DigameXtra No. 2912 Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

On December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 By naythandoctorlaptop

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Rincón de la Victoria Christmas market opens:
The market with at least 12 stalls, which opened to the public last Saturday, December 14, will be open until January 6 with the following hours: Monday to Thursday, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and on weekends, from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. There will be special hours for December 24 and 31, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Plaza de la Constitución will host the Christmas Village, from December 20 to January 5, from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and a special schedule for the 24th, 31st and 5th, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. .
On December 20 and 26, and January 2, there will be live music with DJ Jorge Conde and the groups: Los Mickis, Comando Bandera and Comando G.

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Fiesta de las Migas in Torrox: Sun, 22 Dec {Translation}
Every year, around 40,000 portions of delicious migas are served alongside the traditional ensalada arriera, accompanied by 2,000 liters of local wine selected from a local competition.
– It will begin in the Plaza de la Constitución from 11:00 am with the celebration of the Gala of the 43rd Fiesta de las Migas, which will be followed by the meeting of choirs of the municipality and the performance of the Grupo de Coros y Danzas de Torrox.
– At the sound of conch shell by Angelita Villena begins the move of the festival to the Llano de la Almazara, accompanied by the Panda de Verdiales Coto Tres Hermanas and their typical dances of art and culture of Malaga. The Pastoral de Frigiliana will perform classic Christmas songs enlivening the attendees waiting for their plate of migas and salad arriera.
– At 15:30 hours is scheduled to start the Zambomba Jerezana by María José Santiago, again in the Plaza de la Constitución.
– At 21:00 we end the party with a fireworks display.
Ref: https://www.malagahoy.es/la-farola/domingo…

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Christmas Swing Party at La Cochera Cabaret, Malaga:
Sunday, 22 Dec, 8pm, admission €6
Address: Avenida de los Guindos, 19, 29004 Málaga
Whether you are the “ace swingout” or you have never danced swing before, the Malaga Swing community will welcome you with open arms in a show organized by Malaga Swing, full of freshness that brings together dancers of all levels and ages, dedicated to spreading swing in Malaga and promoting the culture that comes with values of fellowship, inclusion and diversity.
Info & tix: https://lacocheraentradas.com/shows/details/1867/navidad-swing-party

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Cancelled– Joe Cocker tribute show- “Mad Dogs” 10th anniversary concert: Sat, Dec 21, 10pm.
La Cochera Cabaret, Malaga. Refunds from place of purchase.
Ref: https://lacocheraentradas.com/shows/details/1863/mad-dogs

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Hot Fever 50’s Fest #2: Sun, 22 Dec, 7pm
Sala Planta Baja, C/ Horno de Haza 1, Granada
Featuring: Joe & the Jackpots, The Radions {Video Link}, and Correcaminos (Roadrunners).
Info & tix (€12adv / €15door): https://entradas.conciertos.club/es/events/hot-fever-50-s-fest-2

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Live music night- “Shonyquete” (Shony y Rafa):
Sat, 28 Dec, 9:30pm at La Carpinteria Bar
Av. De la Constitución 14, 29754 Cómpeta.
Info: https://allevents.in/nerja/shonyquete/200027622012952

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Día de Jeva- Antequera: Wed, 25 Dec, Christmas Day
The Day of Jeva in Antequera is celebrated at the Ermita de Jeva, south of the El Torcal Natural Area, in honor of the Virgin of Purification. The festivities begin with the ringing of bells, followed by the traditional “pandas clash” of verdiales dancers and the entrance of the pandas to the shrine. Attendees enjoy homemade mantecados (cookies), coffee, aguardiente (flavored liquors), and local buñuelos (pastries), while listening to musical performances. The day culminates with a procession of the Virgin towards the threshing floor, where a mass is held, and a contest of coplillas (ballads) dedicated to the Virgin is organized.
Info: https://www.antequera.es/municipio/turismo-rural/Dia-de-Jeva/

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Grand Fiesta of the Verdiales- Malaga: Sat, 28 Dec, 12-3pm
Andrés Jiménez Díaz Park Auditorium (Puerto de la Torre)
The Grand Fiesta of the Verdiales, celebrated for over fifty years, is one of the most deeply rooted traditions in Málaga. During this event, attendees can enjoy performances by the different verdiales groups while tasting local wines. A celebration filled with music, folklore, and a festive atmosphere that highlights Málaga’s culture and attracts both locals and visitors.
Almogía style, Comares style and Montes style dancers will compete. Each of the styles will have prizes in different categories: fiesta, couple dance, trenzaillo dance, flag or bajín dance or best singer.
Ref: https://mmalaga.es/agenda/fiesta-mayor-verdiales-malaga/

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SPAIN

European Commission Reads Spain The Riot Act- Given 2 Months To Comply With All Its Violations & Failures Or Face CJEU (Court of Justice of the EU): {Translation, summary}
– The European Commission has given Spain an ultimatum on Monday: it has to apply from now on the new regulation on tolls and vignettes, which should be in force from March this year, as Brussels has communicated. The Eurovignette Directive establishes common rules on the imposition of distance-based charges (tolls) and time-based user charges (vignettes), “allowing Member States to recover infrastructure costs (construction, operation, maintenance) through tolls and vignettes”, the EU executive summarizes. This includes passenger cars, buses, coaches and small heavy goods vehicles.
– The amendment to Directive (EU) 2022/362 now includes passenger cars, buses and coaches, as well as small heavy goods vehicles. The revised Directive also requires Member States to include the environmental costs of air pollution in their charging systems “to set charges based on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions”, with the aim of reducing emissions and encouraging cleaner heavy-duty vehicles. The deadline for transposing the Directive into national legislation was March 25, 2024, and there are a total of eight Member States that have not communicated transposition measures. The Commission has therefore decided to send a reasoned opinion to Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland and Portugal, which now have two months to respond and take the necessary measures. “Otherwise, the Commission may decide to refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union,” Brussels concludes.
– The Commission also asks Spain to take action on the EU rules on professional qualifications (Directive 2005/36/EC, which the country, along with 21 other Member States, has to transpose)”. These rules make it easier for professionals to temporarily and occasionally provide their services in different Member States, while ensuring the protection of consumers and citizens. In the case of Health and Safety professions, Member States may require further qualification checks before authorizing the provision of services,” adds Brussels. These prior checks “may considerably delay the start of activities and may therefore only be imposed under strict conditions, in particular when the lack of professional qualifications could cause serious damage to the health or safety of the recipient of the service,” they conclude.
– In another of the open files, the European Commission has given Spain and Portugal two months to fully implement the so-called pan-European pension product regulation. If they fail to comply, Brussels will refer the case to the CJEU. This regulation establishes a voluntary, personal pension plan that provides consumers with a pan-European option to save for retirement.
– Spain has ended up in the CJEU for incorrectly applying three European directives on public procurement. These rules, which Member States were required to transpose into national law by 18 April 2016, require countries to follow fair and transparent procedures, with the aim of opening up services markets to real competition between companies across the EU and ensuring the best value for money in public procurement.
– Following Spain’s late notification of the transposition of the three directives and the compliance check carried out by the Commission, it was decided in December 2021 to send a letter of formal notice to Spain, followed by a reasoned opinion in April 2024. However, to date, Spain has yet to make the necessary changes to its legislation to make it fully compatible with all obligations under EU law. “Spanish legislation departs significantly from Union rules, especially as regards what types of authorities, contracts and contract modifications must follow public procurement rules,” they conclude from Brussels.
– “Non-transparent Chiringuitos”. In this list of warnings, the Commission considers that the mechanism by which the Spanish authorities grant permits for the construction of “permanent facilities” in the “coastal public domain”, i.e., beach bars, is excessively discretionary and lacks transparency. The Commission also considers that the extension of the duration of these concessions under national law, in some cases up to 75 years, infringes the same provision, as it implies “a preferential right in favor of incumbent operators”. Spain has been previously warned to correct this. Moreover, insofar as they hinder access to these concessions for operators from other Member States, “the national rules unduly restrict the freedom of establishment enshrined in Article 49 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union”. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5664449/0/ultimatum-bruselas-espana-tiene-que-aplicar-ya-nueva-normativa-sobre-pago-los-peajes/

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Aldama tells judge that his plot paid four million euros in illegal commissions (bribes) to Ábalos, Koldo García and PSOE, also supplied free flats for “entertaining ladies”: {Translation, summary}
– The broker of the “Koldo mask plot”, Víctor de Aldama, has testified this Monday before the Supreme Court that the Ministry of Transport of José Luis Ábalos pre-awarded public contracts in exchange for up to four million euros in “commissions”. These bribes would have been divided between the former Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos {side pic} and his former advisor, Koldo García (bottom pic, with Ábalos}, but according to Aldama a part of them went directly to the Socialist Party.
– The alleged “corrupting nexus” of the Koldo case has indicated before the judge that he himself delivered to the former Minister of Transport a bribe of 170,000 euros in cash in a house in the urbanization of El Viso. In addition, there was a second delivery of cash in the minister’s office, in the presence of Koldo Garcia.
– Aldama has also explained that he paid the rent for three tourist rental apartments in Madrid to which, according to Aldama, both Ábalos and the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, went in the company of “ladies”.
– Aldama already affirmed in the National Court that he had delivered that money to the current secretary of organization of the PSOE. Sources have reported Aldama carried in a folder several screenshots of WhatsApp conversations that would come to prove his statements.
– In addition, when the high court took over the case to investigate the ex-minister José Luis Ábalos, Aldama presented a 37-page document in which he launched new attacks against the deputy of the Mixed Group. According to those who have now seen the document, Aldama indicated that Ábalos and Koldo García were “constantly” demanding gifts from him. The document states that “among other economic relations, an operation was planned by which Mr. Ábalos would acquire, without consideration, the property at Paseo de la Castellana, 164, in Madrid, owned by Víctor de Aldama”. This apartment, according to the document, would be a “guarantee in favor of Ábalos of the fulfillment of the commitment of several construction companies to pay commissions, if they were awarded certain pre-awarded public contracts”. Always according to the document presented by Aldama, the apartment had an approximate value of 1.9 million euros. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5664417/0/aldama-senala-juez-que-trama-pago-cuatro-millones-comisiones-abalos-koldo-psoe/

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The PP denounces to the European Commission “Sánchez’s attacks and repeated coercion of Spain’s judges: {Translation}
– The PP considers that Pedro Sánchez is attacking the judges and has made this known to the European Commission on Monday. The spokeswoman of the Popular Party in the European Parliament and vice president of the EPP, Dolors Montserrat {pic}, has sent a letter to Brussels after “attacks and coercion” by the president of the Government, she says, after he said that “all the cards are marked” to denounce a persecution against the Executive, something that Genoa sees very serious.
– Montserrat stressed that Sanchez “speaks of marked cards, when he is the man responsible for the fact that the Supreme Court has charged the Attorney General of the State for disclosure of secrets to damage the opposition, by subjecting the Prosecutor’s Office to the interests of the government.”
– “It is a scandal,” exposed the popular spokeswoman in reference to the imputation of the former number 2 of the PSOE, José Luis Ábalos, the eleven ministers investigated, the businessman Víctor de Aldama; his wife Begoña Gómez and the Moncloa worker in the service of the latter, Cristina Álvarez. “Sánchez is maneuvering to cover up the parade before the judge of his former number 2, his advisor, the front man of the plot, his wife and a worker in the service of his wife,” added the former minister.
– In this sense, Montserrat sent the Commission two questions to be taken into account when drafting the new annual report on the situation of the Rule of Law in Spain: “Does the European Commission consider admissible the attacks from the Government against the magistrates who are investigating the cases against the socialist leader’s entourage?”, she asks, and adds another one to consult if “it will initiate a structured dialogue with the Government to stop the constant attacks against the judiciary from Government officials”.
– In addition, Montserrat posed that “Sánchez’s attacks on judges are an attack on the European rule of law, on the separation of powers and on democratic freedom and integrity.” And she added that “when a government intervenes in these processes, it undermines not only the progress towards a fair and transparent justice, but also the commitments made by all European Union Member States to respect and protect the rule of law”.
-Meanwhile, the possibility remains on the table that in future plenary sessions in Strasbourg the European Parliament can discuss the situation in Spain and the Government around the ‘Ábalos case’, a request that Vox has already made for this week but that still has failed to move ahead. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5664469/0/pp-denuncia-ante-comision-europea-los-ataques-coacciones-sanchez-los-jueces-espana/

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Breaking News– 4 New Arrests In Kaldo Bribery Case: {Translation, summary}
– This Monday the Civil Guard arrested businesswoman Carmen Pano {pic}, who has publicly claimed to have delivered 90,000 euros to bribe money to the PSOE headquarters on behalf of the director of the Koldo case bribe scheme, Víctor de Aldama. (The PSOE filed a defamation suit within hours of her arrest.)
– In addition to Carmen Pano, her daughter Leonor María González Pano, De Aldama’s alleged front man Luis Alberto Escolano, and Carlos del Castillo, who would also be linked to this plot, have been arrested. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1844229/la-uco-detiene-a-la-mujer-que-dijo-que-habia-entregado-90000-euros-en-ferraz/

MALAGA PROVINCE

Total internet and telephone outage in much of inland Malaga province, service restored 6 hrs later:
– Thousands of residents in the province of Malaga have been without telephone and internet connections since this Monday morning after two fibre optic cables were cut “by accident”. This has affected almost 100,000 people throughout the province, as well as paralysing connections in businesses and offices. The main areas that are suffering from this cut are Antequera, Coín, Ronda and Campillos, although Telefónica sources told SUR that “there may be more municipalities in the province that have connection failures as these cables connect almost half the province”.
UPDATE- Service was restored after a 6 hour outage.
Full article, English: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/total-internet…
Update, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga/municipios…

IZNATE

Power surge damages appliances in Iznate, power company to cover damages- claim forms info, must be submitted this week: {Translation}
– A breakdown in the power supply in Iznate has caused significant damage to appliances, lamps and other electrical devices in some homes in the town. The incident, caused by an external power surge from the power grid, has affected at least some properties on Calle Malaga.
– The Iznateño consistory prepares a damage claim form for the affected neighbors and transfer it to Endesa to cover the costs of the damaged appliances.
– The following information will be needed in order to make the claim: data of the user who holds the electricity contract (name, address, ID number, electricity contract number and, where appropriate, incident number if Endesa has been called to report the incident); data of the equipment or appliances that have been affected (refrigerator, washing machine, air conditioner, microwave, television, etc.); and any other relevant information that is considered necessary to provide such as purchase invoices of these appliances, characteristics of the same, etc.
– The affected persons can send this information by email to alcaldia@iznate.es or recepción@iznate.es, or by going to the Town Hall of Iznate. According to information from the utility company, this claim will have to be sent in the next working days (two or three days). Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/una-averia-en-el-suministro-electrico-dana-los-electrodomesticos-de-algunas-viviendas-en-iznate/

EUROPE

German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote, paving way for election:
– The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on Monday, clearing the way for an early election on Feb. 23 necessitated by the collapse of his government. Photo: Lisi Niesner. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-chancellor-scholz-ask-parliament-clear-way-new-elections-2024-12-15/

SPORTS

Spain, Portugal and Morocco to co-host 2030 World Cup:
– Fifa has announced that Spain, Portugal and Morocco will co-host the 2030 men’s football World Cup. It’s the first time that three countries across two continents will officially stage the tournament.
– The opening matches will also be held on a third continent, South America, which means that competing teams will play across different seasons and hemispheres within the same tournament. And the 2030 event is particularly special, because its the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup.
– For Spain, there are 11 confirmed venues: Riazor (La Coruña), San Mamés (Bilbao), Anoeta (San Sebastián), La Romareda (Zaragoza), Camp Nou (Barcelona), RCDE Stadium (Barcelona), La Rosaleda (Málaga), Metropolitano (Madrid), Estadio Gran Canaria, La Cartuja (Seville) and Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid).
– It has not been revealed where the final will be played. Although a large majority of Spanish fans opt for the stadiums of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the projected Hassan II Stadium in Casablanca is gaining more and more weight, which could seat 115,000 people.
Full articles: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cwy8nqg0z1vo &
https://www.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/…

FINANCIAL

Spain flip-flops on Golden Visa ban as applications continue to flood in:
– Spain’s Senate has temporarily stalled the Golden Visa ban, but Congress could push it through for early 2025.
– Last month, Spain’s controversial Golden Visa programme looked set for abolition when the country’s Congress approved a bill to scrap the scheme. At the time, it was thought the ban could come into effect as soon as January 2025. But the bill has hit a snag, which could see a ban delayed for several months, or even abandoned altogether, {and people are rushing to apply while they still can}.
– As would be expected, applications for the Golden Visa programme have ramped up significantly since its abolition was first announced last April. But visa approvals are also on the up, with the rate moving from an average of 69 per month between January and March to 95 per month from April to October. In total, 2024 has seen 780 Golden Visas granted up to the end of October, with 573 of those granted since the abolition announcement was made. Full article: https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/12/10/spain-flip-flops-on-golden-visa-ban-as-applications-continue-to-flood-in

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Bitcoin rallies past $107,000 (€101,796):
– Bitcoin , the world’s biggest and best known cryptocurrency, extended gains to a session high of $107,148 and was most recently at $106,877, up 5.43% from late Friday.
– The No. 2 digital currency Ether was up 1.85% at $3,975.70 (€3,781).
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/bitcoin-powers-above-105000-first-time-2024-12-15/

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Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
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DigameXtra No. 2911 Monday, December 16th, 2024

On December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 By naythandoctorlaptop

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Phoenix Club: The Phoenix Social Club is open to all nationalities but the lingua franca is English.
We offer an opportunity to make friends, help each other & share information but primarily to have fun in a friendly and inclusive association. You do not have to be a member to join us on our trips.
Our handmade greetings cards are for sale weekly with all proceeds to the Red Cross.
We meet every Thursday between 12 and 2 pm at Chine in Caleta, just off the coast road to/from Algarrobo.
***Trips/Events***
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January 2025
– 7th – Hit the Sales at the Nevada Centre in Granada €18pp
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Nao Victoria historic sailing ship docks in Malaga and opens its decks to public for Christmas: 13 December to 12 January 2025
The Nao Victoria is a unique replica of the ship that, nearly 500 years ago, was part of one of the greatest maritime adventures of all time: the first round-the-world race (1519-1522).
Place: Muelle Uno, IGY Malaga Marina
Opening hours: 10am to 6.30pm
Public holidays schedule:
24 December, 31 December from 10:00h only to 15:00h
25 December and 1 January: Closed.
Nao Victoria tickets: Adults: 6 euros / Children (5- 10 years old): 3 euros / 15 euros for families (2 adults and up to 3 children between 5-10 years old). Free for children under 5 years old, but each must be accompanied by an adult.
Guided tours for schools and groups: 3 euros children and 6 euros adults (one responsible person enters for free for every 20 people).
Info: ecampos@fundacionnaovictoria.org

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35th anniversary concert of the Nerja Music Band:
Sat, 21 Dec, 8pm. Villa De Nerja Cultural Center.
C/ Granada, 45, 29780 Nerja
The Banda de Nerja, directed by David Palomas Gómez, offers a concert in which we can enjoy a program that will include well-known pieces, soundtracks, Christmas songs and some surprises. With projections throughout the concert recalling the 35-year career of the musical group. A Christmas event that we should not miss.
Info & tix (€5): https://mientrada.janto.es/es/espectaculo/banda-de-musica-de-nerja/NERJABANDANAVIDA/venue=CCNERJA
Tickets also available at the Cultural Center box office from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and two hours before performance. Video Link

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HANNINGTONS KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS

Hanningtons Kitchens and Bathrooms: We have been installing kitchens and bathrooms here on the Costa for 13 years. We pride ourselves on our professionalism, highest standards of work and customer service.
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Email: josiahamanda@gmail.com
My contact details can be found in the Sponsor’s Section at the bottom of every issue. Here are “before” (left) and “after” (right) pics from my latest job.

