FREE COPY THE NEWSPAPER FOR An executive SOUTHERN mind teaching Official market leader Audited by PGD/OJD equality January 5th to 11th 2018 www.surinenglish.com From Lillehammer to Seville, Brita Hetkoen News 2 Food & Drink 47 paves the way for Comment 26 My Home 49 Lifestyle 28 Sport 53 women among the What To Do 42 Classified 56 37 62 business elite P28 in English Health & Beauty Pastimes Employment grew faster in Malaga than anywhere else in Spain in 2017

During the last 12 months, the number of people paying into the social security system increased 5.2%

Malaga was the Spanish province a quarter of the 100,000 extra in An- where employment increased the dalucía overall. The number of reg- most in 2017, according to official istered unemployed in Malaga prov- figures released on Wednesday. The ince ended the year on 157,573, A REGAL END TO THE HOLIDAYS province saw an increase of 28,486 roughly the same figure as 2009, people paying into the social secu- just ahead of the worst years of the rity system through work, just over global economic crisis. P21 Children all over Spain prepare for the visit tonight of the Three Kings Sewage treatment systems bearing gifts and plenty of sweets P18&33 on the Costa suffer under

P2&3 the weight of wet wipes The Wise Men pay an early visit to a local district in Malaga. :: EDUARDO NIETO

Protests increase over use of prison as an immigrant centre after an Algerian inmate was found hanging where he was being held P6

Government closes in on holiday rental tax fraud as law will oblige platforms such as Airbnb to give details of property owners to Hacienda P16

Traditional food festivals in store for 2018. The province celebrates its gastronomical heritage all year round P47&48 22222222 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Wet wipes are causing big problems for the sewage treatment system

paigns to raise awareness of this THE DAMAGE CAUSED wipes. It can’t deal with them be- As a result, in the pumping and problem, but they have had little BY WET WIPES, IN cause they are made with textile treatment stations in Malaga prov- result because many still use the FIGURES fibres which form a skein, and this ince an average of 400 tonnes of FRANCISCO lavatory as a rubbish bin without is impossible to undo; as well as rubbish has to be removed every JIMÉNEZ realising, or maybe not caring, that blocking the pipes they also break month; of this more than 90 per these products do not disappear by the equipment. Wet wipes are now cent contains wet wipes.  [email protected] magic when the chain is pulled. 400 used in many homes, and families In addition to this, some wet Quite the contrary, in fact: they tonnes of rubbish a month are are misled by manufacturers who wipes disposed of down the toilet Every month in Malaga accumulate into an enormous mass removed from the pumping claim they are biodegradable. Some never reach the plant; they accu- which obstructs the downpipes of and treatment plants in the even say on the label that they can mulate in the pipes and when it province 400 tonnes blocks of apartments and, once in province, and more than 90 per be disposed of down the lavatory rains the waste becomes tangled of rubbish have to be the outside pipes, the manholes, col- cent are wet wipes. In addition with no problem. up in the drains, collectors and lectors and pumping and treatment to this figure, others have to be spillways. Everyone knows what removed from the systems as well. They cause the removed from apartment Slow decomposition happens then: unpleasant smells pipes because it equipment to break down on a regu- blocks by specialist companies, Technically, yes, they do decom- and pools of sewage coming from lar basis, and when that happens and some end up in the pipes pose when they come into contact the drains and flowing into the riv- causes blockages and waste ends up flowing into rivers, and come out through the spill- with the water but it takes about ers, streams or directly into the sewage overflows streams or directly into the sea ways when the pipes cannot two weeks for them to do so, while sea, because the equipment just through the spillways. The problem cope with the increased flow ordinary toilet paper degrades in can’t cope. is especially serious on rainy days resulting from rainfall or a matter of hours. This was dem- “It doesn’t matter how much we MALAGA. Cotton buds, tampons, because in most towns the rainwater breakdowns. onstrated recently in a laboratory invest in technology to try to filter condoms, bits of food, used oil, and waste use the same pipes and test carried out by the Emasa mu- wet wipes, or how many awareness nappies... people throw a wide va- these end up overflowing. nicipal water company in Malaga: campaigns are carried out, while riety of things down the lavatory, The problem of cotton buds and it subjected wet wipes, moist toi- they continue to be sold as if they but what is causing the biggest other personal hygiene products 10-18% let paper and conventional toilet were biodegradable and people keep headaches for the people who look is nothing new. In fact, the sani- is the extra cost of maintenance paper to constant movement and throwing them down the toilet after our sewage pipes are wet tation companies have learned to and repairs which are necessary compared how long it took them there is nothing we can do about wipes; originally designed to be live with them by introducing new due to the presence of wet wipes to decompose. it,” says Emasa’s director of Main- used for babies in recent years they equipment. However, what the in the network, according to the Bearing in mind that it takes up tenance and Treatment, Concepción have commonly been used by the system can’t cope with, and what Spanish Association of Water to 48 hours from the time the cis- Fernández Cotrina, resignedly. whole family. causes the most frequent prob- Supplies and Sanitation (AEAS). tern is flushed to the arrival of the She says wet wipes have become There have been numerous cam- lems, is the daily avalanche of wet Nationally, the figure is around waste at the treatment plant, it is the most serious problem for the 200 million euros. obvious that this is not long system, even the ones which are enough for the material to degrade. degradable, because when they de-

A tangle of wet wipes removed from the downpipe of a block of apartments. :: SUR A blocked pump at the Rincón de la Victoria pumping station. :: SUR

Domestic system Sediment accumulation Treatment cycle When the wipes and Given their high absorption It takes a maximum of 48 other solid waste are wipes tend to get caught on hours for items thrown flushed down the toilet any rough surfaces inside down the toilet to arrive at they causes blockages pipes or stuck in those with- the sewage plant, but wet in the building’s pipes out a steep incline and the wipes take two weeks to and collectors. layers accumulate. 48decompose. January 5th to 11th 2018 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS compose their particles are scat- down the lavatory’. However, the tered about and they create micro- magnitude of the problem is multi- Laboratory tests show plastics which end up in the sea A bad habit that is good for plied in places like Malaga, where it with no type of filter. rarely rains and, when it does, it is that the majority of wet “We’re not trying to stop them drain-cleaning companies torrential, so that the wet wipes wipes take two weeks to being sold, we just want the peo- which for months have remained decompose ple who use them to throw them sedimented in the pipes are pushed into the rubbish bin, not down the :: F. JIMÉNEZ pany benefits financially from all to the pumping stations (which in lavatory,” says Concepción, as she MALAGA. “When we started in this work, he insists that they al- turn push the waste water to the treat- shows us how in just 24 hours a 1999 we were one of only three ways tell people to throw wet ment plants), causing problems in extra pressure on human and tech- container which can hold eight cu- companies of this type. Now there wipes into the rubbish bin, not pumps and filters. nical resources, not to mention the bic metres has been filled with wet are 25 in this province but we have down the toilet. “Obviously it “When there is a blockage the ma- environmental damage caused, but wipes removed from the Guadal- even more work than we did then, would be good for us if they threw chine stops operating, the water level the AEAS Spanish Water Supply and horce treatment plant. mainly because people’s pipes keep even more away like that, but we rises and the drains overflow into the Sewage Association calculates that “This is a normal day. When it getting blocked by wet wipes.” honestly tell them not to do it. streets, streams or onto the beach,” when people throw rubbish down rains, it is much worse. One con- Enrique Godoy, the head of When we are called out by a com- explains Jorge Gil, head of the collec- the toilet it increases the treatment tainer after another,” says an em- Desatoros Malaga, describes per- munity of owners we always ex- tor drains department at the Acosol costs by between ten and 18 per cent, ployee, briefly removing the mask fectly the situation caused by plain the problems that wet wipes water company, which is part of the which is about 200 million euros a he has to wear because of the stench people throwing wet wipes cause and we even put up posters, Mancomunidad de Municipios of the year. Although this cost is initially from the mass of wipes mixed with down the lavatory: plenty of but within two or three months western . met by the companies, it is eventu- waste water that have to be re- work for the drain-cleaning com- the pipes are full again,” he says. Apart from the environmental im- ally paid for by consumers through moved manually from the machin- panies, but a major headache for Ana Núñez, of Desatoros Pepe pact, he emphasises the “appalling” their water bills. ery. sewage companies. Núñez, agrees. “Even though there cost of preventive maintenance work, Sources at Axaragua, the company This is a global problem, and “The problem, apart from them has been more information in re- investment in new equipment and which handles sewage treatment companies from 25 countries have not decomposing, is that they don’t cent years and the wet wipes they constant repairs, especially because in the main coastal towns in the Ax- now set up the International Group pass smoothly down the pipe. They make nowadays do decompose on days when the flow increases no arquía region, estimate that clean- of Water Service Operators to es- get stuck and accumulate, and better, the truth is that most of equipment could deal with it. ing the pumps and pipes, removing tablish a set of conditions with gradually they form a blockage,” our work is unclogging the drains and treating the rubbish, maintain- which products must comply if says Enrique. of apartment blocks precisely be- Extra cost ing and improving equipment and they are to be labelled ‘disposable disposable Despite the fact that his com- cause of this problem,” she says. It is not easy to put a figure on this repairing breakdowns puts the cost of dealing with the wet wipes at more than 400,000 euros a year. “People don’t realise the prob- lems that are caused when they don’t dispose of wet wipes properly, because when they put them down the lavatory it causes blockages in the whole network, starting with the domestic pipes and then con- tinuing in the public ones,” says An- tolín de Benito, of Axaragua. As Jorge Gil also stresses, “the fact that when you throw a wet wipe down the lavatory it disap- pears, does not mean that the per- son who flushes bears no respon- sibility for the damage they have caused.”

Wet wipes that ended up in the Guadalmedina river after the rain in October. :: ÁLVARO CABRERA

An Emasa employee removes the filtered wet wipes which have accumulated in the treatment plant in just 24 hours. :: SALVADOR SALAS

Rainfall and breakdowns In the sea When more water flows When the wet wipes down the drains an accumu- are discharged into the lated mass of wet wipes goes sea they stay on the with it and the pumps can’t bottom and are washed cope or become blocked, so back to shore on windy the water passes unfiltered days. through the spillways. 4 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH After a review of rateable values the IBI tax will be lower in 26 municipalities in 2018

In there will be a taxes, the rateable value of a prop- reduction of nine per erty can also affect national taxes (income and wealth tax) and re- cent and in Benalmádena gional ones such as inheritance, gifts four per cent, but in and wealth transfers. But there are and Benahavís the other aspects too, because as well as for tax purposes, the rateable rate will increase value is also taken into account if a property owner applies for any form :: FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ of public assistance, such as subsi- MALAGA. If you own a property dised housing, an educational grant, (a home, commercial premises or a place in a home for the elderly or land) in Nerja, Benahavís, Fuente even legal aid. de Piedra, Alcaucín or you Of the 31 municipalities affected will probably pay more for IBI tax this year, the five where the ‘valor in 2018. On the other hand, if your catastral’ was last reviewed prior to property is in a large town such as 2004 will see the rate increase by a Marbella or Benalmádena, or in 24 coefficient that ranges from three small municipalities in the prov- per cent in Nerja, where the last re- ince such as Colmenar, view was in 2003, and five per cent or , your IBI this year is in Benahavís, where nothing has likely to be lower. changed since 1996. In other words, This comes, of course, after years the more time which has passed of suffering the effects of the ‘ca- Marbella will see the greatest reduction in its rateable values this year (9 per cent). :: JOSELE-LANZA since the last review, the greater the tastrazo’, when the rateable val- increase in the rateable value of the ues were set a decade ago at a time property. when construction was booming, VALOR CATASTRAL MUNICIPALITIES WITH NEW COEFFICIENTS IN 2018 On the contrary, the 26 munici- and then the property bubble burst palities which updated their figures and market prices plunged. What is it? It is an administra- Municipality Last review Variation in 2018 between 2005 and 2012, during the Nothing can be done about that tive value set objectively for each Alcaucín 2000 +4% height of the property bubble, will situation now, but in 26 munici- property after taking into ac- Almachar 2008 -4% now see the set values reduce. palities in Malaga province the count a series of criteria such as Alpandeire 2007 -4% In Marbella, the corrective coeffi- ‘valor catastral’ is being reduced so its location, size, cost of con- 2007 -4% cient which will be applied this year taxes such as the Impuesto sobre struction, age, use and price of 2009 -4% to the figures which have been in Bienes Inmuebles (IBI) or the mu- the land. 2008 -4% force since 2012 is 0.91; this is a re- nicipal capital gains tax which is Benahavís 1996 +5% duction of nine per cent and the sav- paid when a property is sold or Uses for tax purposes. The Benalmádena 2006 -4% ing for property owners in IBI alone when somebody inherits or is ‘valor catastral’ is used as a refer- 2009 -4% is estimated to be four million euros. gifted a property, will be lower. ence to set a figure for municipal 2008 -4% As an example, a property valued This situation is due to the cor- taxes (IBI and capital gains) re- 2008 -4% at 100,000 euros in 2012 will now rective coefficients which were gional taxes (inheritance and Casares 2006 -4% be registered at 91,000 and this will approved by parliament at its last gifts, and transfers of wealth) and Cañete la Real 2007 -4% be the value that the administra- session of 2017, for the 31 councils national taxes (income and Colmenar 2011 -5% tion will take as a reference when in the province which had either wealth). 2007 -4% calculating the base rate of every requested a review or are officially 1998 +4% tax. In Benalmádena, the reduction entitled to apply the new values Other uses. Although origi- 2008 -4% is four per cent. to adjust to market prices. nally the aim of the ‘valor catas- Guaro 2006 -4% As a general rule, councils are The measure affects the base tral’ was for tax purposes, the data 2008 -4% obliged to update their rateable val- rate for the tax, and it can be al- is also used by public administra- 2008 -4% ues every ten years, but this rarely tered upwards or downwards. Al- tions to determine the financial Manilva 2011 -5% occurs even though the tax office though in Malaga most rateable capacity of the property owners Marbella 2012 -9% has the power to do so itself or take values have dropped, the situation in cases such as applying for pro- 2008 -4% action against them. The munici- in the rest of the country is not as tected housing, educational Nerja 2003 +3% palities can also ask for a review be- clear: in 1,296 municipalities the grants, access to homes for the Ojén 2011 -5% fore 31 May each year, as long as five rate has increased, and it has elderly or legal aid. Periana 2000 +4% years have passed since the last col- dropped in 535. 2010 -4% lective valuation (in this case be- 2008 -4% fore 2013), and there is a substan- Other taxes Riogordo 2007 -4% tial difference between market It is worth pointing out that as well Valle de Abdalajís 2009 -4% prices and the rateable values as its effects on the municipal 2007 -4% which are in force. January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 5 6 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

Immigrant boat Protests increase over Archidona immigrant with 58 sub- Saharans on detention centre after apparent suicide board is rescued off Costa del Sol A 36-year-old Algerian man’s body, there were increased man was found hanged protests from campaigners at the gates of the centre as well as other :: SUR and opposition politicians, points in the area including Plaza MALAGA. A boat carrying 58 charities and human de la Merced in the centre of Malaga. illegal immigrants from sub-Sa- rights groups have called haran Africa was rescued off the Attempt to stop buses Costa del Sol on Saturday, 30th for deportations to be Objectors have argued that the de- December. The vessel was spot- halted during the inquiry portations should be stopped while ted some 45 miles offshore. Ten the death is investigated. This week of those found were women. In :: FERNANDO TORRES / the Junta de Andalucía regional gov- total 117 migrants were brought JUAN CANO ernment and Malaga Acoge, a char- ashore in Andalucía on the same MALAGA. Condemnation of the ity supporting immigrants, asked day. use of the future Archidona prison the court in Archidona to stop two It was a busy end to a year complex, in inland Malaga province, buses leaving the centre taking im- that saw a record number of il- as a detention centre for illegal im- migrants away to Algeria, for fear legal immigrants found off the migrants has increased this week. of the investigation being harmed Malaga coast, putting pressure It follows the death of one of the if witnesses left. Family members on limited local resources to detainees held there, a 36-year-old of the dead man and campaigners handle the influx. man from Algeria who was found tried to stop the buses leaving on The opposition Socialist party hanged on the morning of Friday, Monday, forcing police on duty at has said that central government December 30th. The preliminary the gates to intervene. still hasn’t fixed a date to start results of the autopsy suggested it The brother of the dead man (3rd from left) with supporters. :: F.T. Spain’s official immigrant cen- work on an improved reception was a suicide. tres have no places available, forc- and handling centre at Malaga’s The dead man was one of an es- going outrage at the temporary use National leader of the Izquierda ing the use of Archidona jail, accord- port. timated 300 Algerians who were in- of the new prison facility. In No- Unida party, Alberto Garzón said ing to central government. Minis- It is calling for urgent im- side awaiting processing of depor- vember 570 illegal Algerian immi- that “the death should weigh on the ter of the Interior, Juan Ignacio provements and says Malaga is tation orders. Some opposition poli- grants, mostly from boats found off consciences of those running a pol- Zoido has explained the move by the only major port in Spain ticians, civil rights groups and chari- the coast, were brought there as icy violating human rights”. saying that “the conditions in Ar- where there are no adequate fa- ties have called for no more immi- other official detention centres were Appearing alongside campaign- chidona are the same [ as normal cilities to process illegal immi- grants held there to be removed full, although gradually many have ers against the Archidona centre, the detention centres]”, adding that the grants “in a dignified way”. while an investigation into the death been returned to Algeria. Sources brother of the dead man said that he decision to house immigrants there “ The government has no in- continues. say that there has been a rise in un- used to speak with him daily and was taken to avoid putting them terest at all in finding a solution The renewed criticism of the Ar- rest within the jail building as de- that he never talked about suicide. “into camps like you see in other to this problem,” said local MP, chidona centre comes on top of on- portations increased. Following the discovery of the countries”. Miguel Ángel Heredia.

112 REPORTS Council worker held over Man dies after fall ex-girlfriend attack trying to enter a flat

MARBELLA MARBELLA :: H.B. A council worker in the San :: J.C. Police are investigating the Pedro district of Marbella has been circumstances behind the death of held without bail following a pre- a middle-aged man who was found sumed attack on his ex-girlfriend dead on the pavement by a block in the street on 26 December. The of flats in Marbella. Investigators alleged aggressor was already sub- are working on the hypothesis that ject to a restraining order after an the victim had been trying to break incident last summer. into a flat on the third floor and fell.

Stolen car found and routine checks on the Avenida Rey Juan Carlos I when the offi- French driver arrested cers caught him speeding. The driver provided what po- ALMUÑÉCAR lice suspected to be false identi- :: J. RHODES. Local police in Al- fication and an investigation re- muñécar detained a driver with vealed that the car, a black Peu- French nationality last Friday on geot 308 with French number suspicion of driving a stolen ve- plates, had been reported as sto- hicle and falsifying documents. len by a French company on 1 The driver was stopped during March last year. Bail denied to one of two Bather drowns off held over Elviria death Torre del Mar

MARBELLA TORRE DEL MAR :: A.F. A judge in Marbella has de- :: E.C. A 50-year-old man from nied bail to one of the two Czech Torre del Mar was found floating men arrested in connection with dead in the water off the beach near last week’s death in a fight of a the lighthouse on Thursday morn- 44-year-old man in the Golden ing. Initial investigations pointed Beach development of Elviria, to a drowning. According to sources, east of Marbella. Two men, aged the man, who was found naked, 33 and 27 years, were held after was known to have health prob- the attack. lems and was taking medication. January 5th to 11th 2018 7 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS

could provide information that would lead to the whereabouts of the young Ten years with no news of Amy girl. The following year they started a campaign with the slogan ‘Amy’s Day’, which took them around dif- ferent towns in the province of The Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick, left, was last Malaga on the first day of each month disappeared on New seen at 10pm on 1 January 2008 to remind people of the case. in Calypso, Costa. Below, her In January 2012, the couple moved Year’s Day 2008 when mother and stepfather, David to , where Audrey’s son Dean she was on her way Mahon, who was convicted in lived after moving back there a year home from a friend’s 201616 for killing Amy’s brother.brot after Amy’s disappearance. But fate :: SUR was to deal another huge blow to the house in Mijas Fitzpatrick family. Barely a year and a half later, in May 2013, Dean was fatally stabbed in a fight with his step- :: JUAN CANO fatherf in Coolock, a district on the MALAGA. She had spent New Year’s northno side of Dublin, near the flat the Eve at her friend Ashley’s house, on familyfam had moved into when they the Calypso development in Mijas movedmo back to Ireland. He was 23. Costa, to help look after her younger DaveD Mahon was accused of kill- brother. The next day, New Year’s ing his stepson. At the trial, which he Day, they went to the Calahonda mar- attendedatte on the arm of Audrey, Dean ket and returned to Ashley’s house. andan Amy’s mother, he pleaded inno- At 10pm Amy Fitzpatrick said good- centce and blamed the death on an ac- bye to her friend and set off for her cidentc or possible suicide, stating that home in Riviera del Sol, a walk of the youth had stabbed himself. The around two kilometres on a tar- jury cleared him of murder but found macked path (except for a 50-metre him guilty of manslaughter. In June unsurfaced stretch) but that was lit- 2016 he was sentenced to seven years tle-used. No one has seen her since. in prison. His appeal was rejected. And that was ten years ago. On the tenth anniversary of Amy’s The Irish teenager, who was then disappearance, her biological father, 15 years old, disappeared on that walk Christopher Fitzpatrick, has broken home without a trace. The Guardia his silence and made statements to Civil, who inspected the route she the Irish press. should have taken, found no evidence “Christmas and New Year’s will of an abduction, which is what her never be the same again. I am still mother Audrey had feared had hap- devastated over the loss of my two pened. Officers never ruled out that children, Amy and Dean,” he told the theory although they initially gave Sunday World. more credibility to the idea that Amy Fitzpatrick sent out a plea to any- had run away of her own accord. She one with any relevant information had apparently wanted to go and live they haven’t disclosed until now to with her father, who had stayed in come forward. Ireland when his marriage with her “I would like to ask people who mother broke up. The teenager lived were there 10 years ago when Amy in Mijas with her mother, brother went missing and may have informa- and her mother’s partner, David tion they can now share, to contact Mahon. the police,” he said. “People went back Over the last decade the family to the UK and different parts of the have launched several campaigns and world afterwards, and they should tributes to keep Amy’s disappearance come forward. in the public eye. In 2010, her mother “We just want to find Amy. We and her partner even offered a reward know where Dean is, but to bring of a million euros for anyone who Amy home would be great,” he added.

and returned to parental custody Police arrest two while the inquiry continues. Six detained for conning 12 In an interview with the police, in the company of his parents, the people out of 700,000 euros teenagers, alleged victim had described how he had been hit, kicked and insulted using ‘Nigerian letters’ scam accused of harassing a by the two youths who humiliated him in front of the whole class. The attacks had started during the pre- classmate for a year vious school year and continued in :: SUR counts in the names of cover com- the autumn term to the point that MALAGA. National Police have panies in different Spanish cities the boy did not want to go to school arrested six people in Barcelona, into which the money was paid. and was seeing a psychologist. Malaga and Segovia for allegedly Three people have since been Investigations into the leged case of abuse to the police and The police’s search for witnesses defrauding 12 people out of arrested in Barcelona and two in case, in which a 16-year- the investigation, which began at in the case not only produced re- 700,000 euros using the scam Malaga, while the alleged manager the beginning of December, resulted ports that confirmed the boy’s alle- known as ‘Nigerian letters’. The of the false companies was de- old boy reported in the identification of two suspects, gations, but also discovered a new method involves the potential vic- tained in Segovia. continued bullying, have both minors from the same school. possible victim of the pair. tims being asked to pay a sum to The ‘Nigerian letters’ scam is by revealed another victim The youths were arrested on 27 De- A girl of the same age told the po- cover tax before being able to claim no means new in the province of cember in connection with alleged lice that she had witnessed the har- million-euro prize money. Malaga. In July 2005 more than offences against moral integrity, assment suffered by the boy and The investigation was sparked 315 people were arrested in the so- :: JUAN CANO confessed, in front of her parents, by a report made by an Australian called ‘Caso Nilo’ in connection MALAGA. A year of being slapped, that she was also being bullied. citizen who had been conned out with fraud involving false lottery kicked, insulted and humiliated on The school confirmed to police of 500,000 euros. After receiving prizes committed by an interna- a daily basis led to a 16-year-old stu- The youngsters, who could that the education system’s own a letter informing of a 1.9-million- tional criminal gang. In 2004 alone, dent at a secondary school in Este- face charges of an offence protocol for cases of bullying had euro lottery prize the victim was some 20,000 people resident in pona requiring psychological treat- against moral integrity, been activated when the situation told that “tax” had to be paid be- different countries had been taken ment, and to the arrest of two of his was made known and the two ado- fore the winnings could be in. In the end 120 Nigerian nation- classmates. have been suspended lescents have been temporarily sus- claimed. als went on trial in Malaga’s pro- The boy’s family reported the al- pended from school. The scammers opened bank ac- vincial court in 2011. January 5th to 11th 2018 8 SUR IN ENGLISH January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 9 10 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

HERE AND THERE Online thriller series to Diputación approves be shot in the Axarquía pedestrianisation grant Supreme Court rules in euros. The aim of Nerja town hall is to Nerja expropriation case complete a section of promenade that VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA currently ends at the cliffs on Torre- :: E. C. Mayor of Vélez-Málaga, An- :: A. P. Malaga’s provincial author- NERJA cilla beach, connecting it with the tonio Moreno Ferrer, along with the ity, the Diputación, approved last :: E. C. Andalucía’s supreme court Balcón, using the land in question. Colombian actor, director and pro- Friday an 836,000-euro grant for has ruled that Nerja town hall will This is not the first beachside ducer, Mario Bolaños, announced the pedestrianisation of Vélez- pay just over 2.1 million euros for compulsory purchase order the that the series ‘Torre de Narcos’ will Málaga town centre. The project the expropriation of a 4,350- town hall has signed recently. An start filming in the area in Febru- includes Plaza de las Carmelitas square-metre area of private land agreement was reached with the ary. The series is described as an “ac- and other central streets. Work is near the Balcón de Europa and Tor- owner of a 1,307 square metre piece tion thriller” which will be avail- set to start after Easter Week and recilla beach. The court rejected of land near Calahonda beach three able online. Each of the 12 episodes should be finished in time for the an appeal lodged by the owner who weeks earlier. This purchase will will be 15 minutes long and will town’s feria, which takes place at claimed more than 16 million cost the council 953,000 euros. show parts of the Axarquía. The series presentation. :: E. C. the end of September.

