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Justice in dead- ON THE DRUGS ROUTE IN LA LÍNEA man photo-hoax Recent events have highlighted the town’s blackmail on growing trafficking problem SPECIAL REPORT P2-4 Marbella woman Five men are jailed for trying to con the German national out of one million euros by falsely accusing her of killing her ex-partner

The victim got as far as handing over 60,000 euros in the clever scheme that used posed photos of the for- mer husband supposedly dead from a murderous attack. The ex-partner has still not been traced. P6

Sardine ‘espetos’ to go forward for Unesco status. The iconic culinary tradition could become protected P40

Centre Pompidou renews its commitment to Malaga. The French

A ‘punto’, or lookout, guards the access to a hidden street in El Zabal, with Gibraltar in the distance. :: LUIS MORET museum will stay in the city until 2025 P14

Five decades of ministry in Fuengirola. St Andrew’s State-of-the-art new hospital in Chaplaincy in Los Boliches is celebrating its 50th Malaga could be a reality by 2024 birthday P12

The Andalusian Health authority ap- bed hospital behind the city’s exist- The Health authority has approved proved plans for a new hospital in ing Materno hospital was given offi- plans for a new hospital but must first Malaga on Monday and is hopeful it cial approval by regional Health min- will be open for public use by 2024. ister Marina Álvarez, who must now negotiate the use of the land The proposal put forward by a panel negotiate the use of the land with the of healthcare experts for a new 800- provincial authorities. P32-33

SPORT Experience the Spain’s athletes make history in the Winter vibrant Hispanic Olympic Games, heart of the returning with a record Americas two bronze medals P49

Chris Froome’s season Andrew Forbes takes us off to a bad start with a to the thriving cultural tenth-place finish in the hub that is Miami for this Vuelta a Andalucía, won month’s Travel special The Miami skyline. :: KIKOR.COM GMCVB.COM by Tim Wellens P8 P28-31 22222222 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

A hole in the border fence between La Línea and Gibraltar, used for tobacco smuggling :: L. MORET

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t is early morning in La Línea de la Concepción. The air is clear and the African coast is visible on the hori- zon. On this side of the I Strait, hundreds of vehicles line up in Avenida Príncipe de As- turias to cross the border to Gibral- tar, where about 10,000 local peo- ple go to work every day. Others cross on foot. In Calle Real, in the town centre, some of the shops are beginning to open. However, La Línea’s other econ- omy, tobacco smuggling and drug trafficking, is also waking up. These activities are becoming increas- ingly common in a municipality whose development is conditioned by its proximity to Morocco, the biggest producer of hashish in the world, and its economic depend- ence on Gibraltar, now under threat La Línea - on the line from Brexit. In the past year, the mafia groups have become more violent. They now confront the security forces Drug trafficking is rife in this town, which is reliant on over packages of drugs, they re- cently attacked the local hospital Gibraltar and lacks opportunities, and the authorities are calling to rescue a member of their gang who had been arrested and they desperately for more police officers to help them cope with harassed a female judge in the street just because they felt like it. This growing violence from the mafia groups is the law of the strongest. They are fully aware that La Línea lacks police resources, but in addition ‘aguadores’, take up their positions moment, from the moment we always in place so they can give an hashish arrive and the police chase they can count on the silence of a mid-morning to spot anything un- leave the headquarters until we re- immediate warning if necessary. traffickers on almost a daily basis, community which they enable to usual, and pass information about turn. We can’t work like this,” says Many of them ride motorcycles. amid the fishing boats and local earn a living. With 35 per cent un- every police patrol that passes Alberto (not his real name), a “They love Yamahas. There are residents walking along the sea- employment, part of the local popu- through the area. This is their eve- Guardia Civil officer with 20 years’ about 50 of them in strategic po- front promenade. lation finds smuggling to be a lu- ryday work, helping to ensure that experience. sitions. Look, some of them are crative way of life in the absence nobody stops a haul being unloaded Strangers to La Línea may not over there,” says Alberto, pointing Creating alarm of other opportunities. from a boat, and they can earn 1,000 notice the lookouts, but their ‘uni- towards one of the bars, where The other side of the road from the Many of these collaborators op- euros a day. forms’ give them away: Adidas or there is a constant coming and go- beach, which ought to be an envi- erate in the Levante district, where “They have us marked. They Nike tracksuit; bag on the hip and ing. It is right opposite La Atunara able location, is lined with old fish- the lookouts, known as ‘puntos’ or know exactly where we are at every phone in a pocket with the earpiece beach, where boats loaded with ermen’s cottages. The police fre-

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SMUGGLING STATISTICS DANGEROUS WORK

of of Guardia Civil officers are based in the headquarters in 325 Cadiz and Algeciras. million euros a year are defrau- ded from the State coffers be- Hierarchy cause of the smuggling carried The ‘army’ of collaborators out by over 30 mafia groups in with the drug mafias include La Línea. ‘aguadores’ (informers) who April 2017. On the Tonelero earn between 1,000 and beach, seven National Police 2,000 euros; ‘paqueteros’ and Guardia Civil officers (they unload drugs from a were attacked by over 100 2,200 boat in less than four minutes) people when they were trying National Police officers are who earn between 2,000 and to seize a haul of drugs. The assigned to Cadiz province, 3,000 euros, and those who crowd started by hurling in- half of them in the Campo de pilot the launches and drive sults and then threw rocks Gibraltar. Another 25 per cent the 4x4s, who earn 30,000 and bricks. The result? Three are needed. A similar number euros. officers were slightly injured, the windows of two patrol An metal gate keeps police out of their boat store. :: L. MORET cars were broken, two people were arrested and the drugs disappeared. This incident member of Los Castañitas clan who off new ones grow,” says Juan was a turning point in the had been arrested and taken for Franco, who complains that the gov- modus operandi of the mafias treatment for an injury. ernment has “abandoned” La Línea. in La Línea. Their modus operandi caused “We need more security. We June 2017. A Local Police considerable alarm. They didn’t need a special plan for this area officer in La Línea de la Con- need to try very hard, because the which involves all the administra- cepción died after being acci- hospital can be easily accessed and tions. It is as if to have a clean and dentally run over by the poli- there are hardly any controls over beautiful Costa del Sol, there has ce van in which he had been entry. There was an immediate re- to be a sewer and it’s been decided travelling. He and his collea- action to the attack. “The very next that La Línea should be that sewer,” gues were chasing a tobacco day, we went from having three he says. smuggler who fled after be- guards on each shift to eight,” says To the astonishment of the ing ordered to stop. a security guard from a private firm, whole country, the attack on the February 2018. A well-known The house on the right had one of the hidden radars. :: L. M. standing in front of the entrance hospital was followed by another trafficker from Galicia, Sito to the Emergency Department. unprecedented episode when about Miñanco, was arrested in Al- Sophisticated radar ged by solar panels, they con- Many local people are wonder- 40 drug traffickers, many of whom geciras in an operation in One of the most important sisted of two antennae which ing what will happen next, bear- had been involved in the hospital which two officers from the operations carried out recently enabled the drug traffickers to ing in mind the impunity with assault, surrounded and harassed GEO squad were injured. He in La Línea de la Concepción know exactly where the patrol which the drug traffickers act. a female judge as she left the court. was working in a car park, but took place in January, with the boats and helicopters were and “Are they going to attack a po- It wasn’t difficult. The court is on is believed to have returned dismantling of a sophisticated keep the boats bringing hashish lice station, like in the Westerns the ground floor of an apartment to build the structure to run a radar system in two houses in to be unloaded on local bea- when the outlaws confront the block and has only one door, which team of drug traffickers and La Atunara district. Camoufla- ches informed in real time. sheriff?” asks Francisco Mena, is used by detainees, judges and bring cocaine into Spain. president of ‘Nexos’, the Campo de lawyers. Until this incident oc- Gibraltar Federation of Associations curred, there was not even a re- quently search them because of their erns in coalition with the Partido against Drugs. He says the gangs served parking space. year ago, when about 100 people links with drug trafficking. Many Popular. feel confident because they know from La Atunara surrounded seven of them display ‘For Sale’ signs. He stresses that not everyone in the police lack resources and that “They have lost all respect” Guardia Civil and National Police “We ought to have a seafront like this area is a criminal: “There are a lot of local people will protect In the past two years there has been officers who were trying to stop the ones on the Costa del Sol, but very honest people here as well; them. With a low level of educa- a major difference in the blatant be- drugs being unloaded from a boat, we don’t. Ours has social housing my mother grew up in the San Ber- tion and few job opportunities, haviour of those involved in hash- we realised how serious the situa- on it, and this is the best part of nardo district, next to La Atunara,” they have made tobacco and drug ish trafficking. tion was and demanded more offi- town. The Urban Plan needs to be he says. smuggling their way of life. “As time has passed they have cers as a matter of urgency,” says changed, and we are working on It was there, very recently, that “It is too big an enemy; it’s like lost all respect for us. They don’t José Cobo, spokesman for the that,” says Juan Franco, the mayor, around 20 hooded men burst into a seven-headed serpent, because run away when they see us any Spanish Association of whose party La Línea 100x100 gov- the hospital to rescue a suspected no matter how often you cut one more. They confront us, instead. A Guardia Civil Officers > 4 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

(AEGC). “They took no no- VIEWS los of hashish. > tice. All they did was assign “When they see our boats at sea reinforcements in the summer, but Juan Franco they don’t even have to flee. They with the crisis in Catalonia that Mayor of La Línea just move a mile away and wait. They didn’t last very long at all. Time has “It’s like a seven-headed know that with our engines we shown that we were right; we would never be able to catch them,” weren’t crying wolf,” Cobo adds. serpent; no matter how says one of the officers. In the explosive cocktail formed often you cut one off, José Encinas, the spokesman in by the San Bernardo district, La another one grows” Cadiz for the Unified Association of Atunara beach and El Zabal, more Guardia Civil Officers (AUGC), says than 30 ‘collas’ (drug trafficking “If to have a clean and the problem is that the drug traffick- gangs) operate and they move more ers have become more defiant and than 325 million euros a year, ac- beautiful Costa del Sol moved the conflict up a step. Some cording to data from the National there has to be a sewer, it’s officers have found their car tyres Police and the tax authorities in a been decided that La Línea slashed or have been threatened report called ‘Socio-economic sur- when out with their families. vey on the impact of Brexit on La should be that sewer” “They shop in other towns so they Línea’, which was produced by the don’t bump into them. Some officers local council. Francisco Mena have even returned to La Línea after The mayor is due to attend an Local resident working elsewhere and, when they event at a home for the elderly in “What next? Are they have seen what things are like here La Atunara. He travels in a Mer- now, have gone to work in the Basque cedes. “It’s 20 years old, and was going to raid a police Country because they say it is pref- bought at an auction organised by station like the outlaws erable,” says Alberto. the National Anti-Drugs Plan,” he in the Westerns?” Although José Encinas doesn’t hastens to explain. “There are peo- believe the problem is irreversible, ple who support the drug traffick- An exit from the beach used by the drug traffickers. :: L. M. he does consider it “sufficiently se- ers here, but I would hate us to end José Cobo rious for them to send us the extra up in a situation where we all have Guardia Civil officers we have been requesting”. to carry guns.... I go everywhere in “We warned of how serious David Montes agrees: he says the this town, and I have hardly ever drug traffickers “are crossing unac- had a bodyguard,” he says. the situation was and ceptable boundaries and putting in- Away from these conflictive dis- called for more officers... nocent citizens in danger, when tricts, where everyone looks at peo- They took no notice” they try to escape and during police ple who aren’t local but leaves them operations”. alone if they don’t raise suspicions, The people of La Línea seemed life goes on as normal. immune to all this, until the inci- “This isn’t an unsafe town in another iron gate to make it difficult dent at the hospital “took our blink- terms of other crimes, but the drugs for the security forces to enter when ers off. Although it was a dreadful are a serious problem,” says David carrying out a search. We can spend thing to happen, at least it means Montes, the general secretary in An- hours trying to knock those down,” that the authorities ought to take dalucía of the Federal Union of Po- he says. notice now,” says one local resident, lice (UFP). Two Guardia Civil officers monitor the Strait of Gibraltar. :: R. RÍOS A man is standing outside one of Esperanza Valenzuela. Tobacco smuggling, because of the properties. Someone comes out. The problem is so serious that the advantages of having Gibraltar thing about it,” says Salvador Vera, motorboats are hidden there. “Quick, look, do you see? That isn’t even the president of the Junta de next door, is a day-to-day activity in president of the Association of To- In Santa Margarita hundreds of the entrance to a house; it’s a gate- Andalucía, Susana Díaz, has admit- La Línea. Not everybody does it, but bacconists of Cadiz. properties (some of them mansions way to another street with houses ted that the drug traffickers “are many don’t object to it even though which have been converted into bun- on both sides. When they are run- roaming freely around the Campo it is illegal. Hidden streets kers) have been built illegally on ru- ning away they go through there, de Gibraltar”. “People think it’s better to do that These days, local people seem indif- ral land without the authorities do- shut the gate and there is no way of The central government’s delegate than steal in order to eat,” says Pa- ferent to the anti-drugs operations ing anything to prevent it. At pre- knowing where they are after that,” in Andalucía, Antonio Sanz, recently blo, a 25-year-old who works for a as well. They are no longer surprised sent, the town hall is dealing with he explains. met local politicians, police and mem- legal firm in this town of 63,000 in- at seeing major operations such as a 500 demolition orders. bers of local associations, who told habitants. However, although some recent one, when police, Guardia “It is like a mousetrap when we’re Impunity at sea him that La Línea needs to be given people don’t care, it has led others Civil officers and tax officials carried chasing someone,” says Alberto. The Three officers from the National special attention. He then went on to ruin because in ten years La Línea out raids and confiscated seven 4x4 roads are unsurfaced, there is no street Police and Guardia Civil who work to meet the Minister of the Interior, has gone from having 12 tobacconist vehicles and 3,000 kilos of hashish lighting and it is a maze of haphaz- in La Línea tell us that every day, Juan Ignacio Zoido, who promised to shops to just three. in a single day. That was in the lux- ardly-built streets. One double-gated in this part of the Campo de Gibral- “continue reinforcing” the fight “With the economic crisis, the to- ury Santa Margarita development, house follows another. tar alone, at least seven motorboats, against drug trafficking. “La Línea is bacco smuggling reached intolerable which adjoins El Zabal. It is another “They build a huge entrance so or ‘narco-launches’, arrive, each car- not going to have to deal with this on levels. Nobody cares or does any- hot spot for drug trafficking, and the they can bring the launches in, and rying between 2,000 and 3,000 ki- its own,” said Sanz. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 5 6 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

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An ambulance outside the house in Benamocarra. :: SUR

Gunshot death in quiet with a gunshot wound to his arm. Residents in the quiet Axarquía Axarquía village village said that the brothers were well known and highly regarded lo- MALAGA cally. The dead man was said to have :: J. C. / Á. F. Guardia Civil are in- run a bar before retiring. vestigating the death of a man in Emergency services were called his sixties in Benamocarra, near Vé- to the house near the Plaza del Cal- lez-Málaga, on Thursday morning. vario at breakfast time. Two shot- The man had a gunshot wound to guns have been taken away for Fancy-dress blood - an image presented to the German lady as part of the one-million-euro extortion. :: SUR his head. His brother was also found analysis. Belgian resident held Two held over home Fake photos of ‘dead’ ex-husband over child pornography attack on Estepona MARBELLA ESTEPONA used to blackmail Marbella woman :: SUR. A 36-year-old Belgian man :: J. C. / Á. F. National Police were resident in Marbella has been ar- able to find and arrest two people rested at Malaga Airport on child within 48 hours of the violent rob- pornography charges after return- bery of an 85-year-old woman at Court sentences a lawyer, up on her doorstep with photos of fraud that saw the woman convinced ing from Thailand. According to her home in Estepona. The incident an ex-Guardia Civil officer, her apparently dead ex-partner, for a time and hand over as much as sources, the inquiry began last happened on 13 February and in- saying they had “proof” that she 60,000 euros in early 2014. August when two women in Spain vestigations led police to a man and a photographer, an IT was behind the killing. They de- According to court documents, complained that they had received woman from the same local area as professional and a dentist manded one million euros to keep the incident began when the for- obscene images over Whatsapp their alleged victim. Sources say over a disturbing fraud quiet or she would face a 21-year mer Guardia Civil member and the from an unknown number. they were looking for her pension. prison sentence. photographer posed as the police But the ex-husband wasn’t dead officers, handing the woman the :: JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS and the set of photos, that included same t-shirt from the photographs, Swinger wins payout for he had to be operated on. MALAGA. The story reads like ones in a mortuary, were fake. A with a small Tarifa logo and fake The insurers representing the something out of an elaborate Ho- Malaga provincial court has recently blood on, as proof of the crime. fall in dark at adult party organisers said in their court sub- lywood hoax, but the shock and sentenced a former Guardia Civil In turn two friends of the mission that the venue was well fear of a German woman resident officer, a photographer, a lawyer, an woman, the dentist and IT profes- MALAGA lit and that the man had slipped in Marbella was only too real when IT worker and a dentist to 21 months sional, were used to spy on her so :: J. C. / Á. F. A man has won after getting out of a swimming two Guardia Civil officers turned each for organising the complex she would feel she was being 12,565 euros in compensation for pool after a few drinks. The organ- watched. However these two ac- falling down some stairs during a isers themselves went further and complices, in an attempt to gain partner-swapping party at an adult- said the couple had been in the control of the money the woman only hotel in Malaga. According club “a couple of hours” and knew had started to hand over, then in- to the man’s account, he and his their way round very well. volved a lawyer to “collect the wife had just arrived at the venue The judge found in favour of the money” for the conspirators. and he either slipped or fell in the man after witnesses said guide The woman’s ex-partner, who “poorly-lit” room. His right leg lights on stairs were turned off and was in the photographs, was not was fractured in the accident and only candles lit the way. arrested and still hasn’t been found. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 7 8 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

HERE AND THERE Developer includes electric train, new roads Mijas sports fees could and cycle routes in mega leisure park plans be cut for local users MIJAS :: I. G. In a special meeting con- Intu has gone further in cil, as they not only include ideas vened to discuss controversy its proposals than the to reduce road traffic but also vi- over who runs the district’s pub- able alternatives such as pedestri- lic sport facilities, Mijas’s ruling measures recommended anised areas and roads built spe- councillors have said that they by the council to cope cifically for bicycle users. One of will aim for the fees for using with increased traffic the most interesting aspects of the the different installations and proposed development is that it services to be cut by half for reg- will increase the interconnectivity istered local residents. :: ALBERTO GÓMEZ of the town’s current transport in- TORREMOLINOS. Councillors in frastructure by establishing strong Children encouraged Torremolinos are still looking for links between the town centre and solutions to the projected growth the shopping and leisure park. to walk to school more in the town’s traffic from planned new commercial developments Park and ride train BENALMÁDENA and the subsequent increase in the The developer will offer an off-site :: A.G. Officials promoting a number of vehicles on the road, es- car park where visitors can leave healthy lifestyle in Benalmádena pecially with the proposed leisure their cars and ride an electric train have announced that they will park complex by developers Intu. instead of a more conventional park- create a network of safe pedes- The developer plans to create and-ride bus. This innovative idea trian routes to encourage chil- the largest shopping and leisure Artist’s impression of the proposed development. :: SUR has already worked well at the com- dren to walk to and from school centre in the Mediterranean near pany’s Puerto Valencia centre in Za- and to reduce vehicle pollution the Palacio de Congresos, but the In addition to increasing the ca- an electric train that will connect ragoza, which features an enor- in the municipality. Six initial current infrastructure in Torremo- pacity of the roads off the motor- the town centre to the complex mous car park with 11,000 spaces. routes are being published for linos is not prepared to deal with way, as reported last week in SUR and new walking and cycling links. The promotor plans to invest Jacaranda and La Paloma schools, the increase in traffic that this in English, Intu has put forward Intu’s plans are in addition to 600 million euros in the project with plans to add more. would bring. several other solutions, including those proposed by the town coun- by the time of its completion.

