DigameXtra No. 2799 Wednesday, June 26th, 2024

On June 26, 2024June 25, 2024 By naythandoctorlaptop

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High-heel shoe race featured at Cómpeta Pride:
– The packed programme kicks off on Thursday 27 June with Ibiza Night which is already sold out. But it’s not too late to practise your ‘Lucky Seven’ and ‘Legs Eleven’ for drag bingo on Friday 28 June at Bar Carpintería. The event starts at 7pm and is hosted by Sugar Royale of Torremolinos’s Moulin Rouge club with “cash prizes and more” according to organisers.
– Saturday 29 June the second Cómpeta Pride High-Heel Shoe Race will be leaving Plaza Almijara 8pm. Participants are encouraged to run in high heels and can also go in fancy dress if they want to. Organisers point out that the 100-metre race does include a few steps and uphill streets. Entrants are asked for a donation and there is a 100-euro cash prize for the winner of the race. Organisers will have a selection of spare high heels for anyone that doesn’t have them or gets a last-minute urge to join in but doesn’t have any to hand. The entertainment afterwards includes Sharonne, a Benidorm Fest participant and winner of Antenna 3’s Drag Race España as well as a DJ set from Javy Blanko and dancing in the same plaza.
– More info on their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/OrgulloCompetaPride

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Alhaurín el Grande water park opens:
From Monday, July 1, the Water Park attraction, located in the municipal sports centre, will be open to the public.
It will remain open during the months of July and August from Monday to Friday, in the mornings from 10am until 2pm and in the afternoons from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. On Saturdays the facility will be open from 9.30am to 1.30pm.
Info: 952499484

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Carmen Thyssen Málaga Museum can be visited for free on these five consecutive Thursday nights this summer:
On the nights of July 11, 18 and 25 and August 1 and 8, from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., you can visit the museum, temporary collections and several permanent ones.
In these five evenings, two guided tours will be organized per night, with the theme ‘art and fashion’. In addition, the Patio of Columns will be enlivened with music and decorated with special lighting, while a cocktail service will be provided. Website: https://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org/en/ & Video Link

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Yoga and pilates classes resume on July 1 on the beaches of Torre del Mar, Caleta and Benajarafe:
– Torre del Mar: Pilates classes will take place from 1 July to 15 September on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am to 10am in the Senior beach area. On the other hand, yoga will take place from 1 July to 15 September on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9am to 10am
– Caleta: Pilates classes will be held from 20:00 to 21:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Yoga, meanwhile, will be held at the same time on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The established venue is Las Palmeras beach. Each person must bring a mat in order to be able to comfortably teach their classes
– Benajarafe: These activities will be held on the Palmeral beach, next to the Pedro beach bar, from Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 9:30

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Free Concert- ‘Dial al Sol’ at the Almuñécar fairgrounds:
Wednesday, July 3, 10pm.
Featuring Gonzalo Hermida, Ezio Oliva, Yoly Saa, Marta Soto, Blas Cantó, Marta Santos, Andreew and Estrella Trujillo.

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The fake electrical inspectors from Malaga who robbed elderly people all over Spain: {Translation}
– Four are arrested in Malaga, aged between 36 and 49, members of an itinerant group, for robbing elderly people posing as gas inspectors. They are being investigated for four offences of theft, breaking and entering and receiving stolen goods. The suspects were posing as inspectors for electricity supply companies, acting in pairs, so that while one distracted the victim by pretending to inspect the installation, the other would sneak into the home to steal jewellery and money. They have eleven possible victims throughout Spain.
– This investigation was initiated following a complaint made by a septuagenarian who was the victim of a robbery at her home. In the complaint, she stated that moments after having received a visit from two men, supposedly electrical technicians, she noticed the lack of cash and jewellery, the theft amounting to more than 7,000 euros. As a result of these events, agents from the Investigation Group of the Malaga West District Police Station began the corresponding investigations. These initial enquiries led to the compilation of up to three completed robberies of similar characteristics, the targets of which were elderly victims.
– With the characteristics provided by the victims, who in many cases suffered from health problems, the investigators accumulated information on four individuals with a similar profile to the one reported. These men, residents of Malaga, had previous convictions for thefts with identical modus operandi. They are accused of a total of eleven thefts in Spain in which they were allegedly involved. This would demonstrate the itinerant nature of the suspects.
– After numerous enquiries and surveillance carried out on these people, the agents located them in a house where, again under the pretext of checking the electricity supply, they stole jewellery and money from an elderly man.
Moments after committing the act and without having lost sight of them, the agents stopped them, finding the hidden loot under the gear lever of the vehicle {pic} in which they were fleeing. They had taken 1,000 euros in cash and five collector’s watches. Two of the suspects were arrested.
– Subsequently, two other men were arrested and three of them were charged with theft and breaking and entering, and the last one with receiving stolen goods. He was the one who received the material and melted down the pieces of illicit origin and sold them on the legal market. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/malaga/falsos-revisores-electricos-malaga-desvalijaban-ancianos-espana-20240625111728-nts.html

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Sánchez and Feijóo close their first major agreement with the renewal of the CGPJ: {Translation}
– This afternoon in Brussels, the government and the PP have reached an agreement that until now seemed impossible to renew the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), whose members have had their mandates expired for more than five years. The pact, which includes the immediate renewal of the judges’ governing body with the current election system and the presentation of a bill to “reinforce judicial independence”, was ratified by the Minister of Justice, Félix Bolaños, and the PP’s Deputy Secretary for Institutional Affairs, Esteban González Pons, before the Vice-President of the European Commission, Vera Jourová {pic}.
– The agreement, which will involve each of the two parties proposing ten of the 20 members of the institution, also includes the pending appointment of a new judge to the Constitutional Court, proposed by the PP. He will be José María Macías. And, according to PP sources, the new members of the Council will also be charged with drafting a bill to reform the method of electing members of the judges’ governing body “that takes into account the demands of the European Commission and its recommendations on the rule of law in member countries”.
– According to the PP, this text will include, “expressly”, a new model of “direct participation” and voting so that judges can elect their representatives in the CGPJ, something the socialists have always been reluctant to do.
Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/nacional/gobierno-pp-reunen-tarde-bruselas-mediacion-europea-20240625133510-ntrc.html

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The Government reduces the VAT on oil to 0% only for three months and on October 1 it will rise to 2%: {Translation, summary}
– This Tuesday, the Government approved a new decree in the Council of Ministers to deal with the consequences of price rises, in which the promised reduction of VAT on olive oil to 0% is reflected. However, this zero rate will only be in force for three months, until 30 September. From 1 October, VAT will rise again to 2% until the end of the year, after which it will remain structurally at 4%. This is the rate that is generally applied to foodstuffs that are considered part of the basic basket of household consumption. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5524520/0/gobierno-rebaja-0-iva-aceite-pero-1-octubre-subira-2/

ANDALUCÍA

Strike called for today, Wednesday 26/6, for more than 12,000 public health workers in Andalusia: {Translation, summary}
– The SATSE, CSIF, CCOO and UGT unions, which represent more than 83% of the professionals in theAndalusian public health, have made a call to support the strike day called for this Wednesday, June 26, in all centers of the Andalusian Public Health System. Among the demands of this strike is compliance with the Primary Care and professional career Agreement, the consolidation and increase of staff and the updating of the SAS Temporary Employment Pool without cut-off marks.
– Specifically, a partial strike has been called, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. this June 26, in all the centers and services of the Andalusian Health Service. In parallel, the organizing organizations call on workers to gather at 10:30 a.m. at the doors of their health centers in support of the strike demands.
– Regarding the minimum services provided during the strike, it has been established by the Administration to maintain the care activity “of a holiday” both in the SAS and in the Health Emergency Services 061. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/jornada-huelga-miercoles-trabajadoressanidad-publica-andalucia/

MALAGA PROVINCE

Spain’s Met Office issues YELLOW weather warning for heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail in Malaga province:
– Spain’s state weather agency (Aemet) has activated a yellow warning (risk) this week due to the arrival of a Dana. This will mainly affect the Ronda area and could leave downpours of up to 15mm in just one hour on Thursday. These may be accompanied by thunderstorms and hail. The most likely period is from midnight to 6pm on 27 June.
– The warning has only been activated for the Serranía area, but it does not mean that other parts of the province may also experience occasional heavy rain, especially on the western Costa del Sol and in the Vega de Antequera area. On the other hand, in the Guadalhorce valley, Malaga city and the Axarquia there will be only token showers. On Friday there could be a few more showers in the areas mentioned above, but of a lesser degree. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/spains-met-office-issues-yellow-weather-warning-20240625114631-nt.html

MALAGA CITY

UPDATE- One man arrested in Monday night para-military operation against jihadist terrorism in Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– Legal sources said the matter, which remains secret, is now in the Central Court of Instruction number 6, headed by Judge Manuel García Castellón, and that the detainee is expected to be placed at the disposal of the National Court this Wednesday (today). The crimes he is accused of are indoctrination and terrorist glorification.
– Investigators have seized documentation during the operation that will now have to be analyzed. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-detenido-malaga-operacion-guardia-civil-contra-terrorismo-yihadista-20240625093802.html

RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA

The La Cala del Moral Fair starts this Thursday with fifty activities: {Translation, summary}
– From June 27 to 30, La Cala del Moral will celebrate its fair with a display of fifty activities, which range from those most rooted in tradition to the most modern proposals.
– The municipal stand will be located in the car park of the Plaza de La Laguna, as in previous years. The attractions and activities will be distributed in the open spaces of the Baluma plain and Las Palmeras.
– The inaugural programme will begin on 27 June with the traditional lunch for seniors and an afternoon of live music. Highlights include traditional games, children’s entertainment, the Regata de Jábegas, dances and live concerts with artists such as Ortigosa and Tabletom. In addition, there will be the election of the queen and mister of the fiestas, a popular paella and various sporting competitions, including a popular race.
– Children’s Day has been established on Wednesday 26 June, with reduced prices on the attractions for the youngest visitors.
– In addition, every night from 21:00 to 22:00 there will be adapted attractions without sound and lights, creating a welcoming environment for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/rincon-de-la-victoria/feria-cala-moral-arranca-jueves_0_2000603413.html

HEALTH

HERE WE GO AGAIN! – Finland to start bird flu vaccinations for humans, in world first:
– Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to animals, health authorities said on Tuesday, making it the first country in the world to do so.
– The Nordic country has bought vaccines for 10,000 people, each consisting of two injections, as part of a joint EU procurement of up to 40 million doses for 15 nations from manufacturer CSL Seqirus. The Australian company in a statement to Reuters said Finland would be the first country to roll out the vaccine. “The vaccine will be offered to those aged 18 or over who are at increased risk of contracting avian influenza due to their work or other circumstances,” the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) said in a statement.
– Finland has not detected the virus in humans, THL said. However, the country is eager to roll out vaccinations given transmission risks posed by its fur farms. “The conditions in Finland are very different in that we have fur farms where the animals can end up in contact with wildlife,” Chief Physician Hanna Nohynek at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) told Reuters. Widespread outbreaks of bird flu among mink and foxes at Finland’s mostly open-air fur farms led to the culling last year of some 485,000 animals to stop the virus from spreading among the animals as well as to humans. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/finland-start-bird-flu-vaccinations-humans-2024-06-25/

TRAVEL

Imserso 2024-25, Four-day getaways at 124 euros from July 1: {Translation, summary}
– Four-day getaways to Spanish capitals for 124.68 euros, eight-day stays in the Balearic Islands for 210.47 euros or ten-day trips to the Canary Islands for 435.95 euros (the most expensive of the package). These are some of the Imserso offers that Spanish pensioners over the age of 65 can take advantage of, available for purchase for only 3 weeks, from Monday 1 July until Monday 22 July (both inclusive).
– These trips will take place from October onwards, as stated in the BOE (Official State Gazette). The conditions are detailed in the same, so that it will not be necessary for people accredited to travel from previous seasons to fill out a new application, as they will receive a document containing their personal details and destination preference. However, should they wish to modify any of these details, they must return it to the Imserso within this period.
– In order to submit these new applications, it is recommended that they be submitted electronically through the Imserso website [ https://imserso.es/web/imserso/espacio-mayores/envejecimiento-activo/programa-turismo-imserso ]. In the next few days, people already accredited in the Imserso database for their participation in the new programme will receive renewal letters at their homes, including the data modification forms, so that, if necessary, they can communicate any changes in their data in order to participate in the next 2024-2025 season.
– This programme includes full board accommodation in double rooms to be shared in hotels selected by the Imserso. In provincial capitals, accommodation will be on a half-board basis and accommodation in a single room is also included, although there will be a supplement per night and per destination area.
– It provides for a group insurance policy, a general medical service, complementary to the Social Security system, in the hotel itself, and a programme of social and cultural activities.
– The Imserso recently confirmed that it will extend the current Tourism programme for the 2024/2025 season, which will be managed for another year by Ávoris Corporación Empresarial, in association with Halcón Viajes, but with “the commitment to improve some conditions” that “have not been fulfilled” this year, as the sector has been complaining for some months. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/economia/mibolsillo/imserso-202425-escapadas-cuatro-dias-124-euros-20240625130951-nt.html

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DigameXtra No. 2798 Tuesday, June 25th, 2024

On June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 By naythandoctorlaptop

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Modern Art Exhibition – Lynn Hannington: Bar Alegre Nerja
Throughout June and July I am exhibiting some selected works from my current collection at Bar Alegre, Avda La Pescia, Nerja. Open: 6 – 11pm Tuesday – Saturday
Whilst you are there you can enjoy the delicious raciones they serve on their sunny and relaxing terraces. You will be warmly welcomed by the owners.
For further information about my artwork please visit my website, that includes a contact page. http://www.lynnhanningtonartist.com

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Jam Session: Hosted by Dana & Gianni. Wed, 26 June
Media Caña, Torrox Costa, Avenida del Peñoncillo 46.
Please note: for this Wednesday only, as an exception, the Jam will start at 9.30pm instead of 8pm. Sorry for the inconvenience. More info and reservations:+34 635763633

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Concert: Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra tribute to Henry Mancini, Wed, June 26, 10pm, at the Rincón de la Victoria Municipal Auditorium.
Program: [*Orchestral arrangements by José Carra}
Charade
Days of Wine and Roses *
Lujon *
Mr. Lucky (Lightly Latin) *
A Shot on the Dark *
March with Mancini
Peter Gunn *
Dear Heart *
Baby Elephant Walk *
Two for the Road *
How Soon *
Just for Tonight *
Moon River
Nothing to Lose *
The Pink Panther *
Great Waldo Pepper March
Strings on fire
Ohio Riberboat *
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The village of Macharaviaya’s 4th of July Festival and auxiliary parade through the streets of Nerja: {Translation, summary}
– The festival, to be held on the 6th of July in Macharaviaya, will have a preview on the 5th of July with a colourful parade in Nerja.
– On the 5th of July, the streets of Nerja will come alive with parades along its main thoroughfares, allowing locals and tourists alike to enjoy a unique historical re-enactment and the hospitality and joy that characterises the municipality. The parade will start at 20.30 hours from the Plaza de España. The presence of the Nerja Band will add an even more festive atmosphere to this eagerly awaited event.
– Macharaviaya’s 4th of July fiesta is an annual event that celebrates the historic links between the town and the United States, in honour of Bernardo de Gálvez, a hero of the American War of Independence originally from Macharaviaya. This year, the fiesta promises to be more spectacular than ever with activities, music and parades commemorating this rich cultural heritage. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/macharaviaya-presenta-el-cartel-de-la-fiesta-del-4-de-julio-y-anuncia-desfiles-por-las-calles-de-nerja/

MALAGA CITY

BREAKING NEWS– New Guardia Civil operation with dozens of armed troops moves against Islamist terrorism in Malaga: {Translation, updated 5:34pm, 24/6/24}
– The Guardia Civil has carried out an important operation against Islamist terrorism in the city of Malaga, as sources from the Armed Forces have confirmed to SUR. The operation was carried out in the neighbourhood of Nuevo San Andrés, where the searches were concentrated.
– It appears to have resulted in arrests, although neither the number of arrests nor the specific reasons for which the suspects are being investigated have been revealed for the moment.
– According to sources, several units of the Benemérita have been deployed to this district of Malaga with dozens of armed troops Monday night and into Tuesday. The deployment also involved agents from the Rapid Action Group (GAR) {pic}, specialised in the arrest of terrorist elements and the execution of operations involving great risk.
– For the moment, the only thing the sources have specified is that the investigation is still open, so no further details of the operation have been released. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/operacion-terrorismo-islamista-malaga-20240624173323-nt.html

TORROX

Torrox is once again protesting against Alsa for the reduction of routes on the lines to Malaga and Velez: {Translation, summary}
– The municipal council of Torrox has unanimously agreed in its ordinary session held this Monday morning, 24th June, to once again demand that the Ministry of Public Works of the Junta de Andalucía, the Metropolitan Transport Consortium of Málaga and the concessionary company Nex Continental Holdings S.L.U. (ALSA) comply in full with the conditions of the transport service on the Torrox-Málaga and Torrox-Vélez-Málaga lines, fully restoring the timetables “that were unilaterally modified and cut due to Covid, and which were not reactivated once the new normality was restored.”
– Torrox council considers that in the concession specifications, the bus frequencies are set at four daily outward and four daily return journeys on the Torrox-Malaga line and three outward and three return journeys from Monday to Saturday on the Torrox-Velez-Malaga line, that have not been reactivated after their suspension during the pandemic, “which is a breach of contract that causes significant harm to users who need to use public transport for their journeys, especially significant on the route that connects with Vélez-Málaga, as they are forced to make transfers in Torre del Mar”.
– In this sense, according to the motion of the IU municipal group, ALSA currently only offers one service from Torrox Monday to Friday to Vélez-Málaga at 13:45 hours and another one back at 14:45 hours, while the line to Málaga has three direct services from Monday to Friday at 7:00 hours, 9:00 hours and 14:00 hours and three direct services back at 9:30 hours, 11:30 hours and 15:45 hours.
– “For Torroxeños who often need to travel to Vélez-Málaga for medical appointments, to study, to work or to carry out formalities in various public administrations, it is an odyssey to do so satisfactorily with the current timetables, being forced to make several transfers to reach their destinations with the cost in time and money that this entails”, the proposal points out. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/torrox-vuelve-a-clamar-contra-alsa-por-la-reduccion-de-los-trayectos-en-las-lineas-a-malaga-y-velez/

GRANADA

Is this really necessary? Tracking and tracing every visitor- Granada’s famous Alhambra palace beefs up security with ‘smart’ cameras and an anti-drone system:
– Granada’s famous Alhambra palace is set to improve its security. The main new feature is the replacement of the conventional cameras with intelligent ones, which will be distributed strategically around the monument and will make the work of the staff, the personnel responsible for protecting the monument and its visitors more efficient.
– A consultant analysed the weaknesses and then drew up the specifications requesting the improvements. Among them is a 10 per cent increase in the number of cameras – there are already a hundred in the grounds – and an additional security guard.
– “The new cameras will help us to anticipate attacks. They will detect if someone is running, if someone is holding their hand to their chest, if visitors are going the wrong way, and that will save us time,” said Ruiz-Jiménez, Director of the Alhambra. According to the head of the security service, these ‘smart’ cameras will learn and can be ‘taught’. In other words, the staff will teach the cameras things that need to be monitored.
– The new cameras will be installed from the summer onwards and an anti-drone system will come into operation a little later, in the autumn. Using antennae with a coverage of more than ten kilometres, drones will be detected with greater precision and their signal can be inhibited making them fall to the ground so that they are no longer a threat.
– With this digital project, it will be possible to study everything from cracks to visitor flows and to see how the monument is evolving down to the smallest detail without having to carry out experiments. {This digital surveillance system will be connected to the Guardia Civil network AND the “cloud”, so it will incorporate “facial recognition” while it scans for “threats”, bringing with it all the violations of personal liberties that facial scanning of the public creates, while also introducing all the security risks of “cloud” data storage. For less of an investment they could hire half a dozen more guards with body-cams, who actually provide an on-site service that assists the visitors, provide faster response-to-incident times, and additionally, the mobile body-cams provide better video feeds in emergencies than a camera mounted high on a wall. -Ed.}. Photo: P.Martin. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/costa-tropical/smart-cameras-for-prevention-and-system-shoot-20240624082722-nt.html