38 dogs rescued in Axarquía-wide Pilot unhurt as light aircraft crashes into field of operation against animal cruelty avocados near Vélez airport

Seprona intervened in three separate cases in The plane was trying to way after reporting mechanical return to the runway problems with the plane. He was one day in and gliding at around 300 metres Benajarafe and the owners after the control tower when the aircraft came down. are being investigated for had received reports of Firefighters and an ambulance mechanical problems were called to the scene where ill-treating their pets the man was attended to for back pain. :: SUR :: EUGENIO CABEZAS There has been a rise in acci- AXARQUÍA. Officers from the VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA. The pilot of dents involving light aircraft us- Guardia Civil’s nature protection a light aircraft escaped uninjured ing the Leoni Benabú airfield near service Seprona in Vélez-Málaga when his plane crashed into a field Trapiche, just north of Vélez- and Nerja carried out three sepa- of avocados not far from the Ax- Málaga in recent years, several of rate raids relating to suspected ani- arquía airfield at the which have been fatal. mal cruelty in Benajarafe and Tor- bridge on Thursday morning. The last accident occurred al- rox on Wednesday. According to a spokesperson at most exactly a year ago, on 19 The first raid took place in Be- the airport’s control tower, the January 2017, when two people najarafe after receiving a tip-off pilot, a 61-year-old Colombian na- were killed when their light air- about a possible animal abuse situa- tional with the initials E. G. M, craft crashed into a field of tion involving a German Shepherd. The German Shepherd had to be put down. :: GUARDIA CIVIL was trying to return to the run- avocados near a river. The dog was found in a “lamenta- ble condition”, said sources. It was having been mistreated by their extremely underweight and weak owner. which prevented it from being able Officers took the to move. The dog also had a num- A third investigation ber of open and infected wounds. German Shepherd to an The third investigation also took animal shelter where it place in Torrox, where officers found Terrible suffering was put down due to seven dogs of different breeds, five The animal, which was eight-years- of which were being kept in small old, was found in a place which the seriousness of its enclosures whose floors were cov- lacked basic hygiene and cleanli- condition ered in the animals’ own excrement. ness and was covered in parasites, A further two malnourished dogs including tics, flies and worms. It were found in the grounds of the was lying in its own excrement farmhouse, one of which had had and showed signs of “terrible suf- where it was put down due to the its leg partially amputated and the fering” at the hands of its owner. seriousness of its condition. owners were unable to prove that Police investigations revealed On the same day in Torrox, Se- the amputation had been carried that the dog had been ill for around prona Nerja carried out an inves- out by a vet. two weeks and had not been at- tigation at a farmhouse where 30 The owners of the dogs in all tended to by a vet. dogs of different breeds were dis- three cases are being investigated Officers later took the German covered living in unhygienic con- by police on suspicion of abandon- Shepherd to an animal shelter, ditions. They all showed signs of ing the animals. The aircraft at the crash scene on Thursday morning. :: SUR January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 11 12 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

EARLY ARRIVAL Creative art grant aims to OF THE THREE promote gender equality KINGS BENEFITS LOCAL CHILDREN in

Children in La Carihuela in The artistic production The artists will work in the Al- Torremolinos received a spe- grant will give ten bergue de la Música, a music and cial surprise when the Three artists the honour of arts facility located in Avenida Car- Kings made an early visit to lota Alessandri, opposite the Lidl the town last Saturday. Gas- having their work supermarket. The works will be par, Melchior and Baltazar, permanently displayed created in an open studio between who arrived from the East by 26 February and 24 March, and the boat, were met by hundreds in the town centre public can visit the centre to see of excited children and spec- how they are progressing with tators. The event was organ- :: TONY BRYANT their projects. ised by the social welfare TORREMOLINOS. Torremolinos “The competition will promote department of Torremolinos town hall has launched the sec- the artistic side of Torremolinos, town hall and the local row- ond edition of its Emergent Inter- a city that aims to become an out- ing association. national Scholarship. door museum where urban art ob- Hot chocolate and dough- The artistic production grant tains a key role in constant inter- nuts were offered in ex- was created with the firm inten- action with its citizens,” explained change for donations of tion of promoting art as the back- Aida Blanes, councillor for culture. toys, which are to be distrib- bone of urban spaces in Torremo- Anyone can apply to take part uted among children in dan- linos, and the winning artists will providing they were born in, or are ger of social exclusion. ::SUR have their works permanently dis- a resident of, Spain. played in key locations around the A plan of the intended work town. must be presented, stating the The work of ten artists will be name of the project, the dimen- chosen and this year’s edition will sions, materials necessary for its focus on issues related to gender construction and an estimated cost. Successful fun run raises 1,000 equality and defending the rights Interested artists must submit of the LGBTI community. their projects via email or to the The successful projects will be cultural department of Torremo- kilos of food for charity selected by a committee of experts linos town hall before Thursday led by artist Fernando Bayona. 25 January. Runners were encouraged to wear festive attire for the New leisure and recreational event and many participated in creative park opens in homemade costumes :: TONY BRYANT :: TONY BRYANT CÁRTAMA. A new recreational TORREMOLINOS. Around 1,000 park, which cost more than runners took part in the third edi- 250,000 euros and covers approxi- tion of the San Silvestre charity race mately 1,000 square metres, has in Torremolinos on New Year’s Eve. opened in Cártama. The race, which was the last Designed to expand the range event in the town’s calendar of of leisure and exercise facilities in sporting events for 2017, was, once Cártama, Parque Castillo includes again, deemed to have been a huge a 25-metre rope slide, four water success. slides, various climbing and exer- The non-competitive race called The runners donated 1,000 kilos of food to local charities. :: TB cise frames and a special play area for participants to donate one kilo for children under the age of three. of non-perishable food. More than metre fun run through the streets tive costumes, including Santa The park also has a picnic zone one tonne of dried produce was of the town. The runners passed Clauses, elves and Christmas pre- with fountains, bench seating and collected and distributed among through El Calvario, Los Palacios sents. Prizes were awarded for the shaded areas. The mayor opens the park. :: SUR various social aid associations in and on to the Plaza Costa del Sol, most creative costumes. The new leisure area was inau- Torremolinos. before returning to the town hall. Organised by Torremolinos town gurated by Jorge Gallardo, mayor The mayor expressed his grati- The runners, who were seen off Participants were encouraged to hall, the race was part of a series of of Cártama, and several represen- tude to the residents of the town from the Plaza Blas Infante at mid- get in the seasonal spirit by donning weekend events designed to raise tatives of Walssport Gestión De- for their “dedicated involvement” day by José Ortiz, mayor of Torre- festive attire for the event. The run- food for underprivileged families in portiva, the company responsible in the project, since they chose the molinos, embarked on a four kilo- ners turned out in an array of inven- Torremolinos. for the construction of the park. design and the name of the park. January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 13 14 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

concept to Marbella that draws on HERE AND THERE New boutique hotel to open in the current fashion for rooftop bars on historic buildings in Malaga city. Cudeca announce Talking about the project, head of Christmas raffle result Marbella old town by the summer Rhône Property, Miguel Cerván, said that careful consideration would be given to any possible im- BENALMÁDENA pact on neighbours from the new :: T.B. The Cudeca Christmas char- A group of investors from rooftop terrace. ity car raffle, organised by the the UK and Switzerland Cudeca Goldies, was drawn on Quartz in the walls New Year’s Day; however the are spending 4.5m buying The house is in an area of the old winning number -21993 - was and converting a 16th town with historic merchants and one of the 1,036 unsold tickets. century mansion house nobles houses complete with coats The number coincided with the of arms above the doors. ONCE lottery draw on January that will include 11 rooms, The restoration of the building 1, but because only 1,464 tickets a rooftop terrace and a is being carried out by builders Ar- out of a total of 2,500 were sold, restaurant yon and respecting original archi- the prize was unclaimed. tectural features. For example, an- Cudeca explained to SUR in tique tiling from the main stair- English that, under the terms and :: NIEVES CASTRO case has been placed in storage to conditions of the competition, MARBELLA. A new boutique ho- be put back again once the work is the car will now be available to tel will open in Calle Ancha in Mar- complete. Cudeca. The use of the car will bella’s old town by next summer. The property was originally built be decided in the next few weeks To be known as Maison Ardois, it by the Ardois family, linked to the and announced on the Cudeca will occupy a 16th century man- old mining industry in the town. website. Cudeca expressed their sion that is currently being As a result, an unusually large wish to thank everyone involved, restored. amount of quartz was used in the especially those who purchased The 4.5-million-euro property building of the walls, although tickets. development is being carried out much of this is now covered over. by a group of international inves- Rhône Property has presented a Building jobs bonanza tors, including members from Brit- piece of quartz to the mayor of Mar- ain and Switzerland, who are be- Miguel Cerván, of Rhône Property (centre), with his team :: J-L bella, Ángeles Muñoz. Muñoz has at new leisure centre ing advised by Rhône Property also visited the site and praised the group. Although an operator for and will also cater for families. ferent styles on the first and sec- quality of the work and the com- TORREMOLINOS the hotel is still being sought, once Plans for the building include a ond floors. There will also be a roof- mitment of the company to the :: I.G. The company behind the open the hotel will be targeted at restaurant covering around 150 top terrace offering views across town. The company has said it plans planned huge leisure park devel- the mid to high end of the market square metres and 11 rooms in dif- Marbella old town, a relatively new more investment in Marbella. opment in Torremolinos has an- nounced that it expects some 2,500 construction jobs to be cre- ated once building gets under way. Dutch man held in British-owned Intu says that con- Marbella to get a tip for construction tracts will last up to three years Norway over and, due to the amount of ad- vanced technology needed in the Golden Mile adult waste and large items after two-year gap park, many posts will be highly club shooting skilled. On completion, 4,000 peo- ple are expected to work there. :: MÓNICA PÉREZ MARBELLA. A three-way agree- Central Marbella road ment has been reached to bring back :: SUR a tip for large items of waste and repairs ‘over by Easter’ MARBELLA. A 30-year-old man construction debris to Marbella af- of Dutch nationality has been ter a disagreement two years ago MARBELLA arrested in Oslo, Norway, in con- saw the last treatment plant close. :: C.M. The mayor of Marbella and nection with a submachine gun Marbella council, the western head of the Diputación provincial shooting at an adult club off Costa del Sol association of munici- authority have said that resurfac- Marbella’s Golden Mile in Sep- palities and waste-management com- ing work on streets parallel to Av- tember last year. pany Urbaser have agreed to a treat- enida Ricardo Soriano, in the cen- According to local police ment plant opening near the old tip tre of the resort, will be finished sources, an international war- site between Marbella and Ojén. in time for Easter. On a visit to rant had been issued for his ar- Marbella council has signed over a the site they explained that the rest and when caught he was try- 2,000 square-metre plot and the new repairs are part of a 900,000-euro ing to avoid detection by using facility, to open in four months, will investment in road resurfacing in a false passport. The sources also complement an existing plant for The current organic tip on the Marbella-Ojén road. :: J-L Marbella by the Diputación in said that he had burnt off the treating organic waste nearby. 2018 and that the total spend re- surface of his fingers to make his The agreement marks the end of ous PSOE party-led administration, ice cancelled its contract in protest, served for the town is 4.2 million identification harder. In the Sep- the two-year lack of a facility for closed down a tip that they said had forcing constructors and others with euros, including a new gourmet tember shooting four people large-scale waste in the area since been running illegally for 18 years. large items of waste to travel fur- market in San Pedro. were injured. Marbella council, under the previ- The operator of the treatment serv- ther to tips in Mijas or Estepona. January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 15 16 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

Malaga port is Online holiday rental platforms will have to expecting a huge increase in luxury give Hacienda details of property owners cruises arriving this year

The measure is expected fair competition from these holi- to come into force in July day rental platforms. :: PILAR MARTÍNEZ The Exceltur organisation, for MALAGA. Malaga Port Author- and will mean that example, said it was very pleased ity president, Paulino Plata, told intermediaries will have to that the new regulations would be a press conference this week that provide information about coming into force at last. in 2017 the port had seen a huge “This will be a very important increase in travellers (over half rental properties, the step regarding the role played by a million) and a bigger increase number of days they are Internet platforms. It will ensure in visits by cruise liners than rented and the price paid that the Spanish tax system receives any other Spanish port. In 2018 the money it is due, and that the these figures are expected to be relevant information which is repeated with the added pros- :: P. MARTÍNEZ / D. VALERA needed to protect national security pect of an increase in business MALAGA/MADRID. The Spanish is supplied,” it said in a statement. from luxury cruise companies. government has just taken an im- Sources at Exceltur say this mea- “Visits by cruise ships have portant step towards controlling sure is needed to respond to the increased 15 per cent and of the the legal vacuum which has exis- challenges of the “uncontrolled 300 cruises we are expecting ted until now with regard to holi- growth in holiday rentals in a con- this year, 133 will be luxury ves- day rentals via platforms such as text of a lack of transparency.” sels and 147 standard ships. We Airbnb and Homeaway, because as They urged the other public ad- also have 17 ships that intend to intermediaries they did not have ministrations which are involved stay overnight, including The to provide any information about in tourism (regional governments World, belonging to a commu- their clients and their businesses. and local councils) to also “rein- nity of millionaires, which will Parliament has now approved force the legal framework” of ho- be docking at Malaga from the new regulations which will obli- liday rentals. 15 - 17 April,” he explained. ge intermediaries of holiday ren- In some places in Spain where Besides this, 2018 will see an tals, especially the so-called ‘colla- numerous properties are rented increase of visits by cruise ships borative platforms’, to provide in- out to tourists there have been owned by the German compa- formation about the people who complaints from local residents nies Aida and TUI, which came own the holiday properties, as well about the noise and disturbance, to the port 25 times in 2017 and as the properties themselves, and The measure is being introduced to reduce tax fraud. :: SUR and even some incidents of are planning to visit 42 times the amounts which have been paid ‘tourism phobia’. this year. to rent them. and the amount paid. Meanwhile the Junta de Anda- Also, the biggest cruise liner These details will now have to This declaration will be obliga- lucía’s Minister of Tourism, Fran- in the world Symphony of the be passed to Hacienda, the Spanish tory for individuals and companies The aim of the measure is cisco Javier Fernández, believes Seas belonging to Royal Carib- Ministry of Finance and Taxation. who act as intermediaries between to prevent tax fraud as this regulation should have come bean, will be making the first of The aim of this measure is to com- the property owners and their cli- many rental transactions into force some time ago. two visits to the Costa del Sol bat tax fraud, because the go- ents, especially those who work “It is important for taxation to this year. vernment is well aware that many as a collaborative platform and are are not declared be fair. Homes which are rented A new initiative for 2018 is a of these rental transactions are not therefore considered to be suppli- out for holidays are just the same small but luxurious cruise that declared. ers of services of this type. as campsites, tourist apartments will visit the Andalusian ports The authorities have not ex- The new regulation is expected or hotels. This is an economic ac- and also installations in Portu- plained how the information will to come into force in July. The idea tivity and therefore there is a tax gal. “This is an initiative which have to be provided, because that of submitting these regular reports 21,500 people that it was aware liability associated with it,” he in- will promote destinations in An- will be decided by the relevant to provide information about holi- they had rented out a property and sisted earlier this week. dalucía and with the possibility Ministry. However, the draft de- day rentals is the latest phase of a that they would have to include He also pointed out that these of extending the service if it be- cree which was submitted to pub- campaign carried out by Hacienda the money they had received for new obligations will result in im- comes a success,” added Plata. lic view said that a form would in recent years to monitor this type this on their tax declaration. proved quality, and that “people The number of cruises that have to be filled in, with details of of tourism and to impose greater The new measure has the back- who stay in these properties also started and finished in Malaga the owner of the holiday accom- controls over companies which ing of the tourism sector, which make use of the infrastructure and has also increased. Of the modation, the people who rent it, rent properties and vehicles. has been complaining for years services of the destination, so the 510,000 travellers, 138,083 were the number of days it is rented, Last year, the Ministry warned about what it considers to be un- responsibility has to be shared.” based in Malaga. January 5th to 11th 2018 17 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS A delayed passenger in a hurry to escape

A man who left a plane through the emergency door and walked across a wing after landing in Malaga could face a 45,000-euro fine

:: Á. DE LOS RÍOS / J. CANO MALAGA. The tension caused by air travel delays got the better of a passenger on a Ryanair flight to Malaga from London Stansted, who left the aircraft using the emer- gency exit over the wing after land- ing at the Costa del Sol airport on Monday night. The 57-year-old Polish national told Guardia Civil officers that the wait to disembark was too stress- ful and so he made for the emer- gency door. The dash for freedom could cost him dearly though. Ac- cording to the Spanish Air Safety law cited by the officers, the man Images taken from the video recorded on Monday night by one of the passengers showing the man walking on the wing. :: FERNANDO DEL VALLE could face a fine of up to 45,000 euros for “interfering with the air- of the aircraft, who confirmed the craft’s equipment”. events, we identified the passen- The man’s escape was captured ger. He told us that he did it be- on film by another passenger, Fer- cause he was stressed by the delay nando del Valle, whose images of his flight, so he opened the door went viral on Facebook and were and avoided the usual exit,” said picked up by national and interna- the captain who added that the tional media. passenger didn’t appear to be un- According to Del Valle the flight der the influence of alcohol. “He had left Stansted an hour and a half was sitting quietly in the cabin,” later than scheduled, and the pas- he said. sengers had been waiting for half Once inside the terminal the of- an hour after landing to disembark. ficers reported him for a violation In the video the surprised com- of air safety laws. He was not ments from the rest of the passen- placed under arrest, however, as gers, queuing patiently to leave the the incident did not put anyone plane through the front door, can else at risk. be heard as the man follows the ar- When asked for his details the rows shown along the wing as Polish man gave the address of a guides in case of real emergencies. shelter in the city. Sources from Ground staff prevented the pas- the shelter told SUR that he has senger from jumping off the wing, not been there for some time, but however, and he was taken back that he has been a user of the city’s inside the aircraft. There he was social services on several occasions. questioned by the captain first, It appears, according to one volun- and then the Guardia Civil. teer, that he had left the problems “We received a call from Ryanair that made him homeless in the at 12.15am, then 2 January, and past behind him and that he had they informed us of the incident,” even started taking part in some explained the Guardia Civil cap- of the cultural activities organised tain Miguel Sánchez, who is re- to integrate people on limited re- sponsible for the Malaga Airport sources, including a choir. Company of the armed force. “We knew he was going away “After speaking to the captain for Christmas,” said the volunteer.

Andalucía breaks through 11m foreign tourist barrier in 2017

:: PILAR MARTÍNEZ This means that once final year- MALAGA. The region of Andalucía end data is reported in a few weeks, has broken through the 11 million the region will have had a record- figure for foreign visitors in a year. breaking 11 million number of visits This record is all but certain follow- at least. ing the publication of national gov- Andalucía received 13 per cent of ernment statistics that showed in foreign visitors to Spain in 2017 up the 11 months up to the end of No- to November, up half a point. Just vember, Andalucía received 10.6 mil- over 23per cent of those arrivals to lion international tourists, beating the region were from the UK, the the 2016 annual record a month early. highest percentage amount. 18 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

Osorio. The mayor praised the talent and promising future of “a band Young rockers against bullying which formed less than a year ago at a music academy in San Pedro and is now being asked to appear on natio- nal television.” Among the audience Members of Devils in The Sky have dedicated their first videoclip to the cause of relatives and teachers, few could have imagined that these young mu- sicians would go so far. The band has The rock band from San a Youtube channel, which already Pedro Alcántara, which has a large number of followers. Last summer they performed in various is formed by four girls places and events, including the Batt- and a boy, aged le of the Bands in Marbella, Circuns- between eight and 15, pona in Estepona and the and will be releasing its first Christians festival in Benalauría. album next month Crowdfunding» They like rock better than anything :: MÓNICA PÉREZ else and they began by doing versions MARBELLA. Their ages range from of their favourite groups before going eight to 15, but their musical tastes on to compose their own. They have are unlike those of most of their ge- now recorded three songs, which will neration. They love immortal rock appear on their album ‘It’s a new age’, classics like AC/DC, Iron Maiden and which was produced thanks to the Rolling Stones, and those have crowdfunding organised by Sergio’s been the inspiration for their first al- father. bum, which is due to be released in They know a career in music will February. involve hard work and sacrifice but To give a taste of what is to come, they don’t care. They rehearse for this band, which was formed at the hours, every day, as well as studying. Rock Factory music academy in San “We want to be known. We want Pedro Alcántara, has just produced its as many people as possible to see first videoclip, ‘Something to say’, in what we are capable of,” they say. which they criticise bullying at school. They are also aware that training The band is called Devils in The The band performed the songs they had written themselves at the presentation of the videoclip. :: J.L. has to be constant, so the money Sky and it comprises Sara (vocalist, they earn from sales of their disc aged 15), María (vocalist, 13) Blanca really wanted people to see us play, it,” says Lluvia, who admits that so- ral Centre in San Pedro Alcántara was will be spent on their studies and (guitarist, 10), Lluvia (bass, 14), Julia but we also wanted them to know mebody close to her has been bullied the venue chosen for the official pre- improving their equipment. (keyboard and guitar, 14) and the that we won’t keep quiet about bu- at school. She didn’t keep quiet about sentation of the videoclip, which was However, this is a very special youngest member, Sergio (drummer, llying. We need to fight against it, it. “I told the headmaster and the pa- attended by the mayor of Marbella, time for them and they are happy. aged eight). and if somebody sees a case of bu- rents,” she says. Ángeles Muñoz and San Pedro coun- They know they still have a great “We made this video because we llying at school they should report The Trapiche de Guadaiza Cultu- cillors Manuel Cardeña and Manuel deal more music ahead of them.

