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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1861
4 - 10 March 2021
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PLANNED PROTESTS THE Andalucian hospitality sector has planned demonstrations on Monday March 15 to demand their opening hours are extended ‘until half an hour before the curfew’ and some much‐ needed direct aid, the ‘two funda‐ mental necessities to save the sector.’ Currently, Andalucia allows the busi‐ nesses to open until 6.00pm. The pres‐ ident of the provincial association in Sevilla, Antonio Luque, pointed out other autonomous communities which open later, such as Madrid, which allows opening until 23.00; Cantabria and Extremadura, until 22.00; and Valencia, until 9.30pm. Luque said that with the warmer weather coming in the spring “it is es‐ sential that they (the government) un‐
DEMONSTRATIONS: Planned to take place on March 15.
First Teachers to be Vaccinated in Axarquia Speak out
SCHOOL TEACHERS: Are happy to have been vaccinated against the virus. THE first teachers to be vaccinated in Axarquia have spoken of their happiness at receiving the jab. The teachers at schools in Axarquia have told one publication they now feel able to keep teaching after receiving the vaccine. Jose Luis Ruiz, a primary school teacher at the Colina del Sol public school in Torrox told one publication: “It is a great joy.” “I did not feel anything, I hope I do not have adverse reactions in the next few days, they say that in any case that would be with the second dose, which is not given
for 12 weeks, by mid-May.” Raquel Gil, a 38-year-old primary school teacher at the El Morche public school, said: “For now we have been lucky and there have been no infections in our centre, but this gives us much more peace of mind to finish the course.” Teachers in Axarquia have been receiving the first dose of the Astra Zeneca vaccine at the Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquia. Manuel Alonso, a 33-year-old monitor in a nursery in Nerja, said: “Now we can work
more happily, they have been very intense months, with many hygiene measures to prevent possible infections.” Meanwhile, 39-year-old Rebeca Moreno, a teacher in Velez-Malaga, said: “We were looking forward to it, I am the first in the family to have it, I hope all my colleagues have it and that little by little we can move forward, turning the page on all this.” The jabs are currently being handed out to teachers under the age of 55 and who have no history of serious illnesses.
derstand that the public has to be on our terraces where they will be safer. “We continually see 400 complaints every weekend from the police. There is going to be much more security in our businesses than in the chaos that we are seeing in parks and in tourist apartments, etc,” he stressed. Regarding the aid the sector has re‐ ceived a year since the pandemic be‐ gan, “the government has totally abandoned us, it has not given us a single euro, and the Andalucian Gov‐ ernment has only given us €1,000 of aid. “We are the community in Spain that has received the least money and we need real, direct aid to come,” he explained.
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Becoming a reality Large Tourist Influence A NEW residence and day centre for people with disabilities is closer to becoming a reality after Nerja Council agreed to transfer a plot of land to the Taller de la Amistad (Friendship Workshop). The ambitious project will see the creation of a dedicated complex which will house a residence for people with disabilities, a day centre and an occupational centre. Mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo, met last week with the President of Taller de la Amistad, Antonio Contreras, councillors for Urban Planning and Social Services, Nieves Atencia and Daniel Rivas, along with architect Francisco Sanchez and members of the Board of Directors of the association. A number of plots were visited last month, and the association is drawing up a list of pros and A NEW project ‘Friends of Sport’ has been launched to help companies overcome the Covid crisis. Torre del Mar Beach Running Club has launched the initiative to try to help companies in the region overcome the effects of the coronavirus crisis by giving them more visibility. Under the slogan ‘Amigos del Deporte’ (Friends of Sports) the aim is to give visibility to shops,
AMBITIOUS PROJECT: Will be funded by Nerja Council. cons for each before it reveals which location will be suitable. At least for now, the council has agreed it will transfer the plot of land that is selected and the mayor has advised the Urban Planning councillor to finalise the paperwork “with the aim of approving the move in the Ordinary Plenary in March.” Armijo assured that the town hall will also be involved with funding the residence as well as cofinancing its construction.
Friends of Sport businesses, companies, professionals, and improved promotions and offers to athletes. The idea is to link athletes with businesses involved in different aspects of sport, including nutrition, physiotherapy, doc-
tors, trainers, sports equipment stores etc. The two can work together with promotions and offers expanding their potential audience of athletes across the region. The club has made it clear that it was not only going to “dedicate itself to practising sports in its multiple disciplines,” but that it would “be there to help society and all those who will need its solidarity activity.”
NERJA Council has an‐ nounced it has declared Ner‐ ja an ‘Area of Large Tourist Influence.’ The move will see the council be able to offer local businesses more flexibility over the hours after declar‐ ing Nerja an ‘Area of Large Tourist Influence.’ Councillor for Commerce, Javier Lopez, said the Junta de Andalucia had announced Nerja could be classified as
an Area of Large Tourist In‐ fluence, for the purpose of business hours, alongside new regional regulations which mean the status will no longer have to be re‐ newed every four years as before. Councillor Lopez said: “This declaration allows re‐ tail commercial establish‐ ments to have the freedom to designate the days and hours of opening in the peri‐
Best dressed nominees BA S E D in Malaga, M A N N Ceremony and Tailoring, will collaborate once again with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to provide outfits for the Goya Awards team. “It’s a true honour to announce another year that the F ilm A cademy once again trusts MANN Ceremony, for the 35th Goya Awards Edition, even though it will be very different this year. It’s a pleasure to be chosen to be part of the celebration of Spanish Cinema,” said MANN CEO Carmen López. The event, hosted by Antonio Banderas and Maria Casado, is due to take place at the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank in Malaga on Saturday, March 6. Over the last few days, staff have been carrying out “the pertinent tests, choosing the best option for everyone, and being caught up in the excitement of the most important event in the national cinema.” The red carpet will be absent from the 35th Edition of the Goya Awards, and neither diginitaries nor the public will be allowed to attend. The only people who will attend in person are the presenters, award-makers and invited artists.
ods… from June 1 to Septem‐ ber 30.” The councillor added the recognition, “highlights the tourist attraction of Nerja, considering the large number of visitors it receives each year. In this way, our mer‐ chants will have greater time freedom during these peri‐ ods, facilitating trade and im‐ proving the development of the local economy and the generation of employment.”
Parks reopen VELEZ-MALAGA has reopened the coastline, playgrounds and bio-healthy parks. The municipality exited ‘extreme risk’ last week, and in light of the drop in incidence rate, the council reopened areas on Tuesday, March 2, which have been closed for almost a year. Velez-Malaga remains in ‘high risk’ and as such small steps are being taken to return to some form of normality. Environmental activities can be practised in groups of up to 10 people indoors and 15 outdoors, and parks and gardens can be open, with activities of 10 people maximum. Deputy mayor and councillor of Beaches, Jesús Pérez Atencia said: “Playgrounds and bio-parks in Velez-Malaga opened on Tuesday, March 2. Of course all measures must be met in each of them, hygiene and social distancing, in addition to the use of masks. “The health of our children has been paramount throughout the pandemic and we will continue to take measures to fight against Covid; some decisions will be right and others not, but this virus has not come with an instruction manual, we have had to learn throughout this year.”
6th most dangerous road A KEY road in Axarquia is the sixth most dangerous in the country. The old N‐340 that connects Nerja and Almuñecar has featured as one of the most dangerous stretches of road in Spain for at least a decade in data compiled by the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE). The statistics show a high accident rate, especially among motorcyclists and, in the latest report, the ‘EuroRAP 2020,’ it once again finds itself in the top 10. The section of the old N‐340 between Maro and La Herradura has registered sev‐
en accidents in three years, the vast ma‐ jority of them motorcyclists, leaving six se‐ riously injured and one dead. Specifically, the route between kilome‐ tre points 296.4 and 312.9 ranks as the sixth road with the highest level of dan‐ ger, with a score of 93.6. Ahead, as the most dangerous route in Spain, is a section on the N‐240, between kilometres 303 and 316.8, in the province of Huesca, with a risk index of 118.9. In 2020 there were 28 deaths on the roads in the province of Malaga ‐ up seven on 2019.
