of flu infection are the over-65s and babies.
– ICU admissions up 21%. “Health systems should be prepared for a likely increase in influenza cases in the coming weeks,” warned the WHO’s European director. “Across the region, the past two weeks have seen a 58% increase in reported hospitalisations for influenza and a 21% increase in ICU admissions compared to the previous two weeks.”
– In addition to influenza, the WHO explained that the new covid-19 virus variant called JN.1, also known as ‘pirola’, has now become the “most common and dominant” in the European region. Although the incidence of covid is low, the virus is here to stay and 76% of new infections are due to this variant (JN.1), says the WHO’s European director. According to Kluge, ‘pirola’ is not the most severe variant, but it can be described as “unpredictable”. He therefore called on governments to remain vigilant in their surveillance of respiratory viruses, while warning of a rise in other viruses such as pneumonia and measles. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5209571/0/oms-alerta-un-gripazo-europeo-las-hospitalizaciones-se-incrementan-un-58/ 

TRAVEL NEWS

Spanish low-cost airline Vueling launches cheap flights outlet with an offer for the Malaga-Barcelona route at just 15 euros:
– The carrier has launched a new campaign on its website and you can find a flight from only 9.99 euros from Bilbao-London, from 10.90 euros for the Asturias-Barcelona route or 11.80 euros for Alicante-Mallorca, among others.
– Prices for flights from Malaga Airport starting at 15.45 euros. However, the Malaga-Barcelona route is the only direct flight from the Costa del Sol airport in this section at the moment. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/spanish-lowcost-airline-vueling-launches-cheap-flights-20240114192553-nt.html 

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DigameXtra No. 2693 Tuesday, Jan 16th, 2024

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Celtic Music Night: Thursday 18th January, Competa
This month´s Celtic Music Night will be held at Siddhartha on the Rock in Competa on Thursday 18th January. The fun starts at 8.00pm. Contemporary and traditional songs and tunes from Ireland and Scotland and sometimes Wales.
Guest singers/players/dancers welcome, all in the Celtic spirit.
To book your table call 952 516 748 or 628 177 424 or just come along for a drink if you don´t want to eat. 

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Architect service, building licence applications.
Handyman service now available for those smaller jobs.
Water Deposit Installations: Due to the ongoing drought and current water restrictions SPW Construction are currently offering the following service.
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DoctorLaptop’s Computer Repairs- Torrox Costa (near the bus station):
Windows, Apple/Mac, Linux, Android. Computers only, no tablets or phones.
I don’t work on dinosaurs computers made before 2016 unless I have been servicing then annually.
Contact: doctorlaptop AT protonmail DOT com
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Great Deals From Upcycling Nerja:
– Castillan lamp table natural wood waxed beige color 59 x 37 x 81 cms price 95€
– Castillan chest of drawers natural wood ( danish oil ) beige color 91 x 36 x 81cms price 145€
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For Sale: English saddle (French make Guibert), size 18″, dark grey leather, second hand, good condition. Price 175€. Saddle support 5€.
Torrox campo. Eline: 627871532

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For Sale, 3 items:
– Zanussi electric oven 50euros
– Repsol butane tank 15euros
– Folding table and 2 chairs 45euros
Ken, Cútar, 680791498 

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For Sale: Camel leather travel bag
Travel bag in camel cowhide leather, handle and shoulder strap, large front pocket and zip pocket on the back, central zip closure, lined interior with a small zipped pocket. Width 55 cm, height 35 cm. €45.
Yolanda, Sayalonga. I can deliver in the area.
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Great Deals From DoctorLaptop, Torrox Costa

For Sale, 3 items:
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News & Articles

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Fake News Note- Click-bait Headlines Dominate This Week: {-Ed.}
– Readers who also read the Spanish news from other sources should to be aware that this week many Gov’t, Ministry, agency & political party announcements are being made, with great fanfare. This is generating many click-bait headlines and deceptive articles.
– Many news outlets are presenting these “proposal announcements” as actual “newly passed” legislation, when this is NOT the case! The headlines are particularly misleading. This week, being an otherwise slow news week, is loaded with deceptive articles. This is all sources, regardless of the agenda they typically push, liberal or conservative, they all do it!
– For example, many Spanish newspapers are running this headline today:
***“Treasury announces a reduction in personal income tax to soften the impact of the SMI after the PP requested it”.
Here’s what it should say:
***“Treasury announces it is working on a proposed reduction in personal income tax to soften the impact of the SMI once that gets finalized”
– If you read deeper into the story you find that the tax break is being discussed between unions and the Treasury, but not confirmed or finalized. First, public hearings must be held on the SMI (min. wage) proposal, which is required before final confirmation. Only after the SMI increase is confirmed can they move on to the related tax reductions being proposed. What was agreed to was more negotiations:
“The Ministry of Finance has announced that it is working on a reduction in personal income tax to soften the effect on low incomes of the increase in the minimum wage…”
Ref: https://www.vozpopuli.com/economia_y_finanzas/hacienda-rebaja-irpf-suavizar-impacto-smi-pp.html 

SPAIN

New increase in the butane cylinder, 5% more starting this Tuesday, up to 15.89 euros: {Translation, summary}
– The maximum retail price of a cylinder of butane will rise by 5% today, to 15.89 euros, the second increase after six consecutive two-month decreases, according to sources from the Ministry for Ecological Transition.
– The rise in this latest revision, published on Monday in the Official State Gazette (BOE), is mainly due to the increase in the cost of freight (4%) and the high price of raw materials. This price revision, upwards or downwards, is limited to 5%. Source, Spanish: https://www.cope.es/actualidad/economia/noticias/nueva-subida-bombona-butano-partir-este-martes-hasta-los-1589-euros-20240115_3092052

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Hiring a worker in Spain will cost at least 1,900 euros per month: {Translation}
– Raising the minimum wage, and especially with the intensity that Pedro Sánchez’s government has done since 2018, has multiple consequences and most of them are negative. Now the Minister of Labour, Yolanda Díaz, will raise the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) by another 5% from €1,080 per month to €1,134.
– This would represent a cumulative increase of 52.6% since 2018 and 30% in real terms, discounting inflation, the second highest rise in the OECD. In addition, the SMI would come to represent 61% of the average net full-time wage and Spain would have the second most expensive minimum wage in Europe in comparison with productivity, after France.
– Such a development has not only resulted in the destruction of more than 160,000 jobs, but also makes it increasingly difficult to hire young people, the unemployed and low-skilled staff, while also hampering the activity of SMEs.
– And this is not surprising if we take into account the real cost of hiring a worker in Spain. If the gross salary received by the worker, which includes personal income tax and contributions paid by the employee, is added to the contributions paid by the company and holidays, the total labour cost is much higher. Specifically, with the rise in the SMI to 1,134 euros per month, hiring a worker in Spain would cost between 67% and 75% more, according to the employers’ association Cepyme.
– Adding the impact of the two extra payments, the social contributions paid by the employer and the Intergenerational Equity Mechanism (which will rise every year until 2029), the minimum monthly wage cost of a full-time worker ranges between 1,740 and 1,824 euros, depending on the type of contribution for accidents at work. And the effective wage cost per month of work, taking into account holidays, is between 1,898 and 1,990 euros per month. Thus, hiring in Spain costs at least 67% to 75% more than the minimum wage.
– In other words, the worker has to contribute an added value of more than 1,900 euros per month for his or her contract to be worthwhile. Logic would dictate the higher the productivity, the higher the wages. In Spain, however, the opposite has happened in recent years: the minimum wage rises by law, while productivity falls. The result is more unemployment, more black economy and less competitive companies. Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2024-01-15/contratar-un-trabajador-en-espana-costara-como-minimo-1900-euros-al-mes-7085871/

