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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Upcoming Holidays:
– Nerja local holiday, Thurs, 10 Oct. Local fiesta.
– National holiday, Sat, 12 Oct., many will also take off Friday, 11 Oct, to make this a 3 day “bridge weekend”.
DigameXtra Will Be Closed Friday, 11 Oct
Posts scheduled for the Friday Weekend Edition will be posted one day early on Thursday, 10 Oct; late arrivals will be posted the following Monday.
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What’s On
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Concert- Box Drum Band feat. Lee Townsend:
Sunday, 13 Oct, 4pm
El Boquetillo Restaurant, C/ San Sebastian 8, Frigiliana
Info & reservations (highly recommended): FB
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Cútar Market: 10am, Sunday, October 13
Located by the redonda at the top of Cútar.
We’re back to our Sunday morning schedule again now that the summer heat has let up in the tiny mountain village of Cútar. We are a new and growing event, new vendors welcome.
For more information contact Mollie 744670746
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Rincón de la Victoria Foodtrucks Xperience: Fri-Sun Oct 11 to 13
International gastronomy and concerts in Al-Ándalus Square.
Free of charge, and offers children’s areas, areas with chairs and tables, and a program of activities throughout the day. The opening will be on Friday, October 11 at 20:00 hours. On Saturday and Sunday, the activities will begin at 13:00 hours.
The chefs on wheels of the Foodtrucks Xperiencia Rincón de la Victoria will be: Arepita, Trick Truck, La Bohemia, Wok and Roll, La Porteña, Guaraní, Mr Hot Dog that will offer arepas, pulled pork, Mexican food, wok, empanadas, meat and hot dogs.
During all these days of celebration, the event will be enlivened by live music with artists and musical groups from Malaga Joanna Lady Owl, Dr. No, Cantando Bajito, Oscar Roots, Los Lolipopers, Joaquín Viera and Los Ejecutivos.
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BLUCEE REAL ESTATE
BluCee Real Estate:
We are off to Warsaw, Poland for an International property exhibition on the 12th and 13th October 2024. The team will be accompanied by a Polish speaking lawyer, who is based in Spain.
Do you want your property to have maximum exposure?
Contact us today to arrange an appointment for us to value and list your property for sale!
So far this year BluCee Real Estate have been to various property and investor exhibitions in London (twice), Toronto and Birmingham and in the coming months we will be going to Warsaw, Manchester, Dubai and London again.
At BluCee we go above and beyond for you during the sales process, don’t just take our word for it – see our reviews on Google and Facebook.
Pass by our office to have a no obligation chat!
Calle Timón 11b, Torre del Mar, 29740
We are open Monday to Friday 09.30 to 17.30 hrs.
For an appointment outside of our opening times or for one of us to view your property please contact us info@blucee.com or 0034 711 04 27 27
www.blucee.com
We cover the whole coast line and inland.
BluCee Real Estate are a DigameXtra sponsor so our contact details are shown here every day.
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CÓMPETA SOLAR
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-Grid Connected or Off Grid Solar Electric
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Email: info AT competasolar DOT es ; Web: www.competasolar.es ; We are DigameXtra sponsors, so our contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section.
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TONY ROAM TRANSPORT & REMOVALS
Tony Roam Transport & Removals Spain To UK To Spain:
Fortnightly Runs Spain to UK and Up to 4 weeks free Storage. Spain or UK.
18 years Removals To & Fro Spain / UK Spain.
Man & Van, Local & Long Distance Removals
No subcontracting, all collection and delivery in house.
Transportation, Removals & light haulage company that have scheduled trips all year from UK to Torrox and back every month.
Also additional unscheduled to suit your needs.
Full or part loads undertaken.
Dedicated Delivery Personal Service Full or Part loads up to 60 cubic meters up to 5.5 tonne.
Up to £25,000.00 insurance with British Insurance Company.
Evidence of insurance can be supplied by email on request.
Hard Copies always carried on the vans.
This and a current Operators licence are a legal requirement.