Second phase of town centre Town hall takes close pedestrianisation approved look at mayor’s salary BENALMÁDENA :: A.G. The mayor of Benalmádena, :: ALBERTO GÓMEZ near the surface, and once com- Victor Navas, is coming under pres- TORREMOLINOS. The work to pleted in May, work can start on sure to reduce the money paid on pedestrianise key parts of the cen- the second phase. top of his mayor’s salary for at- tre of Torremolinos are so far meet- Now plans are approved, the work tending meetings of quasi-private ing their expected timetable. Last to turn the architect’s plans into re- municipal-owned companies. week the council approved the sec- ality can be put out to tender. Apart Nearby towns have already elimi- ond phase of the project which in- from the main work on the Plaza nated the extras and now council- cludes landscaping and street fur- Costa del Sol, a small new square lors want to debate their contin- Camping Fuengirola straddles the border of Fuengirola and Mijas. :: I. G. niture designed by architect Sal- will be created in front of the run- ued existence in Benalmádena. vador Moreno Peralta. down Maria Barrabino mansion. Work is currently going on to The work is expected to be ready PP signs independent Planning fix needed to turn update drains and utility piping by December this year. councillor as candidate campsite into shopping park BENALMÁDENA :: A.G. The local PP opposition party in Benalmádena has signed up the single independent coun- :: IVÁN GELIBTER adopted by both councils as a result. cillor of the Vecinos por MIJAS / FUENGIROLA. Mijas The plan for shops on the 21,000- Benalmádena (VpB) party to head council is to debate in next month’s metre site will need to be presented the PP electoral list and be may- full council session the planning ap- for public consultation after approval oral candidate in next year’s lo- plication for a shopping park on the before being passed to Fuengirola for cal elections. Juan Antonio Lara, well-known Camping Fuengirola that municipality to coordinate the who will not affiliate to the PP, site, near the A-7 and Sohail castle. split application and changes to its has been praised for his one-man The campsite sits across the bound- own planning zoning. Fuengirola has challenges to the PSOE-led coa- ary of Mijas and Fuengirola and spe- said that it doesn’t expect building lition running the council. cial planning measures must be work to start before the summer. The first, preparatory phase will carry on until May. :: A. G. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 9 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS Arroyo Primero boulevard due to 40-million-euro apartment be completed six months late investment on the Golden Mile :: HÉCTOR BARBOTTA The development, in three sepa- MARBELLA. Property investment rate blocks with nine apartments The town council has group, Gailur Taldea, is planning in each and accompanying green reactivated the project a 40-million-euro apartment de- spaces and facilities, will be on one velopment on Marbella’s luxury of the few remaining free pieces after losing 1.7 million in Golden Mile. The project will be of land at Cañada Real, near the funding from the called Benalús and consist of 27 Puerto Banús end of the famous provincial government high-end apartments. Prices will avenue. Marbella council is cur- range from one million to three rently considering the planning million euros. application. :: MÓNICA PÉREZ MARBELLA. The park boulevard which Marbella council is hoping Final days to apply The council wants to breathe new to transform is finally starting to life into the port area near the Old take shape. The area was previously to lease a street Town and is offering companies, as- used as a car park and for the mar- sociations or private individuals the ket on Mondays but is now set to stall space in chance to put up a stand on a yearly become part of the Arroyo Primero Marbella’s Puerto contract starting in March. boulevard. The project was first an- In total 25 spots for stalls will nounced at the end of 2016 and is Deportivo marina be available and the council will nearly six months delayed in com- give priority to charities and so- pletion. A major factor in its delay cial causes. The tenants will be ex- has been the removal of 1.7 million Works being carried out on the new auditorium. :: JOSELE-LANZA :: NIEVES CASTRO pected to put up their stalls on euros of funding from the provin- MARBELLA. Those interested in Sundays and public holidays all cial government. auditorium. Other features will in- council also plans to include green applying for a space for a stall in year as well as Saturdays in the Several of the features of the ur- clude a kiosk bar with a terrace, chil- spaces with bushes and trees and am- the central Puerto Deportivo ma- summer. More information is avail- ban park have been visible for weeks, dren’s play areas, umbrellas to cre- ple paving for the entire area, as well rina of Marbella have until 28 Feb- able from puertodeportivo@mar- including the steps of the open-air ate shaded areas and fountains. The as sanitation facilities with drains. ruary to submit the paperwork. bella.es or 952 77 55 24.

Symbolic first stone laid at Marbella council asks Junta to new accredited athletics speed up extra stadium in Estepona protection for El Pinillo dunes The Andalusian athletics federation has said that :: NIEVES CASTRO the venue will open the MARBELLA. Marbella town hall has asked the Junta de Andalucía door for sports tourism regional government to speed with world-class athletes up the inclusion of the El Pinillo dunes, east of the town centre, :: CHARO MÁRQUEZ in the protected dunes system ESTEPONA. On Wednesday the across the municipality. foundation stone ceremony took The council voted in 2016 to place for Estepona’s new athletics ask for the Junta to add the stadium. The sports complex will 40,000-metre area and says the be the only officially accredited delay shows the regional gov- stadium for athletics trials between ernment’s “lack of interest”. Mijas and La Línea de la Con- Councillors say that remedial cepción. It will also have support :: JOSELE-LANZA and conservation work is nec- facilities, a seven-a-side football essary at El Pinillo but that these pitch and a large underground car Wednesday’s ceremony. :: C. M. MARBELLA CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS dunes need to be included in the park. master plan for the area’s dunes Attending the ceremony, which president of the Andalusian ath- The Spanish Red Cross is opening a new centre in Marbella to for the work to be carried out. consisted of burying a steel cylin- letics federation, José Enrique help care for homeless people. The council spent 307,700 Currently Marbella’s formal der, were the mayor of Estepona, López Cuenca. euros on the project, which will serve as an emergency centre, protected dune reserve (Reserva José María García Urbano, presi- It is hoped athletics champion- a hub for social inclusion and a home for those who don’t have Ecológica Dunas de Marbella) dent of the Diputación provincial ships will be held at the stadium their own. It will be open every day from 9am to 9pm. covers 220,000 square metres authority, Elias Bendodo, and the in the future. across different sites. 10 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

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February 28th is a public The language of holiday in the region and is marked by a number of events and distinctions law in Spain for local personalities and ANTONIO FLORES organisations We often hear statements relat- ing to the implication of contracts :: MARIA DOLORES TORTOSA and other legal documents that / JUAN SOTO are in a language different from MALAGA. Andalucía will stop to Adelfa Calvo and the Calle Larios Christmas lights. :: EFE / Spanish. One of those statements celebrate its regional identity next has, by its own right, risen to the Wednesday by marking ‘Día de An- will be given out by the regional median Chiquito de la Calzada who category of legal myth/urban leg- dalucía’, the anniversary of the 1980 authorities, including to Goya-win- died in November, Cadiz singer-song- end: I am referring to the belief Antonio Flores. SUR referendum in which the electorate ning actress Adelfa Calvo, comedian writer Niña Pastori, Cordoba-com- that a contract signed in Spain in voted for Andalucía to be an autono- Manolo Sarri and volunteer organi- pany Iluminaciones Ximénez (re- a language different from official mous community of Spain. sation AVOI. sponsible for the Christmas light Castilian (or for that matter re- Procedure Law, “In all judicial Every year on this regional pub- However, the biggest honours are show on Malaga’s Calle Larios), dancer gional languages) is null and void procedures, the judges, senior lic holiday, events take place in every reserved for Wednesday when the Rafael Amargo and Plan Infoca, the and thus, does not create rights judges, public prosecutors, court town, including various competi- Medallas de Andalucía will be organsiation responsible for forest or obligations. clerks and other civil servants in tions and celebrations. However, it awarded at a ceremony in the Teatro fire control in the region. There is an evolution of the courts and tribunals shall use Cas- is also a time to recognise the contri- de la Maestranza in Seville. On the same day, the Andalusian above that is far more twisted: that tilian Spanish, the official language bution of local citizens and organi- Among the fourteen winners, is football derby between Malaga and if a person who does not under- of the State,” but it also adds in sations and today, Friday, 12 prizes a posthumous honour for Malaga co- Sevilla will take place at La Rosaleda. stand Spanish signs a legal docu- 143.1 that “when a person who ment in this language, they can does not know Castilian Spanish, challenge it in court where, inci- nor, in the event, the official lan- Pizarra mayor asks dentally (according to a minority guage of the autonomous region, Ten flights per week to run of expats) the judge should - at has to be questioned or make a for improvements the very least - know English but declaration, or when it is neces- between Malaga and Istanbul if not, a translator should always sary to personally let him know a to A-357 to enhance be provided at to ensure his/her decision, the court clerk may is- connections in the rights are protected. sue an order authorising any per- A new agreement signed Akalin highlighted that the com- The following notes should help son who knows the language con- with Turkish Airlines will pany has been operating flights to surrounding area dispel any potential confusion as cerned to act as interpreter, in Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport since to what is correct from what not, which case the said interpreter see an increase in flights 2011. “During the last seven years “language-wise”: shall be required to swear or prom- between the two cities in this amazing city, Turkish Air- :: FERNANDO TORRES - A document of a contractual na- ise that the translation is true to lines has been awarded ‘Best Air- PIZARRA. Félix Lozano, mayor ture can be drafted in any lan- the original.” :: PILAR MARTÍNEZ line in Europe’ for the last seven of Pizarra, has called for improve- guage for which an official trans- - And finally, in accordance to art. MALAGA. Turkish Airlines has an- years and ‘Best airline in southern ments to be made to A-357 road lation service is available. This im- 144.1, “any document worded in nounced an increase in flights be- Europe’ for nine consecutive years, between Malaga and Campillos plies that contracts in any language a language other than Spanish or, tween Malaga and Istanbul, with according to the Skytrax customer in light of the increased traffic that is official somewhere in the as appropriate, the official lan- hopes that it will facilitate the in- satisfaction survey.” flow since the reopening of the world is legal, since a valid trans- guage of the regional authority in creasing number of visitors arriv- Turkish Airlines offers flights Caminito del Rey. lation can be provided. question, shall have a translation ing to the city from Asia and the between 120 different countries He says that the road, which - Not understanding the content of such document attached Middle East. and over 300 destinations, “more goes down to a single lane after of a contract is not an excuse, as thereto.” The company’s director for An- than any other airline in the world, Río Grande, is in a state of disre- much as ignoring the law excuses dalucía, Mehmet Akalin, confirmed uniting cultures and connecting pair and has one of the highest no one, as the principle goes (save · Antonio Flores is lawyer, that the route will operate ten the world through our hub at Ata- accident rates in the province. some exceptions, notably in fi- founder and director of flights per week from 25 March, turk Airport Istanbul, which is at Improving the roads in this nancial or investment contracts). Lawbird, Marbella. Tel: up from seven currently, in light the heart of three continents: Asia, area would be beneficial for the - Pursuant to art. 142.1 of the Civil 952861890. www.lawbird.com of the route’s popularity. Europe and Africa,” Akalin said. whole area, says Lozano. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 11 12 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Five decades of ministry in Fuengirola

Services were held in people’s houses when St Andrew’s Chaplaincy was founded on the coast in 1968

weekly bazaar. The reverend of the chaplaincy is American-born Alaric Lewis, who is aided in his endeavours by a pastoral TONY BRYANT ministry team. These include Caro- line Macfarlane (lay reader) and John  [email protected] Le Page (Church Army Captain and evangelist). In addition the chap- FUENGIROLA. The Anglican Chap- laincy has the ordinary structures of laincy of St Andrew is celebrating a parish in the Church of England, 50 years on the Costa del Sol this with an active church council and month and a series of events have two churchwardens. been organised to coincide with the “At first, we didn’t have proper anniversary. worship centres. Originally our serv- The church prem- Founded by the Reverend Arnold ices would be held in hired rooms or ises were bought in Hellicar in February 1968 - in re- people’s houses, but now we have 1989. sponse to the influx of tourists and four centres, one of which we own,” :: DARYL FINCH foreign residents that occurred dur- Reverend Alaric tells SUR in English. ing that decade - the chaplaincy was The Reverend originally based in Torreblanca. Church of England Alaric Lewis. Weekly meetings were at first held As members of the Church of Eng- :: TONY BRYANT in people’s houses and, as the con- land, the chaplaincy seeks first and gregation gradually increased, a foremost to offer praise to God, ex-  St Andrew’s Church church building was acquired and a plains Alaric. However, St Andrew’s in the early days. part-time priest employed. is mindful that not all of its worship- :: SUR Today the chaplaincy includes four pers are Anglicans, and so it strives worship centres along the Costa del to make sure that Christians of all Sol, extending from Benalmádena denominations find a warm welcome. 50TH ANNIVERSARY ministers are just a few of the activi- laincy post in Norwich. to the eastern side of Marbella and “Our mission here is to tend to the ties offered. “It will be a kind of double cele- inland to Alhaurín el Grande. needs of the English-speaking Chris- bration, although I do not want my San José in Benalmádena and San tians. It is almost exclusively British, Saturday 24 February. After- Unknown date leaving to interrupt the anniversary Miguel in Calahonda are Roman although everyone is welcome so noon tea party in the Reserva El The actual date the chaplaincy started celebrations. It will be sad to leave Catholic churches, rented for the An- long as they understand that we are Higueron in Benalmádena at 5pm. functioning is not known, however Spain, but I am also excited about glican chaplaincy’s services. The the Church of England, so every St Andrew’s has several events working in England,” he says. Cemetery Chapel at Alhaurín El morning we pray for the Queen,” Sunday 25 February. Special planned to take place throughout Grande is a municipal chapel which Alaric explains. Sunday service attended by this year, the majority of these events Bishop’s visit St Andrew’s is allowed to use in re- The church has grown in the last Bishop David. Service will be held have not yet been finalised. For the meantime, the reverend will turn for a donation. All of these cen- few years, although the reverend ad- at 11.30 in the Saint Andrew’s “It’s a shame because we don’t be kept busy with the fiftieth anni- tres hold services every Sunday. mits that the younger generation are Church in Los Boliches. know the actual date of the anniver- versary celebrations, which begin The chaplaincy’s main headquar- not overly represented in church, al- sary. I checked old service registers this weekend. On Saturday, St An- ters is St Andrew’s Church in Los Boli- though he does organise special but, for whatever reason, some are drew’s will host an afternoon tea ches, a multi-function building used events aimed at attracting children, says apprehensively. missing from this period so we just party in the Reserva El Higuerón in also as a community centre and hired like the Mustard Seed Gang. In addition to worship, St Andrew’s know that the anniversary is in Feb- Benalmádena. On Sunday, a special to other organisations, providing an “The Mustard Seed Gang is a Chris- organises numerous social activities ruary,” Alaric says. service in Los Boliches will be at- essential source of income. St An- tian play group that we hold around that offer an opportunity for expats It has been difficult to organise tended by Bishop David of the dio- drew’s is entirely self-supporting and three times a year. The idea is to at- to meet new friends. Study of the Sa- some of the events because the rev- cese of Europe. also relies on the generosity of do- tract children with various activi- cred Scriptures, twice-yearly prayer erend will not be there to see them “The anniversary is a great testi- nations and fundraising events. ties. One of the challenges here is days, a chaplaincy retreat, Special through, as he will be leaving the mony to the importance people place Serving as a centre of expat social that the amount of British families Praise services, lectures on the his- parish at the end of March. Alaric, in their faith. The bishop is coming life in the area, the building, pur- with children moving to Spain has tory and liturgy of the Church, who is based in Rome, has been with especially for the milestone anniver- chased by the chaplaincy in 1989, is fallen, so we don’t have many chil- Lenten lunches with talks, and in- St Andrew’s for three years, but he sary, so it will be a significant cele- also used for coffee mornings and a dren in church on a Sunday,” Alaric struction for lectors and Eucharistic is now set to take up another chap- bration,” the reverend concludes. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 13 14 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH

ITV vehicle testing to get tougher from May

Computers will be nect to the car’s central com- installed in the testing puter in order to work out if there are hidden faults or if the centres to check for system has been modified to give errors in cars’ central false information, especially computers about passenger safety and gas emission readings. Up to now ITV inspectors only check the :: IGNACIO LILLO dashboard lights for issues with MALAGA. From 20 May this the engine, airbag, ABS and other year it will be more difficult to features. cover up faults that prevent in- There will also be more empha- spectors from taking accurate sis on checking exhaust pipes, es- readings during a vehicle’s ITV pecially for nitrogen oxides. There The Pompidou Centre’s president Serge Lasvinges with Malaga mayor Francisco de la Torre. :: ÑITO SALAS (Inspección Técnica de Vehícu- is a general belief that more peo- los), the Spanish equivalent of a ple have been modifying or ne- British MOT. glecting the filters in their ex- From then on there will be haust pipes because their upkeep The Pompidou and Malaga city more stringent rules regarding can be expensive and if they are compulsory vehicle testing, as a not used the vehicle can become result of a modification of EU Di- more powerful. hall formalise new agreement rective 2014/45. This legislation The new rules will dispropor- was passed quickly in the light tionately affect vehicles that are of the recent scandals involving over 10 years old, as well as those the results of diesel emissions with diesel engines. Older cars are The council and the day by the president of the Paris-based dou 2.07 million euros per year, one tests being manipulated to give more likely to have issues which Centre Pompidou, Serge Lasvignes, million for the use of its collections lower readings. are identified by the test, and die- French museum have and the mayor of Malaga, Francisco and brand, and the rest for insurance, The new procedure involves sel vehicles have greater emis- signed a deal to extend de la Torre. “The words of his majesty transportation and specialist consul- equipping all vehicle-testing cen- sions than their petrol equiva- the current arrangement the king touched me deeply,” Las- tation. tres with computers which con- lents, which worsen with age. vignes said in a speech, referring to Lasvignes also spoke of the need by a further five years King Felipe’s praise for the collec- to cater to two different demograph- tion’s presence in Malaga on an offi- ics. The Centre Pompidou estimates :: ANTONIO JAVIER LÓPEZ cial visit earlier this month. that 60 per cent of its visitors are MALAGA. There are several crucial He president continued: “With the Spanish, with the other 40 per cent milestones in the development of agreement signed today, we can work foreign tourists. “We’d also like to any project, and for the Centre Pom- towards improving and better under- diversify the artwork that we show pidou in Malaga one was reached this standing the cultural scene of Malaga, to better include the many artists week; the famous French museum and at the same time better work with operating in and around Malaga,” will retain its presence in the city for other museums to create a circle, a he said. a further five years after an agree- shared channel of communication.” The museum, which welcomed ment to prolong the existing deal un- The new, extended agreement rep- 168,143 visitors in 2017, is hoping til the end of 2025 was formalised. licated the conditions of the first. to reach its target of 250,000 visi- The agreement was signed on Tues- Malaga council will pay the Pompi- tors this year. An inspector carrying out an ITV test. :: SUR February 23rd to March 1st 2018 15 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS Provincial authority grants Bernardo HERE AND THERE “Car park should never ket which was to be built in the same area has never materialised de Gálvez posthumous honour have been built” - mayor and a café, which opened at the same time as the car park, closed TORROX just a few months later. :: E. CABEZAS. The only covered The town hall currently pays It is hoped that the idea of car park in Torrox Pueblo has been around 108,000 euros per year to making the Macharaviaya- at the centre of complaints by resi- rent the space and two attempts to dents in recent months due to its buy it have not come to fruition. born military leader a condition. The public parking area, Mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, said ‘favourite son’ would which opened in December 2008, this week, “The car park should attract tourists to the area has been continually vandalised and never have been built there. It’s a the damage has not been repaired. total ruin.” He went on to blame In addition, the planned supermar- the owners for its current state. :: AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ MACHARAVIAYA. A proposal put Adrián back in hospital Work restarts on Nerja forward by the PSOE to make Ber- nardo de Gálvez a ‘hijo predilecto’, or days after going home sewage treatment plant ‘favourite son’ of the province was approved by the Diputación provin- VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA NERJA cial authority on Tuesday. The idea is :: E. C. Adrián Martín, the young :: E. C. Work finally started again similar to giving an important figure singer from Vélez-Málaga who suf- to Nerja’s sewage treatment plant the keys to a city in the UK. fers from hydrocephalus, is back on Monday. The long-awaited re- The proposal was made during a in hospital having been sent home turn of Isolux-Corsán-Corviam, visit by Socialist representatives to just 10 days before. Adrián, 13, un- who gave assurances that they Macharaviaya last week, which is PSOE representatives at Macharaviaya’s museum last week. :: A. P. derwent three operations to fit would be able to complete the pro- where de Gálvez was born in 1746. valves to drain liquid from his brain, ject, came after a series of protests He was a military leader who fought Mayor of Macharaviaya, Antonio statue of him will be unveiled in which causes his condition, in Janu- in the town in January and Febru- against the British during the Ameri- Campos, said, “The figure of Bernardo Pensacola.” ary. He was readmitted last Friday ary. No finish date has been given can War of Independence and played de Gálvez is more alive than ever; he The group hopes that giving de once again with severe headaches yet but the work has been 80 per a key role in the Battle of Pensacola, is recognised as an honorary citizen Gálvez the title would put the Axar- and nausea. cent complete since summer 2017. Florida. in the USA and in March 2018 a quía area on the tourist map.