Rain and high winds threaten this evening’s Three Kings parades

The Wise Men arrived a day early at Marbella’s marina last night as children across the Costa finalised their letters with their wishes for gifts

:: SUR COSTA DEL SOL. The Costa is in the grip of the magic of the Three Kings who are arriving from the east bringing gifts to children and spread- ing joy across homes throughout the area tonight (Friday, 5 January). Preparations have been under way for some time for the visit by their majesties in carnival-style parades in towns and villages along the coast and inland. However weather fore- casters are warning that, after a long dry period, the celebrations are likely to be dampened by some light rain The Three Wise Men in the old town of Marbella on Thursday. :: J-L in parts and high winds. While in most places, the Three vintage cars for the traditional wel- weather forecast, Marbella an- Kings, (Balthasar, Gaspar and come ceremony in the old town in nounced that its main parade tonight Melchior), will be arriving today, front of the town’s mayor. (Friday) would start an hour earlier Friday, Marbella got ahead of the Elsewhere, across the Costa, at 5pm for the safety of participants. rest with a break with tradition this Thursday saw an evening of intense In Malaga city, organisers, look- year. Last night at 5pm the Kings preparations, with the Three Kings ing closely at the skies, have decided were spotted sailing into the town’s paying visits to community centres to go ahead at the usual time, with main marina aboard the Fly Blue and associations in between last- the Kings arriving at city hall at 5pm. catamaran, as they have done in pre- minute wrapping of presents for Tomorrow, Saturday, is a day of vious years. the children. present-opening and a national From there they boarded three In anticipation of the unsettled holiday. January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 19 20 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS FOCUS ON FINANCE SUR IN ENGLISH

ways are increasing again. Drivers who use these roads will see an in- The new year begins with a sharp rise in gas creased cost of 1.91 per cent, and this will counteract the average re- ductions of 0.6 and 0.4 per cent prices and a moderate increase in electricity which were applied in 2016 and 2017. It will have to be seen whether this increase has any effect on the volume of traffic using the toll Making ends meet in motorways. So far, in the first nine January will be even PriceCambios rises thisde yearprecios con el nuevo año months (the latest figures avail- able) of last year, 4.7 per cent more more difficult with more 10 vehicles used these motorways, 9 expensive motorway AnnualMedia anual average which is an average of 19,801 a day. 8 6,2%. Curiously, the nine motorways tolls and stamps and 7 which have needed a bailout from only minimum increases 6 5 the government saw the number in pensions AnnualMedia anual average 4% of users rise by 9.4 per cent between 4 2,5% 3 . January and September last year. :: D. VALERA 1,91%. 2 Postal charges MADRID. When the clocks struck 1 0,25%. at midnight on New Year’s Eve they 0 Consumers will also find postal marked not only the arrival of 2018 Electricity*Luz* Gas* RoadPeajes tolls PensionesPensions MinimumSalario services more expensive now. A but also changes in the prices of dif- (Regulated(parte (Regulated(parte mínimowage stamp for normal letters and post- ferent products and services. This reguladapart reguladapart cards weighing less than 20 year, the traditional difficulty in 0%) 0%) *Forecast*= Previsión according según la evoluciónto changes del grammes went up by 10 per cent in 0%) 0%) inmercado wholesale mayorista market making ends meet in January will the New Year, from 50 cents to 55. be made worse by higher electric- This is the third-largest increase in ity bills and also for gas, at least for the past decade. the first part of the supply. Both ButaneButano gas EuriborEuríbor Changes in monthly average in 2017 bills will continue the upward path PricePrecio of dea gas la bombonacylinder Evolución de la media mensual en 2017 CurrentÍndice a 12 Pensions 12-month that started in 2017. The increase (until(hasta mid-January) mediados de enero) meses en la Pensions are going up by 0.25 per -0,10. Euriboractualidad rate in energy prices is due to the price EstáPrice previsto expected cent in 2018, the fifth consecutive -0,19%. of petroleum, although it should 14,45. € queto go los up precios with year in which the government has be more moderate than last year. subancost of por raw la A decided to apply the minimum re- According to government forecasts, materiamaterial prima. Secertain prevé valuation stipulated by law. It means degreecierta of a barrel of Brent will go up from an -0,15. estabilizaciónstabilisation of that the average retirement pen- annual average of 52.8 dollars in CorreosPostage negativeen tasas rates sion will go up by 2.67 euros a expected 2017 to 54.8 this year, and that in- OrdinaryFranqueo national de carta letter: nacional up negativas month from January, to fourteen from 0.50 euros to 0.55 euros crease of two dollars is much lower ordinaria: sube de 0,50 a payments of 1,073.68 euros. Mean- (average0,55€ (subida increase media in postal de los than the almost ten dollars in 2016. services: 9.17%) while the average widow’s pension servicios postales: 9,17%) -0,20. It is known that the exporting coun- EFMAMJJASONDJ F M A M J J A S O N D will only go up by 1.60 euros a tries want petroleum to go up to 60 month, to 650.81 euros. In practice, dollars a barrel, and this will have :: GRÁFICO E. C. the revaluation of 0.25 per cent will a repercussion on fuel prices. mean another loss of purchasing tures markets are predicting an in- power for these pensioners, because Electricity crease of 10 per cent, which means The government has frozen The price of a gas bottle inflation is expected to be higher Electricity bills suffered a major in- bills will go up by an average of2.5 the regulated part of gas will remain at 14.45 euros (1.6 per cent). Spanish pensioners crease in 2017, with the highest pri- per cent. and electricity bills but this until the review in the already lost nearly one per cent of ces since 2009. However, this will their purchasing power in 2017. not stop electricity starting the year Gas won’t stop them going up middle of January on a rising trend, although it will Making ends meet in January will Minimum salary be more moderate. To start with, be harder for those with gas bills. One of the few pieces of positive the government has frozen the re- With the arrival of the new year news in early 2018 is an increase of gulated part of the electricity bill the Last Resort Tariff (TUR) went around four per cent in the mini- for the fifth consecutive year. The- up by 6.2 per cent for the first quar- mum wage to 14 payments of 736 se charges account for about 60 per ter. Specifically, for TUR1 –people Butane past year alone the cost has risen euros. The agreement signed by the cent of the electricity bill (the sec- who use gas for hot water and cook- The price of a 12.5 kilo bottle of bu- by about 17 per cent. The first four government, unions and employ- tions relating to distribution, trans- ing - there will be an increase of 4.9 tane gas, which is used in eight mil- reviews of 2017 increased the cost ers was to increase the figure to 850 port, insularity,premiums for re- per cent, while for TUR2 custom- lion homes in Spain, started the by the maximum legal rate of five euros by 2020 if GDP rises by 2.5 newable energies...). ers - who also use gas for heating - year at 14.45 euros after a 2.1 per per cent, although in August there per cent and 450,000 jobs are cre- Nevertheless, the unregulated there will be a rise of 6.6 per cent. cent increase in November. The was a reduction of the same pro- ated. part of the bill, which is listed on The increase is due to a rise of 18 price will be reviewed in mid-Janu- portion. However, as it went up the wholesale market, will be sub- per cent in costs of raw materials. ary and everything points to a fur- again in November this made very Euríbor ject to increase. In 2017 the aver- The government has tried to com- ther increase due to a rise in the little difference. The Euribor, which is the principal age price of electricity shot up by pensate for this by freezing the cost of the raw material. The cost reference index for mortgages, 32 per cent to 52.5 euros/Mwh, charges for the regulated part of the of a gas bottle has gone up 28.5 per Motorway tolls ended 2017 at a minimum low of - which added about 80 euros a year bill for the fourth year running. cent since its minimum of 11.25 After going down for the past two 0.19 per cent. In 2018 negative val- to consumers’ bills. In 2018, the fu- euros in July 2016. In fact, in the years, tolls on the State-run motor- ues are expected to stabilise. January 5th to 11th 2018 21 SUR IN ENGLISH FOCUS ON FINANCE NEWS

MARK long-gone possibility, because NAYLER THE EURO Jobs in Malaga grew at ZONE the Catalan election on Decem-  [email protected] ber 21st handed pro-independ- ence parties a slim majority in fastest rate in Spain in the regional congress (although they have yet to form a govern- ment). Might De Guindos’ pre- 2017, official data shows COST diction that the independence crisis will cost Spain a billion ANALYSIS euros turn out to be absurdly During the last 12 locally registered unemployed at optimistic? months, the number of the end of 2016. As things stand, there is little The biggest fall in Malaga prov- reason to think so. Although people paying into the ince and the Costa del Sol has been Catalonia itself has been hit social security system in the service sector, which employs stimates for the poten- ber, De Guindos’ damage fore- hard by the fallout from O1 - grew 5.2%, more than 80% of those in work. In that sec- tial cost to Spain of the cast is actually quite optimistic. over 3,000 companies have left tor unemployment fell 3.6%. How- Catalonia crisis are like In one scenario, the Bank envis- the region and tourism takings any other province ever it is construction that has seen E those of Brexit for the aged the secessionist issue be- are down - the damage has so far the biggest percentage drop in the UK: in both cases, the figures ing resolved by the end of last been contained. Spain’s Q4 GDP :: NURIA TRIGUERO area, with a year-on-year fall of 15% are constantly changing, de- year, perhaps with the installa- growth was 0.8% - the same as MALAGA. According to data pub- in the number out of work. pending on what side of the ar- tion of an anti-independence its Q3 expansion, suggesting lished on Wednesday by the employ- gument they’re coming from. government after the December that the country as a whole has ment and social security ministry, Most new jobs for 12 years The latest forecast regarding the 21st elections. Total cost: 3 bil- yet to register the effects of the Malaga was the Spanish province On a national level, the end-of-year Catalan issue came from Spain’s lion euros. But in a worst-case latest Catalan independence where employment increased the social security data showed that Spain economy minister Luis de Guin- scenario, the bank assumed that drive. most in 2017. The province saw an created the most new jobs in 2017 of dos, who told Spanish radio on the crisis triggered by the illegal The Spanish economy is increase of 28,486 people paying into any year in the past 12, with 611,146 Monday that it will cost his independence referendum of likely to have expanded by 3.2% the social security system through people extra people paying into the country about a billion euros. October 1st (O1) would con- in 2017, sustaining its steady work, just over a quarter of the system. At the end of 2017, there Although this was an offhand tinue well into 2018 and possi- growth of the last three years. 100,000 extra in Andalucía overall. were 3,412,781 people registered in prediction, it does tell us one bly beyond. Total cost in that That growth, it’s important to Malaga province’s growth (in- welfare offices as unemployed, thing very clearly: that De case? Up to 27 billion euros and remember, has been completely cluding the Costa del Sol) translates 290,193 less than at the end of 2016 Guindos is concerned that the the possibility of a recession in unaffected by the ten-month into a 5.17% increase, compared to and 61,500 less than at the end of Catalan issue is far from being Catalonia. governmental vacuum of 2016 a national average of 3.42% and an November. resolved. It was probably also In other words, the Bank’s and the Catalonian saga that Andalusian regional figure of 3.44%. The government also announced intended as a frightening statis- most optimistic prediction for dominated the final quarter of The good news was part of end- that new contracts reached new re- tic, one that will further en- the cost of the Catalonia issue - last year. Yet as we enter 2018, of-year data that showed the num- cords. In 2017 21.5 million new work courage independence parties in based on assumptions that have projections for the economic ber of registered unemployed in contracts were signed of which 19.5 Catalonia to unite and form the since been proved false - was impact of the Catalonia crisis Malaga ended the year on 157,573, million were temporary contracts. region’s next government. still two billion more than that will continue to express the roughly the same figure as 2009, Government and observers have said Compared to estimates made made by De Guindos this week. profound uncertainty felt by just ahead of the worst years of the that the challenge for the coming by the Bank of Spain in Novem- The bank’s Scenario A is now a everyone involved. global economic crisis. This figure years is to turn more of these short- was a 6.7% drop on the number of term contracts into permanent jobs. 22 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SPAIN SUR IN ENGLISH

FIRST TRIAL OF Catalan parliament will SPANISH-BUILT convene on 17 January to HIGH SPEED TRAIN IN SAUDI ARABIA decide new government

The Spanish consortium Oriol Junqueras, leader building a prestigious new of left-wing ERC, has AVE high speed rail link in asked to be let out of jail Saudi Arabia met their con- tractual condition on New to enable him to be a Year’s Eve to carry out a trial possible regional with passengers before the end of 2017. The new line, presidential candidate due to open to the public in March, runs for 450 kilome- :: SUR tres across the desert be- MADRID / BARCELONA. Fol- tween Medina and the holy lowing the Catalan elections on 21 city of Mecca. The trial cov- December, the Spanish govern- ered the route in 2 hours 52 ment has said that the new regional minutes and reached a speed parliament will be summoned on of 300 km/h. :: REUTERS 17 January to debate who should form the next regional government. File image of Junqueras. :: EFE It is still unclear who will be can- didate to be new regional president. in jail outside Madrid while inves- Pro-union Ciudadanos, the largest tigations against him continue over party, almost certainly cannot form the illegal independence vote in Missing girl’s body found in Galicia a majority as the three separatist October. He asked the Supreme parties together hold a majority of Court this week to be allowed out three seats in the new chamber. on bail so he could attend the in- after arrested man confesses The leader of the biggest seces- vestiture debate, with judges due sionist party is still in , Car- to decide on Friday or Monday. les Puigdemont of Junts per C, along Three other secessionist leaders Eighteen-year-old Diana with four of the newly voted MPs. are still detained as well. Two of Quer went missing in They will face arrest if they return these, Jordi Sànchez of campaign- for fleeing the country and avoid- ers ANC and Joaquim Forn, ex re- August 2016, causing ing detention. Meanwhile, Oriol gional interior minister, are also huge public interest and Junqueras, leader of the second big- Catalan MPs and their appeal to be media speculation gest separatist party, ERC, is still let out will be heard on 11 January.

:: SUR A CORUÑA. The body of Diana Drones to be used is the worst figure for five years Quer, the 18-year-old from Madrid and is the second year in a row that who went missing on a family holi- to monitor the number of road deaths has in- day in Galicia in August 2016, was creased. Fatalities had been fal- found at last early on New Year’s Eve. motorists as total ling yearly since 2003, when the Despite a huge high-profile police road-death figure annual figure stood at 4,000. search since her disappearance, on Head of the DGT, Gregorio Ser- her way back from a fair in the sea- creeps up in 2017 rano, explained the rise on an in- side village of A Pobra do Caramiñal, crease in the number of vehicles only her water-damaged mobile on the road and the number of phone, recovered by a fisherman sev- :: ÁLVARO SOTO journeys being made as the econ- eral kilometres away, had been found. Media outside the unit in Rianxo where the body was found. :: EFE MADRID. The DGT, the govern- omy improves. The case has been subject to intense ment agency in charge of man- Outlining measures to combat media speculation ever since. and the main suspect in the disap- family, who are reported to be linked aging traffic on the nation’s roads, the increase in deaths, he said that In a fast-moving series of events pearance of Diana Quer. to drugs gangs in Galicia, had given has said that it has plans to start drones would be purchased in since Christmas, a man from Rianxo, José Enrique Abuín Gey, 41, and Abuín a false alibi as well for the using unmanned drones to catch 2018 and be active by 2019 and a village some twenty kilometres his wife were then arrested and same date in August 2016. drivers speeding, not wearing se- have “much the same role as heli- from A Pobra, was arrested in con- quizzed over both alleged crimes. The suspect eventually led inves- atbelts or committing other copter patrols”. nection with the attempted abduc- Abuín’s wife was later released af- tigators early on December 31st to infractions. In the meantime, 60 extra mo- tion of a young woman early on ter admitting that she had originally a disused industrial unit near his par- The news comes after it was an- bile cameras measuring speeds Christmas Day. The victim was able lied to investigators by saying that ents’ home where Diana’s body was nounced that the number of peo- between two points will be in use. to give a good description. her husband, known by the nick- found in a water tank. Abuín claimed ple killed on Spain’s roads rose “We have 27 speed cameras per Guardia Civil said this week that name El Chicle, was with her the to police he accidentally killed her slightly last year. million inhabitants in Spain, as they had made the link quickly be- night Diana Quer disappeared. It also in a road accident but remained si- In 2017 there were 1,200 fatali- opposed to the EU average of 73,” tween the alleged Christmas attack later emerged that members of their lent when appearing in court. ties compared to 1,161 in 2016. This added Serrano. January 5th to 11th 2018 23 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS Former chief minister Joe Bossano IN BRIEF knighted in New Year’s Honours

Sir Joe was not the only Gibraltarian to be recognised by the Queen, as Vijay Kumar has been given an MBE for services to the Health Authority The second phase of improvements is now complete. :: SUR

:: DEBBIE BARTLETT Ince’s Hall project phase, which consisted of improve- GIBRALTAR. Former chief min- ments to the north side of the thea- ister of Gibraltar, Joe Bossano, has almost complete tre, has now been finished. received a knighthood in the New The first phase of the project Year’s Honours List. He is to be GIBRALTAR was carried out last summer. It in- made a Knight Commander of the :: D.B. The refurbishment project volved refurbishing the stage in Most Distinguished Order of St Mi- at Ince’s Hall should be fully com- the theatre and upgrading techni- chael and St George (KCMG), for pleted in the very near future. cal equipment such as sound and Services to Gibraltar. The Culture Department an- lighting, to provide modern facili- Sir Joe was Chief Minister of Gi- nounced this week that the second ties for local shows and events. braltar from March 1988 to May 1996. He has played an active part Short-stay parking bays British Airways starts in Gibraltar’s politics since the 1970s and was leader of the Gibral- in Red Sands Road new Gatwick service tar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) until standing down in 2011, when GIBRALTAR GIBRALTAR he was replaced as party leader by :: D.B. From 15 January, short stay :: D.B. British Airways is to start a the present chief minister, Fabian drop off and loading/unloading new seasonal route between Gi- Picardo. He is currently the Min- bays will come into operation in braltar and Gatwick on Monday ister for Economic Development, Sir Joe Bossano. :: SUR Red Sands Road, outside Red Sands 28 May. It will operate six times a Telecommunications and the Gi- House and Alameda House. The week (daily except Tuesday) and braltar Savings Bank. When making the announce- maximum parking time will be continue until Saturday 29 Sep- Also honoured by the Queen this ment the governor said: “I have no 30 minutes between 8am and 7pm tember. This is in addition to the New Year is Vijay Kumar , who is Sir Joe, who was chief doubt that the people of Gibraltar every day. At other times they can 11 weekly flights from Heathrow to receive an MBE (Most Excellent minister from 1988 to will share my immense delight and be used by permit holders. during the summer. Order of the British Empire) in rec- 1996, still plays an active pride that four so richly deserving ognition for his services to the Gi- have received awards braltar Health Authority. role in Gibraltar politics in the Queen’s New Year Honours Nor were they the only ones to List. Their truly exceptional contri- receive awards: on behalf of the butions to Gibraltar, over many Gibraltar Honours Board, His Ex- to receive the Gibraltar Award, for years, have made a vital and endur- cellency the Governor, Lt Gen Ed- Services to Music in Gibraltar and ing difference to the well-being and ward Davis CB CBE KStJ, an- Services to Her Majesty’s Govern- progression of their homeland and nounced that Stanley Paul Riley ment of Gibraltar Audit Office, re- its people. I offer them all my heart- and James Charles Posso are both spectively. felt and warmest congratulations.”

Collectors’ pack of Gibraltar-issued 2017 stamps now available

House of Windsor Centenary, the The annual Year Packs 50th Anniversary of the Referen- dum, Gibraltar’s Military Heritage, are always very popular Diana 20th Anniversary, Upper and the information Rock Nature Reserve, Post & Go - about them is Lodge Anniversaries, the SEPAC 2017 Joint issue Folder, Christmas provided in six languages 2017 Cupcakes and Bats of Gibral- tar (in collaboration with the World :: D.B. Wildlife Fund). GIBRALTAR. Keen stamp collec- The stamps are mounted on spe- tors, take note: now is the chance to cial philatelic mounts on the in- purchase a superb collection of all side pages and the pack folds our the stamps which have been issued for easy access to all pages. by Gibraltar during the past year. Priced at £65, the Year Pack Col- The Gibraltar Year Pack Collection lection 2017 is available online 2017 is produced in high-quality ma- Gibraltar stamps. :: SUR from www.gibraltar-stamps.com. terial and includes information about the stamps in English, French, Ital- ian, Spanish, German and Chinese, as they are always of great interest to international philatelists. This year’s collection includes the Year of the Rooster, Europa 2017 ‘Castles’, 65th Anniversary of the Accession, 70th Wedding Anniversary, HMS Gibraltar, the 24 January 5th to 11th 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

talking about huge factories,” she explains. “The people usually breed the dogs at home, in garages or The puppy factories squalid places where the female dogs give birth again and again in terrible conditions, and then they sell them to criminal markets.” Puppies begin their journeys Thousands of pregnant when they are just a few days old. dogs give birth in This goes against EU regulations, which state that dogs cannot be horrific conditions and transported until they are at least their unvaccinated three months old, as that is the age puppies are instantly at which a dog will have received its rabies vaccinations. taken away from them This important detail does not to be sold in Spain for stop the criminals from filling their the festive period vans with animals of under 20 days old. They have fake papers claiming that they are older and healthier than they really are. :: JAVIER GUILLENEA The journeys usually last three hristmas is over and to- days. Unvaccinated, often ill from morrow children in Spain canine distemper or parvovirus, will be opening presents parasite-ridden, the puppies are ex- C for Three Kings’ Day. Dur- hausted when they arrive where ing the festive period, whether cele- they are going to be sold. “In Spain brating Christmas or Three Kings’ there are big shops which practise Day, it is highly probable that nu- this trade. A puppy is sold for 70 merous lucky children will excit- euros and then they are sold to other edly open a box to discover, with shops or individuals. A proper absolute joy, the unmistakable breeder could get 900 euros for stuffed-toy face of an adorable Yorkshire Terriers while the ones puppy. A puppy that will die soon. that come from Eastern Europe In horrendous conditions, thou- could only cost 400. The profit mar- sands of pregnant dogs are piled to- gin is important,” says Matilde gether, waiting to give birth. They Cubillo. do this in the dark, in minute, un- In Europe only 45 per cent of hygienic cages, with a future of get- commercial transportation of dogs ting pregnant over and over again is legally registered. According to a until they are no longer able to, and study by the European Union, 42 then they will be killed. They do per cent of the dog trade and 22 per not even get the chance to see their cent of the cat trade is illegal. One litters, which are snatched away Litters. The animals are taken away from their mothers within a few days of being born. :: EFE of the leading countries for this is from them instantly. The puppies Spain. are hauled into vans and set out on a pet shop in Pinto, a town near Ma- fought against dog trafficking for “90 per cent of the stock in Span- a long journey towards the loving drid. “There were so many people over 15 years. The illegal trade gen- ish pet shops is from elsewhere. In The story of Snoopy hands of a child, ecstatic about their queuing up in the street. A van ar- erates a lot of money and involves almost every single store there are Snoopy was one of those illegally present. Many die on the journey, rived full of puppies and they started “real mobs”. At Christmas, the busi- puppies from these countries,” says transported puppies. He was a Bi- others afterwards. Only the lucki- unloading them to be sold without ness booms. Cubillo, whose association collabo- chon Maltese bought by Mónica as est among them survive. quarantine or anything,” she says. They come from Eastern Europe, rates with the Guardia Civil’s na- a birthday present for her daugh- Matilde Cubillo remembers a Cubillo is president of Justicia Ani- from dog factories in Slovenia, Hun- ture protection unit in finding the ter. “I searched online and contacted scene around Christmas, in front of mal, an organisation which has gary, Czech Republic and Slovakia. trafficking in Madrid. “We’re not a breeder in Pinto”. They told her

Illnesses MISTREATMENT from them immediately, to be 45% 400 crammed into vans and driven The puppies arrive at their to Spain. The transport of In Europe this is the percentage destination after a long euros is the average price for a A long journey puppies younger than three of dog transportation which is journey, riddled with parasites puppy which has been brought Puppies are born in dog facto- months is banned, but the legally registered. According to and illness like canine in illegally from the countries in ries in countries like Slovenia, mafias ignore this rule. Usu- a study by the European Union, distemper and parvovirus. the east. The pet traffickers sell Hungary, Czech Republic and ally the puppies are younger 42% of the trade of these ani- Many of them die a few days them for around 70 euros to big after being sold for a low price Slovakia. The female dogs get than 20 days old and they mals and 22% of the trade of by the mafias who act as stores which act like trade mar- pregnant over and over again travel without any vaccina- cats is illegal. In 2015 there tradesmen. They receive and kets and they distribute the ani- and they give birth in unhy- tions despite their adoption were 7,438,689 dogs registered distribute the pets which have mals to shops across Spain and gienic, unsafe conditions until papers saying that they have in Spain. In 2014, this sector arrived in Spain from Eastern then they are sold to individuals. they are unable to anymore. received all of the necessary turned over 848 million euros. Europe. The puppies are taken away medical treatments.