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NIBS EXTRA Dog rescue MALAGA firefighters rescued a dog that had fallen 20 metres down the Tajo de Ronda. The animal, said to be in ‘good condition,’ fell down a ledge, although a thicket thankfully cushioned the fall, and one of the troops climbed down to be able to raise him with a harness.
Women's Day VELEGA-MALAGA Council has reaffirmed its support of International Women’s Day and presented a manifesto for the celebration of the annual event on March 8, and has stressed the importance of ‘preventing the crisis caused by Covid-19 from being used to deepen the inequality, labour and social gap.’
Covid victims THE mayor of Iznate, Gregorio Campos, honoured victims of the pandemic in his commemorative message to mark Andalucia Day. “This year, we pay tribute to those who left us as well as those who strive to combat the effects of Covid-19, to the families affected by the serious socio-economic consequences.”
Health course A TOTAL of 782 professionals from the Axarquia region participated in the course, ‘Protocol for the Prevention of Occupational Risks against the Expansion of the Coronavirus Covid-19’ in 2020, organised by the MalagaAxarquia Health Area, and taught virtually by the technicians of the Occupational Risk Prevention Unit and Health Surveillance professionals
New officers FOUR new officers have joined Nerja Local Police, three as trainees. Councillor for Security, Francisco Arce, stressed the importance of providing the staff with human resources, adding the move “demonstrates our commitment to progressively continue to increase the number of officers to meet the needs of the town.”
Class support FULL approval has been given to proposals to lobby the Junta de Andalucia to not remove early childhood units at the CEIP Custodio Puga and the CEIP La Gloria in Velez-Malaga after hearing arguments that the justification of ‘declining birth rate and low demand’ in the last 12 months is not sound.
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Melilla Ferry Route Reopens T H E ferry route between Motril and Melilla is set to reopen. The route, run by ferry company FRS, will reopen its Motril to Melilla services. The news will see the company using its fast ferry, the Tarifa Jet, from Friday, March 5 when it begins operating again. Services will take place on Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays. FRS began operating their route in July 2018 but had to
FERRY SERVICE: Will resume between Melilla and Motril. suspend the service in March 2020 during the pandemic which stopped all passenger
SELFIES tipped cyber police off to an ille‐ gal party in Malaga. The cyber team of the Local Police of Malaga managed to track down a party in breach of Covid restrictions thanks to selfies posted on social networks. None of the people on the images were wearing a mask or keeping a safe distance from one another. The cyber team is responsible for track‐ ing social networks to ensure compliance with Covid measures, and came across a
traffic in and out of the country. The car ferry can carry 777
Selfie tip-off number of photographs which appeared to show a gathering at a property in Peri‐ ana.
passengers and 175 vehicles, with a crossing time of fourand-a-half hours. The sailing schedule will see the ferry leave Melilla on Fridays at 4pm and Mondays at 7.30am, while Motril departures take place on Fridays at 8.30am and Sundays at 6.30pm. The news comes after foreign ministers of Spain and Morocco held a video conference to discuss strengthening of economic and other ties between the two countries.
They traced up to four different pro‐ files on which pictures from the same party were published and located the party to the basement of a house which had been rented out to a third person. The party was held on December 7, 2020, but the police have this week con‐ firmed the homeowner ‐ despite having rented out the property ‐ and seven other people have now been ‘administratively denounced’ and a warning issued to oth‐ ers who plan on holding illegal parties.
Groper and bag Demolition of snatcher held Cultural Centre
A ‘MYSTERY’ groper and bag snatcher has been arrested in Velez‐Malaga with police trying to identify the alleged thief. Around 12 noon on Monday March 1, the Local Police received a report of a man described as 1.70 metres tall, dressed in black with a splint on his right leg touching up and trying to steal bags from passers‐by. He was arrested in José Beltrán Niño de Velez in the centre of the town. The suspect, believed to be in his early 20s and foreign, wasn’t carrying any documentation and officers are struggling to identify him. Although one of his alleged victims, a 55‐year‐old, formally identified him as the person who allegedly touched his mother’s bottom, also claim‐ ing that minutes earlier he had tried to steal her mother’s purse. The man has been taken to the police station where officers will try to determine his name and address before he is brought before the courts.
Almuñecar Home Vaccine Scam Warning OFFICERS from the National Police are investigating after it emerged elderly people were receiving calls claiming to be from the Andalucia Health Service, ar‐ ranging to come to people’s homes and administer the vaccine. Police have not yet made any arrests after learning of the scam, but are warning residents the calls are not genuine. According to the Junta de Andalucia, the Andalucian Health Service is not currently vaccinating anyone at home at the moment, however they have not ruled out vaccinating some over 80s at home in the future. Officers are also warning residents not to let anyone who appears at the front door claiming to be offering a vaccine in to their home, warning that it is a scam.
THE mayor of Nerja last week an‐ nounced the end date for the de‐ molition of the town’s Cultural Centre. Mayor Jose Alberto Armijo met with residents to announce the end date to the demolition works. According to the mayor, the works at the Giner de los Rios Cul‐ tural Centre were due to end last Friday. He announced the news after visiting the plot alongside council‐ lor for Urbanism, Nieves Atencia, and councillor for Culture, Gema Laguna, where they held a meet‐
Works are almost done. ing with neighbouring property owners to address issues raised. Also present were the site di‐ rector, Manuel Navarro, and the site manager of the winning com‐ pany, Hernan Montero, who re‐ ported on the progress.
Pedestrianised Zone RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council has announced traffic restrictions ahead of the pedestrianisation of Torre de Benagalbon. Councillor for Citizen Security and Local Police in Rincon de la Vic‐ toria, Borja Ortiz, announced the plans to create a pedestrianised zone in Torre de Benagalbon. The politician said: “A large pedestrian zone will be created which will serve as an expansion for shops and restaurants where the pedestrian will be the main protagonist.” This new area, which will not have any road traffic on weekends and holidays, will encompass the central part of the town, seeing the pedestrianisation of Avenida de La Candelaria, as well as the Plaza de la Iglesia and Calle Correos. The pedestrianisation of the central area of Torre del Benagalbon is the result of the various conversations held by the mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Salado.
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Riding School Facelift THE Almuñecar riding school, the Picadero Mu‐ nicipal Taramay, has spent a long time closed but a recent facelift will see the centre reopen again. The mayor of Al‐ muñecar, Trinidad Her‐ rera, visited the works to check on the school. Currently the lease is still in private hands, reg‐ istered under the Oficina Comarcal Agraria in Motril in the name of An‐ drea Podadera, however Almuñecar Council says it plans to take the centre back under council con‐ trol. In addition to complet‐ ing official paperwork, the electrical installations are being overhauled, as is the drainage, which must separate the water used to wash out the sta‐ bles from the normal rainwater. The manure collecting area will also be enclosed.
Tackling the Caterpillars RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council has carried out works to tackle proces‐ sionary caterpillars. The Department of Parks and Gardens in Rin‐ con de la Victoria has car‐ ried out the works to tackle the processionary caterpillar nests in trees. The department said that after destroying many of the nests last year, they are now carry‐ ing out monitoring to en‐ sure the processionary caterpillars do not emerge. Councillor Jose Maria Gomez said: “We com‐ pleted the phytosanitary treatment campaign against the processionary caterpillar which conclud‐ ed last December in a to‐ tal of 54 locations in the four towns of the munici‐ pality, and which aims to eradicate the population of caterpillar before its cy‐ cle ends during spring.”