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BLUCEE REAL ESTATE

BluCee Real Estate:
A few weeks ago we filmed with ‘A Place in the Sun’ property show. Out of the 5 properties filmed 3 were with listings with BluCee Real Estate.
This is the third time we have worked with them in the past 4 months.
This is just one way we give your property the maximum exposure it needs for selling.
At BluCee Real Estate we are proactive, professional and also knowledgeable.
We have attended International property exhibitions in London, Toronto, Birmingham, and Warsaw this year. In 2025 we are attending exhibitions in Manchester, Dubai, London, Birmingham, Dublin and The Netherlands.
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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
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We cover the whole coast line and inland.
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BluCee Real Estate and Torre del Mar Food Drive, Toy Collection & Fundraiser, in association with Lux Mundi:
Christmas is fast approaching. We want every child and young person under 18, whose family is currently supplied food bags each month by Lux Mundi, to receive a wrapped, age appropriate toy or gift. Last year we raised just under €2000 and put smiles on many young faces. This year we aim for the same amount. Charity donation tax receipts provided by Lux Mundi. If you would like to assist in these efforts in any way please contact BluCee Real Estate by WhatsApp on 0034 610447527 (Michelle)
Please help us put smiles on the children’s, and parent’s, faces again this Christmas.

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For Sale: THR5 Amplifier by Yamaha. Excellent condition €125.00. The little brother of the THR10, the THR5 offers the sound quality of the THR10 in a more portable form, making it perfect for use at home or when traveling.
Amp Simulations: Clean, Crunch, Lead, Brit Hi, Modern
Effects: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Delay, Dly/rev, Spring, Hall
Eq: Tone ; Speakers: Two 8cm full range speakers.
Rated Output: 10w (5w + 5w). Buyer collects.
Aidey, Canillas de Aceituno. +447811466234 or call 641714422 or email: aideydessent@mac.com

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For Sale, 3 items: All used, VGC.
– Alto Saxophone (Yamaha AS100) with case. €150.
– HP Envy Printer 4500 (3 in 1). €25
– Dehumidifier (Daitsu) 10 Litres Capacity €50
Theresa, Penoncillo (Torrox Costa)
Contact Info: WhatsApp ‪+34 657115851‬.
Email: tpm11260@ gmail

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For Sale: Lenovo ThinkPad T520 Refurb. 15.6″ HD display, 8Gb new RAM, 240Gb new SSD. Intel i5 2520M (2.5 – 3.2GHz). DVD/CD reader/writer. Heavy duty model, 2.6kg. UK keyboard. Operating system is Debian 12 LTR (Linux). Selling for €180. No-risk 30 day cash back warranty. If you don’t like it, return it within 30 days, in condition received, and get full cash refund. Contact: Naythan, Torrox Costa. Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com

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Christmas Day Lunch: Is there a restaurant in Nerja or Torrox that is doing a Christmas Day Lunch?
If you do know one please contact Michael of Frigiliana on mikestevenitt@gmail.com

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2000th Issue Feedback

Just want to offer my heartfelt congratulations on your dedication to this site. Thanks for doing all you’re doing to assist the ex-pat community.
Warm regards, Michelle

2000 issues….but who’s counting. LOL. Thank you for your efforts. You along with my coffee, start my mornings! Much appreciated. Happy Holidays! Lydia

Congratulations on your 2000th edition of Digame. I always look forward to reading the excellent news reports you include, whilst drinking my coffee, as well as the information as to whats happening in the area. I just hope that you get the 4% (or more) subscribers to donate to your fund raiser, I know that for some people times are difficult, but often they can find enough for a G&T or glass of wine, so even a small donation could be found. Thank you for providing this excellent service, and I wish you good health and peace for 2025. Steve

Hello Naythan, Congratulations and we feel sorry for the little donations that are coming in. Hope people will think of it as a good christmas present. Warm regards, Hans & Christel

Hi Naythan, Congratulations on reaching your 2000th edition. It is much appreciated and the increase in useful news and information is well received. Next week I’ll forward a donation. Seasons greetings to you in the meantime.
Regards, Jonathan

Congratulations Naythan, and very well done. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. Very much appreciated. Janet

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SPAIN

Marlaska will be held accountable in Congress for the ‘Koldo case’ and his management at DANA: {Translation, summary}
– The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande Marlaska {pic}, will appear this week before the Plenary of Congress to account for his link with the alleged procurer of the ‘Koldo case’, Victor de Aldama, and also to explain the management of his ministry during the DANA that has devastated many parts of the territory and left more than 220 dead. It will be on Wednesday 18 in the Lower House when the socialist minister will render accounts before the Plenary.
– The PP thus demands that Marlaska explain the “close and collaborative” relations that his Ministry maintained with the businessman Víctor de Aldama, after knowing the statement of the same before the judge of the National Court in which he pointed to the involvement of the minister in the visit of Delcy Rodríguez to Spain and also to explain the reasons for the award in 2022 of police merit medals to Aldama and his brother Rubén de Aldama.
– Also, the minister will have to answer a question from Vox that will be asked predictably by the deputy Ignacio Gil on the “interests” he serves as Minister of the Interior and also one from the PP deputy Carlos García on whether “he will continue to yield to independence blackmail”.
– The PP also wants the Minister of Interior to explain before the Lower House what operational plans his Ministry put in place for the deployment of the various units of the State Security Forces and Corps in those municipalities and areas seriously affected by the DANA, as well as to account for the resources and protocols of the National Civil Protection System that have been activated and the need for review and improvement of the same. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1843473/marlaska-rendira-cuentas-en-el-congreso-por-el-caso-koldo-y-su-gestion-en-la-dana/

ANDALUCÍA

The SAS will call patients who cannot make an appointment at their outpatient Health clinic: {Translation, summary}
– The President of the Regional Government announced that the SAS will respond to Andalusians who do not have an appointment within three days. How will this model work? Patients who are unable to make an appointment with their health center will receive a call from the SAS within three days providing them with a solution, which will be either an appointment with their family doctor, with nursing, with the administration staff or the renewal of their usual medication in the event that this is their need.
– The SAS is already doing pilot tests with a new way of managing medical appointments that registers those who cannot take it through the platform, which until now did not happen. Users who could not book appointments through the usual channels (the apps or the Salud Responde phone number) were at a dead end. Now, they will inform the SAS through a simple form with their demand: medical care, nursing or other needs- a form will appear when the appointment cannot be completed.
– From that moment on, the SAS will manage either the medical appointment with their physician (for which there is still a 14-day deadline), the renewal of medication or a telephone consultation with doctors who are available in other health centers. The Regional Ministry of Health explains that there are needs that can be resolved with a phone call and others that require a face-to-face visit; in fact in some outpatient clinics in Seville, Jaen and Cordoba patients are already being attended by phone with doctors who are in the Campo de Gibraltar, which has expedited the demand.
– One of the keys to this model is that the SAS is going to manage appointments for Andalusian patients with a centralized model. Until now, each health center was in charge of its patients and doctors.
– It will also be easier to cancel medical appointments when it is not possible to attend them due to different circumstances, another factor that contributes to the tension of Primary Care. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/sas-llamara-pacientes-no-logren_0_2002978934.html

EUROPE

Ukraine Attacks Chechnya Territory, The Most Feared Fighting Force In The Eurasian Continent Promises To Respond:
– A Ukrainian drone struck a campus belonging to Russia’s National Guard Sunday {pic} in the Russian region of Chechnya, as Kyiv continues to strike back after a mass air attack from Moscow. Footage on social media showed a drone swooping low over the Chechen capital, Grozny, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) southeast of the front line in Ukraine, before exploding. No casualties were reported.
– Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed that the drone had hit a site belonging to the Akhmat Grozny riot police battalion, and said that two other drones had been shot down by air defenses. Kadyrov pledged revenge on Ukrainian forces and said he had ordered a missile strike against military facilities in Kharkiv in retaliation for the attack. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-grozny-drone-attack-7655bcd300e3e11e28f571a613d59ef0 & Video Link

TECH

Tech note from DoctorLaptop: As we approach the end-of-life of Windows 10 on 14 Oct, 2025, many people are finding their current computers do not meet the minimum requirements to get the update to Windows 11. These people may be tempted to force the update using hacker tools freely available on the internet (RUFUS). This is not a good idea if you want a glitch free, reliable system. These forced updates from Win 10 to Win 11 can be detected by Microsoft. When they do detect a forced upgrade, they are already placing an annoying watermark onto the display informing you the upgrade is not legit, and in the future they may cut off your access to all updates, they could even block internet access, or freeze the display, should they chose to do so. For the tech savvy readers who may wish to pursue a forced update from Win 10 to Win 11, the info is here, but don’t say I didn’t warn you! https://www.wintips.org/create-a-windows-11-install-disk-for-unsupported-hardware-with-rufus/

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GASTRONOMIA

These are the best wines from the province of Malaga in 2024: {Translation, summary}
– Malaga wines awarded by Sabor a Malaga 2024 are as follows.
– Best white wine from Malaga: Voladeros 2022.
The award this 2024 has gone to Voladeros 2022, from Bodegas Victoria Ordóñez e Hijos. This wine is 100% Pedro Ximenez, “it is the first Mountain Wine produced in Malaga since the end of the 19th century”, according to the winery: “The new project of the Victoria Ordonez winery recovers the production of the famous Mountain Wine with the most appreciated grapes of Pedro Ximenez in Malaga: those from the estates of the Natural Park Montes de Malaga”.
– Best Malaga red wine up to six months of aging: Lunares Tinto 2020.
The best red wine of Malaga up to six months of aging was for Lunares Tinto 2020, from Bodegas Lunares, composed of four varieties, Syrah (55%), Garnacha (20%), Merlot (15%) and Tempranillo (10%), where they give “total prominence to the fruit, always maintaining the freshness and where the wood is only a refinement”.
– Best Malaga red wine over six months: 7 Vin Blau 2021.
The award went to 7 Vin Blau 2021 from Bodegas Kieninger, a signature wine with German grape varieties on Malaga soil.
– Best sweet still wine: Ariyanas Naturally Sweet 2023.
The award for best sweet still wine went to Ariyanas Naturalmente Dulce 2023, from Bodegas Bentomiz, a Moscatel de Alejandría variety wine defined as “fresh and mineral”, while possessing a “perfectly balanced sweetness and acidity”.
– Best liqueur wine: Pajarete Quitapenas 2018.
The award went to Pajarete Quitapenas 2018, from Bodegas Quitapenas, with grape variety Pedro Ximénez (90%) and Moscatel de Alejandría (10%) that evokes “aromas of dried fruits (nuts, hazelnuts) with hints of raisins and candies” and to the taste reports “good acidity and balanced”.
– Honorable Mention: Piamater 2020 sweet still wine.
The jury has awarded a runner-up prize to the sweet still wine Piamater 2020, from Bodega Antonio Muñoz Cabrera of Dimobe. This wine achieves its sweetness thanks to the manual laying down “one by one the clusters in the sun on the racks for several days”, reducing their weight by about half of the starting point. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/la-farola/mejores-vinos-provincia-malaga-2024_0_2002982426.html

RECALLS

Listeria detected in sausages from ‘El Capellán’: {Translation}
– The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) issues an alert regarding the presence of listeria in meat products of the brand El Capellán, a company located in Constantina (Seville).
– The products involved, as reported by Aesan are: Chorizo ibérico, chorizo ibérico picante, chorizo de venado, chorizo de venado picante, chorizo de jabalí, salchichón ibérico, salchichón de venado, chorizo ibérico de patata, morcilla ibérica, morcilla ibérica de patata, morcilla ibérica achorizada, morcilla ibérica de patata picante (Lots: 46/24 Expiration date 11. 05.25; Lots 47/24 Expiration date 18.05.25; and Lots 48/24 Expiration date 25.05.25).
– The initial distribution has been in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Madrid and the Basque Country.
– It is recommended that people who have products affected by this alert in their homes refrain from consuming them, and return them to the seller for a refund. In case of having consumed any of the products of the affected lots and presenting symptoms compatible with listeriosis (vomiting, diarrhea or fever), it is recommended to go to a health center. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1843087/detectan-listeria-en-embutidos-de-el-capellan-alerta-en-andalucia-y-otras-regiones/

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HOLIDAY SEASON MUSIC VIDEOS

Still rockin’- As a singer turns 80, the Christmas song Brenda Lee sang as a teen is a holiday staple and #1 hit:
– Her memories of recording “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting the air conditioner on a warm Nashville day to create a holiday spirit. The musicians, she recalls, nailed it in a couple of takes.
– That’s about it. After all, Brenda Lee was 13 years old at the time – and it was 66 years ago, in 1958.
– Somewhat implausibly, her celebration of a “Christmas party hop” is more popular today than ever before. It’s an unusual trajectory, even accounting for the fact that music listeners during the holiday season tend to embrace songs they’ve known for years. “Rockin’” eclipsed Mariah Carey’s perennial favorite “All I Want for Christmas is You” last December to top the Billboard music chart and make Lee, at age 78, the oldest woman to achieve that feat. Another record: Sixty-five years represented the longest interval between a record being released and making it to No. 1.
Full article: https://apnews.com/article/brenda-lee-rock-christmas-tree-song-mistletoe-6e255323765b5d43817b1961877ede63 & Video Link (Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree- 1984)

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Phone numbers for emergencies
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National Police: 091
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Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
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Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

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DigameXtra No. 2910 WEEKEND EDITION Friday, December 13th, 2024

On December 13, 2024December 12, 2024 By naythandoctorlaptop

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41 CLUB NERJA

41 Club Nerja Going From Strength to Strength:
– 41 Club Nerja is delighted to report that we really are going from strength to strength, our membership continues to grow and our doors are open for more new members to join our vibrant Club.
– Do you remember in your local communities all the events that the Round Table and 41 Club organised? Yes! that’s us!
– Do you love getting out and about in our beautiful Axarquia area and also like the idea of being with people who enjoy life and help the local community too? Well, that’s also us! So please come along, meet us, see how we do things, and you don’t even need to have been a member previously.
– We enjoy a wide variety of exciting activities, interesting meetings and tasty meals in many of the lovely restaurants we have in our local area. Our get togethers are attended by our members (who hail from nine different countries) as well as our partners, guests, friends and family too. We’re a very friendly bunch.
To get in touch you can
Email us: steve.ryan.sr56@gmail.com
Phone Steve on 0044 7546 402770
You can connect with 41 Club Nerja via Facebook.
Or visit our website to find out more at: https://41clubnerja.org/
We’d love to hear from you and we’d also love for you to come along and join in the fun!

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Family Christmas Activity: Botanical Garden of La Concepción
– Sunday, December 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
– Sunday, December 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
– Sunday, December 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Camino del Jardín Botánico, 3, Málaga
We offer you a family activity touring the Botanical Garden that will surprise you with its unique corners, extraordinary vegetation, historical curiosities. There will be interactive games, challenges, puppet theater or creative workshops.
Now in December the family activity is related to Christmas, from a sustainable point of view, do not miss it!
It is essential to book in advance. Tel: 951926180 or 639914055
Regular rate: 9€ per person Reduced rate: 6,90€ (up to and including 16 years old, large families or equivalent, students up to and including 26 years old, retirees and pensioners). Info: https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/agendaculturaldeandalucia/evento/actividad-familiar-de-navidad

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One For The Kids- Rincón de la Victoria will celebrate the Christmas Treasure with new skill tests, challenges and more than one thousand euros in prizes:
– The gymkhana will take place on Friday, December 27th, between 18:00 and 21:00 hours. It will be possible to participate individually or in teams. This year the theme of the contest will be fantasy films and stories.
Info & registration (starting Monday, December 16): https://www.rincondelavictoria.es/noticias/-/asset_publisher/2UsKbRfNBL22/content/id/954779

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Tribute To Jimi Hendrix by Malaga’s own Band Of Gypsys:
Sat, 11 Jan, 2025, doors at 9:30pm, show ar 10:30pm
Sala Trinchera, C/ Parauta, 25, Malaga
On Saturday January 11th at the Trinchera venue, Band Of Gypsys will teleport you for a few hours to the psychedelia and power of Jimi Hendrix’s live shows.
Info & tix (€12adv/€15door): https://salatrinchera.com/tributo-jimi-hendrix-band-gypsys/ & Video Link

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GREEK CASITA RESTAURANT & BAR

Closed for Holiday – Reopen 1/1/25. The Greek House –Greek Casita Restaurant & Bar – Torrox Costa:
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TODAY IS NAYTHAN’S 2000th ISSUE AS EDITOR OF DIGAMEXTRA

(Issues 910 thru 2910, that’s 6 years & 7 months of dedicated, brain-numbing service to our community !!!)

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Congratulations Naythan!: Huge congratulations to Naythan on achieving 2000 editions of DigameXtra. I always enjoy reading DigameXtra, it makes my day. Thank you so much for your dedication. Tony from Torrox.

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SPAIN

What Are The Socialists & Communists Hiding? The PSOE and its partners stop the PP’s request to the Government to help Justice to clarify cases of corruption: {Translation}
– The PSOE and its investiture partners have knocked down this Thursday an initiative of the PP with which they sought to demand the Government to collaborate with Justice to “clarify” the responsibilities of the corruption cases that are being investigated and that point to the Government, the PSOE and the family environment of President Pedro Sánchez.
– It was a motion, a consequence of the urgent inquiry that the PP directed in the last session of control to the Government, to the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, on his alleged involvement in the ‘Koldo case’.
– The text has only had the support of PP and UPN, since Vox has opted for abstention, and the 175 votes gathered by PSOE, Sumar, ERC, Junts, Bildu, UPN, Podemos, BNG and Coalición Canaria have managed to overthrow the initiative. With it, the PP & UPC wanted to urge the Government to collaborate with the action of Justice to “clarify” the responsibilities that could arise from the cases of corruption that are currently being investigated and that allegedly compromise the Government, the Socialist Party and the family environment of President Sánchez.
– This demand, according to the initiative, collected by Europa Press, is due to the “refusal” of the Executive to offer “minimally convincing” explanations and its “lack of transparency” with the information requested and even, as they pointed out, “obstruction” to the initiatives in which “accountability” is demanded. They gave as an example of this, among other things, the investigation commission on this matter that was created in Congress and in which, in their opinion, what the PSOE did was to “cover up” the truth and “try to divert attention from the magnitude of the plot”.
– In fact, they pointed especially to the Minister of Territorial Policy and former president of the Canary Islands, whose situation they describe as “untenable” due to the different corruption plots in which he is allegedly involved, such as the Tito Berni case, the ‘RR7 case’ or the ‘Koldo case’.
– They also reminded those in attendance that the actions of the members of the Government and all public officials must be “conducted” by the principles of “transparency and exemplarity”. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-psoe-socios-frenan-peticion-pp-gobierno-ayude-justicia-esclarecer-casos-corrupcion-20241212130642.html