New National Police HQ should Nerja town hall to host new be ready by end of this year holiday rentals law conference The building will replace should be complete by the end of the existing premises in this year. in English “If they continue at this speed Torre del Mar, which had and there are no unforeseen circum- become too small stances, we will be able to open it :: J. RHODES and make it available for all citizens,” NERJA. Nerja town hall foreign- :: EUROPA PRESS he said. ers’ department, together with VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA. The central gov- The new building is situated in the Pérez Parras law firm, will be ernment delegate for Malaga prov- the Cuesta del Visillo area at the en- holding a conference in English ince, Miguel Briones, stated during trance to Torre del Mar and will re- on holiday rentals and the new re- a visit to the town’s new National place the current headquarters on quirements introduced by the re- Police headquarters, that work Avenida de Andalucía in the town. gional government, the Junta de Andalucía last year. The conference will take place at Nerja town hall in the Salón de Actos meeting room, on the sec- ond floor, from 11am until approxi- :: E. CABEZAS mately 12.30pm. Nerja foreigners’ office ex- UNITED BY ART AND LITERATURE plained that the new law for rent- ing holiday homes “has brought A group of Scottish poets visited the gallery belonging to local art- up many doubts and questions and ists, Francisco Martín, in Nerja last week. The writers were inspired there is great interest in learning by Martín’s works, which include the statue of King Alfonso XII on about it.” the Balcón de Europa. They wrote poems and short texts which will Those interested are re- be made into a book by event organiser, Linda Jackson. Martín said quested to confirm their atten- that he was “satisfied” that his works had inspired the group. dance by emailing interna- The site for the new National Police headquarters. :: J. RHODES [email protected]. 16 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS GIBRALTAR SUR IN ENGLISH

New law will give people more IN BRIEF of a say about their future care

The Lasting Powers of Attorney and Capacity Bill was passed unanimously by the Gibraltar parliament on 16 February The cigarettes were spotted in a car at the ICC. :: SUR :: DEBBIE BARTLETT GIBRALTAR. The Gibraltar gov- Cigarette haul rettes, and rang the authorities ernment has just introduced a Last- to report the matter. When offi- ing Powers of Attorney and Capac- confiscated by Customs cers came to investigate, they ity Bill to give people the confi- searched two vehicles in the car dence of knowing that their GIBRALTAR park, both Spanish registered, wishes will be respected and pro- :: D. B. Thanks to a sharp-eyed and discovered that they con- tected if they lose the mental ca- passer-by, the customs authori- tained 649 cartons of various pacity to make decisions for them- ties in Gibraltar were able to con- brands of cigarettes. No arrests selves in the future. fiscate a large haul of cigarettes have been made yet, and the in- The Bill was passed unani- from two Spanish-plated vehi- vestigation is continuing. The mously by Parliament. Once the cles on Tuesday, 20 February. A customs authorities say they are law comes into force, individuals member of the public noticed that always grateful for information in Gibraltar who are over the age a car which was parked at the ICC of this type, and they can be con- of 18, while they have mental ca- contained a large amount of ciga- tacted by phoning 20046731. pacity, will be able to record a state- ment of their wishes regarding fi- Neil Costa, Minister for Health, Care and Justice. :: SUR Beach Service Open Telecommunications nancial and health matters, and this will be registered at the Su- ment, for example by stipulating and Justice, Neil Costa, said: “Per- Day on Saturday conference preme Court Registry. their refusal to undergo certain sons living, amongst other things, Under this Bill, they can grant types of treatment in the future, with mental disorders, who no GIBRALTAR GIBRALTAR a Lasting Power of Attorney to a in case when the time comes they longer have the mental capacity :: D. B. Anyone who fancies work- :: D. B. Gibraltar has just hosted specific person whom they trust, are unable to express that refusal to express their wishes, should be ing on Gibraltar’s beaches this sum- its first Commonwealth data who will then have the authority themselves. able to receive such care and treat- mer should head down to John event, the Commonwealth Tele- to act on their behalf if they lose The new law carries safeguards ment as they need and want. It is Mackintosh Square on Saturday communications Organisation mental capacity in future. to prevent it being abused, and new this second part which is so cru- 24 February, to the Beach Service forum, at the University. The two- It means the attorney can make criminal offences have been cre- cial. A person has the right to Open Day, which is taking place day conference took place on decisions about everything from ated to deter people who have been choose what may be done with from 10am to 3pm. The organisers Wednesday and Thursday and is everyday matters to serious life- appointed as attorneys from in- their body or their mind in the are keen to meet anyone who is being followed today by a tour- changing decisions such as tentionally or recklessly ill-treat- event that they lose their mental interested in being a beach or bath- ism and social programme for whether to move into a care home ing or neglecting the person they capacity in the future. The Act is ing pavilion lifeguard, beach ac- over 50 delegates from the ICT or have major surgery. are empowered to represent. recognition of a person’s auton- cessibility attendant or bathing pa- and telecommunications sectors People can also register their Talking about the new Bill this omy and their right to make vilion attendant. of 12 Commonwealth nations. preference regarding medical treat- week, the Minister for Health, Care choices and be protected.” February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 17 18 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 NEWS BUSINESS AND FINANCE SUR IN ENGLISH

THE EURO ZONE Top local speciality olive oil maker MARK NAYLER starts selling in Middle East IT’S ALL POLITICS Antequera-based Finca La Torre currently exports to 25 countries and has tripled its sales in three years he inevitable has finally saying that he possesses the occurred. On Monday, “relevant experience and per- after months of machi- sonal merits for the role”. Any- :: AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ T nations within the EU’s thing else? Oh, yes: Spain will MALAGA. An award-winning pro- most obscure institutions, vote for Paris as the next base of ducer of high-quality olive oils from Spain’s economy minister Luis de the European Banking Authority. inland Malaga province has just sent Guindos was named as the next De Guindos - who worked for its first consignment to customers Vice President of the European Lehman Brothers and BMN be- in the United Arab Emirates. Central Bank (ECB). The per- fore moving into politics - also re- Finca La Torre, based in Bobadilla petually tired-looking De Guin- ceived Portugal’s blessing, in re- in the municipality of Antequera, dos was long-tipped as the fa- turn for Spain having backed has won a prize for four consecu- vourite for the position and as- Mario Centeno as president of tive years at national awards for food cended when his only rival, Ire- the eurozone’s finance ministers, produce organised by the Spanish land’s Philip Lane, stepped aside. a role the Portuguese duly took government and already sells its ex- In May, he will relinquish his role up last month. Italy was one of tra virgin oil label to 25 countries, in the Spanish government and the few countries to oppose the including Britain, Germany and the Víctor Pérez heads the team behind Finca La Torre’s success. :: A.P. step into the shoes of Portugal’s Spaniard, thus taking sweet re- United States. Vitor Constancio, thus taking venge for Spain not endorsing The move into the UAE is seen as Finca La Torre produces between the end consumer was sold, whereas one of the most important mone- Milan’s bid to be the new base for significant for the small-scale pro- 80,000 and 100,000 litres of oil a this year they hope to sell 45,000 tary roles in the European Union. the European Medicine Agency. ducer. Commercial director Borja year and has increased its sales in- litres that way, some 50 per cent of You might well wonder how It’s all politics at the ECB. Adrián said: “The Middle East is a come from 400,000 euros a year in the production. he got the job. The outgoing The Spanish minister clearly very attractive market and has in- 2014 to around 950,000 in 2017. The producer, which is owned by Spanish economy minister will can’t wait to leave his current teresting potential as they recog- “In 2018 we have budgeted on 1.2 a Swiss company, is run by agricul- take second place to Italian presi- role. In the spring, De Guindos nise and value greatly the purity million euros, a steady growth as tural engineer Víctor Pérez and grows dent Mariano Draghi on the six- will move from his office in Ma- and sensory properties of our oils. the customers come to trust us its olive crop on some 33,000 trees. member Executive Board, who drid to one in the ECB’s glinting For us it’s a new area of business and more,” added Adrián. He went on The harvest is normally in October are chosen “from among persons skyscraper in Frankfurt - the EU we are very excited with our entry to explain that in 2014 hardly 2,000 finishing a month later, when the of recognised standing and pro- equivalent of a book-lined study there.” litres of oil packaged in bottles for olive is at its greenest and freshest. fessional experience in mone- in an ancient English university. tary or banking matters by com- He recently said in an interview mon accord of the Member that his six years as economy States”, according to the ECB minister in Mariano Rajoy’s con- ing the year. statute. What the statute doesn’t servative government “have felt Telefónica announces 3.1-billion- Worldwide sales in 2017 were mention is the role played by fa- like 60”. flat at just over 52,000 billion vours in the selection process; His successor will take up a euro profit in 2017 at AGM euros, hindered by the weakness certainly, in De Guindos’ case, challenging portfolio. This year, of the British pound, Argentinean these were at least as important Spain maintained 8th place in peso and Venezuelan bolívar. By as his experience in “monetary Bloomberg’s ranking of the :: SUR made a 3.13-billion-euro profit in market, only Brazil increased sales, or banking matters”. world’s most “miserable” econo- MADRID. Spain’s leading telecom 2017. It added that despite the by 8.4 per cent, while others fell: The Spanish economy minis- mies, in part based on an unem- services company, Telefónica, negative impact of exchange rates 1.3 per cent in Spain, 2.8 per cent ter gained Germany’s vote on one ployment rate of 17%. And Ra- which also includes the Movistar in some of the markets it operates in Germany, 4.7 per cent in the UK condition: that Spain back the joy’s minority government is brand and Britain’s O2, announced in and less income from roaming and 0.2 per cent in Ibero America. German candidate for the presi- hamstrung in congress, unable to a 32.2 per cent increase in annual charges now EU rules have In Spain Telefónica had 40.9 mil- dency of the ECB, which be- do anything without the sup- profits at its AGM on Thursday changed, it was helped by the sale lion customers, down 0.6 per cent. comes vacant when Draghi’s port of hostile parties. Whoever morning. of assets, such as part of Telxius, The dividend for 2018 has been term expires late next year. replaces De Guindos is in for a The multinational company told a telco infrastructure operator, and set at 0.40 euros for every share France also backed De Guindos, hell of a sixty years. shareholders in Madrid that it had fewer restructuring expenses dur- held. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 19 SUR IN ENGLISH SPAIN NEWS

IN BRIEF 10k pound reward for suspect said to be in Ibiza

MALAGA :: SUR. A 10,000 pound (about 11,300 euros) reward is being of- fered for information leading to the arrest of murder suspect Brad- ley Blundell who may be in hid- ing in Ibiza. It comes as a teen- ager was cleared by a jury of kill- ing a man outside a petrol station in Essex, England. British police still want to trace 18-year-old Blun- dell and anyone with information can contact Crimestoppers in Spain anonymously on 900 555 111 or via crimestoppers-uk.org. Bradley Blundell. :: SUR :: EFE New words to national More seats on AVE at ART WORLD RAGE AT A piece of art at Madrid’s annual ARCO contemporary art fair has been controversially withdrawn by the exhibitor at the request of anthem stir emotions 25 euros to go on sale ‘CENSORSHIP’ OF the venue’s owners. The work is a collection of 24 photographs of people currently in jail in Spain with their faces pixelated, who the MADRID MADRID POLITICAL WORK artist, Santiago Sierra, has labelled as political prisoners. :: SUR. Spain’s national anthem is :: SUR. Train operating company known for being one of the few in Renfe has announced that it will the world without any words. So be offering 25,000 tickets at 25 when popular singing ‘diva’ Marta euros each way on its AVE high- Sánchez sang a version with her speed trains across Spain for jour- Radical Catalan separatist own emotional lyrics last weekend neys in the next three months. it caused a social media storm. Con- The promotion coincides with the servative politicians, including the tenth anniversary of the high- seeks refuge in Switzerland prime minister, said how rousing speed service from Madrid to Bar- they were. But lefter-leaning ones celona. The tickets will be on sale said they didn’t see that adding online at midnight on Saturday words to the anthem, known as night/Sunday morning, 24/25 Anna Gabriel was due to doesn’t recognise the same crime of the Royal March, was a priority, as February and, as with similar pro- appear in Madrid’s rebellion as Spain does so extradi- the debate over what lyrics would motions last year, are expected tion will not be possible, say experts suit it was ignited yet again. to sell out very quickly. Supreme Court and Swiss on the law there. legal experts say she In response to Gabriel’s move and cannot be extradited the Swiss response, the Supreme Court’s investigating judge, Pedro Llarena, has issued a detention or- :: SUR der which is only valid if the former MADRID. A leading member of a regional MP returns to Spain. radical separatist party in Catalonia Speaking from Geneva this week failed to appear before a judge at Ma- with her lawyer, Gabriel said she re- drid’s Supreme Court on Wednes- alised that she couldn’t return and day, where she is being investigated that “it was a big change in her life”. for alleged offences including sedi- tion and rebellion in last autumn’s File photo of Gabriel. :: AFP Amnesty International declaration of independence by se- Meanwhile Amnesty International cessionist Catalan politicians. avoid possible detention in a move has criticised Spain for what it calls Anna Gabriel, of the left-wing that mirrors ex-president of Cata- “excessive force” in trying to pre- CUP party, had moved to Switzer- lonia, Carles Puigdemont, who is vent the illegal independence ref- land some days before her expected still in Belgium. erendum in Catalonia on 1 October court appearance in an attempt to As with Belgium, Switzerland last year. 20 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 COMMENT SUR IN ENGLISH

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hey’re digging up the ity for eight days solid and it type of spectacles which say ‘I Is this an old man? street outside the The wouldn’t be too good for the city’s mean business’ stepped into the Shakespeare. Right out- image for old women and children fray. Suddenly the whole street With reference to your article Is three gold, one silver, and Brit- T side - inches away, in fact to be seen randomly disappearing was a hive of activity, machinery This an Old Man? (SUR in Eng- ish and European records. I have and it’s a big operation. They’ll be down pot holes. Actually, I was actually switched on and myr- lish, January 26th), it’s hopefully parachuted from aeroplanes 13 replacing pipes and drains and Lord watched my brother fall down a iad tools appeared from nowhere worth a mention to your readers times, travelled in a hot air bal- knows what else before laying pot hole once; well, not fall so as the whole team swung into fre- that if they wish to keep men- loon and done white-water raft- down some brand new and - we much as disappear vertically, arms netic action. tally and physically fit I suggest ing. I’ve even done a wing walk hope - really beautiful paving. pinned to his sides like an Irish I don’t know if it was the case, they consider the following: Mas- (best of the lot, but expensive), The work was originally sched- dancer, long hair extended up- but it appeared very much as if a ters swimming and ASC. not to mention the longest zip uled for last October and we’d had wards in a cartoon fashion. To this quiet word from the town hall had Masters swimming is for peo- wire in UK in Snowdon (2017), the archaeologists rooting around day it remains the funniest thing played some part in proceedings ple between 25 and as well as climbing Snowdon. all summer so that they would be I’ve ever seen in real life. He must and the company under contract THIS 100 plus years of age, ASC stands for Association of sure not to disturb any ancient ar- be very proud. had been - mmm, how might we WEEK’S from local events to Speakers’ Clubs, on a par with tefacts when they brought the big Anyway, sorry, I digress. Ah, put this? - strongly advised to get WINNING World Masters. I have Toastmasters. It’s the best but guns a bit later on. To tell the truth, yes, the roadworks. The thing is, a move on. The whole thing has LETTER been competing at most frightening thing I have they did wake me from a nap at for the first few days, there didn’t come on in leaps and bounds; if European and world ever done. I shook myself off one point but I don’t suppose that seem to be any progress being they keep it up at this rate, never class level since 1987. I became stage during my first speech. was the kind of disturbing of an- made at all. Machines lay conspicu- mind Holy Week, we’ll have our World Champion at 75, after try- I recommend both pastimes, cient artefacts they were talking ously idle while, from time to time exquisite paving design (come on, ing for 23 years, in 2010 in Swe- highly. about. a couple of (always different) you have to dream) ready in a cou- den. Never give up. I am 83 this The great thing is that the whole blokes would pop along for five ple of weeks. year. I became European Cham- ARTHUR LOWE operation will need to be finished minutes, point at things, chew on In the meantime, I might buy pion in London 2016 at 81. I have FUENGIROLA by Holy Week since the area of their pencils and then toddle off a pair of serious spectacles for the town where we are located be- again. Two or three days ago, a next time we need some work do- comes a heaving mass of human- stern-looking man wearing the ing in the pub. Dog concern is for life. Think before you adopt. And ALWAYS adopt - never buy. The coming few months will see SUSIE BROWN IDÍGORAS the arrival at animal rescue cen- ADANA VOLUNTEER tres of all those cute puppies, kit-

tens and pets, that were Christ- The padrón mas presents, but have now be- come older, bigger, require train- The padrón is the list of people THE ing and regular walks, and are no resident in the town, however, PROPOSAL FOR longer quite so welcome around for many years town halls have UNESCO TO MAKE THE the house. been encouraging all property COSTA DEL Adana has already had to take owners to register, many of SOL‛S back dogs that were adopted, had them offering a discount on lo- SARDINE enjoyed the comfort and care cal taxes to those who do so. ‘ESPETOS‛ from a warm, safe home, and The towns get a substantial sub- INTANGIBLE now find themselves unwanted, sidy from central government HERITAGE OF and back in the shelter. Like most for each person registered which HUMANITY shelters, Adana will give the best is a considerable help towards possible care to these dogs, but paying for local services. There it is nearly always a traumatic ex- has been considered publicity perience for them, and it often recently that the number of for- makes it harder to find new eigners on the padrón is falling. homes for them. Until a few years ago once surroundings. Putting a man on the If you are thinking of adopt- registered it was practically im- moon was nothing in comparison. ing a dog, please consider the fol- possible for a town hall to re- There have also been terrible epi- lowing; if you rent, does your move anyone. The law then Wordless legacy sodes, but history has not been mean contract allow pets? Have you changed, now true residents with this country. considered that you or your part- must re-register every five years, Part of its legacy is a national an- ner may have allergies or might other owners every three years. HÉCTOR BARBOTTA them with no words. Some think become pregnant? If you have Many do not realise this or, hav- this is a disadvantage, because our young children, have you ing registered once, do not want sports teams don’t have the moti- thought carefully about the breed to make the effort to do so vation their rivals get from shout- and size of the dog? again. There is also a possible f anyone had the crazy idea of could define the cultural legacy of ing their way through war songs - A dog is for life. It is part of tightening-up of the law which picking the best Spanish art- an entire nation. Round other cor- which is what most anthems are. your family. It is not a toy or a ob- says only residents can register ist of all time, they would be ners of our maze we might come Recent sports results, however, prove ject to be casually discarded. So and that it is the responsibility I stepping into a fascinating across Buñuel, Gaudí, Camarón, this theory wrong. On the other whilst we are happy to see our for the person registering not maze, but one with no way out. If Plácido Domingo... hand it is a significant advantage dogs leave the shelter to go to to do so if they are not resident, they went in through the door History has been generous with that our children are not forced to new homes, we, and most im- not the town hall. marked painting they would get lost Spain, giving it one major landmark learn verses that speak of recruiting portantly, the dogs, are not happy As I said, no mystery. choosing between Murillo, achievement. Some might call it batallions, dying in glory or putting to see them brought back. JULIAN WARD Velázquez, Goya, Dalí, Picasso, discovery and others call it inva- one’s country before and above eve- So our message is simple; a dog BY EMAIL Miró... If they went down the lit- sion; some call it colonisation and rything. Especially bearing in mind erature route the dilemma would some claim it to be a cilivising ges- that this is a country where symbols be even greater. For many, Cervan- ture. Depending on which side of get caught up in internal battles tes would be the obvious way, but the Atlantic you’re on, Spain’s his- aimed more at separating those who Published by: PRENSA MALAGUEÑA S. A. what about Quevedo, Calderón, tory in America means either the think differently than uniting. Director General: JOSÉ LUIS ROMERO Lope de Vega, Pérez Galdós, Blasco systematic looting of wealth, or a Spain’s national anthem has no Ibáñez, Unamuno, Valle Inclán, Pío great cultural legacy that lives on words and that’s that. It’s not a good Editor in Chief: Publications Director: Advertising Manager: Baroja, Góngora, Machado, Lorca...? today. On neither side, however, is idea to try to correct history. It MANUEL CASTILLO Pedro Luis Gómez Emma Vera Editor: Commercial Director: In any other country any one of there any doubt that this was the would be impossible and fruitless. Rachel Haynes Jorge Artero these could be considered the best event than allowed humanity to And the risk of looking ridiculous in history, the writer who alone become fully aware of itself and its is enormous. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 21 22 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH

JENNIE RHODES IN THE FRAME  [email protected] A place to make music in a crazy world