Our International Operators Licence No UKGB / OG2043664
We live just behind Torrox Pueblo in Spain and in South Wales UK and have vans going back and forth UK to Spain to UK by way of Santander or Bilbao / Portsmouth or Plymouth Ferry.
For more information and prices for all to see please visit our website http://www.tonyroamremovals.com
email ; tonyroam@btconnect.com
Spain 0034636393542 – UK 00447973362003.
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Our contact details are shown every day in the Sponsor’s Section.
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GREEK CASITA RESTAURANT & BAR
The Greek House –Greek Casita Restaurant & Bar – Torrox Costa:
Located on the sea promenade, between the Safari bar and Picadero restaurants, BLQ 80 bajo. We offer you a little piece of Greece with our Greek home made specialities. You can choose meat specialties (Gyros, Souvlaki, Bifteki, Sutsukaki, Mussaka), cheese (Feta Psiti, Feta Saganaki, Hallumi), vegetables (Greek salad, Hummus, Eggplant cream, Mezze, Tzatziki) or sea fruits (prawns or octopus), all of this accompanied with our special Greek pita bread. For dessert… HOMEMADE BAKLAVA! We offer a lovely meal time in a quiet and exquisite atmosphere, accompanied with the best Greek music. See you soon! Hours: 7pm to close, Wednesday thru Sunday. Closed Monday & Tuesday. For reservations call 642585049. https://la-casita-griega.business.site/ We are DigameXtra sponsors, so our contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section.
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ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES & JUBILEE HOUSE
ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES IN THE AXARQUIA REGION:
Do you have health or mobility issues?
Would support enable you to remain independent in your own home?
Liz Brown, probably the only nurse registered to practice in Andalucia to hold the ENB 941 (Specialist qualification in care of the older person), together with her fully insured and police checked home care support team offers one-on-one support and companionship in the comfort of your own home. COE Malaga reg. 17425
HOME CARE/NURSE SUPPORT
Palliative care / Companionship / Health monitoring English Nurse / Hospital sitting / Respite at home / 24 hr live in care / Housekeeping / Correspondence & Communication / Medication collection & dispensing systems / Dressing, bathing & daily hygiene / Shopping & meal preparation / Fast response Falls Team / Provision of medical equipment such as wheelchairs and hoists
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Tel: 951550581 or 692419548
JUBILEE HOUSE – Close Care Unit in Torrox
Contact Liz on: 692 419 548
5 ground floor individual units all en-suite
24-hour care at all stages from the English Nurse Care Team
Main language- English / Extensive sea views / Wheelchair accessible / Garden / Home cooking / Wifi / Air conditioning / Visiting physiotherapist, hairdresser, chiropodist and nutritionist
And we welcome guests for the day. We are DigameXtra sponsors, so our contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section.
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DOCTORLAPTOP’S COMPUTER REPAIRS
DoctorLaptop’s Computer Repairs & Sales- Torrox Costa (near the bus station): Computers only, Windows / Linux / Mac. No tablets or phones.
If you rely on your computer and want it running at peak performance, free of data collectors, trackers & malware, an annual professional servicing is necessary. You wouldn’t drive your car till it runs out of oil before servicing it, would you? I do the most comprehensive cleaning and tune-up possible. I can also disable the AI spyware (Copilot) Microsoft has installed via Windows Updates if you don’t want it snooping on everything you do. All for only €50! One to two day turnaround. I don’t work on dinosaurs computers made before 2017 unless I have been servicing then annually.
Contact: doctorlaptop AT protonmail DOT com
Or call 675 993 069 (no calls before 12noon, missed calls returned asap). More info on my website. All work by appointment only, no drop-ins please. Appointments are only available 2pm-8pm, Sunday thru Thursday. Closed Fridays & Saturdays. Always include the make & model number of the device when requesting assistance. My contact details can be found everyday at the bottom of the Sponsor’s Section.
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– Why choose Compare Funerals? There seems to be a gap in Spain between independent funeral directors, offering plans at a good price but lacking the security of an established Trust or ability to cover a client overseas and Providers who seem to charge more than necessary. We want to be right in the middle and offer the best of both worlds. Our best-priced plan is only 2,250€ and does the essentials.