EUROPE

Russia promises retaliation against US for Ukraine strike on Crimea:
– The Kremlin on Monday squarely blamed the United States for an attack on Crimea with U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles that killed at least four people and injured 151, and Moscow formally warned the U.S. ambassador that retaliation would follow. The war in Ukraine has deepened a crisis in relations between Russia and the West, and Russian officials have said the conflict is entering the most dangerous escalation to date.
– “You should ask my colleagues in Europe, and above all in Washington, the press secretaries, why their governments are killing Russian children,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
– Russia said the United States had supplied the weapons, while the U.S. military had aimed them and provided data.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy and told her Washington was “waging a hybrid war against Russia and has actually become a party to the conflict”. “Retaliatory measures will definitely follow,” it said.
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-blames-us-barbaric-atacms-missile-attack-crimea-2024-06-24/

HEALTH

Ozempic (Semaglutide) Spain’s best selling injection for weight loss already has competition- Mounjaro (Tirzepatide) promises superior weight losses: {Translation, summary}
– The new medicine will arrive in pharmacies on July 1, with a prescription and without financing for now. The monthly treatment costs 271 euros per month, somewhat higher than its rival, and it’s suposedly more effective than Ozempic for weight loss.
– The new drug will be marketed in two doses of 5 and 10 milligrams at a price of 271 euros and 358 euros per month, respectively. This price is somewhat higher than Ozempic, whose monthly injections start at 140 euros, but it is “competitive”, according to José Antonio Sacristán, Lilly’s medical director, during the presentation of the drug. He also explained that, for the time being, Mounjaro will not be marketed in Spain in its 15 milligram version, the most effective dose. “We believe that the presentations that are put on sale will cover the treatment of the majority of patients,” he said.
– Like Ozempic, the treatment is only intended for people who are unable to control their diabetes and overweight with conventional drugs or lifestyle changes, such as better diet or exercise.
– “Not for cosmetic use”. If semaglutide was a revolution in the care of both conditions, tirzepatide (Mounjaro) is a step further, assured yesterday the representatives of the scientific societies involved: the Spanish Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Obesity and Internal Medicine. But it comes with a warning: “It is not intended for cosmetic use. If you don’t have obesity, this drug is not going to do you any favours and may cause unwanted hormonal effects in the long term,” warned Mar Malagón, president of the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity. Like Ozempic, the treatment is only intended for people who are unable to control their diabetes or obesity with conventional drugs or lifestyle changes, such as better diet or exercise.
– Why is it superior? Mounjaro also reduces appetite, improves satiety, delays gastric emptying and increases insulin production for weight loss and glucose control, just like its competitor. But it acts on two different hormone receptors: GLP-1 and GIP, which enhances its action and promotes drug tolerance. If there are any patients who are resistant to semaglutide drugs, they will have a new therapeutic option. Its mechanism of action reduces excess fat, including visceral fat, which accumulates around the waist circumference. “This is an indicator that shows us that not only weight is lost, but that fat is actually lost,” explained Javier Escalada, president of the Foundation of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition. And it achieves this earlier than other drugs.
– In people with type 2 diabetes, the results are striking. More than 90% of diabetics achieve glucose control and normalisation in half of the cases treated. “We cannot speak of a cure because type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease, but we can speak of a reversal,” says Escalada.
– In terms of weight, losses of up to 22.5% have been seen, which translated into kilos reaches 23.6 kg per year and four out of ten patients treated managed to lose more than 25 kilos, figures similar to those achieved by bariatric surgery. The average weight loss was 12.4 kg compared to 6.2 kg with Ozempic, as well as a decrease in cholesterol levels and blood pressure.
– Rebound effect and other problems. Like other similar drugs, the side effects are also similar. The main ones are gastric discomfort (nausea, diarrhoea, constipation…) which usually disappear over time and improve if taken gradually, starting with the lowest dose. Nor is Mounjaro free from the so-called rebound effect, although doctors insist that rather than a rebound effect it is a drug that is intended for a chronic condition. If you stop taking it, its ‘magic’ wears off.
– Other bad news is that the loss of visceral fat is accompanied by a loss of muscle mass, as with other similar treatments, which must be countered by increased protein intake and physical activity, experts explained.
– There are only three clear contraindications to taking it, although it is indicated for diabetes and overweight: being pregnant, having suffered pancreatitis or having a family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma. This is a rare tumour that is not related to the more common thyroid cancer.
Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/salud/superventas-ozempic-adelgazar-competencia-mounjaro-promete-perdidas-20240624144443-nt.html

PRODUCT ALERT / RECALL

Food alert in Andalucia over possible presence of metal fragments in lollipops: {Translation}
– The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has been informed by the competent authorities of the Netherlands, of the possible presence of metal fragments in lollipops of the brand Sweet Petites.
– The product has been marketed in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla – La Mancha, Catalonia, Valencia, Madrid and Murcia, according to the information available. Persons who have the product covered by this alert at home are advised to refrain from consuming them.
– The name of the product concerned, which is under alert, is Fruity Lollipops with reference Ref. ES2024/334 and with a best-before date of 31 July, 2024. It is a stick candy distributed in 250 grams plastic bags, with an assortment of flavours. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/alerta-alimentaria-andalucia-posible-presencia-fragmentos-metalicos-20240624125137-nts.html

TRAVEL

Renfe launches special summer rail travel campaign in Spain with high-speed journeys from only 7 euros, until July 1st:
– Spain’s state railway operator Renfe has launched a new campaign in Spain offering cheaper ‘Superprecios’ fares – some as low as seven euros – to travel between various destinations between 22 July and 8 September.
– Tickets for the offer were launched this Monday 24 June and are available on Renfe’s website [ https://www.renfe.com/es/es/grupo-renfe/comunicacion/renfe-al-dia/sala-de-prensa/renfe-lanza-oferta-superprecios-verano ] and in the rest of the usual sales channels until 1 July. The tickets will be valid for the company’s high speed AVE and Avlo services and Larga Distancia trains, with fares starting at seven euros for some of the budget service Avlo journeys.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/renfe-cheap-rail-travel-summer-spain-trains-20240624134347-nt.html

CULTURE

“Holy Eviction, Batman!”- Archbishop of Burgos calls on the schismatic nuns to leave Belorado in the coming days or face eviction: {Translation, summary}
– The archbishop of Burgos, Mario Iceta, on Monday called on the ten schismatic nuns of La Orden de las Clarisas (The Order of the Poor Clares) {pic, right} to leave the monastery of Belorado “in the near future”. If they do not do so, legal action will be taken, and the nuns become squatters. “The ten now excommunicated nuns have no legal title to remain in the monasteries and annexed buildings, so they will have to leave them”, insisted Iceta, who has extended this request to Pablo de Rojas, promoter of the Pious Union of St Paul the Apostle, and to José Ceacero, the ‘cocktail priest’. If this does not happen, “the legal services will have no choice but to initiate any legal action that may be necessary”.
– Iceta {pic, left} appeared this Thursday in the Archdiocese of Burgos accompanied by the secretary of the Federation of the Poor Clare Sisters of Our Lady of Aránzazu, Carmen Ruiz; the judicial vicar, Donato Miguel Gómez, and the representitive of Legal Affairs of the Archbishopric, Rodrigo Saiz García after the excommunication of the ten “ex-nuns” decreed last Saturday.
– He pointed out that in the accounts managed by the schismatic sisters, the balance is less than 6,000 euros, an amount clearly insufficient to cover the salaries of the people hired or to pay suppliers. Photo: R.Ordonez. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/castilla-leon/arzobispo-burgos-emplaza-monjas-cismaticas-abandonar-belorado-20240624133643-nt.html

PETS

Malaga Opens Spain’s First Pet Cemetery: {Translation, summary}
– The idea of burying or cremating pets in the cemetery is still a bit out of place for many. But, in recent years, the demand for this service has been growing and, until now, it was only offered through private companies. This is no longer the case in Malaga because the city has, as of this Monday, the first public cemetery for pets in Spain. It is located at the Parcemasa facilities, in San Gabriel, and is being planned to give the last rest to pet animals.
– The building has almost a thousand square meters and is drawn in a circular shape. It has a reception area, administrative office, veterinary office, ash delivery room, toilets and farewell room.
– How much does it cost to bury a pet in Malaga? Prices depend on the type of product chosen and the weight of the animal. The final outlay already includes the cemetery and veterinary fees. A basic cremation for pets up to 30 kilos costs 20 euros. The maximum luxury plan here is 975 euros. This includes an urn or burial for an animal over 30 kilos and 30 years without having to pay maintenance. The maintenance fee is regularly 25 euros per year. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga-capital/cementerio-mascotas-pionero-espana-20240624144336-nt.html

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BREAKING NEWS– Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free:
– WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge this week as part of a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him to go free after having spent five years in a British prison, according to court documents.
– Court documents revealing Assange’s plea deal were filed Monday evening in U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean. Assange was expected to appear in that court and to be sentenced to 62 months, with credit for time served in British prison, meaning he would be free to return to Australia, where he was born. Full article: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/julian-assange-reached-plea-deal-us-allowing-go-free-rcna158695

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La Caleta de Vélez Feria 2024: Thurs-Sun, 27, 28, 29 & 30 June
– Thursday 27th May is children’s day. I found no schedule of these activities posted anywhere. If any reader knows, please send me a link.
– Friday will begin with the traditional dinner for the seniors, coordinated with AVOI, followed by the contest of Mises and Kings of the Fair: both children, adults and the seniors. It will conclude with a performance by Marisol Bizcocho
– Saturday will begin the day with performances by local dance groups and choirs, accompanied by the popular ‘sardinada’ performed by local ‘espeteros’. In the evening, the entertainment will begin with performances by Leo Dj and Mike FDZ. The main performance will come at 00.00 hours with La Cebolla and Negro Jari, and will conclude with Sau Dj at 02.00 hours.
– Sunday we will again have performances by local dance groups and a popular paella organised by Asociación Sin Edades. To finish in the evening we will have the performance of the dance academy Antonio and Elsa Guerra.

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Saturday: Blue Stompers Jump Review (Málaga) + Tia Carroll (California) {vid} + Beiztegui Blues Band + Ghalia Volt (USA)
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Frigiliana Town Hall presents its next show- “Mi Sueño Flamenco”:
Sunday 7th July at 22:00. Patio del Apero, Frigiliana.
Tickets cost 10 euros and can be purchased in advance at the Ángela Muñoz Academy and at the Tourist Office of the municipality.
The show “Mi sueño Flamenco” commemorates Ángela Muñoz’s fifteen years as a teacher in the village of Frigiliana. The performance will bring together the different flamenco palos (forms) that Muñoz has taught in her school over the years. The artists taking part will be Ana Jiménez, Carmela Carrasco, Walter Algarín, Manuel Yunke, Carlos Leal and the Ángela Muñoz Flamenco group.

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Not Satisfied With The New Rent Control Laws, Barcelona Leftists To Bar All Holiday Rentals By 2028:
– Barcelona, a top Spanish holiday destination, announced on Friday that it will bar short-term apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, an unexpectedly drastic move as it seeks to rein in soaring housing costs and make the city liveable for residents.
– The city’s leftist mayor, Jaume Collboni, said that by November 2028, Barcelona will scrap the licences of the 10,101 apartments currently approved as short-term rentals. Spain’s Socialist housing minister, Isabel Rodriguez, said she supported Barcelona’s decision.
“It’s about making all the necessary efforts to guarantee access to affordable housing,” she posted on X.
– Barcelona’s local government said in a statement it would maintain its “strong” inspection regime to detect potential illegal tourist apartments once the ban comes into force.
– The PP has lodged an appeal that has already been admitted for processing by the Constitutional Court.
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/top-tourist-destination-barcelona-plans-shut-all-holiday-apartments-by-2028-2024-06-21/
Additional Ref: https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2024-06-22/el-cierre-de-todos-los-pisos-turisticos-en-barcelona-aboca-a-una-batalla-legal.html

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Revealed– Puigdemont’s Secret Plan to Overturn the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya party (Social democrat, pro-Catalan independence), Return Victorious to Spain and Achieve Catalan Independence!:
– A document found in a police search after his escape detailed a step-by-step strategy to advance the declaration of Catalan independence. The whole plan Puigdemont used, and continues to use to manipulate President Sanchez, the press, and even the public, is exposed in this article. It reveals as well Puigdemont’s Russia connections, opening the door to new charges of treason and insurrection! Absolutely fascinating if you follow Spanish politics. Otherwise skip it. Source, Spanish: [https://www.abc.es/espana/plan-secreto-puigdemont-anular-esquerra-volver-victorioso-20240623170749-nt.html] ; Click this link to read the English translation:
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ANDALUCÍA

The working day will be reduced from 40 to 38.5 hours after Summer, then down to 37.5 hours per week from 1/1/25 + other new rules with up to €10k fines, some very intrusive and burdensome, written/printed work logs no longer acceptable: {Translation}
– In an increasingly complex political scenario, the government is keen to push through some of its big election promises, such as the star measure to reduce the working week to 37.5 hours for all Spanish workers, with no exceptions. The Ministry of Labour already has its proposal for this initiative and sent it to the social partners this Friday, barely five days after it took the reins of the negotiations after the failure of the meetings to agree it between the unions and employers.
– On 1 January 2025, all Spanish workers will have a maximum working week of 37.5 hours. This is stated in the draft royal decree to which this newspaper has had access, which also establishes that the 40-hour working week that currently applies by law will be reduced to 38.5 hours when the law is approved, something that the government would like to do before the end of the summer.
– It does specify that these 38.5 hours until the end of this year or the 37.5 hours that will be applied from next January will be on an annual basis, as requested by the social partners, which will allow them to have a little more flexibility in reducing the working day with holidays, days off or leave.
– However, the government has not given in to another demand of the employers in order to reach an agreement: raising the annual overtime limit from the current 80 hours to 150 hours per worker. Although the UGT had shown its willingness to tackle this measure if the employers agreed to pay these hours with a 25% surcharge, Labour, like the CCOO, does not see it in a positive light and has not incorporated it into the decree, which means that it knows that it already has the employers’ no. The government is taking a further step forward in this direction.
– Moreover, the government is taking another step forward in the working day register, which it set up five years ago and which is not bearing the expected fruits. For this reason, the new regulation means a tightening of time control, which companies, whether large or small, or the self-employed, will have to do digitally. It will no longer be possible to do this manually, as has been the case until now, with the aim of ensuring that these records can never be modified and that they are totally reliable.
– Similarly, as the Second Vice-President, Yolanda Díaz, had announced, the fines for companies that fail to comply with the time register will be substantially increased, not only in terms of the amount, but above all because a fine will be imposed for each worker, and not per company, as was the case until now, in the event that data is omitted or falsified in the time register, or if the register does not exist. The amounts of the new fines will range from 1,000 euros to 10,000 euros per worker.
– In order to guarantee the authenticity and traceability of the data reflected in the register, the register must allow the identity of the worker who makes the record to be unequivocally identified. In addition, remote access to the register is ensured for committees and the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate. There will be a system with interoperability that allows the sharing and exchange of information and data.
– As for part-time workers, the text states that part-time contracts with a duration equal to or greater than the maximum working week now set “will be automatically converted into full-time employment contracts”. On the other hand, the draft royal decree establishes that in the case of workers with reduced working hours or part-time contracts “will have the right to continue working the same number of hours they have been working”, but they will receive a “proportional increase in their salary”, depending on what this represents in terms of the new working hours. Otherwise, their pay would be devalued.
– The government will set up a social dialogue roundtable with the most representative trade unions and business associations in order to evaluate the results of the reduction in working hours established in this regulation and “continue to make progress in reducing the maximum length of the ordinary legal working day”, taking into account the characteristics of the different sectors of activity, the evolution of productivity and economic circumstances.Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/economia/trabajo/jornada-laboral-reducira-375-horas-semanales-enero-20240621180538-ntrc.html

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It takes an average of over 24 months for the Andalucia courts to process a squatter eviction as strikes, insufficient staff, huge backlogs & paper files clog the system: {Translation, summary}
– On average, a landlord in Spain has to wait 24 months to receive a ruling allowing squatters to be evicted from a property. This is the result of adding up the time taken by the proceedings in the Courts of First Instance and, in the event of an appeal, the time taken by the Provincial Courts responsible for resolving the case.
– Thus, in the region of Castilla y León, the time taken to obtain a final judgement can take up to three years (35.9 months); the same is true of Murcia, with an average of 27 months, followed by the Canary Islands (26 months) and Andalusia (24.9 months). On the opposite side are Asturias (14.9 months); Navarre (14.2 months) and Aragon (13.5 months).
– The number of occupations processed declined in Spain in 2023. In the last year, they reached courts throughout Spaina total of 2,261 procedures due to illegal occupation of homes, a figure that represents 18.2% less compared to the 2022 procedures.
– This decline is not due to fewer squatter occupations, it is due to the lower capacity of the courts to handle new cases. “Judicial procedures are getting slower every day for many reasons, such as the growth in litigation and the lack of personnel and material resources in the courts”, explains Carmen Giménez, a lawyer at G&G Abogados.
– In addition, Giménez assures that “civil servants work with mountains of paper and files because the digitalization of judicial files is not yet available”, which means that the paper has to be taken to the court, “nor do they have sufficient material means to print what we send there”.
– All of this causes, according to the lawyer, a “monumental delay” in the proceedings. In addition, she points out that it must be taken into account that there are other proceedings with preferential status such as those dealing with fundamental rights, minors or incapacitation, which always causes other proceedings to be delayed. {Repeated court worker strikes also added to the procesing delays. -Ed.} Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5523774/0/plazo-para-echar-un-okupa-una-vivienda-bate-un-nuevo-record-se-tarda-media-hasta-dos-anos-los-tribunales/