Bruce Reynolds Professional musician Bruce adds that he has played most styles of music profession- ally but always comes back “full The guitarist first circle to the blues, rock, and Ara- bic and Spanish style guitar”. discovered his love He says that when he impro- for the instrument vises all these styles appear in his own music, which he mainly per- when he heard his forms on either the Spanish or cousin playing bass guitar. He also plays percus- sion and the harmonica. On sing- ing Bruce admits that “everyone ruce Reynolds, 58, can sing, some better than others. has lived in Malaga I belong firmly with the others”. for three years and Bruce performs with Simona, says that what in their Luna Llena duo as well as brought him and with Nick Graham, who he will Bhis mezzo-soprano be playing with at the Molino de partner, Simona Mango, to the Cajiz on Sunday 4 March. city was “a lucky accident”. The pair had been visiting Granada Other projects when their plane from Malaga was As well as the two duos, Bruce runs cancelled so they spent the time an international project he started waiting for the next available in Switzerland called Harissa plane in the city. “ We had no plans Boudoir Orchestra. “We play to visit Malaga so it was predes- classical music such as Rim- tined,” Bruce says. sky Korsakov, Saint-Saëns, Apart from the weather, the Tchaikovsky and original Bruce at a recent concert. :: SUR musician explains that he likes music - with a belly Malaga “for the history, the fla- dancer.” menco culture, the food, the Ara- “Nick came up with As if that wasn’t bic influence, the people - both enough, Bruce has also ex- Spanish and the huge international the name of the duo” tended his creativity into community”. “It’s just a great writing since being in place,” he adds. Spain; his first book is called After two years in the centre of :: J. RHODES blues artists. The duo also ‘The Gift - a story of friend- Malaga the musical couple moved MALAGA. Bruce Reynolds will play rock and roll and as well ship, heroism and rock and roll’. out to the countryside and now be performing at El Molino de as two original songs - one by He explains that the idea came live near Alhaurín de la Torre. Cajiz near Vélez-Málaga on Bruce and the other by Nick. when he was on tour in Belgium Sunday 4 March along with They are planning more gigs a short time after his father died Discovering music Nick Graham as part of the for March 2018 with dates to in 2004. Bruce is no stranger to living abroad. Paradise Blues duo. “Nick be confirmed. “I was unwittingly led to one Although he is British he was born came up with the name after For more information about “I’m happy we have a particular grave in a World War Two in the Persian Gulf and then lived a few days at our place. I think the Molino de Cajiz gig visit: home somewhere where military cemetery and I found out in the Caribbean as a young boy be- he quite likes it there,” Bruce www.elmolinodecajiz.com and only later that he was my dad’s best fore moving to London at the age says. They will be playing songs to find out more about Bruce we can get on with our friend. The incident changed my of ten as his father worked for Ca- by Muddy Waters, Elmore visit: www.brucereynoldsmu- lives and focus on the life.” He is currently writing a sec- ble and Wireless as a member of James, Taj Mahal and other sic.com important things” ond book based on his experiences their foreign staff. He has also lived of being a busker. in France, Germany, Holland and Bruce says that he and Simona Switzerland, where he met Simona. money he had saved from wash- ever, Bruce admits that he doesn’t three years before getting his first can see themselves staying here. Bruce explains that he first dis- ing cars on a classical guitar. “It was think his dad meant for him to be- break. “The world is going slowly crazy covered his flair for music at the either that or a Phillips cassette re- come a professional musician. “I busked in Paris, Munich, at the moment and I’m happy we age of 14 when his cousin played corder,” he laughs. Cannes, Zurich, Bern, Stuttgart have a home somewhere where the guitar. “I liked the sound of it,” His father gave him some good Busking around Europe and London in Covent Garden. we can get on with our lives and he says. advice about playing music. “He The road to becoming professional The busking was down to the fact focus on the important things He found out that his school of- told me that if I learned an instru- wasn’t completely straight; Bruce I spoke no French so couldn’t get such as making music and being fered free lessons and spent the ment I’d always have friends”. How- explains that he was a busker for a job in Paris back in 1979,” he says. happy,” he concludes. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 23 24 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH Trips inland, cruise plans and a word from the police

SOCIETY SCENE :: SUR IN ENGLISH Torrox Spanish History Group Both Torrox History Club Trip to Macharaviaya and Lux Mundi have Costa Press Club The Torrox Spanish History group The work of a media relations meets every first Tuesday of the been visiting towns officer in the National Police month at El Parquesol, El Morche. inland and the RBL are Thirty members of the Costa Press Members give talks and the group The Costa Press Club listen to Juan Antonio O’Donnell. :: SALLY HARRISON planning a cruise Club and invited guests attended also enjoys trips to local historical the association’s February meeting sites of interest. This month mem- held in Restaurante El Gusto last bers visited Macharaviaya, known week in La Cala de Mijas. The speaker for its connection to the Gálvez fam- was Juan Antonio O’Donnell Gal- ily. A guide from the museum showed LEGAL ADVICE lego, honorary chief inspector of the the group around the village, the National Police Force (Policía Na- church and the crypt where some of International Lawyers answers readers’ queries cional) and former chief of the Press the Gálvez family are buried. Office in Malaga, who gave an inter- We speak English, German, French, Spanish and Russian esting talk about the daily work of Lux Mundi media relations officers and the pro- Zahara and Ronda visit cedure for keeping the media in- Friends of Lux Mundi went on an ex- Please send your questions or In principle, the seller is re- dog, or any other way to oblige formed about cases considered to be cursion to Zahara de la Sierra recently. contact us directly to arrange sponsible for any latent defect my partner to allow me to see of public interest. The guest speaker, The group visited the Santa María de a personal appointment on: in the car for six months after it? who has now retired, shared some la Mesa church and a few climbed up the sale, but in order to con- of his personal experiences and im- to the castle to enjoy the view of the Ilagoson International sider him responsible, it is Anyone who has a pet feels that pressions, based on over 40 years of lake and surrounding countryside in Lawyers necessary to prove that the he is like any other member of service. He put the part played by what is described as one of the ten defect already existed before the family, and that therefore, communications into context, and most picturesque white villages in Avda. Playas Andaluzas 38 the sale, and this is not always he should also have certain explained in detail the sort of work Andalucía. The coach then took them (Exit ‘El Rosario’) possible. Therefore, even if rights, but the truth is that undertaken by press officers, saying to Ronda for lunch and a chance to 29604 Marbella the seller is responsible for from a legal perspective, and that in addition to reporting on cur- see the famous gorge, bridge and bull- Tel: 952 77 12 13 hidden defects for six according to the current civil rent cases, they actively participate ring as well as visit the museums. Fax: 952 82 68 61 months, when these cases code, pets are considered as in the preventive work done by the [email protected] come up it is almost always “objects” and therefore have no police. The journalists present at the Royal British Legion Mollina www.ilagoson.com Cruise around the Med Offices in Málaga, Marbella impossible to claim. rights. The parliament ap- meeting showed particular interest and Cádiz proved last December to mod- in the role of social media in present RBL Mollina branch are launching REF. R. E. D. ify the civil code in order to day policing, and in restrictions to their next fundraising event: a cruise I have recently separated. We consider animals as “living be- the publication of images of police around the Mediterranean in Novem- are trying to get to an agree- ings endowed with sensibility” officers on active service. ber. They are offering the seven-night REF. L. O. F ment regarding the distribu- and not “objects”, but regret- and eight-day trip in conjunction with Just two months ago I bought a tion of our assets, but there is a fully those changes have not Halcón Viajes and Pullmantur. Prices second hand car, quite new and point that my partner does not materialised yet. Therefore, range from 850 to 955 euros depend- with just 25,000 km, but the want to discuss: five years ago judges abide by what is estab- ing on choice of cabin. If more than engine has suddenly broken we adopted a dog, and I want to lished between the parties in 40 people book, a sizeable donation down and the repair is going to continue seeing and spending the divorce agreement. Conse- can be made to the Poppy Appeal. The cost a lot of money. I have tried time with it, but my partner quently, if you do not manage offer is open to everyone and more to speak with the former does not want me to. I know it to convince your ex partner to information can be obtained from owner for him to pay the re- seems strange, but we have no voluntarily allow you to visit [email protected] pair, as it is obvious that the car children, and for me the dog is the dog, there is nothing that was not fine when I bought it, like a son. Could I ask for a kind can be done legally, at least at What are you up to? If you are involved in a club or associa- but he refuses. What can I do? of contact regime to see the the moment. tion and planning events, trips or activi- ties that would be of interest to other readers of SUR in English, we would love First Assessment Consultation FREE of Charge to hear from you: Email: [email protected] Torrox History Group. :: P. SHAW February 23rd to March 1st 2018 25 SUR IN ENGLISH LIFESTYLE

BEN CLARKE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? LANGUAGE FOOTNOTE E23 FEBRUARY 1981 Golpe de estado Coup d’état Ejército Army Arma Weapon Antonio Tejero leads a Asaltar To storm Irrumpir To burst in Insostenible Unsustainable coup d’état against Disparo Shot Gritar To shout Candidato Candidate Spain’s government Uniforme Uniform Malestar Unease Desalojar To evacuate he events of 23 February In 1978, Antonio Tejero, who was Tanque Tank 1981 still weigh heavily in originally from Alhaurín el Grande, Investidura Investiture the collective Spanish and two co-conspirators plotted a Fallido Failed Tmind today, as a resurgence coup for November of that year, co- Tentativa Attempt of strong-arm politics that posed a denamed Operation Galaxia, which Teniente Lieutenant direct threat to the fledgling de- would see an effort to prevent the Antonio Tejero brandishes a pistol in the Congreso. :: SUR Coronel Colonel mocracy in Spain that had only establishment of Spanish democ- emerged following the death of the racy. Two military personnel in- of several police chiefs and resigna- mundo!” (“Hold it everybody!”). dictator Franco six years previously. formed their superiors of the plot, tions in the Interior Ministry. Mean- Both the army general, Manuel Gu- dressed as the highest rank in the The army, which had played a cru- and soon all three were arrested. while, Calvo Sotelo attempted to tiérrez Mellado, and Adolfo Suárez military, Captain General of the cial part in government during However, they were given the mini- inaugurate his new government, attempted to reason with Tejero, Armed Forces, and publicly con- Franco’s military regime, was con- mum sentences; Tejero served just but he failed to gain enough votes who only shouted patriotic slogans. demned the insurgents, highlight- cerned about the shortcomings of seven months and did not lose his to be sworn in. A new vote was The coup was condemned by ing the need to defend the new democratic politics in solving some military rank. scheduled for 23 February. members of the EEC, which Spain Spanish Constitution. It was then of the problems that Spain faced. On 10 February, Leopoldo Calvo Just after 6pm that day in the had applied to join, as well as UK that it became clear that the coup Economic crisis in the country saw Sotelo was named candidate for Congreso (lower house of parlia- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, had failed. Del Bosch’s forces stood unemployment at 20 per cent and prime minister. Just three days later, ment) in Madrid, the voting proc- who called it a “terrorist act”. down at 5am. Tejero resisted until inflation at 16 per cent, there were a series of protests erupted in the ess for Calvo Sotelo was interrupted Shortly afterwards, Jaime Mi- midday on 24 February, but was difficulties in forming devolved Basque region after it became as 200 Guardia Civil officers armed lans del Bosch, an army Captain soon taken into custody by the governments for some of the Span- known that Jose Ignacio Arregui, a with submachine guns, under the General supportive of Tejero, de- authorities. ish regions, and the Basque terror- member of the terrorist movement command of lieutenant colonel An- ployed 2,000 soliders and 50 tanks ist group ETA was viewed as a grow- ETA, had been tortured and killed. tonio Tejero, burst into the parlia- in Valencia. · Bilingual crossword ing threat. The revelations led to the dismissal ment, shouting “¡Quieto todo el In response, King Juan Carlos inside back page

ERNY PET CARE HARRISON kind of diseases, well balanced food to having two or more litters a year. they and their first year offspring To neuter or not to neuter? and healthy exercise our pets live The first birth may well be exciting will produce 42 cats in the first year, much longer than they would do for all involved and you may even 66 in the second, 1,382 in the third, in the wild. be lucky enough to find homes for 2,220 in the fourth and 73,041 in Neutering of pets is a topic that can Of course she is right: it is not Neutering does not change the all of them, but we all know that the fifth. lead to long discussions. I am all in natural. But our pets do not live in character of our dogs and cats: it animal charities are always desper- If all of them keep going and keep favour of it. a natural environment. If they were only makes them more relaxed. ately looking for homes for the ani- reproducing then in the tenth year A good friend of mine with two still living in their natural habitat Male dogs no longer have the de- mals in their care. There are simply they have managed to produce lovely, but big and boisterous dogs their kittens and puppies would not sire to run away from home to an- more pets looking for homes than 80,399,790 new lives. took years to decide. Whenever I all survive. The survival of the fit- swer the call of a female, often miles there are homes looking for pets. Of course in reality that num- pointed out the advantages: they test would certainly apply. Even and miles away, with the added As far as the reproduction of cats is ber will be much lower, because would be much easier to handle and the parents would not live to the danger of getting involved in a road concerned I have some sobering and the death rate will reduce the over- how more pleasant walks would be old age our domesticated pets do. accident. chattering statistics for you: all outcome, but still... Can you with well behaved dogs, the answer With our regular visits to the vet Personally I do not believe that If a male and female cat get to- think of a better reason to have was always: “It is not natural.” for yearly vaccinations against all your bitch or queen looks forward gether whenever nature determines them neutered? 26 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH

DENISE BUSH GARDENING READER’S PHOTO Beschorneria rigida

A member of the agave family with architecturally stunning leaves and spectacular arching, magenta stems and tubular red and chartreuse-green flowers

:: MARIA HILLEN Beschorneria is a genus of plants in dening around it difficult. The leaves agaves die after flowering, Beschor- the Agavaceae sub family. Unlike on B. rigida are around 50cm long neria continues to flower year af- HALF HARDY BOUGAINVILLEA many agaves, this stunning archi- and have slightly serrated edges. ter year. tectural plant has no nasty termi- Another advantage with this genus The foliage of Beschorneria is per- nal spines on its leaves to make gar- is that, while many of the ennial and forms an attractive, Some species of Bougainvillea are hardier than others as this rounded clump. Size de- photo sent in by Maria Hillen proves. None are completely frost pends on species (as hardy, but the purple and magenta-coloured forms seem to be does leaf colour - more resistant to the cold. some are bright green, others grey-green) but GARDENING HINTS B. yuccoides, forf example, canc form a Fascinating facts about hugeh rosette of more than trees, part 2 1.5 metres across. The leaves are Contrary to common belief, a habitat and food for a variety evergreen but older most trees don’t have a tap of creatures including, bats, leaves may start to look root; the majority of the bees, insects, rodents etc. a bit tatty after the winter. roots are in the top 10-15cm Trees are very long lived. In They can be removed with a sharp of soil. Those trees with a tap the USA there is a Bristlecone tug from the base. root, such as oaks, pines, pine that is over 5,000 years Of the seven to ten species in the hickory and walnut, can go old; it was lucky not to have genus, the most popular one for the down over six metres in ideal been trodden on or eaten by a average sized garden is B. rigida. It soil conditions. mammoth when it was a seed- is smaller than the other species It is said that planting one ling. Trees in urban areas are and has the most flowers, especially tree in an open field will in- effective at removing pollu- if planted in a sunny spot. It will crease bird diversity by 80%. tion from the air and absorbing flower in partial shade but less pro- The rate is not maintained by carbon dioxide replacing it lifically. subsequent tree planting with oxygen. They also can re- The magenta flower stems can though, and gradually levels move poisonous chemicals be over a metre long and have pen- off. One tree will also provide from the soil. dant tubular flowers with magenta sepals and chartreuse-green petals. The flowers open in late spring and last for several weeks. They are PHOTOS followed by striking red seed pods, sometimes striped with pale green Calling all Email your photos to eng- or cream, which open to reveal gardeners [email protected] or send shiny black seeds. The seeds are them to SUR in English, rarely viable and propagation is best Avda Dr Marañón 48, 29009 carried out by dividing the clump We know that many of our Malaga, with a caption and a in spring or summer. readers have lovely gardens, few words of explanation. The Beschorneria genus is not or enjoy growing plants on Alternatively, you can send frost hardy and, although fairly their terraces or balconies, them to us via Facebook drought resistant, will benefit from so why not share them with (surenglish) or Twitter The arching stems of B. rigida and close-up of blooms. :: WIKIPEDIA watering in the summer. others? (@SUR_English) February 23rd to March 1st 2018 27 SUR IN ENGLISH LIFESTYLE

describe him? –I’ve known Dave for years. We have “What you’ll see is different personalities. He’s more of a clown. We’ve had great times together, scuba diving in Thailand. a lifetime’s work” We make each other laugh a lot, but not when we’re underwater. –Does it bother you that your sur- name means “I pee” in Spanish? – (Laughs heartily) I didn’t know Sean Meo Comedian and writer that. There goes my plan to retire to Spain. Lucky I’m a comedian and not a teacher in a Spanish secon- Originally a full-time rather make him laugh. dary school! snooker player, Sean –You wrote some material for What can the audience expect at Bruce Forsyth; was he an inspira- the Salon Varietés? Meo has been a tion/hero? – I think our two nights at the Sa- professional stand-up –Yes. Bruce knew the scripts so well lon Varietés will be very entertain- comedian since 1989 he could do them backwards. What ing. What you’ll see on stage is a looked spontaneous on screen was lifetime’s work. meticulously planned. He was the :: TONY BRYANT ultimate professional and a lovely MALAGA. The Salon Varietés Thea- man to know. · Two nights of comedy: 24 tre in Fuengirola is to host two –You have been described as “sur- and 25 February at the Salon nights of stand-up comedy this real, sexy and very, very funny”. Varietés theatre, Fuengirola. weekend. The shows will present Do you consider your show or your- Sean Meo will unleash his humour in Fuengirola this weekend . :: SUR www.salonvarietestheatre.com some of the UK’s top comedians, in- self sexy? cluding Dave Thompson, Geoff –[Laughs] No, not really. People find Whiting and Sean Meo. power sexy. I don’t do sex material Originally a full-time snooker in my act and I don’t swear either. ABBA TRIBUTE player, Sean Meo has been a profes- –You have also been accused of sional stand-up since 1989. Since dressing like someone from a Kay’s SHOW TAKES then, he has risen to the very top catalogue. Are you style conscious? COSTA AUDIENCES of the UK comedy scene. Sean’s im- –Who cares what I look like? I think pressive wealth of material sets him there are more important things BACK IN TIME apart from many of his contempo- happening in the world to spend too raries and he intends to demon- much time ironing. strate this in the Salon Varietés this –Have you performed in Spain The Abba Reunion tribute weekend. before? group played to packed SUR in English caught up with –Is Gibraltar in Spain? [SUR: No.] In houses along the Costa del the comedian this week when he that case, I haven’t performed in Sol last week. The show, cre- revealed his surprise at learning Spain. ated by the director and cho- that his surname means “I pee” in –You were voted comic of the year reographer of the ABBA Mania Spanish. by Time Out. Were you deserving musical, had audiences danc- of this recognition? ing in the aisles to iconic disco –What made you give up snooker –[Laughs] That’s for the audience hits of the 70s and 80s, such in preference of a career in comedy? at the Salon Varietés to decide. As as Dancing Queen, Waterloo –I wanted to quit while I was ahead. long as I do my best, I don’t judge and Take a Chance on Me. The Snooker is a sport and by its nature myself. shows were organised by competitive. Snooker was all about –Dave Thompson refers to your BigM Promotions. :: TB trying to beat the opponent. I’d act as “brilliant”. How would you 28 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 LIFESTYLE TRAVEL SUR IN ENGLISH