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We are DigameXtra sponsors, so our contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section.
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For Sale, 2 items + 1 free item:
– Pine chest/seat 15€
– Chest of drawers and mirror 20€
– Free of charge! Large oval, solid mahogany table. Needs repairs to the top (regluing)
Wes Torrox 658164021 phone or WhatsApp
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Top of the Line- Dell 8940 XPS Tower PC (if you’ve ever wanted a high-end computer, but couldn’t justify the €2000 layout, this one is for you!):
– Suitable for most Gaming and Advanced Audio/Video Editing
– Fully Reconditioned & Upgraded by DoctorLaptop, Mid-2020 model, Win 11 Pro
– Processor: i7 10700 (10th gen); 2.90-4.8 GHz; 8 core, 16 threads
– RAM: 32Gb DDR4 (option for 48Gb available) ; Two Hard Drives- SSD: NVMe Hynix 1Tb & HDD: Seagate 1Tb
– Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX2700 SUPER
– Card reader; Killer WiFi-6; DVD/CD +/- RW drive
– HDMI 2 & DP 1.4, No VGA port.
– USB 3.0 Type C; USB 3.1 Type A; (2x) USB-A 2.0; (7x) USB-A 3.0; Ethernet. Headphone and mic ports. Power: 500 Watts. FREE: brand new business quality UK keyboard & mouse, both USB.
Price: €625 cash with 32Gb ram or €700 with 48Gb ram. (approx €1900 new). 30 day no-risk guaranty! If you don’t like it, return PC and accessories undamaged within 30 days for full cash refund. Contact: Naythan, Torrox Costa
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com
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Wanted: Remote control. For my Carrier air-con.
David, Torrox costa, 678948661
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Recommendations, Requests & Comments
When making a recommendation always include the phone number or website of the biz, service, etc., so readers can reach them.
Note: I can’t post third party email addresses.
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AlertCops App: Your readers may be interested in this app- AlertCops. Tony, Competa. tmonks2ATgmailDOTcom
Official website: https://alertcops.ses.mir.es/publico/alertcops/en/comoFunciona.html
{Editor’s Note: If you decide to install this app, on Apple or Android, be sure to get the newest version available to you. Old versions from before Covid 2020 are discontinued and may not work, as explained in their own FAQ. -Ed.}
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News & Articles
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{ Translations by www.DeepL.com/Translator }
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SPAIN
Sánchez claims his administration will homologate the university degrees of Mauritania and Gambia despite his failure to do so with the Latin American ones: {Translation, summary}
– President Pedro Sánchez announced this Wednesday in Congress that he will take to the Council of Ministers a reform of the regulation of foreigners to “speed up the processes – of homologation of university degrees – of migrants residing in Spain” from countries such as Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Senegal or Guatemala during the month of November.
– “We will speed up the approval of academic degrees for those who want to come to 
work in Spain, we will launch a new labor migration program to facilitate hiring in origin from countries such as Mauritania, Gambia, Senegal and Guatemala,” said the head of the Executive during the control session to the Government on Wednesday in the Lower House.
– Some observers have expressed skepticism about this since homologation, that should not take more than six months, has been paralyzed since 2022 for university students from Cuba and Latin American countries. Source, Spanish: https://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/…
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In Reply to Sanchez’s speech in Congress, Feijóo questions Sánchez’s honesty- for his plagiarized doctoral thesis & Begoña Gómez’s dubious directorship of 2 master’s degrees programs when she held no university degree herself: {Translation}
– The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo {pic}, during his turn to 
reply in the Congress of Deputies, has expressed his distrust of Sánchez in general, and in particular, charged against Sánchez, stating: “You, who are dazzled by doctoral theses and who love university masters taught by those who are not university graduates”.