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ADVICE ON BUYING A PET

Be sure that you want to have a pet: When getting a pet you Look at the place and date of must research what it actually birth: Look at the date of birth means to be the owner. The recorded in the pet’s passport animal will need lots of atten- or travel documents to know tion and they require a lot of whether the animal has been care. imported from another coun- try. Remember that a puppy Research shops: Buy your pet younger than three months old from a shop which has been should not travel. authorised to sell animals and offers a legitimate guarantee Check that the animal has been and sufficient information quarantined: Ask for informa- about the animal. tion in the store about the quarantine period that the pet Ask about the pet’s back- had to complete from the mo- ground: Ask for information ment it came into the country about where the animal comes until it was sold. This period is from. Ask the seller to see the meant to ensure than the ani- medical records of the pet to mal does not fall ill in the early see if it has a microchip and to days of adoption see if the pet fits the descrip- tion on the document. Be wary about the Internet Be- fore buying a pet online, check Check for vaccinations: Find that you will definitely receive Liberation. An illegal dog breeder in Granada which was shut down by the Guardia Civil. :: EFE out, or at least ask the seller to all of the documents and guar- tell you, what vaccinations the antees of a healthy dog. If the all of the terms and after paying would send her another one. “I easier to sell an adorable puppy than pet requires, which ones they price seems too low, this 450 euros, the four-month-old didn’t do this because I knew that an older animal, although this already have and where they should give you an indication puppy was sent to her home in El- it would die on the journey, we means bringing them in newborn were vaccinated. At the same of whether this is a legitimate giobar (Gipuzkoa) via a courier serv- were talking about a living thing, and without their rabies time, check that this informa- breeder or not. ice. He came with a one-page guar- not an electrical appliance. Despite vaccinations. tion corresponds with the in- antee with the name of the pet shop every effort to save him, Snoopy However, not all of the dubious formation on the papers that Report any issues: Any concern at the top which outlined condi- only survived for five days. “We got transportation comes from distant the seller has given to you. If that you have when going to tions which looked strange from him on a Tuesday and he died on countries. Meruelo maintains that brought in from another coun- pick up a pet should be imme- the outset. “It said that if we gave the Saturday,” Mónica complains. “95 per cent of the dog trade in try, the animals should have diately reported to a police sta- the dog different food it was no The autopsy revealed that Snoopy Spain is illegal,” and she is sure that been inspected by a vet in the tion or to an official municipal longer covered under the guaran- was only about six to eight weeks a large percentage of the business country of the animal’s origin consumers’ advice office. tee, and that if we had any prob- old. The dog had not been vacci- is shared out among individual 24 hours before travelling. lems we had to return it to a vet in nated and the microchip was not breeders who create competition Madrid who had an arrangement even registered. for the professionals. “I saw some- with the seller,” she explained. This story is told thousands of one in Bilbao who had 30 Yorkshire people selling dogs in Spain,” he creased and the enemy is “the in- Snoopy arrived with a lot of prob- times by people who have bought Terriers in their kitchen. They were says, adding that “they are pseudo- dividual breeder who sells pets on- lems. “They brought him to me cheap puppies without knowing locked into packed cages, one on professional breeders, who don’t line and keeps them in terrible con- with no water and with very little where they come from. “They ar- top of the other, with several in follow regulations and don’t have ditions”. food, he was dehydrated, he had di- rive from the east, and all the lo- each cage. Each one was being sold legitimate documentation, selling “Hiding behind the illusion of arrhoea and was vomiting, but they cals know where they come from, for 800 euros.” pets at a lower price”. love for pets, there is a large sum told me that this was normal be- the problem is that it is legal,” says This type of breeding of dogs is Josep Arnas denies that 90 per of money,” says Encarnación cause of the journey and nerves,” Encarnación Meruelo, president of not illegal but the selling of them cent of the puppies sold in pet shops Meruelo. “Puppies are so cute, but Mónica remembers. The dog was Ascelcre, a legal association pro- is, yet it is so difficult to fight come from Eastern European coun- you have to know where they come also infested with parasites, and as moting responsible pet care. “On a against this market, especially with tries. “This is completely untrue,” from,” states Matilde Cubillo. It’s she could check the owner from the private level you can transport five the Internet. “Here is where you he insists. “There are so many regu- a business that plays upon the at- documents, she worked out that dogs, but if you do it commercially find problems, not in the shops,” lations but these aren’t followed by traction of a young puppy playing he came from Slovenia and not from you can take large numbers of them stresses Josep Arnas, general sec- every store, there are shops which in the window of a pet shop. Cu- a Madrid breeder. to sell as if they’re livestock. How- retary of the Asociación del Sector have been shut down by the asso- billo adds that “they inject them Mónica phoned the shop and ever to do that you have to follow del Animal de Compañía (ASAC). ciation for dubious trade”. In his with vitamins so that they are lively they told her that if the puppy was several rules, which is what these “The last time that I did an online opinion, since the trafficking has when people come to buy them. ill she could return it and they breeders are not doing.” It is much search I found 248,000 adverts for become illegal, it has massively de- The next day they get sick”. 26 January 5th to 11th 2018 COMMENT SUR IN ENGLISH

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t the moment of writ- sortment of bicycles, skate boards, dered tourists who may, I think, Christmas carols and their history ing, there are still a cou- roller skates and granddads’ slump- just have been clapping to keep ple of days left of the ing shoulders. Granddad, it must their hands warm. These poor chaps I was immediately interested in pil in the 1950s. There were A Christmas period. By be said, can often be seen waving have still got a couple of perform- the Lifestyle article ‘The intrigu- three boarding houses, Rash- the time the three kings have pa- a white handkerchief of surrender ances left to go and I wouldn’t bet ing history of a Christmas sta- leigh, Dalvenie and Tregolls, and raded proudly through the streets, by this point. against only one bloke turning up ple’ in SUR in English Decem- four day school houses, Trevosa, chucking vast quantities of sweets Meanwhile, every evening for with a tambourine on the last day, ber 22nd to 28th, due to one of Tremayne, Hedley and Benson. at - sorry, to - infinite crowds of chil- the last God-knows-how-many knocking himself out in an ill-ad- the side headlines: “The singing I was in Benson House. dren (some of whom will, inexpli- days, at 5pm on the dot, a march- vised attempt to smack the infer- of carols in churches Bishop Benson indeed started cably, be using umbrellas to catch ing band has struck up a rousing nal thing one final time before he THIS in England is thought the tradition of a Christmas serv- the greatest number of goodies pos- (if a tad out of tune) version of Fe- collapses in heap of Christmas ex- WEEK’S to have begun in ice in Truro and on Christmas sible), the festive period will have liz Navidad right outside my apart- haustion. WINNING Cornwall in 1880”. Eve 1880 his Festival of 9 Les- lasted approximately a million ment window. When it all began Even the hitherto raucous office LETTER Reading your article sons and Carols was performed years, or at least that’s how it feels. many moons ago, and I was still a parties by now consist of just a few I note you confirmed for the first time in the Cathe- It all goes on far too long, I’m young man, the enthusiasm of the valiant stragglers dancing gamely this as happening in Truro Ca- dral. At the time this was a afraid, from the moment El Corte musicians was palpable and the to Beyoncé’s screechy Christmas thedral on Christmas Eve in unique Christmas celebration, Inglés put up their decorations in rapturous applause of the crowds song which always loses the little 1880. but was later adopted and the middle of May or somewhere could, I’m sure, be heard on the lustre it ever possessed as soon as At that time the Bishop of adapted by King’s College Cam- around that time, to the dying em- outskirts of Madrid. Today, they the clock strikes midnight on 25th Truro was Bishop Edward White bridge where it continues each bers of family fun on 6th January could barely whack up the ginger December. It’s all too much for al- Benson. He began the construc- Christmas Eve to this day. when battle-weary parents can be to blow into their various instru- most everyone to bear, it seems. tion of Truro Cathedral and also I now live here and pick up seen staring swivel-eyed into the ments or bang their giant drums Christmas comes but once a year founded Truro High School for SUR in English each week. middle distance while their tire- and, by the sounds of it, the assem- but when it does it does rather tend Girls in 1880 in order to provide less children shriek and whoop the bled crowd consisted solely of the to outstay its welcome, don’t you education for his daughters, and GILLIAN WATSON day away, riding a humungous as- town drunk and a pair of bewil- think? where I too was a boarding pu- BY EMAIL IDÍGORAS How Spain sees “You haven’t still got the Cata- We never keep lan flag sticker on the car have our New Year‛s Catalonia and the you?” I had and was told to re- resolutions because when we make Catalans move it as it would result in the them the year is a ... but then it car being damaged wherever I newborn, and we grows up and I write in reply to the letter parked it in Spain beyond Cata- think we can deal gets the with it... better of us, from J. Pérez Blanco, published lonia. I thought she was joking the big bully in the edition of SUR in English but she was insistent. I now dated December 29th 2017. know that she was not joking. I feel that the view he/she I am an avid reader of the press has offered of the Catalan situa- in three languages and today in tion is rather simplistic; reality 2017, from what I read, I see no is far more complicated. reason to believe that the opin- In the 1960s the Spanish lady ion Spaniards have of the Cata- who was to become my wife, lans has changed one iota since and I, worked for a Catalan the 1960s. I found it incompre- brother and sister in London. hensible then and I still find in The sister had invested a lot of incomprehensible today. money and had started a Span- This year my wife and I have ish restaurant very close to Pic- visited Barcelona four times, otherwise. cadilly Circus. Her brother used we have spent some days in the In both cases there was interfer- his money to start a construc- company of Catalans and we ence from stories of the private lives tion company which occupied have found them to be very Diana and Rocío of the victims’ relatives, aired by the an office above the restaurant. agreeable people, intelligent, media as if they were taking part in With one exception - me - they worldly and delighted to speak MARÍA DOLORES TORTOSA a reality show. This is the time to re- only employed Spaniards, Spanish. We are looking forward flect on the media’s role in cases mainly Galicians and Andalu- to returning to Catalonia in May such as these. Both with Rocío Wan- sians, and all of them hated 2018 when we have been in- ninkhof and Diana Quer specula- their employers. To me it was vited to stay with a Catalan cou- he tragic death of Diana been caught because he tried to re- tion and value judgements prevailed. incomprehensible but my wife- ple in Barcelona, who are pro- Quer bears a chilling re- peat his crime, although fortunately Come to think of it, it’s worth re- to-be, whose parents were from posing to give us a guided tour semblance to that of Rocío this time his victim was able to es- flecting on why disproportionate Cadiz, said, “Everyone hates of Catalonia. T Wanninkhof, the young cape and tell her story. Sonia Cara- attention is paid to this type of dis- the Catalans,” without any fur- Sr./Sra. Pérez said that we are woman from La Cala de Mijas who bantes wasn’t so lucky. King killed appearance (teenage girls attacked ther explication. told that we should be accept- was murdered in 1999. The similari- her, as he did Rocío, four years later. by sexual predators) and not to oth- Years went by and we decided ing, tolerant and multicultural. ties do not just lie in the profiles of A murder that could have been ers. There have been more than to move to Spain in 1982. She Whoever said that was very the girls, both 18-year-olds who one avoided. Back then the ‘Wannink- 4,000 unsolved cases of missing per- came first as she had a job to wise. day crossed the path of a sexual hof case’ earned the (dis)credit for sons in Spain since 2010, of which come to and I stayed behind to predator who took their lives. There containing the biggest police and ju- 1,655 are in Andalucía, among them sell the house. I left London in ED WILCOX are also parallels between the two dicial mistake known. Dolores children and young people, accord- August 1982 and my wife said, MANILVA men who killed them: aggressive, Vázquez had been found guilty of a ing to the European Foundation for liar, without emotion, egocentric... murder she never committed. Missing Persons QSD. That was how the psychologists de- There are other common factors Media coverage can sometimes scribed Tony King, Rocío’s killer. Of- in both cases, such as the role of the provide clues to solve cases. Desper- Published by: PRENSA MALAGUEÑA S. A. ficers have used similar adjectives wife of ‘El Chicle’ and King’s ex in ate families go to the media for help, Director General: JOSÉ LUIS ROMERO this week for ‘El Chicle’, arrested for leaving them without an alibi. It’s but in many cases they are used to the murder of Diana. very difficult even to try to estab- stretch out a morbid fascination and Editor in Chief: Publications Director: Advertising Manager: The psychologists also stressed lish how you should feel if you sus- viewing figures as far as they will MANUEL CASTILLO Pedro Luis Gómez Emma Vera Editor: Commercial Director: during King’s trial that he was a re- pect that you live with or go out go. For Diana’s family this has gone Rachel Haynes Jorge Artero peat offender. The same could be with a murderer. There’s surely a on for 500 days. Now they deserve said for José Enrique Abuin. He has prevailing desire for the truth to be to be left in peace. January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 27 28 January 5th to 11th 2018 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH

JOSÉ VICENTE IN THE FRAME ASTORGA Work with a far-reaching legacy Brita Hetkoen Professor of Managing People in Organizations

Brita Hetkoen, months travelling in different Asian foreigner, but I was happy.” countries, first. She made the move to the Sevil- executive and le school San Telmo in 2002, by teacher at business Colombia which time she had begun to de- While studying for her Masters, velop a love of teaching rather than schools, is also the Brita spent a year working on a de- management. “Coming from a chair for ‘Women, velopment project about entrepre- school with 440 pupils from 60 Business and Society’ neurship in Cali, Colombia. This countries and a major internatio- was in the 1990s. “The FARC, the nal focus, to another with 40 from at the San Telmo drug cartels... I didn’t think about Seville and the nearby area, I would Institute and aims to the dangers at the time,” she says. have been bored [as a director] In her second year in Barcelona within five months,” she says. raise women’s she met the man who would beco- In 2011 she took her PhD at the visibility in me her husband, a naval engineer University of Seville, training in who was born in El Puerto de San- human behaviour in organisations management ta María. Their relationship proved and planning academic program- more important than an offer of mes, including case preparation and he money she made work for the UN in Geneva. Brita management techniques. Her the- that winter, deliv- and Joaquín were able to get to sis was about the impact of the pre- ering the local news- know Catalonia better thanks to sence of women directors on the paper by bicycle at Oriol Pujol, the oldest son of the results of companies. 4am in the streets well-known former Catalan presi- She has been professor of Ma- T of Lillehammer (a dent, Jordi. She describes Oriol, who naging People in Organisations town of 25,000 inhabitants in Nor- is currently in prison, as “a nice per- at San Telmo since 2007 and last way) enabled her to take her first son, and full of restless energy.” year, in April, became the chair trip abroad. She was 13 years old, “He had a real entrepreneurial of ‘Women, Business and Society’. but already learning about far-off spirit. He always used to tell us that The chair was something that lands from the books she adored to Catalonia couldn’t ignore the exis- took a long time to materialise. read. “At the public library they tence of hundreds of foreign stu- “San Telmo is a benchmark bu- asked me to advise other children dents without considering the fact siness school in Andalucía, and on what to read,” she says. Reading that one day they might return,” 10,000 managers have studied (especially historical novels) is still Brita discovered a love of teaching later in life. :: SUR she says. “He used to organise ex- there, the vast majority of them a passion and she regrets that she cursions by bus for everyone.” men. It cannot be on the margin has apparently not been able to pass myself working in managing peop- After finishing her Masters, she of major social debates and one it on to her own children. le, within non-profitmaking or- Brita ran the hosting was quite clear about what she of those is the role of women,” “The trip was to the USA, with ganisations, dedicated to interna- and protocol service at didn’t want. “I didn’t want to work she says, explaining the idea. my uncle. We were there for six tional cooperation, although I for a company. I didn’t want my job Brita says that companies “are weeks and I always knew I would knew I would like work which the 1992 Paralympics to be about selling more detergent asking for a forum for debate and go back,” she says of her first would have a far-reaching legacy.” in Barcelona or increasing the size of the oran- analysis about the role of women globetrotting experience, which Her first job was in tourism, ge juice market, not that I’m criti- in real companies, and a line of years later would lead her to do spending a year and a half selling cising that type of work; many peop- research and diffusion. The chair her Baccalaureate in a village in packages for incentive trips to Ger- Paralympics, heading a team of 100 le find it satisfying, but it just wasn’t is not an association of women Michigan. many, with two colleagues. “It was people. for me,” she explains. who get together to cry. It is a pla- It is not uncommon for Norwe- fun, but I didn’t feel that tourism Brita went on to take a Masters’ Brita became an executive direc- ce of debate for men and women gians to gain experience through was a very serious sector in my degree in business management, tor at the IESE Barcelona after spen- who seek a vision which is as occasional work abroad, but is still country,” she says. and then studied for two years at ding six years at EADA, “a very Ca- wide as possible, and who want quite rare in Spain. That was one of She also worked as the protocol the IESE business school in Barce- talan business school at which I was their reflections to reach the who- the first north-south differences coordinator for the 1992 Olympic lona, although she spent eight a real rarity because I was the only le of society.” she noticed. Her children have just moved from their comfort zone in Seville to a Norwegian university, which makes them an exception. worked with and for men all my ration than competition, more “In life you are what you have “Spain will not progress in life, often as the first or only wo- transparency, and a less hierar- done, and you can’t wear medals man in a team, and I have never chical style. you haven’t earned,” says this bu- terms of equality if it doesn’t felt a victim, discriminated against –But they sometimes also copy sinesswoman who always wanted or bullied. However, it is a fact masculine styles. to be independent and who belie- that in much of the world women –Sometimes, in very masculine ves success should be achieved on adopt European hours” do not have these equal opportu- fields, they adopt those aggres- one’s own merits and not related nities and their talent, which re- sive attitudes, more assertive to family name or background. presents 50 per cent in the world, and competitive, to make them- Although she has spent more :: NOMBRE way, up to the age of 10, pupils is not appreciated. Women are ca- selves count. They act in accor- than half her life training executi- SEVILLE What will be a major don’t finish until 5pm. People pable of doing everything, in any dance with a male stereotype of ves, firstly in a management role advance towards equality bet- want a continous working day sphere. They have a great deal to success. and for the past ten years “teaching ween men and women in Spain? [without a long break for siesta]. contribute. –There must be things about An- and learning from” students, when –There will be no progress The hours make it impossible to –In business management, for dalusian attitudes, including in she was younger she had never en- towards conciliation without Eu- have a compatible home and example? business, which annoy you. visaged this as a career. In fact, she ropean working hours. Climate working life, apart from other –Research shows that their pres- –Change is slow. Some people are toyed with the idea of being an ope- reasons? I’m not convinced. Gree- problems. ence in higher management helps self-protective. I think they are ra singer, veterinary surgeon or ar- ce, Italy and Portugal have simi- What is your type of feminism? to attract and retain talent. There afraid of change because they chitect: lar climates but different working –It has never been victimhood. I are some female leadership val- would lost status. In Norway it “When I was young I never hours. Spain is an anomaly. We don’t identify with radical femi- ues: the search for consensus, a doesn’t matter who your family thought about teaching. I haven’t can’t organise family life around nism, but with women and men more ethical, empathetic style, are or what they did. You are taken a straightforward path and I classes that finish at 3pm. In Nor- having the same rights. I have much more dedicated to collabo- judged on your own merits. have walked it slowly. I always saw January 5th to 11th 2018 29 SUR IN ENGLISH LIFESTYLE

SOCIETY SCENE A dip in the sea for charity and New Year’s resolutions

Clubs and associations 4 PAWS are looking for new New Year ‘s Day Swim A New Year’s Day dip in the sea at- members to swell their tracted a large following to raise numbers and planning money for 4 PAWS Adoptions, a this year’s events charity to help re-home animals here and overseas. This year was the 12th time the event has been :: SUR IN ENGLISH held and this time it was at the Res- taurant La Videra on the Paseo International Club of Estepona Marítimo in Los Boliches. New Year, new members The sea was perfectly calm for The 4 Paws swimming team prepare to take the plunge. :: SUR ICE has over 400 members and is the event as divers from Into The planning a whole range of events Blue diving school and swimmers for the coming year. The group is in- took to the water. Hundreds of spec- Royal British Legion phone Roy: 636 673 372 novel written by member Helen ternational though the common tators went along to watch from Mince pies and sherry O’Leary, Walter’s War. For more in- language is English and new mem- the shore and there was a raffle and Around fifty members and guests International Press Club formation about the Costa Press bers are being encouraged to join. barbecue. of the Branch of the Royal CPC Christmas dinner Club visit www.costapressclub.com Everybody is welcome: singles, cou- The ‘Three Mermaids’, Sheila, British Legion celebrated their last Members of the Costa Press Club ples and families. ICE can be con- Sue and Tcherina, performed water function of the season with mince and guests enjoyed their festive tacted through the website: dances in fancy dress and Stacey pies and sherry at La Parilla de Pepe Christmas dinner at Da Bruno res- What are you up to? If you are involved in a club or associa- www.siberme.com, or email: club- Lloyd, who has organised the swim on 20 December. The taurant in Mijas Costa in Decem- tion and planning events, trips or activi- [email protected], or drop in for 12 years, also went in for a dip. show group, ‘A Touch of Class’ ber. The group of international jour- ties that would be of interest to other to the Clubhouse on Bahía Dorada The 4 PAWS Adoptions team started the morning with songs nalists based on the Costa del Sol readers of SUR in English, we would love (Entrada 5) on Sunday 12.30pm to thanked La Videra and everyone from famous shows and finished discussed the club’s activities of the to hear from you: 2pm or Thursday 10.30am to 2pm. who made this event a success. with a seasonal rendition of the last year and learned more about the Email: [email protected] Twelve Days of Christmas. The chairman of the branch, Jo Taylor, thanked them for making the Christmas social meeting so memo- rable. RBL Coín is now starting its pro- gramme of events for 2018, details of which can be found at http://www.coinrbl.info/. CC International Bridge New Year, new club A new bridge club has recently opened in San Pedro de Alcántara. It is a fully registered association that meets four days a week: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and uses bridgemates. More information is available from the A Touch of Class perform at the RBL Christmas function . :: SUR website www.mx77.com or tele- Members of the CPC tuck into dinner at Da Bruno. :: R. H. 30 January 5th to 11th 2018 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH

FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS IN PICTURES

:: ÑITO SALAS

NEW YEAR’S The Cervantes theatre celebrated CONCERT WITH the New Year with a concert featur- THE OFM ing the Malaga Philharmonic and soprano Berna Perlés.