Miami vibe Experience the vibrant Hispanic capital of the Americas

the promise of this luxury lifestyle; the Americas. Art Basel Miami hasas pop-uppo galleries; and is renownedrenowned yet these exclusive residences are since become a regular fixture inn the for itsi Wynwood Walls street art not particularly aimed at European city’s cultural calendar. In additiondition park. TheT post-industrial city block holidaymakers. Instead they are be- to the art in the main exhibitionition on NW 2nd Avenue between 25th ANDREW ing snapped up by wealthy buyers hall, Collins Park and Sound-und- and 26th Streets is an ever- FORBES from South America. scape Park become open airir ggal-al- changingchan canvas for graffiti art- leries for large-scale artworks,orks, ists - with many new works  Twitter: @andrewaforbes Nexus of the Americas performances, and film- emergingeme to coincide with The real estate agent explained some showings. Over the past dec- the ArtA Basel Miami festival s I walk out of the private of the buyers’ varied motivations - ade and a half, the cityy has in December.D lift, my eyes take a mo- investments to protect against do- continued to bolster its cul- AlthoughAl Wynwood, like ment to adjust to the mestic currency devaluation; a so- tural credentials, makingng it manyman of Miami’s neighbour- A bright light. The polished phisticated base while visiting busi- a destination that is so much hoodshood has undergone signifi- marble floors and immaculate white ness interests in the city; or an ad- more than just beaches. World- cant redevelopment, you can walls seem to intensify the brilliant ditional home in Miami for parents class galleries and festivals com- still ffind its Puerto Rican fla- Miami sunshine that floods in of students studying in the States. plement neighbourhood artss cen- vour iin family-run cafeterias and through the three-and-half-metre- Miami has become the global tres and events. Ceviche, a typical restaurantsrestau where you can eat high floor-to-ceiling windows. I’m meeting place for the movers and Peruvian dish. :: GMCVB.COM authenticauth homemade alcapurrias being a little cheeky, having a tour shakers of South America, but not Like a local frittersfri and other specialities. of an elite corner penthouse in ‘Rise’, just business people and profession- Discover the districts of Miami and one of the sparkling new condomin- als but artists from all disciplines you will be embraced by art, music Without walls ium towers in Brickell City Centre. too, including of course music and and food from across the Americas. Miami has had a strong Hispanic in- It is an upscale commercial and resi- acting. This is a trend that has built Little Havana is amongst the best The city has emerged fluence since the era of the Cuban dential development that’s an ex- upon the city’s established connec- known, a hub of Cuban art galler- revolution, and now the city has ample of Miami’s revived and boom- tions with the Spanish-speaking ies, salsa clubs, street cafés, and the as a thriving emerged as a thriving international ing economy. I’m not a potential world, and one that has made Mi- Walk of Fame on Calle Ocho, pay- international business business and cultural hub for ambi- property investor, but the tempta- ami a culturally rich and compel- ing tribute to Latin cultural figures. and cultural hub for tious people, many from the Span- tion to see how the other half can ling US city destination. Little Haiti (Lemon City) is well- ish-speaking world, who see Miami live was irresistible. Miami is the nexus of North and worth discovering too; it’s the dis- ambitious people as a ‘capital’ of Latin America. The wraparound terrace balconies South America; not only a commer- trict for Afro-Caribbean culture and After the Cuban revolution in were breathtaking, especially when cial hub, but a place of cultural ex- flavours. 1959, thousands of children were catching a downward glimpse of the change too. In 2002 Miami hosted Wynwood, once known as El Bar- sent to the United States from the beautifully landscaped pool deck the Art Basel Festival Miami Beach, rio, was settled by Puerto Rican im- island under Operation Pedro Pan. with tropical gardens, some 40 floors giving this world-leading contem- migrants. It has evolved into a cen- In the 1960s the US-sponsored ‘Free- below. I began to fall in love with porary art fair a perspective from tre for art with both established and dom Flights’ led to the resettling of February 23rd to March 1st 2018 29 SUR IN ENGLISH TRAVEL LIFESTYLE

Miami skyline. :: KIKOR.COM GMCVB.COM Wynwood Walls street art park. :: GMCVB.COM hundreds of thousands of additional Cuban refugees in the US, chang- ing the demographics of Miami for- ever, and beginning its transforma- tion into what is now a growing me- tropolis where more than 70 per cent of residents are Hispanic. Many have origins from across the Carib- bean and South America, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and central American countries. For me, this makes Miami spe- cial. It is a captivating mix of the American continents. There is the striking all-American architecture, from Art Deco to glistening sky- scrapers; the Caribbean-style beaches lined with swaying palms; and the day-to-day life of the city that con- veys an undeniable Latin vibe. Mu- sic from the Americas is everywhere for example; reggaetón, merengue and salsa spill out from bars and pass- ing cars, sounds that are now part of mainstream popular culture. Miami bites Miami’s transition from a relatively small South Florida city to a multi- cultural, predominantly Hispanic metropolis has not been without controversy and issues. Yet as a visi- tor to 21st century Miami is to expe- rience a city that pulsates with en- ergy, enthusiasm, art and great food! Enjoying bites from local hole- in-the wall eateries, and family-cafe- terias are often the best travel memories. There are few better ways to immerse yourself in a destina- tion than through eating local food, and in Miami that means immers- ing yourself in the Americas. The Cubanos, Puertorriqueños, Domini- canos, Colombianos, Venezolanos and Peruvianos brought more than just their language, music and art to Miami - they brought their fam- ily recipes too. A day in the Magic City might include an all-American breakfast; lunch with the zest and spice of the finest, fresh Peruvian ceviche; sunset cocktails of an authentic Cuban mojito or tropical daiquiri; and dinner at a salsa club. That’s the diversity of Miami. It’s so compelling you might be tempted to make it home too - but if you’re thinking of acquiring a sleek corner penthouse, well, you’ll need a cool four million US dollars. 30 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 LIFESTYLE TRAVEL SUR IN ENGLISH ANDREW FORBES THE INSIDER GUIDE El Bajareque DO: Puerto Rican eats in a friendly, fam- Ball & Chain ily café in trendy Wynwood. It gets busy, so arrive early to get a table. Dine, drink and dance with live Miami ElBajarequeRestaurant.com salsa, jazz and DJ sets at this rein- carnation of the renowned bar and Joe’s Stone Crab lounge that opened in 1935 on For more traditional flavours of Mi- Calle Ocho, in Little Havana. Add South American & Caribbean swing to ami, head to this renowned fam- BallAndChainMiami.com your next Stateside trip with a stay in the ily eatery in Miami Beach’s SoFi district to try the seasonal crab The Ancient Spanish Monastery Magic City, ‘capital of Latin America’ claws; as well as homemade Key Take a free weekend tour of a 12th Lime Pie. Reservations are not century Spanish monastery, in taken, so expect to wait for a table. North Beach Miami! Randolph Facebook.com/JoesStoneCrab Hearst, the entrepreneur and East, Miami Hotel. newspaper publisher, purchased, Panther coffee and then shipped the ancient clois- Expect great coffee in Miami - and ters from Segovia to the USA. this local gourmet coffee roaster SpanishMonastery.com has locations across the city, in- cluding in artsy Wynwood,roman- Museums and galleries tic Coconut Grove and colourful The Phillip and Patricia Frost Mu- Little Haiti. seum of Science is a must for fami- PantherCoffee.com lies; it has interactive exhibitions, and a full-dome planetarium of- Restaurant Quinto la Huella fering 3D presentations. Opposite South Beach. This smart Uruguayan restaurant Meridian Hotel. is the Pérez Art Museum Miami, is a homage to Parador La Huella, with its world-class collection of STAY: winning 40th floor rooftop bar the famous seaside South Ameri- contemporary art from the per- and garden - a place to enjoy cock- can eatery. Interiors of chic chir- spective of the Americas. See a full The Meridian Hotel tails and tapas over-looking the inguito design, with an outside list of Miami’s diverse cultural cen- Close to the buzz of the iconic city’s skyline. terrace. Wood-burning oven and tres on the city’s visitor website. Ocean Drive, South Beach, yet East-Miami.com South American style grill for MiamiAndBeaches.com within the authentic, quieter resi- authentic South American flavours. Road trip dential district of ‘SoFi’, this new EAT: East-Miami.com budget hotel offers a cool Miami Miami is a good base for a fly-drive vibe with its brilliant white, mid- Puerto Sagua Restaurant Estefan Kitchen holiday. The Florida Keys, an ar- century architectural style, court- Gloria Estefan and her husband, Sugar Miami Bar. chipelago of coral islands linked yard of tropical palms, and café You can see, feel and hear the in- Emilio are the names behind the by a highway, makes for a classic lobby where arriving guests are fluence of Miami’s Cuban Ameri- trendy beach restaurant, Larios on road trip from Miami, ending in greeted with a welcoming Cuban can residents across the city. You the Beach, as well as this new up- picturesque Key West. For further mojito. 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The are generous authentic Cuban ping, then The Brickell City Centre hotel has genuine swank; with a sandwiches and homemade soups is one of Miami’s go-to malls for so- sleek pool deck and bar area, and too. phisticated retail, and upscale lei- signature restaurants. Also, it’s Search Puerto Sagua Restaurant sure. There’s also a VIP cinema. home to Sugar Miami, the award- on Facebook Ocean Drive. BrickellCityCentre.com February 23rd to March 1st 2018 31 SUR IN ENGLISH TRAVEL LIFESTYLE

WHERE IN THE WORLD? JANUARY’S PHOTO Serving them strong

enjoy beer for a lower price and without the crowds. If you know where this is, you could win a prize. Please send the name of the fes- tival in its original language, plus the name of its more famous brother and the city in which both occur to [email protected]. Only entries with your full name, de- livery address and telephone num- ber will be considered. Last month’s photo showed the Montréal en Lumière festival in Canada, gaining a reputation glob- :: J. HERIBERT POHL / FLICKR ally for its way of bringing light and warmth to the winter months. f you like your beer and you 2 to 25 March when the city, and The so-called “liquid bread” helped The monks’ tradition is main- Congratulations to Norma Art- like it strong, then this may especially its beer halls, fills with keep up their strength and spirits tained through this festival which ist in Mollina who answered cor- well be the destination for punters eager to sample the strong, as they abstained from food for 40 is considered the little brother of rectly. Your prize will be on its way I you next month. dark beers. days but many have an alcohol con- the main show which is world fa- to you soon. Pictured is the tranquil setting These beers were originally tent of more than seven per cent mous and occurs later in the year. of the city’s West Park which could brewed by monks to help them so with standard litre servings, this This one, however, is considered Send your answer to be the only bit of quiet you get from through the arduous fasting of Lent. is not for lightweights! the version for insiders who will [email protected] 3232323232323232 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 HEALTH&BEAUTY SUR IN ENGLISH

tract to draw up the plans for the construction will be put out to ten- New hospital in Malaga a “top priority” der before the end of the year and that construction could start in 2019, with a timescale of five years. for the regional health authorities However, the provincial govern- ment (Diputación, headed by the conservative PP party) owns the land where the new hospital will The Junta has announced be built and the Health Department (part of the Junta, run by the social its intention to build a PSOE) is yet to negotiate its use. new 230-million-euro, Meanwhile other improvements state-of-the-art hospital would be made the existing health facilities, explained Álvarez, in- behind the existing cluding the opening of a stroke Materno hospital unit and the expansion and im- provement of the A&E department :: ÁNGEL ESCALERA at Carlos Haya hospital (works will MALAGA. The Junta de Andalucía, go out to tender next month), the responsible for healthcare across purchase of five new MRI scanners the region, has given its backing and improvements to primary care. to proposals for a new public hos- Cutting waiting times is also a pital in Malaga. priority, said Álvarez, who recog- Regional Health minister Ma- nised that many healthcare pro- rina Álvarez announced on Mon- fessionals says that the current in- day that the Junta would push frastructure is insufficient. ahead with the project after meet- ings with healthcare experts who “Reasonable” stipulations have spent the past year assessing Sources from the Diputación re- the area’s needs and considering ported on Monday that they had not possible sites for new facilities. yet received an official request from The project which they have set- Marina Álvarez (left) with the healthcare professionals who proposed the project. :: FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ the Junta, but provincial president tled on is an 800-bed hospital in Elías Bendodo formally responded Malaga, on the land behind the ex- physically disabled currently stand. out research. She also said that it tees as we’re faced with a growing on Tuesday, saying he would be will- isting maternity and children’s hos- Álvarez described the project, would be given “top priority” given and ageing population,” said health- ing to give up the land, offering his pital, where the La Noria social cen- which is expected to cost 230 mil- the current needs of the city and care sources consulted by SUR. “complete collaboration” in the pro- tre, the nursery school run by the lion euros, as “innovative and its projected growth. ject. He also went as far as offering provincial government, the Casa good” as it would be at the cutting “This is the hospital that Malaga Ready by 2024 a “vote of confidence” to regional Ronald McDonald centre for family edge of healthcare provision, with needs - of a high level, with the lat- Marina Álvarez said on Monday that Health minister Marina Álvarez. members of sick children and the the latest technology and capaci- est technology, so that we can go the hospital could be completed by Bendodo, however, insisted that Virgen de la Esperanza centre for the ties to train new staff and carry into the future with certain guaran- 2024. It is expected that the con- permission for use of the land would February 23rd to March 1st 2018 33 SUR IN ENGLISH HEALTH&BEAUTY Marbella council implores the Junta to finish expansion of the Hospital Costa del Sol

:: HÉCTOR BARBOTTA that the Junta can make these prom- MARBELLA. The town hall in Mar- ises while no work has been carried bella has appealed to the Junta de out on the Hospital Costa del Sol Andalucía to finish the expansion for the past seven years,” he said. of the Hospital Costa del Sol, a pro- Romero also insisted that, in his ject which has stalled since 2010. view, the hospital expansion was Spokesman for the council, Fé- “another example of the Junta try- lix Romero, has responded follow- ing to avoid paying a single penny ing the announcement of a new in our municipality, putting the hospital for Malaga. Though he was work in private hands while the pleased by the news, he expressed residents of Marbella pay twofold his “doubts that the Junta would - first with their taxes then to park keep its word given what has hap- their cars there”. pened in Marbella”. He implored the regional gov- “We are really pleased that ernment to “for once fulfil all its How the land currently looks. :: FRANCIS SILVA Malaga will get the new hospital it promises” so that “Marbella can Proposed land really needs but it seems shameful have the hospital it really needs”. Av. Simón Bolívar for new hospital MaMalaga’sla current He said that they could not accept Maternity and healthcarehealt shortfalls; “a small change to the health cen- Children’s hospital thethe constructionc of a tre in El Palo”, with reference to CHARECHA “high-resolu- Álvarez’s proposal the previous day. Av. Arroyo de los Ángeles Av. Doctor Marañón tion”tion” hospital on the She insisted that a CHARE was not easterneaste side of the city necessary but that improvements in tthehe El Palo district; and could be made to the existing build- thatthat thet current services ing, by adding emergency and spe- on the planned site are relo- cialist departments and facilities to catedcated eelsewhere in the prov- carry out diagnostic tests. inceince and not scrapped. Bendodo insisted that rejection The provincial chief said that of this was not a matter of politics: onlyly be givengiven thesethe conditions were “not unrea- “It’s not the PP or the Diputación should the Diputación’s conditions sonable”. “We’re not asking for saying this, health professionals be met. He calleddf for an ““urgent” anything that is out of this world,” and the College of Physicians all action plan to be implemented as he said, and insisted that the stance say that it is crucial to have another soon as possible to attend to over the CHARE would not alter. centre in this area.” The Hospital Costa del Sol in Marbella. :: JOSELE-LANZA 34 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 HEALTH&BEAUTY SUR IN ENGLISH

venth consecutive year that this event has taken place,” said Ana Isa- Acute leukemia in children is being bel González, the provincial Health delegate, who was accompanied by the manager of the Carlos Haya re- gional hospital, Emiliano Nuevo, cured in 90 per cent of cases and members of his team. Dr Palomo spoke about the advan- ces which have been made in curing acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which Bone marrow transplants is the most common type in children with an annual rate of four cases in and improved every 100,000 children. Leukemias chemotherapy are the most common neoplasms in treatments are enabling childhood, followed by tumours of the central nervous system. young patients to beat Bone marrow transplants are this illness effective in beating leukemia. In 2017, about a dozen of these were :: ÁNGEL ESCALERA carried out on children under the MALAGA. About 90 per cent of age of 15 at the Materno hospital. cases of acute lymphoblastic leu- Of those, seven were autologous kemia in children are being cured, (the cells used were from the same thanks to bone marrow transplants patient) and five were allogeneic and more effective chemotherapy (the cells came from a donor). treatments. This positive news was Worldwide, the survival rate of given recently by the head of the children with cancer is about 80 paediatric haematology unit at the per cent, said the head of the pae- Materno Infantil hospital, Ánge- diatric oncology unit at the Mater- les Palomo, at a demonstration held no, Ana Benito. The great challen- on the main steps outside the hos- ge for doctors is the number of pae- pital to mark International Child- diatric patients who don’t respond hood Cancer Day. to treatments or who relapse. In Last year 76 new cases of tu- these cases, hope lies in immuno- mours were diagnosed in children therapy, a method which combats at the hospital (22 acute leukemias the cancer, has fewer side effects and 54 solid tumours), in patients Those who took part in the demonstration held up cardboard smiles as symbols of hope and optimism. :: F. S. and works in such a way that once from Malaga, other provinces in the initial neoplasia is cured, the- Andalucía and Melilla. tion against Cancer (AECC), Pedro tra el Cáncer’ platform. paigns to promote a healthy lifesty- re is no second tumour. “In the fu- The demonstration, which was González, was organised by the A statement was read out, calling le. Those attending held up ture, 80 per cent of child cancers led by the director of the provin- associations and foundations which for more support for research and cardboard ‘smiles’ as a symbol of will be treated by immunotherapy,” cial board of the Spanish Associa- form the ‘Agrupación Unidos con- public health facilities, and cam- hope and optimism. “This is the se- explained Dr Palomo. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 35 SUR IN ENGLISH HEALTH&BEAUTY Young graffiti artist and leukemia sufferer Julione designs a pair of sunglasses to raise funds for research

Hawkers, in collaboration with Unoentrecienmil, has launched a campaign to help bring an end to the illness in children

:: SUR IN ENGLISH MALAGA. The young graffiti art- ist from Seville who goes by the name Julione Tapas has joined up with sunglasses retailer Hawkers in its new campaign aimed at tack- ling childhood leukemia. Julione (real name Julio Rosa), who himself has leukemia, has de- signed a pair of sunglasses for the company’s new campaign, in col- laboration with the Fundación Julione, in an image to launch the sunglasses campaign. :: SUR Unoetrecienmil, called #Fuck- Leucemia. campaign and the foundation to a support the campaign by texting Money raised from the sale of wider audience. UNO to 28014 at a cost of 1.20 euros. these limited edition sunglasses The glasses, called ‘Unoentreci- Since its creation in 2012, the will go towards the foundation enmil X Hawkers by Julione’, were objective of Unoentrecienmil has which has raised more than 500,000 designed by the 11-year-old himself been to support research into this euros in the past four years through and their sale goes hand-in-hand illness so that one day doctors can various campaigns. with a social media campaign aimed say to patients: “Don’t worry, it’s It is hoped that the marketing at raising awareness. just leukemia.” expertise of Hawkers, which has They can be bought from the In Spain each year more than 300 model Paula Echevarría and super- Hawkers website and cost 30 euros, new cases of leukemia are diagnosed star footballer Lionel Messi as the with all money going to the Funda- in children and two in ten do not faces of its brand, will bring the ción Unoentrecienmil. You can also make it through treatment. 36 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 HEALTH&BEAUTY SUR IN ENGLISH

external scars. The operation takes approximately an hour and a half and New surgery to enable transsexual afterwards the patient has to rest their voice for two weeks. Later, they are given speech therapy. women to sound more feminine Dr Casado says there was a need for his book because there are very few up-to-date manuals which ex- plain the process of feminising the The co-director of plasty and it increases the tension, women undergo at a surgical level. transsexual patients to complete the voice of transsexual women in a otorhinolaryngology at alters the consistency and reduces The book was presented earlier this final stage in a series of changes to straightforward way. the mass of the vocal cords to make week at the Cultural Hospital Real become completely female in body The book contains several chap- the Quirón Marbella a shorter larynx which emits more de la Misericordia (known as the Hos- and soul. “Acquiring a feminine voi- ters which help people to understand hospital, Juan Carlos penetrating and feminine sounds, as pitalillo) in Marbella, in the presence ce gives our patients the confiden- the process of this type of operation Casado, has written a Juan Carlos Casado, co-director of the of the mayor of Marbella, Ángeles ce they need to incorporate themsel- and other aspects of becoming a trans- otorhinolaryngology department at Muñoz, and the manager of the ves into their new life without fear gender woman, such as hormone book about the operation the Quirón hospitals in Marbella and Quirón hospitals in Malaga and Mar- and without any type of complexes,” treatment, facial feminisation sur- the Campo de Gibraltar, explains. bella, Tomás Urda. he says. gery and sexual reassignation surgery. :: ÁNGEL ESCALERA Dr Casado has co-authored a book Dr Casado says 40 voice femini- “Many patients are worried that MALAGA. For transsexual women, with Enrique Maraví Aznar, called sation operations have been carried Endoscopy their voice doesn’t match their appea- it is very important for their voice to ‘Feminización de la voz. Abordaje out so far at the Quirón in Marbella, Juan Carlos Casado explains that the rance, in other words it doesn’t sound sound as feminine as possible. This multidisciplinar de la mujer and another 20 at a hospital in Ba- method applied is technically com- feminine enough,” he says. ENT spe- can be achieved through surgery: the transgénero’, a guide to understand- rranquilla (Colombia). He explains plex but because it is done via endos- cialists and speech therapists also play operation is called Wendler glotto- ing the transition which transsexual that Wendler glottoplasty enables copy through the mouth it leaves no an important part in the process.