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Rent Strikes Coming- what it is, the precedent of 1931 in Spain and legal consequences of joining it: {Translation}
– For affordable rents and decent housing, and “against political inaction at the state and regional level”, tenants throughout the country have taken to the streets on numerous occasions this past year, convened by the tenants’ union, which denounces that 60% of our income “goes directly into the pockets of renters”.
– Spain is divided between those who accumulate property and rental income, and those who, even with stable jobs, do not have the resources to access a home in property and, with difficulty, manage to live with dignity as a tenant. In this context, in addition to geopolitical conflicts and the inflation that results from them, the younger generations – who suffer the most from the housing problem – cannot become independent until they are 30 years old and depend on family support to do so.
– Only 16.3% of young people were able to become independent in the first half of 2023, half the EU average.
While rents in Spain exceed 1,000 euros on average, the salaries of young people between 18 and 35 years old are between 1,200 and 1,500 euros on average, making living alone practically impossible for most of them. In fact, according to calculations made by the Spanish Youth Council (CJE) they spend 108% of their salary on house rent and supplies. It is unsustainable.
– The data speak for themselves: in the last five years, the median rental price rose 19% in Spain. This is more than the increase in the average income of Spaniards (14%) and three times more than inflation in the same period (6.7%). Faced with this reality, the union demands not only a drop in rental prices, but also “to put an end to the scam of temporary and per-room rentals”, and the end of sale and purchase operations for speculative purposes, among others.
– Carme Arcarazo, spokeswoman for the Sindicat de Llogateres says, “seasonal renting is like the junk contracts of the labor world”.
– In addition to the mobilizations, the unions are beginning to talk about the rent strike, which, in some places, has already taken its first steps: in Catalonia the Sindicat de Llogateres has reported that “a total of 29 families of the subsidized housing developments managed by La Caixa (Inmocaixa)” began a “two-month strike”, which involves the return of the “receipt of the last two monthly payments of the year”. “The already announced revolt of the keys begins,” said Enric Aragonès, spokesman for the union.
– What is the rent strike- precedents in Spain? In August 1931, more than 90,000 families in Barcelona went on strike and stopped paying their rents. It happened in a context in which the city had grown from 600,000 inhabitants to more than one million, following the arrival of Andalusians, Extremadurians, Murcians and Galicians who, hit by the crisis of 1929, which was already being felt in Europe, were looking for housing and employment.
– Their demands were twofold: that the government build cheap housing and that a 40% reduction in the price of rents be forced. Rescuing this episode of our history, the unions are now starting to talk about a tenants’ strike to end the current crisis. But what legal repercussions could it have for those who participate?
– Possible repercussions of a rent strike. “If one tenant stops paying, it’s her problem. But if ten thousand tenants organize to stop paying, it’s the landlords and the governments that support them that have the problem. That is what the #RentStrike we are walking towards consists of”, the union affirms.
– However, the reality is that in Spain, the rent strike is not recognized as a legal right, since Article 28 of the Constitution only includes the right to strike for labor reasons. Therefore, if it were to be carried out, it would not be legally protected by the rights that a person has for going on strike.
The consequences? They would not be criminal, but could be civil, such as legal claims by the owner or even evictions, as happened in 1931 when the Chamber of Property and the Board of Housing of Barcelona, led a strong police and legal repression, quadrupled evictions, arresting and beating thousands of trade unionists. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5642833/0/que-es-una-huelga-alquileres-que-estan-llamando-los-sindicatos-inquilinos-cataluna/

ANDALUCÍA

Sierra Nevada opens ski season this Friday with 5.8 kilometers of slopes in the Borreguiles and Río areas: {Translation}
– The winter resort of Sierra Nevada opens this Friday the ski season 2024/25 with 5.8 kilometers of skiable length in eight tracks in the areas of Borreguiles and Rio to which will give access seven lifts open at the beginning of a weekend with a forecast of hotel occupancy of around 30 percent.
– Cetursa, the public company that manages the ski resort of Sierra Nevada, has also reported, after making public its first snow report of the season, which details that the access limitation has been set at 3,500 skiers / snowboarders.
– In addition, “due to the snow conditions, ski mountaineering is not allowed on the El Río slope”, on a day in which there will be activities in the area of Mirlo Blanco, in Pradollano, and sledding in Borreguiles, detailed from Cetursa.
– With these conditions, in which caution is called for “scarcity of snow outside the marked tracks”, will begin a weekend in which it is expected that virtually the entire hotel plant of the ski resort is already open, after both Saturday November 30 and Sunday December 1, along with the bridge of the Constitution and the Immaculate Conception, opted for a tourist opening with recreational activities for non-skiers.
– The snow activities for pedestrians that until now have been operating next to the Borreguiles carpet will be moved to their usual location and to the Mirlo Blanco activity complex.
– The subway parking in the Plaza de Andalucía, which has been free since November 30, will be charged this Friday.
– The Parador chairlift, which runs through the urbanization of Pradollano, is scheduled to start operating on Saturday.
Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-sierra-nevada-abre-temporada-esqui-viernes-58-kilometros-pistas-areas-borreguiles-rio-20241212173034.html

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Why Won’t EU Doctors Work In Andalucia? In 2025, the SAS will (again) facilitate the hiring of doctors and nursing staff from outside the European Union: {Translation, summary}
– The Governing Council of the Junta de Andalucía has agreed to exempt foreign non-EU specialist medical and nursing personnel from the nationality requirement to hire the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) during 2025 with the aim of “guaranteeing health care in the face of the shortage of professionals.” This measure will facilitate the incorporation of personnel without European Union nationality in the face of the “increased situation of shortage of health personnel.”
– So far, according to data from the Andalusian Government, 65 contracts were made for non-EU specialist doctors in 2018; 177 in 2019, 479 in 2020, 678 in 2021, 846 in 2022, 1,154 in 2023 and 827 in the first seven months of 2024. In the case of non-community nursing staff, four contracts were formalized in 2018, seven in 2019, 20 in 2020, 25 in 2021, 24 in 2022, 37 in 2023 and 9 in the first seven months of 2024. Therefore, there are 4,352 non-community healthcare hires since 2018.
– The causes of this situation according to the SAS include the lack of attractiveness of certain positions, usually in rural areas; strictly demographic reasons, such as the increase in the number of professionals retiring from the healthcare activity due to reaching retirement age; or the current imbalance in the system for training a doctor. {There is no shortage of doctors. But they won’t accept the below average wages offered in a place with skyrocketing rents and inflation! And the non-EU specialists often just use Andalucia as a stepping stone to better paying positions up north as soon as their contracts expire. -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/sas-facilitara-2025-contratacion-medicos-personal-enfermeria-20241210162229-nts.html

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Andalusian campsites agree to act against the new travelers’ registry: {Translation, summary}
– The Andalusian Federation of Campsites will present allegations to the new system of travelers that requires the user who wishes to stay to provide about thirty data, many of them sensitive to their privacy. This new registration, according to a statement from the Federation, involves multiplying “the paperwork, time and resources required and may contravene the Data Protection Act and even go against the spirit of European legislation”.
– The Andalusian Federation of Campsites, chaired by Francisco Rodriguez Guerrero, has met this Thursday at the Camping Los Villares Sierra de Cordoba-Kampaoh Cordoba, where they have analyzed the existing concern “for the bad image that this new registration system is giving the campsites, as well as the rest of hotel establishments and travel agencies bound by the regulation”. This poor image has spread, “to foreign tourists and in countries like the United Kingdom, where even a movement has arisen that advises not to travel to Spain”. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1841250/los-campings-andaluces-acuerdan-en-cordoba-actuar-contra-el-nuevo-registro-de-viajeros/

TORROX

Seven vehicles burn at the Torrox municipal depot: {Translation, summary}
– Serious fire in the municipal vehicle depot of Torrox. A total of seven cars have been affected, five of them in its entirety, after the fire declared last Wednesday night in the premises of the City Council Torroxeño located in the middle channel of the river Güi, on the border with Velez-Malaga.
– The 112 telephone received minutes before 23.00 the first of several alerts warning of a fire in the municipal vehicle depot located in the Camino Rio Güi. From the coordinating room was activated the Provincial Fire Consortium and the Civil Guard, as well as the Local Police.
– Firefighters sources reported that the fire, whose causes have not been identified, has affected seven vehicles, five of them in its entirety and two others partially. For their part, the Local Police and the Civil Guard have opened an investigation to try to clarify the origin of the fire. In the plot are stored vehicles removed from public roads for violations of various types detected by police officers and the Armed Forces. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/cinco-vehiculos-calcinados-dos-afectados-incendio-deposito-torrox-20241212094235-nt.html

EUROPE

EU lets Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone:
– European Union ministers on Thursday agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year, the EU’s Hungarian presidency said. Bulgaria and Romania joined the Schengen area in March after years of negotiations, providing free access for travelers arriving in both countries by air or sea.
– However, land border checks remained in place due to opposition, chiefly from Austria, over concerns that the two countries were not doing enough to prevent migrants from entering without authorization.
– “Interior ministers have just adopted a decision to lift internal land border controls with and between Bulgaria and Romania,” the Hungarian presidency posted on X. “A great victory for Bulgaria, Romania, and all of Europe!” Land border checks will end from Jan. 1. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/eu-schengen…

ENERGY CRISIS

The price of electricity today smashes a new record in December- this is the cheapest time to put on the washing machine: {Translation, summary}
– The price of electricity Thursday, December 12, 2024, breaks a new monthly record after rising to 146 euros megawatt hour (MWh). Customers with contracts linked to the regulated tariff should review the most expensive and cheapest time slots to try to save on the monthly bill, which this December seems to keep rising. Although the cheapest time has already passed, we cannot lose sight of the most expensive to avoid it. Here is the price of electricity for today.
– The price of electricity on December 12, 2024 will cost 146 euros/MWh on average. The most expensive hour of the day has taken place from 08:00 to 09:00 hours (177 €/MWh) while the cheapest was at dawn, from 02.00 to 03:00 hours, with a price that exceeds 116 €/MWh.
– In both cases the times have passed, so now it will be necessary to be careful not to use the appliances that consume more like the washing machine at 19:00 to 21:00 hours, with prices above 170 euros.
– The cheapest time is for twelve o’clock at night and, if we do not want to stay up late or disturb the neighbors when putting the washing machine on, the time from 12:00 to 14:00 hours is around 137 euros.
From 00:00 to 01:00 hours: 136.5 €/MWh
From 01:00 to 02:00 hours: 120.77 €/MWh
From 02:00 to 03:00 hours: 116 €/MWh
From 03:00 to 04:00 hours: 113.23 €/MWh
From 04:00 to 05:00 hours: 112.6 €/MWh
From 05:00 to 06:00 hours: 120.92 €/MWh
From 06:00 to 07:00 hours: 137,51 €/MWh
From 07:00 to 08:00 hours: 162.12 €/MWh
From 08:00 to 09:00 hours: 177.38 €/MWh
From 09:00 to 10:00 hours: 167.63 €/MWh
From 10:00 to 11:00 hours: 153.85 €/MWh
From 11:00 to 12:00 hours: 140,01 €/MWh
From 12:00 to 13:00 hours: 137.97 €/MWh
From 13:00 to 14:00 hours: 139 €/MWh
From 14:00 to 15:00 hours: 142.91 €/MWh
From 15:00 to 16:00 hours: 148 €/MWh
From 16:00 to 17:00 hours: 163,03 €/MWh
From 17:00 to 18:00 hours: 162.42 €/MWh
From 18:00 to 19:00 hours: 167.84 €/MWh
From 19:00 to 20:00 hours: 172,06 €/MWh
From 20:00 to 21:00 hours: 174.25 €/MWh
From 21:00 to 22:00 hours: 169.4 €/MWh
From 22:00 to 23:00 hours: 150 €/MWh
From 23:00 to 24:00 hours: 134.75 €/MWh
– The price of electricity in December. Thursday’s price is the most expensive of the month of December, whose evolution is as follows:
Day 1: 126.52 euros
Day 2: 143.21 euros
Day 3: 140.43 euros
Day 4: 133.37 euros
Day 5: 135.26 euros
Day 6:117,59 euros
Day 7:36,67 euros
Day 8:22,19 euros
Day 9:67,19 euros
Day 10:134,22 Euro
Day 11:139,09 euros
Day 12:146,67 euros
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/lainformacion/economia-y-finanzas/precio-luz-12-diciembre-2024-sube-ahorrar-poner-lavadora-5663178/

HEALTH

Euthanasia requests grow by 33% in 2023 in Spain: {Translation, summary}
– Since the entry into force of the law regulating euthanasia in June 2021 until December 31, 2023, 1,515 requests for assistance in dying have been attended to: 173 during 2021, 576 in 2022 and 766 in 2023, which It represents an increase of 32.9% in the last year and up to 342% since its launch.
– These data emerge from the latest 2023 annual evaluation report on the provision of aid in dying in Spain released this Thursday by the Ministry of Health. It states that of the 766 applications received last year, 76% were accepted, with 334 services being provided.
– By autonomous community, the highest number of requests came from Catalonia (219, of which 94 were made), Madrid (89, 35 were made), the Canary Islands (62, 25 were made), the Basque Country (58, 47 were made) , Valencian Community (56, 26 were carried out), Andalusia (43, 24 were carried out), Galicia (41, 17 were carried out) and the Balearic Islands (37, were carried out 12).
– Regarding the profile of the applicant, it is a person between 70 and 79 years old (28%). Broken down by age, 7 belong to people under 30 years old, 19 people were between 30 and 39 years old, 57 people were between 40 and 49 years old, 106 between 50 and 59 years old, 181 people between 60 and 69 years old, 215 between 70 and 79 years old and 181 of them were over 80 years old.
– Regarding diseases, the majority were people with oncological disease (35%) or neurological disease (35%), and another 49 (6%) had severe organic multiple pathologies. In addition, there are another 24 (3%) registered as respiratory diseases, 13 (2%) as cardiological and 105 (14%) as other unspecified diseases. There is no data in 38 applications (5%).
– In relation to the time elapsed from the request to the provision of aid in dying, it has been 67 days on average with a median of 54.2 days. 25% of applicants died before their application was resolved. Regarding the place where the service was provided, 47% of the time it took place in the hospital, while 44% took place at the patient’s residence or home. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/sociedad/solicitudes-eutanasia-crecen-33-2023_0_2002974300.html

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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).

Carol Service: Please join us for our Christmas Carol Service on Friday 13 December 2024. We will start with carols in English and Spanish in the park opposite the church at 5pm (weather permitting) and the main carol service will start at 6pm in the church. Our address is El Puente Christian Fellowship, Calle Arbequin 8, Velez-Malaga 29700. You can contact us by email on elpuentechristianfellowship@gmail.com or telephone 665626342. All are welcome to either or both parts of the service. Mince pies and mulled wine will be served afterwards.

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PETS FOR ADOPTION

Vélez-Málaga Municipal Pet Adoption Service, FREE adoptions:
– The animals are at the Don Animal Kennel and Feline Residence, currently located in Arroyo Granadillas Finca “El Olivar”, in Rincón de la Victoria (29730, Málaga). The adoptions will be totally free, and the animals will be identified with microchip and with all their mandatory treatments.
– Contact Telephone: 952971663
– Schedule: Monday to Friday from 9:00 – 14:00 & 16:30 – 20:00 and Saturdays from 9:00 – 14:00
– Email: info@donanimal.com
– Adoption form: https://donanimal.com
– See photo gallery of available pets: https://velezmalaga.es/index.php?mod=medio_ambiente&tag=servicio-municipal-de-adopcion-de-animales-de-compania

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Mitch France live at Oscars Taberna, Sat, 14/12:
Mitch France will be playing live at Oscars Taberna in Canillas de Albaida this coming Saturday 14th December from 2.30pm. Covers by Snow Patrol, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Dubliners, Manu Chau, The Kinks, The Beatles, Gerry Rafferty (yes Baker Street) all played on electric and acoustic guitars, Irish tenor banjo, mandolin, harmonica, penny whistle and alto saxophone.
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Portovelis Market- Vélez-Málaga:
Saturdays 14 & 21 Dec. Hours: 5 – 10pm. Plaza de Las Carmelitas.
Stalls, crafts, art and Christmas activities for children.

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Christmas Concerts- Coraxalia multi-national choir are performing a series of Christmas concerts:
– Saturday 14 December 17:00 at Christmas street market in Algarrobo
– Thursday 19 December 16:00 Mass at San Miguel Church (near Parador) Nerja
– Monday 20 January 18:00, Algarrobo Church
We welcome new singers at any time. We rehearse on Thursdays, 17:30 – 20:00 in the Casa Hermandad de la Cofradia de los Estudiantes, Plaza de los Sastres, 1, CP 29700 Vélez-Málaga, near San Juan Church and the Language School. Parking nearby at the San Francisco market. For more information please contact 657951755 (English) or 653150058 (Spanish).

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Starlite Occident confirms 2025 concerts, including Santana and The Beach Boys:
– Diversity will once again be present in the Starlite Occident lineup with an extensive and eclectic cultural proposal for all musical tastes and generations with Kool & The Gang (Friday, June 27); Ana Belén (Thursday, July 31); Gente de Zona (Wednesday, July 2); Raphael (Saturday, July 5); Europe (Tuesday, July 8); Seal (Thursday, July 10); Jhayco (Friday, July 18); The Script (Saturday, July 19); and Scorpions (Monday, July 21).
– Also confirmed are Miguel Bosé (Wednesday, July 23 and Thursday, July 24); Will Smith (Saturday, July 26); The Beach Boys (Monday, July 28); Santana (Sunday, August 3); Amaral (Friday, August 8); Beret (Tuesday, August 12); Los Secretos (Thursday, August 14); Siempre Así (Tuesday, August 19); and Fangoria and Nancys Rubias (Saturday, August 23). Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga…

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ON SALE NOW- Alabama Gospel Choir: Sun, 12 Jan, 7pm
Casa Cultura, Puerta De Granada 19, 18690 Almuñécar
The Alabama Gospel Choir, made up of 20 passionate artists, offers us an intense journey from the spiritual songs of the 19th century to a tribute to protest songs and marches for freedom, where there is no shortage of well-known songs such as Oh Happy Day! The great voices of black music return to our country for the seventeenth time, this time with a renewed proposal seasoned with the rhythms of funk and blues. Info & tix (€39): https://bravoentradas.es/es/events/alabama-gospel-choir & Video Link

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Great Deals From Upcycling Nerja:
– Solid wood Cheval mirror with drawer Beige color Measurements 67 x 45 x 186cms Price 130€
– Castilian solid wood sideboard Natural wood ( waxed ) Olive green Measurements 110 x 36 x 81cms Price 160€
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For Sale, 3 items:
– IKEA/ DUKTIG play kitchen, 40€. Still in original packing
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– 2 Camp Beds Decathlon 25€ each. Comfortable, Very sturdy. 193 x 66 x 44h. Folded 95 x 14 x 14 cm
– Large Folding Table Decathlon €40. Open size 160 x 80 x 72. Folded 80 x 40 x 14.5 cm
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For Sale: Folding bed with extra top mattress.
Hardly used. €50.
Jan in Canillas de Aceituno. 633661957

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For Sale: Ideal Christmas present
Infinitron Inroller 2.0 Hoverboard with lights. Colour: Comic;
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Was €75 now €50. Sheila, Nerja WhatsApp 637208963
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SPAIN

PP accuses Interior Minister Marlaska of being “a bad copy of the Stasi” for “wanting to control” Spaniards with the registration of travelers, receives blatant lies in response: {Translation}
– The PP deputy Mirian Guardiola has accused the Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, of “wanting to control” the Spaniards with the new registration of travelers, which has assured that it does not benefit either citizens or the tourism sector.
– In the session of control to the Government of the plenary of the Congress of this Wednesday, the popular deputy has affirmed that the Executive is acting as a “police state” with this measure, which came into force last December 2, and has emphasized that they are asking for “more than 40 personal data”.
– For his part, Marlaska has defended the need for the regulation, aimed at “fighting terrorism and organized crime”, and, therefore, “it will benefit us all”. The measure “does not affect the privacy and intimacy of any citizen”, stressed the minister before branding as “falsehoods” the accusations made by the PP. {Here they are again, claiming you can trust the gov’t to secure your most sensitive private data. Absolute hogwash! Any info entered into that traveller registry should be considered public knowledge.-Ed.}
– According to the data presented by the Minister of the Interior, some 18,000 people who had been flagged have been identified since the launching of the new registry, whose objective is to “attack criminal actions and guarantee security”.
– However, in the opinion of the PP deputy, the regulation violates the European regulation of data protection and the Spanish Constitution itself, and has asserted that “no country of the European Union” asks for such data.
– “You are the worst minister in history. You came as a magistrate and have ended up being a bad copy of the Stasi”, Guardiola said.
– Contrary to the PP claims {and contrary to the facts, anyone can go see there are more than 13 data requirements on the official register website, in previous articles I’ve posted 43 were listed}, Marlaska concluded by denying that more than thirteen personal data will be requested, and recalled that “more than two years” have been left to the tourism sector to adapt to the new requirements. {This minister is either knowingly lying, or has not even bothered to look at the register forms. Is he incompetent, or a tool of the globalists? -Ed.} Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5662753/0/pp-acusa-marlaska-querer-controlar-espanoles-registro-viajeros/

