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Mass for Fabiola MOTRIL paid a last tribute to Belgium’s former queen Fabiola in a Mass at the Mayor de la Encarnacion church. She was a regular visitor to Motril and popular amongst the locals.
Road works TARMACKING works at Avenida Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza in Motril have finished at a cost of €15,000 to the town council.
Santa’s visit SALOBREÑA children will be able to give their letters to Santa Claus at the municipal market on Saturday (December 20). The event will take place from noon to 2pm.
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Rincon de la Victoria goes international A TELEVISION channel from Dubai broadcast the Boqueron festivity of Rincon de la Victoria to millions of viewers. Journalists from the popular Dubai channel Alsharquiya travelled last September to Rincon de la Victoria to take part in the Boqueron festivity, an event featuring the town’s most important fish, the anchovy. The Boqueron Festivity was held during September 26, 27 and 28, with the tasting of different sorts of anchovies recipes, a fish auction with proceeds going to the local Alzheimer’s charity association, concerts, a tapas route and activities for children. The threeday event drew around 25,000 people to Rincon de la Victoria’s promenade. The 15 minute coverage features the festivity’s history, as well as interviews with the town’s residents. The Dubai based reporters
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also stressed the great hospitality they received and showed other tourist attractions of the town. Head of the Tourism Department, Marta Martin, emphasised the importance of having the chance to share one of the town’s most popular festivities with millions of people. Alsharquiya, has main offices in Dubai, London, Cairo and Iraq and broadcast the episode via satellite TV, reaching a
wide audience including viewers in the United States and Australia. Rincon de la Victoria Mayor, Francisco Salado stressed the importance of investing in such an
event, and the importance of an advertising campaign that has taken information on the Axarquia town to many corners of the world
Golden customer A LUCKY resident of Rincon de la Victoria will win €6,000, to spend in local stores. This initiative, called Golden Client for One Day, was designed and paid for by the town’s council to give a boost to the local economy. From December 12, the residents will receive a ticket for every purchase they carry out in participating stores of €5 or above. The winner of the €6,000 prize will have to spend the whole amount in one day, and cannot spend more than €500 in each store.