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Political Partners Continue To Fragment – Now it is the right breaking alliances- Vox will not go to the Jan 28 demonstration against Sánchez’s pacts after breaking relations with PP: {Translation, summary}
– Vox will not attend the 28-E demonstration called by the PP against the pacts of Pedro Sánchez’s government with its separatist partners after breaking relations with the leadership of the PP. “We are not going to participate in the ceremony of confusion that Mr Feijóo and PP want to lead,” said the secretary general of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, on Monday.
– Garriga assures that his party is “fed up” with the “contempt” of the party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo. OKDIARIO already revealed last December 4 that Vox broke off relations with PP at national level but not at regional level, where they govern in coalition in several autonomous communities. The reason was that Vox and PP could not find the right formulas to put together a joint strategy against Sánchez’s government after agreeing the amnesty with the separatists. “They refuse to coordinate a response to Sánchez’s coup,” Vox told this newspaper.
– “Mr Feijóo has decided to undertake a strategy that seems more in keeping with his desire to confuse the Spanish people, to whitewash Pedro Sánchez, rather than consider Vox’s strategy. Vox has the strategy of conviction, of frontal and total opposition to the worst government we have suffered in our recent history. A government that is willing to trade with the most precious thing that Spaniards have, which is their nation”, defended Ignacio Garriga on Monday. Source, Spanish: https://okdiario.com/espana/vox-no-ira-manifestacion-del-28-contra-pactos-sanchez-romper-relaciones-genova-12214123

ANDALUCÍA

Inflation Takes Its Toll- 12% of Andalucians are forced to turn to NGOs such as Caritas and the Red Cross for food or basic necessities: {Translation, summary}
– Some 44.8 percent of Andalucians say that in recent weeks they have reduced their consumption of certain foods, mainly fresh fish (30.1%) and olive oil (28%), because of their price, according to the barometer published on Monday, 15 January, by the Andalucian Studies Centre Foundation (Centra), which is part of the Andalucian Regional Government.
– This survey, carried out between 12 and 22 December among a sample of 3,600 people of legal age living in Andalucia and consulted by Europa Press, includes a block of questions related to inflation and prices. The survey includes a series of questions related to inflation and prices, and shows that 35.7% of Andalucians have had “difficulties” in filling up their car’s tank; 30.6% in paying taxes such as property tax or personal income tax; 25.3% in paying for basic supplies – water, electricity and gas; 23.5% in paying the rent or mortgage on their home; and 12.5% in paying for home help services.
– Among the foods whose consumption has been reduced by 44.8% of Andalucians because of their price, according to this barometer, meat (22.6%) and fresh fruit and vegetables (15.7%) are also among the most frequently cited.
– Further, 12.4% of Andalucians answered ‘yes’ to the question of whether, due to this situation, the respondent himself or someone in his family is finding it necessary to go to a social institution such as Caritas or the Red Cross to ask for help with food or basic necessities.
– Lack of employment and job insecurity are mentioned in this survey among the negative factors of living in Andalucia (25.8%). For 46.4% of those surveyed, unemployment is the main problem in the region. Source, Spanish: https://www.larazon.es/andalucia/12-andaluces-obligado-acudir-ong-como-caritas-cruz-roja_2024011565a51032872b820001a34d6a.html

MALAGA PROVINCE

Storm Irene- rain is expected from Tuesday onwards in Malaga and on the Costa del Sol:
– Spain’s state agency Aemet has set the probability of showers at 90 per cent from 6pm tomorrow (Tuesday, 16 January) , a percentage that rises to 100% for Wednesday. In addition, the good news is that the rain will not be isolated and could dampen the ground in Malaga until Saturday. On that day, the probability of rain forecast by Aemet is 70 per cent. By Sunday it will be down to 35%.
– Aemet forecasts that the greatest accumulations of rain are expected on Wednesday in Spain’s western Galicia region (where occasional thunderstorms could occur), the Central System and western Andalucía, where they could be locally heavy and persistent. The forecast predicts rainfall in all Andalusian provinces as well as winds from the west or southwest, moderate to strong with very strong gusts that will especially affect the east, specifically Almeria and Jaén. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/storm-irene-this-how-much-rain-expected-20240115143651-nt.html

EUROPE

Columns of tractors gather in Berlin for the climax of a week of protests by farmers:
– Columns of tractors rolled into Berlin on Monday as farmers gathered for the climax of a week of demonstrations against a plan to scrap tax breaks on the diesel they use, a protest that has tapped into wider discontent with Germany’s government.
– Police said late Sunday evening that the space set aside for vehicles in front of the Brandenburg Gate, where Monday’s demonstration was being held, was already full. Over the past week, farmers have blocked highway entrances and slowed down traffic across Germany with their protests, intent on pushing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government to abandon the planned cuts entirely. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/germany-farmers-protest-subsidies-scholz-government-5d917d65267c8442f6373d2354662bd9 & Video Link

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Ukraine, Gaza, AI take center stage at Davos summit of WEF:
– The rich and powerful of the world are descending on the idyllic Swiss resort town of Davos for the meeting of the World Economic Forum.
– The annual event is taking place at a time when the world is witnessing devastating wars in Gaza and Ukraine, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) that are causing as much excitement as worry, a catastrophic debt crisis amid an economic slowdown, and a deterioration in the health of the planet.
– More than 2,800 participants are slated to attend the 5-day event starting Monday, January 15, including more than 60 heads of state and government. The theme of this year’s meeting of global political and business leaders, celebrities and prominent social activists is “Rebuilding Trust.”
– An annual risks survey published by the WEF on Wednesday put AI-driven misinformation and disinformation as the biggest danger in the next two years. The survey said “nexus between falsified information and societal unrest will take center stage” this year when major economies such as the US, the EU and India go to polls. Full article: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-gaza-ai-take-center-stage-at-davos-summit/a-67954903 

FINANCIAL

Important Bank Letters Coming: {Translation, summary}
– The Bank of Spain has issued a warning about the letter that citizens will receive from banks. During every January banks must send an annual summary.
– This documentation is sent by regular mail, unless you have expressly renounced this option and agreed with the entity to send communications electronically. In this case, it is advisable to check the inbox on the entity’s website to access the annual summary.
– With this summary, or at any other time, your bank can modify the conditions of the current account as long as it notifies you in advance, at least two months before the changes take effect. Be sure your bank has your current contact info. (The Spanish banks have a habit of sending important letters to old addresses. Even if you have updated your contact info in your local branch, its headquarters, where the emails are sent from, may not have been informed. -Ed.) Source, Spanish: https://okdiario.com/economia/muy-atento-vas-recibir-carta-muy-importante-tu-banco-proximos-dias-12210823

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Useful Links, Info & Numbers

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
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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DigameXtra No. 2692 Monday, Jan 15th, 2024