– With this dart the leader of the Popular Party has mocked two scandals that loom over Pedro Sánchez. The first, Sánchez’s doctoral thesis, which, as ABC revealed in 2018, consists of a series of plagiarisms. The thesis was prepared including extracts from works by economists such as Julio Cerviño and Jaime Rivera, among others, and was subjected to a series of tests with plagiarism detection tools through which it was corroborated that the text was not of Sánchez’s own authorship, thus failing to comply with the “academic integrity” demanded by this type of university work. Nonetheless, the thesis, entitled “Innovations in Spanish economic diplomacy: analysis of the public sector (2000-2012)”, obtained the highest grade, outstanding cum laude, despite containing the seires of plagiarisms that the grading panel overlooked.
– Feijóo’s second dart in this reply was directed at the wife of the President of the Government, Begoña Gómez, who is the subject omitted in this sentence of the popular leader when he assures that Sánchez “is dazzled by the university masters given by people who are not university graduates”. A taunt that comes two days after knowing the rulings of the Provincial Court of Madrid on the Begoña Case. The magistrates gave their backing to the judge investigating Gómez’s business activities, assuring that there are “indications” that she used influence peddling to “launch her career at the Complutense University of Madrid”. It is in this Madrid institution where Gómez, until recently, somehow directed and chaired two masters degree programs, despite the fact that she herself did not have a university degree. This same Monday, in fact, the Complutense University of Madrid annulled the last link it still maintained with Gómez, the academic postgraduate degree in fundraising, alleging that the master’s degree did not have the minimum number of students required.
– Feijóo, injecting some humour from the speakers’ rostrum, asked that all in attendance remember that the new chief of staff of the presidency of the Government, Diego Rubio, wrote a doctoral thesis for the University of Oxford entitled “The ethics of deception”. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/feijoo-carga-sanchez-tesis-doctoral-plagiada-masters-20241009180938-nt.html
ANDALUCÍA
Little Change, Light Rains: {Translation, summary}
– Thursday skies with cloudy intervals are expected with weak precipitation in the Béticas mountain ranges and the Strait area in the first half of the day, minimum temperatures decreasing in the Guadalquivir valley, with few changes in the rest; maximums in decline in the eastern half, in slight rise or without changes in the rest, and light winds from the west, except on the Mediterranean coast where they will blow moderate to strong.
– Possibility of rain grows as we move into the weekend, peaks on Sunday and Monday, then winds down from Tuesday next week.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1778470/poco-cambio-lluvias-debiles/
Second paragraph info: https://weather.com
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Andalusia Vax Update: {Translation}
– Andalusian children were the first to be vaccinated against the flu. On September 30, vaccination began in schools, because they are the “first to catch it and the first line of transmission to parents and grandparents,” explained Antonio Vázquez, director of nursing care of the Malaga-Guadalhorce Health District.
– With this vaccination “underway”, it is now the turn of the elderly. The Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, has begun this October 9 to vaccinate against influenza and covid to people in residential centers for the elderly and disability centers, the general population of 80 years or more and the staff of health and social health centers, residences and disability centers; as well as people with great dependence in their homes and their usual caregivers, and pregnant women and postpartum women in the first six months. In the same way, the flu vaccine will be given to trainees in health and social-health centers, nursing homes and disability centers. From this Wednesday, the professionals “will start calling and making home visits” to the target groups.
– According to the schedule set by the Regional Ministry, on October 16 the deadline will open for people over 70 years of age, the flu for children aged six months or more with pathologies and at-risk situations, and covid for people aged six months to eleven years at very high risk.
– The next phase will start on October 23. From that moment on, people over 60 years of age will receive the double vaccination, as well as other professional groups, such as security forces, penitentiary institutions, and other professional groups, such as veterinarians, farm workers or livestock farmers, will receive the flu vaccination. In addition, teachers of children under 5 years of age will be vaccinated against influenza.
– The last phase will be carried out as from November 13, when the double flu and covid vaccine will be administered to people living at home with people aged 60 years or more, chronically ill people, pregnant women and postpartum women. Smokers will also be able to receive the flu vaccine. The schedules “are already enabled” so that people included in the target groups can request an appointment through the Salud Responde application or by telephone, ClicSalud+ or at their health center.