:: FRANCIS SILVA

NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATIONS Thousands of people gathered in Malaga’s Plaza de la Con- IN MALAGA CENTRE ATTENDED stitución on New Year’s Eve to see in 2018, at an event or- BY THOUSANDS ganised by the city hall. Grapes were given out for at- tendees to eat as the clock struck 12 midnight.

TWO LOCAL :: J-LANZA GREATS GET HOW 2018 TOGETHER In Marbella, New Year’s Eve fes- BEGAN IN tivities were held in the Plaza de MARBELLA la Iglesia, where people crowded Antonio Banderas to eat their grapes at midnight. and Carlos Álvarez are perhaps the two most famous men from Malaga right now, and the actor and baritone met for a drink on Satur- day night to toast the New Year. In March 2018 Ban- deras’ series ‘Picasso’ premieres as he prepares to open his Malaga theatre, and Álvarez has several per- :: ÁLVARO CABRERA formances lined up for the year. They OPERA MEETS Ainhoa Arteta and Estrella Morente, both hope that this FLAMENCO AT two of today’s greatest Spanish will be “a great year THE CERVANTES voices, in different genres, came to- ::FÉLIX LORENZO for Malaga”. gether to perform in Malaga. January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 31

AROUND MALAGA

Moclinejo Algarrobo Moscatel. This is one of the vil- Views. This village is a meet- History. This village on the A taste of La lages on the Raisin Route and it ing point for traditional and Wine Route is fortunate stands on a hill with views to sub-tropical cultivations. In enough to be in a municipal- the sea over a landscape of vine- fact in this municipality, ity where part is on the coast Axarquía’s most yards, raisin racks, wineries and which is one of those on the and the other part is inland. olive groves. Within the village Avocado Route, the famous The village boasts a lovely there are several traces of its Moscatel grapes are still grown historic centre with steep delicious side Moorish past, especially in the today. However, as well as its and narrow streets and inter- historic centre, which is where interesting agricultural his- esting buildings such as the the church of Nuestra Señora de tory, part of Iznate’s charm church of Santa Ana and the Gracia is situated. There are lies in the village itself, a con- San Sebastián chapel. The JAVIER ALMELLONES encompasses Cómpeta, Algar- other attractions to be found in glomeration of pretty white- coastal town, Algarrobo robo, , Canillas de the surrounding area too, such washed houses with the tower Costa, is home to several an- MALAGA La Axarquía is a re- Albaida, Torrox, Nerja and as the hamlet of El Valdés, with of the San Gregorio church ris- cient watchtowers and the gion with a wealth of tradi- . its Museum of La Axarquía, ing above. Phoenician necropolis of tions and one of them, unsur- Although they are much which is privately owned but What to see: The church of Trayamar. prisingly, is gastronomy. In fact more recent additions to the open for visits. San Gregorio, the Fountain of What to see: The church of in this, the most easterly re- area than the traditional gra- What to see: Museum and win- Three Wishes, the Loma Barcos Santa Ana, the San Sebastián gion of Malaga province, the- pes, the sub-tropical fruits for ery of Antonio Muñoz Cabrera viewing point and several chapel and several ancient re are several tourism routes which La Axarquía is also and the Virgen de Gracia church. chapels. watchtowers. which aim to raise awareness known have their own tourism of its grapevines and the pro- route, the Avocado Route (Ruta ducts derived from them: rai- del Aguacate), which passes sins and wine. through Macharaviaya, Izna- For example, from Benagal- te, Benamargosa and Benamo- bón, in Rincón de la Victoria, carra, among others. to Cútar, you can follow the The latter, which is famous Ruta de la Pasa, or Raisin for being the birthplace of Route, which also takes you composer Eduardo Ocón, pro- through the villages of Mocli- duces other sub-tropical fruits nejo, Almáchar and . as well as avocados, and the There is also the Ruta del more traditional grapes and Vino, or Wine Route, which olives.

Almáchar Benamargosa Cómpeta Vines. Famously known as the Tropical. This municipality on M ountains. On the side of the home of ‘ajoblanco’ (the cold al- the Avocado Route has been Almijara mountains stands mond and garlic soup), known for years as the ‘Tropi- Cómpeta, one of the villages Almáchar is surrounded by tra- cal Riviera’, because of the of La Axarquía which never ditional vines and the country- tropical fruits which grow fails to captivate tourists. In side is scattered with the raisin here. As well as avocados, man- fact, today there are equal racks which are still used to dry gos and other exotic species, numbers of local people and the Moscatel grapes in late Benamargosa’s fertile soil also foreigners living in the vil- summer. In the village, the produces excellent tomatoes lage. For centuries Cómpeta church of San Mateo, with its and lemons. Part of its history has been linked with sweet Mudejar-style tower, is the is related to agriculture and Moscatel wine, but thanks to main monument of interest. It this is still the main source of its location it is also also an is lovely to wander through the income, as shown on the large excellent viewing point over streets, with their white bridge with its ten ‘eyes’ which the rugged scenery of this houses and colourful pots of crosses the Benamargosa river. part of Malaga province. flowers. What to see: The bridge, the What to see: The church of What to see. The church of San Arco de la Huerta and the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Mateo and the Raisin Museum. church of La Encarnación. and the Adriano mill museum.

Traditional raisin racks in El Borge. :: J.A. 32 January 5th to 11th 2018 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH

REVD ADRIAN LOW ANGLICAN CHAPLAIN COSTA DEL SOL (WEST) THREE KINGS... OR NOT?

hree kings came to Je- tion made a difference in our sus. They fill nativity world. Some people still believe scenes in homes and they do; I don’t. But God organ- T churches, even round- ises an event in the sky that is pri- abouts in Estepona, and they pro- marily seen by them, which so vide an extra bank holiday for unsettled them that they had to Spain. But what were they really? leave all and travel for weeks, A bit of Bible detective work months or even years. It was as if helps here. God was speaking personally to They were wealthy. They had them in the particular way they funds to travel a long way on a understood. They had been whim, and they came with gifts, searching for some message, and not just a pair of slippers, but gifts using their language, their wis- Peter Edgerton on the Eduardo Ocón stage in Malaga on Saturday afternoon. :: JAVIER MARTÍN of the wealthy - including gold. dom, God spoke. Along with wealth they had in- It can’t have been three wise fluence, some kind of presence men, said the comic, for you will about them because, on arrival in never find three blokes who are Music in the park raises funds to Jerusalem, they get specialist ad- wise in the same place at the vice and the opportunity to talk same time! The Bible says nothing to the King of the Jewish nation - about them being men, just that help employ women in India Herod the Great. they were Magi, maybe priests of They came from the East. some religion or other, certainly Maybe present day India, Paki- not Jews, but people from outside stan or Iran (Persia) - perhaps the culture of Israel who saw this :: SUR IN ENGLISH the event organised by the Málaga rer fair trade stall, selling items made even China? And if they were moment as momentous and were MALAGA. Singer-songwriter and en Vivo association to raise funds to by women the foundation helps to travelling, they would almost cer- determined to be there. With all SUR in English columnist Peter Edg- assist the work of the Vicente Ferrer keep in employment in Anantapur, tainly have followed trade routes their wisdom a knowledge, they erton was among the artists who took Foundation in India. Edgerton was did a “roaring trade” explained Edg- so that they had supplies for ani- turn up and worship. part in a charity concert on Saturday followed on stage by the Queen trib- erton. The musician thanked every- mals, food and shelter. Names - well Caspar, Melchior in Malaga. The Eduardo Ocón stage ute band Queen of Magic and veteran one who went along to enjoy the mu- And there were at least two of and Balthazar are just traditions - in the city’s park was the venue for rock band No Picky. The Vicente Fer- sic and support the cause. them. Maybe many more, but we and other Christian churches guess at three only because of the have different names for them. three specific gifts listed. Some So not necessarily kings, not churches traditionally count necessarily three, not necessarily twelve, rather than three! men and almost certainly not LEGAL ADVICE They were full of Eastern wis- Jews, but wise, unnamed, dom. That is what Saint Matthew wealthy travellers interpreting a International Lawyers answers readers’ queries is trying to say in his gospel. We sign from God in their own lan- mostly ignore our star signs but guage, and walking with faith We speak English, German, French, Spanish and Russian for them the sign of the star was into the unknown to celebrate a key. Knowledge has changed, and king who would change the 2000 years ago wisdom included world forever. How our world tenced me to pay the court REF. B. I. 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The responsi- an agreement, my neighbour you, thus preventing you from bility for failing to meet this decided to take legal action paying voluntarily. It is possi- duty is the offender and not :: SANTIAGO MOLINA without notice, so I was forced ble that you have been notified the owner of the car or the to hire a lawyer. Well after the through the Official Gazette of driver, so in this case, the one A MEDICINE BOX NATIVITY SCENE hearing we received the judg- the Province, but if there is no who has to pay the fine is your ment, which agreed with my notification, the seizure would sister’s friend, and not you or An 89-year-old Malaga resident originally from Lanjarón has con- neighbour’s position, and sen- be void. the owner. structed a nativity scene out of his and his wife’s medicine boxes. 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JENNIE RHODES WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? LANGUAGE FOOTNOTE

E5 JANUARY 1923 Cabalgata Parade Reyes Magos Magi /Kings Juguetes Toys Regalos Presents The first ever Kings’ Gente People Orfanato Orphanage parade takes place in Entusiasmo Enthusiasm Canción Song Villancico Christmas carol the streets of Malaga Zapato Shoe Calle Street Niños Children Educación Education here will be great excite- dent of the Diputación and owner Organizar To organise ment in the streets of of the conservative newspaper ‘El Regalar To give (a gift) Malaga this evening, just Cronista’, Eduardo León y Serralvo, Fuegos artificiales T as there has been since among others. Fireworks 1923, when the first ‘cabalgata’ or The parade started in the park Pandereta Tambourine Kings’ parade, took place in the city. next to the City Hall and from there Caramelos Sweets Since 1913 it had been a tradition went along Calle Larios to Plaza de Buey Ox in the city to take toys to children la Constitución, Calle Granada, Plaza The giant shoe float. :: SUR / ARCHIVO MUNICIPAL in orphanages and hospitals. The de la Merced, Calle Álamos, Calle idea was started by the lawyer, poet, Torrijos (today Carretería), to the 10 pages and behind them through the streets. One to enter and distributed their pre- journalist and regional primary edu- Casa Cuna orphanage (now the Cen- came a float disguised newspaper reported sents to the children who appar- cation delegate, Narcisco Díaz de tro Cultural Provincial), the Hospi- as a giant shoe (it is that “without ently “almost snatched them with Escovar. The Magi would visit the tal Civil and finally Tacón (today traditional in Spain doubt, the most indescribable delight and enthusi- Casa Cuna orphanage and children Avenida de Barcelona). to leave a shoe for moving moments asm, while singing an opportune in the Hospital Civil but on 5 Janu- According to newspapers report- the Kings to fill were when the and moving song”. ary 1923 they took to the streets of ing the event, the parade was led rather than the procession went The first Magi to visit Malaga Malaga. Organising the event was by a section of the Guardia Civil, stocking tradition- to the Casa Cuna were played by students of the Aca- down to a citizens’ commission, who were followed by representa- ally left out for Father and the hospital.” demia de Declamación, a local with Díaz de Escovar at the helm. tives from the Red Cross with their Christmas in some It is said that the drama school. Kings’ Day at A number of other public figures cornets and tambourine band, mu- countries) pulled by oxen. Kings had difficulty the Casa Cuna were also involved, including the sicians with panderos, zambombas There were fireworks and getting into the Casa then mayor of Malaga, Narciso Bria- and “all sorts of instruments”. The people watched from balconies as Cuna due to the number of people · Bilingual crossword les Franquelo, and the then presi- Three Kings were accompanied by the cavalcade made its way slowly outside. However, they managed inside back page 34 January 5th to 11th 2018 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH

DENISE BUSH GARDENING READERS’ PHOTOS Heterocentron elegans

Heterocentron elegans is a tender perennial that thrives in full or partial shade and will flower continually during its growing season

This tender, tropical perennial forms names include Spanish Shawl, Trail- sprawling evergreen shrub native dense mats of foliage and has star- ing Lasiandra, Trailing Princess to Mexico and Central America :: RENE COATIVY tlingly large, pink blooms through- flower and Pink Lady. It is a mem- which forms a dense carpet of out the growing season ber of the Melastomataceae family small, heart-shaped leaves with THE CUP OF GOLD VINE Heterocentron elegans is some- and a relative of Tibouchina. varying amounts of tiny hairs, red- times listed as Schizocentron ele- Spanish dish succulent stems and large This photo of Solandra maxima, also known as Cup of Gold gans or Heeria elegans. Common Shawl is a floppy fuchsia pink flow- Vine, Chalice Vine and Hawaiian Lily, was sent in by Rene Coati- ers. The glossy dark- vy from Estepona. He says, “Solandra maxima flowers release a ggreen leaves take on strong and pleasant perfume from dusk to dawn,” and they last a reddish tinge as up to five days, blooming from mid December until February. tthe season ad- vvances. It is ideal ffor growing as gground cover iin dark cor- nners of the ggarden as it tthrives in full oor partial shade. TThe stems root wwhere they touch tthe soil and the pplant can spread quickly in the right con- dditions (plenty of moisture), forming a large mat around one metre across by 5cm high. How-

ever it is easy to pull up if neces- :: KATHERINA sary to keep it contained. Where the soil is drier, it will make less ENDURING GERANIUM of a carpet and more of a mound. It is not fully drought resistant and will need an occasional long Although suffering a bit with the colder temperatures inland soaking in the summer to keep it near Archidona, this geranium is still managing to bloom. vigorous. Spanish Shawl needs pro- tection from full sun to prevent scorching, frosts and strong winds which may break the brittle stems. PHOTOS In colder, inland areas Spanish Shawl can be brought indoors and will Calling all Email your photos to eng- grow quite happily as a house plant. [email protected] or send Its trailing habit makes it suit- gardeners them to SUR in English, able for hanging baskets and pots, Avda Dr Marañón 48, 29009 where the slender stems can fall We know that many of our Malaga, with a caption and a in a cascade over the edge. readers have lovely gardens, few words of explanation, Propagation is by seed or by cut- or enjoy growing plants on or send them via Twitter tings taken at any time of the year. their terraces or balconies, @SUR_English or Facebook Spanish Shawl flowers profusely so why not share them with @surenglish and we’ll do but will benefit from a three others? the rest! Heterocentron elegans and close up of a flower (inset). :: SUR monthly addition of fertiliser. January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 35

DISCOVER ANDALUCÍA

This parade is one of the most famous in Huelva province. :: SUR Higuera de la Sierra. :: SUR

tance of this hundred-year-old tradition, which was started by A hundred-year-old Domingo Fal Conde, a local doctor after whom one of the QUICK GUIDE most emblematic streets in the Three Kings’ Parade village has now been named. What to see in Higuera de la  Sierra (Huelva) Arrive early La Cabalgata Museum. The parade is scheduled to be- An information centre about the Higuera de la Sierra, in Huelva gin at 9.30pm, although the or- Three Kings’ Parade. TWO DAYS IN HIGUERA DE LA SIERRA province. It is considered the sec- ganisers always encourage visi- Calle El Charcón s/n, 21220 ond-oldest parade of this type in tors to come much earlier to Higuera de la Sierra (Huelva) Car + walking the country, after the one which ensure that everyone has Journey time: Three and a quarter hours takes place in Alcoy (Alicante). parked their vehicle and is in Church of San Sebastián. from Malaga. Parade: 3 hours. Exploring: 5 hourshours Every year since 1918 this place by the time it starts. The main church, dating back to municipality in the Sierra de In fact, the Cabalgata on the the mid-18th century. . Aracena has organised this tra- evening of 5 January is the per- Plaza de la Constitucion, Higuera de Cordoba dition, which is officially clas- fect excuse to plan an over- 21220 Higuera de la Sierra la Sierra Seville sified as an Andalusian Tour- night stay and enjoy taking Huelva ism Event. some time to explore Higuera Ermita del Santo Cristo Practically all the inhabi- de la Sierra, which has a wealth 17th century chapel, beside tants of the village are in- of interesting history behind it.  the bullring. Malaga volved in one way or another One of the places of interest Calle Señor s/n, Cadiz in the preparations for this fes- which should definitely not be 21220 Higuera de la Sierra tival, and this year is particu- missed is the Parade Informa- JAVIER ALMELLONES larly special for local residents tion Centre, where visitors can Ermita de San Antonio. because their Three Kings’ learn all about the history of One of the most popular chapels ndalucía boasts a celebration is celebrating its the Three Kings tradition. in the village. very rich intangible first century of history. It is also lovely to have the Barriada de San Antonio s/n. heritage, with nu- The preparations begin well chance to wander around the 21220 Higuera de la Sierra A merous festivals and in advance, and everyone is oldest part of the village and traditions which always prove keen for the different floats discover some of its architec- Ermita de la Virgen del Parado attractive to visitors. and carriages to look as attrac- tural treasures, such as the A chapel which houses the At this time of year almost tive as possible to delight the main church, which is dedi- image of the village’s patron every city, town and village in people who come especially to cated to San Sebastián. saint Spain holds its Three Kings’ Pa- this small mountain village for There are also several other 21220 Higuera de la Sierra rade on 5 January, the eve of the occasion. churches and chapels, such as Epiphany, but some are particu- Behind this event, which those of San Antonio and the larly interesting. represents the birth of Jesus, Virgen del Prado, as well as an One of these is the ‘Cabalgata’, lies a great deal of hard work old bullring and a variety of as it is called in Spanish, which by enthusiastic volunteers fountains which are interest- takes place in the village of who are aware of the impor- ing to see. 36 January 5th to 11th 2018 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH

Who taught them?” You realise that instinct is also a part of the mystery Pepe, the falconer priest of Coín of life.” Pepe González’s childhood was marked by Spanish naturalist and broadcaster Félix Rodríguez de la COÍN Fuente, whose TV programme made “A lot of children come him “drop whatever I was doing” The parish priest to see the birds; it’s good and sit in front of the television to combines his religious watch. He spent his early years in for them to have Puerto de la Torre, taking part with vocation with his contact with nature” relatives and friends in different ac- passion for birds of prey tivities during which he discovered and bringing nature the wonders of the animal world and, later, while he was in closer to local people “In the countryside I’m - ten years ago - the world of fal- conry. :: FERNANDO TORRES alone and for a moment As well as bringing something to Early in the morning José Amalio I’m not the village the faithful, being able to combine González Ruiz, known to his friends priest, and I like that” faith and nature also makes Pepe feel as Pepe, opens the door of the San good. Juan Bautista church in Coín, and “Going into the countryside with then goes back inside. “Where has my birds helps me to disconnect and he gone?” ask some of the worship- two lifestyles. “I was out hunting is good for me as well, because in the pers. He has gone upstairs for a mo- with one of the birds and it just came village, because I’m the priest, I’m ment to fetch some of his best into my head. It wasn’t planned. The well-known and people recognise friends and put them in the square inspiration just came to me,” he says. me; in the countryside I’m on my outside the church. A goshawk, “There are people to whom I dedi- own, and not as the village priest, American kestrel and Harris’s hawk cate this prayer. It is a way of put- and I like that very much,” he says. now stand at the entrance, together ting more faith in everything,” he As we were talking, numerous with a sign which says “Falconer’s says. people came along to talk to Pepe prayer.’ “People seem to think priests and most of them took no notice of don’t have hobbies, but we do. I have TV programme the birds which were guarding the always loved birds of prey; being in This connection between nature entrance. contact with nature makes us bet- and spirituality is important in Among other things he spoke ter human beings,” Pepe says. Pepe’s life. “It comes from the Bi- about, the priest returned again to “They say I am the only falconer ble: creation is a way of asking your- the importance of nature to priest in the area, but for me it’s a self about the mystery of God, and strengthen the spirit. “I always say, natural thing, just like many priests when you get close to the animal contact with animals makes us bet- play football. In fact, I play padel as world you ask yourself, “how do the ter people; society needs more Na- well,” he says. “People are interested Pepe Amalio, the parish priest, with his beloved goshawk. :: F. TORRES birds know how to make a nest? ture,” he says. in everything a priest does when he’s not holding Mass.” Pepe’s hobby has brought new life to the parish. Since he came to ANTEQUERA PAYS Coín three and a half years ago the presence of three birds of prey, two TRIBUTE TO TWO of them very large, in the doorway have attracted the attention of nu- LOCAL WRITERS merous people. “Children and elderly people come, because someone has said to Two important figures from them, “Haven’t you seen the birds 20th century Antequera can at the church, yet?” Many of them now be found on a bench in the are a bit cautious,” says Pepe. Thanks town’s Plaza San Sebastián. to his hobby, he is fulfilling one of José Antonio Muñoz Rojas, one his aims for society. “This brings na- of Andalucía’s most renowned ture closer to people,” he says. poets and writers of the last It is also very good for the birds, century, sits opposite José because they become accustomed María Fernández, who for years to contact with humans and the ur- recorded local history. After ban bustle. “I’m known among other the death of his wife and chil- falconers because my birds are very dren, Fernández lived in soli- calm, and that’s because they are tude and was forgotten. Only used to seeing people going past, or five people turned up at his fu- coming to see them, and the noise,” neral, one of them Muñoz Ro- he explains. jas, whose calls for recogni- The Falconer’s Prayer, which Pepe tion for his fellow ‘Antequer- wrote himself, is perhaps the most ano’ have at last been heeded. :: A. J. GUERRERO significant meeting point for Pepe’s January 5th to 11th 2018 37 SUR IN ENGLISH HEALTH&BEAUTY

says Montse Folch, “and our bodies need to be cleansed in some way. Not Happy New Fast: start the year like eating solids means you don’t chew and it helps the stomach function. It’s a way of freeing the body from Beyoncé and Angelina Jolie saturated fats which come from ani- mal protein.” Many celebrities have experi- mented with restrictive diets for Dr Montse Folch, teacher and an expert on mindful- limited periods. As well as Ange- famous for the ness, she plans to teach people how lina Jolie, actor Hugh Jackman has to fast healthily while staying in ru- sometimes practised the ‘5:2 diet’ artichoke diet, says ral hotels in Girona and Ibiza. That which consists of eating what you liquid-only days will will be the starting point. The over- like for five days a week and only compensate for the all objective is to learn to eat health- ingesting a maximum of 600 calo- ily. Her slogan is ‘Goodbye diets, hello ries on the other two days. excesses of Christmas habits’, and her favourite mantra: “We “I don’t see anything wrong with

aren’t what we eat. We are what we it for a healthy person, as long as :: ARANTZA FURUNDARENA assimilate.” it is controlled,” says Dr Folch. “Eat- Christmas can have an indelible ef- These fasts are not based on lem- ing 500 calories a day for two days fect on our soul... and another, which onade and turmeric, like Beyonce’s. isn’t disproportionate.” is difficult to get rid of, on our body. They include fruit and vegetable In their perpetual search for the “At this time of year people put on juices, and vegetable protein drinks. perfect shape, celebrities easily suc- about three kilos, on average. Some,if They are also accompanied by medi- cumb to fashionable diets. they have a tendency to put on weight tation and gentle controlled exercise. Gwyneth Paltrow did some time anyway, can end up six kilos heav- “We always have to compensate with ago with macrobiotics, like Julia ier,” says Dr Montse Folch, a Catalan something sweet at midday to pre- Roberts. There are orthorexics like nutritionist who became famous for vent a drop in sugar mid-afternoon. Arnold Schwarzenegger, vegans changing Rocíito’s shape with the ‘ar- It could be a little honey, for exam- like Drew Barrimore, ayurvedics tichoke diet’, which will go down in ple. And of course, during the proc- like Miguel Bosé or raw food fans history. Celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Beyoncé fast to keep in shape. :: SUR ess, if someone needs to eat some- like Demi Moore... A long time has passed since then thing solid, they can chew a carrot,” “All the fashionable diets can be and now, after publishing a book called queen of hearts and the empress of leases ketones, which cause the head- she explains. good if they are controlled by a spe- ‘La dieta de los colores’ (The colours slimness, used to purge her gastro- ache” she explains. The carrot comment may seem like cialist and as long as they provide es- diet), this famous dietician has nomic excesses by ingesting nothing That’s why this specialist never a post-Christmas joke but it is a fact sential nutrients,” says Dr Folch. launched another bloodless but ex- but pure juices and infusions for one tires of insisting that anyone who that, after so much over-indulging Someone on a liquid-only diet can hausting battle against those extra day a week, until she had to stop be- plans to fast should have a blood test on food, the body resents it. The fat lose three kilos a week, but to pre- kilos: a liquid-only fast. cause it was giving her headaches. first and be monitored by a specialist from lamb or stuffed turkey, turrón, vent the feared rebound effect, the Drinking juices isn’t really any- Dr Folch says a headache is not un- throughout. cakes and cava (not to mention programme includes four weeks of thing new. Angelina Jolie has revealed common when people start strict di- Folch has a project to improve peo- prawns with mayonnaise) are an ex- food readaptation, a way of learning that she does that two days a week ets. “They are not getting any carbo- ple’s bodies and minds in 2018. In col- plosive cocktail for our bodies. “At so that when the Christmas celebra- and Beyoncé made the ‘lemonade hydrates or sugars, so the body can laboration with fellow nutritionist this time of year we are overwhelmed tions are over, it is easy to say good- diet’ world famous. Isabel Preysler, enter into ketosis and the liver re- Anna R. Alós, a yoga teacher, a reiki with saturated fats, sugars and salt,” bye to gluttony. 38 January 5th to 11th 2018 HEALTH&BEAUTY SUR IN ENGLISH