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PP points out the “weakness” of the Government and accuses it of acting as a “shredder of institutions” to “save Sánchez”: {Translation}
– The deputy secretary of Economy of the PP, Juan Bravo {pic}, has stressed this Sunday the “weakness” that, in his opinion, currently characterises the Government of Spain, and has argued that the Executive is acting as a “shredder of institutions” with the sole objective of “saving” the president, Pedro Sánchez, “at the cost of anything”. This is what the PP leader said in an appearance in Seville together with the president of the Sevillian ‘populares’, Ricardo Sánchez, in which he began by arguing that in the last week “the weakness of Sánchez’s government has been revealed once again”.
– Specifically, Juan Bravo has remarked that in this week “we have known elements that make us see that the Government does not govern, that the only thing that concerns it is to save the figure of Sánchez”, and thus has alluded to “new data on these cases of corruption involving the PSOE and Sánchez’s associates”, such as “new payments, new commissions, new people, new companies, even new villas linked to this plot”, he added.
– “Secondly, we have seen the weakness of the Government when, talking about the Budget for 2025”, the Executive does not assume its powers to draw up new annual accounts, and “once again what they do is ask the separatist parties if they are going to support” the project presented by the Executive, according to Juan Bravo, who has criticised the Government for asking those who “do not believe in Spain if they are willing to support the Budget of Spain”. If these separatist parties “say no, there will be no Budget for Spain, and if they say yes, there will be a Budget for all Spaniards, that is the reality”, warned the PP Deputy Secretary of Economy.
– Similarly, the former Finance Minister of the Andalusian Regional Government also referred to the pending reform of the regional funding system, which affects “all Spaniards” so that “we have a principle of equality in the provision of public services and freedom”, according to Juan Bravo. After pointing out that the financing system that is still being applied was agreed in 2009 by the PSOE with the then “tripartite” that governed Catalonia, Juan Bravo remarked that the current First Vice-President of the Government and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, “defended” as Andalusian Minister of Finance “that a new financing system was essential”, as well as that “an extra 16 billion were needed for the financing system”. 16 billion extra to the financing system”, and, after six years at the head of the Treasury portfolio in the Council of Ministers, “there is no new financing system”.
– In addition, the PP leader pointed out that Montero, as Minister of Finance, “defended the need for multilateralism”, but now “proposes bilateralism with Catalonia, with a debt cancellation, with a quota only” for that community, according to Juan Bravo, who has argued that now there is talk of regional funding “because it is necessary” for Pedro Sánchez “to remain president, because without the votes of Junts and ERC” in Congress, the socialist leader “would not be” head of the Executive, he stressed.
– The PP Deputy Secretary of Economy warned that Minister Montero “says that there will be no quota” for Catalonia, just as before the Government “said that there would be no pardon” or amnesty for the Catalan “separatists” of the independence process that led to the referendum of 1 October 2017 and in the end “there has been”.
– Juan Bravo pointed out that the PP defends “a system of regional funding that focuses on citizens rather than territories, that focuses on multilateralism”, and, “if there is a real will, on a transitional fund that accompanies until a new funding system is approved”, as well as a system in which “the citizen is taken into account, but also dispersion, ageing, the equal provision of all public services”.
– After this, the PP’s Deputy Secretary of Economy has denounced the fact that Pedro Sánchez’s government has become “a shredder” of institutions, so that “if he does not like what the Senate does, he takes away its powers through the back door; if the media provide information he does not like, he proposes to intervene and sanction them”. “He is so much of a shredder of the institutions that we currently have no governor of the Bank of Spain”, according to Juan Bravo, who pointed out that, “in the history of Spanish democracy”, prior to the current moment “there has only been one day” on which this vacancy had occurred, “because it fell on a Sunday”.
– The PP Deputy Secretary of Economy concluded by accusing the Government of behaving like “a shredder of institutions with a single objective”, that of “saving Mr. Sánchez, allowing him to be President of the Government of Spain at the cost of health, education, financing, the unity of all Spaniards; at the cost of anything”, Juan Bravo said.
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-pp-senala-debilidad-gobierno-le-acusa-actuar-trituradora-instituciones-salvar-sanchez-20240623114451.html

RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA

A very active criminal group that robbed inhabited houses in Rincón de la Victoria is broken up: {Translation, summary}
– The Guardia Civil, within the framework of Operation PICARZO/GOLAUDI, has arrested in the towns of Roquetas de Mar and El Ejido (Almería), a criminal group made up of eleven people, for having committed 68 crimes of burglary in inhabited dwellings throughout the national territory, especially in the provinces of Jaén, Ciudad Real and Málaga, some of them in Rincón de la Victoria.
– Those investigated travelled by vehicle from their homes in Almería to small towns to commit their robberies, always on Fridays and Saturdays, or holidays, taking advantage of the fact that the residents were out of their homes. The perpetrators would ring the doorbell to make sure that no one was home, after which they would jump over walls or break windows to gain access to the interior of the property and steal all kinds of jewellery, weapons, cash and any other valuables they could find. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/desarticulado-un-grupo-criminal-muy-activo-que-robo-en-viviendas-habitadas-de-rincon-de-la-victoria/

RONDA

Avid live music fan in Serranía de Ronda village to stage ‘smallest rock concert ever’ with sights set on an official Guinness world record:
– Organised by Paul Darwent and local musician Marcus Myers, Ringo’s Birthday Bash will present a seven-piece rock band who will perform to an audience of just seven, on 7 July – Ringo Starr’s 84th birthday. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/ronda/former-music-venue-owner-host-smallest-concert-20240620123157-nt.html

SPORTS

Football News- Malaga CF secure last-gasp play-off final victory to earn promotion back to Segunda:
– They’ve done it! Malaga CF have earned promotion back to the Segunda División at the first time of asking.
– A 2-2 draw sealed deep into extra time against 10-man Gimnàstic helped secure a 4-3 aggregate win in the Primera RFEF play-off final in Tarragona on Saturday evening. Sergio Pellicer’s side needed to avoid defeat in the second leg at Nou Estadi to secure promotion from the third tier – and they did just that, albeit in the most dramatic of circumstances, stealing victory from the jaws of defeat.
– Finding themselves trailling 2-0 going into the second half of extra time and needing two goals, it was two teenagers who stepped up when it mattered most. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/sport/malagacf/malaga-secure-lastgasp-playoff-final-victory-earn-20240622233051-nt.html

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Cricket News- England thrash USA to reach T20 World Cup semis, Jordan takes hat-trick:
– England have booked their place in the T20 World Cup semi-finals courtesy of thrashing USA by 10 wickets on Sunday. The defending champions ruthlessly bowled out the tournament co-hosts for just 115, Chris Jordan completing the demolition with a hat-trick.
– One of India, Australia or Afghanistan will now await in the last four, the semi-final lineup to be determined over the next 36 hours or so. {I know absolutely nothing about cricket despite watching Youtube vids explaining how the game is played. And I have no idea who this fellow is in the photo that accompanied the original article. They didn’t include a caption or ID him in the source article. Hope I have not mucked up this post too badly! -Ed.} Full article: https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/cricket/england/t20-world-cup/result/another-hat-trick-england-thrash-usa-to-reach-t20-world-cup-semis_546592.html

SOCIAL MEDIA

This is the spectacular image of the Sierra Nevada thaw that’s gone viral on social media:
– The national park has finished its ski season and the resorts have long-closed, but it has a unique charm that many hikers are eager to see. This is the thaw, a phenomenon that occurs in May and June, when the rising temperatures cause the snow that has accumulated throughout the winter and spring to melt.
– One particular snapshot of snow melting on the Sierra Nevada has gone viral on social media in recent weeks. Taken on Sunday 16 June and posted by Ángel Caeli on X, formerly Twitter, the photograph has already had more than 4,000 likes and numerous comments. Photo: Angel Caeli. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/costa-tropical/the-spectacular-viral-image-the-sierra-nevada-20240620074848-nt.html

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This Friday & Saturday at Bar Nina- Torrox Costa:
– Friday 21 June. Doors open at 5:00 PM
Come and relax on our terrace with a nice cold beer and good music from the 70s/80s/90s. We have a lot of Delicious Dutch Snacks.
– Saturday 22 June. Doors open at 5:00 PM
Live Music. We have a great performance from Mike Williamson. Mike sings/plays beautiful songs. Rock, Pop, Jazz & Soul. Come and enjoy! Starts at 9PM
– We have a new pool table!
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XVI Almáchar Livestock Fair: 21-23 June
It will begin this Friday at the pilgrimage site and will end on Sunday, June 23 at noon.
On Saturday it will be open all day, from eight in the morning to eight in the evening, and on Sunday it will be open until midday. The site is equipped with shaded areas and a bar.
On Saturday 22 June at 11 p.m. Rumbyki will be performing at the Romería bar.

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Antoñito Molina at the Nerja Caves Festival:
Fri, 21 June, 10:30pm
Manuel del Campo Auditorium
Urb. Cueva de Nerja, 2, 29780 Nerja
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Concert- Nerja Music Band: Sunday, June 30, starting at 8:30pm in the gardens of the Nerja Parador, to celebrate the arrival of summer.

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Diana Navarro in concert: Sat, June 22 at 10pm
Municipal Auditorium of Rincón de la Victoria
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Cueva del Tesoro
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Street Music Day- Dúrcal: Sat, 29 June
30 bands of musical styles ranging from ‘reggae’ to ‘house’ will turn the municipality’s everyday spaces into stages.
Some of the groups that will be present are Alamedadosoulna, Sonido Vegetal, Throes+ The Shine, Terral, Venus de Vinilo, Tres Cuatreros, Lobo, Leo Ramone and the Friends of Music Band.
To the musical proposals of the eleventh edition there will be added workshops, children’s activities, a craft market, a popular paella, ‘food trucks’ and, in addition, there will be a play center throughout the day. Video Link

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SPAIN

Judge Peinado extends the investigation of Begoña Gómez to the Complutense University: {Translation, summary}
– The head of the 41st Court of Instruction of Madrid, Juan Carlos Peinado, has extended the investigation of the wife of the President of the Government Begoña Gómez to the Complutense University of Madrid.
– Judge Peinado would like to clarify the appointment of Begoña Gómez as director of the Extraordinary Chair for Competitive Social Transformation and to find out why Pedro Sánchez’s wife registered in her name the sustainability platform developed for the Complutense University by Telefónica, Indra and Google, which was finalised with a public contract of 60,000 euros.
– The magistrate has agreed to these proceedings after clarifying that his court is still investigating “two (of the three) blocks” that are not related to the contracts awarded to companies belonging to the businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés, part of which was taken over by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
– He was responding to the request of Gómez’s defence, led by former minister Antonio Camacho, who asked Peinado to clarify again which facts make up the case after the magistrate agreed to the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to take over the part of the case relating to the awarding of contracts financed with European funds by the public entity Red.es. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/2024-06-20/juez-peinado-amplia-investigacion-begona-gomez-universidad-complutense-cita-rector-7139111/

ANDALUCÍA

The Junta de Andalucía considers the amnesty law an outrage and insists on the appeal: {Translation, summary}
– The Minister of the Presidency, Antonio Sanz {pic}, has stressed that the Andalusian Regional Government “will not stand idly by” in the face of the “immense outrage” that, in his opinion, the Government of Pedro Sánchez has committed by promoting the amnesty law for those accused of the Catalan independence process.
– This was stated by the minister in response to a question from Vox deputy Benito Morillo in a parliamentary committee appearance in which, regarding the aforementioned amnesty law promoted by the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies, Antonio Sanz stressed that the Andalusian Government of the PP-A “is very clear” that “the equality of all Andalusians and Spaniards cannot be a bargaining chip or form part of any negotiation”. For this reason, he continued, the Andalusian Governing Council has given “the relevant instructions” and will lodge “the corresponding appeal for unconstitutionality before the Constitutional Court within three months, as the law allows us to do”.
– Antonio Sanz has denounced that “the amnesty that the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, so much disowned”, but which he later approved “in order to remain in the Moncloa, destroys the most elementary principles of the rule of law and the separation of powers”. “It is simply unheard of that all the crimes for which the leaders of the procés were condemned by the justice system have not only been pardoned, but that, in addition, it is recognised that they never existed”, denounced the Minister of the Presidency, adding that “the response to such a legal outrage must be calm, but very forceful, and this is what we are going to do from the Andalusian Government”.
– Along these lines, the minister argued that “there is no shortage” of reasons to appeal the amnesty law before the TC, because “it violates the principle of separation of powers, the right of Spaniards to equality before the law, the constitutional principle of legal certainty, the right to effective judicial authority and the prohibition of arbitrariness of the public authorities”.
– Thus, Antonio Sanz has asserted that “the application of this law would mean the breakdown forever of the rule of law” in Spain, and has criticised the Andalusian PSOE deputies who have voted in favour of this law before which the Andalusian Government “will not stand idly by”, as the Minister reiterated before concluding by stating that “the equality of Spaniards and Andalusians is not negotiable, and will remain so for the Government of Juanma Moreno”.
Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/junta-andalucia-considera-tropelia-ley_0_2000198079.html

MALAGA PROVINCE

Farmers fear the plague of locusts, grasshoppers and crickets detected in Malaga province:
– A plague of locusts, grasshoppers and crickets are causing havoc in three municipalities in Malaga province, agriculturalists have warned.
– Asaja Malaga, the province’s agricultural association of young farmers, raised the alarm on Monday 17 June that large infestations of the insects are located in Coín, Alozaina and Casarabonela. This new infestation has already spread over an area of just over 400 hectares, “affecting both agricultural and natural areas in the region”, they warned.
– The Junta recommends that in areas where there are, for example, a significant locust population, no work should be carried out on fruit trees that involves wounding them as locusts are attracted by the smell of sap.
– To report the presence of locusts, grasshoppers and crickets, farmers can contact the Plant Health Services of the Junta de Andalucía’s regional ministry of agriculture by phone on 951920482 and 671533402. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/guadalhorce-valley/locusts-grasshoppers-and-crickets-plague-affecting-three-20240618103416-nt.html

NERJA

Young man dies after falling from cliff on popular Nerja beach:
– A young Turkish man of 27 years and student of the Malaga University (UMA) died on Wednesday evening after falling from a cliff in Nerja, according to 112 Andalucía.
– At 7:15pm, the 112 emergency service telephone operators received a call alerting them to a young man falling from a cliff on the Carabeo beach and requesting urgent medical assistance because he had suffered a severe blow to the head.
– According to a statement from the Junta, the emergency services could do nothing to save the life of the victim, a 27-year-old man, who died at the scene despite receiving medical assistance. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/young-man-dies-after-falling-from-cliff-20240620095224-nt.html
Additional ref: https://okdiario.com/andalucia/muere-joven-turco-27-anos-estudiante-erasmus-caer-desde-acantilado-malaga-13026202

LANJARÓN

The Lanjarón fire has been controlled, which Infoca is trying to extinguish with land means: {Translation, summary}
– The forest fire broke out at 21.00 hours on Tuesday in the municipality of Lanjarón (Granada). The causes are still unknown, according to Infoca.
– At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, the Andalusian Forest Fire Fighting Service, Plan Infoca, managed to control a complicated forest fire that broke out at around 21.00 hours in the Granada municipality of Lanjarón.
– The strong wind – over 30 km/h – and the onset of darkness made it difficult to control the flames. Initially, a deployment of ground and air resources was set up and worked flat out to try to halt the advance of the fire. Two medium-heavy helicopters, two cargo planes on the ground and a third for coordination work were in action from the early hours of the morning, although given the time the fire broke out, they were soon withdrawn.
– Up to 40 personnel, specifically a group of forest firefighters, an environmental agent and a fire engine, were in charge of finishing off and liquidating the tasks. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5522282/0/declarado-un-peligroso-incendio-lanjaron-infoca-trata-sofocarlo-por-tierra-aire/

ALICANTE

Missing Person – Kelly Saunders:
– This article has been written with the consent and involvement of Kelly’s family, originally published in the EuroWeeklyNews.
– Kelly Saunders originally from Brighton but now living in Rojales has been missing since Thursday, June 13 and her family is concerned for her welfare and personal safety.
– The last confirmed sighting of Kelly was at a tobacconists (estanco) in Torrevieja although the exaction location and time are unknown. Prior to that, she had been seen leaving Quesada Fish and Chips, located on Calle Los Arcos, on Tuesday, June 11 at 9:52.PM.
– As she didn’t have a car, she was believed to be heading on foot across the park between Avenida Castilla and Calle Baranco. Evidence suggests this because her phone, house keys and other belongings were found in the park by a local resident. In addition, her passport was found nearby.
– The police have been notified, and Kelly has been officially declared a ‘missing person’. At this critical we are reaching out to the community for any information about Kelly’s last whereabouts after her last confirmed sighting.
Your help could be crucial in bringing her home safely.
– Please contact the Local Police at (+34) 966 71 51 29 if you have any new information. Source: https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/06/19/updated-information-missing-person-kelly-saunders/

EUROPE

Dutch PM Mark Rutte set to become new NATO chief:
– Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has withdrawn his bid for NATO’s leadership, clearing the way for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to become the alliance’s secretary-general.
– A staunch backer of Ukraine, the 57-year-old Rutte staked his claim for the job last year after the collapse of his coalition in the Netherlands. He quickly gained the support of NATO heavyweights the United States, Britain, France, and Germany. Full article: https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-pm-mark-rutte-set-to-become-new-nato-chief/a-69427909

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Russia obliterates Ukraine’s frontline towns faster with hacked bombs and expanded airbase network:
– The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell.
– A third bomb failed to detonate when it landed behind the Epicenter shopping complex in Kharkiv {pic}. Investigators hope it will help them trace the supply chain for the latest generation of retrofitted Russian “glide bombs” that are laying waste to eastern Ukraine. The Soviet-era bombs are adapted on the cheap with imported electronics that allow distant Russian warplanes to launch them at Ukraine.
– Other cities that have been devastated by the weapons include Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar and Vovchansk, and Russia has nearly unlimited supplies of the bombs, which are dispatched from airfields just across the border that Ukraine has not been able to hit.
– Store manager Oleksandr Lutsenko said the May 25 attack hints at Russia’s aim for Kharkiv: “Their goal is to turn it into a ghost city, to make it so that no one will stay, that there will be nothing to defend, that it will make no sense to defend the city. They want to scare people, but they will not succeed.”
– Russia has accelerated its destruction of Ukraine’s front-line cities in 2024 to a scale previously unseen in the war using the glide bombs and an expanding network of airstrips, according to an Associated Press analysis of drone footage, satellite imagery, Ukrainian documents and Russian photos. Full article & photo credit: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-bombs-airfields-scorched-earth-58380b8625df7ed52a3b5472326559b8

SPACE

This Friday’s full moon is the real ‘honey-moon’: {Translation, summary}
– Spring is over and summer announces its arrival with a “honeymoon”. But not exactly that of lovers. This is how the sixth full moon of the year is known, which can be seen from early Friday morning until Sunday morning all over the world, and in Spain it will appear in all its splendour in the night sky on Saturday. This moon will appear above the horizon as naturally as ever, although it will coincide with the point at which our natural satellite reaches its closest distance to the Earth, making it appear larger and brighter in the sky.
– Like the so-called blue or worm moons, the June moon has several names: honey moon, strawberry moon or hot moon are some of the most commonly used. But none of them correspond to an astronomical phenomenon, nor do they refer to any scientific concept surrounding it. So where do these nicknames come from? The nickname “honeymoon” goes back to the tradition of calling the first month of marriage “honeymoon” and it is believed that it may be linked to this full moon because of the custom of getting married in June. According to NASA, which also makes use of these popular nicknames, some writings suggest that the end of June was when the honey was ready for harvest, making it “the sweetest moon”. Source, Spanish: https://elpais.com/ciencia/2024-06-20/la-luna-llena-de-este-viernes-es-la-autentica-luna-de-miel.html

NATURE

Iberian lynx is no longer an endangered species: {Translation, summary}
– The Iberian lynx has officially been removed from the list of animals at risk of extinction today, and moved to the “vulnerable” list. This has been reported by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
– The reason is that in just 21 years, the wild feline par excellence native to the Iberian Peninsula has gone from being literally one step away from disappearance, with 94 specimens resisting as best they could in their last refuges in Doñana and the Andújar mountain range in Jaen, to count last Christmas 2,021 puppies and adults spread across the pastures, marshes and hills of Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Levante and the south of Portugal. In just two decades, its population has multiplied by 21, with average annual growth of 20% since 2019. Photo: Antonio Liebana. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sociedad/lince-iberico-deja-especie-peligro-extincion-20240620124456-ntrc.html

CULTURE

‘Kebabs’, ‘pokes’ and hamburgers- Let’s save traditional Spanish cuisine: {Translation, summary}
– Between the phenomenon of globalisation and the evolution of our lifestyles, we continue to incorporate foreign flavours that we make everyday. Japanese is on the rise, with more than a thousand and a half restaurants in Spain; the same goes for Peruvian flavours, with hundreds of establishments and that ethnic and modern stamp. Not to mention the Italian impact, whose hallmarks (carpaccios, ravioli, risottos, tiramisu, burrata, balsamic vinegar) are firmly embedded in Spanish cuisine. If ceviches often replace pickles, it is no less true that for certain sectors of the population, bowls of Asian ramen arouse more interest than lentil or chickpea stews.
– At the same time, our big cities are witnessing the gentrification of certain neighbourhoods stripped of their past culinary identity. The multicultural atmosphere of Malasaña in Madrid or the Raval in Barcelona has led to the proliferation of small shops and restaurants where the exotic and the ethnic are the order of the day in pantries and recipe books. Asian, Indian and African-style establishments have replaced the traditional bars and eateries of yesteryear. We are witnessing an unprecedented gastronomic invasion with no signs of return.
– Even so, there is still time. Spain’s regional cuisines have such a varied and powerful resistance that their essence survives in a large number of restaurants and bars. We still have cocido, paella, gazpacho, fried fish, fabada, Galician octopus, potato omelette, croquettes and a multitude of other dishes. Recipes that, depending on the case, are interpreted with unequal fortune in summer in beach bars. The same goes for grilled sardines or espeto malagueño sardines…treasures that we must preserve at all costs as part of a heritage of enormous cultural and gastronomic value. Source, Spanish: https://elpais.com/gastronomia/2024-06-20/kebabs-pokes-y-hamburguesas-salvemos-la-cocina-tradicional-espanola.html

OTHER

RIP- Donald Sutherland:
– Donald Sutherland, the enigmatic actor whose lengthy career encompassed films including “The Dirty Dozen” and “The Hunger Games,” has died, his son said Thursday. He was 88.
– One of Canada’s most famous sons, he played dashing leading men as well as antiheroes and villains, most recently making a name among a new generation of fans as the evil President Snow in “The Hunger Games” franchise.
Full article: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240620-actor-donald-sutherland-dead-at-age-88

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Queen Catalog to Be Acquired by Sony Music for £1 Billion:
– The Queen music catalog, along with a number of other rights, is in the process of being acquired by Sony Music for £1 billion (around $1.27 billion), two sources confirm to Variety. The news was first reported by Hits; according to their report, the only revenue not covered in the deal is for live performances, which founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor, who still actively tour with singer Adam Lambert, will retain.
– One other player was said to be very close in the bidding, but stopped short at $900 million. Full article: https://variety.com/2024/music/news/queen-catalog-acquired-by-sony-music-1-billion-1236042619/

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New Life Church:
– Sunday Service:
Whether you live in Nerja or are visiting our area, you are very welcome to come and join us on Sundays at 11.00am. 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.
– 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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Pets For Adoption

Axarquia Animal Rescue: A Voluntary Charity, Non-profit Organisation
CIF G93245116 / Charity Number 10567 (Spain)
Email: axarquia-rescue@hotmail.com
Website: www.axarquiaanimalrescue.com
Oscar AAR1827 & Nancy AAR1828 – 6 years old, brother and sister, lived together all their lives. Due to personal circumstances these 2 lovely dogs are in need of a new home together. They have been through a lot these last 12 months, but remain, loving, well balanced dogs. They get on well with other dogs, and love human company. Fully vaccinated, neutered etc. Both have been classed as PPP dogs, therefore a PPP license is required for adoption/foster. Currently living in kennels.
Please take a look at our website, where you will find more information and photos, plus details of other dogs and pups that we have in our care. Our adoption costs are 110e for pups that have been fully vaccinated, rabies, chip and passport and 180e for older dogs that have all vaccinations, papers and have been neutered. This contributes towards their vet and care costs, and helps us to continue rescuing abandoned dogs and cats.