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Nerja IWD Plans COUNCILLOR for Equality, Gema Laguna, has announced Nerja’s plans for International Women’s Day, accompanied by representatives of the De la Mano con Vosotras and Siempre en Forma women’s associations. She said: “The events will begin on Monday, March 8, with the placement of commemorative banners on the facade of the town hall and the reading of the Institutional Manifesto agreed by the eight Andalucian Provincial Councils. “On the ninth, we will honour our traditional walk for equality with a video. “The same day we will inau-
FREE EVENTS: Will take place in Nerja Cultural Centre. gurate the ‘Mujer’ photographic exhibition by the Nerja Fotoclub association, which can be visited at the Cultural Centre.” On March 10, the fifth ‘Con las Mujeres Nerja Avanza’ awards will be presented, “This
€2.2 million training centre NERJA Council has announced a new training centre costing more than €2.2 million, which will be used to help increase employment. According to the council, “the Centre for Training and Employment, will be located on Avenida de la Constitucion. “It has been announced by the mayor, Jose Alberto Armijo, who said that the Governing Board has approved, after a proposal by the Mayor’s Office and the Urban Planning Department, the award of the contract for the basic project drafting to architect Miguel Angel Som Ruiz.” The architect work will cost €64,130 and take five and a half months, according to the council.
year the winners have been Isabel Jurado Márquez, with extensive experience in the cultural world, and Maria de los Angeles Retamero Palomas.” On March 11, Nerja will publish its documentary ‘Las Pioneras de la Cueva’ about three women who were key in the history of the Nerja Caves. The scheduled events will end on March 12 at 5pm, in Villa de Nerja Cultural Centre with the conference ‘The Voice of the Andalucian Poets’ by the association De la Mano con Vosotras, which will have free entrance. The councillor also announced that online lectures will take place in local educational centres to raise awareness of gender equality.
Velez-Malaga Invites Tenders VELEZ-MALAGA Town Hall has put out to tender works to improve the municipal retail market originally constructed in 2014. The original construction of the market was reportedly never completed properly, nor to the required standard, and as a result, over the years the market traders have had to endure unforeseen circumstances as a cause of the bad workmanship, including one occasion when part of the roof collapsed during heavy rainfall.
The project includes the replacement of the asbestos cement roofing material and the installation of a proper water drainage system, that can clear away excess water even in the event of heavy rainfall in short periods of time, something which has caused flooding incidents in the past. The butcher’s and greengrocer’s stalls will be temporarily relocated, along with their refrigeration units, while the rear canopy is repaired and a new roof installed.
Back to doctor’s FACE-TO-FACE doctor’s appointments at health centres have re‐ sumed from Tuesday, March 2. Councillor for Health and Families of the Junta de Andalucia, Jesus Aguirre explained that the Salud Responde App allows users to make appointments and will keep the option of phone consultations. Face‐to‐face appointments were suspended a year, although doc‐ tors would see their patients in person if they considered it necessary, taking into account the severity of each case. Aguirre said that now Andalucia is no longer at extreme risk level, the aim was to reopen health centres taking precautions and with the appropriate safety measures in place, such as taking temperatures and using different channels for patients with respiratory diseases. He also pointed out that new technologies and phone assistance which have been used during the pandemic are here to stay.
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€300,000 to Help Families RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council has announced it will increase its funding for a local charity from €180,000 to €300,000. The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Salado, alongside Councillor for So‐ cial Welfare, Elena Aguilar signed the new contract cov‐ ering funds to buy food as well as help provide money for personal hygiene prod‐ ucts for adults and children, home cleaning supplies, and towards maintenance of the centre. Aguilar said: “We have re‐ inforced the budget for the Social Commissary due to the increase in care that is being carried out due to the pandemic crisis, going from 75 to 90 families a week. “It is a support measure that aims to serve people in the municipality who do not have sufficient re‐ sources to meet their basic needs.” The charity currently helps more than 400 families.
Body Found Near Shore POLICE have found the body of a man floating tied to a buoy in the water in Torre de Benagalbon. The manager of a boathouse in Los Rubios reportedly dragged the body in before calling the Local Police and Guardia Civil. The grisly find took place after a group of children taking part in a surfing camp in the Los Rubios area sounded the alarm after finding the body just four metres from the shore, tied to a buoy. Officers from the armed police are currently investigating to find out the cause of death. According to media reports, the man is thought to be aged between around 30 and 35 and of Maghreb nationality, although officers are yet to identify the man. Police believe the man had not been dead for more than a week and police are working to determine whether he died trying to cross the water to Spain.
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Unicaja And Liberbank Merger
Agreement reached. UNICAJA BANCO and Liberbank will both hold their respective general shareholder’s meetings on March 31, during which they will approve the merger of the two entities, with the companies reporting this action to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) on February 25, a decisive step so that the operation can obtain their approval and become a reality.
Unicaja Banco will initially retain a 59.5 per cent share of the group resulting from the merger, with Liberbank retaining the remaining 40.5 per cent share, after the exchange equation that appears in the agreement reached at the end of December by the boards of directors of both entities, which will create the fifth-largest bank in Spain, with assets of €109,000 million.
Electricity Bills Fall 21 Per Cent SPAIN’S electricity bills have fallen by an average of 21 per cent in February. According to Spain’s Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU), the av‐ erage bill fell by 21 per cent from €70 to €55. The OCU says the price of electrici‐ ty fell for those who have a regulated rate contract, and that the reduction was explained by a “return to nor‐ mality in energy prices, left behind by
the strong rises in January coinciding with the storm.” The OCU announced that, like the previous increases, this decrease will only benefit households with a regu‐ lated rate contract; roughly 40 per cent of all consumers. For the rest of the consumers, their bill will depend on the type of con‐ tract they have with their energy company.
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Bookings Soar By 90%
WITH vaccination campaigns bringing closer the opening of borders, hotel chains such as Meliá Hotels Interna‐ tional, have seen reservations skyrock‐ et for the summer season by British tourists to around 90 per cent. The de‐escalation announcement has strongly encouraged hotel reserva‐ tions from the United Kingdom, which as of February 25 are well above those made on the same dates in 2020. “The months with the highest de‐
mand so far are September, followed by August, October, July, June and May, coinciding with the times when it is estimated that herd immunity will be expanded in Europe and normalis‐ ing the situation,” added a source from Meliá. This rise has also been seen in the airline sector, with airlines such as easyJet, Jet2 and Ryanair experiencing increases in ticket numbers of up to 600 per cent in some cases.
Cabify joins 2% Refusal
WiBLE
SPANISH App Cabify has come to an agreement to offer the car‐ sharing services of WiBLE on their platform. WiBLE’s fleet of hybrid cars in Madrid will be available to users of Cabify in a per‐minute rental system. WiBLE hope the partnership will help reduce the use of pri‐ vate vehicles and free space on the roads. Cabify already has the option of electric scooters and motorbikes through App MOVO, bikes via subscription service Bive, and parcel delivery services.
THE Health Ministry has announced that so far only 2 per cent of Spaniards offered the Covid‐19 vaccine have refused to take it, including people unable to have it for medical reasons. According to senior health official Silvia Calzon, the data being seen is really posi‐ tive said, “This demonstrates the accep‐ tance and confidence the whole of Span‐ ish society has in vaccination.” So far in Spain 1.2 million people have received both doses of the vaccine. As of February 24, 2.1 million people from prior‐ ity groups including frontline medics, over 80s and nursing home residents and staff had received their first dose of the vaccine. Also only around 45,000 people had re‐ fused to be vaccinated.
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EU Speeds up Vaccine Drive ACCORDING to new re‐ search, the EU may be able to vaccinate 75 per cent of adults by the end of August, two months earlier than pre‐ viously thought. New supply agreements and increased production has meant the EU may now be able to speed up their rollout, according to Lon‐ don‐based research firm Airfinity Ltd. Jacob F Kirkegaard, senior fellow at the Peterson Insti‐ tute for International Eco‐ nomics, told one publication: “The onus in my opinion is on member states to prove that they can manage a rapidly ac‐ celerating roll out.” Spain has already adjusted its vaccination programme in an effort to be able to roll out more doses, announcing they will only give one dose of vac‐ cines to those who have pre‐ viously had the virus. Politicians are now calling on Spain’s central govern‐ ment to ensure enough vac‐ cines arrive.
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Christian Women Demand Equality Non-EU travel ban CHRISTIAN women across Spain and around the world are demanding equality within the church, and ‘Christian Women in the Church’ have called a demonstration on March 7, outside Granada’s Cathedral. Spain is set to see a series of
protests brought about by the ‘indignation and non-conformity in the face of the situation of invisibility’ which they feel Christian women experience worldwide. The women hope to bring an end to the ‘exclusively male’ image of God, ‘Christian Women in
the Church’ explained to Europa Press “we want a Church where leadership is shared between women and men.” March will see protest rallies in Granada, Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Bilbao, Gran Canarias, Santiago de Compostela, La Rioja and Valencia.