The presentation of Juan Carlos Casado’s book was very well attended. :: JOSELE-LANZA February 23rd to March 1st 2018 37 SUR IN ENGLISH HEALTH&BEAUTY

A healthy diet Foods that help boost eliminates toxins and improves energy and vitality mood. :: SUR

Eating the right vitamins, minerals, trace elements Wholemeal cereals and pulses. things every day can and fibre so your organism functions They are a magnificent source of mag- as efficiently as a Swiss clock. nesium, potassium and zinc. make us feel less A healthy and balanced diet and Germinates. These are soft sprouts tired, more optimistic good hydration will help to elimi- which provide energy and youth be- and cheerful nate toxins, give you the energy you cause they have proteins of high bio- need and you will feel more cheer- logical value with detoxifying effects. ful. Physical exercise is a great ally They contain trace elements and en- :: AMIL LÓPEZ VIÉITEZ too, because it activates serotonin zymes which protect the organism. How many times have you felt un- and dopamine, the neurotransmit- Dark chocolate. An antioxidant able to follow your normal routine? ters which boost happiness and abil- treat which gives you some extra Sometimes our bodies rebel and we ity to concentrate. energy. feel more tired than usual. It could Your diet should include these Oranges, lemons, mandarins and be due to the time of year, or too foods to activate vitality: red fruits. A source of antioxidants. much stress; maybe the children are Drinking diluted lemon juice on any on holiday or you’re convalescing Eggs. They contain choline, which empty stomach regulates pH and is from an illness, worrying about a feeds the nerve cells (neurones). depurative. backlog of work, losing sleep over a Nuts and dried fruit. They pro- Lean meat and fish. Contain tryp- family problem... Whatever the rea- vide good fat, make you feel full, tophan and help to preserve muscle son, everything just seems more improve vitality and memory. Their mass. Fish is a source of Omega 3. complicated. magnesium content activates sero- Thermogenic foods. The thermo- When this happens, the follow- tonin. They have numerous bene- genic foods activate your metabolism ing advice can help you to feel ficial properties. and boost energy. Try adding a little more energetic, good-humoured Leafy green vegetables (water- spice to your meals and you’ll see how and optimistic. cress, spinach...). These are depura- the energy flows. The first thing to do is plan your tive, contain tryptophan, are antioxi- food all through the day and try not dant and provide vitamins and min- Avoid energy thieves to eat between meals. You can have erals. They can be taken as green “Energy thieves” such as sugar (and three main meals (breakfast, lunch smoothies, to boost vitality. sweeteners), caffeine and alcohol and dinner) and two or three snacks Cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sap your vitality and lower your de- a day. Your body needs to eat some- sprouts. The vitamins from the B fenses, leading to anxiety, accumu- thing every four hours. Make sure group which they provide help to lation of body fat, inflammation and you get all the necessary nutrients, turn carbohydrates into energy. mood swings. 3838383838383838 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 FOOD&DRINK SUR IN ENGLISH

The return of the flours of yesteryear

Old varieties and masadero.com), Bonilla’s company, Bartolomé Méndez, from Molina tolomé Méndez’s is a point of reference within the Eco-Coín, comes from a family wife, from the Molino ecological grains are ‘panarra’ movement (home bak- which has been millers since 1790, Eco-Coín, explains that now being grown ers), and sells high-quality local is pleased that the demand for his the process of using a flours and accessories online, in organic flours, both for bakeries and grinding stone has two locally and milled in addition to having an app for mo- private individuals, has not stopped main advantages: “One is the traditional way bile phones, ‘Porcentaje de Panad- growing in recent years. that it generates less heat, ero’, which helps to calculate the Today he sells to customers and therefore does not burn exact proportions of ingredients throughout Spain. “We have an old the grain, and the other is :: ESPERANZA PELÁEZ to obtain a perfect dough. stone mill and factory, and only that the wheatgerm is not MALAGA. Since humans discov- make flours without pesticides and lost”. This translates ered that the process of grinding, Three main suppliers ground without losing the wheat- into “a creamier col- and the subsequent cooking (in Three mills in Coín are his main germ,” he explains. our and a richer and water or fire), of cereals and grains suppliers, the Harinera San José, more intense fla- could be converted into palatable the Molino Eco-Coín and La Fuen- Wheatgerm included vour, as well as the and nutritious food, flours trans- santa, all descendants from when And what is wheatgerm? A grain of added nutrients formed into the basis of our diet the currents of the tributary net- wheat is composed of three elements: from the wheat- and food culture: breads, porridge, work of the Guadalhorce river was the bran, which encases the grain and germ”. biscuits and cakes. used to grind not only cereals,ereals, bubutt representsrepresent 14 per cent of the total Although pre- But in recent years, as with so olives for oil and evenven cork for weight; the germger or embryo, the re- serving traditional many other products in the opulent the conservationn of food productiveproducti part that ger- milling methods, world, there has been concern for when there were minatesminat to create a the artisan mills of the nutrition and sensorial quality no fridges.. new plantp and ac- Coín are constantly which could affect a basic product “The fact countscount for three innovating, aiming such as bread and its primary com- that 900 per per centce of the for a greater diver- ponent, flour. cent off the weightweig of sity of grains while Andrés Bonilla found unex- flour that the grain; concentrating on pected treasure when he returned we sellell is and thet en- ecological produc- to his home region of the Guadal- pro-o- dosperm,dosp tion, in which Rafael horce valley: “My wife and I de- ducedced wherewher the Bermúdez, from cided to come back. I found myself less than nutrientsnutr Harinera San José, unemployed and with the need to eightght necessarynece was a pioneer. do something. I made bread at kilome-me- for germi-g Nowadays the old home, it started as just a hobby, tres from nationnatio are varieties of wheat then I discovered the mills in the us is veryvery storestored and (spelt) are in great area and the extraordinary qual- importanttant which,whic with demand, as well as ity of the flour that was produced. to us,” says 83 perpe cent of cereals and grains We also saw that there was already Bonilla, who the totalto weight, without gluten, such a community of home bakers on lives in Alhaurínurín el is the mmain compo- as buckwheat, qui- the internet, so there was a fan- Grande. nent oof flour (and the noa, soy, chickpea tastic opportunity to provide a José Antonionio ononly one found in re- and chestnut. How- service to them.” Méndez, from La Andrés Bonilla. fined flours). ever, flour suitable Today, El Amasadero (www.ela- Fuensanta, who, like :: D. MALDONADO María Teresa, Bar- for coeliacs is not February 23rd to March 1st 2018 39 SUR IN ENGLISH FOOD&DRINK

Bartolomé Méndez, Molino Eco-Coín. :: D. M. José Antonio Méndez, La Fuensanta. :: D. M. Rafael Bermúdez, Harinera San José. :: D. M. available because the milling proc- ess always leaves traces of gluten. But one of the most interesting effects that the ‘panarra’ movement and the quality commercial baker- ies is having, is the recovery of lo- cal crops. “People demand quality and more variety,” explains Maria Teresa. “We even have clients from away who come to Coín to visit the mill to see how we work. This demand has led us to investigate the environment and reach agree- ments with farmers in the prov- ince to recover old crops such as the ‘scaña’ (spelt), which we are cultivating in Ronda. Added to that, we try to intro- duce innovating flavours such as flour with spinach that we have launched recently,” she adds. A re- turn to the old ways that has taken local milling to unexpected heights. Old varieties of cereals are being reintroduced to meet growing demand. :: D. M. 40 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 FOOD&DRINK SUR IN ENGLISH Sardine ‘espetos’ to be put forward for special Unesco status

The Spanish Cultural tor Manuel Marmolejo. Commission is aiming to As Marmolejo explains, the espeto is a typical dish along the Malaga coast, “protect and improve associated with the towns with sea- awareness of an element faring traditions, “although it’s fair that forms part of the to say that Malaga can lay claim to it”. cultural identity of Malaga” The recipe for an espeto is just fish, salt, cane and fire and its inclusion in :: SUR the Unesco list would recognise it in- MALAGA. The Cultural Commis- ternationally as a “unifying project” sion of the Spanish Senate has ap- that is part of the “cultural identity” proved a move to push for the inclu- of Malaga and that unites all Malaga. sion of the famous ‘espeto’ (sardines “It is vital that we achieve it,” said threaded onto a skewer) onto the the senator. Unesco list of Intangible Cultural The espeto would join a long list Heritage of Humanity. of arts and traditions such as flamenco, “We want to protect and improve the ‘castells’ (human towers), the awareness of this element which ‘silbo gomera’ (a way of communi- forms a part of our cultural identity cating by whistles used by inhabi- and unites the people of Malaga. It is tants of La Gomera in the Canaries) vital that we get the espeto included and many other cultural elements in the Unesco list,” explained sena- unique to Spain. It is hoped that the traditional ‘espetos de sardinas’ will be recognised by Unesco. :: SUR

ANDREW J. LINN not weight. But why should they? It is a free market, and even when WEIGHT HANDICAP Spain’s record obese bottle, Mar- qués de Murrieta Dalmau Reserva, weighs in at 1,22 kilos, the tiny sales volume ensures there is no effect on the environment. The he other day a sample Perfume has been sold in over- principal danger is that over- bottle of wine arrived weight flasks for years, and olive weight bottles will become stan- from one of Spain’s top oil is following the trend, all on dard practice to be used by im- T producers. Apart from the basis of how first impressions moral marketers who rightly be- the unusual blend of grapes, what can be used in the marketing of lieve that by spending an addi- caught the attention was the any product. When a car door tional 10 cents on the bottle, buy- sheer weight of the bottle. Empty closes with a satisfying clunk, it ers will think the wine is better. (easily achieved) it weighed in at signifies quality. A lightweight nearly a kilo. Distressingly, the click signifies a Trabant. WINE OF THE WEEK trend that is currently for over- For decades a case of wine (12 weight bottles for red wine is ap- bottles) weighed 15 kilos. Often Manzanilla La Guita parently spreading to whites. this is now 30 kilos, so apart from Recent market research shows increased transport costs, recy- Every sherry aficionado knows that the impulsive wine buyer, as cling costs have spiralled. Nor do sherry comes from Jerez and opposed to the knowledgeable sommeliers like obese bottles. Manzanilla, its once-poor cousin, one, believes a heavy bottle signi- They complain that serving a large from Sanlúcar, al- fies that the contents are of a gathering can be a real physical ef- though today most of higher quality. Offer him or her an fort, and when badly-mannered the big bodegas have identical wine at the same price in diners hold up their glasses to be a foot in each town. bottles of different weights, and filled from the other side of the ta- Grupo Estevez’s flag- they will always choose the heav- ble, the possibility of a sprained ship manzanilla, La ier bottle. This is of course the ef- wrist is not a joke. Guita, is far and away fect the winemaker wants to The Regulating Councils (Con- the leading brand, and at a tempt- achieve, but in many people’s sejos Reguladores) in each wine ing six euros, offers the opportu- opinion it is ethically offensive. region can dictate bottle size but nity to taste a classic. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 41 SUR IN ENGLISH WHAT TO DO

EXHIBITIONS Molinillo, 12 ‘El Bricoleur y la Ciudad. Juan Anto- The ten paintings in the exhibition Arte Contemporáneo. A temporary exhibition entitled nio Ramírez y el Ecosistema del were created by Julio Anaya Ca- ‘Robert in Sepia’ is an exhibition of ‘Nacerán Nuevas Auroras’ (the Arte en Málaga 1980-2000’ is the banding and Rafael Jiménez and works by Robert Hardy. Birth of Colour) is currently on dis- title of the new exhibition at the are recognisable as skillful copies of play. The museum also holds po- Rectorado of Malaga University. great master’s works, albeit with etry and musical events. The works consist of vibrant paint- the artist’s own twist. [email protected]. ings, sculptures and pieces of office furniture turned into art by Homes Real Estate and Art Rafael Heredia Ramírez. Fuengirola. Until 6 April. Avda Los Malaga. Until 27 February. Alfajar Boliches, 86. Sala, C/Cister. Nature and Perception Tatjana Popovic Mímica is a Ser- An exhibition entitled ‘Medi- Malaga. Until 23 March. Ateneo bian/Chilean artist living in Mex- terráneo’ by Rafael Heredia. de Malaga, C/Compañía. ico. She will be holding an exhibi- Luis Bujalance started his career in tion of her works entitled ‘Iconos Axel Miret ‘Paso’ the 90s and has exhibited regularly Bizantinos’. Malaga. Tatjana Popovic, Fuengirola. Until 2 March. El Retorno in US and Norway. de Lilith, C/Cobertizo del Conde Salvador Madueño 6, behind Picasso’s birthplace in Blackness Mijas. Until 26 February. Casa Holocaust Remembrance Plaza de la Merced. Malaga. Until 16 April. Café de Museo de Mijas. Marbella. Until 3 March. Galería Belgian artist Axel Miret will be ex- Estraperlo, Plaza Poeta Alfonso An exhibition of sculptures. Yusto /Giner, C/Madera 9. hibiting a selection of his works. Canales. Bajalance, Ateneo de Málaga. Daniel Solomons’ ‘Olam haba / The The artists Siobhan Riordan (UK) Asociación Artística Argot World to Come’ is an exhibition to Juan Antonio Ramírez and Daysury Valencia (Sweden) are Mijas. Until 5 March, Casa de la Prisca Sinay mark the International Holocaust Malaga. Until 17 March. Sala de two black artists living in Malaga. Cultura, Las Lagunas. Vélez-Málaga. Until 27 February. Remembrance and Prevention of Exposiciones, El Rectorado, In this exhibition, the artists cele- A group of artists from France, Ice- Sala El Pósito, Plaza de la Crimes Against Humanity Day. It is Malaga University. Free. brate black cultural heritage to pro- land, Sweden, US and Spain will be Constitución. a series of photographs, autobio- ject a positive image of black peo- exhibiting their work. Dutch artist Prisca Sinay will be ex- graphical and some architectural, ple throughout history. Facebook: hibiting a selection of her mixed that highlight the Jewish cultural ‘Café de Estraperlo’. ArtFest media works. image in and around London. Calahonda. Until 30 March. Stephan Balkenhol Atlantis PMR, CC Los Olivos. D-Espacio The “Indaliano” Movement Malaga. Until 22 April. Centro de The ArtFest is an art competition Nerja. Until 4 March. Museo de Antequera. Until 16 March. Arte Contemporáneo, Calle initiated by The Arts Society for all Nerja. Centro Unicaja de Cultura. Alemania. affiliated societies worldwide. Ten Paco Martín Cobos will be exhibit- The exhibition will display works The exhibit consists of around of the Costa del Sol branch mem- ing a selection of his photographs. by several artists from this mid- thirty sculptures from the German bers are participating. This exhibi- twentieth-century movement, in- artist’s collection representing his tion is by appointment only. Women and Weird Things cluding José Gómez Abad, Antonio most significant works in recent Call 952933870 / Nerja. From 15 until 30 March. Sall López Díaz, Miguel Cantón Checa years. www.cacmalaga.eu email [email protected] Municipal de Exposiciones, and Jesús de Perceval. www.theartssociety-costadelsol.org C/Cristo 14. Great Masters recreated Dutch artist Coby Bloemsma is ex- Museum Jorge Rando Malaga. Until 15 April. Casa Robert Hardy hibiting a collection of her paint- Malaga. Until 16 March. Cruz del Juan Antonio Ramírez, Malaga Sostoa, C/Héroe Sostoa. Mijas. Until 6 March. Centro de ings and sculpture. 42 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 WHAT TO DO SUR IN ENGLISH

CHARITY Clarice Williams and her choir - Beyond Dance with David Se- The Good Vibrations Singing gura will be performing a dance Charity dance performance Sessions will be performing. spectacular. Las Lagunas. 24 February, 7pm. Reservations: Tony 654 179 279 / Teatrop Las Lagunas. 3€ in advance, 951 318 234 5€ on the door. In benefit of the AECC (Spanish MUSIC & DANCE Cancer Association) the dance academy Expresión, will be performing. The Wall Bar Malaga. Hotel Vincci Posada del American Club table top sale Patio, 11pm, entry free. Estepona. 25 February, From noon 24 February. Susan Valery and until 4pm. C/San Roque, 69. Free Adrian Lombardi. Jazz and vocals. Cuarteto Granada, Malaga. entry. Table reservations 5€. Informa- Malaga Philharmonic tion, or to reserve a table call Orchestra Cuarteto Granada 952 793 059 Last year’s event attracted more than 4,000 people. :: SUR Malaga. Teatro Cervantes Malaga. 23 February, 8pm. Sala 2 March 9pm, 4 March, 7pm. Unicaja de Conciertos María Cris- Così Fan Tutte . The operatic tina. 10€. production will include Berna A recital dedicated to composer Torremolinos hosts Perles as Fiordiligi, Carol García as Dmitri Shostakovitch featuring Dorabella, Beatriz Díaz as symphonies nº 3 and 15. second Drag Queen Gala Despina, Damián del Castillo as www.unientradas.es Guglielmo, Pablo García as Ferrando and Enric Martínez Violin and cello concert Castignani as Don Alfonso. The Malaga. 24 February, 8pm. Sala :: TONY BRYANT sionals related to the fashion in- Malaga Opera Choir will also be Unicaja de Conciertos María TORREMOLINOS. Following dustry in Torremolinos, will se- performing. Tickets: Cristina. the success of last year’s edition, lect the winners based on origi- www.teatrocervantes.com Drop Artists presents the violin Torremolinos is gearing up for nality, imagination and the ease and cello duo Pablo and Alberto its spectacular Drag Queen Gala, and grace with which the drag Murgas and comparsas Martos from Granada. They will Pablo and Alberto Martos. which will take place on Satur- queen is able to walk in their Torremolinos. 23 February, Audito- be performing works by Haydn. day 3 March. The flamboyant outfit. Last year’s event, which rio Municipal Príncipe de Asturias. extravaganza will be held in attracted over 4,000 people, pre- Free. Pasión Tango A tribute to Roy Plaza La Nogalera from 8.30pm sented some of the gaudiest cos- The final of the murgas and com- Nerja. 23 February, 9pm. Centro Benalmádena. 9 March, 8pm. The until midnight and will present tumes imaginable and this year parsas competition. Performance Cultural Villa de Nerja. 15€. auditorium, Club Naútico. 10€. more than 20 outrageously at- promises to be equally as spec- starts at 9pm. A show of pure Argentine Tango. A special musical evening to cele- tired drag artistes. tacular. Lacquered wigs, shock- Tickets: www.mientrada.net brate the life of Roy Alan with A The drag queens, which will ing make-up, ostentatious cos- Children’s choir concert Touch of Class and Costa Soul come from all over Spain, will be tumes and fast-fire, brazen hu- Almuñécar. 24 February, 8pm. La Ho Down with TOPS Singers. Proceeds from the night competing in three different mour is certain to make this a Encarnación church. Free. Alhaurín el Grande. 24 February, will be shared between Lux Mundi categories and the winner of night to remember. The Festival Coral de Voces Blancas 8.30pm. Venta La Recta. 8€ and Cudeca Hospice. For tickets, each will be invited to partici- The event, which is organised and the Escolonia del Real Food is available before the show call or email Debbie Geater: 637 pate in the town’s Gay Pride pa- by the Gay Traders Association Monasterío del Escorial Madrid will from 7pm. Songs from artists such 986 516 / [email protected] rade in June. There is a cash in- of Torremolinos (ACOGAT) and be in concert. as Willie Nelson, Charlie Rich, centive also, with prizes of be- the town hall, will be hosted by Dolly Parton, The Eagles, Glen Age Concern Concert tween 250 and 1,200 euros. the outrageous drag artiste, La Psicología del Color Campbell, Patsy Cline, John Den- Estepona. 6 March, 7.30pm. Hu- The jury, composed of profes- Kelly Rollers. Vélez-Málaga. 25 February, ver and more. There will also be a ber Plataforma del Arte, C/San 12.30pm. Teatro del Carmen. 6€ in saucy saloon girls’ dance routine Antonio. 10€. advance, 8€ box office. from the “Boston Belles”. Tickets February 23rd to March 1st 2018 43 SUR IN ENGLISH WHAT TO DO from Martins or Cristina’s paper Ancient and sacral music 2 March 10pm. Peña Flamenca Parquesol, El Morche, Torrox Costa. shop. Two chosen local charities for Frigiliana. Casa de Apero. Niño de Vélez, C/Tejeda 10. Richard Weale is a volunteer with 2018 will benefit from this special 10 March, 8pm. Cuarteto con Carmen Camacho. the Spanish Red Cross and will be night. Reservations: 952112057 Fuoco. speaking about their work across 17 March, 8pm. Coro Joven Cár- Flamenco in the Museum the Axarquía, together with the Los Salustianos mina Nova. Malaga. Museo de Arte Flamenco services they can provide, Mijas 27 February, 9pm. Teatro Las Reservations call 690073871. Peña Juan Breva, C/Ramón irrespective of age or nationality. Lagunas. Free. www.ventanaabierta.es Franquelo. A tribute to Carlos Cano, an 24 February, 8.30pm. Mariola What is Art? Andalusian poet and singer who FLAMENCO Martín. Marbella. 23 February, 7pm. Mag- resurrected the copla in Spain For information and bookings call pie International Art Gallery, and introduced Latin American 687 607 526 or email C/Virgen del Pilar. and other genres of music into Flamenco abierto [email protected] Professor Juho Ahava from Finland his performances. Vélez-Málaga. 28 February, 8pm; Charity dance, Las Lagunas. will be introducing the first topic Tres Formas Distinctas of this new initiative by the gallery. Almuñécar. 23 February, 7pm. www.magpie.international Cultural Centre La Herradura. A charity concert for ‘Proyecto ACEIA ELT conference Rugby and reggae day Hombre’ with Carmen García Malaga. 28 February. Hotel Serco- (vocals), Esther Crisol (vocals tel, Calle Héroe Sostoa, 17. flamenco) and José Manuel Cano The Asociación de Centros de En- (guitar). señanza de Idiomas de Andalucía’s :: TONY BRYANT brated reggae musicians. With annual conference for English BENALMÁDENA. Cudeca has the recent release of his first al- LECTURES Language Teaching professionals organised a new monthly fund- bum and the official launch of his from all over the region to get to- raising event that will be held in music video for the song Sunny gether for a morning of training Frederick’s bar in Benalmádena Day, Jens is about to embark on a U3A Lectures workshops given by ELT profes- Pueblo. The first instalment, European tour. Originally from Fuengirola. Lux Mundi reference sionals from all over Spain. which will take place on Satur- Denmark, the Malaga-based mu- Library, free to members, guests www.aceia.es day 24 February, will present an sician is one of the most cele- 5€. [email protected] afternoon of sport, followed by brated performers on the reggae Language School lectures live music and karaoke. scene and this gig will be a must Treasures of the World ‘Jordan to Malaga. Paseo Martíricos. Kicking off at 2.30pm, the for the lovers of the Trench Town Ethiopia’. A series of lectures (in English) event will offer the Six Nations sound. 23 February, 11am. to introduce the new language Rugby matches between Wales Reggae star Jens Malling. :: SUR Throughout the night there Including Petra and Jerusalem. exchange meetings which will and Ireland, followed by the will be a charity karaoke session, A Mixed Bag: ‘Globalisation’. be held weekly between 10am clash between Scotland and Eng- 7.30pm, when international reg- where singers donate 50 cents to 27 February, 11am. and 12pm. Volunteers are land. Free nibbles will be served gae star, Jens Malling, will per- Cudeca for each song they per- Bob Henman talks on how the needed. and there will be a raffle with the form songs from his latest record- form. Further events are planned political economy affects 7 March 10.30 - 11.30am. Tony prize of a food hamper in aid of ing, Simple Pleasures. He will for Saturday 24 March and Satur- globalisation. Bryant presents his latest book: Cudeca. The music begins around also perform popular hits of cele- day 28 April. Andalusia: Between Dream and Red Cross Informative talk Reality and talks about the world 23 February, 11am. Restaurante of flamenco. 44 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 WHAT TO DO SUR IN ENGLISH