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Phoenix Club:
– The Phoenix Social Club is open to all nationalities but the lingua franca is English. It is registered social club with the Ayuntamiento in Velez Malaga, is a non political and secular organisation & during these very difficult financial times we try to keep costs down.
– We offer an opportunity to make lasting friendships, to help each other & share information but primarily to have fun in a friendly and inclusive association. You do not have to be a member to join us on our trips. Do come along and meet us.
– We meet every Tuesday between 12 and 2 pm at Restaurant and Bar La Vega in Torre del Mar
*** Trips & Events***
January 2024
– 27th – Fuengirola Saturday Market €18pp
February
– 23rd – Marbella Old Town €22pp
March
– 1st – Trip to Gib €22 and includes €1 for the driver.
– 22nd – IKEA & Guzmans Garden Centre €22pp
April
– 24th – 28th 5 day trip to Madrid including 2 day trips. For more information contact Gail
May
– 3rd – Trip to Gib €22 and includes €1 for the driver.
– 10th – Cordoba Patios with Guide €32pp
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723 / 626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk or check out our FB page 

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U3A lectures series:
– U3A lectures series at 11am with Norma will take place in Media Caña on Peñoncillo Beach on Wed. Jan. 17. Title: New York City: A Retrospective of Centuries Past: Did you Know that in 1888, NYC was paralyzed by a snow blizzard? The picture below features people ice skating in Central Park. Join us to find out other fascinating tidbits of history about the yesteryears of the Big Apple. These weekly U3A/DigameXtra adverts will stop mid February. So, please contact me or send me your email so I can update you personally in the future, if desired: norma2kk@aol.com
– U3A Discussion Group will start again on Friday, Jan. 12th, at Mena Golf Cafe on Laguna Beach at 11am. Contact gersil197@yahoo.com for more info.
– U3A History Lecture on Mon. Jan. 22, 2024 at 11am. History is facilitated by Sue Harisson. Norma will offer a Power Point Presentation on the Tragic History of the Island of Malaga. Yes, there is a Malaga Island but NOT in Spain. Meeting Place: El Pozuelo in Laguna Beach. This program will also feature a Power Point on slavery landmarks!
– U3A coffee morning at Mena Golf on Mon. Feb. 5th at 11am. 

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“Chicago Life” – The Musical in Málaga:
Sat, Jan 20, 8pm
FYCMA – Málaga Fair and Congress Palace, Av. de José Ortega y Gasset 201, 29006 Málaga. €25/27
A great show with an exciting original script, with thrilling choreographies and great live voices, an excellent staging and the best songs from the films LA LA LAND, CABARET, BURLESQUE and CHICAGO; all set in the most bustling and unique Night Club in Chicago, “The Magic Dwarf”, to put together an exciting show that will undoubtedly thrill all spectators.
A show that will make you become part of the original story of the mythical place where neither monotony nor conformity have any place and where love and friendship will make you feel and vibrate.
A great show full of magic, sensuality and music.
Info & tix: https://lagranentrada.com/events/chicago-life-el-musical-en-malaga 

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XII The Philarmonic in Front of the Sea #4, by The Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra:
Friday, February 2, 19:00. €15 entry, €10 seniors 65+.
Director: Edmon Levon
Edgar Neville Auditorium, Pacific Street 54, Malaga 29004
Info & tix: https://www.mientrada.net/evento/xii-filarmonica-frente-al-mar-no-4/ 

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Torrox and El Morche announce the dates of Carnival 2024: Torrox 9 & 10 Feb / El Morche 17 Feb.

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Valentine’s Day Party- ‘Motown Love’: Marbella
Wednesday, February 14th, La Sala Puerto Banus
Featuring the sensational Mr. Maph Motown and Soul Show accompanied by LIVE Saxophone.
Guests will be welcomed with a glass of champagne upon arrival. The evening’s culinary delights include a sumptuous 3-course Valentine’s menu, featuring options like Chargrilled Fillet Steak with Truffle Infused Potatoes, Fresh Fillet of Sole filled with Salmon and Prawns, and La Sala by the Sea favorites such as Thai Chicken Pepper Garlic and authentic Thai Green Curry. All of this can be enjoyed with the one you love for just 65€ per person, inclusive of VAT, with no pre-order required.
La Sala Puerto Banus invites you to reserve your place and make this Valentine’s Day an extraordinary celebration of love. Contact La Sala Puerto Banus at 952 814 145 or via email: reservations@LaSalaBanus.com to secure your spot for what promises to be the best Valentine’s Day in Marbella. Info: https://lasalabanus.com/love-is-in-the-air/ 

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Costa Del Rock Fest: Sat, 2 Mar, from 3pm
Venue: Peña Flamenca “Peña Amigos Del Arte”
C/ Los Romeros 7, Torremolinos
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EU citizens in Spain have until 30 January to register to vote in Euro elections:
– Nationals of other EU countries living in Spain can vote in this year’s European Parliament elections which are due to take place on 9 June.
– To register, eligible voters need to fill in a form and present the documentation requested by the town hall where they are registered on the padrón (town hall register). The document should have a box to tick to express their wish to vote in Spain.
– It is possible to check if a person is already registered in Spain to vote in the European elections via the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) website or at the person’s local town hall by filling in the formal declaration form (DFA model). This form is available at all town halls and can also be downloaded from the INE website.
– Further information in all official EU languages, as well as links to the Spanish INE are available on the ‘how to vote’ page of the official EU website: http://www.elections.europa.eu/en/how-to-vote.
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Blackmailers Are NEVER Satisfied- Amnesty is not enough, Junts calls into question the “legislature pact” sold by the PSOE with new and controversial demands: {Translation, summary}
– After days and days of negotiations in Brussels, Santos Cerdán, secretary of Organisation of the PSOE, assured on 9 November last year that the pact signed between the Socialists and Junts to make Pedro Sánchez president of the Government was not “an investiture pact, but a legislature pact”. This week, however, the government has barely passed its first litmus test with the validation of two of three very important decrees. All this, after a new agreement with Junts, a coalition determined to deny that what they signed – and which had the amnesty law as its central point – would make things easy for the coalition, which will have to negotiate word for word what it approves and which will have to satisfy those of Carles Puigdemont, the former president of the Generalitat on the run in Belgium, with new and controversial requests.
– As it is, and less than two months after the investiture, this week the government has managed to validate two decrees – the so-called omnibus on Justice, which will allow the disbursement of 10 billion euros in European funds, and the one that included the anti-crisis measures – with a pyrrhic result of 172 votes in favour against 171 against. In addition, another decree with measures relating to unemployment benefits was repealed. All of this with the abstention of Junts, which the government achieved at the last minute, and with a new batch of agreements, some of them controversial.
– But this was not the only requirement demanded by Puigdemont’s supporters, who also managed to get the VAT on oil to become 0%; that the money earmarked for the digitisation of Justice be multiplied by five, going from 1.2 to 6.2 million euros; the recognition of “the historical rights of Catalonia in matters of local government “without further explanation”; or that the Government will fully assume “the cost of discounts and bonuses on the price of public transport”. Until now, the Executive financed 30% and the autonomous regions 20% or more. From this year onwards, the government will subsidise its 30%, regardless of whether the autonomous regions contribute their share.
(The progressive Sanchez regime villainizes the far-right VOX party and the moderate-right PP, yet placates the blackmailing, independence seeking (seperatistas), far-right JUNTS he needed to gain the investiture. -Ed.)
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5208738/0/amnistia-no-es-suficiente-junts-pone-cuestion-pacto-legislatura-que-vendio-psoe-con-nuevas-polemicas-peticiones/ 