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The Supreme Court forces ‘mobile homes’ to have an urban planning license: {Translation}
– The Supreme Court has established that the ‘mobile homes’ or mobile homes need an urban planning license because they are similar to a prefabricated house and not a trailer.
– The Contentious-Administrative Chamber has dismissed the appeal of Agrocamping S.L. against the judgment of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia that confirmed a decree of the City Council of Tarragona which denied the legalization of the placement of ‘mobile homes’ in the campsite run by the company.
– The company considered them akin to trailers or motor homes, but for the court it is not a correct relation because the design is incompatible with its use as a towable vehicle, so that “its relation should be done with the prefabricated house and not with the trailer”.
– The Chamber says that the requirement of a urban planning license is justified in an imperative reason of general interest such as the protection of the environment and the urban environment. Thus, it will be the town planning regulations applicable in each case that legitimize the installation of mobile homes in a campsite, “without the installation being covered by the activity license that may have been obtained previously since this license, as the Tarragona City Council rightly points out, does not have the function of carrying out town planning control of land use, but to ensure that the activity is carried out without causing a nuisance”.
– On the other hand, the Supreme Court points out that the company’s intention was to transform its camping business into a ‘resort’ type facility, providing the plots with water, electricity and drainage services in order to place ‘mobile homes’ and ‘bungalows’ on them. The sentence answers that resort means hotel complex, so that the intended transformation with the placement of the ‘mobile homes’ on existing land in undeveloped land involves a land use that requires planning permission.
– {Well, now I have my answer regarding turning a campground into a mini-home retirement community. Each unit needs it’s own permit, or the whole site must be considered a resort/hotel; evidently you can’t create a community of individuals with shared resources, unless you can drive or tow away the living units. -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5662983/0/tribunal-supremo-dicta-que-las-mobile-homes-precisan-tener-licencia-urbanistica/

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The court rejects the Prosecutor’s appeal and maintains the summons of Sánchez’s brother and the leader of the Extremadura PSOE: {Translation, summary}
– The Court of Instruction number 3 of Badajoz has issued an order by which it rejects the appeal filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office requesting to block the summons of the accused brother of Pedro Sánchez, David Sánchez {pic}, and the president of the Provincial Council of Badajoz, Miguel Gallardo. They are under investigation for several crimes of corruption related to the obtaining and exercise of the position of senior manager of David Azagra in the provincial institution of Badajoz.
– In the order the court notes that each and every one of the resolutions issued on the case have been legitimate and necessary in determining “in detail” the facts investigated and the “alleged participation of those investigated in the same”. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-juzgado-badajoz-desestima-recurso-fiscalia-mantiene-citacion-hermano-sanchez-lider-psoe-extremeno-20241211160301.html

ANDALUCÍA

State of the reservoirs in Malaga & Andalucia on Wednesday, December 11, 2024:
http://www.redhidrosurmedioambiente.es/saih/parte/diario/embalses

COSTA DEL SOL

Costa del Sol coastline under yellow warning for heavy rain thru Thursday:
– For Thursday, the {heavy rain} warning is concentrated on the Costa del Sol and Malaga City, again, with the possibility of accumulated rainfall of 15mm in a short period of time. This alert will remain active until 6pm on Thursday.
– “{It is projected that…} in one particular area, just three kilometres in a straight line from the coast to the weather front, there is expected rainfall of between 60 and 70mm. Therefore, if it were to hit land at some point, which could happen, it would most likely be in the area around Fuengirola, due to the orography,” explained José Luis Escudero, an expert in Malaga meteorology. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/parts-costa-sol-coastline-under-yellow-warning-20241211140909-nt.html

MALAGA PROVINCE

A roving gang specialized in home burglaries in Malaga and Algeciras, which had one of its bases in Algarrobo, is captured: {Translation}
– The National Police has dismantled an itinerant criminal group of Croatian origin specialized in burglaries, thanks to a joint operation between the police stations of Malaga and Algeciras. The investigation, which began after a robbery in the town of Cádiz on July 25, led to the arrest of six people, the search of two homes and the recovery of a large amount of stolen property, including jewelry, money in different currencies, safes and specialized tools for breaking and entering locks.
– The case began with a burglary at a home in Algeciras, which led to the identification of four people involved and the vehicle used in the crime. After a tracking device, the agents located the house rented by the suspects and proceeded to arrest them. Once authorized the entry and search by the Court of Instruction No. 2 of Algeciras, were found in the house jewelry, luxury handbags, cash and tools linked to at least four robberies in recent weeks.
– Expansion of the investigation to Malaga. At the same time, the National Police in Malaga identified other members of the criminal group operating in their area. After a surveillance device, two people were arrested ‘in fraganti’ carrying a complete kit for the technique of ‘impressioning’ – which allows one to open locks without leaving a trace – as well as tools for the technique of ‘slipping’.
– A second search, authorized by the Examining Magistrate’s Court on duty in Malaga, was carried out in a rented house in the town of Algarrobo. More jewelry, money and illicit effects were recovered.
– A professional and organized criminal group. The investigations have confirmed that the detainees operated as an itinerant group, divided into small cells of 2 or 3 people, mostly women, who acted strategically. These cells selected uninhabited homes during the day, focusing their interest on jewelry, cash, clothing and cosmetics. The group also used false documents, a logistical network for transportation and lodging, and resources for the surveillance and handling of the stolen goods, which is evidence of their high degree of organization and experience.
– The six detainees, involved in at least eight robberies in Algeciras and Malaga, were taken to court. The Duty Court ordered them to be remanded in custody. The National Police does not rule out the link of the group with other robberies in the region and keeps open investigations. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/cae-un-grupo-itinerante-especializado-en-robos-con-fuerza-en-viviendas-de-malaga-y-algeciras-que-tenia-una-de-sus-bases-en-algarrobo/

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Blanket of snow covers Malaga province’s highest mountain: {Summary}
– Spain’s state weather agency forecast for Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December predicted snow on the highest peaks of Malaga province and the Aemet prediction has been fulfilled.
– From Vélez-Málaga and the Axarquía coastal towns of Nerja and Torre del Mar, the peak of La Maroma (2,069 metres above sea level) and other high spots in the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama mountain range can be seen with a thin white layer of snow. It is not the first time it has snowed in the Axarquía this autumn; it also did so on 27 October during the first of the two spells of heavy rain that have affected Malaga province this season.
– Aemet has set the snow level for today at around 1,300 to 1,400 metres above sea level, mainly in mountain ranges near the coast in the eastern part of the province. By tomorrow it will rise to 1,500-1,600 metres and could also extend to Los Montes de Málaga, El Torcal and Sierra Bermeja.
– There are still ten days to go before the astronomical arrival of winter, although the meteorological winter began on 1 December. Temperatures are currently below normal but are forecast to rise again from Saturday 14 December. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/blanket-snow-covers-malaga-provinces-highest-mountain-20241211131147-nt.html

TORROX

Torrox-Competa road reopens almost a month after ‘Dana’ storm and flooding hit province:
– Almost a month after the Dana which hit Malaga province on 13 November causing widespread flooding in the Axarquía area, the A-7207 regional road, which connects the towns of Torrox and Competa, was reopened to traffic on Tuesday 10 December.
– Residents living in rural areas of Torrox and Cómpeta have had had to follow a diversion through Algarrobo to get to the coast since 13 November and pupils at the Jorge Guillén secondary school in Torrox have also had to travel further to get to classes. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/malaga-road-reopens-almost-month-after-dana-20241211123638-nt.html

NERJA

Nerja moves to develop on agricultural land:
– The Junta de Andalucía has given the go-ahead to an environmental study which is necessary for the Nerja town hall to then green light to develop almost 169,000 square metres of land near the eastern exit of the A-7 motorway for industrial and commercial use. The land in question, located to the south of the current Castillo Alto industrial estate, is currently recognised as agricultural land of special protection in the current general urban plan (PGOU).
– According to the Junta’s report, of the 168,763 square metres of land, 63,646 metres are to be reserved for productive uses, 16,330 metres for a large commercial retail area, 9,290 metres for public facilities, 22,784 metres for public open areas, which brings the area earmarked for public facilities to 32,074 square metres, and 56,713 square metres for roads.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/eastern-costa-sol-town-gets-environmental-ahead-20241206153428-nt.html

VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA

Installation of a telephone antenna in Velez-Malaga stopped after complaints from neighbors: {Translation, summary}
– A new neighborhood mobilization in Velez-Malaga to block the work underway to install a cell phone antenna. If last June the residents of Almayate managed to paralyze the actions, this time it is the residents of the neighborhood of Pilar who are mobilizing to try to stop the placement of a pole near their homes, in a ship of paintings, in works that began last Friday.
– The mayor of Velez, Jesús Lupiáñez (PP), has assured through his social networks that he learned “last night of the problem generated by the possible placement of a telephone antenna in the Barrio del Pilar and after the visit and report of the Local Police, I am collecting information in the various departments of the City Council for the purpose of analyzing, with the regulations in force, the legal situation of such action.”
– For their part, residents have begun a collection of signatures and have created a WhatsApp group, in which they are monitoring the situation. “We have gathered neighbors to try to stop the installation because it is harmful to the health of the whole area around, it produces cancers, among other health problems,” said Almudena Moreno, one of the affected neighbors. For Moreno “it is very important that we do not allow this turret to be installed here, or nearby, in the surrounding area. Probably on Thursday morning we will gather in La Loma all the neighbors to protest,” he said. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/vecinos-movilizan-instalacion-antena-telefonia-velezmalaga-20241211135652-nt.html

ALMERIA

Snow arrives in Almería- a white blanket covers Calar Alto and chains are needed on some roads: {Translation, summary}
– The change of weather has arrived in the province of Almeria. In one week there has been a drop in temperatures that in some points reaches ten degrees. This episode of cold prior to winter is being felt in the mountain areas, in some of them have come the first snow of this December.
– In the Astronomical Observatory of Calar Alto in Gérgal this Wednesday have woken up with a light white blanket. A snow that is still present during this afternoon as witnessed by the images of the outdoor cameras of this scientific center located at 2,168 meters high in the Sierra de Los Filabres. Here the temperature at 16.00 hours is -3 degrees Celsius.
– According to the data collected by the Southeast Meteorological Network, in the stations of Calar Alto, María, Vélez-Blanco, María, Laujar de Andarax and Bacares, temperatures below zero degrees Celsius have been recorded. Only in the coastal area during this Wednesday have the minimums been above ten degrees. This is the case of Almeria capital, El Ejido, Carboneras, Nijar, Roquetas de Mar and Vera.
– The Diputación de Almería have alerted through their social networks about the state of the provincial road network. At 16.30 hours, two roads require chains. These are the Al-5405 in Escúllar and the AL-4404 in Calar Alto. “The brigade of the Provincial Roads is active in case of any incident. Please take extreme caution and follow the recommendations for road travel,” they reported.
– According to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) for Wednesday the snow level is around 1,200-1,400 meters in the province of Almeria. The forecast for Thursday is little change in temperatures, again frost will be recorded in inland areas and no precipitation is expected. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/almeria/nieve-llega-almeria-manto-blanco-cubre-calar-20241211170207-nts.html

EUROPE

Russia says Ukraine fired US-supplied ATACMS missiles at airfield, vows revenge:
– Russia’s Defence Ministry said that Ukraine had attacked a military airfield in the southern Russian city of Taganrog on Wednesday morning with six U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles {new, long range missiles that require satellite support directly from NATO members to function, a Putin “red line”} and promised retaliation. The ministry said in a statement that all six missiles had been shot down or intercepted, but that falling missile debris had caused injuries among some personnel.
– “There was no damage, two buildings on the technical territory of the airfield and three military vehicles, as well as civilian cars in the parking lot adjacent to the airfield were slightly damaged (by shrapnel),” the ministry said. “This attack by Western long-range weapons will not go unanswered and appropriate measures will be taken,” it said.
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-ukraine-fired-us-supplied-atacms-missiles-airfield-vows-revenge-2024-12-11/

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Germany on path for early election after Scholz requests confidence vote:
– German Chancellor Olaf Scholz {pic} sent a request to parliament on Wednesday to hold a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, setting a path to an early federal election next year after the collapse of his coalition.
– Policymaking in Europe’s biggest economy has largely ground to a halt since Scholz’s fractious coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) imploded last month, leaving him heading a minority government.
– If, as expected, Scholz loses the confidence vote, he must then ask the president to dissolve parliament, which would trigger fresh elections. Scholz has agreed with the opposition to hold the election on Feb. 23. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-scholz-requests-confidence-vote-path-election-2024-12-11/

UK

Nigel Farage Leads Betting Odds to Become Next British Prime Minister:
– Reform UK leader Nigel Farage {pic} is now the odds on favourite to become the next British prime minister, a leading bookmaker has found. For the first time since it began tracking such odds, the Ladbrokes betting agency revealed Tuesday that Nigel Farage “now heads the betting to become next prime minister.”
– According to the bookmaker, Mr Farage is now favoured in the race with 5/2 odds, equating to a 28.6 per cent chance of becoming the next inhabitant of Number 10 Downing Street.
– In comparison, the recently-installed leader of the so-called Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch currently stands at 3/1 odds, or a 25 per cent chance of becoming the next PM.
– Trailing significantly in third position is incumbent Deputy PM Angela Rayner at 6/1 odds (14.3 per cent) and languishing in a distant fourth place is Health Secretary Wes Streeting with 10/1 odds (9.1 per cent).
– In addition to his increasing odds to become the next prime minister, Farage’s party is also now the odds on favourite to win the most seats in parliament at the next general election. “They’re now into 9/4, having opened at 16/1,” Ladbrokes said. Full article: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/11/nigel-farage-leads-betting-odds-to-become-next-british-prime-minister/

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Tractors block central London streets as farmers protest at tax change:
– Hundreds of tractors blocked streets in central London on Wednesday, the latest protest by farmers against the government after it ended an exemption from inheritance tax for agricultural families. The measure, dubbed the “tractor tax” by critics, was introduced by the government to boost funds to pay for strained public services, but farmers say it will destroy family farms and reduce food production.
– Farmers lined their tractors up close to the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, hoping to convince the government to change course, or face escalating protests. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/tractors-block-central-london-streets-farmers-protest-tax-change-2024-12-11/

CANCEL CULTURE

UnCancelled- Judge Blocks Sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion:
– The auction sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet was rejected late Tuesday night by a judge who criticized the bidding process as flawed while questioning the amount of money families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting stood to receive. After a two-day hearing, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez of Houston ruled an auction for Infowars did not result in the best bids possible.
– The decision not to approve the sale means Jones {pic} can stay at his Infowars headquarters in Austin, Texas. The Onion had planned to kick Jones out and relaunch Infowars in January as a parody. The Onion offered $1.75 million in cash and other incentives for Infowars’ assets in the auction. First United American Companies, which runs a website in Jones’ name that sells nutritional supplements, bid $3.5 million.
– Jones, who did not attend the proceedings, quickly went back on the air to applaud the judge’s decision. “We can celebrate the judge doing the right thing with the most ridiculous, fraudulent auction known in human history,” he said. Full article: https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2024/12/11/no-deal-judge-blocks-sale-of-alex-jones-infowars-to-the-onion/

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Junta puts more than 3,000 teaching jobs up for grabs in Andalucía:
– The Junta de Andalucía is posting the public teaching jobs for this educational year consisting of 3,223 vacancies in 48 different specialities. The majority of these posts, a total of 2,164, are for secondary education teachers, while 1,000 are for primary education (junior and infant), 18 are specifically for professorships in music and the performing arts and 41 for academic posts in the same discipline.
– Of the total number of places offered, a quota of no less than 10% will be reserved for people with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%, according to the Junta.
– This decree continues to complete the supply of the approximately 14,000 teaching posts that will be offered between 2025 and 2026, according to the Junta’s regional ministry for educational development and vocational training.
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SPAIN

Tobacco prices rise again, these are the brands that change: {Translation}
– The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published the new tobacco prices in Spain, effective since Saturday, December 7 after the BOE published the December 5 Resolution of the Presidency of the Commissioner for the Tobacco Market, according to with the provisions of Law 13/1998.
– A pack of Marlboro Red is now €6. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/economia/mibolsillo/tabaco-sube-precio-marcas-cambian-20241209183110-nt.html

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The retirement age is raised again- from 2025 it is no longer enough to be 66 years old: {Translation, summary}
– Spaniards who want to retire as of January 1, 2025 with 100% of the pension will have to have at least 66 years and eight months completed, by virtue of the 2013 pension reform, which progressively raised the retirement age from 65 to 67 years over a total horizon of 15 years.
– These 66 years and eight months will be the age required for those who accredit less than 38 years and three months of contributions (in 2024, 66 years and six months are required to retire with less than 38 years of contributions).
– If the 38 years and three months of contributions are exceeded, workers who want to retire from January 1, 2025 with 100% of the pension will have to be 65 years old.
– What did not change with the 2013 reform is the minimum contribution requirement to be eligible for the contributory retirement pension, which remains at least 15 years, two of which must be included in the 15 years prior to retirement. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1838099/vuelve-a-subir-la-edad-de-jubilacion-a-partir-de-2025-ya-no-basta-con-tener-66-anos/

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Spanish adults, at the bottom of the OECD in reading comprehension and mathematics and problem-solving skills, only 30% of adults surpass basic knowledge in mathematics and reading: {Translation, summary}
– Spain is one of the eleven countries that have scored “systematically below” the OECD average in reading comprehension, mathematics and problem solving, according to the second edition of the report of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) conducted by the OECD in 31 countries with 160,000 people aged 16 to 65 years. The so-called ‘PISA report for adults’ places Spain in the lowest levels of the table, with 247 points in reading (while the OECD average is 260 points), 250 in mathematics (compared to 263 in the OECD) and 241 in problem solving (compared to 251 in the OECD).
– The first edition of this report was carried out a decade ago and then Spain was also at the bottom of the 27 participating countries. “Over the last decade, the level of reading comprehension has only improved in Denmark and Finland, and has remained stable or declined in all other participating countries and economies. The results in mathematics are more positive: eight countries improved their scores, led by Finland and Singapore,” concludes the report, published Tuesday. Sources, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5662366/0/los-adultos-espanoles-siguen-cola-ocde-comprension-lectora-matematicas-resolucion-problemas/ &
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MALAGA PROVINCE

The rains will return to Malaga this Wednesday and Thursday: {Translation, summary}
– The rains will return to Malaga tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday, especially, although it is not ruled out that they will arrive until Friday. So far, the good news. The bad news is that the heaviest rainfall is expected in the sea and, at most, on the coastal strip, so it will barely be noticeable in the reserves. It is even possible that there will be snowfall above 1,200 meters, in points such as Tejada and El Torcal, but the bulk will stay mainly on the coast and in the sea.
– This is the prediction made by the Aemet Meteorological Center, although it is a complex situation to model and we will have to be alert to possible changes. Its director, Jesús Riesco, explains that the first showers will be seen starting tomorrow, Wednesday, and will enter through the eastern part (Axarquía). In meteorology, this phenomenon is known as an Isolated Low or Isolated Cold Storm (BFA) and, therefore, it will not be a DANA, like the two previous episodes.
– What is taken for granted is that temperatures will remain below normal at least until Friday, although heading into the weekend they will rise to normal values for this time of December, after a slight rise on Saturday. For now, daytime temperatures will be around 15-16 degrees in the capital and the coast, and 11-12 in the interior. While the weekend will increase to 18-19 degrees maximum on the coast (9 degrees minimum); and 14-4 in Antequera.
– Reports say there have been significant frosts in many parts of the interior, with temperatures below zero in the Vega de Antequera, the Serranía de Ronda and the Alta Axarquía. In the capital, the airport thermometer has set the minimum so far this winter, with 5.8 degrees; and 2.1 in Antequera. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/malaga/lluvias-volveran-malaga-miercoles-jueves-diciembre-20241210105811-nt.html