Javier Imbroda coached top flight basketball teams for 17 seasons. :: SUR Imbroda’s biggest challenge yet

The former national basketball coach talks about his ordeal after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. “It is important to be mentally strong to beat this illness,” he says

:: SUSANA ZAMORA prevention of cancer with physi- ordeal continued until the diagno- MALAGA. He was always reluctant cal exercise and a healthy diet and sis was definitely confirmed. “I to go to the doctor. He went for lifestyle. Imbroda, who was the had test after test after test, and it three years without ever consult- national basketball coach and was hard to deal with, emotion- ing his GP and had no check-ups, trainer in the ACB league for 17 ally. The first results were incon- not even a blood or urine test. seasons with teams such as Real clusive and I really began to worry, “What for?” he would ask. He Madrid, Unicaja (Malaga) and Caja until a second biopsy confirmed always felt well and never took San Fernando (Seville), filled all the worst,” he explains. any medication, not even during those criteria, but he was aware He still remembers feeling the three months when he was that it didn’t necessarily mean ab- stunned when he was given the suffering discomfort but still didn’t solute protection. news. His wife had accompanied seek medical advice. “I was hav- “Athletes aren’t immune to ill- him to see the specialist. ing difficulty urinating, but I ness, although the discipline does “It is like a physical blow, plus thought it was just a slight infec- help us prepare mentally to deal there is the impact of not really tion,” he explains. with it,” he says. understanding what it is that you Today, Javier Imbroda realises One year on, he is clear of can- have, or whether it can be cured, that the “unimportant symptoms” cer and all the signs are normal. He or whether the treatment will he was experiencing almost cost feels able to talk about his experi- work,” he says. In his case, all that him his life. He had prostate can- ence and wants to do so, “in case information was provided by the cer. “It was grade 10, the most ag- it helps”, in the same way that he doctors in the form of a number: gressive and with metastasis,” he has tackled the cancer during these they said he would live ten years, says. months: with the determination maximum. How could that have happened? to beat it, and a competitive spirit. “They gave me an expiry date, All medical studies which have After his initial shock of know- and I knew that time was running been carried out have associated ing that he could have cancer, the out,” he says. “When that happens, January 5th to 11th 2018 39 SUR IN ENGLISH HEALTH&BEAUTY

as that mental strength, he says it is “My wife told me this vital to stay active and follow the Cholesterol levels can usual way of life. That’s why, stick- was the one match I ing to the discipline of someone who increase by up to 10% after really had to win, and has been involved in sport all his life, that’s what I’m doing” the cancer has not stopped him tak- the Christmas holidays ing exercise or even enjoying “my rum and cigar on occasions” he says. During the months he was bat- Experts recommend that This study has also revealed that and your life is at stake, it doesn’t tling cancer he continued to live a cholesterol levels should over 55 per cent of patients with matter what you have achieved in normal life, being involved in his high cholesterol are “unaware of the past. My wife told me this was foundation to help children at risk not be more than 200 the problem and don’t make any ef- the one match I really had to win, of social exclusion, his business pro- mg/dl as it is one of the fort to reduce it”. and that’s what I’m doing.” jects running different medical and most important risk factors Because of this, the Foundation Imbroda says the hardest thing was professional training centres and advises people to not let their cho- to face up to his illness, but once the even finding time to criticise the Ma- in the development of lesterol go over the recommended ‘enemy’ had been identified, he passed chester City coach on Twitter: “Hear- cardiovascular disease amount and to remember high cho- from desolation to determination. ing Pep Guardiola talk of democracy lesterol is one of the important risk “I prepared myself, I found my and the ‘people’ is like listening to :: EUROPA PRESS factors in the development of car- strength and told myself: now I’m Falete talk about the Mediterranean MALAGA. Controlling high cho- diovascular disease. the one who is coming for you,” he diet. And may Falete forgive me,” he lesterol is important all year round, “The sooner we start to improve says. He decided to face up to the ill- posted. but especially after the Christmas our lifestyles, the higher the chance ness and not to give in, “not one cen- Medicine, attitude and family. period as levels can increase by up of success. Good habits at the begin- timetre, because cancer doesn’t un- Those are three fundamental ele- to 10% due to excesses in the diet, ning of the year boost self esteem derstand pauses”. And in that battle ments of survival, and the last of the Fundación Española del Co- and that helps them become part of against the ‘invading army’ which them has been essential for Imbroda. razón (FEC or Spanish Heart Foun- our daily routine,” explained Dr Pe- was weakening his physical health, “My family is strong, but I have al- dation), supported by the Socie- tra Sanz, member of the Council of “attacking territory and conquering ways tried to let them see me well dad Española de Cardiología (SEC Experts of the FEC . new areas”, Imbroda admits that he and cheerful, to keep them calm. I or Spanish Cardiology Society), The foundation insists that re- used to talk to his healthy cells. He try, as much as possible, to continue stressed this week. ducing high cholesterol is easier than had to explain the enemy’s strategy living as normally as I can,” he says. In Spain one out of every two peo- it seems by just adopting a heart- and urge them to fight “so they didn’t Imbroda admits that he felt that ple has higher cholesterol than the healthy lifestyle. decide swap sides”. death was close at times and he feels recommended level, that is, over The recommendations suggested But how? One thing he had pain for those who haven’t survived, 200 milligrams per decilitre (mg/dl), by the foundation include eating a learned, on the way to becoming the but above everything else he says he according to a study of the Nutri- diet rich in vegetables, fruit and fi- coach with the fifth highest num- has learned a great deal. He has come tion and Cardiovascular Risk in Spain bre and low in saturated fats; avoid ber of wins in the history of Span- out of this experience strong, and (ENRICA). alcohol and start walking for at least ish basketball, was that mental with renewed vitality. He looks to The regions most prevalent to 45 minutes a day, five days a week. strength is the key to facing up to the future with serenity, with no high cholesterol are Galicia, the Ca- People with high cholesterol difficult situations. fear of his next check-up in March, nary Islands, Extremadura and Mur- should try to include cholesterol re- “It’s inevitable that sometimes you determined never to give up and per- cia. And the areas with below aver- ducing foods in their diet such as feel down, but you can’t allow your- manently on guard mentally in case age levels are the Basque Country, dairy products enriched with plant self to do that,” he explains. As well of any future rebellion. Navarra, Madrid and Valencia. sterols. 40 January 5th to 11th 2018 HEALTH&BEAUTY SUR IN ENGLISH

because it can also have an influen- ce and cause discomfort in the eyes. Dispelling myths about the effects of It is not advisable for young peop- le to look upwards at these devi- ces when they are lying down (as mobiles and tablets on children’s eyes children and teenagers often do), because that places the device abo- ve the visual axis and it means that the eyes have to be raised too high. Ophthalmologists say The consequence is that the eye- there is no scientific lid goes up, so the unprotected ocular surface is increased and is evidence to show that therefore more in contact with the these devices lead to an environment. increase in myopia “The screen should always be below the visual axis so the eyelid among young people comes down and protects the sur- face of the eye,” says Dr Fernán- :: ÁNGEL ESCALERA dez-Baca. When using a computer, MALAGA. “Eyes are there to be the screen should also be below used. The more we use them, the the visual axis, in otherwords the better,” says Ildefonso Fernández- eyes should look slightly Baca, a well-known ophthalmolo- downwards. gist from Malaga. He makes it clear He stresses that it is especially that myopia, among other vision important to look after children’s problems, is not caused by using a vision. tablet, mobile phone or computer. When they are one or two years He stresses that good ocular hygiene old, they should be taken to a child is necessary to avoid reddened eyes ophthalmologist to check whether or side effects, but he insists that there is any problem of ocular mo- there is no scientific evidence to tility, refraction or opacity of the show that using a mobile phone, tab- refractive media of the eye. let or computer, or watching televi- If the check-up shows sion, causes myopia in children. everything to be normal and no- This puts paid to the often-quo- thing changes in the meantime, ted belief that frequently looking the second checkup should take at these devices will affect eyesight; place when the child is five years there is no solid scientific basis to old and at that time, as well as the support that claim whatsoever. Mobile devices should always be placed below the visual axis. :: SUR same tests being repeated, they What is important, though, says should have a visual acuity assess- this specialist, is for people to look ment. after their eyes and prevent dis- people focus on a point on a screen which causes reddening of the If any alteration to the acuity is comfort, especially when they their eyes don’t blink as much as eyes. It is also advisable to take a detected, examinations will be ca- spend long periods looking at a they should, and as a result the Children should never short rest during every hour spent rried out to determine whether screen. ocular surface does not receive looking at a screen, to combat the there are defects in refraction or Dr Fernández-Baca says eyes enough lubrication. lie down and look reddening and headaches which ocular motility, says Ildefonso Fer- need to be protected so there are For that reason it is a good idea upwards at their sometimes occur. nández-Baca. He explains that the- no alterations to the ocular surface to blink often, because with the mobile phone or tablet se check-ups are important becau- when spending time on a mobile movement of the eyelid the tears Incorrect posture se they will show whether or not phone, tablet or computer. The are distributed evenly over the eye When looking at a mobile phone the youngsters are suffering from problem lies in the fact that when and this prevents the dryness or tablet, posture is also important any sort of vision problem. January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 41 42 January 5th to 11th 2018 WHAT TO DO SUR IN ENGLISH

EXHIBITIONS drín in the Kempinski. One of his Hernández. The artist gifted works ‘Olly’, a magnificent bull, around 20 works to the town can be found in the entrance to the shortly before his death in 2013.He Cruz Herrera Museum hotel. spent long periods at Molino El Te- La Linea. Permanent exhibition in jar while creating his pieces. La Linea de la Concepción. Roberto Matta The museum has a gallery for Her- Marbella. Until 26 May 2018. The Russian museum reras’ works plus conference room Museo Ralli, Urb Coral beach. Malaga. Edificio Tabacalera, Avda and classroom. Temporary exhibition of the Chil- Sor Teresa Prat. Tues-Sun 9.30am - ean artist Roberto Matta of surre- 10pm. Biennial Contemporary Art alistic abstract art. His works rep- The seasonal exhibition ‘La aven- Marbella. Cultural Centre resents his own vision of the tura del color’ which is running Kunsthaus Berlin, Poligono Nueva world and art through the invisi- until 4 February, features Alexéi Campana local 2 Nueva Andalucía . ble, the psyche, the cosmos, with- Jawlensky (1864–1941), a con- José Luis García Guirado, Malaga In collaboration with the Fred Frie- out losing reference to his origins temporary and friend of Vasilly drich Foundation, Marbella Town- or nature. Tel. 952 85 79 23 / Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter and ‘Neighbours III’ consists of many little boxes which Hall and the Mexican Ambassador [email protected] Paul Klee among other famous Malaga. Permanent collection. contain the artist’s subconscious in Spain, Don Raphael de la Ma- artists of the early twentieth cen- Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, thoughts. Some examples are con- drid. Fifteen local and international Ernst Kraft tury. The museum is also holding Calle Alemania. ceptual, others more emotional. artists are exhibiting their work. Malaga. Botanical gardens ‘La an exhibition of political posters Works by local Malaga artists are [email protected]. Concepción’. ‘Carteles de la Revolución’ con- on display in ‘Neighbours III’. Picasso, Ventana Abierta A sculpture ‘The Tree of Life’ by sisting of simple but effective im- Many different techniques and Malaga. Until 7 January. Funda- Ernst Kraft will be on permanent ages deemed suitable for the subjects are included. ción Picasso, Casa Natal. display in the gardens on the lawns masses. The posters featured An exhibition of works completed next to the pond. The minimalist workers, soldiers in the Red army José Luis García Guirado by students who have attended the structure of iron rods is five metres and country labourers personify- Malaga. Until 5 January, Colegio educational programme ‘Artetera- tall and is based on the pre-phara- ing the power of the people. Oficial de Aparejadores de Málaga. pia. The aim of the programme is to onic pictogram representing the The annual exhibition is entitled The collection of sculptures and assist the social rehabilitation of union of heaven and the under- La Dinastía Románov and includes works by José Luis García Guirado patients between 30 and 58 years world. many portraits of Russian royalty arec inspired by characters from old with mental health problems. before the last Tsar and his family important works of art by artists Revello de Toro were assassinated in 1918. such as Klimt, Goya, Picasso and Francisco Leiro Malaga. C/Afligidos, 5. Miró among others. Malaga. Until 7 January. Centro de A dozen pencil drawings by Félix Ruiz de Luna Arte Contemporáneo. Revello de Toro will be on display Malaga. Museo Municipal del Patri- Pat Graham An exhibition of sculptures com- Malaga Glass Museum in a seasonal exhibition in the mu- monio (MUPAM), Paseo de Reding. Malaga. Until 5 January. Centro pleted over the last decade by seum. An exhibition dedicated to the Cultural Provincial María Victoria Galician artist Francisco Leiro Pedro Rodríguez Ruiz de Luna ceramic dynasty. Atencia. whose work reflects fragility and Marbella. Permanent exhibition, José Hernández Around 300 pieces are on display American photographer Pat Gra- human vulnerability. Kempinski Hotel Bahía. Villanueva del Rosario. Casa de la including ceramics, drawings, wa- ham is exhibiting a collection of his Pedro Rodríguez ‘Pedrín’, a Malaga Cultura. tercolours and sculptures. photos taken with a polaroid cam- Dance Practice sculptor, has an exhibition of his An exhibition of art work and let- era. The theme of ‘Pasado perfecto’ Malaga. Until 8 January. Centro de works in the Galería de Arte de Pe- ters belonging to artist José Malaga Glass Museum as the exhibition is called, is urban Arte Contemporáneo. Malaga. Permanent exhibition. cultures. The video entitled Dance Practice Plazuela Santísimo Cristo de la was made in 1995 by Douglas Gor- Sangre. Subconscious in a box don, Jonathon Monk and Dave Al- The glass museum has two new Malaga. Until 7 January. Museo len. It shows a mix of music and glass panels on display that have Picasso. dance, combining the music of the been painstakingly restored. They Youngsters and woman at risk have 60s with contemporary art. were both made by the Spanish contributed their creative talents company Mauméjean. to an exhibition at the Picasso Mu- Madame Butterfly seum. ‘El cajón del subconsciente’ Malaga. Until 10 January. Museo Automovilístico y de la Moda, Edifi- cio Tabacalera. 10am-7pm Closed Mondays. The seasonal exhibition at the mu- seum is entitled ‘Madame Butter- fly’ and is a dedicated to the luxury of fashion from an era when Orien- tal style was in vogue. 24 and 31 December open 10am-2pm.

Subconscious, Museo Picasso

Playmobil nativity scene Malaga. Until 12 January. Salas Min- gorance, Archivo Municipal, Alameda Principal. The Association ‘Click Clack’ have set up a complete nativity scene using 3,000 Playmobil figures and 20,000 pieces including the scenery etc in total. > January 5th to 11th 2018 43 SUR IN ENGLISH WHAT TO DO Monday will be dog day at the car museum

Malaga’s Museo “Only thee Museo EuropeoEuropeo “Owners area obliged to moni- trol of an adult who may be re- Automovilístico will be de Arte Modernoderno in BarceBarce-- tortor and controlcont their pets at quested at any time to produce lona allowsows people to allall times, preventingp any evidence of the mandatory li- allowing pets to visit bring inn their pets on inconvenienceinconven that it cence and civil liability insurance with their owners from two specificpecific days,”days,” maymay causecau to other for the animal,” warns the mu- Monday 15 January said the directodirectorr animalsanimals or people. seum. of the MalagMalagaa WhenWhen ana animal Obviously, “the animals’ own- museum,useum, PaPa-- appearsappears to be ers have the responsibility, or triciaicia RuedaRueda.. actingacting aggres- risk being fined, to immediately :: ANTONIO JAVIER LÓPEZ AmonAmongg sively,sively, the pick up any excrement and place MALAGA. The symbol of an ani- thehe ruleruless ownerowner must it in a bag in one of the bins dis- mal (nearly always a dog), with thathat will ac-ac- controlcontrol it and tributed around the outside of a red line through prohibiting en- compancompanyy leaveleave theth area the building.” try, is seen everywhere. Some- this initia- imimmedi-m And lastly, the museum warns times it’s worded gently (“Our titiveve isis ththatat atately,”ely,” is also that “every day, places of leisure doggy friends ...”) but the mean- people re- statedstated in the are becoming more ‘pet friendly’ ing is the same: no access unless member rules.rules. And and up until now, no other mu- they are guide-dogs. However the thathat thetheyy “o“onlynly aanimals seum or cultural venue has al- Automobile Museum in Malaga aree “ult“ulti-i- ththatat mmeet the lowed pets to enter. The un- has decided to try out an innova- matelyately re- hyhygienic-sani-gien friendly behaviour of our visi- tive idea, allowing people to bring sponsible,nsible, ttoo tataryry conditionsco tors, or the repeated failure of their dogs in every Monday, start- all intentsntents anandd cacann aaccess the people to respect the rules, could ing on 15 January. The move co- purposes,ses, for anyany AuAutomobiletom and result in the cancellation of the incides with the start of the mu- damage their ppetsets FaFashionshio Museum. initiative.” seum’s new extended opening may causee either to ThThee ownerow must carry hours, now from Monday to Sun- other animals,als, people or ththee dodocumentationcu for the New opening hours day, 10am to 7pm. the display itself.”self.” ananimal,imal in accordance with At the same time as the launch The museum will be the only The museum also makes it ththee legislalegislation in force.” of this initiative, the Automo- big exhibition centre in Malaga clear that any memberber of its staffstaff “A“Animalsni must be on a lead and bile Museum has decided to ex- city - and one of the few in the may “request a pet ownerwner to hahave identification papers. Reg- tend its opening hours, now whole country - that allow pets leave the premises if they con-on- Inside the exhibition. :: S. SALAS istered dangerous breeds must opening from Monday through into their display areas. The oth- sider that the behaviour of the wear a muzzle and the lead must to Sunday from the 15 January. ers only make an exception for pet is not in accordance with the be fixed and non-extending. The Access to dogs, however, will be guide dogs. rules established herein”. animal must be under the con- limited to Mondays. 44 January 5th to 11th 2018 WHAT TO DO SUR IN ENGLISH

EXHIBITIONS Municipal, Pase de Reding. Free. Claude Cahun, Leonora Carring- silk paintings and acrylics. Also > In the annex to the MUPAM is an ton, Germaine Dulac, Leonor Fini, greeting cards and miniature art. exhibition of contemporary photo- Valentine Hugo, Frida Kahlo, Dora Bad Taste graphs from the collection Los Bra- Maar, Maruja Mallo, Lee Miller, Torremolinos Chic Malaga. Until 14 January. La gales belonging to businessman Nadja, Meret Oppenheim, Kay Torremolinos. Permanent exhibi- Térmica, Avda de Los Guindos, 48. Jaime Sordo. The exhibition is en- Sage, Ángeles Santos, Dorothea tion, Casa de los Navajas. The exhibition forms part of the tilted ‘Escenas: acción y representa- Tanning, Toyen, Remedios Varo A permanent exhibition of Festival de Cultura Basura. ‘Subur- ción’ and includes work by Pierre and Unica Zürn. photographs taken in the 60s and ban culture’ take centre stage ac- Gonnord, Per Bercley, Regina José 70s entitled Torremolinos Chic. It companied by conferences and Galindo and many others. Paco Cabello features around twenty prose by the filmaker and writer Malaga. Until 2 February. Funda- photographs including one of the John Waters. Baroch Art ción Unicaja, Mon-Fri -8pm. legendary Bridget Bardot posing on Malaga. Until 14 January. Palacio The Unicaja Foundation will be Carihuela beach in a Cordobés hat. episcopal, plaza del Obispo. holding an exhibition of works by Over thirty pieces of religious art Rolling Stones, La Térmica the sculptor Paco Cabello. from all over Spain are on display. The artists’ styles differ in subtle ‘Cantándote Bajito’ is the title of Museum Jorge Rando ways with some preferring a more the exhibition by Ignacio Tovar Malaga. Until 25 February. Cruz reverent, contained manner of de- who interprets the poetry of fla- del Molinillo, 12 picting religious figures while oth- menco in his paintings using the A temporary exhibition entitled ers display exuberance. full spectrum of colours on his pal- ‘Nacerán Nuevas Auroras’ (the ette. Birth of Colour) is currently on dis- Antonio Yesa play. The museum also holds po- Malaga. Until 16 January, Galeria Rubén Guerrero etry and musical events.kon- Alfajar opposite the gardens of Malaga. Until 28 January. Centro de [email protected]. Malaga Cathedral. artes Contemporáneo. ‘Cualquier lugar es Bueno’, is the The ‘Familias Mínimas (Rojo, The Stones and The Beatles name of the exhibition by Antonio amarillo y azul)’ exhibition fea- Malaga. Until 18 June. La Térmica, The Lighthouse, Malaga Yesa tures 11 paintings of places, build- Avda de Los Guindos. ‘Bad Taste’, Malaga ings, and words. ‘Rival’ photographers Terry O´Neill ‘Picassiano’ and Gered Mankowitz immortal- Malaga lighthouse Buren at the Cube Malaga. Until 21 January. Casa Natal Gris and Blanchard ised some of the most important Malaga. Until 30 June. Museo Al- Malaga. Until 14 January. Pompi- de Picasso, Plaza de la Merced. Malaga. Until February. Museo bands in history including The borania, Palmeral de las Sorpresas, dou Centre, Malaga port. The exhibition entitled ‘Guernica y Carmen Thyssen, C/Compañia, 10 Beatles and The Rolling Stones. An Muelle 2. Daniel Buren, the artist who cre- Otros Disatres’ aims to bring a new Works by Maria Blanchard, Juan exhibition of some of their photos An exhibition detailing how im- ated the iconic design on the ‘Cube’ approach to Guernica, Picasso’s Gris, Jean Metzinger, Jacques Li- is on show in La Térmica until June. portant the lighthouse has been to at the Pompidou Centre, is exhibit- mural showing the horrors of war, chitz and Albert Gleizes illustrate Malaga over the last two hundred ing more of his work at the mu- on the 80th anniversary of the the ‘second period’ of cubism. Antonio Montiel years. How it faired during wars seum. bombing of the village. Antequera. Until 6 January. The and earthquakes, what it meant to Female artists and surrealism Town Hall. sailors, vessels and the port of Jaime Sordo Ignacio Tovar Malaga. Until 28 January. An exhibition by local artist Anto- Malaga. Malaga. Until 14 January. Sala de Malaga. Until 21 January. Centro de Misunderstood, fighters and rebels, nio Montiel. La Coracha, Museo del Patrimonio Arte Contemporáneo. in some cases eclipsed or abused by Art Gallery Costa del Sol their male partners, their lives and Exotic Vibrations Mijas. A permanent exhibition at reactions to criticism and social Mijas. Mijas Tourist Office, Mijas the new art gallery in the Club convention were reflected in their Pueblo. House ‘Cerrado del Águila’ art. The art from this group of fe- Seven international artists living Paintings, drawings, scultures and male artists was not recognised nor and working on Costa del Sol will ceramics are on display by artist accepted for far too long, they in- be displaying original artworks in such as Pedro Bueno, Teresa M. clude names such as Eileen Agar, oils, pastels, watercolours, textiles, Martín and José B. Angulo.