SPAIN’S central government has extended a ban on non-essential travel to countries outside the EU until March 31. The announcement, which will see non-essential trips to outside the EU banned for another month, also sees current controls over the border between Spain and Portugal will also be extended until March 16. In other parts of the country, Andalucia has extended restrictions on mobility between provinces and on opening hours of commercial and hospitality sectors until March 5.
Puppy Problem SINCE the beginning of the pandemic, the police in Spain have reported an increase in
the number of pets being illegally imported and sold on to unsuspecting buyers.
Flexitarians’ Rise in Spain ACCORDING to a recent study by Bonduelle, the ‘flexitarian’ diet has gained weight in Spain as health-conscious Spaniards swap meat for veg. The Radiography of Plant Nutrition study found trends moving towards ‘flexitarianism’ - that is, eating more plant products than meat, without giving it up completely. The number of people adopting this diet was up to 42 per cent compared with 24 per cent in March last year. In the last two years, Spaniards increased the vegetable options in their diet by 14 per cent, with meat products, falling by 5 per cent. Thirty per cent of Spanish people admitted to having modified their diets since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to the Foundation for Advice and Action in the Defence of Animals (FAADA), puppy and kitten mills, where animals are bred on an industrial scale and often in horrific conditions, are most often found in Eastern European countries and supply the entire Spanish market. “Tragically, four out of five puppies transported to Spain die en route, yet the profit is still there, such is the difference in the cost to raise them with no regulation compared to puppies raised by ‘regulated’ breeders.”
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Online Increase THE pandemic has seen an unprecedented rise in online shopping. One in three Spaniards now reportedly shops online at least once a week, an increase of more than 10 points compared to before the crisis, according to the Adevinta report ‘Digital Pulse.’ With 62 per cent of citizens preferring not to go to physical stores, food supplies, pharmacy and restaurant or takeaway deliveries gained most popularity online. The report also reveals that the budget for online purchases has increased. One in four Spaniards spend between 21 and 50 per cent of their budget online, almost double what was registered before coronavirus. Forty per cent of people say that they will continue to shop more online from now on.
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Winning Dolls ‘Romance THE GUARDIAN has praised Spanish toy maker Miniland for a collection of dolls with facial fea‐ tures typical of Down Syndrome, which was awarded ‘Best Toy of 2020’ by the Spanish Associ‐ ation of Toy Manufacturers (AEFJ). The dolls are made in the cradle of Spain’s toy industry, Onil in Alicante, and the collection of dolls was reportedly the first in the world with Down Syndrome. It is fitting that they come from the location of the country’s first doll factory more than a century ago. This time, Onil is getting known for being inclusive as well as hand‐making their dolls. The dolls’ creators were concerned at first that the doll would not be well‐received, as they are aimed at any child, not only for those with Down Syndrome, but they have been very popular. They aim to help children understand the value of coexistence through playing, promoting empa‐ thy and tolerance.
Scam’
POLICE have arrested two women and one man for running an online dating scam pos‐ ing as wealthy singletons and targeting vic‐ tims on dating apps such as Tinder or other social networking sites. The Guardia Civil of Lliria apprehended the scammers in Alicante, who had pocketed an astonishing €72,000 from victims. The Technological Crimes team found that the scammers posed as senior executives in large multi‐national organisations and spent many months building relationships to en‐ sure compliance. Just as they were scheduled to fly to Spain to meet their new online part‐ ner, they would fake an emergency, such as being detained abroad and in need of bail money, which they would ask their victim to wire to them.
Fake PCR investigation
POLICE are investigating two travel agencies which allegedly falsified negative PCR tests for clients who wanted to travel. Twenty-seven clients and the owner of the agency in Mataro are under investigation and the three managers of the agency in Santa Coloma de Gramenet
have been arrested. Mataro police station received a call from a person who had wanted to book a trip through the agency saying he was offered a false certificate of negative PCR for €85. Police uncovered 15 falsified documents ready for travel in March.
In Santa Coloma, emergency services received reports of an agency doing the same thing. Commissioner Joan Carles Molinero said that so far this year 85 scams have been detected, 54 in January and 31 in February, mainly involving medical centres and care homes for the elderly.
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Vaccination Passport Will Soon Be Reality
ANGELA MERKEL, the Ger‐ man Chancellor, spoke follow‐ ing a virtual meeting of the 27 UE state’s leaders, of the unanimous agreement to de‐ velop a system to allow move‐ ment throughout member states. Ms Merkel also stated that annual flu‐like vaccination might be necessary, “Due to the mutations, we may have to spend many years in the sit‐ uation of having to vaccinate over and over again against the coronavirus as we know about the flu.” She said that all 27 member states had been experiment‐ ing with prototypes for a vac‐ cine passport and that it had been agreed they should all devise a single system “for the summer, that could make travel within the European Union possible.” The European Commission will define the technical condi‐ tions for this system, expected
to be operational ‘in the coming months’ and ‘for the summer.’ President Macron of France called for “unity and coordina‐ tion,” saying “We must pre‐ vent each country from devel‐ oping its own system,” stressing there are “legal and
ethical issues” in implement‐ ing, without violating the rights of citizens, and that by summer, young people will not yet be vaccinated, so the vaccination certificate “should not be a condition” to be able to travel.
A lot Of Bull THE Spanish Supreme Court ruled against professional bull‐ fighter Miguel Ángel Perera on when he attempted to regis‐ ter one of his performances as copyright intellectual proper‐ ty. Mr Ángel Perera wanted to immortalise his kill of 539kg bull Curioso back in 2014, claiming that if bullfighting is con‐ sidered an art, then his performance, for which he received the defeated animal’s ears, should be registered as an origi‐ nal artistic creation. The court found that bullfighting is too difficult to precisely or objectively define, despite the fact that the spectacle no doubt wows and excites thousands of people. The judge felt that it was impossible to determine if the particular moves and manoeuvres used by the matador in that performance were, in fact, original.
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Endesa Profits Up
SPANISH electricity company Endesa multiplied its profits by more than eight in 2020, up to €1.39 billion. The net profit of the company in 2020 was a rise of 715.2 per cent compared to the €171 million profit of 2019, despite a reported deterioration of assets generation in non‐peninsular territories of €253 million. Endesa’s CEO, Jose Bogas, said the group has achieved “a sol‐ id operational and financial performance in a year that has been full of challenges at all levels derived from the impact of the pandemic.”
NEWS
Juan Carlos Pays His Bill FORMER Spanish King Juan Carlos, who fled the country in August 2020 and went into self-imposed exile amid a raft of tax scandals, has paid close to €4.4 million to Spain’s tax authorities in a bid to settle his undeclared
income. According to officials, the disgraced former monarch reportedly paid €678,000 in interest and fines back in December. According to his lawyer, the latest tax bill is for “several travel expenses and other services” re-
lated to Zagatka, a Liechtensteinbased private foundation owned by the former king’s cousin, Alvaro de Orleans. While Juan Carlos continues to be investigated by the Spanish and Swiss authorities, under Spanish
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law, if he pays back what is owed he will be exonerated of any crime. Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014 in favour of his son, King Felipe, who is Spain’s current monarch, and has been residing in the United Arab Emirates ever since.
DENMARK
FRANCE
Crafty perk
Diplomatic fallout
GPs in Denmark have worked out if they send an email to patients advising that they have tested negative for coronavirus, (even though they will have received the results days earlier) surgeries can make money. So far, this practice has cost taxpayers Kr23.4m (€3.146 m.
NETHERLANDS Illegal tests
AN investigative website Investico has revealed many Dutch companies are illegally testing East European workers for alcohol and drug use even though just drivers and those in charge of public transport may be tested and only by a doctor with results kept confidential.
BELGIUM Mask fear
FOUNDED in 1992 as a symbol of Franco Turkish cooperation, Istanbul’s Galatasaray University appears to have been hit by the fall out between Turkish President Erdogan and Emmanuel Macron. Now six French professors have not had their work permits renewed and are likely to be expelled.
NORWAY Eurovision snack
MUSIC critic Anders Grønneberg said that he would eat one of singer TIX’s headbands if he won the nomination to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest and true to his word, despite refusing to apologise for criticism he ate the headband served in a crepe on TV.