CÓMPETA

Music, sports and solidarity activities star in Cómpeta’s Christmas: {Translation, summary}
– “This past weekend we had the Christmas market with a great success of public and the Meeting of Choirs. On Friday 13, the competeños and competeñas go to Malaga to see the Christmas lights,” Councilor for Tourism Ruiz began.
– This Saturday, December 14 at 20.00 there will be an evening of Christmas music with the Choir of Competa in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption. “It is a very beautiful church with great acoustics where we will enjoy the carols of the choir in English and Spanish,” said the Councillor for Tourism.
– On Sunday 15 will be the XXX edition of the Carrera La Clásica del Pavo that brings together more than 300 athletes every year and will have a charity lunch for those affected by the DANA. In the afternoon, from 18:00 hours, you can enjoy the Zambombá Flamenca Azúcar y Canela “with more than thirty members and a snack in the Plaza de la Almijara. ”
– On Monday, December 23 Santa Claus and his elves will arrive at the Christmas Village installed in the Almijara Square.
– On Saturday December 28 will be the charity soccer match ‘No child without a toy’ in the Mullor Bernabeu stadium. The appointment is at 16:30 hours. At 20:00 pm will be the Christmas Concert of the Municipal Band of Competa in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption.
– On Sunday, December 29 will be held the San Silvestre Race that will end with a solidarity paella to raise funds for those affected by the DANA.
– On Monday, December 30, the Royal Mailman will visit Competa to collect letters from children. It will be from 11:00 am in the morning in the Almijara square.
– On Friday, January 3, the smallest of the municipality will be able to enjoy the storytellers and Christmas storytellers in the auditorium. There will also be a session for adults and teenagers at 12:00 am, an hour after the children “so that everyone can enjoy the magic of Christmas”. This activity will take place in the Plenary Hall of the Town Hall of Competa.
– As is traditional, on Sunday January 5 there will be a parade of the Three Kings and distribution of gifts in the Almijara Square; and on Monday January 6 there will be free games and attractions for the little ones. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-musica-el-deporte-y-las-actividades-solidarias-protagonizan-la-navidad-de-competa/ ; Sorry for the poor quality poster, it’s the best I found. See the daily schedule of events here: https://turismocompeta.com/es/agenda/eventospormes/2024/12/-

TORRE DEL MAR

Torre del Mar presents its Christmas concerts with an extensive program for all audiences: {Translation, summary}
– Among the most outstanding events, on Saturday December 14 will be held the concert ‘Gasolinera Stars’ in the marquee of the Paseo Marítimo. The day will start with music from 5 pm and, from 8 pm, the main concert will begin, which will feature performances by Taino (Chunguitos), Junco, Los Calis, Sombra y Luz, and the special participation of Los Moles, in an unforgettable night full of rhythm and emotion.
– On December 15, at 5 p.m. in the Paseo Marítimo marquee, the little ones will be able to enjoy the musical children’s show inspired by the movie Grease, a family activity full of music, color and fun that will delight children.
– On December 21, at 8 pm, the Paseo de Larios will be the scene of the concert of the singer Maria Isabel, who will delight the audience with her talent and her greatest hits, in a magical outdoor environment that will make this performance a very special moment of Christmas in Torre del Mar.
– On December 22, the Paseo de Larios will be the protagonist of an intense day of activities. From 8 am until 3 pm, a Christmas Market will be held, where neighbors and visitors can enjoy a unique atmosphere while discovering handmade products, gifts and gastronomic specialties typical of the season.
– That same day, at 5 pm, the Paseo de Larios will host a show of choirs and dances and dance groups, which will fill with tradition, art and joy the heart of Torre del Mar, showing local talent and Christmas spirit through these performances.
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/torre-del-mar-presenta-sus-conciertos-de-navidad-con-un-programa-amplio-para-todos-los-publicos/

LA HERRADURA

Arrested after committing six robberies in two weeks in homes in La Herradura: {Translation, summary}
– The Civil Guard has arrested a young man of 22 years with no known address, as the alleged perpetrator of six crimes of burglary perpetrated between 11 and 25 November in six homes in the municipality of Almuñécar. The detainee was caught red-handed by an agent of Almuñécar when he had just robbed an apartment in La Herradura, after doing the same in another house in a nearby urbanization.
– The Civil Guard, however, continues to investigate because it suspects that the young man arrested is allegedly responsible for four other robberies of homes in Almuñécar. The investigators have also charged this young man for an alleged crime of breaking and entering committed on November 21 and for violating a restraining order issued by the Court of First Instance and Instruction number one of Almuñécar. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/detenido-seis-robos-dos-semanas-viviendas-la-herradura/

HEALTH

A woman from Seville claims 330,000 euros from the SAS for a diagnosis of “flu” when she had a heart “infection”: {Translation}
– A woman has taken legal action to claim 330,000 euros from the Andalusian Health Service (SAS), to which she attributes an alleged “diagnostic error” in that she was allegedly blamed for a “flu-like condition” when in fact she was suffering from a bacterial infection that ended up affecting her heart and led to a “highly complex” surgical intervention, according to her lawsuit.
– As explained in a statement by lawyer José Antonio Sires, the patient, aged 31, went on April 23, 2024 to the emergency services of the Macarena Hospital in Seville capital due to the high fever she was suffering, being diagnosed with a “flu-like condition” after “an initial physical examination and basic procedures, without including any other complementary diagnostic test that could determine the existence of any complementary pathology and completely ignoring the factors provided in the clinical history” of the woman.
– More than 3 months later, on July 31, 2024, according to Sires, “a call was made to the patient to request her immediate and urgent admission, informing her that she was suffering from an enterococcus faecalis infection”.
– Due to the slowness in the diagnosis, this bacterium has lodged in the heart, which has produced a pathology of mitral and aortic endocarditis with periannular complications, with moderate-severe mitral insufficiency and severe aortic insufficiency”, for which an ‘intervention of great complexity’ was necessary, endangering the integrity and life of the patient, and therefore had to be admitted to the ICU until the end of September, having spent much of her recovery in the Critical Care section, due to the delicacy of her situation,” it indicates.
– After said intervention and admission to the ICU, it was the woman’s own family, according to the lawyer, who detected that the patient had “become paralyzed on the right side of her body, after several hours, without any physician having previously detected the symptoms, as a result of no physician being present in the care and surveillance tasks” of the woman, according to the woman’s claim.
– This paralysis, according to the lawyer, “came from a stroke suffered during her stay in the ICU, due to an acute obstruction of the left middle cerebral artery, an added complication, which has further aggravated her condition, requiring another new intervention, consisting of a neurovascular intervention”. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/sevilla…

TECH

Another Huge Database Cyberattack On Highly Sensitive Personal Data- 2 Billion Files Of Spanish Data Exposed: {Translation, summary}
– A “massive” cyber-attack against the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC), on an undetermined date and whose details have been known on Monday, involved a leak of 2,000 million records of “sensitive” personal data belonging to owners of Spanish mobile phone accounts that the state agency maintains. The computer attack on the CNMC files took place through illicit hacker access to CNMC security services, and it has not released details at this time regarding what level of personal data it reached.
– It is the hosting company, providing supposedly secure data storage services to governments & businesses via the “cloud” and networks, that has been abused to perpetrate the cyberattack on CMNC. In this case it was the data storage facilities of Private Layer INC, based in the Swiss canton of Ticino, where the attack occurred.
– Specifically, the exfiltration has affected a total of 240 gigabytes of data of subscribers to telephone lines in Spain.
– {This is exactly what I have been warning about. Gov’t agencies claim the data they collect on you is secure, but then they go store it with a company that submitted the lowest bid to provide the service, often from another country, where the gov’t agency cannot consistently monitor the security or vet the employees. The truth is these agencies have no idea if your data is secure when stored outside their direct control. And they know it- their data security claims are baseless, yet they lie to us. Yet most people seem willing to trade privacy for convenience, they silently go along to get along, taking one more giant step towards the Digital ID and a cashless serf society. -Ed.} Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/economia/ciberataque-cnmc-dejo-descubierto-2000-millones-datos-20241209162951-ntrc.html

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CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: The Greek House –Greek Casita Restaurant & Bar – Torrox Costa: Will reopen 1/1/25. See you next year! Happy Holidays!
Located on the sea promenade, between the Safari bar and Picadero restaurants, BLQ 80 bajo.

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Southern Blues Concert- The Gangberries: Fri, 13 Dec, 8pm
Villa De Nerja Cultural Center.
C/ Granada, 45, 29780 Nerja
This is a southern blues band founded in 2012. Its members have played with Lito Blues Band, Richard Ray Farrell Band, Mama Kin, or Tabletom, among others. Their repertoire is made up of classic blues and rock’n’roll songs by great artists such as Johnny Winter, BB King, Muddy Waters, & the Allman Bothers. A magnificent evening of rock and blues.
Info & tix (€12): https://mientrada.janto.es/es/espectaculo/the-gangberries/NERJAGANGBERRIES/venue=CCNERJA
Tickets also available at the Cultural Center box office from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and two hours before performance.

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Christmas Market in Sayalonga and Concert: Sun, 15 Dec
Join us for a festive Christmas Market at Casa Rural Arrijana Padre Sol Retreats and Events. From 12pm-4pm, browse stands selling handmade crafts and gifts, enjoy live music from 12:30pm-3pm, and indulge in delicious food and drinks from our open bar. Plus, don’t miss our live concert in our studio at 5:30pm, featuring a soulful performance on violin/cello and piano.

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Malaga Cheese Market in Coín: Sunday, December 15
At the Agrifood Market of Guadalhorce, located at the entrance of Coín.
Lovers of artisan cheeses made in Malaga, mainly goat, but also sheep, have a good option to buy them directly from producers.

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Concerts in Malaga from December 10 to 15:
– December 11,12,13 – Miguel Poveda at Cervantes Theater: tickets from 20,48 euros. {pic}
– December 13th – Mr. Proper at Sala París 15: free by invitation only, contact venue for invitation
– December 13th – María Escarmiento at Sala Trinchera: tickets from 16 euros
– December 14th – Gordo Master at Sala París 15: tickets from 16,50 euros
– December 14th – Nätural: Juanma Ramírez & Friends at Sala París 15: tickets from 16,50 euros
– December 14th – Standstill at Sala Trinchera: tickets from 22 euros
– December 14th – De tal palo at Teatro Cervantes: tickets from 24,58 euros
– December 15th – Andrés Koi at Sala Trinchera: tickets from 25 euros
Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/la-farola/diciembre-conciertos-malaga-miguel-poveda_0_2002945951.html

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For Sale: Ideal Christmas present. In-Line Skates. Patines 4 Ruedas
From Decathlon. Cost €70+. Size- EU 40 / UK 6.5 / US 9
Includes flashing front wheels, (€10). Originals included.
Price to include Carry Bag, (€10). Wrist, elbow and knee pads (€23), see photos. Total value €110+. Sell for €50 ONO
Used only a few times, One or two small scuff marks, otherwise perfect condition.
Reason for Sale – 11 yr old owner GREW very rapidly
Can meet locally – Nerja, or travel reasonable distance
pmacleod50 at hotmail dot com
Peter, Nerja. 678059288 inc. Whatsapp

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For Sale: Child’s bike with helmet. Excellent condition. Only used a few times. Size 80 cm high to saddle. Wheel size including tyre 46cm. Approx up to 8yrs old. €30. Buyer collects. Sarah, Nerja. what’s ap 00447968250186
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Glazed tiles. 7 boxes each containing 22 tiles, 0.5Sq m
5 White, 2 Sky blue. Tile size 300 x 75 x 7.4mm (12”x3”nominal). Original cost €19 (bought from DOGAR Construction Torre del Mar). Selling for €12 a box.
– 2000kg (2 ton) Halfords trolley jack with pair of axle stands, unused in box €50
– Bike. McQuinn with aluminum frame, 12 shimano gears, 26” wheels, front suspension, hardly used, as new. €50
Courtney 952550268 Caleta de Velez (near Aldi supermarket)
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News Note: Not much local news during the “puente/bridge” long weekend. Syria has fallen to the rebels, deposed President Assad {pic} has been evacuated to Russia- both Turkey and Israel look to gain territory in the chaos of the collapse. Romanian courts throw out the recent presidential election results because a right leaning, anti-EU candidate won, claiming Russian interference.

AXARQUÍA

The Board softens the measures to restrict water consumption in Malaga and Axarquía: {Translation, summary}
– The Drought Management Commission of the hydrographic demarcation of the Andalusian Mediterranean Basins, which was held this Thursday, has agreed to relax the saving measures in some systems in the province of Malaga, as a result of the two almost consecutive episodes of torrential rains, which have produced significant changes in the stored volumes. Thus, it has set the maximum consumption of 200 liters per inhabitant per day in the Axarquia and Malaga capital and 225 in the Western Costa del Sol.
– In the coming months, the detailed monitoring of the evolution of resources and demands will continue, as well as the analysis of the application of the measures adopted to find out whether it is necessary to implement new actions. Those agreed at today’s meeting may be reviewed at the beginning of next year 2025 depending on the hydrological situation. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1835296/la-junta-suaviza-las-medidas-de-restriccion-del-consumo-de-agua-en-malaga-y-la-axarquia/

EUROPE

Netherlands Begins Internal Border Controls With Belgium & Germany:
– Starting December 9, 2024, the Netherlands begins internal land border controls with its two Schengen neighbouring countries, Belgium and Germany. The border controls of the Netherlands with Belgium and Germany will remain in place for a period of six months. However, during this period, those crossing the border will not see much change as there will only be standard checks of random cars.
– Back in November, when the decision to impose internal border checks was made, the Dutch Migration Minister, Marjolein Faber, said that this measure is aimed at tackling irregular migration. The Minister further noted that through the introduction of border controls, the Netherlands also wants to prevent people smuggling in a “concrete way”.
– The Netherlands has more than 800 border crossings with Belgium and Germany. Since the number is very large, it is impossible for the Dutch authorities to deploy additional officers at each of these crossings. The trade union for the Marechaussee, Marvel, said that they have managed to allocate another 50 officers to border crossings. This means that most of the border crossings between the Netherlands and its two Schengen neighbouring countries will remain unmanned despite the implementation of checks.
– As NL Times explains, the Marechaussee will continue its practice of checking passengers on cars at random from mobile checkpoints. Full article: https://schengen.news/netherlands-begins-internal-border-controls-with-belgium-germany-today/

CULTURE

A very unique, all night event! Fiesta de los Rondeles- Casarabonela: Wed night ’till Thursday dawn, 11-12 Dec. {Translation}
– The antiquity of this celebration goes back three centuries. The origins of this celebration come from the Rondeles which are the old esparto grass mats that were used in the presses of the oil mills to grind the olives. Once the harvest was finished, these millers took the Virgin of the Rondeles in procession, having a peculiar way of accompanying the Image, since once the harvest was finished they burned the Rondeles and with this they made torches to illuminate the Virgin in her procession.
– On the night of December 12 there is a special date with the customs of the Sierra de las Nieves region and, more specifically, with the town of Casarabonela, which celebrates its traditional and atypical Fiesta de los Rondeles. Traditional, because it has been celebrated since the 18th century, a century in which several millers of the town decided to thank the Divina Pastora for the good olive harvest. Atypical, because in this religious celebration an element of clear pagan origin is appreciated, the fire. Those who accompany the Patron Saint of the town on her journey carry lit oil lamps. These flames illuminate the Divina Pastora from the exit of her hermitage to the church square, in a night tour in which the fire of the rondels carried by the millers, and that of the candles that some neighbors place on their facades, become the only illumination of the town during the celebration.
– The procession runs through some of the narrowest and steepest streets, reminiscent of the Andalusian past of this village in the Sierra de las Nieves. As a Christmas prelude, the route is accompanied by Christmas carols played by members of one of the town’s pastoral groups. The procession will begin around half past ten on Wednesday night, once the fire that will accompany the patron saint on her journey has been blessed, and will end at dawn in the main square of the village, where the attendees will be offered toasts with oil, fritters and hot chocolate.
– This cozy municipality, transition between the agricultural crops of the Guadalhorce Valley and the protected area of the Natural Park of the Sierra de las Nieves, offers many other attractions, especially for those interested in the villages of Andalusian origin, being able to take a walk as interesting as winding through the Barrio del Arrabal, where you can walk through the typical narrow and steep streets so typical of this type of architecture.
Info: 952456561
Source, Spanish: https://www.fiestassingularesdemalaga.es/tradiciones/lis_cd-1616/fiesta-de-los-rondeles-casarabonela-diciembre-fiesta-singular & Video Link

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

DoctorLaptop’s Tips #113- For anyone who wants to try out AI from their computer for FREE, without installing anything or giving up your security- introducing GROK by Elon Musk:
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– With a free X account (previously Twitter) you can now make 2 free AI requests per day. GROK AI is accessed on the X website using your web browser, without installing any apps (there is an X app, but I’m not referring to that here). It does not have any more access to the data on your computer than other websites you commonly sign in to, so it’s not risky to use, unlike most of the other free AI tools on the internet. Most of those are free because in the fine print you agree to allow them to scan your computer data “for AI training purposes”. Yikes!
– Elon Musk is giving away free access to one of the best AI services out there, for people with a free X account, but with a 2 request a day limit for free users. GROK is a far better writer than the AI authored articles you see in the papers and websites. It is smoothly conversational, it’s not repetitive, and it includes references with working links when referencing facts. It is an amazing graphic artist. You will be impressed.
– Once you have signed up for a free X account, [https://x.com/i/flow/signup] you go to the home page, and there is a menu on the left side column. Click GROK. That takes you to the GROK user page {pic}. Ask a question, request an image from your description, or get instructions on doing just about anything, all just by typing in your request (known as an “AI prompt”).

– Creating useful AI prompts will be a useful skill in the near future. Think them well out in advance, you only get 2 a day for free. Be specific in what you request for the best results.
– Most search engines like Google, Yahoo & DDG have declined in performance and are more concerned with sending you to their business partners than providing accurate responses to your queries. It seems that big tech wants us using AI to do the work the search engines used to do fairly well. Why? Profits, of course. AI is a new product to sell you, search engines only get income from advertisers, now they can give you a taste of AI for free and try to upsell you to premium search services, and for this you get accurate search results again. AI is mostly a “passive” business, machines do most of the work so it requires far fewer employees than the massive teams of humans needed to manage a search engine’s complex “active” operations.
– Here is an image I made by typing this request into the GROK request submission box: “Make me an image of a billboard with the word DigameXtra.com on it”. It took 20 seconds to process. I like the result. To be clear- I don’t like AI and I don’t trust AI, but I must admit the latest generation of AI tools are impressive.

Then I refined my AI prompt to, “Make me an image of a billboard with the word DigameXtra.com on it, located in the Port of Malaga, Spain”. This was the result. It figured out the clever word colors on its own. Spooky, right? Other free AI tools I tested are not nearly as good as GROK. I’m told the competing, “premium” paid AI tools do come close to GROK in some aspects, but require you to install apps and pay a subscription.