FESTIVALS members, 18€ guests. Includes Suriname in South America. (Mon-Wed). set meal. Ferdinand: 11.45 (Sun); 15.50 The Kingfisher by William Douglas O. V. FILM (Mon, Thurs); 16.30 (Tues, Wed). Virgen de la Paz celebration Home. Directed by Wendy Smith. Three Billboards Outside Ebb- Mijas 28 February. Parroquia San Reservations: 622 454 422 /thespa- SUR in English advises calling ing Missouri: 15.50 (Sat-Thurs). Manuel González . [email protected] / www.thea- cinemas to check for any last min- Early Man: 11.45 (Sun); 15.45 Mass at 12pm, followed by a proces- trecostadelsol.com ute time changes. Lunchtime and (Sat, Sun); 18.10 (Fri, Sun-Thurs). sion around the town. late night screenings weekends Bollywood Dance Classes only. Yelmo Cines, Plaza Mayor Olive milling festival Torremolinos. Centro de Ocio Plaza Mayor, Avda. Riogordo. 24, 25 February. 24 February, 10 March, 24 March. Cine Albéniz Alfonso Ponce de León. Riogordo’s annual olive oil milling 6pm. Caseta Fitness. C/Alcazabilla 4, Malaga. Tel: 902 Jellyfish, Benalmádena. Tel: 902 902 103 or visit festival with a free tour and tradi- Indian dance classes. Sign up in the 36 02 95 or visit www.cinealbe- www. yelmocines.es tional breakfast. office of the Palacio San Miguel niz.com or www.unientradas.es Thurs). Early Man: 13.50 (Sat, Sun, Wed). Sports Centre. Three Billboards Outside Ebb- I, Tonya: 16.45, 21.45 (Mon, The Shape of Water: 15.00 (Sat, Sopa de los Siete Ramales www.torremolinos.es ing: 20.10 (every day). Thurs); 21.40, 00.20 (every day). Sun, Wed). El Burgo. 28 February, from 11am. Call Me By Your Name: 19.50 All The Money In The World: All The Money in the World: Every Día de Andalucía, El Burgo Invasion of the jelly fish (every day). 12.00, 16.20, 19.00 (every day). 12.10 (Sat, Sun, Wed); 21.50 pays tribute to its traditional gas- Benalmádena. Until 28 February, The Pentagon Papers: 16.05 Lady Bird: 16.20 (Mon, Thurs). (Tues). tronomy with the Sopa de los Siete Sea Life. (every day). Matisse: From The Tate Modern Black Panther: 17.45 (Fri, Sat, Ramales. It contains among other The lifecycle of the jelly fish, its in- The Florida Project: 16.00, 22.10 and MOMA: 16.00 (26 February). Sun, Wed). ingredients, wild asparagus, toma- credible diversity of colours and (every day). Romeo and Juliet opera: 19.45 I, Tonya: 13.30 (Sat, Sun, Wed); toes and peppers. There will also be forms and the necessity of its con- The Shape of Water: 18.15, 20.25, (27 February). 19.15 (Tues). a craft market and live music. servation is explained in this spe- 22.35 (every day). cial exhibition of these curious Cines Teatro Goya Marbella ‘The Other Side of Gastronomy Fair creatures. Cinesur El Ingenio For tickets and information call the Camera’ Benarrabá. 25 February, Plaza Avda. Juan Carlos 1, Vélez-Málaga. 951196665. www.cinesteatro- Instituto Río Verde Calle Notario Veracruz. Women’s World Day of Prayer Tel. 667 77 31 87. goya.com Luis Oliver 20.00, 22.15 and Cen- The Fería Gastronómica de la Ser- Fuengirola. 2 March, 4.30pm. St An- The Shape of Water: 17.00 (Mon, Phantom Thread: 15.45 (Sun, tro Municipal de Música, Plaza de ranía de Ronda is in its seventeenth drew Church, Av Nuestro Padre Thurs). Tues, Wed); 17.30 (Sat); 17.45 (Fri, la Libertad, San Pedro, 21.00. year and features dishes and pro- Jesús Cautivo. Black Panther: 16.30 (Mon, Mon, Thurs, Sun); 20.00, 22.30 Hitchcock / Truffaut: Marbella 12 duce from around the region. There St Andrew’s Chaplaincy invites Thurs). (every day). March, San Pedro 13 March. will be a live demonstration on everyone to the Women’s World I, Tonya: 16.45 (Mon, Thurs). The Shape of Water: 11.45 (Sun); how to make the town’s most fa- Day of Prayer Service. This interde- All The Money In The World: 17.45 (Fri, Sat); 18.00 (Sun, Mon, Musica Con Encanto mous food, the Salmorejo de Carne nominational movement of the 16.00 (Mon, Thurs). Thurs); 20.20 (every day). Iglesia de La Virginia, Urb La and a competition to cut jamón. Women’s World Day of Prayer 50 Shades Freed: 18.00 (Mon, Fifty Shades Freed: 15.45 (Sat); Virginia, Marbella. 689 000 944 service is one of over 5,000 services Thurs). 15.50 (Sun); 17.45 (Sun-Thurs); www.musicaconencanto.org EVENTS being held worldwide. Entitled ‘All 18.10 (Fri). Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of God’s Creation is Very Good!’ An Cinesur Miramar Black Panther: 15.45 (Sat-Thurs); Music: 25 February, 7pm. 12€ A estimated three million people Avda. de la Encarnación, Fuengi- 17.45 (every day); 22.30 (Fri, Sun, film, narrated by Lauren Bacall, Thespa around the world will be taking rola. Tel. 952 19 86 00. Mon, Thurs). about the life and career of one of Fuengirola. 28 February, 7.30pm. part in the service which has been Black Panther: 12.15, 17.00 The Greatest Showman: 11.45 the most important directors of Los Boliches, Masonic Hall. 16€ written this year by the women of (every day); 19.45, 22.30 (Mon, (Sun), 18.00 (Fri-Sun); 17.45 the twentieth century.

Celebrating St David’s Day

:: TONY BRYANT BENALMÁDENA. The Welsh Society Costa del Sol will be holding its annual St David’s Day celebrations at CJ’s Kar- aoke Bar in Benalmádena on Thursday, 1 March. The Welsh Society began in 2011 and each year they donate the proceedings of their St David’s day celebrations to a particular charity. This time they have chosen to support the Ty Olwen Hospice in Swansea. More than 20 musicians will perform at the event, which will offer traditional Welsh food, like leek and potato soup, cawl, fag- gots and Welsh cakes. The food will be supplied by members of the Welsh Society and sold to The national anthem will be sung again in CJ’s this year. :: T. BRYANT raise money for the charity. There will also be a fundrais- live entertainment, children’s Take That Tony. Also known as ing auction offering various events and karaoke. West Life Tony, this talented items, such as a signed Swan- There will be shows by the vocalist was once part of the sea City football shirt, and Costa Soul Singers and the tal- Costa del Sol’s Westlife tribute rugby boots signed by James ented young performers of the act. He now performs solo and Hook. Banana Studios, as well as a va- his repertoire includes some of This is the sixth year that riety of musical genres from lo- the most popular hits of the CJ’s has hosted the event and, cal favourites Laura Carter, boy band era, as well as classics as is traditional, the party will Lenny Dee, Siobhan and Orla. of the Rat Pack. begin with the singing of Hen Other acts to appear at the For more information, con- Wlad Fy Nhadau, the national party are Gary Benham, who tact the Welsh Society’s secre- anthem of Wales. This will be performs a tribute to Welsh tary, Debbie Benham, on followed by an afternoon of funny-man, Max Boyce; and 626292707. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 45

DISCOVER ANDALUCÍA

A panoramic view of Carmona. :: sur Carmona, a ‘shining star’ Carmona has interesting Roman remains. :: SUR QUICK GUIDE What to see in Carmona TWO DAYS IN CARMONA here is a saying which sations which left their mark on Priory church of Santa María. is attributed to King the Iberian Peninsula. This is  The main church, built between Car + walking Fernando III: “As a evident from numerous re- the 15th and 16th centuries. Journey time: 2 hours from Malaga. T bright star shines in the mains which have been found, Plaza Marqués de las Torres, Visits to monuments and museums: 6 dawn, so in Andalucía does Car- including prehistoric settle- 41410 Carmona. hours. Exploring the town: 2 hours mona.” The phrase, which is now ments (Paleolithic and Neo- incorporated in the official coat lithic) and Carthaginian re- Alcázar de la Puerta de Sevilla. of arms, gives an idea of the his- mains around the Puerta de The ancient access to a small for- Cordoba torical importance and beauty of Sevilla gateway. tress, also known as the ‘Alcázar this town in the countryside near The Romans, however, left de Abajo’. Carmona Huelva Seville. more obvious remains, such as a  Plaza de Blas Infante, Seville The fertile lands around the necropolis and an amphitheatre, 41410 Carmona. town, irrigated by the Corbones among others. During this pe- Malaga Cadiz river and its tributaries, and its lo- riod, when it was known as Alcázar del Rey Don Pedro. cation upon a hill with excellent Carmo, this was one of the most The remains of a fortress in the views over the surrounding area, important towns in the whole of upper part of the town. meant that Carmona has been Bética and had the privilege of Calle Los Alcázares, JAVIER ALMELLONES coveted by many different civili- minting its own coins. 41410 Carmona. It continued to be important during the Middle Ages, and in Archaeological site. fact its urban layout today has The remains include a Roman been directly inherited from the necropolis and amphitheatre, time of Al-Ándalus, when it was from the 1st and 2nd centuries. the capital of one of the Taifa Avenida de Jorge Bonsor 9, kingdoms (in the 11th century). 41410 Carmona. Dating back to the same period are the two castle-palaces which Municipal museum: In the Pala- were originally Carthaginian and cio Marqués de las Torres. Roman fortresses and were later Calle San Ildefonso 1, remodelled by the Christian 41410 Carmona. monarchs. The most important of these is that of the Puerta de Sevilla, which is very well pre- served, while the other, King Don Pedro, fell into disrepair af- ter an earthquake in the 18th century. Nowadays it is part of the Parador hotel in Carmona. After the Andalusian period, the town’s historical heritage was enhanced by new buildings which reflected its strategic rele- vance for trade. In 1630 it was awarded the title of ‘ciudad’ (town) by King Felipe IV. Carmona has numerous inte- resting buildings, but among the most notable are the priory church of Santa María, and the house of the Marqueses de las To- A street in the oldest part of the town. :: SUR rres, which is now the museum. Alcázar del Rey Don Pedro. :: SUR 46 ATHLETIC-MALAGA February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SPORT SUNDAY 4.15PM SUR IN ENGLISH LINE-UPS STATISTICS TABLE & FIXTURES MALAGA VALENCIA BALL POSSESSION MATCHDAY LEAGUE TABLE Champions League Europa League Relegation 46% 54% TEAM PT. P W D L GF GA 1. Barcelona 62 24 19 5 0 62 11 MALAGA VALENCIA 1 2 24 2. At. Madrid 55 24 16 7 1 36 9 3. Valencia 46 24 14 4 6 47 28 4-4-2 4-4-2 1 Goals 2 Results 4. MALAGA - Valencia 1-2 Real Madrid 45 23 13 6 4 55 26 Diego González Vezo 9 Total shots 8 At. Madrid - Athletic 2-0 5. Sevilla 39 24 12 3 9 31 35 Chory Soler 4 On target 3 Las Palmas - Sevilla 1-2 6. Villarreal 38 24 11 5 8 35 29 (Rolán, 82’) (Ferrán, 79’) Girona - Leganés 3-0 5 Off target 5 Eibar - Barcelona 0-2 7. Eibar 35 24 10 5 9 32 36 Paulista 7 Corners 2 Espanyol - Villarreal 1-1 8. Girona 34 24 9 7 8 34 30 Miquel Alavés - Deportivo 1-0 Vietto 9. Getafe 33 24 8 9 7 29 21 Recio En-Nesyri Parejo 1 Offsides 2 Betis - Real Madrid 3-5 (Lacen, 73’) (Rodrigo, 60’) Real Sociedad - Levante 3-0 10. Betis 33 24 10 3 11 41 50 19 Fouls committed 18 Getafe - Celta 3-0 11. Celta 32 24 9 5 10 41 37 Roberto Neto 2 4 Iturra Ideye Yellow cards 12. Real Sociedad 29 24 8 5 11 46 45 Fixtures Santi Mina Coquelin 1 Red cards 0 13. Leganés 29 23 8 5 10 20 25 Hernández (Zaza, 60’) Athletic - MALAGA Murillo Sevilla - At. Madrid 14. Athletic 28 24 6 10 8 24 27 Lestienna Goal: 1-0 Ideye (27’); 1-1 Coquelin Leganés - Las Palmas 15. Alavés 28 24 9 1 14 22 33 (Keko, 68’) (80’), 1-2 Parejo [pen] (85’). Barcelona - Girona 16. Espanyol 27 24 6 9 9 22 32 Rosales Guedes Celta - Eibar Villarreal - Getafe 17. Levante 20 24 3 11 10 21 38 Gayá Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez. Deportivo - Espanyol 18. Las Palmas 18 24 5 3 16 18 52 Real Madrid - Alavés Unused substitutes: Prieto (GK), Miguel Unused substitutes: Jaume (GK), Venue: Levante - Betis 19. Deportivo 17 24 4 5 15 24 53 La Rosaleda (21,134 Valencia - Real Sociedad Torres, Adrián, Bueno. Montoya, Lato, Maksimovic. spectators). 20. MALAGA 13 24 3 4 17 15 38 Even on a good day Malaga can’t buy a win

dragging his effort inches past the right-hand post. Now committing more men to the attack, the visitors forced Malaga DARYL onto the back foot for the first time FINCH in the game. The pressure eventu-  [email protected] ally told with ten minutes to go when former Arsenal man Francis Despite taking the lead Coquelin headed home Dani Parejo’s corner kick at the near post to al- early on, Malaga came most dead silence inside La Rosaleda. away with nothing With the side struggling for goals and finished the game all year, both team and fans were resigned to yet another three points with ten men escaping them. However, this was to get much MALAGA. It was again a case of worse when Rodrigo was body what could have been at La Rosaleda checked in the area by Ignasi Miquel, on Saturday night as Malaga threw who received his marching orders. away their lead against title-chas- Roberto guessed the right way, but ing Valencia. Dani Parejo tucked his penalty into Maxime Lestienne made his de- the side netting. but on the right-hand side and pro- It is yet another defeat for the Blue and Whites. :: ÑITO SALAS There was still time for late drama: vided an element that the side has Rosales’ freekick was headed over been missing for much of the sea- none on target. first, a toe poke from the corner of turning point. After Diego in front of the keeper by González. son: pace. He linked well with Brown However, when Recio’s corner the box, the keeper caught from just González’s goal was controversially With the final action of the game, Ideye in the early phases - another came in low, the defenders in black under his crossbar. The second was ruled out for a push by Ideye, Va- keeper Roberto, urged up by the player who has started to deliver on and orange were caught on their dragged wide as Roberto Rosales and lencia boss Marcelino made a dou- crowd, leapt highest to head Rosales’ what he was brought in to do. The heels and Ideye was on hand to poke Luis Hernández rushed out to close ble change in an attempt to pull the freekick wide of Neto’s left post. Nigerian held up the ball well and his toe at the ball which crept in just him down. match back in his side’s favour. Both A game of two halves if ever there provided a threat from set pieces. inside the far post. Malaga started the second half forwards, Luciano Vietto and Santi was one. It felt like the days of old Whether Recio from the right or José González’s men were com- with more energy. First, Youssef En- Mina, were removed for the more when the Blue and Whites threat- Chory Castro from the left, he was fortable during a half with very few Nesyri tried his luck from the half robust pairing of Simone Zaza and ened an upset in the first 45; but clearly the man that worried the Va- chances for either side. Gonçalo Gue- way line when keeping possession Rodrigo. that capitulation in the second half, lencia defenders most and despite des, normally so deadly this cam- would have spared his blushes - the The former came close to level- which surprised no one, served as being closely martialled, Ideye won paign, had two half chances, nei- ball went out for a throw-in. ling the scores when he neatly a reminder that this side is headed his fair share of headers, though ther of which troubled Roberto. The Moments later, though, came the turned and shot just inside the area, for the second division. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 47 SUR IN ENGLISH SPORT

Work on Malaga ROB PALMER A LOOK AT LA LIGA Commentator, Sky Sports Academy project @robbopalmer finally gets under way Refreshingly different

After seven years of the start of preseason is an unreal- delays, the first stone istic target. Instead, the Academy With a whole raft of should be ready by the start of 2019, was laid at the new but sources inside the club are hope- fringe players sports complex in the ful it can be done before then. shipped in in the Arraijanal district of the Club advisor and former player summer, I feared the and manager Abdullah Ben Barek city last week gave the ‘starting pistol’ on the pro- worst for Girona FC ject located on land in the Arraijanal :: ANTONIO GÓNGORA district of Malaga, close to the city’s Time to hold my hands up and ad- MALAGA. The Malaga Academy airport. It will cost more than six mit that Girona have confounded project finally broke ground this million euros, 4.5 of which will my expectations and, refreshingly, week, bringing an end to more than come from the sale of land at El Viso brought the opposite of what I seven years of posturing and red - the club’s only current site for feared they’d bring to La Liga. tape. youth development. When you hear that the own- Politicians and representatives Barek thanked all of the local ership of a team is shrouded in mys- from all levels of government, as teams who have helped to accom- tery and they are shipping in a well as club directors, attended the modate Malaga’s young players cargo of players from a richer club ceremony last Thursday where the over the years and he, alongside in another country, you fear the Pablo Machín (r) has been rubbing shoulders with the best. :: EFE symbolic first stone was laid. fellow advisors Francisco Martín worst. The first phase of the project, of Aguilar and Antonio Benítez, as Much was made of Pep Guar- ken his resistance to using the play- Portu moved up the coast after which there are three, got under way well as Nayef and Hamyan Al- diola’s brother, Pere’s, connection ers who’ve been landed on him by Valencia deemed him not good this week, but the construction com- Thani, all signed a shirt which was with the Abu Dhabi money men the owners. He’s either bloody- enough after just two top-flight pany responsible for the project, placed into a monument to this who were reported to have bought minded or ignorant of his owner’s games. Now he is the driving force Bilba, insists that completion before landmark day. 88 per cent of the club. To add to wishes. of this emerging team. the concern, five players not con- Nobody can argue with his Twenty years ago they were sidered for the Manchester City methods. I saw them play an un- playing in the Primera Catalana, first team arrived on loan. orthodox back three when they the regional league, and now There were shades of Granada played at Oldham in their summer there’s a strong possibility they last season who had so many play- tour and he stuck with that as he’s will be qualifying for the Europa ers on short-term deals it resem- taken on the might of La Liga, fa- League. bled a holiday camp. It was a sham- mously beating Real Madrid back Going into round twenty-five bles and when the club was rele- in October. they’re one point and one place gated the players headed back to I always believe a club thrives from the position that should guar- their parent clubs. Things were so if it has a strong local accent in the antee European football. bad they brought in Tony Adams, changing room; think the Nevilles The lazy description is to label an associate of the owners, and at Manchester United, Gerrard and them as part of the growing Man- they dropped like a stone. Carragher at Liverpool, Terry and chester City Empire that stretches Girona FC is so different. The Lampard at Chelsea. At Girona, Ma- as far as Australia and America but young lads from Manchester City chín has stuck with those who in truth they are very independ- are doing the equivalent of a gap have been on the mystery ride ent and have a coach who defies year. They’ve taken in the sights from the lower leagues like Álex the convention thrust upon him. of the historical city but not seen Granell, who combined teaching Girona are making many of us a lot of the actual football pitch. at a primary school with part-time sit up and take notice with their The only regular has been Pablo football. There’s local pride in Eloi cavalier approach. Many scenes Maffeo, who is a local anyway. Amagat who was at the club in the from A Game of Thrones were Coach Pablo Machín has re- third tier a decade ago and rejoined filmed in the city; the difference is mained single-minded and not bro- as they were on the rise. that was fantasy and this is reality.