Picasso ceramics Mijas. Permanent exhibition. Cen- tro de Arte Contemporáneo, Mijas, Calle Málaga, 11am - 7pm. An exhibition of 44 ceramics cre- ated by Malaga artist, Pablo Ruiz Picasso.

Mijas Photography Group Mijas Pueblo. Until 7 January. Casa Museo de Mijas A collection of photos taken by a group international photographers.

Alfredo Opisso Mijas Pueblo. Until 10 January. Cen- tro de Arte Contemporáneo. An exhibition of works by Alfredo Julia Casado, Mijas Opisso. January 5th to 11th 2018 45 SUR IN ENGLISH WHAT TO DO

Loida CriadoMore 952500244. Bratislav. They are all members of Mijas. Until 7 January. Casa de la the San Petersburgh Orchestra. Cultura Las Lagunas. Galería Krabbe An exhibition of photographs Frigiliana. Until 20 January. Ben Roels in concert taken by Liado CriadoMore enti- Galería Krabbe, C/Rosario La Malaga. 18 January, 8pm. Sala tled Women 5.2. Joaquín. María Cristina, Fundación Unicaja. The Christmas collective exhibi- Belgian pianist Ben Roels is one of Julia Casado tion features the work of six fe- the last pianists who had the hon- Mijas. Until 31 January. Hotel TRH male Danish artists: Anne Juul our to study with legendary Italian Mijas. Christophersen, Marianne Frank, pianist Aldo Ciccolini. He will be- An exhibition by this local artist. Luise Haugen, Tine Helleshøj, playing pieces by Beethoven, De- Caroline Krabbe and Ann-Lisbeth bussy, Chopin and Liszt. www.ben- Gallery Art Club Sanvig. [email protected] roels.com / www.sociedadfilar- Fuengirola. Plaza Picasso, Old monicademalaga.com Tickets: Town. Colores en Navidad www.unientradas.es A new art gallery with monthly ex- Almuñécar. Until 7 January. Casa de hibitions of contemporary art. la Cultura. ‘D’ Adentro www.galleryartclub.com Paintings, sculpture and prints by Almuñécar. 13January, 8pm. Audi- Pilates is one of the free courses available in Coín. :: FOTOLIA artists Marikilla Cascos, María torium of the Casa de la Cultura Ángeles Raya, Pepe González, José Eva Esquivel will be performing ‘D’ Cabrera, Doris Pizarro, Paco Ariza Adentro Latido Flamenco. and Sagrario Peramos. Organised by Start the year with a Asociación Arte-Sur . LECTURES

MUSIC & DANCE new pastime DFAS lectures Benahavís. 23 January, 6.30pm. Be- The Wall Bar nahavís Town Hall. Visitors 12€. Malaga. Hotel Vincci Posada del Mackintosh and The Glasgow Four :: TONY BRYANT ing, and dress making. Patio, 11pm, entry free. Charles Rennie Mackintosh is now COÍN. Now that the Christmas The more adventurous stu- 6 January: Dana and Gianni. Blues regarded as one of Britain’s greatest and New Year’s celebrations are dents can enrol in flamenco gui- and jazz fusion. architects but his potential was over many of us will be contem- tar and dance lessons, or learn never recognised in his lifetime plating the list of resolutions the traditional art of bolillo lace The Royal Russian Ballet and he ended his days in obscurity. and tasks we promised to un- making. Dana & Gianni, Wall Bar Almuñécar. 6 January, 6pm. Audito- The role his wife played is also hid- dertake in the coming year. There are also exercise and rium of the Casa de la Cultura den. The lecture highlights their Those who need to work off workout sessions, like pilates, The Royal Russian Ballet will be iconic works. www.benahavisd- the excess Christmas kilos or which is similar to yoga and Carromato de Max museum performing Swan Lake. fas.com/events want a new hobby, can take ad- benefits people who suffer from Mijas Pueblo. Permanent exhibi- vantage of a programme of free back trouble, osteoarthritis and tion. The Lito Blues Band Lux Mundi Art Appreciation courses taking place in Coín. posture related pain. An extensive collection of minia- Almuñécar. 12 January, 8pm. Audi- Group Organised by the Coín town Classes are divided into age ture art. torium of the Casa de la Cultura Torre del Mar. 15 January, hall, the majority of the courses groups and include infant, adult The Lito Blues Band will be per- 10.30am. Lux Mundi Ecumenical will be held from Monday to Fri- and senior citizen courses. María Zambrano forming ‘The Best of Blues’. Centre. 2€ day in the Santa María de la En- Those wishing to enrol in the Vélez-Málaga. Permanent exhibi- The Private Life of Masterpieces: carnacíon convent in the cen- classes must register at the Santa tion. Palacio de Beniel de Vélez- Classical concert The Last Supper by Leonardo da tre of town, while others will María de la Encarnacíon con- Málaga. Monday-Friday, 9am-2pm. Almuñécar. 14 January, 8pm. La En- Vinci ‘. There will be a short intro- be held in the town hall. vent. For more information on An exploration into the life and carnación church. duction about the artist followed The various classes include times and courses available, con- works of Málaga-born philosopher Soloists Radomir (tenor) and Miro- by a DVD followed by a lively dis- Spanish and English language, tact Coín town hall or see and writer María Zambrano. slava (mezzo soprano) will be in cussion. Refreshments avail- photography, painting and draw- www.coin.es For further information call concert accompnaied by pianist able. > 46 January 5th to 11th 2018 WHAT TO DO SUR IN ENGLISH

LECTURES Brazil. 12 January, 11am. Including cinemas to check for any last min- > Machu Picchu, a Spider Necklace ute time changes. Lunchtime and and Christ the Redeemer statue in late night screenings weekends The Arts Society lectures Rio. Magical music from only. Nerja. 9 January, 6pm, Centro Cul- tural de Villa de Nerja. Guests 10€ Debating and discussion group. 24 Cine Albéniz www.theartssocietynerja.com January, 1-2.30pm. Britain is the Disney movies C/Alcazabilla 4, Malaga. Tel: 902 Riviera Paradise: Art, Design and composed of two nations due to 36 02 95 or visit www.cinealbe- Pleasure in the 20s and 30s. social and economic division. niz.com or www.unientradas.es Lecturer Mary Alexander will be Recent events suggest that the Wonder Wheel: 18.15, 20.15, talking about how from the 1920s above is true. Following evidence 22.15. onwards a mix of art, writers and to this end the audience is invited Downsizing: 16.00. musicians descended on the Cote to suggest changes to make Britain Wonderstruck: 18.30, 20.30, d’Azur to create a new summer sea- a fairer society?. 22.40. son. Suntans and sportswear be- came de rigeur for Matisse, Picasso, FESTIVALS Cinesur El Ingenio Dufy, Cocteau and Chanel. Cole Avda. Juan Carlos 1, Vélez-Málaga. Porter and Scott Fitzgerald intro- Tel. 667 77 31 87. duced a glamorous American per- Día de los Reyes Magos Molly’s Game: 18.45, 21.30 (Tues) spective to this fizzing cocktail of Malaga. 5/6 December. The Greatest Showman: 21.30 panache of joie de vivre. The evening of 5 January is when (Mon, Tues, Thurs) parades of the Three Kings take place across Spain. Richly deco- Cinesur Miramar rated floats carrying Melchior, Gas- Avda. de la Encarnación, Fuengi- par and Balthazar will pass through The stage at the theatre. :: SUR rola. Tel. 952 19 86 00. towns with the kings and there Star Wars: The Last Jedi: 12.00, helpers throwing sweets to chil- :: SUR IN ENGLISH INFORMATION 16.15, 19.15 dren. The following day, 6 January, MALAGA. As part of the ‘Christ- The Greatest Showman: 12.10, is a national holiday. mas at Cervantes’ programme of 16.15, 18.30. events is this official Walt Disney  Where. Teatro Cervantes, Calle Disaster Artist: 19.00 (Mon- EVENTS concert by the Malaga Philhar- Ramos Marín. Thurs). monic Orchestra. The orchestra will interpret the soundtracks  When. 5 January midday. 6 Ja- Cines Teatro Goya Route of the recycled trees from some of the most popular nuary 6.30 and 9pm. 7 January For tickets and information call Mijas. Until 6 January. 1€. Disney films while excerpts are 5.30 and 8pm. 951196665. www.cinesteatro- A map of the route is available from featured on a large screen at the goya.com the tourist office, Folk museum back of the stage.  Tickets. www.unientradas.es The Disaster Artist: 15.45 (Fri, and some shops at the cost of 1€. Soloists Paco Arrojo, Julia Möl- or from the theatre website: Sat); 15.45 (Sun). Riviera Paradise lecture The proceeds go to the La Alegría de ler, Judith Tobella and Diego Ro- www.teatrocervantes.com Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: La Huerta Andaluza charity. dríguez will be singing favour- 20.15 (every day); 22.45 (Fri - U3A Lectures ite songs from Pocahontas, Alad- Sun). Fuengirola. Lux Mundi reference Lux Mundi week of prayer din, The Lion King, Jungle Book by the full orchestra and con- Ferdinand : 11.45 (Sun); 15.45 Library, free to members, guests Costa del Sol. 18 - 25 January. and many others, accompanied ducted by Arturo Díez Boscovich. (Fri-Sun); 17.45 (every day). 5€. Email: u3afuengi- Each day there will be Ecumenical Insidious: the Last Key: 16.00 [email protected] prayers at different churches, for (Fri, Sat,Sun); 18.15 (every day). History and Art: ‘The Importance the full programme information: insurance, guided tour of palace transport, a guided tour and lunch The Greatest Showman: 11.45, of the Keystone Arch’ 10 January, www.lux-mundi.org. included. Lux Mundi Torre del in a local restuarant. Fundación (Sun); 16.00, 18.15 (Fri, Sat, Sun); 11am-12.30pm. The fusion of art, Mar. Tel:952 543 334 or e-mail: Lux Mundi Fuengirola. C/Nueva 3. 18.00 (Mon-Thurs); 20.30, 22.45 engineering and architecture. Coach excursion to Gibraltar [email protected] Tel: 952474840 (Sun). History and Art: ‘David Hockney’ Torre del Mar. 18 January. Various Star Wars: The Last Jedi: 17.45 24 January, 11am-12.30pm. An departure points. 12€ Trip to Arcos de la Frontera Dinner and dance (every day); 20.00 (Fri, Sat, Sun); illustrated talk about the life and Transport, travel insurance Fuengirola. 7 January. 36€ Alhaurín el Grande 5 January, 19.45 (Mon-Thurs). work of the most famous living included. Passport necessary. Lux One of Andalucia’s most dramati- 7.30pm. Alhaurín Golf and Country Wonder Wheel: 20.00, 22.30 British artist. Mundi Torre del Mar. Tel:952 543 cally positioned villages. Included is Club. 35€. (Mon-Thurs); 22.45 (Fri, Sat, Sun) 334 or e-mail: luxmundi@lux- Three course meal with entertain- Science and Technology: ‘Numbers mundi.org ment by Lynne Gaskell. Tickets: Yelmo Cines, Plaza Mayor are Everywhere’. 17 January, 11am- Martins newsagents in Alhaurin El Centro de Ocio Plaza Mayor, 12.30pm. Numbers are everywhere Excursion to Zahara and Grande and from the Alhaurin Golf Avda. Alfonso Ponce de León. in advertising, politics, economics Torre del Mar. 25 January. 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From olive oil to wine with cheese fans who can also pur- der asparragus which is grown in and seasonal fruit, chase milk products, attend work- the fertile soil in the area. shops and tastings. there are a variety of Benarrabá 29 April food festivals to visit 24 - 25 February throughout the year Día de la Morcilla Feria Gastronómica de la The 29 April in Canillas de Aceituno Serranía de Ronda is the day that homage is paid to the Every year, around Día de Andalucía, famous morcilla (black pudding). Benarrabá lures visitors to the village Every year, hundreds of kilos of the :: JAVIER ALMELLONES with a tapas route and a gastronomy sausage are shared out washed down MALAGA. Malaga has seen a big market. with the local wine or a glass of beer. increase in the number of gastro- nomic festivals over the last few Frigiliana years, with local and regional dishes 28 February 29 April and produce being promoted. Fiesta de la Sopa de los Siete Día de la Miel de Caña Everything from extra virgin ol- Ramales This festival celebrates the black trea- ive oil to wine and seasonal fruit is Andalucía day is celebratedated in El cle which is traditionally made in available at these festivals plus a Burgo with a festival dedi- Día de la Sopa Mondeña in in April. :: SUR Frigiliana. Besides tastings, it also repertoire of dishes from traditional cated to its most tradi-adi- possible to visit the factory where it Andalusian recipes that would oth- tional dish, Sopa dee los on theth first days of produced from the ‘verdial’ variety is made. erwise become forgotten. Here are Siete Ramales,s, a spspring,ri which is of olive. At the end of the olive har- a few of the most important on the thick soup madeade usuusually influ- vest the town celebrates with a fes- Sayalonga calendar this year. from bread, freshesh encenced by tival where visitors can taste and buy 6 May vegetables and whwhen Easter the ‘liquid gold’. Día del Níspero Ardales asparragus. fafallsll each The first Sunday in May, one of the 4 February yeyear.a This Villanueva de la Concepción most famous gastronomic festivals Fiesta de la Matanza Villanueva delel yeayear the date 29 April in the Axarquía is celebrated. Visi- After the over-indulgence of the holi- Rosario has not yet Día de la Haba tors can taste the local nísperos (lo- 24 March days, Ardales is the first town in beebeen con- This festival in the town of Vil- quats) as well as other products. Malaga province to hold a big gastro- Fiesta de la fifirmed.rm The lanueva de la Concepción is held on nomic festival. All pork products are Tagarnina Fiesta de la Matanza in soup is made in a the last Sunday of the month. It is Alhaurín el Grande promoted during the event and in- The last Saturdayy in Ardales in February.:: SUR huhuge pan and also known as the Fiesta del Verdeo, 13 May cludes tastings of the cured meats March is reserved foror the sharshared out to visitors. and celebrates the humble broad Fiesta de la Cachorreña and the local ‘carne en salsa’ (pork in tagarninas festival in Villanuevalanueva Many reresidents prepare their bean which will be available to try, The San Isidro area of Alhaurín El gravy). del Rosario. This village in thee SierraSierra own versversionsi of this traditional dish. cooked in diverse ways. Grande pays tribute to the ‘cachor- Norte of Malaga will be handing out The recipe varies a little but they all reña’ orange with a festival dedicated Álora hundreds of portions of the filling have one thing in common, the re- to it and other produce. Mid February stew made with the mid-ribs of a spe- nowned tomato ‘de culo’. 29April Mercado de Queso Tradicional cific thistle. Feria del Espárrago y de los Coín Around the 17th and 18th February Periana Productos Ecológicos Around 20 May (not confirmed), the town of Álora Monda First or second week in April The town of Sierra de Yeguas also Fiesta de la Naranja holds a cheese market dedicated to First or second week in April Día del Aceite Verdial holds an important food festival on Coín is famous for its oranges and the cheeses of Andalucía. The Mira- Día de la Sopa Mondeña Periana is strongly linked to the ol- the last Sunday of April. Among the this festival celebrates the ver- dor de la Cancula becomes packed Traditionally this festival is celebrated ive oil industry, especially to the oil produce available will be the ten- satility of this fruit. > 48 January 5th to 11th 2018 FOOD&DRINK SUR IN ENGLISH

Riogordo mous summer events in Andalucía. Totalán > 27 May It is dedicated to the traditional cold 25 November Día de la Caracol soup made from ground almonds, Fiesta de la Chanfaina Snail Day is just that, a day dedicated garlic and bread. The recipe for Totalán’s traditional to the snail with an opportunity to dish is a guarded secret but seems to try the local dish of snails cooked in Moclinejo be mainly offal. The festival is very stock. 9 September popular and hundreds of visitors flock Fiesta de Viñeros to the town to try free samples of the Tribute is paid to the vine workers at dish. 16 and 17 June this gastronomic festival in Mocli- Día de la Cereza nejo. Grapes, raisins and wine are When the cherry harvest is coming available for tasting. 2 December to the end, Alfarnate celebrates a gas- Fiesta de la Zanahoria Morá tronomic festival promoting the El Borge The purple carrot is vegetable that fruit. 16 September has been around for centuries and has Día de la Pasa been brought back to popularity in El Borge, known for its muscatel the town where it was historically 4 August grapes, holds a gastronomic festival grown. Stalls will be selling the car- Día del Gazpacho every third Sunday in September in rots as well as jams, drinks and foods The smallest village in the high Ax- which the grapes can be tasted as well Día de la Pasa in El Borge and Mosto and Chacina day, Colmenar. :: SUR made with the unusual root. arquía is famous for its ‘gazpacho de as other local products such as cooked tres golpes’. A cold soup made with and cured meats, gazpacho and mi- cuisine. There are tastings of almonds the local chestnuts and wine. Benaoján three basic ingredients (vinegar, wa- gas. cooked in different dishes. Between 6 and 9 December ter and salt) added to finely chopped Pujerra Feria de la Chacina peppers, cucumber, garlic, tomatoes Álora 2 - 4 November Benajoán celebrates the pig with a and onions. . 21 - 23 September 6 October Fiesta de la Castaña gastronomic festival full of all things Fiesta de la Cabra Malagueña Día de Sopas Perotas Pujerra is one of the biggest produc- pork. There is a market selling the Iznate The Fiesta de la Cabra Malagueña in- The first Saturday of October, the ers of chestnuts in Andalucía and the fresh and cooked meat as well as 4 August cludes a gastronomic route through town of Álora promotes its famous annual harvest is celebrated with a other local products. Día de la Uva Moscatel the bars and restaurants, a craft mar- traditional dish, Sopa Perota. A thick traditional ‘tostón’ (toasting). The first grapes of the season are the ket and tours of the town. soup made with vegetables and bread. Colmenar highlight of this festival which also 16 December offers tastings of other local prod- Rincón de la Victoria 4 or 11 November Fiesta del Mosto y la Chacina ucts and produce. 22 and 23 September 5, 6 and 7 October Feria del Jamón One of the last gastronomic festi- Día del Boquerón Mercado de Queso Artesano The cured ham festival is an ideal vals of the year, Colmenar holds a Cómpeta The star of the festival is the ‘bo- Teba holds a special market for ar- chance to stock up ready for Christ- specialist market for pork products 15 August querón’, the anchovy. There are free tisan cheeses with stalls from pro- mas and also features producers of as well as wine, cheeses, cakes and Noche del Vino tastings of this little fish, fried and ducers from all over Spain and some other pork products. The date is still artisan bread. Cómpeta has been associated with crispy or marinaded in vinegar and from abroad. Products can be bought to be confirmed. sweet wine for hundreds of years. herbs. direct from the suppliers and there Torrox The event starts at around lunch time, are many cheeses for tasting. 23 December with tastings of migas and wine and Almogía 10 November Fiesta de la Migas carries on through the evening. 30 September Fiesta del Conejo A traditional winter dish, migas Día de la Almendra 27 and 28 October The second Saturday in November (flour, garlic and olive oil), is popu- Almáchar Every year on the last Sunday in Sep- Fiesta de la Castaña y el Vino is reserved for the gastronomic fes- lar across Spain. Torrox has been 1 September tember, Almogía celebrates the al- The last weekend in October is tival dedicated to rabbit, a staple celebrating this dish for over 30 years Fiesta del Ajoblanco mond, one of the most important in- when Yunquera holds a in the diet of the area many years in a festival that attracts huge This festival is one of the most fa- gredients in traditional Andalusian gastronomic festival dedicated to ago. crowds.

n the festive season wine con- A.J.LINN ran dry, and wine was used for heating wine in lead saucepans. It WINE OF THE WEEK sumption increases, not building due to lack of water. is impossible to guess how many meaning that we regular Wine was shipped all over the deaths this caused, but certainly Protos Crianza 2014 Idrinkers consume more HEAVY world in wooden butts, and the Ludwig Beethoven was a casualty; (ahem!), rather that people who maritime traffic then has been a recent analysis of his hair shows One of the best-known bodegas of would normally pass on it enjoy a WINE compared to the oil tankers of to- a high lead content. He had dis- the Ribera del Duero region, this glass or three. We do not realise day. played signs of severe illness years best-seller can be bought at around how lucky we are. Wine has been The only alternative to sweet before his death, probably due to €15. It is made from the region’s produced for the last 6,000 years, varieties from Germany and Spain his liking for wine at all hours, version of Tempranillo grape, Tinta but it is only in 3% of that entire was red wine made anywhere in but again, water was not an op- Fina, and barrel- period that we have been able to southern Europe, including the tion in those days. aged for 14 drink it as a refined pleasure. For then-English territory of Bor- We have to be very thankful months. Gluttons the previous 97% of those 60-mil- deaux. Thin and turning to vine- that only in the last couple of cen- for Ribera wines lennium, wine was drunk not for gar in a year or two, it was neces- turies wine has been made avail- may prefer to buy pleasure, but because water was preferred tipple as it kept longer. sary to make it more drinkable by able in a clean and drinkable man- a magnum of the polluted. Wine, and beer in some Quantities of Bavarian steinwein sweetening it. Unfortunately lead ner, as indeed has water. It can 2016 vintage for countries, was the only liquid re- still exist from 1540, the driest was the most popular additive, a now be drunk for pleasure rather the same price. freshment, sweet wine being the year on record when the Rhine sugary taste being obtained by then necessity, as it always is. January 5th to 11th 2018 49 SUR IN ENGLISH

Kitchen page 49 Energy page 51 Removals page 50 Glass curtains page 52 Kitchen 50 January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH Removals January 5th to 11th 2018 51 SUR IN ENGLISH Energy 52 January 5th to 11th 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH Glass curtains January 5th to 11th 2018 53 SUR IN ENGLISH SPORT A new year, new ROB PALMER signings, and a A LOOK AT LA LIGA Commentator, Sky Sports @robbopalmer new formation bring hope for a The Coutinho soap struggling Malaga :: SUR. MALAGA. Malaga had a poor start to their 2017-18 campaign Facts, rather than speculations, about a possible more from LIverpool to Barça last year and currently sit at 19th place in La Liga with 11 points Spain and the UK already share so be one big unnecessary salary off from 17 games. However, there much, and now they are ready to the books. Another three and Bar- is hope for a better 2018. The ar- divvy up a footballing soap-opera, celona will have enough in the rival of Chilean Manuel Iturra suffering a month long plot line, piggy bank to take to the Euro ex- from Club Nexaca in Mexico has with Phillipe Coutinho as the star. change. added an exciting new option for The Coutinho saga ran all sum- Fans don’t see it like this the struggling club. Head coach mer with an inconclusive final though. Barcelona fans would wel- Míchel has recently announced episode. Unlike his fellow Brazil- come an international class tal- that Malaga will return to a 4-1- ian Diego Costa he buckled down ent and Liverpool supporters 4-1 formation, which served and got on with playing, delay- would lament the loss of one of them well last season with a com- ing his dream for when the trans- the so called “Fab Four”. fortable mid-table finish. This fer window was prised open again. It’s argued that Barcelona are formation should incorporate There are some media col- so far ahead in La Liga there’s no Iturra perfectly, add new passing leagues who live for the silly sea- desperation to sign a player who lanes and attacking options and son, relishing the prospect of can’t turn out in the Champions create more goal-scoring oppor- spending January speculating to League. The manager Ernesto Val- tunities, which Míchel has stated a ready audience from a football verde is probably thinking later- is a priority. It will also ensure club car park; I’m not one of them! ally though, as the introduction that Malaga do not compromise I prefer to work on facts rather of Coutinho would allow him to on their defence, which has been than speculate, I genuinely don’t use others more sparingly. For ex- bolstered by the arrival of Ignasi know what is going on behind ample Andrés Iniesta generally Miquel from Lugo in the second closed doors - I doubt that even starts matches but rarely finishes division. Thursday evening’s the player himself does. them so a capable alternative game against Hamburg, which The facts are that Countinho would give him the odd break. Malaga lost 2-1 in La Línea, could would love to pull on the shirt of My Sky colleague Jamie Car- be an indicator of how the rest Barcelona and share a stage with ragher reasons that a deal should of Malaga’s season will play out. Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez. It’s Philippe Coutinho on Saturday. :: REUTERS be cut to allow Coutinho to ful- a fact that his ‘people’ would like fil his ambition in the summer. the commission for securing the Lennon Airport. There will be a Very few understand the Fi- There are a couple of dangers here deal. It’s a fact that every player premium just like there was with nancial Fair Play rules but there though. The obvious is the threat has a price, and a fact that Barce- Virgil Van Dijk and if that pre- must be someone in Barcelona of injury to the player. I think lona haven’t met that price. mium is paid then the deal is a who comprehends them as they there is another danger, the con- Don’t say the column is over goer. have been publicly vociferous of tinued excellence of Mo Salah. after four paragraphs! Anyone who has ever partici- Paris Saint Germain ever since The Egyptian has been even more Now we enter the grey areas. pated in a Fantasy Football league Neymar’s transfer broke all re- impressive than Coutinho for me Liverpool’s football fans and will know that there are checks cords. in the first half of the season and coaching staff don’t want to lose and balances and it’s no different It’s my understanding that they if Barça have 150 million euros their star player but the club’s at the Nou Camp. have to reduce the percentage of going spare they may choose to money men will point out that In order to find the fee, and income spent on players’ wages, invest it in an alternative Anfield he’s just a human commodity more importantly wages, for hence the cull in playing staff. star. whose value can lower in the mar- Coutinho they have to release It’s ironic that Liverpool’s great The above is inconclusive I ket. If Barcelona reach say, 150 capital. At least four players have rivals Everton could be doing know, but every cent raised by a million euros, then he’ll be on the to be moved on to ensure they them a favour by enquiring about Barcelona outgoing means the in- next low cost flight from John have the finances to do the deal. the services of Arda Turan. He’d coming is a little more likely.