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HOLIDAY SEASON MUSIC VIDEOS

The Midnight Special, August 9, 1974:
Hosted by Sly and the Family Stone with special guest appearances by Elvin Bishop, Henry Gross, Little Feat, Roger McGuinn, and Wolfman Jack.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:33 Sly and the Family Stone – Thank You
00:05:44 Sly and the Family Stone – Time for Livin’
00:10:10 Elvin Bishop – Travelin’ Shoes
00:14:45 Elvin Bishop – Sunshine Special
00:18:40 Roger McGuinn – Gate of Horn
00:23:07 Sly and the Family Stone – Family Affair
00:25:11 Sly and the Family Stone – Dance to the Music
00:28:30 Sly and the Family Stone – Music Lover
00:30:24 Sly and the Family Stone – I Want to Take You Higher
00:32:40 Henry Gross – Come On Say It
00:37:30 Little Feat – Tripe Face Boogie
00:41:51 Little Feat – Willin’
00:45:35 Sly and the Family Stone – If You Want Me to Stay
00:47:53 Sly and the Family Stone – Stand
00:52:43 Elvin Bishop – Groundhog
00:59:01 Henry Gross – Simone
01:02:23 Roger McGuinn – Peace on You
01:06:14 Sly and the Family Stone – Loose Booty

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DigameXtra No. 2906 BRIDGE WEEKEND EDITION Thursday, December 5th, 2024

On December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 By naythandoctorlaptop

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Avant-garde flamenco dance: Fri, 6 Dec, 8pm. €12.
Agustín Barajas presents “Intimo”. Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja.
This dancer and choreographer from Granada presents a show with his flamenco troupe that, from the most rigorous orthodoxy of flamenco, enriches his dance with avant-garde connotations. Since he was 9 years old, he has been training with prestigious teachers such as Belén Maya, Eva Yerbabuena, Juan Andrés Maya, Farruco, Antonio El Pipa, Javier Barón, Rafael de Carmen, Manuel Liñán, Juana Amaya and Antonio Canales, among others.
In recent years he has been trained at the dance center of Javier Latorre in Cordoba and currently at the Andalusian Dance Center, CAD.
Info & tix: https://mientrada.janto.es/es/espectaculo/agustin-barajas/NERJAAGUSTINBARA/venue=CCNERJA & Video Link

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“Flamenco en Almuñécar”: Sat, 7 Dec, 7pm.
Casa Cultura, Puerta De Granada 19, 18690 Almuñécar
A show that brings together dance and singing greats on stage. Luis de Luis and Esther Marín to the dance; Abraham Campos and Juan Ángel Tirado singing; and the guitar of Guil Cani. Flamenco greats on the boards of the Almuñécar House of Culture. Info & tix (€15): https://bravoentradas.es/es/events/flamenco-almunecar & Video Link

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Boozie brunch pool party with Alberto Fer: Sun, 8 Dec, 1pm
Acoustic guitar and vocals.
Villa del Mar – Camping Nerja. +34 683121258
Info & RSVP: https://www.villadelmarnerja.com/event-details-registration/boozie-brunch-pool-party-with-alberto-1

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ON SALE NOW- Alabama Gospel Choir: Sun,12 Jan, 7pm
Casa Cultura, Puerta De Granada 19, 18690 Almuñécar
The Alabama Gospel Choir, made up of 20 passionate artists, offers us an intense journey from the spiritual songs of the 19th century to a tribute to protest songs and marches for freedom, where there is no shortage of well-known songs such as Oh Happy Day! The great voices of black music return to our country for the seventeenth time, this time with a renewed proposal seasoned with the rhythms of funk and blues. Info & tix (€39): https://bravoentradas.es/es/events/alabama-gospel-choir & Video Link

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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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For Sale: Laptop. ASUS Vivobook Go E1504GA. Brand new.
Mid-line laptop, can handle advanced software & apps.
15.6″ full HD display, Intel Core i3-N305 (1.8 – 3.8 GHz, 8 core), 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, UHD Graphics, Windows 11 Home (UK, S mode), Spanish keyboard.
Price: Factory sealed box, €420.
Fully setup, updated, with S mode removed. €460. {Windows S mode is designed for security and performance, exclusively running apps from the Microsoft Store. If you want to install an app or program that isn’t available in the Microsoft Store, you’ll need to switch out of S mode. It can be disabled in Settings.}
Factory warranty upon registration.
Contact: Naythan, Torrox Costa
Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com

SOLD- ASUS ‎E510KA laptop. Brand new, set up, ready to use. Win 11 Pro, 15.6″ full HD display, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD. Basic budget priced laptop. €300. Naythan, Torrox Costa.

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For Sale, 2 items:
– Waterproof suit with hood size medium €25 as new
– Ultimate 4 seasons sleeping bag €40. Used 3 times
Jean, Vinuela. Can deliver locally
J.kingsleymonks@btinternet.com

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For Sale, 2 items: Ladies bicycles.
One is by JLWenti, the other BTwin.
5 gears hardly used. €99 each
Tony, Caleta de Velez. 634406799

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For Sale: Invicta Mandor cast iron wood stove with 12Kw power and double combustion, clean glass system and cast iron interior. €995. Secondhand, in very good condition. Buyer collects. Maggie, Canillas de Albaida (not campo, easy access). Text 650796746 for more information.

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Wanted, rental: Retired 67 year old UK resident looking for a property or room to rent for minimum 3 months in the Malaga region or Costa del Sol. Planning to start in January or February and will be intermittently resident for up to 6 months while looking for a property to buy. Would consider renting a room in a shared house or a whole rental property. I can also be a House-sitter or Pet-Sitter for some of my stay. References available. Thanks, David (Torrox Costa)
idavesmith@hotmail.co.uk
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Spanish students worsen in Mathematics and Science and are at the bottom of the EU and the OECD: {Translation, summary}
– Spanish students in the 4th year of Primary Education have worsened their performance in Mathematics, with a score of 498 in 2023 compared to 502 in 2019 and 505 in 2015; and in Sciences, with a score of 504 in 2023 compared to 511 in 2019 and 518 in 2015, and are among the countries with the worst performance in both subjects in the European Union and the OECD.
– In Mathematics, Spain (498 points) obtains 27 points less than the OECD average (525) and 16 points less than the European Union average (514). In Science, Spanish students (504 points) have scored 22 points less than the OECD average (526) and 9 points less than the European Union average (513). This is reflected in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2023 (TIMSS) prepared by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
– Within Spain, the students who have obtained the worst scores in Mathematics, below the Spanish average, are those from the Balearic Islands (473), the Canary Islands (485), Catalonia (489) and Andalusia (494).
– In Science, those below the Spanish average in Sciences are students from the Balearic Islands (485), Andalusia (497), the Canary Islands (499) and Catalonia (502). Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/sociedad/educacion-00468/noticia-alumnos-espanoles-empeoran-matematicas-ciencias-situan-cola-ue-ocde-timss-2023-20241204100153.html

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Businessman Victor de Aldama provides the first evidence to the Supreme Court- Sanchez admin’s former minister Ábalos allegedly received kickbacks for works contracts “pre-awarded” on a dozen highways: {Translation, summary}
– Almost two weeks after being released from jail, Victor de Aldama began to deliver this Wednesday in the Supreme Court the evidence he promised to Anticorruption to get out of jail.
– The first target exposed by Aldama has been former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos {pic}, whose handwriting appears in some of the most compromising papers. Among the documents provided in the high court by José Antonio Choclán, the lawyer of Aldama, there is apparent evidence that former minister Ábalos received illegal commissions for important works in a dozen highways spread throughout Spain.
– Also exposed is that Ábalos, then right-hand man of Pedro Sanchez in the PSOE, agreed to give to Aldama a luxurious apartment worth 1.9 million euros in the Castellana in Madrid in exchange for the rigging of public works awards. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/nacional/aldama-remite-supremo-primeras-pruebas-abalos-cobrado-20241204150447-ntrc.html

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Begoña Gómez only has €40.25 in the bank- the investigating judge receives an “incomplete” list with 11 accounts: {Translation}
– Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has received from the Judicial Neutral Point an “incomplete” list with 11 bank accounts in which the wife of the President of the Government Begoña Gómez {pic} appears, with a total balance of 40.25 euros.
– The list, to which Europa Press has had access, reflects that of the 11 accounts, five are as “holder”, two as “authorized” and four as “representative”. The only ones in which a balance is reflected are two in which she appears as holder: one with 40.10 euros and another with 0.15 euros. The rest of the accounts are at zero euros.
– As specified in the document, the analysis of these accounts covers a period beginning on December 1, 2019 and ending on November 18, 2024. However, it points out that the result of the answer is “incomplete”. The Judicial Neutral Point answers this way to the request made by the head of the 41st Court of Instruction on November 19.
– The judge had ordered the judicial police to “consult the value of the current accounts in which the investigated Begoña Gómez appears as holder”, whom he is investigating for alleged influence peddling, corruption in business, misappropriation and intrusiveness. Photo: Francisco J. Olmo. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-juez-recibe-lista-incompleta-11-cuentas-figura-begona-gomez-saldo-total-4025-euros-20241203204849.html

ANDALUCÍA

Home purchases grow by 16% in October, mortgages by 19% and prices by 0.8%: {Translation, summary}
– The sale and purchase of homes grew in Andalusia by 16% in October compared to the same month last year with a total of 12,271, while the granting of a mortgage for the purchase of a house rose by 20% and the price moderated to 0.8%.
– These increases were lower than the average in Spain, where the sale and purchase of homes accelerated its growth to 18.1% in October, while the granting of mortgages for the purchase of a house softened slightly to 24.4%, as did the price, which placed its increase at 2.9%,
– These rises come after September saw sales and purchases grow by 12.5% year-on-year, mortgage loans by 26% and house prices by 4.2%, in a context already marked by interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank (ECB), which have made financing cheaper and accelerated real estate transactions. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1833755/la-compra-de-vivienda-crece-un-16-en-octubre-las-hipotecas-un-19-y-el-precio-un-08/

MALAGA CITY

Taxi rates in Malaga are going up again, now leaving from the Trade Fair Palace will cost 10 euros minimum: {Translation, summary}
– The price of cabs in Malaga capital will rise again this 2025. All rides will go up at least 4.5% and a new price will be created for Fridays, holiday eves and weekend nights. In addition, a new supplement is created- in case of leaving the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos (Fycma), the minimum price will be 10 euros. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/tarifas-taxi-malaga-vuelven-subir_0_2002925948.html

NERJA

The accidental breakage of a pipe in Nerja forms a ‘geyser’:
{Translation, summary}
– The workers of the company Aguas Narixa, municipal service of Nerja, were working in the area of the promenade of Burriana on Wednesday afternoon to make repairs when, by accident, have damaged a pipe with machinery. The pipe has caused a ‘geyser’. The incident has been resolved without causing damage to businesses and homes in the area, as confirmed by this newspaper.
– Workers of the municipal water company have mistakenly punctured a pipe that connects the pumping station of Burriana beach with the sewage treatment plant in Nerja. The new installation is located in the Fuente del Badén stream, that is, more than two kilometers away from the place of the incident. As it is an impulsion conduit that has to carry the water upwards, it has shot out due to the high pressure, forming a ‘geyser’. The water has run through part of the area, without causing any material damage, although it has made the neighbors come to the area to see what happened, according to several witnesses.
– The Consistory nerjeño has clarified that the damage “has not lasted more than an hour” and that “the company has infrastructure prepared for these possible mishaps. Thus, an alternative pipe has been provided so as not to interfere with the supply of the service, which is given normally,” they explained. The company has clarified that the break will be fully repaired by Thursday 5/12 and that it has not caused any incidents, but has only left traces of water and soil in the area. It has also been confirmed that it has not affected the operation of the pumping station or the sewage treatment plant. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/provincia/rotura-accidental-tuberia-nerja-forma-geiser_0_2002925868.html

EUROPE

France’s government has collapsed. What happens next?:
– This is the first time since 1962 that a French government has fallen after a no-confidence vote. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government collapsed on Wednesday following a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly (lower house of parliament).
– The left-wing coalition NFP and the far-right National Rally party (RN) cast their ballots en masse against the former Brexit chief negotiator after Barnier used Article 49.3 of the Constitution to push through the 2025 social security budget plan without a parliamentary vote.
– So, what’s next for France? Michel Barnier will likely be asked to stay on as a caretaker government, just like former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal did this summer after French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly following his party’s crushing defeat in the EU elections. The caretaker government will have to expedite current affairs and cannot vote on new laws. Full article: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/04/frances-government-has-collapsed-what-happens-next

HEALTH

Andalucia incorporates podiatrists into the Public Health System: {Translation, summary}
– Through the Order of October 17, 2024, the Andalusian Government has created the category of podiatrist in the health centers of the Andalusian Health Service (SAS). It will allow comprehensive care for foot health, which undoubtedly results in greater prevention of the appearance of complex cases such as the management of chronic diseases and diabetic foot and other health problems and in more efficient healthcare.
– The Professional College of Podiatrists of Andalusia has classified this resolution as“a milestone”, highlighting that “the presence of podiatry specialists in public health will contribute to improving the quality of care in cases that require specific foot care, something that did not exist until now.” Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/andalucia-incorpora-podologos-sistema-sanitario-publico/

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The Canillera Christmas / La Navidad Canillera:
– Sat, 21 Dec. Christmas market is set up in the Plaza Nuestra Señora del Rosario, starting at 10 am. The XVIII edition of the Choir Encounter at the Nuestra Señora de la Expectación church. It will begin at 12:00 hours. This year 5 choirs participate. At 16:30 hours we will have the Living Bethlehem represented by the neighbors of the village. At the end there will be tastings of Christmas sweets and hot chocolate.
– Monday 23 Dec. The Pastorá of Canillas de Albaida will perform traditional carols canilleros in the Plaza Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
– Tuesday 24 Dec. A parade and at 18:30horas participate in the Mass of the Rooster (la Misa del Gallo) when it is tradition to ‘dress the Baby Jesus’ which is one of the most beautiful traditions.
– Wed, 25 Dec, at 12:00 noon, will be the Departure of the Aurora from the Plaza Nuestra Señora del Rosario accompanied by the pastoral and canilleros and canilleras carrying the Child to each home to congratulate them on Christmas, “said the councilor. At 20:00 begins the traditional auction. It is a tradition that takes place every December 25 in the town square and in which all its inhabitants participate. It dates back to 1884 when the earthquake that was felt throughout the Axarquia.
– On Friday the 27th, a Christmas movie will be shown in the cultural halls.
– The Royal Mailman will be present on January 3 at the Three Kings Parade with the Municipal Band of Canillas de Albaida and the delivery of gifts to the little ones.

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Concert- Flamenco legend José Mercé: Sun, 22 Dec, 7pm
Cervantes Theater, Malaga
For more than half a century, José Mercé has been guarding a priceless, intangible legacy that is imprinted in his DNA as the great-grandson of Paco La Luz and nephew of Manuel Soto ‘el Sordera’, patriarchs of flamenco singing in Jerez. This has allowed him to create open-minded works that have broadened the impact of the flamenco cultural treasure all over the world. El oripandó is the umpteenth demonstration of his restlessness and his courage.
Info & tix (€18 – 54): https://www.teatrocervantes.com/en/genero/musica/temporada-2024-25/jose-merce-1787
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The Constitutional Court admits Aragón’s appeal against the amnesty and opens the way to the remaining 15 autonomous communities: {Translation, summary}
– The Constitutional Court has unanimously admitted the first appeal from an autonomous community against the amnesty law. The decision marks the path for the remaining 15, as the body of guarantees considers that the autonomous communities have standing to challenge the law. It also means that the appeals of those convicted of the procés against the Supreme Court’s refusal to apply the law to them will be admitted.
– There were 15 appeals that reached the Constitutional Court from autonomous communities, most of them filed by their governments led by the PP, but also by three regional parliaments in which the PP are in the majority (Murcia, Aragon and Cantabria). But the communities presided by the PP have not been the only ones: the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, presided over by the Socialist Emiliano García-Page, the most critical baron and who has always spoken out against the amnesty, did the same. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5660363/0/constitucional-admite-primer-recurso-comunidad-autonoma-contra-amnistia-aragon/

AXARQUÍA

Vélez-Málaga and Torrox add flamenco to their Christmas agendas: {Translation, summary}
– The Carmen theater of Velez-Malaga will vibrate again with bulerías and flamenco dancing this Christmas with the celebration of the II Winter Flamenco Festival ‘De la Tierra’. It will be next Saturday, December 14, with free admission and from 20.00 hours, when the city will again live a great flamenco party, this time by the hand of Velez Antonio José Fernández, as a local artist, and with Alfredo Tejada and dancer Macarena López, as guest artists.
– The Delegation of Culture has also scheduled for this Saturday December 7 a very Christmas performance, as is the singing of popular carols through the streets of the city. In this case it will be the zambomba of La Manuela which will be from 19.45 hours in the Plaza de la Constitution filling the streets of Velez-Malaga Christmas atmosphere.
– Torrox will present next Saturday, December 14, 8pm, at the Teatro Municipal Villa de Torrox, the show ‘Tributo Flamenco ABBA’. A show in which music and dance is combined- the best songs of ABBA, the famous Swedish group, combined with the different styles of flamenco. The tickets can be purchased through the portal https://www.mientrada.net/evento/torrox-tributo-flamenco-abba/
– Escudero also recalled that tickets are still available on the web [https://mientrada.janto.es/es/recinto/TORROX] for the show ‘Swan Lake’, which will come to the theater Villa de Torrox this coming Saturday December 7 at 20.00. The acclaimed International Ballet Company, composed of soloists from Moldova, Ukraine and Italy among other countries, includes in its winter tour this emblematic representation of the classical ballet repertoire. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/velezmalaga-torrox-suman-flamenco-agenda-navidena-20241203131206-nt.html

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Four villages of the Axarquia unite for a Musical Marathon to collect funds for those affected by the DANA in Malaga and Valencia: {Translation, summary}
– The ‘Music Marathon Solidarity Non Stop’ will take place on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December in the sports hall of Canillas de Albaida.
– The ‘Music Marathon Solidarity Non Stop’ will start on Friday, December 6 at 7:00 pm with a concert by Miguel Botana. At its end there will be a round of DJs who will be playing music from the 80s and 90s.
– On Saturday, December 7 at 13:00 hours will perform Run Runner and at 14:20 hours, Piano Cat and Kees. At 3:40 p.m. it will be the turn of Goldy Roxx Acoustic. At 5:00 pm, Eliza Handey will take the stage. From 6:20 p.m. onwards, Bailes Latinos will perform. At 7:40 p.m. Black Soul Band will perform. At 9:00 p.m. there will be a Tribute; at 10:20 p.m. Onda Sonora will take over and at 11:40 p.m. Leo Vargas will bring the event to a close.
– During the Marathon there will also be a solidarity bar, a ham cutter, a pizza stand, an “bouncy space” for children and a raffle of Christmas baskets with different products donated by the owners of companies and commercial establishments of the Axarquia.
– The mayor explained that the municipalities of Árchez, Cómpeta, Canillas de Albaida and Salares “are responsible for collaborating with the group of volunteers that provide all the infrastructure of the marathon,” covering the cost of the tent, stage, sound and lighting equipment, “so that all the money raised goes entirely to those affected by the DANA”.
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/cuatro-pueblos-de-la-axarquia-se-unen-para-un-maraton-musical-para-recoger-fondos-para-los-afectados-por-la-dana-en-malaga-y-valencia/

COSTA DEL SOL

Seasonality continues to take its toll on the Costa del Sol- 26 hotels closed, while Nerja-Frigiliana-Torrox show significant growth in the off-season: {Translation, summary}
– The decrease in occupancy in November, which closes five points below last year’s record, has precipitated the closure of establishments, according to the president of the Association of Hotel Entrepreneurs of the Costa del Sol (Aehcos), José Luque. At this time there are already 26 hotels that have stopped operating, that is, 7.4% of the establishments and a proportion practically the same as last year at this time.
– He stated that hotel occupancy in November was 66.2%, which is 5.2 percentage points below the figures for the same month of 2023 when 71.4% of the rooms were filled. Aehcos highlights the growth of Fuengirola, with 84.4% occupancy, followed by Nerja with almost 76%, and Frigiliana-Torrox with 74.4%.
– The areas in which seasonality takes a greater toll are Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Marbella and the capital itself, where there are three hotels that are going to undertake works.
– This association has also advanced the forecasts for the coming months, pointing out that they expect that in December the occupancy will be 52.36% compared to 56.82% in 2023. While for January 2025, the hotel association predicts that the occupancy is 53.67% compared to the 58.23% registered in January of this year.
– Aehcos has pointed out Frigiliana-Torrox at the top of the ranking with the highest occupancy in December, followed by Fuengirola, Ronda and Mijas. As for the beginning of next year, they have pointed to Nerja in that first place, followed by Frigiliana-Torrox, Marbella and Benalmádena. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/turismo/estacionalidad-sigue-pasando-factura-costa-sol-hoteles-20241203124009-nt.html