– This year again vaccination campaigns will be organized “without appointment”, reported Vázquez, in health centers. The director has launched an appeal to “people to get vaccinated” and recalled that from November 13 “every Wednesday will be vaccination days without appointment, so you can go to any health center to get vaccinated for flu and / or covid”.
– For this campaign, the Junta de Andalucía has acquired more than 2 million doses against influenza, which means a total of 20 million euros. The objective for this 2024-25 campaign is to achieve 75 percent coverage in the elderly, pregnant women and healthcare professionals; and 60 percent coverage in people with chronic pathologies and children between six months and four years of age. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1779197/andalucia-empieza-a-poner-las-vacunas-contra-la-gripe-en-las-residencias-de-mayores/
MALAGA CITY
The Malaga Lantern Festival warms up- prices, dates and passes: {Translation}
– The Lantern Festival is warming up in Malaga. The artistic and light show, which is inspired by the traditional event that serves to bid farewell to the Chinese New Year, will take over the city from November 30 to February 15. Promoted by Ximenez Entertainment and Lantern Group, it will be held inside the capital’s Parque de Oeste.
– Tickets for the event can be purchased from next Tuesday, October 15, at the single price of 14 euros per person (pre-sale price). Subsequently, access to the venue will cost between 15 and 20 euros, depending on the day and the number of people attending. Tickets can be purchased on the website https://festivaldelaslinternasmalaga.es/
– It will be a unique event in Spain that will try to introduce visitors to an ancient culture. It will have 600 lanterns and 4,000 points of light and will include a series of traditional Chinese activities such as a great Chinese New Year parade, a mural of wishes, lantern-making workshops, calligraphy and banners or theater performances, music and traditional dance.
– The enclosure will cover an area of three hectares and will be located in the central part of the park, next to the large lake. It will be open from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., although access will be divided into four daily passes: at 6 p.m., 7.15 p.m., 8.30 p.m. and 9.45 p.m. It will be especially striking and colorful because all the lanterns will be handmade with materials brought expressly from China: steel rods, hand-painted silk and LED lights will be used for their elaboration. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga-capital/festival-linternas-malaga-precios-fechas-pases-20241009183206-nt.html
RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA
GEZELLIG & ZUINIG- Ubiquitous in the Netherlands, “Zeeman” opens a new store in the Rincón de la Victoria shopping center: {Translation, summary}
– The Rincón de la Victoria shopping center has a new brand among its stores. The Dutch textile chain Zeeman opens its doors in this leisure space in the province of Malaga. The European brand is known for offering “good quality at the lowest possible price”. Zeeman has a wide variety of products, from clothing (for men, women and children) to home-goods.
– “We are zuinig, a Dutch word that means thrifty and careful at the same time,” is how the European firm describes itself. And they stress that it goes beyond simply saving, it is also about asking ourselves what we need and what our environment needs. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/rincon-de-la-victoria/zeeman-nueva-tienda-rincon-victoria_0_2002524920.html
GRANADA
The Romance Bandits! We’ve seen this before! Thief has fake romance with biz employee to learn times and locations of money transfers- Man arrested for robbing his ex-partner and her boss at knifepoint as they left work: {Translation}
– The Civil Guard has arrested one of the four robbers who assaulted at knifepoint the owner and a waitress of a catering establishment in the metropolitan area of Granada last September 22 at night.
– The alleged robber is a 34-year-old man who, circumstantially, is the ex-partner of the waitress who suffered the robbery and with respect to whom he has a restraining order since last June issued by the Criminal Court number six of Granada, so he has not only been arrested for a crime of robbery with violence and intimidation, but also for breach of a precautionary measure. So was it pre-planned all along, or simply revenge after the breakup?
– The robbery took place around 23:30 hours. The robbers were waiting inside a car until they saw the owner of the bar close the establishment and go with his worker to where he had the car parked. Both were approached from behind, they put a knife to his neck and to the woman’s stomach, and threatened them to hand over the bags they were carrying. The owner of the establishment was robbed of the day’s takings and the waitress was robbed of approximately four hundred euros.