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PP announces a “route for equality” that will travel through Spain as “resistance” to Sánchez’s pacts with Junts: {Translation}
– The PP leader wants to represent those citizens “who do not accept blackmail”. “We have experienced a week of political embarrassment,” said Feijóo, who accused the government of “abandoning the social majority of Spaniards” and predicted that Spain will face situations “never seen before”.
– The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, announced this Saturday that he is going to start a “route for equality” around Spain to denounce the pacts that the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has reached with the radical Catalan pro-independence Junts to preserve his position.
– According to Feijóo, the route “will be in the main capitals, with two parallel routes, in the north and south” and will travel through “towns, squares and cities” to protest because “the PSOE has chosen this to be the legislature of extortion and humiliation”.
– The first major event of this initiative will take place on Sunday 28 January in Madrid, where a large demonstration will be held.
– “We want this route of equality to be the symbol of Spain’s resistance, which does not accept threats and blackmail and which is ready to demand the civic rights of Spaniards with calm and reason”, explained Feijóo, who called on citizens not to be afraid and to take to the streets to send a “calm but forceful, resounding” message against the Government’s decisions.
– Feijóo wants to be “the voice of those who have no voice and who have been deprived of it by the Government”, and insisted that “Spain will not surrender, it will not be sold and it will not be cut up”. With this route, Feijóo is committed to “stopping those who want to divide and build a wall between Spaniards”.
– “It is not acceptable that in Spain what the pro-independence supporters demand or what is decided in Waterloo is listened to more than what the majority of Spaniards demand, what the Spaniards who live in the towns, squares and cities of Spain need,” added the leader of the Popular Party. Feijóo believes that “it is urgent to restore” coexistence and respect in Spain, as well as the dignity and neutrality of the institutions, that both the Congress and the Senate return to being the centre of Spanish politics and “not a little theatre” at the service of Sánchez or subject to the “remote control” of the former Catalan president and leader of Junts, Carles Puigdemont.
– “There is nothing progressive about handing over border management to someone Mr. Sánchez considered to be the Le Pen”, in reference to Junts, “of Spanish politics”, he said. For Feijóo, these concessions are “nothing Europeanist”, since it is fracturing migration policy into 17 parts if it is ceded to the autonomous communities that claim it because it is “a single European policy” and “there is nothing constitutionalist about auctioning equality and the exclusive competences of the State”, he added. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5208863/0/feijoo-anuncia-ruta-igualdad-recorrera-espana-resistencia-pactos-sanchez-junts/

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Reports Claim Huge Cannabis & Hash Oil Operation Dismantled in Nerja: {Translation}
– The Guardia Civil has arrested nine people for deforesting two hectares of protected land for the intensive cultivation of marijuana in the Axarquia region, in the province of Malaga. According to the Guardia Civil in a statement, the detainees had deforested two hectares of land of pine trees and bushes for the cultivation of plants in the natural area of the Sierra Almijara in the town of Nerja (Malaga). On the protected land they had also built a water reservoir for irrigation and a camp where they processed and dried the plants they cultivated.
– The criminal group also kept a number of large black bags in one of the houses containing the drugs connected to the grow operation. There, they processed the drug in a laboratory to extract the resin from the plant using a technique known as BHO, an acronym for Butane Hash Oil. This technique is extremely dangerous due to the use of large quantities of gas, with the consequent risk of explosion or fire in the house. (BHO is considered by some users in alt-health circles as a miracle cure for many ailments, skin cancer in particular. It costs around €50/gram in legal dispensaries. See map below. -Ed.)
– In the two searches carried out in the two houses in Nerja and Frigiliana (Malaga), the agents found 1,700 kilos of dried marijuana buds packaged in plastic bags and 20 kilos of hashish resin. They also seized more than 12,000 euros in cash, numerous tools for weighing and vacuum packaging and various documents.
– Likewise, 497 kilos of dried marijuana buds and other tools for the cultivation and drying of the drug were seized in the camp set up next to the plantation.
– Four other members of this criminal group who have fled the country have also been identified, for which reason the appropriate international arrest warrants have been requested for them. This operation in the Axarquia region has been carried out by members of different units of the Civil Guard Company of Velez Malaga.
(Something is not right in this story, although all the local news outlets repeat the same facts & figures. So I checked with a friend who manages a large legal marijuana operation in California. To produce 2200Kg of trimmed, dried marijuana buds, in a remote location, with little or no electricity, and without very costly and noisy industrial machinery, is a huge undertaking, requiring far more than 9 people. Even the most skilled trimmers, working 12 hour days, would be challenged to process by hand the 7Kg of fresh buds every day to produce 1Kg per day of final dry product. You can tell from the photos that they were trimming the buds before drying them, the Dutch way. So it would take more than 22 full time trimmers, working more than 100 days, to complete this harvest. At €150/day salary for this risky work, the labor expense alone would be €330,000, plus the expense of providing basic life support services (food, water, toilets, shelter) for the crew. If we are to believe what we are told, this would have been an industrial sized, long term operation that can not possibly have gone unnoticed for so long on public land. I suspect much of the marijuana at the house came from somewhere other than this particular Nerja plantation. Like I said, something is not right about this story. -Ed.)
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-nueve-detenidos-deforestar-dos-hectareas-paraje-natural-malaga-plantar-marihuana-20240114092310.html
Additional ref: https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/08/18/germany-is-set-to-make-cannabis-legal-where-does-the-rest-of-europe-stand-on-marijuana-use
See a video of the helicopter assisted cleanup process: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1504059/nueve-detenidos-por-deforestar-dos-hectareas-de-un-paraje-natural-para-plantar-marihuana/

TORRE DEL MAR

Police find woman suffocated at her home and her partner hanged in her son’s house in Torre del Mar:
– National Police officers are investigating the deaths of two people, a woman and a man, whose bodies were found this Friday morning (12 January) in Torre del Mar. Apparently, she was found with signs of asphyxiation, while the man was allegedly found hanged at the home of the woman’s son.
– The 57-year-old woman, Ana, was found dead inside her home in Calle Doctor Fleming, where she lived with her partner. Both were of Romanian origin, although they had been living and working in Spain for many years. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/bodies-woman-and-man-found-popular-holiday-20240112121232-nt.html

VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA

Vélez-Málaga and Benahavís to provide start lines for the upcoming Vuelta a Andalucía: The 70th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía cycling race, taking place from 14 to 18 February, will pass through seven towns in Malaga province, with Vélez-Málaga and Benahavís as starting points for two of the stages, organisers have announced. Full article & photo: https://www.surinenglish.com/sport/velezmalaga-and-benahavis-provide-start-lines-for-20240112134646-nt.html 

EUROPE

Iceland Hit by Fresh Volcano Eruption: A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland early Sunday, sending lava flowing toward a nearby town for the second time in a few weeks, authorities said. The eruption began north of the town of Grindavík just before 8 a.m. UTC (2 a.m. ET), the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said. Iceland’s civil protection agency on Sunday said authorities had raised the public protection alert level to “emergency,” the highest on a three-level scale. Barriers of earth and rock were built in recent weeks in a bid to prevent lava from reaching Grindavík, but authorities said the latest eruption has apparently breached those defenses. Full article: https://www.newsweek.com/iceland-volcano-today-grindavik-latest-1860531 

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Benamargosa celebrates the feast of Saint Sebastian, patron saint of the village, on Saturday Jan. 20th:
– Activities will start at nine in the morning “with the popular ringing of bells in honour of St. Sebastian, and the parade of the Municipal Band of Sedella”.
– Mass in honour of the patron saint is scheduled for 12:00 noon.
– The procession will take place at 18:00 with the collaboration of the parish group of Nuestro Padre Jesús y Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Benamargosa and the accompaniment of the Agrupación Musical Veracruz de Campillos. Carmen Millón will sing at the encierro accompanied by Manuel Millón.
– The municipal marquee on the river esplanade will open at 13:00. Nicolás Quintana will entertain the stage where the orchestra Onda Sonora will perform. The children’s area will be open from 14:00 to 18:00. There will also be a bar service. At 16:00 hours Macarena Albarración and Juan Antonio Morales will perform. From 21:00 to 00:00 the Orquesta Onda will be on stage. After this time the Mamajuana Party will begin with DJ Valvi.