MALAGA PROVINCE

State of the reservoirs in Andalucia & Malaga on Tuesday, December 3, 2024: Click images to see full size in new tab. Source, http://www.redhidrosurmedioambiente.es/saih/parte/diario/embalses

TORROX

The platform against the location of an electrical substation in Torrox files a contentious-administrative case: {Translation}
– The citizen platform against the location of the first electrical substation in the Torrox Park urbanization, near a school and thousands of houses, does not give up. After the Prosecutor’s Office of Malaga filed a complaint in April 2023, and after the start of the works just days after the municipal elections of May 28, the group, which includes neighbors and AMPAS, has filed a contentious-administrative lawsuit as a new legal route to try to stop the works executed and financed by Endesa.
– The president of the group, Antonio Ruiz, explained to SUR on Tuesday that the complaint is based on an alleged violation of the law of urban planning of Andalusia by the City Council of Torrox, “which omitted the plenary of the corporation the approval of the project of action in order that the construction of the substation went ahead at all costs”. In his opinion, the license “is null and void because it was not taken to the municipal plenary”. “It can happen as with the morgue, which a court declared the exchange of land as void, in a final judgment, and still not open,” he argued.
– But the neighborhood platform has considered that “not only is the project irregular from its inception,” but, according to the collective torroxeño, “it contains several illegalities among which stands out being in a flood zone.” “After what we have seen that has happened in Valencia by the effects of the DANA we are clearer than ever that no one should have allowed the construction of an electrical substation in floodplains. Anyone can check it from the website of the Junta de Andalucía. The area is clearly floodable, not only from the river, but also by the streams that run through the grounds of the substation,” he said.
– Ruiz has pointed out that despite the corrective measures that have been implemented, such as raising the height of the substation with a wall, “the risk of flooding is still there”. “The substation will use oils, and underneath there are farms of crops, so there are risks of contamination,” said the president of the neighborhood platform, who has also assured that they have warned the court that the environmental report was made once the plot was cleaned ”and we know that there were protected plants and animal species there.”
– The neighborhood platform released a statement. “We will go ahead because the families support us and are still very concerned and because the future of several schools and an entire neighborhood is at stake. In addition, we are outraged that Paola Moreno, the Councilor for Urban Planning, the same one who suggested that we go to live elsewhere if it seemed to us such a dangerous place, has decided to move one of her children to a different location without explanation.”
– As they have detailed, “recently the families of Torrox Park have been able to see with concern how the high voltage tower that is a few steps from the CEIP El Faro has been reinforced to connect it to the substation.” In addition, the Platform has publicly denounced in their social networks that, “apparently, Endesa offered the City Council the diversion of the high voltage line that passes through the area to land without sensitive population and that the Consistory rejected it.”
– For its part, sources of the PP government team have declined to respond to these new legal actions taken by the citizen platform. The mayor of Torroxeño, Óscar Medina (PP), said last April that the City Council will continue to demand from Endesa that “the radiation is zero when the substation comes into operation”, something that is scheduled for 2025, after an investment of nine million euros by the electric company. “I have never doubted the professionalism of the technicians of the City Council. I do not want to be happy about this resolution because I understand the families, but the officials have acted correctly, and everything has been done with favorable technical and legal reports,” he added. The PP government has been emphasizing “the fundamental importance” of this new electrical substation, to enable new urban developments and avoid power outages.
Photo: Eugenio Cabezas/SUR
Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/plataforma-ubicacion-subestacion-electrica-torrox-pone-contenciosoadministrativo-20241203124259-nt.html

TECH

Zero screens until the age of 6 and analog phones until the age of 16, indications from Spain’s Committee of 50 Government experts: {Translation, summary}
– The Council of Ministers has received this Tuesday the report commissioned by the Ministry of Youth and Children to a committee of 50 experts to address the exposure of minors to cell phones, which recommends zero screens until the age of 6, analog phones (without Internet access) until the age of 16,andr limiting the use of cell phones by adults in front of children, among other measures.
– Thus, from 0 to 3 years, experts recommend not exposing children to screens; and from 3 to 6 years, they advise against the use of digital devices, with exceptions, “in case of need, in a timely manner and under adult supervision”, in order to maintain social and family contact or when determined by court order.
– In addition, up to the age of 6 years, they advise limiting the use of digital devices by adults in the presence of minors, and from 6 to 12 years, they recommend limiting the use of devices with Internet access and prioritizing experiential activities, sports, in contact with nature and the physical and face-to-face environment.
– From 12 to 16 years, if it is decided to allow access to digital devices, experts consider “essential” to install parental control tools to prevent access to inappropriate content, as well as to manage exposure time, ensuring the adoption of security measures and privacy settings. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/epsocial/infancia/noticia-cero-pantallas-anos-telefonos-analogicos-16-indicaciones-comite-50-expertos-gobierno-20241203133034.html

TRAVEL

Dates and requirements of the last period opened by Imserso to participate in trips for the 2024/2025 season:
{Translation, summary}
– After the end of the regular application period last July, the Institute offers a new possibility to pensioners who have been left without a place. Specifically, the application submission period has been opened from November 13 to May of next year. Source, Imserso website, Spanish: https://imserso.es/espacio-mayores/envejecimiento-activo/programa-turismo-imserso

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Vueling opens a special route from Malaga to Cardiff for Christmas: {Translation, summary}
– A new flight route between Malaga and Cardiff has been established for the holidays. The route will be operational from December 18 to January 7. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/turismo/vueling-abre-ruta-especial-malaga-cardiff-navidad-20241203111324-nt.html

OTHER

South Korea latest- Soldiers clash with protesters as martial law declared; parliament votes to overturn president’s shock order:
– Shock decision comes as President’s People Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party disagree over a budget bill.
– The South Korean president has declared martial law across the country in a surprise television address, accusing the opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathising with North Korea. The country’s parliament has voted to defy the move as soldiers arrived on site to quell disturbances.
Follow the live updates: https://news.sky.com/story/south-korea-latest-soldiers-clash-with-protesters-as-martial-law-declared-in-south-korea-parliament-votes-to-overturn-presidents-shock-order-13266031

UPDATE, 11pm Tuesday: South Korea’s president lifted the martial law he imposed on the nation hours earlier Tuesday after the parliament dramatically voted to reverse the order as thousands of protesters hit the streets. Embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol said he convened his cabinet to formally lift the extraordinary measure around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday local time in Seoul. Source: https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/world-news/south-korean-parliament-reverses-president-yoons-martial-law-declaration/

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The Moncloa advisor who allegedly kept Begoña Gómez’s agenda clams up: {Translation, summary}
– The Moncloa advisor who allegedly kept Begoña Gómez’s agenda and who contacted one of the companies that financed the chair directed by the wife of the President of the Government has invoked her right not to testify in the Senate investigation committee. Cristina Álvarez (pic}, who is summoned to testify as a witness on December 20 before Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, has taken the floor at the beginning of the commission to inform the senators that she will not answer their questions because the issues that interest them are judicialized {orig. “judicializadas”, socialist doubletalk for “let the investigators figure it out”. These are the same socialists refusing to testify, including Sanchez & Gómez, who want you to give up all your privacy in the name of their Agenda 2030 digital-ID. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide, they tell us. Hypocrites! -Ed.}
– The head of Madrid’s Court of Instruction Number 41 decided to summon Álvarez to testify as a witness after Gómez’s defense provided e-mails in which it is evident that Álvarez participated in the UCM’s management while Gómez was co-directing one of her master’s degrees. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5659162/0/asesora-moncloa-que-supuestamente-le-llevaba-agenda-begona-gomez-se-acoge-su-derecho-no-declarar-senado/

AXARQUÍA

Axarquia is the preferred rural destination for the Immaculate Conception long weekend: {Translation}
– The Axarquia leads the demand as a rural destination in the province of Malaga for the bridge of the Constitution and the Immaculate Conception, which runs from 6 to 9 December, with an average occupancy rate of 62%. The most demanded municipalities are again Torrox, Competa, Frigiliana, Nerja and El Borge, according to Cadena SER.
– The expected occupancy in Andalusia is around 60% in rural houses, figures similar to those recorded last year, according to data from the Ruralidays platform. By Andalusian provinces, the first would be Jaen with an occupancy of 72%, followed by Cordoba (65%), Granada (63%), Malaga (62%), Cadiz (55%), Seville and Huelva (53%) and Almeria (35%).
– It is expected that the guest will be mainly national, many coming from other autonomous communities. As for international tourists, those from Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Belgium stand out. The average price per person per night for this month is around 29.26 euros. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-axarquia-destino-rural-preferente-para-el-puente-de-la-inmaculada/

COSTA DEL SOL

Chaos on the first day of the new traveler registration as the Ministry’s new app is not working: {Translation, summary}
– This is the first problem publicly reported by the affected sector on the Costa del Sol, who warn that this platform is not operational and the previous one stopped operating at 11:59pm Sunday night. Javier Hernández, vice president of the Association of Hotel Entrepreneurs of the Costa del Sol (Aehcos), assures that “the old platform that until now had been communicating the establishment’s traveler data to the Police stopped working at 11:59pm and since midnight when the new SESHospedaje app and mandate has come into force (which requires sending 26 more items of data than before), the app or website in which data must be entered is not active.” “This website cannot be accessed” is the message they repeatedly read when trying to access the Government platform where they have to complete all the new registration requirements. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/turismo/caos-primera-jornada-nuevo-registro-viajeros-turismo-ministerio-20241202134229-nt.html

MALAGA PROVINCE

The drought committee will study on Thursday lifting water restrictions in Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– The Drought Management Committee of the Andalusian Mediterranean Basins will meet extraordinarily on Thursday, December 5 to decide whether to lift or ease restrictions in the province of Malaga after the last rains in November, which have led to a significant increase in reserves.
– The Board will lift some restrictions “without problem” if there is an agreement “in a participatory manner” in that drought committee, said the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/comite-sequia-estudiara-jueves-levantar_0_2002909563.html

NERJA

Nerja Issues Its Urban Agenda 2030 Questionnaire:
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Nerja Christmas Update: {Translation, summary}
– The Nerja Christmas program for the holidays has more than eighty activities designed for all ages and audiences. From December 2 to January 6, Nerja and Maro will be filled with light, music, culture and traditions, giving residents and visitors the opportunity to enjoy a magical Christmas.
– Christmas will start this Monday with several handicraft workshops. On December 5 will be the official inauguration with the Christmas Market in Plaza de España at 5 pm, the Municipal Nativity Scene in the basement of the Town Hall at 6 pm and the illumination of the Christmas lights at the Balcón de Europa at 7 pm.
– In addition to the traditional activities of Christmas Nerjeña as the cavalcades of Santa Claus and the Three Kings, the New Year’s Eve party, the Living Bethlehem of the neighborhood of the Protected, the shows in Plaza of Spain, sporting events and snacks for seniors, this year we will enjoy new features such as the Christmas Fairies, who will have their own parade on December 6 and will accompany us throughout the holidays. In addition, on December 14 there will be a big youth party in the parking lot of the Giner de los Ríos and the Villa de Nerja Cultural Center will host children’s shows such as the musicals of Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel and the Disney musical tribute.
– The pastorals and zambombás, with local artists, will also star in this Christmas with performances in the neighborhoods of the Las Protegidas district of Nerja and Los Poetas in Maro, in Plaza of Spain and in the Church of El Salvador. Source, Spanish: https://www.nerja.es/nerja-y-maro-disfrutaran-de-una-navidad-con-mas-de-ochenta-actividades-para-todos-los-publicos-y-edades/

ALGARROBO

More than a dozen activities make up the Algarrobo Christmas programme: {Translation, summary}
– The program of Christmas activities will start this Friday December 6 with a chocolate at the Hermitage of San Sebastian from 16:00 hours.
– On Sunday December 8 there will be a Meeting of Choirs and Carols in the church of Mezquitilla with the choir of Iznate, Cajiz and Pastoral El Chavea de Algarrobo.
– The Christmas Market will be from 13 to 15 December next to the Mayor’s Office of Algarrobo Costa.
– The Shepherd’s Day and the great Santa Claus Snow will be on Thursday, December 19 at 16:30 pm in the Escalerilla Park.
– Mezquitilla children can deliver their letters to the Royal Page on Sunday December 22 at 16:00 hours.
– On Monday, December 23 will be the parade of the Pastoral El Chavea from 17:00 hours in Algarrobo village. “It is a day that we dedicate to our elders and we bring Christmas to their homes” explained the foreman of the pastoral of Algarrobo, Mari Recio.
– On Thursday December 26 there will be a great Christmas Zambombá that will feature a musical performance by Maria Lozano and Alvaro Alcaide.
– For the little ones to deliver their letter to the Three Kings there will be a big party with La Carpa Teatro on Friday December 27 in the Parque de la Escalerilla.
– The Three Kings Parade in Algarrobo Costa, Mezquitilla and Trayamar will start on January 5 at 16:30 hours and will distribute candy and donuts. On Saturday January 6 will be the Three Kings Parade in Algarrobo town.
Source: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/mas-de-una-docena-de-actividades-forman-la-programacion-de-navidad-de-algarrobo/
– See the full 9 page programme here: https://www.algarrobo.es/index.php/turismo/navidad-algarrobena

MIGRATION IN SPAIN

The Canary Islands received 7,338 irregular migrants in November, breaking records: {Translation}
– The Canary Islands received 7,338 irregular arrivals of migrants in November, the month with the highest volume so far in 2024, a year that has already surpassed the archipelago’s historical record with a total of 41,425 accumulated arrivals.
– At the beginning of the year there was an upturn in arrivals (7,270 in January and 4,662 in February), followed by a few months of decline (between 1,183 and 2,213 from March to July) and, from August, the figures began to grow again to 5,284 migrants in September and 3,279 in October.
– But this month of November has surpassed all previous months, with 7,338 detected arrivals, most of them (5,626) in the first fortnight, according to the latest balance on irregular immigration published Monday by the Ministry of the Interior.
– A total of 56,976 people have been detected arriving in Spanish territory, and by any route, so far in 2024, 6425 more than last year, most of them (54,541) by sea.
– {Note: These numbers do not include the thousands of immigrant arrivals at Madrid airport every month, people who remain in Spain on layover, rather than boarding their supposed connecting flight. -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5660031/0/canarias-recibio-7-338-migrantes-noviembre-mes-con-mas-llegadas-irregulares-ano/

EUROPE

French govt faces collapse after opposition says it will back no-confidence vote:
– The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties said they will vote in favour of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier {pic}. “The French have had enough,” National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen told reporters in parliament, saying her party would put forward its own no-confidence motion and will also vote for any similar bill by other parties. The left will also propose a similar motion.
– Their comments came after Barnier said on Monday that he would try to ram a social security bill through parliament without a vote after a last-minute concession proved insufficient to win RN’s support for the bill. Since it was formed in September, Barnier’s minority government has relied on RN support for its survival. The budget bill, which seeks to rein in France’s spiraling public deficit through 60 billion euros ($63 billion) in tax hikes and spending cuts, snapped that tenuous link.
– Barnier’s entourage and Le Pen’s camp each blamed the other and said they had done all they could to reach a deal and had been open to dialogue. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-far-right-party-likely-back-no-confidence-motion-against-government-2024-12-02/

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The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps:
– Five years after a catastrophic fire reduced Notre Dame Cathedral to a smoldering shell, journalists got a first glimpse of the Gothic masterpiece’s fully restored interiors during a visit with French President Emmanuel Macron. The transformation is nothing short of breathtaking: light dances across brilliant stone, gilded accents gleam anew, and the iconic monument’s majesty is reborn. From Dec. 8, visitors will once again marvel at the cathedral’s blend of history and craftsmanship. Full article and 15 photo gallery: https://apnews.com/article/notre-dame-macron-visit-fire-restoration-paris-9760183f4a4827919a933fee9b64a8c2

USA

Biden pardons his son, Hunter, after repeatedly saying he would not, claims Hunter is the victim: {with editorial comments}
– U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, a reversal after pledging to stay out of legal proceedings against the younger Biden who pleaded guilty to tax violations and was convicted on firearms-related charges. “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” the president said in a statement.
– The White House had said repeatedly that Biden would not pardon or commute sentences for Hunter, a recovering drug addict who became a target of Republicans, including President-elect Donald Trump. “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases (So the judges, who’s job is precisely to be reasonable, are not reasonable?) can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son,” Biden said in a statement released shortly before leaving for a trip to Africa.
– The grant of clemency said Biden had granted “a full and unconditional” pardon to Hunter Biden for any offenses in a window from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024. {This 10 year long period of time covered by the pardon is important to note, as it prevents further investigations into Hunter’s illegal activities that also implicated his father! All the documented Ukraine corruption and Chinese bribes will now go unpunished. Joe Biden did this to cover his own ass, not Hunter’s! For more details on the Biden family crime spree visit: https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline/ -Ed.}
– Hunter Biden faced sentencing for the false statements and gun convictions this month. In September he pleaded guilty to federal charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, sex workers and luxury items. He was scheduled for sentencing in that case on Dec. 16.
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-he-is-pardoning-his-son-hunter-2024-12-02/

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ENERGY CRISIS

Climate solutions- Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint:
– The international merchant fleet of more than 100,000 ships transports more than 80% of global trade. But it’s also responsible for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Without a quick switch from dirty fuels to cleaner energies, its pollution is forecast to soar.
– Mariners pushing for wind power say investors used to view them as something of a joke. But as they pioneer a comeback for sail-powered cargo ships, they’re having the last laugh.
– The cleanest of the new vessels spearheading wind’s embryonic revival are almost pure-sail vessels like Grain de Sail II. Half the length of a soccer field and able to carry 350 tons of goods in its holds, it uses its diesel engine only to maneuver in and out of port. With its aluminum hull, two giant carbon-fibre masts, mechanized systems for hauling and adjusting the billowing sails, and its bridge bristling with high-tech navigation gear, Grain de Sail II is a supercharged modern successor to sailing clippers of yore.
– The speediest of its four crossings so far to New York took 17 days, and just 15 days on the return trip to Saint-Malo.
– But wind, unlike engines, can’t be switched on at the touch of a button. French shipper Neoline is open about the fact that when its new 136-meter (446-foot) carrier begins sailing in 2025, it will use its diesel engine when winds alone can’t meet its target of 13-day crossings between the French port of Saint-Nazaire and Baltimore on the U.S. eastern seaboard. “We’re aiming for punctuality,” says Neoline’s president, Jean Zanuttini. “It wasn’t speed that killed working sailing at the start of the 20th century, it was lack of punctuality.” “We accept and recognize the fact that about 30% of our energy will come from a diesel system,” he said.
– Still, the other 70% from the Neoliner’s new type of giant sails – made with fiberglass panels, not canvas – is expected to slash its fuel-use and be another step forward for wind. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/climate-clean-shipping-sail-carbon-emissions-environment-0c191cb3674e157e66f65c8e58e7c0ce

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Spanish Tax Hack Update- This is why no gov’t agency can be trusted to keep your data secure: {Translation, summary}
– The Trinity hacker group has claimed responsibility for the theft of 560 GB of confidential data from the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) for which it is demanding a ransom of $38 million before the end of the year. However, the AEAT denies having suffered any theft or security breach in its systems. How is it possible then?
– Although public administrations are responsible for the management and processing of our data, most of them subcontract to technology companies to take care of this work and the copy servers are usually in the hands of third parties.
– In the case of the AEAT, in 2016 it put out to tender the “management and administration services of Systems and Databases, as well as the development and maintenance of applications and extraction, transformation and loading processes.” The estimated value of the contract was 7.86 million euros and it was awarded to a joint venture group, “Open, Babel, Connectis & Alalza”. {I was unable to find any info at all on this joint venture group that evidently runs a data security company. Unknowns! That is who the gov’t trusts your private data with! And I wouldn’t be surprised if this group sub-contracts out the work to yet another, unnamed, company. -Ed.}
– In the opinion of cybersecurity expert Rosa Ortuño Melero, “cybersecurity awareness should have arrived in Spain many years ago” and currently, “there is a lack of commitment and investment on the part of companies, as well as good professionals.” And in the case of public organizations, “there is a lot of dependence on third parties and sufficient controls are not being carried out to guarantee the chain of custody of the data. There is a lack of control,” says the cybersecurity expert.
– {The gov’t was not even storing the data that was stolen, it was stored at a private, 3rd party company facility. The gov’t assurances of securing your data rely on them. Does the gov’t constantly monitor the security and employees at these 3rd party companies to ensure the data is safe? No! An annual certification of compliance, just a quick review of operations, not even a real security review, is considered sufficient. Thus, gov’t assurances that data they collect is secure are worthless! AND THEY KNOW IT! -Ed.}
Source, Spanish: https://www.libremercado.com/2024-12-02/las-tres-hipotesis-del-robo-de-datos-de-hacienda-7193369/

OTHER

How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot’:
– Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained new prominence in 2024,” with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before.
– Oxford defines brain rot as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging.”
– The word of the year is intended to be “a word or expression that reflects a defining theme from the past 12 months.” Full article: https://apnews.com/article/oxford-word-year-brain-rot-b43d864aed7f7d9d039edbd9b8a19ffb

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On December 2, 2024December 1, 2024 By naythandoctorlaptop

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News Note: After the PP & PSOE annual conferences last week, lots of name calling and finger pointing seem to be the focus. Following are 3 articles to highlight the various agendas.