– The investigators of the Civil Guard of Las Gabias took over the investigation of the robbery and after interviewing the victims found out that one of the robbers was the ex-partner of the waitress, an individual who even threatened her by saying “if you say who I am, I will get you and your children!” The investigators, after several days searching for the suspect, managed to locate and arrest him. In the meantime, agents have also found out who the rest of the robbers are and hope to arrest them in the next few days. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/detenido-atracar-punta-navaja-expareja-salida-trabajo/
HUELVA
The largest lagoon in Doñana has dried up for the third consecutive year: {Translation, summary}
– Santa Olalla, the largest lagoon in the natural area of Doñana, has closed the summer “in a critical situation”, practically dry for the third consecutive year, and with only a surface sheet of residual moisture and mud, according to a team from the Biological Station of Doñana (EBD-CSIC).
– This lagoon, the largest in the region, dried up completely two consecutive summers, in 2022 and 2023, something that had never happened since the EBD-CSIC began taking data 50 years ago. “Doñana is going through very hard years. The combination of an intense and prolonged drought and the overexploitation of the aquifer are having a great effect on the lagoon system of the protected area,” explained Eloy Revilla, director of the EBD-CSIC, in a statement. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1778561/la-mayor-laguna-de-donana-se-ha-secado-por-tercer-ano-consecutivo/
SPACE
A total eclipse of the Sun will be seen in Malaga, August 2, 2027, at 10:30am: {Translation, summary}
– It will be the first full solar eclipse visible in the province in 157 years, for which millions of reservations from “astronomic tourists” from all over the world are expected.
– The maximum duration will be reached in the middle of the Alborán Sea, where it will last for four and a half minutes. While in Malaga’s new planetarium, which is expected to be open by then, it will be a minute and a half. It can also be observed from Cádiz, Tarifa and Ceuta (the strip is only 200 kilometers wide).
– The truth is that, although there are still almost three years left, the news is already moving among the world forums of astronomy fans, who are already preparing trips and hotel and apartment reservations for those dates, throughout the field of southern Spain where it will be more visible.
– The phenomenon begins slowly and lasts for an hour: “You should always observe the Sun with special approved glasses and telescopes with filters, because it is very dangerous to do it directly,” explain experts.
– A few moments before the Moon covers the surface of the Sun there is “a very special effect in the atmosphere: the temperature drops, the light changes with a different hue, which I call silver light because it reminds you of something metallic. And you notice the breeze that rises because of the sudden change in temperature”. Also, each animal reacts in a different way. “You notice something special in the atmosphere.”
– Then, just before the moment of the total eclipse, Baily’s Pearls are seen, “like small pockets of light due to the situation of the Moon’s surface, which has mountains, and those rays of light are like luminous foci.” Another spectacular phenomenon is the “diamond ring”, which is formed when the light of the Sun that remains to be covered forms a ring: “The moment of totality is magical, you see the solar corona, which suddenly explodes; and you see the Moon when it covers the Sun and it is the blackest black that anyone has ever seen”. “The people around are jumping for joy, screaming and hugging each other with excitement, sharing the moment is already worth it. You feel like you float, it connects you with the universe, no one can’t miss that special feeling.”
– Therefore, eclipse expert Blanca Troughton warns about what is coming in Malaga: “You have to start preparing now because millions of people will come to see it and there is a risk of collapsing accommodation and roads in the middle of August”.
Photo: Blanca Troughton. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga/fecha-marcada-calendario-agosto-2027-vera-eclipse-total-malaga-20241009122153-nt.html
TRAVEL
EU Commission Proposes to Digitalise Passports & ID Cards for Everyone Entering & Leaving Schengen Area:
– The European Commission has come forward with two proposals aimed at facilitating travel for everyone entering and leaving the Schengen area, including non-EU citizens.
– In a press release, the EU Commission revealed plans to adopt a common framework for the use of digital travel credentials, as well as a new app that would help travellers store their credentials.