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Tango Night – Fabian Carbone: Thurs, Jan. 25, 8pm
Villa de Nerja Cultural Center, Nerja €20
C/ Granada 45, Nerja, Malaga 29780
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Now Re-opened – The Greek House – Greek Casita Restaurant & Bar –Torrox Costa
Located on the sea promenade, between the Safari bar and Picadero restaurants, BLQ 80 bajo. We offer you a little piece of Greece with our Greek home made specialities. You can choose meat specialties (Gyros, Souvlaki, Bifteki, Sutsukaki, Mussaka), cheese (Feta Psiti, Feta Saganaki, Hallumi), vegetables (Greek salad, Hummus, Eggplant cream, Mezze, Tzatziki) or sea fruits (prawns or octopus), all of this accompanied with our special Greek pita bread. For dessert… HOMEMADE BAKLAVA! We offer a lovely meal time in a quiet end exquisite atmosphere, accompanied with the best Greek music. See you soon! Hours: 7:30pm to close, Wednesday thru Sunday. Closed Monday & Tuesday. For reservations call 642585049. https://la-casita-griega.business.site/ We are DigameXtra sponsors, so our contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section. 

 

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DoctorLaptop’s Computer Repairs- Torrox Costa (near the bus station):
Windows, Apple/Mac, Linux, Android. Computers only, no tablets or phones.
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Buy / Sell / Trade / Rent / Wanted

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MOONETTE – Organic Skincare for Mature Skin: Thank you so much for your support and interest in 2023, I wish you a very happy, beautiful and prosperous NEW YEAR.
We are a Torrox-based company specialising in the creation of formulae which help prevent premature skin ageing. We are committed to making effective products at affordable prices.
Your skin health matters to us. How you feed your skin is as important as how you feed your body. Why settle for anything less than natural and organic?
As our skin is the first layer of our defence against microbial infections, ultraviolet radiation and environmental contamination it plays a vital role in our health. As we grow older, however, our skin becomes thinner, wrinkled, and more sensitive; hence it requires the use of treatments containing specific ingredients to the care of treating mature skin.
Recognising this need we have created a range of formulae which help
-slow down ageing process by smoothing fine lines and wrinkles.
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At Moonette, we are passionate about health, beauty and plants. Your skin will benefit from the properties of botanic essential oils combined with a selection of nutrients for deep hydration, cell revitalization and antioxidant effect, all sourced from the finest natural ingredients with gorgeous fragrances.
Naturally, we care about our planet and feel the need to help reduce the sheer volumes of plastics waste that are generated daily around the globe. Presently, we are minimizing the usage of plastic materials in our production while seeking alternative forms of packaging. To help reduce pollution we are asking all local customers to recycle or reuse their Moonette skincare containers, and offering a small discount on future purchases to customers recycling containers.
**Free small testers are available on request** Please contact us to find out more or to order: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MoonetteSkincareShop
Email: margaret@moonette.es ; Homepage: www.moonette.es
Tel /WhatsApp: +34 650 044 102
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Inflammation – A Psychological Thriller:
– Set in London, Brighton, Oxford, and Málaga; this fast paced novel follows Adam, a Psychologist, as he struggles to cope with life after the brutal murder of his truest love, Lorelei, at the hands of her abusive ex-partner. In the midst of his grief, and the guilt from his sense of having failed her; he lives on countdown, awaiting the release of the perpetrator. Furious with a criminal justice system that by its very nature only ever acts after the event, and increasingly feeling the need to do something for the cause in the meantime; the obsessive urge to intervene using his psychological skills, overpowers him. Will he even make it to the release date, or will he already have gone too far?
– I wrote this novel in and around Málaga province; in Torrox and Nerja particularly. It is a psychological/suspense/crime thriller, and would certainly be rated 18+ in places. It is available on Amazon in paperback and ebook in various countries. The links for the UK and Spain are below, and it is best to order it from where you currently are, and/or to where you would like it delivered. I very much hope you enjoy it (please leave a nice amazon review if so); and a big heartfelt thank you to anyone who orders it, and in doing so, is supporting an independent author.
Loz, Torrox. Email: lozblume AT gmail D0T com
For more info and to purchase: Amazon.es or Amazon.co.uk

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Great Deals From Upcycling Nerja:
– Globe light 30€ vgc
– Thomas of Germany poreclain 14 saucers 13 cups 14 side plates 6 dinner plates 4 soup bowls with saucers 3 dishes Sugar bowl / jug Price 30€
– Silea White poreclain teapot 2 sugar bowls & milk jug. 15€
contact Jackie / nerja 672170429
upcycling nerja at gmail dot com 

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For Sale: 6 draw unit in light wood colour
118/50/47cm. 30€. Collection only.
Matt, Torrox Costa, 682702111 

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For Sale, 3 items:
– Butane gas water heater, Deksia DK-10P 50 euros
– Mcculloch electric chainsaw, CSE 1835 60 euros
– Sun shade sail, rectangular, sand color, 3m x 3m 35 euros
Ken, Cútar, 680791498 

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For Sale: Sofa bed. In perfect condition all cushions can be removed for washing very comfortable. €100. More pics on request. Buyer collects. Contact Edel, Torrox.
WhatsApp phone 604139047 or
Email: leoelliegeorge3 AT gmail D0T com 

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Wanted: Does anyone have Cepsa aluminium gas bottles no longer required, for sale?
Tom 687213521, Rincon de la Victoria

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Wanted: Chair. I’m looking for a cream arm chair or bucket chair, at reasonable price, cannot be too wide as door opening is narrow, please in the Torrox area I do not have a car. Thank you in advance.
Contact Edel, Torrox. WhatsApp phone 604139047 or
Email: leoelliegeorge3 AT gmail D0T com

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Great Deals From DoctorLaptop, Torrox Costa

Computer prices have shot back up again. These units are the best deals I could find in the current marketplace. 