FINLAND
A LEAKED report from Sciensano, the Belgian Institute for Public Health suggests that the 15 million fabric face masks given to pharmacists by the Belgian government in 2020 could be unsafe as they may contain nanoparticles of silver and titanium dioxide that when inhaled could be dangerous.
Green snow
GERMANY
SWEDEN
Bikini ban
Dirty rat
TWO German beach volleyball stars Karla Borger and Julia Sude have announced they will not compete in an international tournament in Doha, Qatar as they have been told they can’t wear bikinis by the International Volleyball Federation, not the Qatari Government.
WITH heavy snowfalls around the country, there is significant work and cost for the Finnish Government in clearing snow in urban areas with an added environmental cost when it is transported out of town so a new green snow melting device is now being tested.
THE city of Gothenburg has a rat problem and will be trialling 50 new rubbish bins which don’t have side openings (placed there to stop fly posters) to make access more difficult and will also be placing 14 electronic traps within the sewer system.
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GO LOCAL
THE EUROWEEKLY NEWS is urging its read‐ ers to support local businesses in the com‐ munity by going local through the lockdown and for your all your shopping this year, in‐ stead of feeding online giants and super‐ stores. This lockdown and with and Mother’s Day and Easter upcoming, we challenge you to re‐ discover your local high streets, markets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the wonder‐ fully quirky independent businesses in your area. Due to the Covid‐19 pandemic, you may have to support many local businesses by or‐ dering online and making use of any click and collect services they can operate if you are
unable to get out due to health reasons or lockdown restrictions. The joy of shopping local means that inde‐ pendent businesses can help support the lo‐ cal community. Although it may be a euro or two cheaper elsewhere or online, consider where your money is actually going. By shopping at an in‐ dependent store you’re putting food on a lo‐ cal family’s table, and there is no better time than now to give back to your community by making a small gesture and shopping in this way. Many local stores support local charities, support and sponsor local sports teams and in many cases the small independent stores
are actually much more than just a small high street shop, they’re a family’s legacy, often passed down through numerous generations and support not just the current owner but the generation before. For those stores which are new, that extra couple of euros spent there are supporting someone’s dream and ambition, and also the courage it took them to step out alone, which is no easy task. It takes quite a large chunk of money to set up an independent store and compete with the multinational and chains. So be sure to pre‐order your meat from a local butcher and get your spuds from a local greengrocer, let us revive that community spirit and get to know our neighbours again.
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FEATURE
International Women’s Day
Strong Women in Business HERE at the Euro Weekly News we like to champion strong women, and with International Women’s Day fast approaching we thought it was the perfect time to put the focus on five of the women in business we know best from across Spain. Each in charge of their own seriously successful company, we wanted to find out how they have led their businesses through the pandemic, learn a little bit more about what makes them successful, as well as taking the chance to hear their most inspiring advice for any other women thinking of starting their own business.
Corinne Green from Estepona Furniture World, Costa del Sol
Heidi Jungreuthmayer and wife Sam Lewins from Black Flame, Costa Blanca North
You have been in business on the Costa del Sol for years. How did it all start out? We are a family business which started about 25 years ago, but not always with the same name. We’ve now been trading as Estepona Furniture World for 15 years in the industrial estate. We started out mainly with flooring and carpets and now we sell everything for the home. You have expanded a lot over the years then, how did that come about? We started off with something we knew about already and then we expanded and learned as we went along. We began with flooring but we began to see the need for everything else for the home and we have just progressed from there. It is all trial and error, but if you offer a good service people will always be happy and we offer a complete service. A lot of is also down to your staff and how good they are with customers. A good percentage of our staff have been here for 15 years and they feel dedicated, which really helps. And how has the pandemic affected your business? We are now doing a lot more digitally whereas in the past the majority of business was face to face. We have had to change the way we work a bit and are now offering an online store as well. You know how to keep a successful business running in the long-term, what advice do you have for someone just starting out? Do the research well from the beginning for the product and location. It is difficult but also try to start from scratch correctly with all your paperwork. It also really helps to either learn the language or work with someone who speaks good English and Spanish.
You own two large restaurants, how did you get started? We started 30-odd years ago with Monroes in Moraira, which was owned by my dad. Then about 15 years ago I bought a place in Pedreguer, which we also called Monroes. When Sam and I got together we did up the Pedreguer restaurant, updating it to a modern look and changing the name to Black Flame. When my father sadly died last November and we took over Monroe’s in Moraira we thought the best way forward was to do a similar thing as we did in Pedreguer and update the place, and we are now reopening as The Winchester. It sounds like you have updated and expanded a lot since you started out then, tell us more! The businesses had both been themed restaurants, but we thought it was time for a revamp. We know it’s important to keep our existing customers happy, but we also want to attract new ones and it has worked really well. And how has the pandemic affected the businesses? We noticed fewer tourists last year but we do have a lot of locals so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, and we have found people have always got money for a beer or a drink. We also offer takeaways and we’ve noticed they’ve been a lot busier than in previous years. It sounds like you are an expert at keeping a business successful over many years, do you have any tips for anyone just starting out? The benefits of owning a business are making money and choosing your own hours, but you also have the responsibility to deal with everything when things are bad. So I would say to think about it carefully before you start a business and be prepared to work hard, because you get what you work for.
Emma Mennie from Premier Removals, Costa Blanca South You run a large removals company, how did that start out? My parents first started the business about 16 years ago. When they set up after moving to Spain I was based in England, and for the first few years I was working with them driving lorries from the age of 21. I eventually moved to Spain two years ago and took over the business. Now we have three lorries in Spain, two in the UK and a fleet of other vehicles, mainly carrying out removals from England to Spain, as well as in Portugal and France. And how has the pandemic affected business? We traded the whole way through the pandemic, sticking to all the laws and disinfecting everything. We thought the pandemic might have slowed things down, but we haven’t noticed any change and we’re actually getting busier at the moment, doing 11 or 12 hour shifts. Has it changed the way you work at all? I do more video moves now, calling clients from their house, and going round with them to make sure they’ve got everything they need. The estate agent always stays for the first part of the meeting and a lot of agents recommend us. We then take everything to the warehouse and pack everything up. When things like this happen in the world it’s the time to pull together, so we’ve also been helping other traders out to try to keep everyone in business. You sound like you have a real enthusiasm for being in business, do you have any advice for other women thinking of starting their own company? For me the most successful businesses are the ones that involve something you love, that you’re passionate about. I love driving lorries and meeting people and helping. We’re part of peoples’ dreams of moving their families and when they get to their homes they are so excited.
Linda Rowe from Second Time Around Shop, Axarquia You have owned and run very successful businesses in Spain for many years, tell us about your current shop After many years running British food store Arkwrights, when we sold we didn’t think of starting another shop, but when we sold in October by June we had another business! Now we have the Second Time Around Shop and people bring second-hand items which we sell on a commission basis. We believe everything deserves a second chance! It sounds like you are experts in running a shop, how did it all start? We started off small at farmers’ markets selling English food and within two years we had a large premises, it was quite an achievement. We already had a large customer following from the markets and people had been asking us for a while to open a shop. We began to outgrow our properties and we eventually opened a large shop in Puente de Don Manuel. When we first opened you could have had a party in the aisles, but it didn’t take us long to fill it. Now at the Second Time Around shop people still come from Torrox and Nerja to give us things because they know us, and people still call me ‘Mrs Arkwright’ when they see me in the street. What do you think helped your businesses grow? I’ve always advertised heavily and when I overheard someone mentioning Arkwrights on the plane once I knew we’d cracked it. We have also always made our businesses all about the customer. We treat our current business the same way as Arkwrights, we’re here to help people. If we’re closing at 2pm and people are going to be late, we stay open. That’s part of being a small shop. And how has the pandemic affected business? We have found we are working a lot of hours now still, but not as many as with the previous shop. You obviously love being in business, what words of wisdom do you have for anyone else starting their own venture? Think of your customer first, and look after the little customer as much as the big one. I also believe you should put people before money.