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Medieval Magic Market of Estepona 2024:
June 21 to 24, 2024 on the Paseo Marítimo Pedro Manrique.
The Medieval Market, which is part of the activities on the night of San Juan, offers you a wide variety of craft stalls, gastronomic products and shows for the whole family. Enjoy a magical atmosphere surrounded by music, dance and medieval characters. It will have more than 40 stands of the most varied crafts and gastronomy. In addition, workshops for children, live music, various exhibitions, parades, acrobatic cloths and a fire show, among other activities, will be offered.
It will take place from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on the Paseo Marítimo, in the section between the La Peseta Monument and the Central Chiringuito, which will be set and decorated for the occasion.
See full schedule of activities here: https://feriasymercadosmedievales.com/agenda/mercado-magico-medieval-de-estepona-malaga-2024/

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San Juan Night- Torrox: Sunday, June 23
Starting from 21:30 hours in the Plaza de La Concordia with the performance of the Coro de las Nieves, which will give way to the singer Ascen Núñez.
Shortly before midnight, the torches will be handed out and lit, with which the participants will go down to the river to wash their faces in a tradition in which hundreds of people participate. After the ritual, and back in the Plaza de La Concordia, there will be a great performance by the comedian Justo Gómez at around 00:30 hours, followed by the free distribution of the “rosca de pan de San Juan”, which will bring the events to a close in the early hours of the morning.

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Mama Paula Blues Band:
Friday 28 June, 10pm – Clarence Jazz Club
Calle Danza Invisible 8 CP 29620 Torremolinos (Málaga)
Info & tix (€12): https://www.clarencejazzclub.com/wp/events/mama-paula-blues-band-%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7/

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Concert- From Baroque to Jazz with pianist Rafael Ruiz Rodríguez: Friday, June 21, 8 p.m.
Villa de Nerja Cultural Center
A journey from the 18th century to the first half of the 20th century that begins with Bach, representative of the Baroque, and continues with two Spanish authors. We enter the 19th century with a work by Beethoven and through Romanticism with Chopin and Brahms we reach the 20th century with Debussy in Impressionism and Gershwin as a nod to American jazz.
Info & tix (€10): https://mientrada.janto.es/espectaculo/rafael-ruiz-piano/NERJARAFAELRUIZ/venue=CCNERJA & Video Link

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For Sale: Large solid brass door knocker and pummel. This is a beautiful piece. Arabic design detailed by hand.
Dimensions: 39cm long x 16 cm wide. Weight over 2 kg.
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For Sale (reduced): 40″ LG 4K UHD Smart TV.
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Repair Cafe: Why not start a Repair Cafe in Competa?
Supposing that most people know what a repair cafe is, I was thinking about the possibility to start one in Competa. Because its fun, repairing things together; you learn things; you help other people and its better for the environment than replacing.
Are there people who want to explore the possibilities? Lets get together then and talk about it. Sent me an WhatsApp (616311333) or mail info2adrian@gmail.com and i will organize a first meeting. Greetz,
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Beheadings have become a weekly event in Spain*- Civil Guard is looking for the head of the woman who was allegedly beheaded by her husband in Soto del Real (Madrid): {Translation, summary}
– The Guardia Civil is investigating the discovery of the bodies of a couple, a 53-year-old retired policeman and a 65-year-old woman, inside a chalet in the Madrid town of Soto del Real as a possible case of male violence.
– From what has transpired, the agents consider this account of the events to be the most plausible. The man first decapitated the woman, then moved her head to another location, then returned to the house where the body remained, and killed himself with a shotgun.
– He was Jorge Ramón D., aged 53, and she was Soledad M.A., aged 65, both Spanish nationals. They were married and had one child (Jorge), although she had two others from a previous relationship (Ruth and Anabel). Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5522525/0/la-guardia-civil-busca-la-cabeza-de-la-mujer-a-la-que-presuntamente-decapito-su-marido-en-soto-del-real/
*{I usually skip over these beheading stories. I am posting this one to bring attention to the growing trend of beheadings and dismemberments in Spain, not this specific incident. I see several of these stories every week now, treated as common news, buried on page 3. Fifteen years ago it was almost unheard of and would be in nationwide headlines if it did occur. With the pathological lying of the politicians on all sides & levels, the growing number of home invasions & gang rapes, the inflation & unemployment, the suicidal race to Agenda 2030, and now weekly beheadings, Spain has some serious problems to confront. I asked my old Spanish neighbor about it. He just looks down, shakes his head and whispers “Venezuela”. Perhaps the “separatistas” are on to something after all? Would Andalucia be better off independent of Madrid as well? -Ed.}

ANDALUCÍA

Experts warn of first heat wave of summer with thermometers reaching up to 43C in the south of Spain:
– Experts at Meteored have warned, from Friday onwards, anticyclonic weather will prevail. “It will be a sunny day in most of Spain, with a general rise in temperatures. In the centre and south of the mainland – especially in the interior of the Andalucía region – the maximum temperatures will rise by up to 5 and 6C”.
– Next week, “we will have a very prominent episode that could culminate in the first heat wave of this year. Temperatures will remain very high between Monday and Wednesday and an upturn is expected during the second half of the week, with extreme heat spreading to many areas of the country with maximum temperatures between 35 and 40C, with this value being exceeded in the south of the mainland,” he pointed out.
– The scenario will be even harsher in Andalucía. According to meteorologist Miguel Viñas, cities such as Cordoba and Seville could accumulate more than seven consecutive days with maximum temperatures above 40C, “reaching 42-43 degrees”, he revealed. The intense heat will also manifest itself at night, with minimum temperatures that in many places will not fall below 20 or even 25C (tropical and torrid nights). Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/experts-warn-first-heat-wave-summer-with-20240619103028-nt.html

AXARQUÍA

Political parties blame each other over delays to desalination plant for drought-stricken Axarquía, Socialist spokesperson pushes debunked narrative:
– The project to construct a desalination plant in the Axarquía area on the east of Malaga province continues to be immersed in political wrangling, becoming a weapon of war between the centre-right Partido Popular (PP) and the Socialist PSOE parties.
– The PP mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, on Tuesday accused Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE government of a “serious offence” by allocating 250 million euros to finance a desalination plant in Morocco, whose works have already begun, having committed to the Axarquía plant in 2023. Medina asked PSOE if “this is how he intends to guarantee local production and not increase dependence on third countries” and called for an urgent action plan to start the desalination plant, which he said, “remains blocked by the lack of momentum and funding”.
– He said that 13 months have gone by since the government announced in last year’s local election campaign the commitment to allocate 100 million euros to this necessary infrastructure. “This is less than half of what has already been allocated to the neighbouring country,” Medina pointed out. “The socialists are trying to justify this inaction by confusing public opinion, despite the fact that the government itself has confirmed in writing, in a parliamentary response, that this work of general interest of the state is within its competence and that, a year after announcing it, it has still not entrusted the management to the public company that should execute the project.”
– He went on to say, “The abandonment of Malaga and the Axarquía by Sánchez’s government is unacceptable” and that “it is for issues like this that the people of Malaga deny them their support in each election process.”
– Finally, the mayor also criticised the hundred or so fines that the government has imposed on Malaga farmers for the demonstrations last February. “These are just demands to save the Andalusian and Malaga countryside, whose response from the government has been an iron fist and a lack of dialogue,” he said.
– The socialist spokesperson at Torrox town hall, Mari Nieves Ramírez, ignoring the fact that the government itself has confirmed that this work of general interest of the state is within its competence*, has called on Medina to “abandon fake politics, the only certainty is that there are 100 million for a desalination plant in the Axarquía that will be built by Pedro Sánchez’s government and zero euros from Moreno Bonilla,” she said. To further her denial of the facts, she concluded, “The competence in water matters in our area is the sole and exclusive competence of the Junta de Andalucía and, in the face of this, the government of Moreno Bonilla, however much the PP of Malaga insists, is neglecting its functions.”**
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/pp-and-psoe-blame-each-other-for-20240619105510-nt.html
* Clarification: Spain’s central government HAS announced that it will undertake the construction of a desalination plant in the Axarquía, the area suffering most from the persistent drought affecting the whole of Spain. The announcement came on Thursday 11 May, 2023, as part of a 780-million-euro aid package to help alleviate the effects of the ongoing drought across the country. It was made by the ministers of the departments of agriculture and ecological transition, Luis Planas and Teresa Ribera. Source: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/government-take-construction-axarquia-desalination-plant-20230512131808-nt.html. -Ed.}
**Andalusian minister for agriculture, Carmen Crespo, calls this a “fabricated controversy. Speaking to Canal Sur Radio on Wednesday 24 January, Crespo said that the controversy had been “absolutely fabricated” and her comments were reported by Europa Press. She wanted to make it clear that the Junta has been “helping and collaborating with” the central government from the very first moment, providing the documentation and ceding the land and that the working group was set up between the two administrations. However, “they have to be done by the State,” insisted Carmen Crespo. Full article, English version: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/just-who-responsible-for-the-new-axarquia-20240124175350-nt.html

MALAGA CITY

Another attack on a bar owner- Bar owner seriously injured after being kicked in the head during brawl in Churriana:
– A man has been arrested for allegedly kicking another man in the head during a brawl in the Churriana district of Malaga city. The incident happened at around one o’clock in the morning on Tuesday.
– Apparently, a group of people were assaulting the owner of a bar located in Calle Molino Linares. Several units of the Malaga Local Police force went to the scene to respond to the call. On arrival, they saw a bloodied man with a large wound to his head, which was still bleeding profusely. The injured man was treated at the scene, but was later transferred to the Churriana health centre due to his injuries, which required 12 stitches.
– After viewing a video provided by eyewitnesses, and with statements gathered at the scene, the officers arrested a 25-year-old man from Cordoba, as the alleged perpetrator of the kick that caused the most serious injuries to the bar owner. According to police sources, the incident was sparked by an argument between the victim and the father of the arrested man, who left the area when police units arrived on the scene. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/bar-owner-injured-after-being-kicked-the-20240619093740-nt.html

TORROX

Torrox City Council reproaches the Government for “the harm” caused to bathers and businessmen by the “late contributions of sand” to the beaches: {Translation, summary}
– The Torrox Town Hall has publicly reproached the central government for the “continuous damage” caused to bathers and businessmen by the “late” delivery of sand to the beaches of the municipality “so close to summer”. This was stated by the councillor for the area, Vanessa López, assuring that, in addition to these complaints “which we receive on a daily basis, much of the material deposited on Ferrara beach has already been lost”.
– The councillor explained that “bathers, beach users and business owners are very annoyed by the damage being caused by these ineffective sand contributions”. Vanessa López said that, “yet another year shows that the government is only patching things up instead of looking for definitive solutions to stabilise beaches such as Ferrara in Torrox Costa”.
– At this point on the coast, said López, “the west swell of the last few days has already carried away most of the sand poured in for the supposed improvement of the beach”. In addition, all the machinery that has been carrying out this work “is a serious nuisance and a major inconvenience for bathers, residents of the area and for business owners, who are unable to offer their services and facilities in time for the start of the summer”.
– The councillor pointed out that “the business owners of the promenade and the beaches of Ferrara, El Peñoncillo and El Morche cannot be enduring daily losses in their summer income forecasts due to this deficient planning and action by the central government which affects two of the main sectors of the local economy, such as tourism and services”. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-ayuntamiento-de-torrox-reprocha-al-gobierno-los-perjuicios-que-causan-a-banistas-y-empresarios-los-tardios-aportes-de-arena-a-las-playas/

GRANADA

The coast of Granada begins the summer without restrictions on beach showers or filling of swimming pools: {Translation, summary}
– The Costa Tropical starts the summer season without water restrictions in the showers of its beaches or in the filling of private pools, with destinations such as Motril, Salobreña or Almuñécar, lifting most of the summer season the restrictions.
– In Almuñécar and La Herradura restrictions are lifted from San Juan, when the water of the showers of the beaches is opened, which would have been resumed, according to what is stipulated in the restrictions in force, next September 1st, unless it was a summer season of abundant rain, detailed the sources consulted in the consistory of Sexitano.
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-costa-granada-inicia-verano-restricciones-duchas-playa-llenado-piscinas-20240619131452.html

SEVILLA

Inappropriately dressed woman complains of being denied entry to Cathedral of Sevilla: {Translation}
– Influencer Gigi (@gigi_abeleira) has shared a video on her TikTok account in which she criticised the fact that she was refused entry to Seville Cathedral because of her outfit. Gigi explained that she was in the Andalusian capital with her father sightseeing when security staff prevented her from entering because she was wearing a top tied around her neck {pic}.
– Gigi stressed that in 39 degrees in Seville, she chose to wear it without knowing that it would prevent her from entering the place of worship, where her father was allowed to enter. “They told me I couldn’t enter the church like that, they told me I had to cover up,” said the content creator, who had to wait at the entrance while her father finished his visit.
– The influencer expressed her frustration claiming she had seen another girl leave the church in a similar outfit, stating that “you could see half of her ass and she was wearing the same top but in white, and no tattoos”.
– The video has gained 76,000 views and 3,500 likes. In the comments, several users clarified that she was not banned because of the tattoos, but because “in principle, in all Catholic churches in Europe you have to enter with clothes that cover your shoulders and knees and shoes that cover your whole foot”. Others took the opportunity to make humorous comments: “The saints were not going to put up with that much skin”. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1691729/con-tatuajes-y-este-vestido-prohiben-a-una-influencer-visitar-la-catedral-de-sevilla/

CATALONIA

Junts steps on the accelerator- demands that Sánchez recognize the Kosovo route to create a “sovereign” Catalonia: {Translation, summary}
– While Pedro Sánchez assures that his amnesty creates coexistence in Spain and calms the pro-independence supporters, Junts and ERC continue to take steps in the direction of a break with Spain.
– If a few days ago two Catalan MPs voted despite the suspension of this possibility by the Constitutional Court and did so to create a purely separatist table in the regional legislature, now Junts is demanding that the government recognise the route that the pro-independence supporters have always demanded as a mechanism for breaking with Spain: the Kosovo route.
– Recognition of Kosovo. Junts has already registered its initiative in Congress to demand that the government recognise the Republic of Kosovo as a sovereign state. This would mean recognising its independence from Serbia at the international level, but it is clear that this is not the central issue in the Kosovo affair. The main issue is that the same Kosovo mechanism is intended to be used by Catalan separatists to break up Spain. “It is not acceptable that the Spanish state shares the same strategy as Russia, China or Belarus of refusing to recognise Kosovo”, says the document drafted by Junts, which demands that it be debated in the plenary of Congress so that its own party, ERC, Bildu, BNG, Sumar, etc., can vote.
– Junts claims that only five EU countries still do not recognise the independence of Kosovo declared in 2008; Spain, Cyprus, Greece, Romania and Slovakia and recalls the commitment of the Spanish government adopted in 2021 and with Sánchez at the head to “make a significant effort to solve the issue of the territory of Kosovo in the framework of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina with an agreement respectful of international law”. Just the way Junts intends to use to split Spain.
– Junts stresses in its document that Spain has indirect relations with Kosovo and that since January 2024 it has been obliged to recognise Kosovo passports after Kosovo joined the Schengen area’s short-stay visa waiver regime. Now the Junts demand more. This is how they plan to break with Spain. Moreover, Junts claims that the European Union has signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with this Republic that entails “relations of all kinds”. And it demands that Spain should advance along the same path with Catalonia. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/2024-06-19/junts-pisa-el-acelerador-exige-a-sanchez-que-reconozca-la-via-kosovo-para-crear-una-cataluna-soberana-7138452/

UK

Just Stop Oil protesters cover Stonehenge in orange paint ahead of summer solstice:
– Two Just Stop Oil activists began spraying rocks at the ancient site at around midday, just one day before thousands are expected to descend on the site to celebrate the longest day of the year.
– English Heritage said experts were assessing the “extent of the damage” on the stones, which they describe as perhaps the world’s most famous prehistoric monument. A spokeswoman said: “Orange powdered paint has been thrown at a number of the stones at Stonehenge.” (Update: the perps now say it was harmless orange colored corn starch.)
– The attack on Wednesday has been met with condemnation by the prime minister who said the group should be “ashamed” by the “disgraceful act of vandalism”.
– The group took action as they demand the next government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030. Video footage of the protest shows two people in Just Stop Oil t-shirt, named by the group as Rajan Naidu, 73, and Niamh Lynch, 21, running up to the ancient structure with canisters of orange powder paint. As they began spraying the rocks, calls to for them to stop could be heard from onlookers as other visitors chased after them attempting to take their canisters away. Full article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/stonehenge-just-stop-oil-protest-paint-jso-b2565295.html