Training this week. :: SUR 54 January 5th to 11th 2018 SPORT SUR IN ENGLISH

waiting to see what happens with Froome, the world of cycling is look- Spain embarks on a year of challenges ing for a new king. From 14 July Bar- celona will be hosting the European Waterpolo Championships for men and women, and at the end of the in all sports - not just football month no fewer than four world championships will take place: rugby 7, women’s grass hockey, Olympic sailing (a classificatory for the Games The Winter Olympics March, with the return of Bruno inTokyo) and badminton, in which without Russia and a Hortelano a year and a half after the Carolina Martín will be battling to traffic accident that almost cost him win her third title. new attempt at a his career. He will be hoping for a marathon record, on medal after being unable to compete August the cards for 2018 in London in 2017. A week later, on On 2 August the European Champi- 9th, the Winter Paralympics Games onships will begin: a multi-sport com- begin, also in Pyeongchang, and on petition which brings together in the :: ENRIC GARDINER 18th the World Motorcycling Cham- same place the European champion- MADRID. On the 2018 calendar one pionships start in Doha with Marc ships of cycling, swimming, golf, ar- date already stands out, marked in Márquez hoping to make history. On tistic gymnastics, rowing, triathlon red: 14 June, when the football World 25th, Formula 1 returns with Fer- and athletics. On 25th this year’s Vu- Cup kicks off in Russia. As everybody nando Alonso y Carlos Sainz compet- elta de España starts, and two days knows, this is a huge sporting event ing. One day earlier, Valencia will be later, on 27th, it will be the US Open, but it is by no means the only one to holding its World Half-Marathon. with Nadal defending his crown. look forward to this year. April September January The Commonwealth Games start on As summer moves towards its end The first major sporting event of 2018 the Gold Coast (Australia)on 4 April, the world volleyball championships began on New Year’s Day, with the and one day later sees the start of the begin. Also, from 23rd to 30th the traditional ski jumping champion- Augusta Golf Masters with the re- Spanish NFL player Alejandro Villanueva. :: AFP world cycling championships take ships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. On turn of Jon Rahm a year after his de- place in Innsbruck, and on 28th the Saturday, 6 January, the legendary but, and Sergio García 365 days after Ryder Cup starts in France, where Dakar Rally will begin in Lima, and winning his first grand title. On 22 the USA will try to maintain its he- there will also be two European cham- April the world marathon record could gemony although it has not won on pionships later this month: handball, be broken, as Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge European soil since 1993. which begins on the 12th, and indoor is showing every sign of making his- football on the 30th. In the middle tory in London. October of the month (15th), Rafa Nadal re- The only sporting event this month turns to the tennis courts as world May will be the World Artistic Gymnas- number one in his attempt to win his The events scheduled for May this tics in Doha. second Australian Open, and on Sun- year may be few in number, but they day 28th Alejandro Villanueva will are important. The Tour de Italia be- November make history by becoming the first gins on 4th, although it is still not This month there are several impor- Spaniard to play in the Pro Bowl of known whether Chris Froome, who tant events. On 11th the final of the the NFL. had confirmed that he would be tak- tennis Federation Cup will be played ing part, will be able to do so. The UCI and two weeks later it will be the turn February is due to give its decision soon fol- of the Davis Cup. On 18th, Cheste The second month of the year begins lowing his positive reading for salbu- will host the final of the world mo- with a decidedly oval shape, with the tamol. Belgrade will be hosting the torcycling championships and on VI Nations rugby and the NFL Super Final Four of the Euroleague on 18th, 25th Formula 1 will come to an end Bowl on the first weekend, while five in what could be Luka Doncic’s fare- World number one Rafa Nadal, at last year’s US Open. :: EFE in Abu Dhabi. The World Weightlift- days later the Winter Olympic Games well to Europe before leaving for the ing Championship will also take place start in Pyeongchang. This event has NBA. And on 21 May the next Roland in Asjabad, Turkmenistan, where Ly- already gone down in history because Garros begins, with Nadal hoping to dia Valentín from Spain will aim to Russia has been excluded due to the win his 11th title. relive the successes of last year. Also State doping scandal, although in the on 30 November the European end it will not be boycotted by the June women’s handball championships Kremlin. This could be Spanish skater The football World Cup starts in a will begin. Javier Fernández’s chance to win the month when a new 3x3 basketball only gold medal he lacks so far, the world championship also begins. This December Olympic one. The All Star Game of will be included as an Olympic sport To bid farewell to 2018, Mireia Bel- the NBA will take place on 10th, and for the first time in the next Games monte will be in Hangzhou the World Track Cycling Champion- in Tokyo in 2020. (China) from 11th for the world ship on 28th will bring the month to short-distance swimming. She has a close. July five world records for 25 metres, Wimbledon begins on 2 July this year, but she found the last World March and five days later a new Tour de Championships a bittersweet ex- The World Track Athletics Champi- France will start. Without Alberto perience as she was unable to com- onships begin in Birmingham on 2 Contador, who has retired, and while Mireia Belmonte, with an Olympic gold for 200m butterfly. :: REUTERS pete due to illness. January 5th to 11th 2018 55 SUR IN ENGLISH SPORT Motocross in Casares brings Will Nadal and Murray come to Marbella for winter visitors to the Costa the Davis Cup? Spanish and international professionals are using the new Neither champion took since Wimbledon last July. centre on the western Costa for pre-season training part in the tournament in Spanish tennis fans are also concerned about Rafa Nadal, and 2017 and both have whether or not he will compete. The new facility opened begun the year with It may not be easy for him to do in November and has a injuries, so there are fears so, as he has started this year plagued by the same problems track for experts, another they will not be present with his right knee that he was for children and four new suffering at the end of 2017, and ones are currently under :: PEDRO LUIS ALONSO it is known that he doesn’t like MALAGA. One month before to play on different surfaces construction Spain and Britain compete in the within a short time, especially first round of the Davis Cup, changing from a hard court to :: CHARO MÁRQUEZ there is speculation about clay. CASARES. Motocross lovers and whether Rafa Nadal and Andy Despite the doubts, this Davis professionals in Malaga and Cadiz Murray will be at the event at the Cup tournament, which will take used to find it difficult to train and Puente Romano Tennis Club. place between 2 and 4 February, compete because the nearest circuit There are serious doubts about is still a major event for Marbella for both provinces was in Villanue- the Scots player, who announced and the Costa del Sol, and is par- va del Trabuco. However, in Septem- on Tuesday that he would not be ticularly welcome because it is the ber last year a group of enthusiasts opening the tennis season in Bris- first time Spain has competed in opened the new Costa del Sol Moto- bane, Australia, because of his hip a Davis Cup event at home since cross Track in the municipality of Ca- injury, and who has not competed 2013, when they played Ukraine. sares, near Estepona. They have laun-aun- ched a school and club on this sizea-zea- ble piece of land and hope it will become a benchmark for Spanishnish SomeSom of the tracks at the new and international off-road mo- centre.cen :: CHARO MÁRQUEZ torbike racing. Mauro Vázquez is one of the MotocrossM is very popular in the founding members who, with area.area “Ever since we opened peop- another seven friends who are le haveh been telling us they have motocross lovers, decided theyhey boughtbou another motorbike, after ha- were tired of having to travelel so vingving sold theirs because they were far to practise their favourite sportport fed up with travelling at least two and embarked upon this adventure,ure, hoursh by car to the nearest circuit,” which has required considerable in-n- says Mauro. vestment. The land is rented from a Between Ceuta and Malaga there private owner and a large part of the Practising skills. :: C. M. is no permanent professional track investment has been in acquiring the where fans can practise, which is why equipment necessary to improve and this one is proving so successful. Now expand the tracks. the official season is over, drivers are An emotional Andy Murray at the press conference in Brisbane on At present there is a 1.5-kilometre USEFUL INFORMATION looking for places in which to train Tuesday. :: DARREN ENGLAND. EFE professional track and another, which and Casares, with its enviable clima- is one kilometre long, for children. A Location: te, is the focus of attention for foreign further four are being built, and when Beside the industrial estate in motocross fans. Tickets now on sale which offer this service or the those are completed there will be be- Casares. “Numerous foreign riders have group’s travel agencies. Tick- ginners’ and intermediary tracks for Opening hours: come for pre-season training,” says for the Davis Cup ets can only be bought for the children, and four for adults: profes- Wednesdays 2-6pm, weekends Mauro Vázquez, “most of them from in Marbella three days, not for single days, sional, intermediary, supercross and 9am to 4pm. Holland, Sweden, the UK and Fin- and prices range from 80 to dirt track. Price: 15 euros a day. land.” These professionals and their 200 euros. Federated players “This won’t be just a motocross cir- teams spend long periods of time on Tickets for the eliminatory are entitled to a discount of cuit; it is going to be a complex for the Costa del Sol, normally until April, round from Friday 2nd to Sun- ten per cent. motor sports,” explains Mauro to be completed next month. but the facilities are open to everybo- day 4th February are now on The stands around the cen- Vázquez. There will be an area whe- They are currently discussing a dy for 15 euros a day. sale to the public. They can be tral court at the Puente Ro- re children can be initiated into the date to host a trial for the Andalusian At present the complex is open purchased online from mano Tennis Club can hold a world of two-wheeled motor sports, Motocross Championship and a pro- Wednesdays (2pm to 6pm), and www.elcorteingles.es/entra- maximum of 8,500 specta- and at the moment they have a mo- vincial one, and trying to organise Saturdays and Sundays (9am to das, by phoning 902 400 222, tors, so tickets are expected to tocross school taught by Gabi Villa- one for the Spanish Championship 4pm) and users must have accident at El Corte Inglés stores sell out quite quickly. da. The owners expect the complex later this year. insurance. 56 January 5th to 11th 2018 CLASSIFIED SUR IN ENGLISH YOUR CLASSIFIED AD, READ BY MORE THAN 260,000 PEOPLE EVERY WEEK

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AGE CONCERN Torreblanca: Tel Brian 609 548 656 http://u3afuengirolacostadelsol.com Also www.axarquiagardenclub.blogspot.com AMIGAS DE CASA Estepona and Manilva: Lifeline 608458555 on Facebook U3ACostadelSol BENALMÁDENA HEALING GROUP ANDALUCIA BIRD SOCIETY [email protected] Vva del Trabuco. 952751424/952751304 Spiritual Group Tel Liz 951947480 BRITISH SCOUTING MOVEMENT rg / www.acesteponaymanilva.org 952817843 www.andaluciabirdsociety.org www.trabucotimes.com/amigasdecasa.htm CLASSIC CARS CLUB Fuengirola:Los Bolichos, Thurs 11am- 1st Fuengirola Scout Group. COSTA PRESS CLUB CLUB CHARITY AND PLEASURE 1pm. Pensionista building near station. Robert Troost 610755995 Mijas. 3rd Sat each month. 607690057 Mijas: Mijas Pueblo, Thurs 11am-1pm. www.fuengirolascouts.com www.costapressclub.com Estepona. President Mary 952896820 FERRARI OWNERS CLUB Oasis Bar. La Cala de Mijas, Fri 11am-1pm 1st Sotogrande Scouts and Cubs. COSTA WOMEN COLMENAR DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB Bar Conrisa. Lifeline (Fuengirola and Mike Wilson 951403204 607562057ferrariownersclubandalucia.com Mijas):652537615. www.costawomen.com/ 677251058 Marjorie 951163071. NADFAS PORCHE OWNERS’ CLUB ANREM - RESIDENTS & FOREIGNERS TANGENT CLUB & EX-LADIES CIRCLERS TENNIS CLUB ‘EL CAPITAN INT’ [email protected] Costa del Sol: www.costadelsoldfas.com [email protected] 630927226 anrem.org Nerja: 952533373. www.nerjanadfas.org 952886772 [email protected] Torre del Mar. Patrick 675391967. SPANISH/ENGLISH INTERCAMBIO De la Frontera: San Roque Club. Malaga. AlCasa Bar, C/Pozo del Rey. Tues FOREIGN RESIDENTS’ ASS. ANDALUCIA 41 CLUBS & EX-ROUND TABLERS THE GOOD COMPANIONS CLUB 9pm until late Tel: 951106311 David. wwwnadfas-delafrontera.org Gibraltar: [email protected] 658426227 gibdfas.webs.com Benahavís: Costa del Sol: 952818772 / 627462410 Los Boliches. Tel: Tony White 951661201. INDIAN COMMUNITY 663459103. www.benahavisdfas.com Nerja: 952529611 / 677090665 [email protected]: LUX MUNDI ECUMENICAL CENTRE CLUB DE BÉISBOL COSTA DEL SOL B.B.C. 952477171 / 627108987 MARBELLA BUSINESS NETWORK MIJAS ARTS CENTRE Torre del Mar: [email protected] 952202940 / 952464468. Mijas THE IMAGE GROUP 952543334.Fuengirola: 952474840 Joe 694442331 [email protected] Classes 952485867, www.mijasartes.com Photographic club. imagegroupspain.com AIKIDO TOMIKI SHODOKAN ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION THE SENDERISTAS PATCHWORK AND QUILTING GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS Different levels. Tel: 952131670, Malaga [email protected] Tel:620786772 Costa del Sol, www.rafacostadelsol.co.uk Multi national walking group. www.quiltersdelsol.org TAEKWONDO CLUB www.senderistas.eu Send any corrections or details of new CONSERVATIVES ABROAD COSTA PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Fighting Dragons Club Benalmádena. Mike clubs by email marked ‘For the clubs THE FIELD CLUB [email protected] 952961735 www.photoclubspain.com 618149373 www.vipfitness.tv page’. [email protected] 6262626262626262 January 5th to 11th 2018 PASTIMES SUR IN ENGLISH

THE SEVEN DIFFERENCES CLOCKWORD

THE STARS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Nº 11276 Aquarius January 21 - February 19 Going over and over a situation will not change it. No amount of tact can get around the facts.

Pisces February 20th – March 20th Others may be too involved in a THE WORDPUZZLER situation to see it clearly. Those are not the people to give you a real opinion.

Aries March 21st – April 20th Good advice comes through someone you look up to. Listen carefully. It is not ‘one size fits all’ so pick and choose the bits that fit you.

Taurus April 21st – May 21st Someone who has attracted you for some time is more likely to be open to suggestions now. Across Down Gemini May 22nd – June 21st Someone who missed your input over the holiday will be pleased to see you again.

Cancer INTERNATIONAL RADIO June 22nd – July 23rd With a strong emphasis on business and finances you are concentrating hard. Talk Radio Europe Spectrum (105.5 FM, Costa That is good, for someone may try to 105.5 Axarquía Almeria/Mojácar 92.6 FM) mislead you. 91.5 Costa del Sol East 24 hour music and entertainment 91.9 Costa del Sol West Leo 98.7 Gibraltar/Sotogrande Radio Mijas (107.7 FM) July 24th – August 23rd News, interviews, lifestyle, sport and 3 p.m. News, views and music An intense encounter makes you think BBC World Service. hard about the future. Lust could Radio Sol Almijara (99.1 FM) overcome love so take care. Global (93.6 and 96.4FM) Nerja radio in English and German and All week round the clock music and night time World Radio Network Virgo entertainment August 24th - September 23rd Heartfmspain (88.5 FM Costa, 96.1 Burn the candle at both ends and expect Radio Radio Network (96 and 98.3 FM inland) Music, entertainment, news to get scorched. Is there another way? FM). Music 24 hours. Perhaps inviting folk to your house? Lick FM (103.6 FM Marbella) Central FM (98.6 FM, 103.8) Urban music broadcast between Gibraltar Libra All week, classic tracks and today’s music and Calahonda September 24th - October 23rd broadcast to the Costa del Sol A friend has advice which will really Rtv Puebla (107.7 FM) help in the short term. There is still fun SUDOKU BY HANZO ACE FM (106.8 FM) Monday evenings, Rock music memories. to be had, especially at the weekend. Inland radio, news and music 7 - 9pm. email: The Beat fm (106 FM) [email protected] Instructions Scorpio Complete the 37 24 hours, music and entertainment Fb: Radiotelevision Peubla de Cazalla October 24th – November 22nd square making Children and animals tug at your sure that every 321 5 48 heartstrings this week. By all means row of nine help, but stay practical financially. numbers includes 78 all digits from 1 QUIZ Sagittarius to 9, every 46 9 November 23rd – December 21st column includes QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 Feeling guilty about something? Aim to all digits from 1 to 9 and every 3 98 67 put it right in the longer term. Not by 3 subsection A reliquary said to contain Which of the following is everything can be done at once and you includes all digits 53 the bones of the Three not a cake eaten for the soon realise that. from 1 to 9 Kings is in which cathedral? Three Kings festival ? 7523 Capricorn 1. Canterbury 1. La Rosca del Reyes December 22nd – January 20th 129 8 Still all calm on the romance front? 2. Santiago de Compostela 2. Kulitch Good, for becoming frustrated with 64 3. Cologne 3. Dreikönigskuchen someone will get you nowhere! 4. Notre Dame 4. Galette des Rois January 5th to 11th 2018 63 SUR IN ENGLISH PASTIMES

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Ukraine, Romania, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova and Serbia. and Moldova Macedonia, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine, 3.

Orthodox Christian faith and is eaten in countries like Russia, Belarus, Belarus, Russia, like countries in eaten is and faith Christian Orthodox

Of interest: interest: Of Kulich is a kind of Easter bread that is traditional in the the in traditional is that bread Easter of kind a is Kulich

Answer 2: Answer Kulich

It is the largest reliquary in the western world. world. western the in reliquary largest the is It

and decorated triple sarcophagus placed above the altar of Cologne Cathedral. Cathedral. Cologne of altar the above placed sarcophagus triple decorated and Sudoku solution bones of the Magi, also known as the Three Kings. The shrine is a large gilded gilded large a is shrine The Kings. Three the as known also Magi, the of bones Wordpuzzler solution

Of interest: interest: Of The Shrine of the Three Kings is a reliquary said to contain the the contain to said reliquary a is Kings Three the of Shrine The

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Julia and Álvaro were born within seconds of one another in Malaga’s Maternity hospital

Both new mothers are overjoyed to be the parents of the first babies born in Malaga in 2018, as are the parents of Léon, the first baby born in Marbella this year

:: JESÚS HINOJOSA/ NIEVES CASTRO MALAGA/MARBELLA. Unlike previous years, the competition to be the first baby born in Malaga had two winners this year. At 1.05am, in the Hospital Materno, Álvaro was born, with no complications, then a few seconds later Julia was born, after her mother had been in labour for 16 hours. Both mothers were thrilled to hear that they shared this honour and happily posed for photos with their newborns within hours of giving birth. Álvaro’s mother, 44-year-old Rocío Toledo, is the daughter of long-time Malaga PSOE member Rocío Toledo and Estrella Morales, with Álvaro and Julia, in the Hospital Materno Infantil in Malaga on 1 January. :: FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ Pedro Toledo. Her son was born weighing 3.2 kilos (7lb). Toledo is when he saw his daughter one hour at 4.25am on 1 January, and when excited at the prospect of being a after welcoming 2018. Although SUR met him a few hours later, both single mother as she has wanted to not due until 13 January, Julia clearly mother and baby were in perfect have a baby for as long as she can could not wait to come into the condition. “We’ve only had a cou- remember. She shared most of her world. The couple are from Alhaurín ple of hours with him, but, yes, he’s pregnancy experience with her sis- de la Torre. “I knew I wouldn’t be great,” said both parents at the time. ter, Esther, who gave birth to a baby able to celebrate New Year’s Eve, The couple managed not to miss boy three months ago, and now con- and so did my family,” joked Mo- out on the New Year’s Eve celebra- siders herself to be “a baby expert”. rales, “they kept telling me that I’d tions by videocalling friends at mid- Toledo began having contractions go into labour on the first, and I night and sharing the last few min- on Sunday morning but was only did!” utes of 2017 with them. The couple admitted to hospital in the after- According to information from both work in La Cañada shopping noon when they were more regu- other local hospitals, the next baby centre. lar. She praised the hospital staff, to be born in the province on 1 Janu- Léon was due on the 20 Decem- saying “at least I gave them time to ary 2018 was Carlota, in the local ber but was clearly in no rush to be eat their grapes. I’ve received ex- hospital in Antequera, at 1.40am. born. Álcantara’s healthy and sporty cellent treatment here.” She weighed 3.1 kilos (6lb 13oz) at lifestyle meant that she could de- 27-year-old Estrella Morales, the birth. liver the 3.8 kilo (8lb 6oz) baby mother of Julia, was in labour for Meanwhile, in Marbella, the first completely naturally. Becoming 16 hours before her daughter came baby born in the Hospital Costa del the parents of the first baby born into the world, weighing 2.6 kilos Sol in 2018 was Léon, the new son in Marbella in 2018 has been a sur- (5lb 8oz). Her partner, Juan of first-time parents Diego Morales prise for the couple and they are Vázquez, could not hide his joy and Laura Alcántara. Léon was born Diego Morales and Laura Alcántara with Léon. :: J-LANZA both thrilled.