For Sale, 3 items:
-New High Performance Mini PC, MIPOWCAT M8N95
Processor: Intel N95 (1.7GHz base, 3.4GHz Turbo)
16GB high speed RAM; Windows 11 Pro fully setup & updated;
512GB high performance M2 SSD by Crucial;
Dual-Screen 4k Display; 2x HDMI 2.0; WiFi 5;
Ethernet; BT 4.2; 4x USB 3.0.
Size: 14.1 x 13.9 x 10.4 cm; 710 grams. See video link.
Includes new business quality UK keyboard & mouse (both wired for USB)
Price €350, with 2 year factory warranty. User supplies HDMI display monitor.
Budget Laptop: New Lenovo Ideapad 1 Gen 7, 14 inch FHD display. Windows 11 Pro, 256Gb SSD, 4Gb RAM (soldered, not upgradable)
AMD 3020e processor (1.2GHz base, 2.6GHz turbo)
1.4kg slim design with 10hr battery.
System is English, keyboard Spanish. Only €380. 
1 year Lenovo warranty when registered online after purchase. (Pic on left, silver)
-High Performance Laptop: New Business Grade Laptop
Acer Travelmate P215-52, brand new & fully upgraded with top-of-the-line RAM & SSDs.
Intel i3 10110U processor (2.59GHz base, 4.10GHz turbo!)
12Gb RAM. Two SSD Hard Drives: 256Gb + 500Gb
System: Windows 11 Pro in English. Spanish keyboard. 15.6″ HD display
Only €650 cash. 1 year Acer warranty when registered online after purchase. (Pic on right, black)
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com
Naythan, Torrox Costa. PIC
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com
Naythan, Torrox Costa. Buyer collects.

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News & Articles

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SPAIN

Can the plastic pellets polluting the Galician coast reach Malaga?: {Translation, summary}
– The plastic pellets that have been staining the coasts of Galicia since mid-December are occupying an increasingly wide area. They have already reached Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country, and this Wednesday some of these pellets appeared on the beach of Bolonia, in Tarifa (Cadiz), although in the latter case it is still being analysed whether they could come from the same dumping. The question is whether these pellets could reach the beaches of Malaga.
– On the surface, one might think that there is no such risk, but according to Juan Jesús Martín, professor at the University Institute of Biotechnology and Blue Development (IBYDA) of the UMA, it is not impossible. “When there is a spill on the high seas, marine currents can carry it to any point,” says the expert.
– The plastics polluting Galicia and the Cantabrian Sea come from a ship, the Toconao, which lost part of its cargo off the coast of northern Portugal. The accident took place on 8 December and six containers fell into the sea, one of them containing more than 1,000 sacks of these microplastics.
– In this case, according to the expert, if the Atlantic currents move southwards, they could carry the pellets from Galicia to the Strait of Gibraltar, and from there it would be relatively easy for them to end up on the coast of Malaga.
– For the moment, the Emergency Service 112 Andalucía has not registered any warning for the presence of pellets in Malaga. Something that has happened in Cádiz, where a private individual alerted of a small spillage on the beach of Bolonia, on a dune in the Natural Park of the Strait of Gibraltar. To date, this is the only place in Andalusia where they have appeared, although it is not known whether they are from the same spill that affected Galicia or whether they may have come from another vessel. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/pellets-Galicia-llegar-Malaga_0_1865513814.html 

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Valencia’s beaches also have plastic pellets on them: {Translation, summary}
– The Valencian Government has implemented the inspection protocol for the beaches in the south of Valencia due to the appearance of pellets. Technicians from Valencia City Council and the Department of the Environment have already scheduled visits to the beaches in the south of the city to supervise the removal of the pellets. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/valencia/2024-01-11/las-playas-de-valencia-tambien-aparecen-con-pelets-pero-el-gobierno-de-sanchez-ni-pregunta-al-no-haber-elecciones-7085717/

MALAGA PROVINCE

Theft in Hills of Limonar (Malaga)- two hooded men assault a house and and make off with 20,000 euros: {Translation, summary}
– They only had 15 minutes to ransack the house and rummage through the most hidden parts of the property. They didn’t even wait until the early hours of the morning, when darkness protects criminals. Despite this, two hooded men managed to get their hands on 20,000 euros in a house located in Colinas del Limonar.
– The criminals are said to have travelled in a white van. They had been hanging around the area for days in the same vehicle – according to the account of the affected neighbour – but it was on 12 December, shortly after 20:00 hours, when they found the ideal moment to sneak into the house, taking advantage of the fact that one of the members of the family had left the house a few minutes before.
– With the property empty, they entered through a window, even though it was closed and the shutter was down. After forcing it, they walked around the house with their faces covered, as captured by the security cameras. They stole money, jewellery and a computer, which gave them time until they heard the door of the house open. It was the owner. She remembers hearing noise and thinking they had broken in to rob her; the sound was like a babble. Later, however, she thought it might be her son, who might not have left yet. So she waited at the door and called his phone; the young man explained that he had not been home for some time. In the course of the conversation, the burglars escaped through the same window through which they had entered.
– Although this resident points out that this is a quiet area, she assures us that hers is not an isolated case. This exclusive and brand new urbanisation in the capital of Malaga, between the El Limonar neighbourhood and the Ronda motorway, has been the target of a series of robberies, according to the neighbours. They explain that the criminals have a predilection for the detached houses that are being built. “They take all the material from the building site. Above all, small machinery, from mechanical hammers to tile cutters”, says one of those affected. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/Robo-Colinas-Limonar-encapuchados-asaltan-casa_0_1865215036.html 

HEALTH

Cancer Is Striking More Young People, and Doctors Are Alarmed and Baffled (Really?):
– Cancer is hitting more young people in the U.S. and around the globe, baffling doctors. Diagnosis rates in the U.S. rose in 2019 to 107.8 cases per 100,000 people under 50, up 12.8% from 95.6 in 2000, federal data show. A study in BMJ Oncology last year reported a sharp global rise in cancers in people under 50, with the highest rates in North America, Australia and Western Europe.
– Doctors are racing to figure out what is making them sick, and how to identify young people who are at high risk. They suspect that changes in the way we live—less physical activity, more ultra-processed foods, new toxins—have raised the risk for younger generations.
– “The patients are getting younger,” said Dr. Andrea Cercek, who co-directs a program for early-onset gastrointestinal cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where Keen was treated. “It’s likely some environmental change, whether it’s something in our food, our medications or something we have not yet identified.” (Let’s see, what on Earth could that be? Anything come to mind? Lot’s of kids having heart attacks too. Cough. Cough. Have a look at this: https://www.ajmc.com/view/kashyap-patel-md-sees-link-between-covid-19-and-cancer-progression-calls-for-more-biomarker-testing -Ed.) Full article: https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/cancer-young-people-doctors-baffled-49c766ed

SCAMS

If you are offered a job via WhatsApp, think again because it is very likely to be a scam: {Translation}
– The scam has already reached Andalucía. In fact, this same writer has received a “suspicious” job offer via WhatsApp on her mobile phone in the last few hours.
– It already “smells” bad from minute zero. The message came from a phone with an Indonesian prefix, with the option to save the contact, called Darmadi Irawan. However, in the text, the sender introduces herself as Cristina, alludes to Linkedin, claims to work in Human Resources (which company?) and offers a job. “We pay €5 per task and you can earn up to €50-500 per day in your spare time by rating and commenting!
– It might be tempting, because writing reports and news, I don’t earn €500 a day. But it is obviously clear to me that it is a scam and I play along, in order to make this scam known.
– He sends a link for me to do my “first task”. Be careful not to click on it, however tempting it may be, because these are “malicious links” that are intended to obtain your data or, worse still, to get you to enter your bank details.
– According to Euronews, more than 100 million dollars have already been scammed worldwide, in many countries, with a particular incidence in the United Kingdom, where two out of three people have received a similar message. And Spain is no exception. Just recently, the National Police warned about it. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1501099/si-te-ofrecen-un-trabajo-por-whatsapp-piensa-mal-porque-es-muy-posible-que-sea-una-estafa/ 