Mary Willoughby from Darrmar Demolition & Waste Removal and Darrmar Storage, Mallorca Tell us a little bit about your business, how did it start? There are two parts to the business and I run them alongside my husband, Darren. One area is our demolition and waste removal, which we have been doing for about 12 years now. My responsibility is to operate all the financials and make sure the guys have got the right health and safety equipment and licences. The second part of the business is one I actively manage, a storage company that I’ve been running for four years with a second-hand shop at the front. It sounds like you have expanded a lot since you started, what do you think the key is to your success? When we started 12 years ago it was just my husband and one other man, but as we have become well-known on the island we were able to expand. Any money we’ve made we have put straight back into the business, buying things like more vans, more tools, more machinery; so we were able to expand. The pandemic has been tough on many businesses, how did you make sure Darrmar continued to be a success? Over the last year we did have a flow of work coming in but it wasn’t like the year before. That just meant we diversified to find other things to keep us busy though, and when we have periods where there’s not so much work our boys are busy chopping up trees from land clearance jobs ready to sell as firewood. We’re really grateful and happy that we’ve been able to survive. It hasn’t been easy but by careful planning and hard work we’ve been able to. You have obviously built two very successful businesses. Do you have any words of wisdom for any readers thinking of starting their own venture? I think if people have found something that could take off it’s a good time to take it forward, and if you’ve got a good product I think it’s going to be time for it to fly.
FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Stamp duty BUYERS and sellers of homes in the UK will hope that a report in The Times which suggests that the suspension of stamp duty on the sale of some property will be extended from the end of March to the end of June allowing savings of up to almost £15,000 (€16,500) is correct.
Social security THERE may be some good news for the self-employed in Spain as the government is considering allowing a more flexible range of contributions to Social Security rather than the high set monthly amount, often in excess of €300. Any shortfalls would be addressed at the end of the year.
Huge loss IAG which owns a number of airlines including British Airways and Iberia saw a dramatic drop in business revenue in 2020, as it announced that sales were down by €7.8 billion compared to 2019 and losses amount to €6.9 billion with the only bright spot being the increase in cargo flight income.
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is the amount that fantasy football platform Sorare has raised with investments from Barcelona footballer Antoine Griezmann and the co-founder of Reddit.
Primark £1.1bn drop in sales THE Irish based Primark company which has more than 320 stores around the world has an‐ nounced that it expects to have lost £1.1 billion (€1.21 billion) in 2020 sales. The closure of its UK stores (where it has the largest presence) due to the lockdown and the pandemic is the primary cause of the loss and the fact that it has no online presence.
So, when it reopens its 153 stores in England on April 12 and Scotland April 26 if all goes well, it will be offering last year’s stock, with an es‐ timated value of at least £400 million (€440 mil‐ lion) to its customers. With fashion being so fickle, it may well be that it will have to make reductions on its already low‐priced clothes to persuade customers to purchase.
LEGALLY SPEAKING
The lack of any online options is explained by the fact that the costs of starting up from scratch would be so high that the company would have to increase its prices, but as price is one of its most important selling points, this is a non‐ starter. Happily, for owners As‐ sociated British Foods which is one of the largest manufacturers of sugar and baker’s yeast in the
world, the lockdown has seen sales of its grocery brands which include Kingsmill Bread, Twinings Tea and Ryvita grow so it can afford to weather the financial storm. In the Republic of Ire‐ land, where the clothing division was first set up, it is known as Penneys, but had to change the name for overseas use due to the rights of American store group J C Penney.
Bank of Spain warns EU
Can they prohibit pets? I live on a complex of 24 villas. The com‐ munity statutes state that if any owners let their property the tenants are not al‐ lowed to keep pet animals. One owner says he will let to tenants with two dogs and there is nothing the community or administrators can do about it. Is this correct in law? C J (by email) Bank of Spain Governor Pablo Hernández de Cos.
Fewer mortgages THE pandemic has clearly had a negative effect on property sales in Spain as according to the National Institute of Statistics, the number of mortgages granted in 2020 decreased by 7.6 per cent at 333,721 which is the lowest figure since 2017, although the average value of each mortgage increased.
Dia supermarkets THINGS are beginning to look up for troubled Spanish supermarket Dia which is owned by a Russian investor through holdings in Luxembourg as losses were halved in 2020. Despite closing 457 across its operations in Argentina, Brazil, Portugal and Spain, it increased sales by 0.2 per cent to €6.882 billion and losses dropped by 7.54 per cent to €363.8 million. Even devaluation in Argentina and Brazil didn’t really hurt income and online sales have shown a growth benefiting also from its arrangement with Santander Bank to accept the Bizum payment App online.
The own‐ er is basi‐ cally correct when YOU AND THE LAW he says that the IN SPAIN community can do nothing about keeping pets in the house. Even if it appears in the original statutes or in community rules, the prohibition of keeping of pets in the house or apartment is regarded as a breach of property rights. However, their activity once outdoors can be regulated. This would be the use of community gar‐ dens or pathways for example. Even if a pet remains in the private garden of the villa behind a fence it might bark incessantly or approach the fence in a threatening manner and this behaviour can be cen‐ sured. The question then becomes how, in practical terms, can you put any punishment into effect?
DAVID SEARL
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
SEVILLA water company Emasesa is running a pilot project to generate clean energy using the juice from some of the 50,000 orange trees growing in the streets of the city. It is forecast that this year’s harvest will be 5.7 million kilos which is an increase of more than 35 per cent over last sea-
THE Governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernández de Cos has said that the Euro‐ pean Union needs to take ac‐ tion now to be alert to the fi‐ nancial risks across the EU due to the Covid‐19 pan‐ demic. He suggests that some form of deposit guarantee fund should be created as banks across the 27 member states are likely to see signifi‐ cant bad debts from individ‐ uals and companies due to the lack of earnings in 2020. In addition, he advises commercial banks to pre‐ pare by cutting costs, be‐ coming more efficient and increasing their use of new
technology as Europe emerges from the restraints of the pandemic. Many banks have taken sensible precautions by mak‐ ing provisions in their ac‐ counts for larger than fore‐ cast bad debts and Spain in particular has taken this on board having experienced and learnt from its serious fi‐ nancial difficulties caused by the last financial crisis. He and other analysts think it unlikely that the Spanish economy will really start to recover until 2022 and the tourism sector which is so important to Spain will need to get back into gear before recovery takes off.
Oranges generate energy son and disposing of the fruit which drops on pavements all over Sevilla is a problem. Now, the water company is continuing an experiment whereby some of these bitter oranges are collected and by extracting the juice, electrical
energy is created through biogas which will then keep the water plant supplied with green electricity. Approximately 50 per cent of the juice and 50 per cent of the peel are extracted from the orange, and for each ton
of orange approximately 500 litres of juice and 500 kilos of peel are generated. The husks and the part that cannot be used is taken to a composting machine for transformation into compost that is reused in the fields of
5G bandwidth options THE Spanish Government is tak‐ ing its time with the releases of 5G bandwidths, but has just earned €42 million from its lat‐ est sale. Having started sales of 5G rights five years ago, it sold an‐ other tranche in 2018 and the latest batch has been sold in equal shares to Orange and Telefonica. This means that currently, Or‐ ange controls the largest block of 5G bandwidth followed by Telefonica, Vodafone and Más‐ Móvil. In March of this year another batch estimated at being worth more than €1 billion will be up for grabs and it is rumoured that Vodafone and MásMóvil may merge to consolidate their 5G capacity.
Closer economic ties THE Foreign Ministers of Spain and Morocco held a video con‐ ference on Tuesday February 23 to discuss strengthening of eco‐ nomic and other ties between the two countries. It was originally planned that Arancha González Laya would travel to Rabat to meet with Nasser Bourita on December 17 2020, but this meeting was can‐ celled due to the Covid‐19 pan‐ demic. The two ministers called for far closer cooperation as strate‐ gic partners in a post pandemic world due to their close vicinity, opportunity for investment and the number of Moroccan citi‐ zens now settled in Spain. the province. The objective is the future use of all the bitter orange production of the city for the generation of clean energy and so far, using waste product, the energy generated in the Emasesa treatment plants in 2020, was equivalent to the annual consumption of almost 5,800 homes.
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Currency outlook: Pound storms to multi-year highs on economic optimism, euro pressured by slow vaccine rollout
LOOKING AHEAD: The euro looks set to remain sluggish in the coming month.
ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com
Euro EUR/GBP: Down from £0.88 to £0.86 EUR/USD: Unchanged at $1.21 The euro remained on the back foot through much of February, as the mood to‐ wards the single currency continued to sour amidst concerns over the EU’s vaccination programme. So far, the vaccine rollout in Europe has continued to lag well behind that of the UK and US. Alongside the stubbornly high infec‐ tion rate in places like France and Germany, which had delayed easing plans, EUR in‐ vestors have grown increasingly concerned about the trajectory of the Eurozone’s eco‐ nomic recovery. However, in spite of this, recent EUR data releases have been largely robust, with the euro deriving some modest support from a rebound in Eurozone inflation, and stronger‐ than‐expected German GDP figures. Looking ahead, the euro looks set to re‐ main sluggish in the coming month, so long as the EU’s vaccination drive continues to disap‐ point. Pound GBP/EUR: Up from €1.12 to €1.16 GBP/USD: Up from $1.37 to $1.41 The pound enjoyed significant support in February, with Sterling outperforming other G10 currencies as it was turbocharged by hopes for a strong economic recovery in the UK in 2021. This has been underpinned by the UK’s success in its vaccination rollout, and a steady fall in the infection rate over the past month.
Reinforcing this optimism was the unveil‐ ing of Boris Johnson’s roadmap for exiting lockdown. While the PM’s plan wasn’t as ag‐ gressive as some traders would have liked, his promise that things will be ‘incomparably bet‐ ter’ by the summer still cheered the pound. Turning to March, the focus for GBP in‐ vestors at the start of the month will be on the publication of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget, which could send the pound even higher on the assumption that the Chancellor will extend the government’s fiscal support to protect jobs. US Dollar USD/GBP: Down from £0.73 to £0.70 USD/EUR: Unchanged at €0.82 The US dollar has mostly moved in step with US Treasury yields in recent weeks, which has largely helped the currency curb its losses amidst a prevailing bullish trend, which may have otherwise driven the safe‐haven ‘Greenback’ sharply lower. Driving bond yields to a one‐year high in February have been hopes for a strong re‐ bound in the US economy this year in re‐ sponse to growing optimism over the next round of US stimulus. On the other hand, USD exchange rates have been tempered somewhat by a dovish Federal Reserve, which has signalled US mon‐ etary policy will remain accommodative for the foreseeable future. Looking ahead, the US dollar could receive a boost in March if President Biden’s $1.9 tril‐ lion stimulus package is finally passed, on the hopes the included relief cheques could spur a sharp increase in consumer spending. Currencies Direct have helped over 325,000 customers save on their currency transfers since 1996. Just pop into your local Currencies Direct branch or give us a call to find out more about how you can save money on your cur‐ rency transfers.
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Feeling uncomfortable in my own skin
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT THE thud of toys hurtled from the prams of the wokers, echoed throughout the land last week as common sense finally prevailed and the odious little would be terrorist Eee Bagum lost her appeal to return to the UK. Heaven only knows how much in fees the legal leeches have actually squeezed out of the British tax payer to fund her shenanigans, but given the result I feel it was almost worth it. Frankly, I never even believed the baby she professed to have birthed was anything more than a sympathy ploy. The woman who always appeared to stick to her like glue every time she paraded the child before the cameras was, I always felt, more likely to be the real Mother. The fact that after it had served its purpose the child mysteriously ‘died’ did nothing to change my opinion. No doubt her lawyers and their woke partners will now be probing other methods of appeal and ‘uman right issues to further line their pockets of greed and
SCHOOL HEADMASTER: Not exactly what I would like to be influencing any of my children. naivety, after all there’s still another couple of hundred cowardly toe rags lining up to be ‘rehabilitated.’ Let ‘em all rot I say. Perhaps that will deter others from taking the same bloodthirsty route. Not only is the British culture being eroded, but our glorious English language is
also becoming a target for the conversation corrupting brigade. ‘TH’is no longer pronounced with the tongue between the teeth; which subsequently turns it into the ‘F’ or ‘V’ sound, and ‘G’ is also fast fading into ‘K’. Examples of this are Nuffink, Somefink and Bruvver. ‘T’s’ are also becoming
unpopular. People are now lookin’ for a be’’er life. Or wannin’ to ‘elp uvvers, and last year ITV welcomed us to ‘I’m a Celebri’y Get me Auht of ‘Ere’! Make yo’ll wanna give up dunnit? This week a further example of British cultural erosion also came to my notice.
Howden Junior School in Yorkshire has decided to drop their House titles named after Admiral Nelson, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh and rename them Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzi (the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban) and Joe Biden’s inauguration poet Amania Gorman! Now I have nothing against tattoos, nor am I a prude, but the sight of the grinning bearded individual who instigated this ruling, photographed wearing jeans with his shirt sleeves rolled up to display a pair of ‘full sleeve’ tattooed arms, wasn’t exactly my idea of the school principal or headmaster I would like to be influencing any of my children! Even America is getting in on the act. Yale University is considering dropping William Shakespeare from its curriculum for being ‘too white’ and ‘too male’. Now I believe in each to his own and everyone being equal but why am I, as a white heterosexual male beginning to feel uncomfortable in my own skin? Innit! I’m enjoying the ‘battering’ Salmond is giving to Sturgeon at the moment. Caviar she most certainly aint ‐ oops, sorry ‐ isn’t! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland.com Mon. Wed. Fri.
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You have to laugh don’t you? MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION
Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHEN we purchased our first property here, over 20 years ago, we needed a Spanish bank account. To get a credit card I had to deposit the same amount as the credit limit. Although the bank has changed its name at least three times and rules and regulations are so different I’ve just left it there. I got an email saying that they no longer need my money in a deposit account and would I like to put it in my current account or draw it out - basically it’s costing them money to have it there. As going anywhere at the moment is an adventure I masked up and off I went. I remember years ago if you turned up at a bank with a mask on they would press an alarm and the police would come and arrest you. Now the police come if you don’t have a mask! I turned up for my meeting bang on time but still had to wait ‘cos the geezer I was seeing was still at lunch which peed me off straightaway. It’s just rude! He arrived and looked about 12 years
old. We go through the pleasantries and I told him I’d like to put the money in something that might earn some interest. He then hit me with this bombshell I have to complete a questionnaire to assess how able I am to understand what I’m being told about the risk. He asks my level of education, do I have any degrees and what jobs I ’ve had. I explained I was expelled from school at 14, have no real education, have never had a job as I ’ve always worked for myself and I retired at 50 after selling the fourth largest chain of video shops in the UK. He was not impressed and informed me that the best I could look at was a risk between 1-5. I couldn’t look at the 6-10 options. He tried to explain that this was all because people had been suing the bank because they hadn’t understood the risk. After an hour I’d lost the will to live and chose the investment I thought was OK. After some more explaining, which by now I wasn’t even listening to; he told me I needed to sign some papers. I left the bank with 69 PAGES of documents and as of today’s date my savings have dropped €100. Have to laugh don’t you? e-mail: mikesenker@gmail.com
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THE pandemic has turned everyone’s lives up‐ side down, but it has been particularly frac‐ tious for many parents as they juggle work, housework and home schooling. But this isn’t just a first‐world problem. Ac‐ cording to Unesco, there have been moments when 1.5 billion children, more than 80 per cent of the school kids on the planet, missed school. Some smaller percentage have missed school for a VERY long time. Well, apart from the suggestion of summer school, could this past year be treated as lost? In an ideal world, could all children repeat this year’s education from scratch? Put all the chil‐ dren in school back a year and keep this cohort in school for an additional year. That would put all of them at the same level at the end of the process. There would then be two year groups going through the schools covering the same curriculum until all those affected by the lock‐ down have completed their education. However, after the latest lockdown some things may actually improve. The children of UK‐based relatives used to continually moan about their school. They took it for granted and
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Donald Duck, Tinkerbell and Buzz Lightyear Arrested!