IRELAND

Ryanair CEO- “It’s A Complete Scam, These People Are Not Refugees”:
– Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary asserted that the asylum system was “a complete scam” and that such individuals “are not refugees” because they are arriving from safe countries and then flushing their passports down the toilet.
– O’Leary made the comments during an appearance on the Newstalk radio station. The airline boss was asked how people are able to arrive in Ireland on Ryanair flights without proper documentation or being able to prove their identities. “Yeah because they flush them down the toilet, they arrive at Dublin airport and they flush them down the toilet,” he responded.
– O’Leary said non-EU visitors to Ireland had to have their passports photographed at the border control desk so the details could be sent to the government, but that this was impossible with economic migrants. “They show up here…it’s a complete scam and these are not refugees, one of the things that drives me nuts in Ireland is we treat people as refugees who are coming from the UK or from France,” he complained.
– “Nobody got to Ireland from Afghanistan or from Kenya or from Nigeria or from Syria on a direct flight because there aren’t any, so you’re not fleeing persecution in the UK or in Germany, O’Leary added. “We should look after refugees, I have great sympathy for the Ukrainians, but people who are arriving here from the UK, France or other EU countries, we should be turning them back saying, here back to the EU countries where you came from.” Full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ryanair-ceo-its-complete-scam-these-people-are-not-refugees & Tweet Link

"It's a complete scam, these people are not refugees" says Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary on Newstalk pic.twitter.com/s4k8MM1fGw
— Irishman (@IrishmanIRL) June 17, 2024

SPACE

‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ interstellar explosion will be visible from Earth this summer:
– Keep your eyes on the skies, stargazers! NASA has predicted that the much-anticipated “once-in-a-life-time” star explosion – or nova – will be visible to the naked eye sometime this summer, per a recent press release.
– This event is particularly significant given its relative proximity to Earth. “There are a few recurrent novae with very short cycles, but typically, we don’t often see a repeated outburst in a human lifetime, and rarely one so relatively close to our own system,” said Hounsell (NASA).
– Unfortunately, the exact date for the interstellar fireworks display is yet unknown, however, this would-be death star will reportedly be visible sometime this month. NASA estimates that the “brief” phenomenon will be visible to the naked eye for around a week.
– First, they should initially look toward the Northern Crown, a parabola-shaped constellation situated west of the Hercules constellation. They can then trace a straight line from the two brightest stars in the Northern Hemisphere – Arcturus and Vega – which will lead them to the Hercules constellation and the Corona Borealis, where the Blaze of glory will be most visible. It will look like a new star has appeared in the sky.
– Unfortunately, “recurrent novae are unpredictable,” according to NASA astrophysicist Koji Mukai, adding that just when scientists think they’ve nailed down its pattern, it can “deviate from it completely.” “We’ll see how it behaves,” he added. Full article: https://nypost.com/2024/06/19/lifestyle/super-rare-star-explosion-will-be-visible-from-earth-this-month/

CULTURE

The images of the Royals in the celebration of the tenth anniversary of their reign:
– The King and Queen of Spain, accompanied by Princess Leonor and Princess Sofia, presided over the commemorative events marking the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of Felipe VI as King. Source, Spanish: https://www.ultimahora.es/fotogaleria/imagenes-reyes-celebracion-del-decimo-aniversario-reinado.html & Video Link

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Programme for the Feria de San Juan in Alhaurín de la Torre: Concerts and performances.
Thursday, June 20 to Monday, June 24
See full schedule: https://www.malagahoy.es/la-farola/programacion-Feria-San-Juan-Alhaurin-Torre_0_1912609425.html

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Triana’s San Juan Fair: June 21 to 23
The San Juan Fair will start on Friday at 22:00, at 22:30 election of Mister and Queen of the Fair. At 23:00 performance by the group ‘Ñ-Clan’. At 00:30, New Velada show. At 01:30, DJ Nico Vega. And at 02.30, New Velada again.
On Saturday, the day starts at 18:30 with children’s entertainment. There will be a performance by Las Niñas (22:00), Joana Santos (00:00), New Velada (01:00), DJ Dani Glamor (02:30) and New Velada again (03:30) to close Saturday.
Sunday, the last day, starts at 17:00 with the children’s drawing contest (Café Teatro). At 18:00, Traditional Games. At 21:00, Mayor’s Dinner and election of Mister and Queen of Mayor. At 22:00, performance by Natalia Moralo and Macarena Soto. The awards ceremony for the contest will be at 23:45. And the fair will close at 00:00 with the performance of New Velada”, concluded Begoña Fernández and Alicia Fortes, Stewards of Triana.

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Los Puertas (Vélez-Málaga) Fair 2024: 21 to 23 June
Fair will start on Friday 21 June, with the inauguration at 21.00 hours, and will last until the afternoon of Sunday the 23rd.
After the inauguration on Friday, the election of the Queen of the Fiestas, Maids of Honour, and also the Miss and Mister visitor will take place. Friday will close with ‘Los Electroduendes’.
On Saturday the Fair kicks off at 12.00 noon. At 16.30 it will be the turn of DJ David Trovar. At 18:00 hours, it will be time for the little ones with children’s entertainment. At 00.30 hours, the performance of ‘Por Derecho’. And the day will close at 2.00 am again with DJ David Trovar”, he said.
Sunday, the last day, will start at 12.00 hours with the procession in honour of our Patron Saint John, accompanied by the Vélez-Málaga music band. At 14.30 hours, there will be a large popular paella. And at 16.00 hours, a performance by ‘Álvaro Olmedo’ to close the festival.

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Programme for the 63rd Nerja Cave Festival: Concerts and tickets.
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Candlelight Concert- Vivaldi’s Four Seasons:
Fri, 21 June, Two sessions, 7:30pm & 9:30
Featuring a String Quartet – Antequeruela Quartet
Venue: Basilica of San Juan de Dios, Granada
The Basilica of San Juan de Dios in Granada is a baroque church from the 18th century, with an interior richly decorated with polychrome wood, sculptures of saints and gilding.
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Deeper Purple, Deep Purple tribute show:
Fri, 21 June 8:30pm. Planta Baja, Granada
Support act, Ramdel.
The European band Deeper Purple returns to Spain to celebrate its tenth anniversary, offering the most authentic tribute to Deep Purple, the classic rock giants who have influenced generations of musicians and fans for more than 50 years.
Address: Calle Horno de Abad, 11, 18002 Granada
Info & tix (€15): https://entradas.conciertos.club/es/events/deeper-purple-live-granada & Video Link

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Canillas de Albaida celebrates the San Juan pilgrimage:
Sunday, June 23, from 10 in the morning, which will be the pilgrimage mass in the Hermitage of Santa Ana, accompanied by the Romeros del Rosario Choir.
During the day ‘Leo Música en Vivo’ will perform, the ‘romero’ and the ‘romera mayor’ will be chosen together with their ladies and there will be a horseback race with a prize for the best runner, enlivened by the Municipal Band of Canillas de Albaida.

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– On Sunday, June 23rd, the jam session will be held at Ziggy’s bar Puente Don Manuel (venta baja in front of Scirocco bar) from 2 to 5 pm, as above: everyone welcome. Info/booking:+44 7947099443
– On Sunday, June 23rd at 8 p.m. concert by Dana & Gianni with special guests at Al Alba Torrox Costa Paseó marítimo, calle Estepona 1. A fabulous musical journey full of emotions! Info/booking:+34 620922500

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Rincón de la Victoria hosts live music to celebrate the night of San Juan on June 23:
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– The El Tajo beach will host performances by DJs, featuring Salvi Tejón & Yaxx Lee, Aitor Alonso DJ, and Androale DJ

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The Bank of Spain warns of the collapse of the Treasury if the Government continues with the pace of public debt: {Translation, summary}
– The Bank of Spain has published an interesting document devoted to the evolution of public debt and the projections for this variable in the medium and long term. The study, prepared by Mario Alloza, Jorge Martínez, Juan Rojas and Iacopo Varotto, concludes that there is an 80% probability that public debt will exceed 100% of GDP in 2040.
– The analysis has been published as part of the Banco de España’s collection of “Occasional Papers” and uses a stochastic approach that aims to estimate the sustainability of Spain’s public debt by incorporating factors such as macro-financial uncertainty and the rising costs of a progressively ageing population.
– Currently, public debt already exceeds 107% of GDP, practically doubling the reference thresholds set by Brussels, which aim to limit Eurozone member states’ liabilities to below 60% of GDP. Worst of all, if we look back to 2007-2008, our country’s public debt was around 40% of GDP, so that the performance on this indicator has accumulated fifteen years of progressive deterioration.
– The Banco de España study points out that macro and financial uncertainty adds an additional layer of risk. Market volatility and potential increases in interest rates further complicate Spain’s financial outlook. Thus, the combination of all these factors creates an alarming scenario in which the absence of corrective measures may cause public debt to become an unsustainable burden.
– The Bank of Spain’s report not only presents this bleak diagnosis, but also suggests a way forward to avoid fiscal catastrophe. The key is none other than to commit to the implementation of a rigorous fiscal consolidation plan that is aligned with the new European economic governance framework. In a scenario where such policies are adopted, the probability of public debt exceeding 100% of GDP in 2040 falls sharply to 20%. However, in the absence of consolidation measures, there is an 80% probability that government liabilities will still be as high in fifteen years’ time.
– The aforementioned work also points out that “Spain is the second country in Europe with the highest increase in public debt from the end of 2019 to the first quarter of 2023. The rise, of 14.6 points of GDP, is well above the increase observed in the European Union as a whole, where the increase has been 6 points of GDP”. Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2024-06-18/banco-de-espana-avisa-endeudamiento-publico-tesoro-deuda-en-2040-80-por-ciento-probabilidad-superior-100-por-ciento-pib-7137801/

ANDALUCÍA

Andalusia brings in 3,000 doctors – without MIR (Médico Intern Resident, Resident Medical Intern) – to plug the overload in primary care despite being “illegal”, different group from the 500 MIRs currently in hospital training that Health also wants to work as doctors this summer: {Translation}
– Andalusia is resorting to doctors without the speciality to alleviate the shortage of professionals it suffers in primary care. In other words, the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) is hiring doctors who have not passed the MIR and, according to its own figures, since 2020 it has hired at least 4,300 professionals a year who are in this situation. This is an “illegal” practice, according to the Ministry of Health, because European Directive 86/457 has prohibited it since 1986 and, although it was allowed during the pandemic, the rule fell in 2022.
– As the lack of doctors is a recurrent problem in the Spanish public health system and especially in Andalusia, the Andalusian Minister of Health, Catalina García, insists on increasing the number of MIR places by 1,000, as well as the units that allow them to be trained. She says this in a context in which, moreover, she does not rule out having to close health centres this summer due to the shortage of doctors in the SAS.
– Precisely, the autonomous communities governed by the PP have asked the Ministry of Health to allow the MIRs to work in primary care. Without them, García claims that Andalusia will have 16% fewer doctors for the summer plan. As a result of the lack of resources, the unions have called a partial strike for 26 June.
– The regional government points out that there are 500 vacancies in primary care and that 389 doctors will not finish their MIR training until September, when it was intended to have them to cover the summer staff. A problem which, they say, is compounded by the fact that 489 doctors are due to retire in 2024. A figure that will reach 5,000 in the next decade, according to the unions.
– At present, according to the SAS, there are around 8,000 doctors in Andalusian outpatient clinics – if paediatricians and family doctors are added. Of these, at least 2,841 have been recruited this year without having been trained in this speciality or having been able to accredit it. That is the number of doctors without MIR that Andalusia has recruited up to June, but since 2020 the figures have doubled. In 2020 there were 4,997, in 2021 4,750 were recruited, in 2022 there were 4,556 and 4,348 in 2023. These are doctors who have not been trained in the same way as those who do specialise in the MIR because they have only recently started working as graduates or because they come from other countries and have not had their qualifications recognised, which is also illegal.
– However, of the total number of doctors who are working irregularly, the majority are EU doctors, and of these the “vast majority”, according to the unions, are Spaniards who have chosen not to do the MIR. In 2024, 1,663 of the 2,841 contracts that have been made to doctors without MIR are community staff and therefore mainly Spanish. “From Europe, some come from Romania or Poland, but the majority are students who have graduated in Medicine in Spain,” says José-Pelayo Galindo, spokesman for CCOO, one of the unions that is most alert to this circumstance.
– They are ironically known as “R0s”. They are known as such because doctors doing the MIR are categorised as R1 (first-year resident), R2 (second-year resident) and so on up to R5 depending on the year of training they are in. However, as these doctors are working as assistants before they have done the MIR, they are colloquially called by that name because they have not been resident interns.
– “There are more of them than people think and the problem is more worrying than people would like to know,” explains Pelayo. “We have to bear in mind that they are professionals who are learning as they go along, but without anyone tutoring them. It may happen that they themselves end up tutoring MIRs who have more practical training than they do”. A reality that explains a certain lack of prestige of primary care. “It would never occur to anyone that this would happen with other specialist doctors”.
– However, the difference in salary is the key. While a first-year MIR receives around 20,000 euros net per year, a newly recruited doctor earns double that figure, up to 40,000 euros. “If they have to choose between one salary and another to be in very demanding and difficult working conditions, there are those who choose not to do the MIR”. Although it is a practice that is not permitted by the regulations, which require doctors to have a recognised qualification and an accredited speciality, Andalusia does it and recognises it with the figures to which this newspaper has had access.
– The Health Department justifies this by stating that “there is jurisprudence” that supports them. They refer to the fact that in Castile and Leon, the regional government was denounced by the courts for this very practice. The Public Prosecutor’s Office endorsed it, claiming that it had been done to resolve “pressing needs” for personnel, and Andalusia has taken advantage of this judicial decision to claim that it is done in “exceptional” cases.
– But the Ministry of Health reminds us that it is “illegal” and that the autonomous regions do not have the power to determine which cases are exceptional so that the rule that prevents this type of hiring can be skipped. They add that they cannot denounce it because it should be the regional governments that ensure “correct compliance with the rule in their territory”.
– In addition to the newly-qualified doctors working in Andalusian clinics, there are also those who come from countries that are not members of the European Union. If their degree is not recognised, they cannot be hired either, but in these cases the situation is somewhat different. “It often happens that they come to work, but the homologation takes so long that they end up being hired while it is being processed”. In other words, they are doctors who would have the same full training as those trained in the National Health System (NHS).
– All this is happening in a context in which the understanding between the Regional Ministry of Health and the medical professionals and trade unions is at its worst. The latter accuse the Andalusian regional government of improvising and failing to negotiate measures to improve the collapse of care and do not understand why they are demanding efforts from the Ministry of Health if, for example, 39 MIR openings have been left vacant in this year’s call for applications. The sectoral committee reminds Health that it has to make “longer and more stable contracts” to avoid the flight of doctors to other autonomous communities or to private healthcare. Source, Spanish: https://www.eldiario.es/andalucia/andalucia-tira-3-000-medicos-mir-taponar-sobrecarga-atencion-primaria-pese-ilegal_1_11427145.html

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New ‘wave’ of covid in Andalusia- why cases are on the rise and everything you need to know about the new variant: {Translation, summary}
– The increase in COVID-19 cases in Andalusia has raised concerns among the population and health authorities. Since the beginning of April, a marked increase in infections and hospitalisations related to the virus has been observed. The new Pirola variant, which is now dominant in Spain, is driving this new ‘wave’ of infections. According to the latest data from the Serious Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance System (SiVIRA), almost 60% of current COVID-19 cases in the region are due to this variant.
– The increase in COVID-19 cases has led to an increase in hospitalisations related to the virus. According to the latest SiVIRA report from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, published with data collected between 3 and 9 June, the rate of hospital positives has increased from 25.1% to 33.2%, while the rate of admissions has risen from 3.7 to 4.2 cases per 100,000 population. The impact on hospitals has been significant, with 30% of patients developing pneumonia and 4.1% requiring admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The case fatality rate has also increased from 8.2% at the end of May to 8.4% at the beginning of June. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/nueva-ola-covid-andalucia-aumentando_0_2000001385.html

TORRE DEL MAR

Playas de Torre del Mar opens registration for the second semester in its Hiking and Mountaineering activities: {Translation, summary}
– The Club Deportivo Playas de Torre del Mar has opened today (18/6) the registration period for all athletes of the Axarquia interested in federating in mountain for the second half of 2024, so that the mid-season licenses can be managed by the club Torre del Mar from Monday June 24 and will be valid from July 1 to December 31, 2024.
– Thus, from today, the offices of the Torre del Mar club have begun to process the corresponding Federative Cards for the remainder of the season both at Andalusian and national level, so that those interested in going out in the mountains and who are not yet federated, can do so with total security from July 1. This year, Playas de Torre del Mar has also set its sights on surpassing the 200 federated sportspeople achieved last season, a figure which would make it the club with the most federated participants in the Axarquia region.
– For this reason, Playas de Torre del Mar is appealing to all lovers of hiking and outdoor activities in our region to join its hardened mountaineering section. Being federated in mountaineering has many and varied benefits. Being federated is not an obligation, as there is no law that makes it compulsory to hold a sports licence to go out into the natural environment. However, having a licence of this type will help you to enjoy the peace of mind and safety required for mountaineering.
– In addition to other benefits such as discounts in the network of FADMES and FEDME refuges, courses and shops, being a member of a federation means that you can enjoy a mountain accident insurance policy with an extraordinary level of cover. In mountain activities it is highly recommended to take out an insurance policy that covers you for medical assistance. The insurance offered by the federation card is specifically created to cover the risks associated with the practice of this type of mountain sports, something of great importance taking into account the environment in which this type of sport is practised.
– The president of the Torreño club, Rafael Sánchez, explained that “the last few years have consolidated the strength of sports in nature, consolidating us as one of the most active sports clubs in the region, in which we have noticed a great desire to go out into the mountains and it has been this demand for our club that has made us bet even more strongly on this section, with which we want to provide all the sportsmen and women of the Axarquía with a club with which they will be able to develop routes and other activities related to outdoor sports”. Sánchez added that “during these days we are receiving requests for registration and requesting information not only from our region but from all over the province from people interested in joining this great mountaineering family”.
– If you are a lover of hiking and nature and you need more information about how to join the Club Deportivo Playas de Torre del Mar you can contact them by email: playasdetorredelmar@gmail.com
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-playas-de-torre-del-mar-abre-la-inscripcion-para-el-segundo-semestre-en-su-seccion-de-senderismo-y-montanismo/

VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA

The Culture Delegation presents the Choral Music Week with musical meetings in Vélez-Málaga and Torre del Mar: {Translation}
– The Councillor for Culture, Alicia Ramírez, explained the details surrounding this musical event, which kicks off this Saturday. “From the Delegation of Culture we are aware of the importance of choral music in our municipality, the quality of our choirs and the enthusiasm that exists. In this sense, we wanted to group the different concerts and meetings that take place throughout the year around an event: the Choral Music Week. Our aim is to make the choirs of our municipality and the great work they do more visible, so that under the umbrella of the Choral Music Week we can have more media visibility and acceptance by the public,” said the councillor at the outset.
– The councillor went on to give specific details and the dates on which the concerts will take place. “In those days we will have two concerts and the traditional José Hidalgo choir meeting in Torre del Mar. The first of these will be on 22 June. In it the Coral Amigos de la Música de Vélez-Málaga will celebrate the European Day of Music. It will take place in the courtyard of the Convent of San Francisco. On the 25th, in the courtyard of the Beniel Palace, we will have a concert by the Coral Stella Maris from Torre del Mar. With the choir and the young choir. And on 28, 29 and 30 June, in the Church of San Andrés in Torre del Mar, we will have the 34th José Hidalgo choir meeting organised by the Stella Maris choir”, Alicia Ramírez indicated.
– All the events will start at 21.00 hours. Admission is free
– “From the Department of Culture we invite all residents to enjoy this music, which has a great acceptance and roots in our region, and that will enliven the evenings and nights of next week. All the events will start at 21.00 hours. Admission is free, so I hope that everyone who wants to can enjoy this series of choral music,” concluded the councillor.
– For her part, Aurora González García, president of the Amigos de la Música choir, also explained the details surrounding this series. “The Amigos de la Música Choir usually celebrates the end of the school year. And this year we want to combine our concert with the European Day of Music. It will be a concert of choir and string orchestra, on the 22nd at 21.00 hours in the beautiful enclave of the Cloister of San Francisco de Vélez, where we will enjoy a great evening. You are all invited,” he said.Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-delegacion-de-cultura-presenta-la-semana-de-la-musica-coral-con-encuentros-musicales-en-velez-malaga-y-torre-del-mar/ ]