A special Malaga shirt was signed to mark the day. :: SALVADOR SALAS 48 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SPORT SUR IN ENGLISH

are on a journey. I said that my dream was to one day be compet- “Coming from Eastern Europe ing with Barcelona and we’ve not reached that yet.” However, he didn’t rule out the possibility of bringing in other in- vestors: “Football is a business but doesn’t make you a criminal” it is magical because it is not like any other. I am always open to the idea of new investors. I have re- ceived a lot of offers for the club Marbella FC owner Alexander Grinberg held a press conference last week after in recent years but it has never en- tered my mind to sell the club be- his release from prison and reiterated his commitment to the club cause Marbella is part of my life.” Grinberg gave thanks to his fam- ily, the players, the technical staff, the club employees and investors Grinberg insisted that such as Antonio Decoz. The spon- sor paid the wages for everyone at the club was not for the club for at least two months JULIO RODRÍGUEZ sale as it was “like a and will meet with Grinberg soon family” to him to discuss paying the money back. @1JulioRodriguez “He is a wonderful person and we’ll meet soon to discuss different op- MARBELLA. Wearing a shirt two tions,” he said. sizes smaller than the one at his are more than 1,600 inmates but I Also on his agenda is tying down last public press conference, freshly didn’t see a single Russian there.” trainer Fernando Estévez to a new shaven, with the Marbella FC Grinberg also took the opportu- deal and to make life easier for the badge on his lapel and the look of nity to criticise the media outlets staff who have brought to club for- disorientation of someone return- who published images which al- ward in these last months: “The club ing home from a long holiday: this leged to show firearms found in works like a clock; everyone knows is how Alexander Grinberg looked his home, which he says were toy the role they have to perform. We last week when he appeared at the airsoft guns. have made mistakes, but eventu- club’s headquarters to make a state- “I am about to turn 50 and never ally we have got ourselves on the ment, declaring his innocence in in my life have I disobeyed the law,” right path thanks to the hard work the so-called ‘Caso Oligarkh’ and he said. “The decision to release me of everyone around here.” stressing his intention to continue shows that justice exists. I’m sure In this respect, Grinberg ex- with the project he started five everything will end well because pressed his regret at not having years ago. the truth always wins.” current sporting director Jorge Ro- Accompanied by one of his law- dríguez de Cózar in sooner. “Three yers, Roman Bazoev, and the club’s Commitment to the club or four years ago we spoke about marketing director and translator, Grinberg spoke to the press for an him coming back to the club but Yulia Sadovskaya, the president hour and a half, reiterating his com- it didn’t work out then. Luckily appeared publicly for the first time mitment to the town and the team, we have him with us now.” since leaving prison, where he Grinberg poses at the Marbella FC headquarters. :: JULIO RODRÍGUEZ currently second in group IV of Se- Grinberg showed emotion at spent four-and-a-half months ac- gunda B. some points, taking long pauses, cused of money laundering, alleg- Spanish people that Russians are ple from former Soviet Union coun- “Marbella is not for sale,” he said. but also showed his sense of hu- edly in the region of 30 million hardworking and humble.” tries: “Being from Eastern Europe “This is my family and family is mour: “They told me that I should euros. doesn’t make you a criminal. It’s hor- the most important thing.” stay in prison and have my wife “I will prove my innocence,” he “The truth always wins” rible to have to say this in the 21st He repeated a number of sound- stay as president so we could go to said. “Five years ago, when I ar- However, he also stated his belief that century; we are all equal.” He added: bites he has frequently used since the playoffs. They’re superstitious rived in Marbella, I wanted to show there is a certain stigma around peo- “In Alhaurín de la Torre prison there taking over the club in 2013: “We like that!”

Marbella warm up for key showdown with hard-fought win

The Costa side ground sed a headache for the Marbella de- down their opponents fence. He put a lot of pressure on the home side’s backline and Wil- and won thanks to fred had to save several of his shots goals from captain at full stretch. Marbella went into Añón and Juanfran the dressing room looking like a team with few ideas. In the second half the players MARBELLA 2 JUMILLA 0 really came into their own. Cor- pas and Indiano found their pas- :: JULIO RODRÍGUEZ sing rhythm and Marbella remai- MARBELLA. Marbella have really ned the dominant side throughout given league leaders Cartagena so- the entire half. mething to think about ahead of At 66 minutes a long ball from their match-up next week after an Corpas fell to Añón, who caught Ju- emphatic 2-0 win over Jumilla. milla out with an effective counte- Following a tightly-contested rattack, slotting the ball into the bo- first half, two goals in eight minu- Añón and Sánchez celebrate the ttom left corner. Just six minutes la- tes in the second was enough to match’s first goal. :: J. RODRÍGUEZ ter Juanfran struck a cross on the bring the side’s points haul to 48. edge of the box with a powerful right Coach Fernando Estévez made In the first half Marbella foot that flew past Jaume Valens. just one change to the side that got struggled to make an impact due This win comes as a welcome a goalless draw away to Las Palmas to the rigid formation of Jumilla, boost for Marbella who go into but did name three youth players on which stifled Marbella’s attacking their biggest game of the season the bench after injuries to striker Fe- trio of Indiano, Añón and Corpas. on Sunday as they take on league rrón and midfielder Álex Bernal. Meanwhile Caye Quintana po- leaders Cartagena. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 49 SUR IN ENGLISH SPORT

Spain’s two Winter Olympics medallists return home

Figure skater Javier Fernández and snowboarder Regino Hernández both picked up bronze in Pyeongchang Vuelta a Andalucía winner Tim Wellens on the podium. :: EFE :: MARINA RIVAS MALAGA. Regino Hernández and Javier Fernández will go down in Spanish sporting history after win- Wellens comes out on ning a bronze medal each at this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeong- top in the Ruta del Sol chang. This is Spain’s best ever per- formance in the competition, the first time that its team has won mul- The Belgian finished nine Team Sky’s Chris Froome dropped tiple medals. places ahead of the Chris out of overall contention during Sa- Spain’s first medal came from Fernández during his medal-winning performance. :: EFE turday’s tough uphill finish after a Regino Hernández, from Mijas, who Froome whose puncture puncture toward the end of the sta- came third in the men’s snowboard in the penultimate stage ge from Seville to Alcalá de los Ga- cross. He came back to Spain to a zules (Cadiz) but despite this, the hero’s welcome from his girlfriend ruled him out the running Brit was still the favourite for the Elena Aragón and close friends final stage. However, he looked well Francesca Occelli and Álvaro Aragón. :: DARYL FINCH off the pace and finished outside the Regino was sporting his character- MALAGA. Belgian rider Tim We- top 10, but did enough to maintain istic style, with a smile from ear to llens picked up his first general clas- tenth place in the overall standings. ear, a woolly hat and a large beard, sification victory of the year as he which his friends paid tribute to ran out overall winner of the Vuel- “Expecting a bit better” with their own imitations. ta a Andalucía on Sunday. The 26- “Obviously I was coming here for Regino and his girlfriend have re- year-old stole the crown from un- my first race of the season and didn’t ceived a lot of attention from the der fire Brit Chris Froome, whose know where the form was at,” said press following his return. Elena first race of the season ended in a Froome, who had to endure a fair said: “It’s been very emotional, we tenth-place finish. share of the spotlight given his on- were very nervous and in the end I Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) managed going investigation into his use of cried a little bit. Now everything Regino was greeted at Barajas airport by fans and friends. :: M. RIVAS to stave off the challenge of Mikel asthma drugs during last year’s Vuel- has calmed down a bit and I’m very Landa (Movistar) and Wout Poels ta a España. “This is all part of my excited to celebrate with him.” 2013. His dream is now complete: “I let me achieve my dream, which was (Team Sky) (who started the day se- build-up now towards my Giro d’Ita- Javier Fernández has long been feel amazing. It’s the first Olympic to win an Olympic medal.” ven and 11 seconds behind, respec- lia but I was probably expecting a known as a world-class figure skater. skating medal that Spain has ever He was beaming on the medal po- tively) despite finishing 14 seconds little bit better.” He was world champion in 2015 and won, and although it isn’t a gold or dium alongside Japanese skaters behind stage winner David De La Wellens was joined on the po- 2016, and has been European cham- a silver, for me it’s enough. All of the Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno, Cruz (Team Sky) in the final-day dium by Wout Poels (Sky) and Mo- pion for six consecutive years, since work that I have put into skating has both close friends of his. time trial in Barbate. vistar’s Marc Soler. 50 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SPORT SUR IN ENGLISH

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 Inline hockey. The latest round of the junior Liga Andaluza was played in Fuengirola at the weekend and the Lions team won four out of five games. The tightest matches were the morning match against Sevilla Drag-  Basketball. Unicaja must now refocus their efforts on the Euroleague after their Copa ons (4-3) and the last game of the day where the alevins lost to Sancti Petri del Rey elimination at the hands of Real Madrid last week. The Malaga side travelled to Gran 2-3. However, the Fuengirola Lions still lead all the three categories. The Canaria knowing that they faced an uphill struggle against the reigning champions but next round of games will be played in Sevilla this weekend. :: SIMO TYNYS pushed them all the way, losing by just five points (89-84). The eventual competition win- ners were Barcelona who saw off Real 92-90 in the final on Sunday. :: AGENCIA LOF

Judo. RK Judo club in Estepona enjoyed a trophy-laden weekend at the recent Southfields Open in the UK. Eleven youngsters aged 6 to 16, some fighting for the first time abroad, com- peted. The results were (from top left): Ryan Whitehead (gold), Tom Whybrow (gold), Adrian Navarro Vallejo (bronze), Harry Williams (5th), Lisa Lindberg (gold), Ben Barkby (gold), Gonzalo Terol de Carvalho (7th); Kate Chisholm (silver),  SuperEnduro. Malaga’s Palacio de Deportes was filled with the Lucy Chisholm (gold), sound of engine noise and spectacular scenery on Saturday as the Super- Natalia Pazos Ruiz (gold) Enduro World Championship returned to the city for another year. Thou- and Alejandro Pazos Ruiz sands attended the third round of the championship which saw riders in (bronze). :: SUR three different categories compete. :: FRANCIS SILVA

 Shot put. Malaga shot putter Borja Vivas (centre) came away with the gold medal from the Spanish Championships in Valencia on Saturday. The athlete from Club Atletismo Málaga returned to the top of the podium after his silver last year, doing so with a season-best score of 20.27 metres. The score wasn’t quite enough to earn him qualification for the World Championships held in Birmingham, but sits him top of the Spanish rankings for the year. :: SUR February 23rd to March 1st 2018 51 SUR IN ENGLISH

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Pisces February 20th – March 20th As the week begins a lack of action may THE WORDPUZZLER lead to frustration as an ambitious plan slows down. Patience is needed.

Aries March 21st – April 20th Being open and honest at home may also see you dodging barbs, but that will pass. Someone who slips quietly out of your social circle may not be missed.

Taurus April 21st – May 21st Someone who is well known for their passionate attitude crosses your path this week. Think before you speak! Across Down Gemini May 22nd – June 21st Check out anything you are told to do with your finances. Are you covered twice on an insurance deal?

Cancer INTERNATIONAL RADIO June 22nd – July 23rd Taking a positive attitude today can bring someone out of the doldrums. Talk Radio Europe Spectrum (105.5 FM, Costa Maybe they feel neglected? 105.5 Axarquía Almeria/Mojácar 92.6 FM) 91.5 Costa del Sol East 24 hour music and entertainment Leo 91.9 Costa del Sol West July 24th – August 23rd 98.7 Gibraltar/Sotogrande Radio Mijas (107.7 FM) Be adventurous without being risky. It is News, interviews, lifestyle, sport and 3 p.m. News, views and music really important that when sending mail BBC World Service. or chatting on the phone you stick to Radio Sol Almijara (99.1 FM) the facts. 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 Flexibility is your best friend this week, Radio Radio Network (96 and 98.3 FM inland) Music, entertainment, news which is not a time to make sudden and FM). Music 24 hours. startling changes. 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 All you have to do really is take the Rtv Puebla (107.7 FM) tried and tested option. It may seem a SUDOKU BY HANZO ACE FM (106.8 FM) Monday evenings, Rock music memories. dull choice but you know that it works! Inland radio, news and music 7 - 9pm. email: DIFÍCIL The Beat fm (106 FM) [email protected] Instructions Scorpio Complete the 69 2 1 24 hours, music and entertainment Fb: Radiotelevision Peubla de Cazalla October 24th – November 22nd square making Not taking what a loved one wants sure that every 39 67 seriously could cause ructions. Still, is row of nine there something that you want? Could numbers includes 1 this be the time to ask for it? all digits from 1 QUIZ to 9, every 48 695 Sagittarius column includes QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 November 23rd – December 21st all digits from 1 to 9 and every 3 74 Everyone has their opinion. They intend by 3 subsection If ‘canine’ describes a dog, In which part of the to let you know it, too! Still, there is no includes all digits 36 what does ‘vulpine’ human body does need to look for allies or backup. from 1 to 9 describe? mydriasis occur? 5 Capricorn 1. A vulture 1. The eye December 22nd – January 20th 47 1 Lack of energy as the week begins 2. A wolf 2. The liver soon changes to a determination to 987 3. A civet or mongoose 3. The heart get things moving. 4. A fox 4. The skin February 23rd to March 1st 2018 61 SUR IN ENGLISH PASTIMES

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BOOK OF THE WEEK THOUGHT FOR THE SUR IN ENGLISH CORNER Uppsala Woods THE WEEK Getting organised Álvaro Colomer He who Next Wednesday 28 February is a holiday (a full week in the case of When, on his fifth wedding anni- public holiday for Andalucía Day so schools) is over it won’t be long be- versary, Julio gets back home and cannot if you’re out and about you might fore we start thinking of another his wife is nowhere to be found, find more green and white flags fly- one as Easter comes early this year. he feels an omen of doom. From be advised ing than usual. At SUR in English Semana Santa falls in the last this point forward, he engages in we also like to enjoy our days off if week in March, with the official an increasingly frenzied search for can also we possibly can (although we are public holidays in Andalucía being his wife and goes through the sear- all aware that news doesn’t stop on Maundy Thursday (29 March) ing abyss faced by one attached to not be happening) so we have brought for- and Good Friday (30 March). Again, somebody who has grown tired of ward our usual deadline for adver- we will be bringing forward the living. The underlying themes of helped tising and editorial copy. Please usual Tuesday deadline by a day. this humor-ridden drama are lone- make sure we have Contact us by email at liness, shame, fear and particularly your advertising or- surinenglish.su@di- anger at an impassive society that LATIN PROVERB ders, society news or ariosur.es, by Twitter is unwilling to reflect on one of its letters to the editor on @SUR_English or find worst ailments. Monday 26 February. us on Facebook Once next week’s @surenglish February 23rd to March 1st 2018 Nº 1751 FREE DISTRIBUTION / Reference price: 1.30€ Head office: Avda. Dr. Marañón, 48, 29009, Málaga. Telephone: 952649600. Email: [email protected] Published by Prensa Malagueña, S. A. MA-1279-96 Circulation controlled by PGD/OJD. Advertising: Telephone 952649669 Email: [email protected] U.K. Representative: Global Media Sales Ltd PO Box 1126, Bromley, BR1 9TX Internet address: www.surinenglish.com E-Mail: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0)20 8464 5577 in English

ORCHID WALKS In search of wild orchids Species. Principal species in the spring: Ophrys apifera, Ophrys bombyliflora, Ophrys speculum, Ophrys scolopax, Ophrys lutea, Jimera de Líbar now has seven walking Serapias parviflora, Anacamptis pyramidalis, Limodorum aborti- routes along which people can see up vum, Neotinea maculata, Orchis to 20 different species of orchid italica... Starting point. The routes can JIMERA DE LÍBAR lucía (’Guía de campo de las orquídeas be joined from the village. silvestres de Andalucía’) says this The walks, which are area contains 45 per cent of all the Length. Between 500 metres unique in Malaga province, species catalogued in Spain and 60 and two kilometres. per cent of all those in Andalucía. Or- are also accessible from chids belong to the Orchidaceae fam- the Great Trail and the ily, which contains 850 genera and or the Fray Leopoldo route, they could Fray Leopoldo Route about 20,000 species, although dif- make a diversion and see our wild or- ferent experts put the figure between chids,” says the mayor. 17,000 to 30,000. Orchids have spread The idea of creating the orchid :: VANESSA MELGAR over most of the planet, apart from walks came from a local resident, Pe- Jimera de Líbar is in the Guadiaro Val- the Poles and deserts. There are information panels on the walking routes. :: K. S. dro Sánchez, and the Saepo Associa- ley in the Serranía de Ronda; it may “In our region you can see as many tion of nearby Cortes de la Frontera. be small, with only 400 inhabitants, as 20 species at different times,” says “Pedro is very interested in wild or- but the surrounding countryside is the mayor of Jimera, Francisco Javier chids and has studied them. He and spectacular, not least because it is Lobo. None of the orchid routes are the Saepo Association suggested that home to 20 different types of wild more than two kilometres long. we make it easier for people to see orchid. Until now, very few people “They are accessible and unchalleng- them. So we set to work,” he says. other than local residents have been ing, have been officially approved able to enjoy them, but the council and make it easy to photograph these Attracting tourism has recently set up seven walking beautiful, highly protected orchids. Jimera de Líbar lies within the Si- routes to make it easier to see these You can join the routes from the vil- erra de Grazalema natural park, but beautiful treasures of nature, which lage, because they are all in the sur- is in Malaga province. The council have existed for 20 or 30 million years. rounding area,” he explains. is interested in attracting more tour- Orchids are normally associated The routes are called: La Vereda del ism to boost the local economy. with exotic countries, but nobody Tesoro, La Trocha, La Cañada del Oli- “There are no other orchid routes from this region needs to go to Mada- var, La Cuesta de la Barca, La Dehesa, like ours in Malaga province, so we gascar, Thailand or Peru to discover El Camino de Atajate and La Vereda are sure they will bring many more them. Manuel Becerra, the author of de las Huertas. “If someone is doing people to Jimera,” says Francisco Ja- a guide to the wild orchids of Anda- the Great Trail of Malaga (Gran Senda) Ophrys tenthredinifera. :: C. G. Cephalanthera longifolia. :: C. G. vier Lobo. February 23rd to March 1st 2018 SUR IN ENGLISH 63 February 23rd to March 1st 2018 64 SUR IN ENGLISH