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR: Was due to appear in court... or was he? complained about everything but now they miss it, can’t wait to return. Hopefully, this gen‐ eration of students will return to school with a better appreciation of its advantages and the
privilege of education in general. And interestingly, while most physical pur‐ suits have been banned or restricted by schools, one sport has made a virtue of the
pandemic. La Jolla Fencing Academy in Califor‐ nia boasts that it offers the perfect Covid‐19 sport: “Masks, gloves and if anybody gets clos‐ er than 6ft to you, you stab them.” You have been warned. And Donald Duck, Tinkerbell and Buzz Lightyear? Lawyers and officials were recently greeted with an unusual list of defendants at Stoke‐on‐Trent Crown Court. It seemed Donald Duck, Tinkerbell and Buzz Lightyear were all due in the dock. But before children could be‐ come alarmed, HM Courts and Tribunals Ser‐ vice explained that the cartoon characters’ names had been listed only as part of a test of their system. What a relief! Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘No Safe Place’, ‘Betrayal’, ‘The Girl in the Woods’, ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.no ra‐johnson.net) available online as eBook (€0.99; £0.99), Apple Books, paperback and audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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DAVID WORBOYS A SCHOOL colleague of mine, Roy, waited until he left school before distinguishing himself. He achieved legendary status just before his 18th birthday while taking his driving test, during which he made a mis‐ judgement. The examination was going well until he knocked over a police officer who was plodding across the road on a zebra cross‐ ing. Once details had been taken, the ex‐ aminer drove him back to the office and told him he’d committed a treble whammy. He had hit a pedestrian. It was on a zebra crossing. It was a policeman. He had therefore failed the test. Roy took exception to this, claiming that, apart from this incident, he had done everything to perfection. When the examiner stood firm, Roy lost the plot and started shouting at him. I imagine it must have been quite a while before his second attempt to qualify. But, this is just background information. For me, Roy’s true claim to fame was that he had a friend, whom I had met once, a lanky ginger‐top called Louis Armstrong. By the time our ginger‐top friend was
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NAMESAKES FAMOUS NAMES: Louis Armstrong and two very different Michael Jacksons. born (late 30s), Louis Armstrong was al‐ ready a household name and was to go on to become a legend in the truest sense. So, what were Mr and Mrs Armstrong thinking of at the font? Did they have in mind a fu‐ ture of superstardom for their baby? Would he be among the greatest musical exponents in history? When you are named after one of the most famous and recognisable people on the planet, you may have to expect the odd
reaction. This could be disbelief, contradic‐ tion or downright hilarity. I tried to imagine this character checking in at a hotel. “Name sir?” “Armstrong.” “Er ... first name?” “Louis Armstrong.” “Um, can I see your passport?” Police Officer: “Can I have your name, sir?” “Louis Armstrong.” “I see. It’s like that, is it?” “I’m Louis Armstrong,” Laundrywoman: “Ah, I thought you might be. And I’m Mari‐ lyn Monroe.” Of course, there must be many people named John Kennedy, Pedro Sanchez and Helmut Schmidt, but when the famous one is a colourful character, especially of differ‐ ent race and characteristics from the namesake, there is bound to be more amusement. One of our most esteemed military com‐ manders of recent times is General Michael Jackson. He is known as Mike Jackson, pos‐ sibly to avoid confusion with a somewhat less conventional personality from the world of entertainment. Each of them has his own brand of charisma, but it is difficult to think of two personalities less alike.
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THE Malaga City Council has launched a project called ‘WorkBay’ within municipal actions to con‐ tribute to the economic reactivation of the city, as well as to attracting and retaining talent and productive in‐ vestment. The aim is to attract telecommuters from both within Spain and from other countries to the city. The campaign includes, on the one hand, digital promotion actions, with the dissemination of audiovisual ma‐ terial on social networks, as well as the provision of a website where you can find out about the advisory services that are offered. The project has a website, www.malagaworkbay.com, which of‐ fers information on services, trans‐ portation, accommodation, etc for the transfer of teleworkers to Malaga. It is available in different languages: Span‐
TELEWORKING: To attract telecommuters from other countries too. ish, English and German. Those in charge of the Investors Of‐ fice will attend to all the queries re‐ ceived by this channel and will adapt the services to the effective demands of professionals interested in tele‐ working from Malaga. Malaga WorkBay is based on the experience that many teleworkers have brought to the city that stands out for the qualities that Malaga has such as quality of life, communica‐
tions, international schools, the multi‐ culturalism of the city, the productive fabric and, above all, the open charac‐ ter of the people of Malaga. The British market despite Brexit is one of the priority markets in this project. ‘Malaga WorkBay’ makes different services available to teleworkers to help them develop their business from Malaga. On the one hand, informa‐ tion is provided on the coworking spaces managed by the municipal
company Promálaga. These facilities are located in the centre of Malaga and in the Technolo‐ gy Park, offering different spaces for teleworking, as well as meeting rooms and complementary services. All Malaga coworking sites that want to join the project will be able to do so, thus completing the offer of spaces that the city has. Likewise, the Investor Office of the Malaga City Council will assist and ad‐ vise all those who want to establish themselves in Malaga and will pro‐ mote synergies with companies of dif‐ ferent nationalities and with local brands. The ‘softlanding’ services that will be offered are related to the search for a place to work or for meetings, search for a school, as well as all those information and advisory services on the procedures related to arrival in our city. It should also be noted that within the framework of ‘Malaga WorkBay’ we are working with tourist housing entities and other types of establish‐
ments in order to make a battery of homes and spaces available to tele‐ workers to facilitate your move to the city. This initiative is open to adding oth‐ er establishments in the productive fabric of Malaga that consider that this customer profile could be interesting for their activity, thus reorienting their market and diversifying the offer. I was born in Malaga and I have had my law office, Just Law Spanish Solici‐ tors here for some 30 years in addition to being the Danish Consul for Andalu‐ cia. I also have considerable experi‐ ence of company formation here in Spain. I am proud to say that Malaga is one of the best cities in the world to live in, since in addition to the climate it has a variety of international schools, as well as a good health sys‐ tem, proximity to airports, the cost of housing and the low crime rate. So these have been some of the qualities that have recently led the prestigious American magazine Forbes to place Malaga among the top 20 cities in the world where to live, invest and work.
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A BUSY TIME: For the Walking Football Association Iberia. FOR the first time in many months a ‘serious’ game of walking football took place at the Polideportivo , Benalmade‐ na on Tuesday, March 2 be‐ tween the Benalmadena Old Farts (Golden Oldies), Team Cap‐ tain ‘The Commander’ and Cala‐ honda Old Farts (Senior Citi‐ zens), Team Captain Robin Beith, when there was a fair smattering of 65/70‐ year‐olds in the teams. The prize for the winners was the James King Senior Seniors Trophy. Kick Off was at 10am.
Covid precautions applied. Refreshments of course were served in Cristy’s at the close of ‘hostilities.’ The Walking Football Associa‐ tion Iberia has been busy during the restrictions and finishing touches are being put to a letter from the Association to the Jun‐ ta de Andalucia Health Board presenting the case that the Health Board give a recommen‐ dation that walking football is a useful physical and mental exer‐ cise for over‐50 adults. This is the latest move to‐
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Rivaldo Urges Lionel Messi To Sign For Man City BARCELONA’S legendary Brazilian superstar, the great Rivaldo, has urged Lionel Messi to make the summer move to Manch‐ ester City when his contract expires. The Argentinian star has been linked with a move to the Pre‐ mier League leaders throughout the season, having expressed a desire to leave last summer, and it is thought that he will defi‐ nitely leave at the end of this season, with few clubs able to af‐ ford to take him, especially since the pandemic caused so much financial hardship among football clubs around the world. Speaking to Betfair, the Barca hero said, “Pep Guardiola has one of the best squads in Europe and Manchester City are in in‐ credible form right now after 19 consecutive wins, jumping to a 10‐point lead in the league and taking a solid step forward in Eu‐ rope this week.” He continued, “City are a very rich club and that allows them to sign the best players in the world. For that reason, they would be a very solid destination for Lionel Messi if he leaves Barcelona.” Adding, “Mix the great moment of form they’re going through with the fact that Guardiola has already coached Messi with huge success, and it’s clear that the English club would become even stronger with the Argentinian star on their ranks. In fact, with Messi, they would be the favourite to win any competition.”