UK

All households in Scottish region to get alert about hackers publishing stolen medical data:
– All households in the Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway are set to receive letters warning them that cybercriminals are likely to have published medical data about them stolen from the National Health Service (NHS) in a ransomware attack in February.
– The cybercrime group behind the attack, INC Ransom, claimed in March that it would publish the confidential medical files unless NHS Dumfries and Galloway made an extortion payment. The health trust refused to do so.
– A copy of the notices to be sent across the southernmost region of Scotland, bordering northwest England, was published on the NHS Trust’s website on Monday. They will reach just under 150,000 people, most of whom are likely to be users of the country’s universal health system. Julie White, the NHS Trust’s chief executive, advises the recipients “that the best approach to take is to assume that some data relating to you is likely to have been copied and published.” “This is an extremely serious situation, and everyone is asked to be on their guard for any attempts to access their computer systems, or any approaches by anyone claiming to hold their data or someone else’s data,” she wrote. Full article: https://therecord.media/all-scottish-households-nhs-hack-alert

GASTRONOMIA

VIDEO: Frog’s legs- A Delicacy or Animal Cruelty?
– Frog’s legs are a popular delicacy in France. Almost 4000 tons are consumed yearly. But frogs are protected in the EU. So, where do the frog legs come from? See video in English here: https://www.dw.com/en/frogs-legs-a-delicacy-or-animal-cruelty/video-69363168

HEALTH

TC votes 7 to 4 to support 16 & 17 year olds’ right to abortion without parental consent in Spain: {Translation, summary}
– The plenary session of the Constitutional Court has endorsed this Tuesday the reform of the abortion law that allows 16 and 17 year olds to terminate pregnancies without parental consent, and establishes public hospitals as centres of reference for this practice.
– Legal sources have informed EFE that the court of guarantees has rejected the appeal of Vox with the seven votes in favour of the progressive majority against the four of the conservative minority. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1690948/el-tc-avala-que-las-jovenes-de-16-y-17-anos-puedan-abortar-sin-consentimiento-paterno/

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The judge responds to Begoña Gómez that he will continue investigating her due to the appearance of “new documents”, says she has lost touch with reality: {Translation, summary}
– The judge investigating Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez, for influence peddling and corruption in business has issued a ruling in which he argues that his investigating court will keep part of the case as “new documents provided by witnesses” have appeared. In this way, the judge denies that his investigation has been left without purpose, despite the fact that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is investigating the contracts in which EU funds are involved. Peinado maintains other lines of investigation, including the possible involvement of Begoña Gómez in the rescue of Globalia.
– The judge has defended his investigation after receiving a request from Begoña Gómez’s lawyer Antonio Camacho, who asked him to clarify why she is still under investigation in Plaza de Castilla as now the EU has opened the same investigation. “Yours is a subjective interpretation, which draws a conclusion that is self-interested and not adjusted to reality,” the judge said in his response. Source, Spanish:
https://okdiario.com/espana/juez-begona-gomez-investigando-fondos-europeos-13003913

ANDALUCÍA

Jihadism in Algeciras! They dismantle a cell that planned to attack Real Madrid’s team & fans: {Translation}
– Last week, the Guardia Civil’s intelligence service, in collaboration with Europol and the US FBI, dismantled the self-styled I’lam Foundation, one of the largest propaganda networks linked to the Islamic State or Daesh, according to El Confidencial. This network operated with radio stations, news agencies, video production companies and profiles on social networks that disseminated radical content in various languages, including Spanish, according to sources close to the operation. The investigation was led by the Central Court of Instruction number 1 of the Audiencia Nacional and also involved the collaboration of the authorities of the Netherlands, Germany, France, Estonia, Romania and Iceland.
– As part of this operation, the Guardia Civil arrested nine people in Salt (Girona), Algeciras (Cádiz), Anta (Almería) and Tenerife. Two of the detainees have been sent to pre-trial detention. Among the actions dismantled was an order to the followers of the network to attack the bus of Real Madrid football players and fans of the white team. “My dear brother. Wait in a place near the arrival point of the players. Aim at them along with their supporters,” called for a seized poster showing a hooded man opening fire with a rifle and the aim of a telescopic sight on the Real Madrid bus. Another seized poster targeted the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with instructions such as “break into crowds, distract security with improvised explosives and advance towards your main target with determination.”
– Islamic State had already prompted heightened security measures last April after posting messages calling for stadium hits during the first legs of the Champions League quarter-finals, including the Bernabeu itself and Atletico Madrid’s Metropolitano stadium. However, specific messages against the players or with advice on how to sneak into the stadium have not come to light until now.
– English-language flyers found last week also encouraged “attacks on the Men’s European Football Championship being held in Germany and the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris”. In the first case, a soldier is seen on his back holding a rifle, with the message “Where do you want?” suggesting targets such as Berlin, Munich and Dortmund, cities where European Championship matches will be played. “Score the last goal!” proclaimed the poster. Regarding the Paris Games, a montage has been located showing the Eiffel Tower and hands operating the controls of a drone, with the message “The Olympics of the lone wolves have begun, with the will of *****.”
(***** = see Editor’s note below. -Ed.)
– The Guardia Civil, Europol and the FBI have stressed that the operation has “damaged the Islamic State’s propaganda apparatus at a particularly critical time for Europe’s security.” Dozens of servers of the I’lam Foundation and satellite entities (known as Terrorist Operated Websites or TOW) have been neutralised to prevent the dissemination of jihadist material on the internet and the dark web. The I’lam Foundation’s success was linked to its speed in creating topical content in a multitude of languages, including Spanish. The investigation began in 2022, when the Guardia Civil intervened in another propaganda operation in perfect Spanish and began to trace its origin.
– One of the media operating under the umbrella of the I’lam Foundation was the portal Voz de Al-Andalus, which produced its own propaganda for Muslims living in Spain who did not speak Arabic well. It included images of Islamic State executions, that have become common on the internet. Investigators found that the I’lam Foundation’s managers also controlled other channels with thousands of users, such as Al Raud, a repository of videos, audios and official Islamic State publications, and Fahras, a popular aggregator of links to jihadist websites.
– Among the material found were self-education guides aimed at turning simple Muslims into lone wolves in record time. “Incitement to jihad is a duty and a divine command that ***** gave his prophet to urge the believers to fight, encourage them in it and promote its realisation,” one of these manuals stated in justification of Islamist terrorism. Other files defended the need to spread radical messages. “Jihadi media soldiers must recognise the great responsibility imposed on them in this field, for they are the messengers of jihad and its voice and image,” one document argued. “Just as the fighter does not lay down his arms in his battles, the one who incites jihad must have the means to help him in that endeavour.”
– The Guardia Civil and Europol have underlined the scope of this joint action, carried out in a coordinated manner in a dozen countries, to”cut the link between the Islamic State and dozens of potential terrorists.” Source, Spanish:
https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1689424/yihadismo-en-algeciras-desmantelan-una-celula-que-planeaba-atentar-contra-el-real-madrid/
{Editor’s Note: While researching this article, Brave Browser AI search results informed me of the following. Not sure I like being admonished by AI, but in this case the info was appropriate.
“According to Islamic tradition, non-believers should not print the name *****, as it is considered a sacred name and a symbol of the One God. In Islam, the name ***** is considered to be the most revered and sacred name, and its use is restricted to Muslims only. In practice, Muslims view the use of the name ***** in translation with varying perspectives. While some believe it should only be used by Muslims, and only in its original Arabic form, others accept its use and spelling in English translations as a way to convey the concept of God. Ultimately, the use of the name ***** in translation depends on the context, cultural significance, and personal beliefs of the individual Muslim.” -Ed.}

NERJA

Two men attack the owner of a bar in Nerja with a stick, tables and chairs: {Translation}
– The harsh video has spread like wildfire through social networks such as WhatsApp just minutes after being recorded on Friday 14 June in Nerja, reports Diario Sur. The video shows two middle-aged men, one of them with a large wooden stick in one hand, approaching the doors of a catering business located in the central Antonio Millón street in Nerja.
– Without saying a word, one of the men hit another burly man, who is the owner of the bar. The victim defends himself and, in the struggle, even manages to snatch the stick from his assailant. The two attackers then seem to flee, but they go to the tables and chairs of the establishment and take these objects. First there are two chairs, with which the two attack the businessman again. The businessman tries to defend himself with the stick he has snatched from them.
– After throwing chairs at him, one of them also picks up a table and throws it at the owner’s back, causing him to fall to the ground. It is at that moment, barely 40 seconds into the fight, that a witness runs towards the man who is badly injured on the pavement, after one of the two assailants had hit him again with the same table. It is then that both attackers flee.
– According to Diario Sur, the business owner has been taken to the health centre in Nerja to be treated for injuries sustained in the brawl, with the aim of lodging the corresponding complaint with the Guardia Civil in the easternmost coastal town of the province. Apparently, one of the attackers, a resident of Nerja, has a long history of theft and robbery with violence.
– In fact, a few days ago he robbed a business located in a street very close to this Friday’s fight, El Barrio, causing a 20 centimetre cut in one arm with a knife to the owner of the establishment. The alleged perpetrator, after being arrested, was released with charges by order of the Torrox court. Business owners in the central area of Nerja have reported an increase in robberies and thefts in recent weeks and are calling for more police presence from the authorities. Source & photo: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/dos-hombres-agreden-con-un-palo-mesas-y-sillas-al-propietario-de-un-bar-de-nerja/

ALICANTE

They find the burned torso of a person, without head or limbs, near Alicante: {Translation}
– The charred torso of a person, without head or upper or lower limbs, was found this Monday next to a path in the area of La Serreta de Fontcalent, in the municipality of Alicante. According to sources of the investigation, a man who was practising sport in the area discovered the mortal remains when it was still smoking next to a suitcase with clothes.
– The forensic and judicial police of the National Police Corps have activated a search for the rest of the body, but so far there have been no positive results. The torso has been sent to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Alicante to try to shed light on the identity and causes of death of the victim.
– It is suspected that the torso is that of a male, although due to the deterioration caused by the fire it is not ruled out that it could be that of a woman, in a case in which the main hypothesis is that it is a settling of scores. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5521859/0/sucesos-cadaver-hallan-torso-quemado-una-persona-sin-cabeza-ni-extremidades-cerca-alicante/

EUROPE

EU Approves Agenda 2030 Plans To Grab Land From Farmers- ministers approve contested Nature Restoration Law by narrow margin:
– Ministers of 20 EU member states, including Spain, voted in favor of the Nature Restoration law, giving it their final approval.
– Austria’s environment minister, Leonore Gewessler of the Greens, went against her conservative coalition partners by pledging to back the policy — giving it the last critical vote needed to pass. The Austrian minister who backed the vote faces legal action from her own party who say she acted unlawfully. On Monday, Austria’s center-right chancellor, Karl Nehammer, said it was “unlawful” of his climate minister to vote in favor of the nature restoration law. The party’s general secretary Christian Stocker said that a charge of abuse of office would be laid against Gewessler.
– Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland and Sweden voted against. Belgium, which is responsible for chairing talks among member states, abstained.
– The law sets a target for the EU to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. It aims to reverse the decline of Europe’s natural habitats, of which 81% are determined to be in poor health. The legislation also sets specific targets such as peatlands that can soak up CO2 emissions and help curb climate change. Other ecosystems explicitly covered by the law include forests, grasslands, and wetlands, as well as rivers, lakes, and coral beds.
– Member states must restore at least 30% of habitats specifically covered by the new law from a poor to a good condition by 2030. That target would increase to 60% by 2040, and 90% by 2050. Full article: https://www.dw.com/en/eu-ministers-approve-contested-nature-restoration-law/a-69382916

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

How brands are harnessing AI to decipher our emotions:
– It is widely proven that emotions play a decisive role in purchasing decisions, especially when it comes to retail. In fact, the latest 2023 report by the consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers reveals that 32% of consumers would stop buying from a brand after a single bad experience, and increases to 59% after several bad experiences.
– One of the most effective methodologies to decipher all this data comes with sentiment analysis. An artificial intelligence technique based on NPL {Neuro Linguistic Programming is a pseudo-science often associated with brainwashing, subconscious manipulation and new-age magick, see ref. -Ed.}, ‘machine learning’ techniques (for supervised classification tasks), ‘deep learning’ (which provide this additional understanding of nuances and contexts in the analysis) and ‘text-to-speech’ (to analyse conversations in real time and audios through transcription) that allow the identification, extraction and analysis of data published in emails, comments on social networks, forums, reviews, conversations, etc. And they are used by companies to feed their business strategies as they build ever more detailed profiles of their targets.
– It is not just about identifying patterns or signals in the text that indicate the presence of emotions, attitudes and opinions. It is about “knowing the customer, their expectations {and vulnerabilities}, needs and how they feel during an interaction at any time of the customer journey and in any channel,” says Laia Mercadal, Director of Consulting and Digital Transformation at E-voluciona by Intelcia.
– “Until very recently, NLP algorithms were trained to recognise certain words in texts and compute them to give a simple ‘positive or negative’ rating, and this was already a considerable achievement,” says Bruno Gerlic, Chief Revenue Officer at PredictLand AI. Gradually, they went on to improve this binary classification to the point where they now combine sentiment with other types of valuable information in the same system, sometimes called ‘text mining’. In this sense, “they now provide much more valuable information, improving business decision-making with more granularity and less latency”. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/economia/exprimen-marcas-ia-descifrar-emociones-20240616054055-nt.html
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EU Internet Regulators Get This One Right Thanks To Irish Complaint- Meta Pauses AI Training on EU User Data Amid Privacy Concerns:
– Meta (Fakebook/WhatsApp/Instagram) on Friday said it’s delaying its efforts to train the company’s large language models (LLMs) using public content shared by adult users on Facebook and Instagram in the European Union following a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).
– The company expressed disappointment at having to put its AI plans on pause, stating it had taken into account feedback from regulators and data protection authorities in the region.
– At issue is Meta’s plan to use personal data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models without seeking users’ explicit consent, instead relying on the legal basis of ‘Legitimate Interests’ for processing first and third-party data in the region.
– The development comes as Austrian non-profit NOYB (none of your business) filed a complaint in 11 European countries alleging violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the region by collecting users’ data to develop unspecified AI technologies and share it with any third-party. “Meta is basically saying that it can use ‘any data from any source for any purpose and make it available to anyone in the world,’ as long as it’s done via ‘AI technology,'” NOYB’s founder Max Schrems said. “This is clearly the opposite of GDPR compliance.” Full article: https://thehackernews.com/2024/06/meta-halts-ai-training-on-eu-user-data.html

SPORTS

Tennis News- Raonic hits record 47 aces in opening win at Queen’s Club:
– Milos Raonic {pic} sent down a record 47 aces and saved two match points while beating Cameron Norrie in the first round at Queen’s Club on Monday. Raonic’s 47 was an ATP record for a three-set match since the statistic was kept from 1991. The previous record was 45 aces in 2015 by Ivo Karlovic against Tomas Berdych in Halle. Raonic’s previous best was 38 in 2011.
– Former runner-up Norrie was beaten 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (9) after holding match points in the last tiebreak.
– Norrie had to endure a set of 225 kph (140 mph) missiles whizzing past him before pouncing in the tiebreak, saving a set point before edging ahead. When Raonic immediately broke the Norrie serve, the second set was decided. In the third-set tiebreak, Norrie couldn’t convert two match points and Raonic put one away with a forehand winner. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/queens-tennis-men-c1c57b5c61568a0cf117b32e9cf2670b

PETS

Cloning your dog or cat is possible, but expensive, and Marbella is the only place in Spain it can be done: {Translation, summary}
– Pet cloning has become a booming business in countries such as the United States, China and South Korea, most recently joined by Spain, where for around €55,000 a clinic in Marbella can create a genetic copy of your dog or cat using a reproductive technique that is legal but poses an ethical and moral dilemma.
– If cloning an horse, which costs around 75,000 euros, makes economic sense, in the case of dogs and cats the emotional aspect is more important. “According to statistics, 15% of pets in Spain are humanised, so there are people who love them as children, it is something affective,” explains embryologist Enrique Criado, founder and executive director of the OVO Group assisted reproduction centres.
– This clinic is the only one in Spain that clones dogs and cats, a process that is as complex as it is controversial, as there are experts who question both the purpose of the procedure and the welfare of the animals involved.
– Cloning means replicating a being with the same genetics as the original animal. To achieve this, a DNA sample is taken from the skin tissue of the animal, which can be done when the animal is alive or immediately after its death. From this biopsy, a series of cells called fibroblasts are generated, which have a nucleus with the genetic information. This nucleus is extracted and injected into an egg of the same species that has been previously enucleated. An embryo with 99.9% of the genetic material of the original animal develops and is implanted into a female for gestation.
– Creating a genetic twin does not imply, however, that two animals will be exactly the same, neither in behaviour nor in physical appearance, as the resulting pet will have a small part of the genome of the female that provided the egg: it is the mitochondrial DNA, which represents the remaining 0.1% of the genetics of the new being. In addition, Criado points out, epigenetics, which is the alteration of genes due to exposure to environmental factors such as climate, food, medication or chemical substances, plays a determining role.
– Enrique Criado stresses that what they clone is “potentiality”: “I leave a clone in your hands and you will see what you do with it, you have just modelled it yourself,” says the embryologist, who has so far cloned five dogs for Spanish clients, although his aim is to reach neighbouring countries such as France and Portugal.
– Gemma Marfany, professor of genetics at the University of Barcelona (UB), says that the problem here is “the expectation” that the person who decides to clone their pet has, as “they may think that they will have their dog or cat back, but that is not the case, they will have another dog or cat”.
– Cloning a dog currently costs around 55,000 euros in Spain, and cloning a cat costs around 50,000 euros. Given that it is an expensive process, the Marbella clinic offers another “more affordable” option: freezing the animal’s cell line, which costs around 3,000 euros and consists of cryopreserving its genetics for an unlimited period of time.
In this way, the owner of a pet has the possibility of cloning it in the future, says Criado, who points out that this process was considerably more expensive ten years ago and that the forecast is that prices will “fall much more” in the next decade, as demand grows. Photo: David Parker. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1689371/clonar-a-tu-perro-o-tu-gato-es-posible-aunque-caro-andalucia-el-unico-lugar-en-espana/

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Legal Squatting- Congress approves the latest blow to housing, it suspends evictions of “vulnerable” mortgage holders until 2028 & extends “inquiokupación” protections (for tenants who have quit paying rent) until December: {Translation, summary}
– The Plenary of Congress has unanimously validated this Thursday the decree law that extends until 2028 the suspension of mortgage evictions of primary residences. The measure will serve to protect those families in a situation of “special vulnerability”, but it will also mean that banks will continue to maintain their high demands when granting a mortgage for fear of non-payment, which will prevent them from enforcing their debt.
– The Minister for Housing and the Urban Agenda, Isabel Rodríguez, has argued that this is a necessary measure in a scenario of uncertainty over interest rates that could increase the price of mortgages. However, despite the fact that all parties voted in favour, PP and Vox have warned of the consequences of a measure that, they predict, will not put an end to the serious housing problems that exist in Spain.
– Although the suspension of evictions extended today refers only to mortgage evictions, the government has also banned evictions related to the rental market until next December, a measure that has contributed to the proliferation of so-called “inquiokupación”, that of tenants who stop paying and refuse to leave their homes. Both measures are part of the so-called “social shield” approved in 2020 to try to alleviate the consequences of the coronavirus crisis. However, despite the fact that the pandemic has long been considered over, the government has been extending them again and again to the despair of the victims of squatting.
– The government claims that the suspension of evictions only affects people in a situation of “special vulnerability”, but the truth is that this is a requirement that is very easy to circumvent. Not surprisingly, more and more landlords are denouncing that the state is forcing them to keep squatters who work, and, in many cases, even live better than they do.
Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2024-06-13/el-congreso-aprueba-el-ultimo-golpe-a-la-vivienda-suspende-los-desahucios-de-hipotecados-vulnerables-hasta-2028-7136871/