PP (conservative right) leader Feijóo admonishes the PSOE (progressive left) that “threatens the judges” and tells Sánchez- “Hold on Pedro, because we are going to throw you out”: {Translation, summary}
– The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo {pic}, has criticized this Sunday that the PSOE has met in its Federal Congress in Seville to “self-praise”, “promise more of the same” and “threaten the judges” before the alleged cases of corruption that affect Sánchez. After criticizing that the socialist officials have not “raised their voices” in the face of the “collapse” and “decadence” of the party, he has warned the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, that the Spaniards will throw him out at the polls.
– “At this point it is no longer worth his while to resign. No, no. And that’s why I say to him: hold on Pedro, don’t resign because you don’t deserve to leave with a minimum of honor. Hold on, Pedro, because we Spaniards are going to throw you out freely and democratically”, he said to the President of the Government, coinciding with his re-election as leader of the Socialists in the Seville conclave.
– At the closing of the XXVII Intermunicipal that the PP has held in Valladolid this weekend with about 2,000 mayors and councilors, Feijóo has pledged to “get Spain out of the normalization of lies and corruption that seeks” the Government of Pedro Sánchez, who, in his opinion, suffers “a scandal in the morning” and “another in the afternoon”.
**“I AM NOT PEDRO SÁNCHEZ, I WILL NEVER BE”**
– In a speech full of criticism of Sánchez and the PSOE, the president of the PP has indicated that he is not at the head of the Popular Party to be given “approval in everything” and “to only hear praises” or that “deceptions and lies” are allowed. Moreover, he has said that he does not lead the PP to ask his people to applaud “excesses and corruption”. “I am not here for shamelessness to be cheered in exchange for a salary. That is Pedro Sánchez. And I am not Pedro Sánchez. I will never be. I don’t understand politics like that. And I will never behave like that”, he proclaimed.
– After asking that the interests of the citizens be put above those of the PP, he assured that he does not want “an intransigent and single-minded party, but an open party”. In the same way, he stressed that he does not want a party “arrogant and leader-worshipping”, but one “with humility and demanding with whoever leads it”.
– Feijóo has stressed that this is why the PP have dedicated their recent conference to talk about the problems of the people while the PSOE has conference met so that “only one is heard”, in reference to Sánchez and how some people involved in the ‘Koldo case’ referred to him. “Sánchez made an appearance to praise itself and promise more of the same. He has met to silence those who do not agree with him. It has met to threaten judges, magistrates and courts. It has met so that only one is heard or, better said, so that only one is heard”, he emphasized.
– At this point, the head of the opposition has criticized that the Socialists “instead of raising their voices” allow “the whole party to be dragged into the messes of the closest circle”, alluding to the cases affecting Sánchez’s brother or his wife. “If his supporters do not change, they are as guilty as Sánchez is for allowing it. It’s up to them, in their decadence and their collapse. It’s their problem,” Feijóo warned.
– “And what is the feminism of the PSOE and the Government? Feminism is Errejón, is Tito Berni and the apartments paid with the taxes of the Spaniards (references to recent scandals involving progressive feminists). That is the feminism of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party and its partners. The actions of the PSOE are an endless plot. And their fight against climate change is to do nothing in seven years,” he emphasized, with a devoted audience that has interrupted him several times with applause.
– In addition, Feijóo said that the “heartless reaction” of the PSOE and Sánchez administration to the DANA victims is to say that if they want resources, they must request them from local authorities, as the Sánchez’s national government refused to take charge of relief efforts, in reference to the catastrophe of Valencia. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-feijoo…

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At PSOE conference Sánchez claims his “step forward” and defends his clean Government despite hatred and attacks: {Translation, summary}
– The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez {pic}, has once again been proclaimed leader of the party and has claimed the “step forward” that he has taken despite the hatred and attacks against him and his party and has defended his Government “clean”, who has been harassed and attacked “with hoaxes” and “by land, sea and air.” He has also warned that his only priority is to win the municipal, regional and general elections again in 2027.
– At the closing of the 41st Federal Congress of the PSOE, which re-elected him again as general secretary for the next four years, he stated that in recent months he has “thought a lot” about what to do with his life, but he has decided to continue leading the Government and the party. “As you can imagine, I have spoken a lot with my family about this, because they, like all of us, are also victims of the hatred of professional haters,” he stated before his wife, Begoña Gómez, sitting in the front row and who has attended the event along with the main leaders of the party, María Jesús Montero, Santos Cerdán and president Cristina Narbona.
– Sánchez has launched this message in which he has described the socialists as “victims”, after their main leaders were promoting this idea in the previous days via press releases, denouncing an offensive of attacks from the PP and also from the courts, that affect their personal and political environment. Sánchez, ignoring logic, claimed this victory among his sycophants vindicates him from accusations, is a “step forward”, and defends his “clean government” despite hatred and attacks. He says his “only priority is to win the next elections in 2027 in order to protect social progress against the far right.” Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-sanchez…

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Abascal (VOX, far right) affirms that Sánchez “is capable of any trick” to remain in Moncloa “without calling elections”:
– Abascal accuses Sánchez of “influence peddling” to promote Begoña Gómez’s professorship and says that the worst of Sánchez “is yet to come”
– The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal {pic}, considers that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, “is capable of any trick” to “not call elections when the time comes” and remain in La Moncloa. “I think he is going to do things that no one has ever done before, he is capable of anything,” says Abascal.
– This is how the leader of Vox expresses himself in an interview given to Europa Press, where he delves into the “bad opinion” he has of the head of the Executive. “My opinion of the president could not be lower: about his moral character, about his democratic commitment, about his respect for the rule of law, about his love for Spain,” he emphasizes. With this in mind, Abascal “does not rule out” that Sánchez will “look for any ruse to not call elections when the time comes.” “He is capable of staying in power without calling elections, without budgets and even impeached, the worst for Sánchez is yet to come,” he emphasizes.
– However, the president of Vox also maintains that there may be events that are currently “not on the table” that “force an electoral advance or a motion of censure that could be successful.” In any case, he insists that these events would be foreign to the “will” of the head of the Executive, which is to “resist until the end.” “I am not able to imagine how far Sánchez is willing to go,” he emphasizes. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-abascal…

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Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) Is Latest Gov’t Cyberattack Victim- A group of hackers claims to have stolen 560 GB of data from AEAT and asks for a ransom of 38 million euros: {Translation}
– The hacker group Trinity claims to have been able to access the database of the Tax Agency (AEAT) and has threatened to publish up to 560 GB of data on December 31 if they do not receive the 38 million dollars they have demanded not to publish the data. As detailed by the HackManac site, the group has published an image of this threat that is only visible from the dark web. However, there is no other data, nor have they published any information about the content of the data or which people could be affected.
– For its part, the Agency has assured that it is “assessing the situation” and that, so far, they have not identified any breach. “The situation remains under surveillance,” the agency added to several media outlets.
– This is not the first time that cyber-attacks of this type have occurred against Spanish institutions. The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, or Iberdrola have also suffered emergencies that have affected the data handled by these organizations. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5659665/0/un-grupo-hackers-asegura-haber-robado-560-gb-datos-agencia-tributaria-pide-un-rescate-38-millones-euros/ & X Post Link

MALAGA PROVINCE

Guadalhorce residents object to possible expropriation of land for solar power plants:
– Local citizens and protest groups in the Guadalhorce valley are speaking out against the expropriation of land for macro solar power plants. Their concern is palpable about the possibility of the Faballones photovoltaic project in Álora and the Orla project in Coín becoming a reality, both proposed by Verbund. This Austrian investment fund, according to some protest groups, is seeking to have this land recognised as being ‘of public utility’. This legal term is enshrined in a law in force in Spain since 1955 and allows the expropriation of private land if the project is considered to be in the interests of the general public.
– Although the first approaches towards landowners regarding these proposals date back to 2018, some of them claim that, during the pandemic in 2020, meetings to negotiate the use of their land intensified. This pressure, coupled with the restrictions on movement and meetings at the time, left many people feeling at a disadvantage to properly evaluate the proposals presented to them. The debate now focuses on the implications these developments could have on the landscape, biodiversity and agricultural activities that are a fundamental part of the local economy.
– For some years now protest groups have set themselves up as charitable associations, groups like Valle Natural Río Grande and AloraSol. They have been working to inform local residents and help them defend their rights. Full article & photo credit: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/guadalhorce…

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Gaucín continues to rely on bottled water:
– Two weeks after the DANA storm, the most affected municipalities in this westernmost part of Malaga, such as Jimera de Líbar and Cortes de la Frontera, are still recovering. In Gaucín, the storms have left residents with mains water that is unfit for human consumption. The local town hall is distributing bottled water to help alleviate the situation.
– According to mayor Pedro Godino there has been a turbidity problem since the DANA storms struck the area. “The turbidity level is above the limit allowed by the health authorities for human consumption. We are distributing water for drinking and cooking,” stated the mayor, while also pointing out that the water tanks that supply the village are also being cleaned and disinfected. Full article & photo credit: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/ronda/gaucin-distributes-bottled-water-the-neighbours-due-20241129075140-nt.html

MALAGA CITY

Sabor a Málaga foodie fair runs next week with more traders than ever before:
– This year’s Gran Sabor a Málaga Fair will be the biggest yet thanks to the presence of 114 producers from all corners of the province and beyond, all ready to promote over 2,000 food and drink products. The gastronomic event will be held between 4 and 9 December along the Paseo del Parque, Malaga’s city centre park.
– This 13th fair will occupy a space 800 metres in length with five catering businesses dishing up food in addition to the aforementioned producers at their stands. This is the highest number of traders to attend since this event that features the province’s products has been held.
– In addition to the sale of unique and exclusive products, the fair has an extensive programme of activities. During the six days there will be live cooking demos, tastings of wine and food, workshops, charity competitions and live music in the Eduardo Ocón auditorium. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/the-great-sabor-malaga-fair-will-held-20241128205311-nt.html

TORROX

Malaga’s ‘little Germany’ receives consul as part of German film week:
– Mayor of Torrox Óscar Medina received Franko Martin Stritt, the German consul in Malaga, on Thursday 28 November at the town hall, ahead of a screening in the eastern Costa del Sol town. The film was being shown in Torrox as part of the fifth German film week in Malaga, organised by SUR deutsche Ausgabe, the Goethe Institute in Madrid and the German consulate in Malaga.
– The mayor explained that Torrox is known as “the little Germany of southern Europe”, as it is home to the largest German population on the Spanish mainland. It has more than 2,000 registered German citizens, although there are up to 6,000 who come and go throughout the year to Torrox, where they have second homes. Full article & photo credit: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/torrox-the-small-peninsular-germany-receives-the-20241129115728-nt.html

ALGARROBO

Algarrobo approves tax credits to encourage the construction of protected housing: {Translation, summary}
– The municipal government team of the PP, with absolute majority, has taken a significant step in its commitment to improve access to housing, approving a declaration of special interest for the construction of public housing. This measure will allow a rebate of up to 95% on the Construction, Installations and Works Tax (ICIO), thus providing an incentive for investment in projects offering subsidized housing.
– The decision, which will be in force until December 31, 2026, responds to the commitment of the government team to offer facilities to build these homes on land that is being made available for the construction of VPO. The mayor of Algarrobo, Natacha Rivas (PP), has stressed that “this agreement is an example of the City Council’s commitment to social well-being and improving the quality of life in Algarrobo and, above all, provide access to a first home for our young people.”
– To access a VPO home you must be entered in the register of VPO claimants of the Algarrobo City Council. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/algarrobo-aprueba-bonificaciones-fiscales-fomentar-construccion-viviendas-20241129165351-nt.html

TORRE DEL MAR

Vélez-Málaga asks the Board for a solution for the shanty town of Casillas de la Vía in Torre del Mar: {Translation, summary}
– The shanty town of Casillas de la Vía is the only large settlement of this type remaining in the Axarquía. Located next to the old N-340, at the entrance of Torre del Mar from the Almayate area, it contains about fifty substandard dwellings, in which as many families, with more than a hundred people, from children to the elderly, live in deplorable and third-world conditions, without running water, sewage or electricity in safe conditions.
– After several decades of unfulfilled promises, the City Council of Velez-Malaga has returned to demand this Friday from the Junta de Andalucía, as owner of the land where the shacks are located, a final solution. Thus, the full City Council has unanimously approved a proposal urging the regional administration to seek a solution “urgent” to this serious humanitarian situation.
– The spokesman for the ultraconservative formation has stressed in a statement that this settlement, which emerged in the seventies of the last century, represents “a reality of extreme unhealthiness and a serious social debt that administrations have been ignoring for decades.” Herreros recalled that “in 1997, the Junta de Andalucía approved a plan for the eradication of shantytowns, and in 2003 €800,000 were allocated to the City Council of Velez-Malaga to address this problem. However, neither then nor now effective measures have been taken”. Photo: Eugenio Cabezas. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/velezmalaga-pide-junta-solucion-poblado-chabolista-casillas-20241129165145-nt.html

EUROPE

Many thousands rally to oppose Georgian government after it steps back from EU:
– The country, long one of the most staunchly pro-Western states to emerge from the breakup of the Soviet Union, but lately drawn closer into Moscow’s orbit, was thrown into crisis on Thursday, when the ruling Georgian Dream party said it was halting European Union accession talks for the next four years. It accused the EU of blackmailing Georgia.
– Many thousands of demonstrators gathered late on Saturday in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, building barricades, breaking windows and setting off fireworks outside parliament, in protest against the government which called off talks to join the EU. Riot police responded by firing water cannon and tear gas into the crowds.
– The demonstrations were by far the biggest since the increasingly anti-Western ruling party was re-elected last month in a vote the pro-EU opposition says was rigged. Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accused the pro-EU opposition of plotting a revolution. The State Security Service said political parties were attempting to “overthrow the government by force”. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/georgia-detains-more-than-100-during-anti-government-protest-2024-11-30/

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Iceland elections see Social democrats gain and incumbents punished:
– Voters in Iceland joined a global trend of punishing incumbents in a parliamentary election, with a center-left party winning the largest share of votes in the North Atlantic island nation. With all the votes tallied on Sunday, the Social Democratic Alliance had won 15 seats in the 63-seat parliament, the Althingi, more than doubling its total, and secured almost 21% of votes, according to national broadcaster RUV. The conservative Independence Party, which led the outgoing government, had 14 seats and a 19.4% vote share, and the centrist Liberal Reform Party 11 seats and about 16% of votes. Three other parties also won seats. Social Democrat leader Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir, 36, will likely try to seek coalition partners to command a parliamentary majority.
– Icelanders voted Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call an early election. Election turnout was high by international standards, with 80% of registered voters casting ballots. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/iceland-election-results-social-democrats-989773ec8a24cddef7ba78d5aa933df2

IRELAND

Irish election weekend:
– As the Republic of Ireland’s election weekend reached the mid-point, unpredictability began to give way to some clarity. The most obvious route to a coalition looks to be a combination of the centre right parties who have dominated Irish governments for a century, plus left wing partners. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael grew more optimistic as the counting continued late into Saturday evening.
– Following the exit poll, Sinn Féin had been hopeful that it would repeat its 2020 performance of winning the most first preference votes – and maybe secure the highest number of seats for the first time. Neither of those feats are out of the question but party figures seemed to be less keen to play up their chances as the declarations stacked up. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she wants to open talks with other left wing parties and independents with a view to forming a coalition. Of those groups, it appears that Labour and the Social Democrats are in line to make gains. However, the Green Party – which was the third member of the last government – is facing the possibility of losing all its seats.
– Some analysts are suggesting that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael could win more than 80 seats between them, putting them close to the finish line of 88 needed for an overall majority. Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxyx5704xeo

CANCEL CULTURE

First they took Zwarte Piet, now they’ve hijacked Balthazar- political correctness on parade:
– Malaga city hall has announced that from 2025 the Three Kings parade will have black people playing the role of Balthazar {pics, above}. The new protocol, which establishes that this king will always be “a black person”, puts an end to the use of make-up on the faces of white people who have performed the role until now.
– This change of protocol has been described as a success by the municipal group Con Málaga, which includes the left-wing parties Izquierda Unida and Podemos. Both groups have been calling for Balthazar be a black person for some time.
– The Zwarte Piet character {pics, below}, commonly played by a white actor in blackface makeup, is part of the annual Feast of St. Nicholas that is celebrated on the evening of 5 December (Sinterklaasavond, which is known as St. Nicholas’ Eve in English) in the Netherlands, Curaçao and Aruba. Because of ongoing controversies surrounding the character, many schools, businesses, and other organizations across the Netherlands changed Zwarte Piet’s clothing and makeup or phased the character out entirely throughout the latter half of the 2010s. The most common variation used was Sooty Piet (in Dutch: roetveegpiet).
Balthazar photo: Marilú Báez
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/malaga-puts-an-end-the-balthasar-bitumen-20241128204533-nt.html
Additional ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet

RECIPES

Roasted apples in an air-fryer: {Translation, summary}
– Using this appliance to roast apples helps us to reduce the time and secure the natural sugars, so we achieve a caramelized and juicy result, without the need to add large or extra amounts of sugar. In addition, this technique helps us to preserve the essential nutrients of the fruit, such as fiber and vitamins.
– Ingredients of roasted apples in air-fryer:
5 apples, 2 teaspoons of brown sugar, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder, 20g of butter.
– Preparation of the baked apples in air-fryer.
*Wash the apples well and carefully remove the top, and cut out a cone shaped piece from the center top (see pic).
*Put them inside the air-fryer.
*Then, we make a mixture with the sugar and cinnamon, to introduce a teaspoon in each hole that we made before in the apples.
*On top we place a teaspoon of butter per apple and cook at 200 C, if it has special program for desserts, we can program it that way. We wait for 20 minutes.
*Once finished, we can remove to decorate with mint leaves, if desired.
*Add the liquid from the tray on top, and our dessert is ready to enjoy. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/gastronomia/recetas/dulces-manzanas-asadas-airfyer-receta-barata-5659194/ & Step by step tutorial with photos: https://www.simplyairfryer.com/air-fryer-baked-apples/

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