TRAVEL NEWS

Airport Workers in Europe Warn of January Strikes in Five Countries:
– Travellers in Spain, Germany, France, Italy and the UK should all be prepared of delays, as strikes are concentrated in these countries especially.
– SchengenVisaInfo.com breaks down the strikes taking place in different countries across Europe in the upcoming weeks. Full article: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/airport-workers-in-europe-warn-january-strikes-in-five-countries/

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Churches & Worship

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New Life Church: Whether you live in Nerja or are visiting our area, you are very welcome to come and join us at our Sunday gathering. Join us for a time of Holy Spirit led worship and experience the presence of our God. Our teaching is Bible based as we honour God and obey His Word. During this time of uncertainty, God’s Word reminds us that the Gospel shines brightest in times of darkness. Our service lasts for about 1 hour and 30 mins. With Tea and Coffee afterwards.
– Prayer Meeting: You are also welcome to join our prayer meetings on Wednesday mornings at 11.00am for 1 hour, where we meet for prayer and worship..
– Sunday Service 11.00am / Prayer Meetings Wednesdays 11.00am
Jesus said, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me”. John 14:6
Pasaje San Miguel, Nerja , 29780. Directions: Click Here
Email: info@nlcnerja.com ; Website: www.nlcnerja.com ; Facebook 

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El Puente Christian Fellowship (Vélez-Málaga): We are a friendly, multi-national, Bible believing community of Christ. We meet each Sunday at 11am to worship the Lord. We enjoy a time of worship with contemporary songs and traditional hymns, and a message brought to us by our Pastor, one of our members or a visiting speaker.
The church meeting hall is situated at: Res: El Olivar 5, 8 Bajo 1, Calle Arbequin, Velez Malaga 29700.
Full directions and further information can be found on our Facebook page, or you can contact us by email on elpuentechristianfellowship@gmail.com or by phone on 665 62 63 42.
For those who cannot join us in person, we aim to stream Sunday services via the Facebook page (subject to a good internet connection).

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Useful Links, Info & Numbers

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
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/
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
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Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Malaga Province: New, updated link (Aug, 2023). Info in English with list of English speaking meetings. https://aacostadelsol.com/

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DigameXtra No. 2690 Thursday, Jan 11th, 2024

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Want to join a choir? New term starting this week:
Coraxalia multi-national Choir welcomes new singers. We rehearse on Thursdays, 18:00 – 20:30 in the Casa Hermandad de la Cofradía de los Estudiantes, Plaza de los Sastres, 1, CP 29700 Vélez-Málaga, near San Juan Church and the Language School. Parking nearby at the San Francisco market (1 euro). For more information please contact 657 951 755 (English) or 653 150 058 (Spanish). Email: mariordan@aol.com. Please note that you may join Coraxalia at any point in the Term time. Don’t hesitate to give us a call! 

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Callejea, the free festival of Alhaurín de la Torre:
Saturday 27 January
Alhaurín de la Torre is once again holding its free festival on the occasion of the municipality’s Citizen Participation Day. Callejéate, the name it received last year, has mutated into Callejea, the new event which will be full of concerts, parallel activities and a lot of good vibes but, above all, completely free entry which will take place this coming Saturday 27 January. It will be held in different venues throughout the Barrio Viejo and we already know a first preview of the line-up with names such as El Canijo de Jerez, La Cebolla & Negro Jari, Muchopelo, Phango, Velacruz and Radio 80. 

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Lagos celebrates its ‘Fiesta de las Migas’ this weekend to benefit the Red Cross: Sunday, January 14
Noon: DJ Palomares. 16:30: Carrete Band.
Attendees who want to eat migas need to bring one kilo of non-perishable food to trade, at 14:00.

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January Free Concert at Museum of Malaga:
This month’s concert is on Sunday 14 January at noon when the Malaga Camerata Wind Ensemble will perform Musique à Vents. It showcases traditional French music in wind ensembles from the 19th century and includes works by Charles Gounod and Émile Bernard. Free entry but get there early (say 11am) to be sure of a seat.

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Wishing you all a wonderful holiday, however and wherever you celebrate it, and a happy and healthy New Year.
Best wishes Michelle, Henny, Sheleigh and Clara.
And a HUGE special thank you to Naythan, we really appreciate the hard work you put into producing DigameXtra.
At BluCee we go above and beyond for you during the sales process, don’t just take our word for it – see our reviews on Google and Facebook.
Pass by our office to have a no obligation chat!
Calle Timón 11b, Torre del Mar, 29740
For an appointment outside of our opening times or for one of us to view your property please contact us info@blucee.com or 0034 711 04 27 27
www.blucee.com
We cover the whole coast line and inland.
BluCee Real Estate are a DigameXtra sponsor so our contact details are shown here every day. 

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DoctorLaptop’s Computer Repairs- Torrox Costa (near the bus station):
Windows, Apple/Mac, Linux, Android. Computers only, no tablets or phones.
I don’t work on dinosaurs computers made before 2016 unless I have been servicing then annually.
Contact: doctorlaptop AT protonmail DOT com
or call 675 993 069 (no calls before 12noon, missed calls returned asap). More info on my website. Always include the make & model number of the device when requesting assistance. My contact details can be found everyday at the bottom of the Sponsor’s Section.

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Buy / Sell / Trade / Rent / Wanted

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Are you still dealing with scammers on Fakebook Marketplace?
Sell your items here, to locals, for cash, without the shenanigans.

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Great Deals From Upcycling Nerja:
– Computer table with sliding drawer for keyboard
87 x 43 x 77 15€
– TV unit swivel top with 2 drawers 92 x 51 x 62 15€
– White coated bamboo table with glass top with 4 chairs 110 x 76cms 30€
contact Jackie / nerja 672170429
upcycling nerja at gmail dot com 

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For Sale: 3 seater garden seat. In excellent condition. All cushions have been recovered in water resistant material. 70€. Gill, Almayate Bajo, mob 674248101 (after 10am)
Email: gpk_ambion@msn.com 

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For Sale: Navy blue ankle boots. Brand new. Size 36
Wrong size delivered. Excellent quality. Absolute bargain! Cost €39.95, Sell for €18. Collection only. Ruth, Torrox Costa. Tel 643361939 

 

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Great Deals From DoctorLaptop, Torrox Costa

Computer prices have shot back up again. These units are the best deals I could find in the current marketplace. 

For Sale, 3 items:
-New High Performance Mini PC, MIPOWCAT M8N95
Processor: Intel N95 (1.7GHz base, 3.4GHz Turbo)
16GB high speed RAM; Windows 11 Pro fully setup & updated;
512GB high performance M2 SSD by Crucial;
Dual-Screen 4k Display; 2x HDMI 2.0; WiFi 5;
Ethernet; BT 4.2; 4x USB 3.0.
Size: 14.1 x 13.9 x 10.4 cm; 710 grams. See video link.
Includes new business quality UK keyboard & mouse (both wired for USB)
Price €350, with 2 year factory warranty. User supplies HDMI display monitor.
Budget Laptop: New Lenovo Ideapad 1 Gen 7, 14 inch FHD display. Windows 11 Pro, 256Gb SSD, 4Gb RAM (soldered, not upgradable)
AMD 3020e processor (1.2GHz base, 2.6GHz turbo)
1.4kg slim design with 10hr battery.
System is English, keyboard Spanish. Only €380. 
1 year Lenovo warranty when registered online after purchase. (Pic on left, silver)
-High Performance Laptop: New Business Grade Laptop
Acer Travelmate P215-52, brand new & fully upgraded with top-of-the-line RAM & SSDs.
Intel i3 10110U processor (2.59GHz base, 4.10GHz turbo!)
12Gb RAM. Two SSD Hard Drives: 256Gb + 500Gb
System: Windows 11 Pro in English. Spanish keyboard. 15.6″ HD display
Only €650 cash. 1 year Acer warranty when registered online after purchase. (Pic on right, black)
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com
Naythan, Torrox Costa. PIC
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com
Naythan, Torrox Costa. Buyer collects.