CÓMPETA

Cómpeta Cultural Week arrives this Sunday with more than a dozen activities for all audiences: {Translation, summary}
– The Cultural Week will start on Sunday the 16th at 12noon with the Acebuchal Festival that will be preceded by the Eucharist and procession. It will be accompanied by the Cómpeta Municipal Band and the Rociero Choir. “We will be able to enjoy a festival in which there will be popular paella and music by Miguel Botana,” commented Ruiz, highlighting “the beauty of this natural setting.”
– On Monday the 17th starting at 6:00 p.m. the girls’ group Musarmonía and the Cómpeta Choir will perform “in which members of different nationalities participate with spectacular lyrics.” It will be in the panty factory On Tuesday the 18th at 10:30 a.m. in the Plenary Hall the talk ‘Obesity, diabetes and digestive problems’ will take place. Prevention and Information”.
– At 5:00 p.m.,there will be popular games for the boys and girls of the municipality at the Marcial Navas Guerrero municipal sports center.
– On Wednesday 7:30 p.m. you can enjoy ‘An Afternoon of the Circus’ in Plaza Almijara. QFor Thursday the 20th, a hiking route has been planned, leaving at 08:30 from Plaza Almijara. At 09:30 the graduation of the 5-year-old children from CEIP Cándido Lara will be celebrated; and in the afternoon, at 8:30 p.m., that of the sixth graders.
– On Friday the 21st at ten in the morning, International Yoga Day will be celebrated “with a free class at the municipal sports center at ten in the morning with which we want to beat the record of people doing yoga together.” At 6:00 p.m. the ‘Hydratic Show’ in the panties factory thanks to the Circorama cycle of the Malaga Provincial Council. Starting at 8:00 p.m. in Plaza Almijara there will be puppet theater for the little ones, the tribute to the Three Tenors, classical Spanish ballet and JB Duo – Spanish Pop will perform.
– On Saturday, June 22, the I Provincial Nordic Walking Meeting will take place “for which we already have many people registered.” At 8:00 p.m. a Choir Meeting in Plaza Almijara and at 10:00 p.m., the great party ‘El Retrovisor’ with music from the 90s.
– The Chess Tournament will be held all week at 6:00 p.m. at the Youth Center. “The Cultural Week will end on Monday the 24th at 6:00 p.m. with the traditional San Juan walk and snack,” he concluded. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/llega-la-semana-cultural-de-competa-este-domingo-con-mas-de-una-docena-de-actividades-para-todos-los-publicos/

ALGARROBO

More than 100 vehicles will take part in the 1st Algarrobo Tuning Car Show: {Translation, summary}
– The Tuning Car Show will take place in Algarrobo on Saturday 29th June, on the esplanade in front of the Lidl supermarket car park in Algarrobo Costa, from 5pm.
– Car tuning enthusiasts will be able to enjoy the famous body kits, bodywork tuning, exhaust lines, lighting and vinyls (car wrapping).
– There will also be live music with performances by Young Cris, Cele, Valeria H, Flow Califa, El Don, JcDaniel, Troyano, Nakk, Luna, Cobo and Dj Semi. There will also be a bar with food and drinks. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/mas-de-100-vehiculos-participaran-en-la-i-exposicion-de-autos-tuning-de-algarrobo/

IZNATE

Festivities in Honor of San Antonio de Padua will be celebrated from Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 16: {Translation, summary}
– The festivities will begin on Friday, June 14 at 12 noon with the traditional ringing of bells. In the afternoon, at 8:30 p.m. there will be a novena in honor of Saint Anthony
– On Saturday 15th June at 09:00 a.m., the Iznate Band will play the “diana floreada”. The mass in honour of San Antonio will be at 12:00 hours with the participation of the Coro Rociero ‘De Pura Cepa’ and the Iznate Music Band. At 23:00 hours the Orquesta Mediterráneo will perform and at 00:30 hours will be the concert by La Húngara.
– On Sunday 16 June, from 13:00 hours, there will be a Day Fair in the Plaza de la Virgen with bar and food service. At 14:00 hours the duo Son del Puerto will perform and at 17:00 hours, music will be provided by the Orquesta Malabar. At 19:00 there will be a DJ Nene. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/iznate-celebra-este-fin-de-semana-las-fiestas-de-san-antonio-que-tienen-su-origen-en-el-gran-numero-de-habitantes-que-tenian-este-nombre-en-los-anos-70/

EUROPE

NATO Tells Ukraine It Must Win The War To Become Full Alliance Member:
– NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced that Ukraine and its future assistance will be a major focus of discussion in a Defense Ministers meeting Thursday and Friday, which comes parallel to the G7 summit happening in Italy, where both Biden and Zelensky are meeting on its sidelines. Stoltenberg is urging members of the alliance to use “strong language” when it comes to membership, but also introduced a key caveat that he has not clearly expressed before in prior addresses on the topic: Ukraine must prevail in the war with Russia if it hopes to be a full member.
– He then stated that Ukraine must ‘win’ – and that NATO must do everything to help this happen – before the country can be fully integrated as a NATO member: “Without that, of course, there is no membership issue to be discussed. We need to ensure that Ukraine prevails, that is the absolute minimum for Ukraine to become a member of the alliance.” “The purpose of NATO, of course, is not to wage war, the purpose of NATO is to prevent war.”
– Analysts have long acknowledged this practical reality and big hurdle for membership. There would never be consensus on voting for admission (given all members must formally assent) while a hot war exists in the country, or even a conflict on its border. This is because admittance would automatically trigger the Article 5 common defense treaty and the West would immediately be ‘forced’ (by legal obligations of the treaty) to go to war with Russia. Full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/nato-tells-ukraine-it-must-win-war-become-full-alliance-member

HEALTH

Satse, CSIF, CCOO and UGT call for a three-hour strike on Wed, June 26th in the Andalusian public health system: {Translation, summary}
– The unions of Satse, CSIF, CCOO and UGT have confirmed this Thursday that, finally, they are calling a partial strike from 8.00 to 11.00 hours on 26 June in all centres and services of the Andalusian Health Service to draw attention to the “unacceptable” situation of the Andalusian public health system and to the “lack of negotiating capacity and compliance” with the agreements of the Administration. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-satse-csif-ccoo-ugt-fijan-26-junio-paro-sanidad-publica-andaluza-situacion-inaceptable-20240613131919.html

SPORTS

Tennis News- Rafael Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon, wants to focus on Paris Olympics:
– Rafael Nadal is set to miss the 2024 Wimbledon Championships to prepare for the Paris Olympics, Spanish team captain David Ferrer has confirmed. The tennis great had not been expected to feature at Wimbledon after saying it would not be “smart” to make the transition from clay to grass, then back to clay for the Olympics.
– Asked about the prospect of playing Wimbledon after his opening round French Open defeat to Alexander Zverev last month, Nadal said: “It looks difficult, honestly. I can’t confirm what’s going on, but it looks difficult to make the transition to grass, having the Olympics again on clay. I cannot confirm anything, I have to talk with the team to analyse so many facts.” Full article: https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/rafael-nadal-wimbledon-decision-withdrawal-paris-olympics

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Football News- The fastest goal in the Spanish Women’s League- 8 seconds: {Translation}
– The F League is in its final stretch, with a lot at stake for many teams. This was not the case with the duel between Tenerife and Eibar, whose survival was almost tied last Sunday, but it became one of the most important duels of the day, the penultimate of the championship.
– It was because Eider Arana, a central defender loaned by Athletic Bilbao to the Eibar team, scored the fastest goal in the history of the top category of women’s football. Not even nine seconds had passed in the game when the goal came. After the center kick, the Basque team sent the ball to their defense so that Eider sent a long pass, looking for the rival area so that the forwards could fight for it.
However, no teammate arrived and the pass even surpassed the Canary Islands’ defensive line. It bounced on the edge of the area and the local goalkeeper, poorly positioned, was surprised by the bounce and the ball ended up inside the goal. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1686255/el-gol-mas-rapido-de-la-liga-femenina-espanola/ & Video Link

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Concert by Malaga Symphony Orchestra:
Fri, 21 June 10pm
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The orchestra will offer a repertoire of film soundtracks and television series theme songs, such as Robin Hood, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Magnificent Seven, Star Wars, Inspector Gadget, The Smurfs, He-Man, among others. Free entry until capacity is reached.

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Flamenco Concerts in Malaga:
– Thursday 20 June, local singer Antonia Contreras and guitarist Juan Ramón Caro perform in the exhibition space at the Picasso Museum from 8 to 9pm. Tickets available on the museum website and ticket office.
– Saturday 22 June, renowned flamenco singer Carmen Linares {vid} performs at Calle Alcazabilla, Malaga {pic} from 9.30 to 11pm. Near the Picasso Museum. Free entry, but get there early if you want a seat. Video Link

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Tango Festival Malaga 2024: Echegaray Theatre
– Saturday 29 June at 8.30pm – Vuelvo al Sur, showcasing adaptations of tango composer legend Astor Piazzolla.
– Sunday 30 June at 8.30pm – Recuerdos de cafetín, classic tango song and dance.
Venue: Echegaray Theatre, Echegaray 6, 29015 Malaga
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The majority association of judges equates the reform of the CGPJ proposed by Sánchez with a “constitutional outrage”, denounce his threats against them as ignoring fundamental constitutional separation of powers: {Translation}
– In the opinion of the Professional Association of the Judiciary (APM), the legal reform proposed by Pedro Sánchez if he does not reach an agreement to renew the General Council of the Judiciary before July is “a real constitutional outrage”. The President of the Government has not detailed the content of this reform, but has implied that it would consist of changing the way in which the CGPJ appoints judges to the Supreme Court and the High Courts of Justice of the autonomous communities. It could even be envisaged that this power would be definitively taken away from the Council.
– “Groundhog day is over”, Sánchez announced on Wednesday morning. He was referring to the more than 2,000 days that the CGPJ, the governing body of judges, has been expired. The announcement was accompanied by a threat to the Popular Party: if it does not agree to renew the body by the end of the month, the government will change the Organic Law of the Judiciary (LOPJ) to modify the powers of the Council.
– The president’s thesis is that the PP has not renewed the CGPJ because it wants to keep the members appointed by Mariano Rajoy’s absolute majority in 2013, who are the ones who in turn decide who occupies the seats at the top of the judiciary. This is the “perverse objective” of the PP, Sánchez said.
– He did not recall, however, that his government promoted a legal reform in 2021 so that the CGPJ could not make these appointments while it was out of office, and that as a result the Supreme Court currently has more than 30% of vacancies.
– The Popular Party has ruled out Sánchez’s ultimatum but is considering accepting the offer made by the Minister of Justice, Félix Bolaños, who wants to resume negotiations this Friday. In any case, the majority association in the judiciary has already expressed its “deep rejection and concern” about the president’s plans. And it has urged “all political forces to urgently resume dialogue in order to comply with constitutional mandates”.
– “The APM has been calling for months for the urgent renewal of the CGPJ in the face of a situation that is already unsustainable,” the statement recalls. For the association, “Pedro Sánchez’s proposal to deprive the Council of the power to make appointments is unacceptable and a real constitutional outrage”. This, judges claim, is but one of the many attacks that judges receive “every day” from the executive branch.
– But this, moreover, is a “precipitous” attack, a threat of “new forms of interference”, a “pilgrim idea” that all political forces must avoid. The APM is in favour of a very different proposal to the one put on the table by the Prime Minister, very similar to the one proposed by the PP and identical to the one that the European Commission has been recommending for months. The idea is to renew the CGPJ as a matter of urgency and to tackle “immediately afterwards” a reform of the Organic Law of the Judiciary (LOPJ) so that the judges themselves appoint part of the members of the Council. This body is made up of 20 members, of whom 12 are judges and eight are jurists of recognised prestige. The reform of the LOPJ would ensure that the 12 judges are elected from among their peers and would leave it to Parliament to appoint the remaining eight members. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5493105/0/asociacion-mayoritaria-jueces-equipara-reforma-cgpj-que-plantea-sanchez-con-un-atropello-constitucional/

ANDALUCÍA

List of Andalusian beaches with the dishonor of the ‘Black Flag’ due to pollution and poor environmental management: {Translation, summary}
– In Huelva, the beaches that appear on this blacklist are El Portil, “due to poor environmental management” and the Ría de Huelva for “contamination”.
– In Cádiz there is Tarifa “due to the accumulation of urban development projects” and Vejer “due to contamination in El Palmar and invasive occupation of the coastline”.
– In Almería, El Lancón beach in Carboneras “due to poor environmental management” and Quitapellejos-Palomares beach “due to pollution”.
– In Malaga, the beaches of Malaga – Chiringuitos, for “poor environmental management” and the beaches of Malaga for “plastic pollution”.
– In Granada, Playa de Castell de Ferro for “poor environmental management” and Playas de Granada and Poniente for contamination. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/playas-andalucia-bandera-negra-contaminacion-mala-gestion_0_1911409547.html

MALAGA CITY

Luxury home in El Candado broken into with owner inside- 200,000 euros in jewellery and watches stolen: {Translation, summary}
– She was alone in one of the rooms of her luxurious villa in El Candado (Malaga) {pic} when several hooded thieves broke in. They must not have made too much noise, as the woman did not realise that they had entered and were searching her house until they gained access to the room she was in. They did not use violence, although they allegedly carried an iron bar and one of the alleged robbers stayed with the victim in the room until the rest took the loot: some 200,000 euros in watches and jewellery.
– It was Saturday, 18 May. It was after 10 p.m. when the robbers jumped over a wall and forced their way into the building through the front door. They went through each of the rooms of the house until they reached the place where the owner, who is about 60 years old, was staying. She had not heard any noise to make her suspect what was happening on the other side of her door.
– When the assailants broke into her room they were allegedly carrying an iron bar. Although they did not use violence against her, one of the robbers stayed by her side and kept an eye on her for the hour or so that the others took the opportunity to ransack the house. They were not looking for money, but for exclusive and unique pieces. According to sources close to the case consulted by this newspaper, the criminals stole, above all, jewellery and watches, the value of which amounts to 200,000 euros.
– The National Police, for the moment, is maintaining an open investigation to fully clarify the facts. Moreover, this is not the only robbery they are trying to solve. Just a few days ago, a married couple who were with their grandson in their home in Cerrado de Calderón also suffered a robbery. In this case, the alleged criminals did attack one of the victims. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/roban-casa-lujo-Candado-joyas-relojes-Malaga_0_1911109051.html

HEALTH

Nurses send letters to avoid liability for negligence due to overload: {Translation}
– In the Hospital Clínico de Málaga “140 nurses are missing” since the beginning of the month, “due to the decrease of approximately 40 percent in the recruitment carried out on 1 June”. That alone, denounced José Sánchez, general secretary of Satse Andalucía, in this hospital. From this Tuesday, the union has launched an information campaign that will tour the hospitals and health centres of the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) during the coming weeks to “alert” users about the “deficits” of staffing of nurses, specialist nurses and physiotherapists: “They have to know what is happening in their health centre…it will lead to ever-increasing waiting lists and to all possible damage in terms of health.”
– The “cutbacks” of the Junta de Andalucía have closed a hospital ward, an arrhythmia operating theatre, a haemodynamics operating theatre, the emergency pre-encamp unit and the critical care nursing team has been eliminated, along with the reduction of the haemodialysis, medical day hospital and endoscopy staff at the Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, he said. “This does not provide any kind of security for citizens,” Sánchez lamented, because “it will lead to ever longer waiting lists and all the possible damage in terms of health”. They estimate that “around 2,000 nurses are needed in the province of Malaga, to cover at least the quotas that existed before the pandemic”.
– This situation, he claimed, has worsened “now with the cut of more than 5,000 professionals”. Added to this is the fact that staff leave due to temporary incapacity or other causes (maternity, reduced working hours) “is not being covered”, so that staff “are obliged to carry out their work and that of their absent colleagues”. The “overload” of work is leading the SATSE (Sindicato de Enfermería, Nursing & physio professionals union) delegates to give the health workers written documents, to be sent to the management of each centre, in which they “decline any liability, civil or criminal, that their actions may cause by being subjected to an overload of work due to lack of staff”.
– Satse will be rotating around the province to set up daily stands in various centres, posters will be distributed and leaflets will be handed out detailing the nurses, specialist nurses or physiotherapists who are lacking in each centre and their risks. In a press release, the organisation has stressed that it is essential to raise public awareness in order to avoid “generating situations of tension, which occasionally lead to aggression towards the professionals who attend them”. Instead, they encourage patients to complain: “All SAS centres have complaint books, which can be submitted to the Citizen Care units”. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1684796/enfermeras-mandan-cartas-para-evitar-su-responsabilidad-en-negligencias-por-la-sobrecarga/

SPORTS

Tennis News- Nadal & Alcaraz team up to play Olympic doubles, Badosa to skip Games:
– Spain’s Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will team up to play doubles at this year’s Olympics in Paris, the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) said on Wednesday, but former world number two Paula Badosa will skip the Games.
– The other players selected are Pablo Carreno Busta and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina while Marcel Granollers, who is ranked world number two in doubles, is also in the squad.
Sara Sorribes and Cristina Bucsa, Spain’s top-ranked players and Madrid Open doubles champions, form the women’s team with Badosa not travelling after her ranking plummeted due to injuries. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/nadal-alcaraz-play-spain-olympic-doubles-2024-06-12/

TRAVEL

Imserso 2024-2025- these are the dates on which the travel program for seniors will begin: {Translation, summary}
– The Imserso trips will go on sale in September, on a date to be announced soon.
– The extension comes after numerous complaints about the services provided in the 2023/2024 season, which both Ávoris and the Ministry have committed to improve. Information on the programme for the 2024/2025 season and how to register for it will soon be available on the Imserso website (https://imserso.es/en/el-imserso). Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5492168/0/imserso-2024-2025-fechas-programa-mayores/

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RENFE lowers its commitment to punctuality- these are the new delay time limits and ticket refund options that they will be providing: {Translation, summary}
– Until now, Renfe had as its refund policy for delays the paying of 50% of the high-speed or long-distance ticket when the delay exceeded 15 minutes and 100% of the price if the delay was longer than 30 minutes. With the new system, the compensation is now 50% for delays of more than 60 minutes and 100% for delays of more than 90 minutes.
– In addition to the current possibility of reimbursement in cash (or to the bank card), Renfe has added two others: the reimbursement of 200% of the amount to which one is entitled depending on the delay, but in points, which it has called ‘Renfecitos’, through the Más Renfe loyalty card, to be used on other journeys. The third possibility is compensation in the form of a voucher for another ticket, with which the reimbursement in euros will be equivalent to 150% of the amount of compensation for delays of 60 minutes or more than 90 minutes.
– Tickets purchased before 1 July remain under the current commitment of 50% for a 15-minute delay and 100% for a 30-minute delay. Delay compensation, which has been in place since 1992, cost Renfe 42 million euros in 2023, although if all eligible passengers had asked for it, the amount would have been as much as 60-70 million euros.
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5494227/0/renfe-empeora-compromiso-puntualidad/