– In addition, the EU Commission has also come forward with a proposal for 
generating the EU Digital Travel Application, which allows travellers to create their digital credentials and store all the necessary information about travelling. This application will work by allowing travellers to store their travel documents by uploading images and using the application for check-ups. The application will verify the document and detect whether it matches traveller’s face. The use of this application is expected to reduce waiting times at border crossings and to be more efficient in verifying travellers. Full article: https://schengen.news/eu-commission-proposes-to-digitalise-passports-id-cards-for-everyone-entering-leaving-schengen-area/
FINANCIAL
The Board extends the mortgage guarantee for young Andalusians up to 40 years: {Translation, summary}
– The Ministry of Development, Territorial Articulation and Housing of the Andalusian Government is already preparing the second call for the mortgage guarantee for young people, which in its first year of operation has helped more than 1,200 Andalusians to acquire their first home, and that in its next edition will expand both the age of the beneficiaries and the economic endowment.
– This has been advanced Wednesday by the Minister of Economy, Finance and European Funds, Carolina Spain, who has detailed that the Andalusian Budget 2025, still in preparation and to be presented later this month, already includes a second call for this measure, which will extend the maximum age of the beneficiaries from 35 to 40 years.
– In addition, the economic allocation for this second call of the mortgage guarantee will amount to 25 million euros, five more than those that have been invested in this first year, in which more than 1,200 young people have applied for it, as noted by the counselor at a breakfast briefing of Europa Press.
– It should be recalled that through this initiative, the Board guarantees 15% of the loan requested by the buyer, which, added to the 80% normally offered by banks, places the final financing for the acquisition of the first habitual residence at 95%, with a maximum reference price of 295,240 euros, which is increased by 20% for homes with energy classification A or B. Currently, there are eight banks adhered to this program, with some 2,500 offices throughout the community. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5642064/0/junta-amplia-hasta-los-40-anos-aval-hipotecario-para-jovenes-andaluces/
PETS
Vélez-Málaga is committed to animal welfare with a new FREE pet adoption platform: {Translation, summary}
– “Faced with the growing number of abandoned pets that is occurring in the municipality for some time to this part, we have been motivated to take sides and to emphasize the importance of adoption, which would be free, replacing the sale and purchase of these animals,” said the mayor.
– Thus, through the website velezmalaga.es, in the section ‘Destacados’, is enabled a banner with the title ‘Adopción de animales de compañía’ (direct links provided below). “This section offers a catalog with all the animals (mostly dogs) that are in the Municipal Center for Animal Health Control, having data and information such as their ID or registration number, breed, age and sex, all accompanied by a photo. It also provides contact information and schedules of the company responsible for the adoption within the Animal Health Control Service,” continued Rocio Ruiz.
– The mayor concluded by insisting that, “according to animal welfare regulations, adoptions will be completely free and the animals will be delivered sterilized, identified with a microchip and with all the mandatory treatments according to the applicable regulations”.
More info:
Municipal Pet Adoption Service
The animals are in the Don Animal Canine and Feline Residence, currently located in Arroyo Granadillas Finca “El Olivar” (29730, Málaga). Adoptions will be completely free, and the animals will be identified with a microchip and with all their mandatory treatments.
Contact information for the Zoosanitary Center (Don Animal) & Pet Hotel (Boarding services for dogs, cats, rodents & birds also available, short or long term)
Telephone: 952 97 16 63
Schedule:Monday to Friday from 9:00 – 14:00 & 16:30 – 20:00, and Saturdays from 9:00 – 14:00
Email: info@donanimal.com ; Web: https://donanimal.com
Adoption info and available dog photo gallery is here, on Velez Malaga website {pic, with page translator}: https://velezmalaga.es/index.php?mod=medio_ambiente&tag=servicio-municipal-de-adopcion-de-animales-de-compania
Source article, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/velez-malaga-apuesta-por-el-bienestar-animal-con-una-nueva-plataforma-gratuita-de-adopcion-de-mascotas/
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NEW LIFE CHURCH
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 665626342.
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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