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News & Articles

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TORROX

260 migrants arrive in Torrox and its mayor assures that they will “be up to the task”: {Translation, summary}
– The migrants arrived this Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. to the Urban Beach Hotel. They had come by bus from Madrid, where they left on Tuesday at ten at night. A total of four buses arrived until 7:15 a.m. and once they were at the hotel, the Red Cross team was in charge of satisfying their most basic needs to rest after a long trip.
– Some 260 immigrants who have recently arrived in the Canary Islands have been transferred to the Malaga municipality of Torrox and the town councillor, Óscar Medina, has valued the “solidarity” of the municipality, which “will once again rise to the occasion”. Medina pointed out that the Canary Islands “are suffering the worst migratory crisis in their history, with more than 40,000 migrants who have arrived this year, and Torrox is showing solidarity with the Canary Islands and will once again welcome 260 migrants in El Morche – in a hotel – with the Red Cross managing their reception in our municipality on a temporary basis”. Photo: axarquiaplus. Sources, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1500556/llegan-260-inmigrantes-a-torrox-y-su-alcalde-asegura-que-van-a-estar-a-la-altura/ &
https://www.axarquiaplus.es/llegan-a-el-morche-unos-260-migrantes-procedentes-de-canarias/ 

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– New EU data laws are being implemented with the start of the new year. What you will notice quickly are the new style “accept cookies to view website” popups. These cookie permission popup have been around for a couple of years, but the new ones provide more info and options. To proceed you must accept them using cookies, or give them something of value to decline the cookies. These will often offer the option to subscribe to decline cookies. The subscription may cost a few euros per month, or in some cases just giving them your email address will suffice. These notices are supposed to display the number of the website’s “partners” they share the info collected from cookies with. The example below, from the 20minutos Spanish news website shows that it shares your data with 440 partners! See the orange circle in the photo below. That is just one of the hundreds of websites I visit daily. If you wonder where spam and targeted advertising comes from, this explains much of it.
– Epic browser will block cookies and the cookie notice popups. 
– Cookies, when accepted, will collect the following info:
A unique user ID
Your browsing history
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Your username and password
Your geolocation and IP address
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Reference: https://allaboutcookies.org/information-in-cookies 

FROM THE “WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING” DEPARTMENT

Feminists erupt over appointment of controversial ‘trans man’ as women’s ambassador to the UN: {Translation, summary}
– Dozens of Spanish associations have joined the protest led by feminists in the United Kingdom against the appointment of Munroe Bergdord {pic}, “a trans man”, as ambassador of UN Women, the United Nations organisation dedicated to “promoting gender equality and the empowerment” of women.
– They all sign the letter in which they denounce that her election “is a disregard for the worth of the more than 33 million women in the United Kingdom” and demand her immediate dismissal, emphasising the numerous “insulting and derogatory” statements that the activist has made in recent years about women and that, according to them, are “contrary to their rights”.
– As can be seen in the newspaper archive, there have been several occasions in which Bergdord has referred to homosexual women as “old dyke” or “sterile hairy lesbian”. However, the controversies surrounding Bergdord are many and varied. A few years ago, the model was fired from L’Oréal for calling “all white people racist” and more recently she was removed as an ambassador for Childline, a children’s charity, for her “inappropriate messages that are contrary to child protection standards”.
– Furthermore, feminists denounce Bergdof’s portrayal as “an extreme and sexualised version of femininity”, embodying “a objectification that most women reject as a particularly demeaning example of offensive gender stereotypes”.
– Thus, the letter addressed to Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, denounces that this organisation “ignores all the activists who fight for women’s rights in favour of a transfeminine person who flaunts sexist stereotypes and disregards public policies aimed at combating the specific inequalities, discrimination and violence suffered by women”. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/internacional/europa/2024-01-09/feministas-estallan-nombramiento-munroe-bergdorf-polemico-varon-trans-como-embajadora-de-las-mujeres-ante-la-onu-7085358/ 

SCAMS

Old Scam Returns- Bars warned of scams threatening immediate power cuts: {Translation}
– The hospitality sector is facing a growing problem. Many bars have reported threats of power cuts by telephone which, although posing as electricity companies, are scams. The latest case has occurred in a bar in Chipiona, where the manager of the establishment received a call from an alleged Endesa technician warning of an immediate power cut if a bill amounting to “hundreds of euros” was not paid, as reported by the local police.
– The suspicious call did not frighten the owner of the bar who, before acting recklessly, preferred to check the debt which, in the end, turned out to be non-existent, so he decided to bring the case to the attention of the authorities. The local police in Chipiona have used this case to explain how to act in the event of being the victim of a telephone scam.
– Keeping calm is important, although it may seem complicated in this type of situation. After all, scammers are always looking to target victims who seem vulnerable, as is the case with a bar, which relies on continuous refrigeration and all kinds of electrical appliances that cannot function without power. “As always, we advise extreme caution, be wary of haste and urgency, and of calls in which the caller identifies himself as a technician of a certain company but, in reality, the number from which he contacts does not coincide with those that appear on the electricity bills,” warns the Local Police through a publication on social networks.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1500604/alerta-en-los-bares-por-estafas-amenazando-de-cortes-de-luz-inmediatos/

TRAVEL NEWS

Renfe offers cheap train tickets for sale- these are the destinations with discounts from Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– Renfe has put tickets on sale with up to 70% discount for journeys throughout Spain. According to its website, there are very attractive discounts on AVE, Avlo, Alvia, Intercity, Euromed and AVE International trains for travellers who book until Sunday 14 January. On Avlo trains, the low-cost version of the AVE, you can buy tickets from as little as 7 euros.
– From Malaga tickets for 18 euros can be found for journeys to Madrid, for example. Also to Barcelona, there are still routes from 28 euros. Thus, users planning their Easter getaways or any other trip around Spain throughout 2024 can book their tickets at more affordable prices.
– In addition, while these discounts are active, you can upgrade from the Basic ticket to the Elige ticket for just one euro more. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga/renfe-pone-venta-billetes-baratos-20240110114056-nt_amp.html

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Cinesur El Ingenio Films schedule: You can find the film schedule at this link. Films tagged as (VOSE) are in the original language with Spanish subtitles. 
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Useful Links, Info & Numbers

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
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/
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
Bus Info: https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/our-destinations/regional
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Internet Speed Test: http://beta.speedtest.net/
Local Bank Holidays: http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/spain/index.php  UK Newspaper Front Pages and Worldwide Newspapers All On One Site: https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/front-pages.cfm

Check All Lottery Results Here: Updated daily. 
https://www.20minutos.es/loterias/

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Malaga Province: New, updated link (Aug, 2023). Info in English with list of English speaking meetings. https://aacostadelsol.com/

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