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Frigiliana Fair 2024: June 12 to 16, 2024
Annual Fair in honor of Saint Anthony of Padua
– The fair promises to be an unforgettable encounter where tradition, culture and fun merge in an atmosphere of contagious joy. From the vibrant music at the Official Booth to the exciting religious processions, every moment offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the rich history and welcoming spirit of this charming Andalusian town.
– Thursday, June 13, starting at noon with a holy mass and then a pilgrimage is made from the village to the Río Higuerón. Many horsemen and women, dressed in beautiful costumes, line this procession.
– Friday, June 14 is the big party night, with the last live performance starting at 2 a.m. on the night from Friday to Saturday.
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Rincón de la Victoria will offer free guided tours of the Cueva de la Victoria, the Higuerón Gallery and Villa Antiopa:
– Visits to the Cueva de la Victoria and the Higuerón Gallery will take place on June 14, 15 and 16 at 10:00 and 12:30 with a limited capacity of 10 people per pass. The visit is restricted to people with unrestricted mobility for reasons of age or health. Non-slip field or mountain sports shoes are mandatory. Prior reservation will be required at Patrivivomalaga@gmail.com.
– You can also visit the Villa Antiopa museum archaeological site located in Torre de Benagalbón “which will allow you to discover an exceptional collection of mosaics and also learn about the way of life of our ancestors at the end of the 3rd century. Visits will take place on June 14, 15 and 16 at 10:30 a.m. Prior reservation will be required at villaantiopa@rincondelavictoria.es
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Masha Ocean Quartet presents Kaleidoscope Realities:
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Festibeer Craft Beer Festival: Fri 14th to Sun 16th June at Alhaurín el Grande Fairgrounds
Friday from 7pm. Sat & Sun from 12 noon.
Food stalls,food trucks with recipes from various places around the world, and live music by various musical groups and DJs.
Fri 14th
10:00 p.m. – Pop FM
Sat 15th
5:00 p.m. – Zayas Cover Band
7:00 p.m. – Joker Rock Band
10:00 p.m. – G Command
11:00 p.m. – Old Reggaeton Party
Sun 16th
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The amnesty law comes into force after being published in the BOE: now it’s up to the judges: {Translation, summary}
– The Organic Law on amnesty for institutional, political and social normalisation in Catalonia, approved on 30 May by the majority in Congress, comes into force this Tuesday after being published in the Official State Gazette (BOE).
– From now on, its application is in the hands of the judges and courts that have on the table cases linked to the ‘procés’, these are the Supreme Court, the National High Court, the Court of Auditors and more than 300 cases in the courts and tribunals of Catalonia.
– The law establishes that the precautionary measures and arrest warrants in force will be suspended immediately, but there are discrepancies between the jurists and the prosecutors of the Supreme Court, who have questioned whether this can be done automatically.
– Moreover, the Supreme Court prosecutors informed the state attorney general, Álvaro García Ortiz, that they are opposed to amnesty for the crime of embezzlement because the law itself excludes it and, moreover, “affects the financial interests of the European Union (EU)”, which concerns the former Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras and the ex-consellers Raul Romeva, Jordi Turull and Dolors Bassa, convicted of embezzlement.
– It also affects three of the fugitives, namely the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and the former ministers Toní Comín and Lluis Puig, prosecuted for embezzlement and disobedience. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1683991/la-ley-de-amnistia-entra-en-vigor-tras-ser-publicada-en-el-boe-turno-para-los-jueces/

UPDATE- The Supreme Court maintains the arrest warrant against Puigdemont after the publication of the amnesty law: {Translation, summary}
– The Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena has given five days to the parties involved in the case of the procés in that judicial body to give their opinion on the possible application of the amnesty law, for the defendants Carles Puigdemont {pic}, Toni Comín, Lluís Puig and Marta Rovira – those who still have their case pending because they are on the run from justice, and on the relevance of maintaining or modifying the precautionary measures agreed against them. However, he has informed the police that the national arrest warrants against all of them remain in force. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5482177/0/supremo-mantiene-orden-detencion-puigdemont-publicacion-amnistia/

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A Badajoz judge charges Pedro Sánchez’s brother with crimes: {Translation}
– The head of the Court of Instruction number 3 of Badajoz, Beatriz Biedma, has charged David Sánchez {pic}, brother of the President of the Government Pedro Sánchez, following the complaint filed by the trade union Manos Limpias.
– Legal sources consulted by Libertad Digital affirm that “the Court has opened investigation proceedings for alleged crimes against the Public Administration, the Public Treasury, embezzlement, prevarication and influence peddling against the president of the Provincial Council of Badajoz and two other workers of this administration. It has been agreed that evidence will be taken, including the referral of the contract of one of those under investigation”.
– In addition to Sánchez’s brother, the legal proceedings also include the president of the Badajoz Provincial Council, Miguel Ángel Gallardo, who is also secretary general of the PSOE in Extremadura, and Alejandro José Cardenal, head of the corporation’s legal and human resources departments. The first of them, David Sánchez’s direct boss, was the one who authorised his hiring with a public salary -which as of today is 55,760 euros per year, a fact that happened just after Sánchez won the PSOE’s general secretary’s office in 2017.
– David Sánchez becomes the second member of the prime minister’s family currently under investigation in a judicial process. His wife Begoña Gómez is charged with crimes of influence peddling and corruption between private individuals in the 41st Court of Instruction in Madrid.
– The complaint by Manos Limpias against Pedro Sánchez’s brother recounted the details and conditions of his work as “coordinator of Activities of the Music Conservatories of the Department of Culture, Youth and Welfare of the Provincial Council of Badajoz”. Manos Limpias drew attention to the fact that “in the seven years that David Azagra – David Sánchez Pérez-Castejón’s stage name – has held the post of conductor of the orchestra of the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Badajoz, he has never conducted it, given the extensive calendar of events that they advertise”.
– “But if it is serious to see that he does not conduct the Badajoz symphony orchestra, it is even more so to learn that he does not attend his job at the Badajoz Provincial Council, except on rare occasions,” it added.
– The union insisted that there have been other conductors at the head of the orchestra “when it is a post exclusively for the person appointed to that position”. Source, Spanish:
https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/2024-06-10/juez-badajoz-imputa-hermano-pedro-sanchez-7135976/

ANDALUCÍA

Experts warn of ‘huge increase’ in number of cockroaches this summer:
– The arrival of warm weather always means an increase in the population of various insects in Spain. This proliferation can sometimes be so high that they end up becoming problematic pests. This has been seen in Andalucía in recent years with tiger mosquitoes, processionary caterpillars and ticks. However, this summer there is one insect that could increase its presence much more than the others: the cockroach.
– “There are more and more arthropods in general due to climate change, which gives them more time throughout the year to reproduce,” Jorge Galván, director general of the Asociación Nacional de Empresas de Sanidad Ambiental (Anecpla) , told SUR’s sister newspaper Ideal. The summers are getting longer, which means that the populations of these insects are increasing. In the case of cockroaches, this situation is compounded by the fact that they are becoming resistant to biocides. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/experts-warn-huge-increase-cockroaches-andalusian-homes-20240610081535-nt.html

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CCOO and UGT health worker unions criticise the SAS for warning that it will have 16% less staff this summer- “It is the height of incompetence”: {Translation, summary}
– The Andalusian Regional Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs, Catalina García, warned on Tuesday that the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) will have “16% less” staff this summer than at the same time last year, in reference to the 500 Resident Internal Medicine (MIR) quotas that are not covered in the region due to a lack of professionals and the 489 retirements that will take place in 2024. In addition, there are 5,281 primary care professionals who “have to go on holiday”.
– For Antonio Macías, from UGT, “it is the height of incompetence that we can afford to say that we are going to have 16% fewer professionals than last summer. When we most need a brave policy and excellent management we find ourselves with “this unfortunate situation. The centers and services are on the verge of collapse, they are laying off 5,000 employees, they are not complying with what they agree to, the stock market is not working…..and now 16% less recognized. We don’t know what they are waiting for to stop it.” .
– Catalina García confirmed that on 14 June the Ministry of Health has called a new Interterritorial Council in which, however, “nothing is on the agenda” related to a proposal – promoted by the communities governed by the PP – to be able to hire this summer the MIRs who will finish their training next September, instead of in May, as usual – an exceptional situation resulting from the pandemic. I hope this is not a new dissuasion manoeuvre by the Ministry, because we have a serious problem in the public system. All communities, not just Andalusia”, clarified the Regional Minister of Health, who days ago warned of the possible closure of health centres this summer as a result of the lack of doctors in primary care. “Nobody is asking to break the law. No one wants the MIRs to finish their training early”, stressed Catalina García.
– According to the Regional Minister, “we have proposals that can allow these MIRs to work without the supervision of their instructors, but with the supervision of a specialist doctor at the health centre where they work, which does not have to be the one where they trained”, explained García.
“We are going to use all the resources at our disposal to avoid the extreme of closing health centres this summer, but it is true that we are in a very exceptional situation”. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-ccoo-ugt-afean-sas-avise-tendra-verano-16-menos-plantilla-colmo-incompetencia-20240611163125.html

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Moreno affirms that Sánchez must call general elections “as soon as possible”- “It is the only way out left for him”: {Translation}
– The president of the PP of Andalusia and of the Junta, Juanma Moreno, has considered this Tuesday that the head of the Spanish Executive, Pedro Sánchez, must call general elections “as soon as possible”, this “autumn”, because it is the only “way out he has left”.
– Speaking to journalists in Madrid on the occasion of his attendance at the National Executive Committee of the PP, Juanma Moreno said that an “obvious reason” why Sánchez should call general elections is because “he has lost all the elections he has stood in practically the last two years” and because “he does not have a sufficient majority to be able to manage the public interests of the Spanish people with guarantees”.
– He added that, in fact, he has not been able to pass any other law apart from the Amnesty Law and, at a time when Spain faces very difficult challenges, “very important and far-reaching reforms are needed”. He pointed out that, furthermore, “given the situation that is being experienced in the Catalan Parliament”, the only “way out left for Sánchez is to call elections as soon as possible and let the Spanish people decide”.
– Moreno added that, in other European countries, their presidents have “called elections for lesser circumstances than those that Sánchez is going through”: “His government is not viable and is absolutely and completely paralysed” and the only “objective is to survive every week and every day”. “I think the reasonable thing to do, given this situation, is to call elections, for the Spanish people to decide whether they think that Mr Sánchez should continue to be president”, said Moreno, for whom this would be the “reasonable and sensible option” and to do so “as soon as possible, this autumn”.
– For Moreno, it is essential to go to the polls and for the “citizens to be the ones to clarify the present and the future of Spain” and to get out of the “mess” that Pedro Sánchez has got us into “by artificially holding on to power for a year, as he has been doing since the last elections on 23 July (2023), which he lost to Alberto Núñez Feijóo”.
– Regarding whether Feijóo should propose a motion of censure against Pedro Sánchez if he does not call general elections, Moreno has indicated that this is a “decision that is up to” the PP president, who, together with his team, will be “assessing all the options”. “The motion is always an alternative, but as long as it is viable, and today it seems that it is not possible”, said Moreno, for whom if Sánchez has any “sense of state left, he should call elections, let the Spanish people speak and let Spain get back to work”.
– For Moreno, Spain cannot be “paralysed” and he alluded to the “problem” for fundamental public services posed by the fact that the General State Budget (PGE) for this year has not been presented. Photo of Moreno & wife: SUR.es. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-moreno-afirma-sanchez-debe-convocar-elecciones-generales-cuanto-antes-unica-salida-le-queda-20240611123639.html

MALAGA CITY

Four hooded men attack a chalet in Cerrado de Calderón (Malaga) with an elderly couple and their grandson inside: {Translation, summary}
– The State Security Forces and Corps are investigating a new assault on a house in the province with the residents inside. This time it happened in the Cerrado de Calderón neighbourhood {pic}, in Málaga city, where four hooded men intimidated a couple and their grandson, a minor, who was with them at the time.
– The incident took place at around 11 p.m. on Friday 7 June. The thieves broke through the outside wall surrounding the house and entered the house, where the family was staying. They apparently showed them a screwdriver to intimidate them and ordered them not to leave the living room of the house.
– Sources close to the case said that the thieves did not use physical violence against the residents and did not even tie them up, although they kept them in a room long enough to search the house and seize cash and jewellery. It has not been revealed how much loot was taken in the robbery.
– The robbery took place just 48 hours after the one suffered by a businessman from Rincón de la Victoria, who was robbed together with his wife and son in his house in the Cotomar urbanisation. Again, four hooded men – sources refused to speculate that it was the same gang – broke into the house minutes after midnight last Wednesday night and pinned him, his wife and 25-year-old son down. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/cuatro-encapuchados-asaltan-chale-cerrado-calderon-matrimonio-20240610212836-nt.html

USA

Hunter Biden guilty of felony gun charges, faces 25 years in prison:
– Hunter Biden became the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime Tuesday after a federal jury found him guilty on three counts related to lying about his drug use in order to buy a gun. The panel of six men and six women deliberated for three hours across two days before convicting the 54-year-old of making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm, making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federally licensed firearms dealer, and possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of or addict to a controlled substance.
– The government used witness testimony, Hunter’s own communications, data taken from his infamous laptop (Yes, after 4 years of lies and cover-ups by top officials colluding with their mainstream media puppets, the courts have determined, and the FBI / DOJ have finally admitted, that the abandoned Hunter Biden laptop and its abhorrent contents including images of drug use, sexual images of minors & prostitutes, and all the communications confirming corrupt business dealings with China involving Pres. Joe Biden, are in fact legit and permissible to use as evidence in courts! Ref: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/it-only-took-4-years-doj-finally-acknowledges-hunter-laptop-is-legitimate-for-first-time/ar-AA1ncGMI -Ed.) and excerpts from Hunter’s own book “Beautiful Things” to prove that he was using crack around the time he bought the firearm. Jurors heard a plethora of excerpts from the audiobook of Hunter’s memoir — narrated by the first son himself — describing his struggle with addiction and how he had a “superpower of finding crack cocaine anytime, anywhere.”
Full article: https://nypost.com/2024/06/11/us-news/hunter-biden-convicted-of-felony-gun-charges-faces-25-years/

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Russian warships conduct Atlantic drills en route to Cuba. New hypersonic missiles are on board:
– Russian warships conducted drills in the Atlantic, the military said Tuesday, as they were heading to visit Cuba, part of Moscow’s efforts to project power amid the tensions with the West over Ukraine.
– The Russian Defense Ministry said the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the Kazan nuclear-powered submarine conducted the exercise that was intended to simulate a missile strike on a group of enemy ships. The Admiral Gorshkov {pic} is armed with new Zircon hypersonic missiles. The weapon has been designed to arm Russian cruisers, frigates and submarines and could be used against both enemy ships and ground targets.
– Russian President Vladimir Putin has touted Zircon as a potent weapon capable of penetrating any existing anti-missile defenses by flying nine times faster than the speed of sound at a range of more than 1,000 kilometers (over 620 miles).
– The Admiral Gorshkov and the Kazan are accompanied by two support vessels on their visit to Havana, which Cuban officials said reflected “historically friendly relations” between Russia and Cuba.
– It’s not the first time Russia has sent its warships to the Caribbean, but this week’s visit follows Putin’s warning that Moscow could respond to Ukraine’s Western allies allowing Kyiv to use their weapons to strike targets in Russia by giving similar weapons to adversaries of the West worldwide. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-navy-warhips-cuba-caribbean-ukraine-12c2be0f94a5ce1fcb8c6fdc0101d450

TECH

Elon Musk Threatens to Seize iPhones and Store Them in a Faraday Cage at His Companies:
– Apple is finally making big moves in the generative AI space, and Elon Musk isn’t happy.
– On Monday, Apple turned heads with a splashy announcement: a partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its operating system.
– And it was this that Musk took particular issue with. His response, which he shared on X, was to excoriate the new big tech team-up – and to threaten prohibiting any and all forms of Apple hardware from the workplace at his various companies. “If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies,” Musk raged. “That is an unacceptable security violation.” “And visitors will have to check their Apple devices at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cage,” he added.
– An incensed Musk also took his complaints directly to the top. In a reply to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s announcement tweet, he reiterated his threat to ban the company’s tech, and demanded Apple to “stop this creepy spyware.” “Apple using the words ‘protect your privacy’ while handing your data over to a third-party AI that they don’t understand and can’t themselves create is *not* protecting privacy at all!” he wrote elsewhere on the platform.
-Musk, however, is calling the kettle black, let’s be clear: big tech companies deserve all the crap they can get over their horrendous privacy track records. But this is rich coming from Musk, whose own chatbot, Grok, is allegedly trained with less-than-scrupulously sourced data: per an update to X’s policy, everyone’s public tweets are fair game for being ingested by the AI model. Even more egregiously, under Musk’s stewardship, X has also reportedly continued its practice of selling user data to surveillance firms that are contracted by the US government.
– You’re probably getting the sense that Musk isn’t just upset about privacy concerns here. And you’d be right: he has a longstanding grudge against OpenAI, a company he cofounded in 2015 but left just three years later after disagreements over its direction. Musk has consistently been critical about OpenAI’s bald-faced pivot to money-making after starting as a nonprofit. In March, he sued the startup on those grounds, and has continued to raise billions of dollars for his rival firm xAI. It must be all the more infuriating, then, to see his colleagues-turned-rivals court not just Microsoft, but now Apple. Full article: https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-seize-iphones-faraday-cage

FROM THE “WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING” DEPARTMENT

The Guardia Civil also succumbs to transgender drift and deletes the word “woman” from its regulations: {Translation}
– Since the implementation of the Trans Law came into force, the erasure of the word “woman” has been imposed in many areas. Yet a few months ago it was feminist associations who complained to RNE for starting to call women “menstruating people” so as not to offend the trans community. Now it is the women of the Guardia Civil themselves who denounce that the Guardia Civil has taken “the first step to erase the word WOMAN in its internal regulations”. They thus refer to the modification of Order PCI/349/2019, which establishes the model and regulatory rules of the academic record of the personnel.
– “The Civil Guard replaces the phrase ‘special attention will be paid to the protection of women who are in the period of pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum’ with ‘special attention will be paid to the protection of situations related to pregnancy’,” explains the AUGC, who has already shown its “disagreement” in the respective working groups held during the months of March and April, and will denounce it again this Thursday in front of the Director General of the Civil Guard.
– “The Administration has not given us a convincing explanation to justify this deletion of the term ‘pregnant woman’ in a text that already included it as such. This is a denial of biological reality such as the sex of people and where to date only women have the capacity to gestate and give birth, although not all of them do”. The AUGC also denounces the changes that are intended to be introduced in the Draft Royal Decree on Temporary Incapacity for Corps personnel, which will regulate leave due to incapacitating menstruation so that, as has been done with other female workers, it will not be treated as leave due to common illness, which would cause them to lose performance incentives. “But beware, they do not do so by mentioning the word WOMAN,” stresses the AUGC, which warns that this is only the first step: “Later we will regret reading in our legislation ‘menstruating person’, ‘uterus-bearing person’ or ‘pregnant person'”.
– The modifications planned in the heat of the controversial Trans Law have thus caused deep unease among the women of the Guardia Civil, who denounce that, after 36 years in the force, there are those who want to erase “with the stroke of a pen” the many “small steps” the female members have taken forward. “And hopefully the next anniversary that you celebrate to commemorate the entry of women into the Civil Guard, no woman appears and you have to do it with ‘non-menstruating people’,” they say with a touch of irony.
– Last October, numerous women and feminist organisations from different parts of Spain also joined together to send dozens of letters to RTVE’s Audience Ombudsman, María Escario, to denounce a report on RNE that referred to women as “menstruating people”. After asking for explanations, the public broadcaster reacted with an angry reply, advising them to get better information: “It turns out that ‘trans men’ also have periods”.
– For the Alliance Against the Erasure of Women, the tone of the commentary was not only “disrespectful”, but also demonstrated a “misogyny” and a “militant journalism” that, they denounced, “responds exclusively to the interests of activists who confront science and despise the name of women”. Proof of this, they insisted, is their double standards: “They do not dare to call men ‘ejaculators'”. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/politica/2024-06-11/la-guardia-civil-tambien-sucumbe-a-la-deriva-trans-y-borra-la-palabra-mujer-de-su-normativa-7136058/

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